AEW Road Rager was an annual

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produced by the American

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(AEW) in the summer. Established in 2021, the inaugural event aired as a special episode of the promotion's flagship weekly television program, ''

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''. In 2022, it was expanded to a two-part event, with the second part airing as a special episode of '' Friday Night Rampage''. The 2022 event would be the final Road Rager as the event was not held in 2023.

History

Due to the

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that began effecting the industry in mid-March 2020,

(AEW) held the majority of their programs from

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; these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, gradually increasing as time went on, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. Also in May, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of ''

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'' titled Road Rager on July 7, in turn becoming the first major

promotion to resume live touring during the pandemic. Road Rager was announced to be held in

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at the James L. Knight Center and was the first of a four-week span of special ''Dynamite'' episodes as part of AEW's "Welcome Back" tour, which continued with the two-part Fyter Fest on July 14 and 21 and concluded with Fight for the Fallen on July 28.

Events

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External links

* {{All Elite Wrestling events, Road Rager Recurring events established in 2021 Road Rager

History

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