AEW Fyter Fest is a

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event produced by

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(AEW). The event was established by the

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in 2019 and is held during the summer between June and August. Since 2020, Fyter Fest has been held as a multi-part

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of AEW's weekly television programs. The name, slogan, and logo of the event are a parody of the fraudulent

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. The inaugural 2019 event was

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for free as a special event on

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in the United States and on

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(PPV) internationally, while the

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and

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events were held as a two-part special of AEW's weekly television program, ''

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''. In

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, the event was expanded to being broadcast as a four-part special, encompassing the two-week broadcasts of ''Dynamite'' and '' Friday Night Rampage''. It was then reduced to a three-part event in

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, spanning AEW's three weekly shows of the week, including ''

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''. An event was not held in 2024, which also saw the cancellation of ''Rampage'' at the end of that year. Fyter Fest returned in

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as a four-hour

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of back-to-back special episodes of ''Dynamite'' and ''Collision'', the latter preempted from its usual Saturday night timeslot and channel to accommodate for the

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. The inaugural event was held in co-sponsorship with

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(CEO) at the

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. The second event was planned to air on PPV from the United Kingdom, but due to the

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, it took place at

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, which began the event's broadcast as special episodes of the company's weekly television programs.

History

The inaugural Fyter Fest event took place on June 29, 2019, at the

in co-sponsorship between

(AEW) and

(CEO). It was AEW's second-ever event and was held as part of CEO's

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event that year. This inaugural event aired for free on

in North America and on

(PPV) internationally. The name, slogan, and logo were a parody of the fraudulent

. It was also the second wrestling event to be co-sponsored by CEO, after the previous year's

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(NJPW) event, CEOxNJPW: When Worlds Collide. Both the NJPW and AEW events with CEO came as a result of

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, a former prominent wrestler of NJPW who became a wrestler and Executive Vice President of AEW following the founding of the latter in January 2019. A second event was held in 2020, though was produced by AEW alone. AEW had originally planned to host this second event at

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in June that year; it would have been the promotion's United Kingdom debut. However, the event was moved to

due to the

, which began in March that year. This second event was also originally to air on PPV but was changed to being a two-part special of AEW's weekly television program, ''

''; the first part aired

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on July 1 while the second part was pre-recorded on July 2 and aired on tape delay on July 8. The 2021 event was announced to also be held as a two-part special of ''Dynamite''. With AEW's return to live touring during the pandemic, the two nights took place in two different Texas markets as the second event of AEW's "Welcome Back" tour. The first night was held on July 14, 2021, at the

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(

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market) with the second night airing on July 21, 2021, from the

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( Dallas–Fort Worth market). The 2022 event was expanded to be held as a four-part television special, encompassing the two-week broadcasts of ''Dynamite'' and '' Friday Night Rampage''—AEW's secondary television program that began airing in August 2021. The July 13 episode of ''Dynamite'' was notable for a match between

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of the Jericho Appreciation Society and

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of the

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; both men previously wrestled for

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as Jack Swagger and Cesaro, respectively, as a tag team named The Real Americans. On August 11, 2023, AEW president

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announced that the fifth Fyter Fest would be held during the go-home week for that year's All In, moving the event to August. The 2023 event was reduced to a three-part event and encompassed the August 23 episode of ''Dynamite'', the August 25 episode of ''Rampage'', and the August 26 episode of ''

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'', the latter a third program that launched in June and airs on Saturdays. An event was not held in 2024, which also saw the cancellation of ''Rampage'' at the end of that year, but during the April 5, 2025, episode of ''Collision'', it was announced that Fyter Fest would return on June 4, 2025, emanating from the Mission Ballroom in

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. The sixth Fyter Fest was scheduled to air live as a four-hour

of back-to-back special episodes of ''Dynamite'' and ''Collision'', both simulcast on TBS and

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, with ''Collision'' preempted from its usual Saturday night timeslot and channel to accommodate for TNT's coverage of the

Events

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References

External links

All Elite Wrestling Official website
{{All Elite Wrestling events, Fyter Fest Recurring events established in 2019

History

Events

See also

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