AEW Holiday Bash explained

AEW Holiday Bash
Promotions:	All Elite Wrestling
Firstevent:	2020

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 special. The inaugural 2020 event aired as a special episode of the promotion's flagship weekly television program, Wednesday Night Dynamite, while the 2021 event expanded the special to two nights, with the second part airing as a special episode of Friday Night Rampage. The 2023 event then expanded the special to three nights, with the third part airing as a special episode of Saturday Night Collision.

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] The 2023 event then expanded Holiday Bash to a three-part special, also encompassing Saturday Night Collision, AEW's third television program that launched in June 2023.^[4]

Events

	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event	Ref.
1	Holiday Bash (2020)	Dynamite December 17, 2020	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	^[5]
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, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood)	^[6]
		Night 2: Rampage – December 22, 2021			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	^[7]
		Night 2: Rampage – December 21, 2022			Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett vs. Anthony Bowens and Daddy Ass
4	Holiday Bash (2023)	Night 1: Dynamite – December 20, 2023	Paycom Center	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Jon Moxley vs. Jay White in a Gold League match of the AEW Continental Classic tournament	^[8]
	Night 2: Rampage – December 20, 2023	El Hijo del Vikingo (c) vs. Black Taurus for the AAA Mega Championship			^[9]
	Night 3: Collision – December 23, 2023	Frost Bank Center	San Antonio, Texas	Andrade El Idolo vs. Eddie Kingston in a Blue League match of the AEW Continental Classic tournament	^[10]

See also

• List of AEW Dynamite special episodes
• List of AEW Rampage special episodes
• List of AEW Collision special episodes
• List of All Elite Wrestling special events
• List of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events

Notes and References

1. Web site: AEW ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY BASH, NEW YEAR'S SMASH SPECIAL EVENTS. December 9, 2020. Rose. Bryan. Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. December 27, 2021.
2. Web site: AEW HOLIDAY BASH SET FOR BOTH DYNAMITE, CHRISTMAS NIGHT RAMPAGE. Nason, Josh. December 8, 2021. December 9, 2021. Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
3. Web site: Josh. Nason. AEW announces dates & locations for Winter is Coming, Holiday Bash. Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. October 12, 2022. October 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221015145303/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aew-announces-dates-locations-for-winter-is-coming-holiday-bash. October 15, 2022.
4. Web site: Trios Championship match announced for next week's AEW Collision Holiday Bash. December 16, 2023. Rose. Bryan. Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. December 18, 2023.
5. Web site: AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights. Erik. Beaston. Bleacher Report.
6. Web site: Christmas Party And New Matches Announced For AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash.
7. Web site: Josh. Nason. AEW announces dates & locations for Winter is Coming, Holiday Bash. Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. October 12, 2022. October 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221015145303/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aew-announces-dates-locations-for-winter-is-coming-holiday-bash. October 15, 2022.
8. Web site: AEW Dynamite results (12/20): Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Jay White, Swerve Strickland vs. Rush, and Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal in Continental Classic matches. December 20, 2023. Powell. Jason. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 20, 2023.
9. Web site: AEW Rampage results (12/22): Murphy's review of Orange Cassidy vs. Rocky Romero for the AEW International Title, El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Black Taurus for the AAA Mega Title, Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. The Kingdom. December 22, 2023. Murphy. Don. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2023.
10. Web site: AEW Collision results (12/23): Powell's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Brody King, Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia, and Andrade El Idolo vs. Claudio Castagnoli in Continental Classic matches. December 23, 2023. Powell. Jason. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2023.