diff --git a/airflow/models/baseoperator.py b/airflow/models/baseoperator.py
index 6392ef9697647..b855d0e69c7ff 100644
--- a/airflow/models/baseoperator.py
+++ b/airflow/models/baseoperator.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 from airflow.ti_deps.deps.not_previously_skipped_dep import NotPreviouslySkippedDep
 from airflow.ti_deps.deps.prev_dagrun_dep import PrevDagrunDep
 from airflow.ti_deps.deps.trigger_rule_dep import TriggerRuleDep
-from airflow.triggers.base import BaseTrigger
+from airflow.triggers.base import BaseTrigger, TriggerEvent
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.context import Context
 from airflow.utils.decorators import fixup_decorator_warning_stack
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ def defer(
         self,
         *,
         trigger: BaseTrigger,
-        method_name: str,
+        method_name: str = "execute_complete_default",
         kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         timeout: timedelta | None = None,
     ):
@@ -1587,6 +1587,15 @@ def defer(
         """
         raise TaskDeferred(trigger=trigger, method_name=method_name, kwargs=kwargs, timeout=timeout)
 
+    def execute_complete_default(self, context: Context, event: dict[str, Any]):
+        """The default method for handling the event returned after the deferred operation completes."""
+        op_name = type(self).__name__
+        if event["status"] != TriggerEvent.STATUS_SUCCESS:
+            raise AirflowException(f"{op_name}'s deferred operation was not completed successfully: {event}")
+        else:
+            self.log.info("% completed successfully", op_name)
+        return event.get("value")
+
     def unmap(self, resolve: None | dict[str, Any] | tuple[Context, Session]) -> BaseOperator:
         """Get the "normal" operator from the current operator.
 
diff --git a/airflow/triggers/base.py b/airflow/triggers/base.py
index 314d97b0ee919..8ef81506c2366 100644
--- a/airflow/triggers/base.py
+++ b/airflow/triggers/base.py
@@ -109,9 +109,20 @@ class TriggerEvent:
     events.
     """
 
+    STATUS_SUCCESS = "success"
+
     def __init__(self, payload: Any):
         self.payload = payload
 
+    @classmethod
+    def success(cls, value: Any = None) -> TriggerEvent:
+        """
+        Creates a TriggerEvent to be returned by a deferred operation that completed successfully
+
+        :param value: the value to be returned by the operator on completion
+        """
+        return TriggerEvent({"status": cls.STATUS_SUCCESS, "value": value})
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"TriggerEvent<{self.payload!r}>"