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Revision as of 02:38, 22 December 2021

Holiday Bash (2021)
Promotional poster featuring various AEW wrestlers
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 22, 2021
(aired December 22 and 25, 2021)
CityGreensboro, North Carolina
VenueGreensboro Coliseum
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The 2021 Holiday Bash is the upcoming second annual Holiday Bash professional wrestling Christmas television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is set to take place at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 22, 2021. The two-part event will be broadcast on TNT as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Rampage. The first part will air live on Dynamite while the second part will air on tape delay on December 25 at 9pm ET as a special Saturday night Rampage, which was moved back from its usual Friday night 10pm slot because of TNT's Christmas Eve looped broadcasts of A Christmas Story.

Production

Background

On December 17, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held a television special titled Holiday Bash, which aired as a special episode of AEW's flagship program, Dynamite. On December 7, 2021, AEW President Tony Khan confirmed that Holiday Bash would return live on December 22 for Dynamite and an episode of Rampage that would air on tape delay on Christmas Day. The event is scheduled to take place at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. While Rampage usually airs on Fridays, for the Holiday Bash special, it was pushed back to Saturday night because of TNT's Christmas Eve looped broadcasts of A Christmas Story.[1]

Storylines

Holiday Bash will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2] Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly shows Dynamite, Rampage, Dark, and Elevation and on The Young Bucks' YouTube series Being The Elite.

On December 10, Tony Khan announced that Sting would make his return to the Greensboro Coliseum for Holiday Bash on December 22. Greensboro Coliseum was the location of Sting's first world championship match, which was against Ric Flair at the 1988 Clash of the Champions.[3] Sting and Darby Allin were interviewed by Tony Schiavone backstage on the December 10 episode of Rampage about Sting's return to Greensboro, however, they were interrupted by FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and their manager Tully Blanchard. On the December 15 episode of Dynamite, MJF faced Dante Martin for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring in the main event. After winning the ring for the third year in a row, FTR came out to celebrate with MJF but were attacked by Sting and Allin. CM Punk then came out to even the odds. A six-man tag team match with Punk teaming up with Sting and Allin against The Pinnacle (MJF and FTR) was made official for Holiday Bash.[4]

On the December 8 episode of Dynamite, The Varsity Blondes were interviewed by Tony Schiavone. Arena lights went out and Malakai Black appeared out of nowhere. He blew black mist in Julia Hart's eyes and then dissapeared. The following week, Varsity Blondes' Griff Garrison challenged Black to a match which was made official for Holiday Bash.

On October 23, 2021, the AEW TBS Championship Tournament began. On November 17, Nyla Rose defeated Hikaru Shida and on December 1, Ruby Soho defeated Kris Statlander in Quarterfinal matches. Rose and Soho were then scheduled to face each other in the Semifinal match at Holiday Bash with Vickie Guerrero in Rose's corner.[5]

After losing his AEW World Championship to Adam Page at Full Gear, Kenny Omega announced his hiatus[6] on the November 17 episode of Dynamite. After that, Adam Cole teamed up with Omega's The Elite members, The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson); they were eventually joined by Bobby Fish. On the December 15 episode, in a backstage segment, Cole announced to his teammates that he had the biggest Christmas gift for them and they would find out what it was at Holiday Bash. Cole was also scheduled for a match against Orange Cassidy on the same night.[7]

On the December 8 episode of Dynamite, Cody Rhodes interrupted Sammy Guevara by answering his AEW TNT Championship open challenge. Guevara accepted and the match was set for the Holiday Bash episode of Rampage. This rivalry goes back to 2019, when Rhodes faced Guevara in the first-ever match on the first-ever episode of Dynamite.[8]

Another match scheduled for the Christmas Day episode of Rampage was Hook against Bear Bronson. Hook made his debut on the December 10 episode of Rampage against Fuego Del Sol.

On December 17, while speaking on the Busted Open Radio podcast with David LaGreca and Mark Henry, Tony Khan announced that AEW would hold the "Owen Hart Cup", which would consist of both a men's and women's tournament. Initial information about the respective tournaments were announced on the December 17 episode of Rampage with more information to be revealed at Holiday Bash.[9]

Matches

Dynamite - (December 22) - (Part 1)
No.Matches*Stipulations
1Malakai Black vs. Griff GarrisonSingles match
2CM Punk, Sting, and Darby Allin vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood)Six-man tag team match
3Orange Cassidy vs. Adam ColeSingles match
4Nyla Rose vs. Ruby SohoSingles match
Semifinals of AEW TBS Championship Tournament.
*Card subject to change
Rampage - (December 25) - (Part 2)
No.Matches*Stipulations
1Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Cody RhodesSingles match for the AEW TNT Championship
2Hook vs. Bear BronsonSingles match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

  1. ^ Nason, Josh (December 8, 2021). "AEW HOLIDAY BASH SET FOR BOTH DYNAMITE, CHRISTMAS NIGHT RAMPAGE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). IPuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. ^ Khan, Tony [@TonyKhan] (December 10, 2021). "TONIGHT on #AEWRampage, @tonyschiavone24 will interview @Sting & @DarbyAllin, asking about the upcoming Holiday Bash December 22 where Stinger will be making his long-awaited return to Greensboro, where Sting had his first World Title match in 1988! IT'S STING on Rampage TONIGHT! https://t.co/MR6FhDVQWi" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (December 16, 2021). ".@The_MJF's Dynamite Diamond Ring celebration was cut short by @Sting, @DarbyAllin, & @CMPunk. Next Wednesday, #FTR & MJF have to face Sting, Darby & Punk in a trios match on #AEWDynamite #HolidayBash LIVE on TNT from Greensboro, NC! 🎟 - https://t.co/UN1cNiJJrQ https://t.co/h5ePwJ9dcd" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (December 17, 2021). "#HolidayBash starts WEDNESDAY on #AEWDynamite at 8e/5p LIVE on TNT -@CMPunk/@Sting/@DarbyAllin v @The_MJF/#FTR -@orangecassidy v @AdamColePro -TBS Tournament Semis: @NylaRoseBeast v @realrubysoho -@malakaiblxck v @griffgarrison1 -@RealBrittBaker & @tonyschiavone24 Christmas Party https://t.co/d4cR9BlFvM" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (November 17, 2021). "Former #AEW World Champion @KennyOmegamanX has some things to fix after his loss to @theAdamPage and he can't do it here. Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE NATIONWIDE on @tntdrama NOW! https://t.co/Vf7OXPwf5d" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (December 15, 2021). "#TheElite are not done with CHAOS...@AdamColePro, @youngbucks & @theBobbyFish want an 8-man tag on #AEWRampage! Watch #AEWDynamite #WinterIsComing LIVE everywhere on @tntdrama https://t.co/0sTaEAoHCN" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (December 8, 2021). "#CodyRhodes vs TNT Champion @sammyguevara on Christmas Day! Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE everywhere on @tntdrama NOW! https://t.co/gxP2vOL38m" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (December 17, 2021). "#AEW GM @TonyKhan talked exclusively to @BustedOpenRadio about the #OwenHart Cup and TONIGHT on #AEWRampage the When & Where will be revealed. Tune in TONIGHT at 10/9c on @tntdrama https://t.co/fCjvO5vksa" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
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