Fright Night Dynamite was a

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produced by

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(AEW). It took place on October 30, 2024, at the Wolstein Center in

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and aired

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as a

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episode of '' Wednesday Night Dynamite'' on TBS in the United States. The event notably featured

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's first match in over a year, having last wrestled at All Out in September 2023, the return of Mark Davis after having a wrist injury for over a year, and the AEW debut of

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, who had left

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in August after the expiration of his contract. Six matches were contested at the event, including two

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es which took place before the televised broadcast. In the main event,

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defeated

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. After the match, Bobby Lashley debuted and attacked Strickland, reuniting with Benjamin and

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as The Hurt Syndicate, previously known as The Hurt Business in WWE. In other prominent matches, Kris Statlander defeated Kamille which was her first pinfall loss and first loss in AEW overall, Private Party ( Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) defeated

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( Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) to win the

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where if Private Party had lost, they would have had to disband as a team, and in the opening bout, Adam Cole defeated Buddy Matthews.

Production

Background

AEW Dynamite ''AEW Dynamite'', also known as ''Wednesday Night Dynamite'' or simply ''Dynamite'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American Professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It air ...

'' is the flagship weekly television program of the American

company

(AEW). On October 15, 2024, it was reported that AEW had filed to trademark "Fright Night Dynamite" and "AEW: Fright Night Dynamite". During the October 16 episode of ''Dynamite'', the company announced that the October 30 episode would be a

-themed show entitled Fright Night Dynamite. The

took place at the Wolstein Center in

and aired

on TBS in the United States.

Storylines

Fright Night Dynamite featured

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, ''Dynamite'', '' Rampage'', and ''

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.''

Results

References

External links

All Elite Wrestling Official website
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