AEW New Year's Smash
all Elite Wrestling television special series
AEW New Year's Smash is a yearly professional wrestling event made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event started in 2021 and is usually held around the end of the year as their New Year special.[1] The events air as special episodes of AEW's television shows Dynamite and Rampage.
| AEW New Year's Smash | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion(s) | All Elite Wrestling |
| First event | January 2021 |
The first event was originally supposed to take place on December 30, 2020, and end on January 6, 2021 but the event was pushed back a week. Instead, the Brodie Lee Celebration of Life event took it's place to honour the memory of AEW wrestler Brodie Lee who died on December 26.[2]
Dates and venues
change| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Smash (January 2021) | Night 1: Dynamite – January 6, 2021 |
Jacksonville, Florida | Daily's Place | Kenny Omega (c) vs. Rey Fénix for the AEW World Championship. |
| Night 2: Dynamite – January 7, 2021 (aired January 13) |
Darby Allin (c) vs. Brian Cage for the AEW TNT Championship. | |||
| New Year's Smash (December 2021) | Night 1: Dynamite – December 29, 2021 |
Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly vs. Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, and Trent Beretta). | ||
| Night 2: Rampage – December 29, 2021 (aired December 31) |
Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Ethan Page for the AEW TNT Championship. | |||
| New Year's Smash (2022) | Night 1: Dynamite – December 28, 2022 |
Broomfield, Colorado | 1stBank Center | Samoa Joe (c) vs. Wardlow for the AEW TNT Championship. |
| Night 2: Rampage – December 28, 2022 (aired December 30) |
Swerve Strickland vs. Wheeler Yuta. | |||
| New Year's Smash (2023) | Night 1: Dynamite – December 27, 2023 |
Orlando, Florida | Addition Financial Arena | MJF (c) vs The Devil's Masked Men for the ROH World Tag Team Championship[a] |
| Night 2: Rampage – December 27, 2023 (aired December 29) |
Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta and Orange Cassidy vs. Action Andretti and Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) | |||
| New Year's Smash (2024) | Rampage:
December 22, 2024 |
New York City, New York | Hammerstein Ballroom | TBA |
| (c) – is the champion(s) going into the match | ||||
Footnotes
change- ↑ Both men were unidentified at the time. They were later revealed as Matt Taven and Mike Bennett at Worlds End) in a 2-on-1 Handicap match. Samoa Joe was supposed to team with MJF to defend the title. Joe appeared to be attacked by The Devil's Masked Men before the match. It was revealed to be a fakeout when Joe attacked MJF after the match.
References
change- ↑ "AEW announces Holiday Bash, New Year's Smash special events". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite preview: Brodie Lee celebration of life card, New Year's Smash postponed". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 1, 2023.