AEW Holiday Bash is an annual

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produced by the American

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(AEW). Established in 2020, the event airs in December as one of AEW's

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specials. The inaugural 2020 event aired as a special episode of the promotion's flagship weekly television program, ''

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'', 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 ''

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''. The 2024 event went back to ''Dynamite'' and ''Rampage'' due to ''Collision'' airing as a different special that week.

History

On December 9, 2020,

(AEW) announced that the December 23 episode of their flagship television program, ''

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'', would be a special episode titled Holiday Bash. The

was taped on December 17 at

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due to the ongoing

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. AEW resumed live touring in July 2021. On December 7 that year, AEW President

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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

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as a special episode of ''

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''—AEW's secondary television program that began airing in August 2021. The event took place at the

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. 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 ''

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''. 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. The 2023 event then expanded Holiday Bash to a three-part special, also encompassing ''

'', AEW's third television program that launched in June 2023. The 2024 event reduced it back to ''Dynamite'' and ''Rampage'' due to ''Collision'' airing as a different special that week called Christmas Collision.

Events

References

External links

* {{All Elite Wrestling events, Holiday Bash Recurring events established in 2020 Holiday Bash Holidays themed professional wrestling shows

History

Events

See also

References

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