The 2021 Beach Break was a

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produced by

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(AEW). It was the inaugural

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and took place on February 3, 2021, at

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, broadcast

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as a special episode of AEW's weekly television program, ''

Wednesday Night Dynamite ''AEW Dynamite'', also known as ''Wednesday Night Dynamite'' or simply ''Dynamite'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It airs live every Wednesday at 8 p.m. E ...

''. It replaced

Bash at the Beach Bash at the Beach was a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was the company's PPV for the month of July, held from 1994–2000. As the title implied, the show centered on a b ...

as the promotion's annual midwinter beach-themed event. In the main event,

Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...

and

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(

Doc Gallows Andrew William Hankinson (born December 22, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Doc Gallows. He is best known for his three tenures in WWE, where he performed under ...

and

Karl Anderson Chad Allegra (born January 20, 1980) known by the ring name Karl Anderson , is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is primarily performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is also known for his time in WWE. Ander ...

) defeated

Jon Moxley Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Championship, AEW World Champion in his ...

and Death Triangle (

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and

Rey Fénix Rey Fénix (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler). He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is also known for his tenure in Mexican promotions Lucha Libre AAA , ...

Production

Background

On March 18, 2019,

Cody Rhodes Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes (born June 30, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. As of April 2022, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. He is also known for co-fou ...

, who became a wrestler and an executive vice president of

(AEW), filed to trademark several

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(WCW) event names that

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(the owner of WCW's intellectual property) had let expire for AEW, including

, on the basis that

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, his father, created them. Accordingly, AEW held two

events in 2020. In November of that year, a settlement was reached between Cody and WWE in which Cody gained the "Cody Rhodes" trademark, which WWE had held onto after his run in that company, in exchange for WWE gaining the WCW event name trademarks that Cody had claimed, including Bash at the Beach. Two weeks after the trademark settlement was announced, Beach Break was announced to replace Bash at the Beach as the promotion's beach-themed event. It was scheduled to be held as a special episode of ''

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'' in January 2021. However, the event was later rescheduled to February 3. Due to the ongoing

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, the event was held at

Storylines

Beach Break featured

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that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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villains A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...

, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television program, ''Dynamite'', the supplementary online streaming show, ''

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'', and

The Young Bucks The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Matthew Massie and Nicholas Massie, who perform under the ring names Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson. , they are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), whe ...

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series ''

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''. At

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on December 2, 2020,

defeated

to win the

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. Moxley returned at New Year's Smash Night 1 on January 6, 2021 to confront Omega, but he was attacked by Omega and

(

and

). On the January 20 episode of ''Dynamite'', a

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between Omega, Gallows, and Anderson against Moxley,

, and

was announced for Beach Break. On the December 23 episode of ''Dynamite'',

Kip Sabian Simon James Kippen (born 19 May 1992), better known by the ring name Kip Sabian, is an English professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Patriarchy (professional wrestling), The Patriarchy. Ear ...

and

Penelope Ford Olivia Hasler (born September 14, 1992) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Penelope Ford. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is also known for her work in Combat Zone Wrestling. Professional wrestling ...

announced that they would be getting married at Beach Break. The

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Miro and his butler Charles Taylor were also announced to appear at the wedding. On January 8, it was announced that a match between Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and

Thunder Rosa Melissa Cervantes (born July 22, 1986), known by her ring name Thunder Rosa, is a Mexican professional wrestler and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former AEW Women's World Cham ...

that was scheduled to be taped the previous day for the January 13 episode of ''Dynamite'' was cancelled due to Rosa coming into contact with a

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-positive person. On January 13, the match was rescheduled for Beach Break. On the January 20 episode of ''Dynamite'', a tag team battle royal was announced for Beach Break, with the winners receiving an

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match at the

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on February 27. Top Flight (Darius Martin and Daunte Martin), The Acclaimed (

Anthony Bowens Anthony Bowens (born December 18, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and one-time and longest reigning AEW World Trios Champion as a f ...

and

Max Caster Max Caster (born July 31, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former one-time AEW World Trios Champion and one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. He is also a former mem ...

), Private Party (

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and

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), Jurassic Express ( Jungle Boy and

Luchasaurus Austin Matelson (born March 10, 1985), better known by his ring name Luchasaurus, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Killswitch. He is a member of The Patriarch ...

), vs. The Inner Circle (

Jake Hager Donald Jacob Hager Jr. (born March 24, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist. He currently performs on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures in WWE as Jack Swagger an ...

and

Sammy Guevara Samuel Guevara (born July 28, 1993) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Sons of Texas and is a record tying three-time former AEW TNT Champion. He also appears in AEW's sist ...

), (

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), and (

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and MJF),

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( Alex Reynolds and John Silver) and ( Evil Uno and Stu Grayson), and

( Matt Jackson and

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) were announced as participants. AEW World Tag Team Champions

( Matt Jackson and

) announced that they would also be participating in the battle royal and should they win, they would choose their Revolution opponents. FTR (

Cash Wheeler Daniel Marshall Wheeler (born May 17, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Cash Wheeler, where he is a former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions with Dax Harwood together t ...

and

Dax Harwood David Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood. Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. H ...

) were originally set to take part in the battle royal, but they were removed from the match and suspended for a week by AEW after they attacked Jurassic Express ( Jungle Boy and

) following Harwood's defeat to Jungle Boy during the January 27 episode of ''Dynamite''. They were replaced by Alex Reynolds and John Silver of

Reception

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of ''

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'' gave Baker–Rosa 3.75 stars and the six-man tag team match 4.5 stars on his 5 star rating system.

Television ratings

Beach Break averaged 844,000 television viewers on

and a and a 0.32 rating in AEW's

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Aftermath

After the main event,

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(NJPW) made his AEW debut and hit

with his finishing strike, the Go 2 Sleep. It was previously announced that Moxley will defend the

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against Kenta on the February 26 episode of ''

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'', titled

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. It was subsequently announced that Kenta would team with

against Moxley and

Lance Archer Lance Hoyt (born February 28, 1977), better known by his ring name Lance Archer, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where is a member of The Don Callis Family and one-half of The Murder Machines w ...

in a

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on the February 10 episode of ''

''. It was also announced that

Darby Allin Samuel Ratsch (born January 7, 1993), better known by the ring name Darby Allin, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is a former two-time AEW TNT Championship, AEW TNT Champion and a former AEW Wo ...

would defend the

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against

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, The Inner Circle (

and MJF) would take on The Acclaimed (

and

), and the

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(

and Lee Johnson) would be pitted against

Peter Avalon Peter Hernandez (born June 14, 1989), better known by the ring name "Pretty" Peter Avalon, is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his appearances in Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and ...

and

Cezar Bononi Cezar Bononi (born 15 June 1986) is a Brazilian professional wrestler, actor and Fitness coach. He is also known for his time in WWE NXT and AEW Dark. Early life Prior to his wrestling career Bononi played American football for São Paulo Storm ...

for the February 10 episode of ''Dynamite''. All sixteen participants were announced for the AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament which emanated from the United States and Japan. On the March 3 episode of ''Dynamite'' titled The Crossroads,

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and

Jade Cargill Jade Cargill (born June 3, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand. She is a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. She is also known for her career in All Elit ...

defeated Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet. A second

was held the following year in late January, thus establishing

as AEW's annual midwinter beach-themed event. Additionally, the second event was expanded to a two-part event, with the second part airing as a special episode of ''

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''.

Results

Notes

References

External links

* {{All Elite Wrestling events, Beach Break

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