AEW Holiday Bash

AEW Holiday Bash is a professional wrestling event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event started in 2020 and is usually held in December as their Christmas special.[1] The event airs as a special episodes of AEW's television shows Dynamite and Rampage. The 2021 event's Rampage episode aired on delay on December 25 at 9pm ET . It was pushed back because of a tradition that TNT has where they show the 1983 movie A Christmas Story during their holiday marathon.[2]

Dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main event
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.
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)).
Night 2:
Rampage

December 22, 2021
(aired December 25)
Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the AEW TNT Championship.
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.
Night 2:
Rampage

December 21, 2022
(aired December 23)
Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett vs. Anthony Bowens and Daddy Ass.

References

  1. "AEW Announces Holiday Bash, New Year's Smash Special Events". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. "AEW Holiday Bash set for both Dynamite, Christmas night Rampage". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 30, 2023.