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The 2024 New Year's Smash was a
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produced by
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(AEW). It was the fifth annual New Year's Smash and took place on December 22, 2024, at the
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in
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, and aired on tape delay on December 27 as a
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New Year's-themed episode of '' Friday Night Rampage'' on
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in the United States. This was a change from previous events which were broadcast in two parts and included ''
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''. The special was notably the final episode of ''Rampage'' due to the program's cancellation.


Production


Background

New Year's Smash is a
professional wrestling Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...
television special A television special (often TV special, or rarely television spectacular) is a standalone television show which may also temporarily interrupt episodic programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Some specials provide a full range of en ...
held around New Year's by
All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...
(AEW) since January 2021. While the prior New Year's Smash events aired in two parts, with the previous three specifically airing as a special episode of ''
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'' and then as a special episode of '' Friday Night Rampage'', the 2024 event only aired as a special episode of ''Rampage'' as that week's ''Dynamite'' aired as a
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special called
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. The event was held on December 22, 2024, at the
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in
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and aired on tape delay on December 27 on
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. This was also notably the final episode of ''Rampage'' as the program was not included in AEW's media rights deal with
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that took effect on January 1, 2025.


Storylines

New Year's Smash featured
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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, ''Dynamite'', ''Rampage'', and ''
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''.


Results


References


External links


All Elite Wrestling Official website
{{All Elite Wrestling events, New Year's Smash All Elite Wrestling shows 2024 in professional wrestling