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AEW New Year's Smash
AEW New Year's Smash is a professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established by the promotion in 2021, the event is held annually around New Year's as a two-part event. The original January 2021 event aired as two back-to-back special episodes of AEW's flagship program, '' Wednesday Night Dynamite'', while the second event, which aired in December 2021, occurred during the same week, first as an episode of ''Dynamite'', then as a special episode of '' Friday Night Rampage'', with future events retaining this format. The ''Dynamite'' broadcast for the second event was notable for being the final ''Dynamite'' to air on TNT before the show moved to TNT's sister channel TBS; ''Rampage'' remained on TNT. History On the December 9, 2020, episode of ''Dynamite'', All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced that the December 30, 2020, and January 6, 2021, episodes would be a two-part event titled "New Year's Smash". However, on December 28, it was annou ...
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All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE. AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, who founded the company in 2019; in-ring performers Matt & Nick Jackson and Kenny Omega also serve as company executives. Its headquarters are located at TIAA Bank Field, the home stadium of the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars, a team also owned by Shahid Khan. Since October 2, 2019, AEW has produced a two-hour weekly television show, ''Dynamite'', which airs live, with some exceptions. The show originally aired on TNT until December 2021; it moved to TNT's sister channel, TBS, on January 5, 2022. The company also has one other weekly television show, '' Rampage'', which is a one-hour program that has aired on TNT since August 13, 2021. Additionally, AEW has two weekly YouTube-exclusive shows: ''Dark'' and '' Dark: Elevati ...
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New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, on 31 December. The last day of the year is commonly referred to as “New Year’s Eve”. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January. The Line Islands (part of Kiribati) and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean, are the first places to welcome the New Year, while American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last. By region Africa Algeria In Algeria, New Year's Eve (french: Réveillon; '' ar, Ra’s al-‘Ām'') is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, such as Algiers, Constantine, Annaba, Oran, Sétif, and Béjaïa ...
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Orange Cassidy
James Cipperly (born May 4, 1984), better known by his ring name Orange Cassidy, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW All-Atlantic Champion in his first reign. Prior to signing with AEW, he had previously performed for the Chikara promotion as the ''luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), Fire Ant. Fire Ant was part of the Colony stable, which won the Campeonatos de Parejas once and Chikara's premier King of Trios tournament twice. During his time in Chikara, he also appeared unmasked as a member of The Gentleman's Club faction, alongside Chuck Taylor and Drew Gulak, and was a trainer at the promotion's Wrestle Factory school. He also wrestled prominently on the independent circuit from 2004 to 2019. Early life and education James Cipperly was born on May 4, 1984, in the Stewartsville section of Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey. He graduate ...
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Best Friends (professional Wrestling)
Best Friends are a professional wrestling stable, originally a tag team consisting of Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta. The team is currently performing in All Elite Wrestling (AEW). They first formed in Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG), where they were the winners of the 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament. Since the inception of AEW in 2019, the duo has regularly appeared alongside Orange Cassidy. Starting in 2021, they would be joined by Kris Statlander and Wheeler Yuta, the latter of whom left the team in 2022. Occasional appearances have been made by Trent's Roppongi Vice tag team partner Rocky Romero, and by Sue (Trent's real-life mother). The group is the AEW branch of the NJPW faction Chaos, as the two organizations have a working relationship. The original team of Taylor and Trent are often seen as a comedy tag team, with Trent often acting as the straight man to the more eccentric Taylor as well as Sue's use of her Honda Odyssey. History Pro Wrestling Gueri ...
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Kyle O'Reilly
Kyle Edward Greenwood (born March 1, 1987) is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs under the ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2009 to 2017, and WWE where he performed on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand from 2017 to 2021, both of which he used the same ring name. He is a record three-time NXT Tag Team Championship, NXT Tag Team Champion, and was a founding member of The Undisputed Era. He also worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and competed for several Independent circuit, independent Professional wrestling promotion, promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). In ROH, he is a List of ROH World Champions, one-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion and List of ROH World Tag Team Champions, three-time ROH World Tag Team Championship, ROH World Tag Team Champion alongside Bobby Fish as reDRagon, while in PW ...
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Bobby Fish
Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976) is an American professional wrestler currently appearing on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand and was a member of The Undisputed Era. In WWE, he is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his tag team partner Kyle O'Reilly. He is also known for his time with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2021–2022 and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team reDRagon (also with O'Reilly) and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan both for Pro Wrestling Noah and for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice. Early life Robert Anthony Fish was born on October 27, 1976, in Albany, New York, and is the youngest of three children to Richard and Ann Fish. Fish's father worked a ...
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Adam Cole
Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Adam Cole. He is also known for his tenures with WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH). Cole began his eight-year tenure with ROH in 2009 and went on to become the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion. In addition, he is a one-time ROH World Television Champion, and the winner of the 2014 ROH Survival of the Fittest tournament. Cole has also wrestled for several independent promotions, including Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he is a former CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he is a former PWG World Champion; he holds the records for longest reigns for both titles. He also worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was part of the Bullet Club stable. From 2017 to 2021, Cole was signed to WWE and performed on their NXT brand. During this time, Cole was th ...
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AEW TNT Championship
The AEW TNT Championship is a men’s professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established on March 30, 2020, it is named after the TNT television network, which currently airs AEW's secondary core program, '' Rampage'', as well as the promotion's ''Battle of the Belts'' quarterly television specials. The inaugural champion was Cody Rhodes. The current champion is Samoa Joe, who is in his first reign. History In September 2019, a month before All Elite Wrestling (AEW) launched their first weekly television program, ''Dynamite'', AEW Executive Vice President and wrestler Cody teased that the promotion would eventually debut a television championship, but their focus at that time was on their other recently established titles. In February 2020, wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer directly asked Cody on the possibility of the promotion adding a secondary championship. Although he did not confirm or deny i ...
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Brian Cage
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Darby Allin
Samuel Ratsch (born January 7, 1993), better known by the ring name Darby Allin, is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former and longest-reigning AEW TNT Champion. He is also known for his appearances in World Wrestling Network promotions, wrestling for Evolve. Early life Growing up, Ratsch took part in track and field and played football as one of his grandfathers played in the NFL. He also took part in amateur wrestling, but only because he assumed it was professional wrestling. He later attended a film school in Arizona, dropping out to pursue a career in skateboarding. Through his connections with Matt Schlager, Ratsch regularly appeared in video clips with his friends on '' Ridiculousness'', until one video was too extreme for the program to air. He also appeared on an episode of '' Sex Sent Me to the ER'', later admitting in an interview with Chris Van Vliet that the story was fabricated, as he needed the money. F ...
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AEW World Championship
The AEW World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on May 25, 2019, it is the promotion's top championship for male singles competitors, and Chris Jericho was the inaugural champion. The current champion is MJF, who is in his first reign. History On January 1, 2019, the professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was founded and its inaugural event, Double or Nothing, was scheduled for May 25. The unveiling of the promotion's world championship was first teased on AEW's YouTube channel on May 22, where actor and comedian Jack Whitehall humorously attempted to reveal the title belt but struggled to get the championship out of its bag. During that same video, Whitehall revealed that the winner of Double or Nothing's Buy In pre-show battle royal, called the Casino Battle Royale, would face the winner of Double or Nothing's main event at a future date to determine ...
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Fénix (wrestler)
Rey Fénix (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler) signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is current double champion as the Latin American and World Cruiserweight Champion. In AEW, Fénix currently holds one-third of the AEW World Trios Championship along with his Death Triangle stablemates: Pac, and his real-life older brother, Penta El Zero Miedo. He and his brother Penta also team as the Lucha Brothers, and are former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champions. In addition to his Fénix ring name, he uses the name Rey Fenix in the United States, and King Phoenix when working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He is also known for his work with Impact Wrestling, where the Lucha Bros are former Impact World Tag Team Champions. He also works on the side for various American and Mexican independent promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in the U.S., where he is a one- ...
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