AEW Holiday Bash

AEW Holiday Bash is an annual professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established in 2020, the event airs in December as AEW's Christmas television special. The first event aired as a special episode of the promotion's flagship weekly television program, Wednesday Night Dynamite, while the second event was expanded to two nights, the first airing again as a special episode of Dynamite with the second part airing as a special episode of Friday Night Rampage with future events retaining this two-part format.

AEW Holiday Bash
AEW Holiday Bash logo
PromotionsAll Elite Wrestling
First event2020

History

On December 9, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced that the December 23 episode of their flagship television program, Dynamite, would be a special episode titled Holiday Bash. The Christmas television special was taped on December 17 at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

AEW resumed live touring in July 2021. On December 7 that year, AEW President Tony Khan confirmed that Holiday Bash would return, expanding to a two-part event. The first part aired live on December 22 for Dynamite while the second part aired on tape delay on Christmas Day as a special episode of Rampage—AEW's secondary television program that began airing in August 2021. The event took place at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. While Rampage usually airs on Fridays, for the Holiday Bash special, it was pushed back to Saturday night because of TNT's traditional Christmas Eve marathon showing of A Christmas Story.[2]

The 2022 event retained the two-part format, but this time with Rampage airing in its normal Friday night time slot as there was not a broadcasting conflict like the previous year.[3]

Events
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Holiday Bash (2020) Dynamite:
December 17, 2020
(aired December 23)		 Jacksonville, Florida Daily's Place The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship [4]
2 Holiday Bash (2021) Night 1:
Dynamite
–
December 22, 2021		 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Sting, CM Punk, and Darby Allin vs. The Pinnacle (MJF and FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)) [5]
Night 2:
Rampage
–
December 22, 2021
(aired December 25)		 Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the AEW TNT Championship
3 Holiday Bash (2022) Night 1:
Dynamite
–
December 21, 2022		 Freeman Coliseum San Antonio, Texas Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women's World Championship [6]
Night 2:
Rampage
–
December 21, 2022
(aired December 23)		 Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett vs. Anthony Bowens and Daddy Ass
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

References
  1. Rose, Bryan (December 9, 2020). "AEW ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY BASH, NEW YEAR'S SMASH SPECIAL EVENTS". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. Nason, Josh (December 8, 2021). "AEW HOLIDAY BASH SET FOR BOTH DYNAMITE, CHRISTMAS NIGHT RAMPAGE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. Nason, Josh (October 12, 2022). "AEW announces dates & locations for Winter is Coming, Holiday Bash". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  4. Beaston, Erik. "AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights". Bleacher Report.
  5. "Christmas Party And New Matches Announced For AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash".
  6. Nason, Josh (October 12, 2022). "AEW announces dates & locations for Winter is Coming, Holiday Bash". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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