The 2023 New Year's Smash was the fourth New Year's Smash professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The two-part event took place on December 27, 2023, at the Addition Financial Arena in

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, encompassing AEW's weekly television programs, '' Wednesday Night Dynamite'' and '' Friday Night Rampage''. ''Dynamite'' aired

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on TBS while ''Rampage'' aired on tape delay on December 29 on TNT. Seven matches were contested at the event, four of which aired live on ''Dynamite'' with the other three taped for ''Rampage''. In the main event of the ''Dynamite'' broadcast, The Devil's Masked Men ( Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, who at the time were unidentified) defeated MJF in a 2-on-1 Handicap match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the third time. In the main event of the ''Rampage'' broadcast, Top Flight ( Darius Martin and

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) and Action Andretti defeated Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, and Rocky Romero in a trios match.

Production

Background

New Year's Smash is a two-part professional wrestling television special held around New Year's by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since January 2021. The fourth New Year's Smash was scheduled to be held on December 27, 2023, at the Addition Financial Arena in

. The first part aired

as a special episode of '' Wednesday Night Dynamite'' on TBS, while the second part was taped the same night and aired on tape delay on December 29 as a special episode of '' Friday Night Rampage'' on TNT.

Storylines

New Year's Smash featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines, written by AEW's writers. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, ''Dynamite'', ''Rampage'', and '' Collision''. On the November 11 episode of ''Collision'', AEW president Tony Khan announced the

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, a 12-man

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similar to New Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW) G1 Climax, to be held across episodes of ''Dynamite'', ''Rampage'', and ''Collision'', starting from the November 22 episode of ''Dynamite''. The semi-finals, promoted as the League Finals, were scheduled for ''Dynamite'': New Year's Smash. As a result of Jay White's win over Jon Moxley on ''Dynamite'': Holiday Bash, that tied him in points with Moxley and Swerve Strickland, with the three facing off in a three-way match in the Gold League Final. Additionally, due to Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli's time limit draw on ''Collision'': Holiday Bash, that kept Danielson ahead in points to face Eddie Kingston in the Blue League Final.

Results

Night 1

Night 2

Notes

References

External links

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