AEW New Year's Smash is a
professional wrestling
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television special
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produced by
All Elite Wrestling
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(AEW). Established by the
promotion
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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
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before the show moved to TNT's sister channel
TBS; ''Rampage'' remained on TNT.
History
On the December 9, 2020, episode of ''
Dynamite
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'',
All Elite Wrestling
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(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 announced that the event had been postponed to January 6 and 13, 2021, due to the death of AEW wrestler
Brodie Lee
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, with the December 30 episode instead being held as a
memorial event for Lee. Night 1 of
New Year's Smash aired
live
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on January 6, while Night 2 was taped on January 7 and aired on
tape delay on January 13.
On the November 19, 2021, episode of AEW's secondary program, ''
Friday Night Rampage'' (which began airing in August), AEW announced
New Year's Smash would return as the December 29 episode of ''Dynamite'' (the final episode of ''Dynamite'' on
TNT
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before its move to
TBS) and the
New Year's Eve
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episode of ''Rampage''. ''Dynamite'' aired live while ''Rampage'' aired on tape delay on December 31. This in turn established New Year's Smash as AEW's New Year's event, with future events retaining the ''Dynamite'' and ''Rampage'' broadcast format.
Events
See also
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List of AEW Dynamite special episodes
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List of AEW pay-per-view events
References
External links
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{{All Elite Wrestling events, New Year's Smash
All Elite Wrestling events