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produced by the American

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(AEW). Established in 2020, the event airs in December as a special episode of the promotion's flagship weekly television program, '' Wednesday Night Dynamite''. The event's title is a reference to the motto in ''

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'', as well as its eponymous television episode. The show is distributed by

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, the parent company of AEW's broadcast partners,

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and TBS.

History

On the November 18, 2020, episode of '' Wednesday Night Dynamite'',

(AEW) announced that the December 2 episode would be a special episode titled "Winter Is Coming". The phrase was the title of the pilot episode of the ''

'' television series, as well as the motto (or "Words") of House Stark of Winterfell in the series. The use of the title was approved by

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officials, as WarnerMedia has used ''Dynamite'' to promote

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and other WarnerMedia properties. The event was notable for the debut of former

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(WCW) legend

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in AEW, which was his first appearance on

in over 19 years since he defeated

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on the final episode of ''

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'' in March 2001. Due to the

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, the event was held at

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. On the November 19, 2021, episode of '' Friday Night Rampage'', it was announced that a second Winter Is Coming would air as the December 15 episode of ''Dynamite''. This established Winter Is Coming as an annual December

of ''Dynamite''. With AEW's return to live touring in July 2021, this second event was held at the

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. This would also be the final Winter Is Coming to air on TNT as in January 2022, ''Dynamite'' was moved to TNT's sister channel, TBS. The third Winter Is Coming was scheduled to be held as the December 14, 2022, episode of ''Dynamite''. It was also confirmed that the event would return to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.

Events

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* {{All Elite Wrestling events, Winter Is Coming Recurring events established in 2020 Game of Thrones

History

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