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Holiday Bash (2021)
The 2021 Holiday Bash was the second annual Holiday Bash professional wrestling Christmas television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on December 22, 2021, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The two-part event was broadcast on TNT as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage. Dynamite aired live while Rampage aired on tape delay on December 25 at 9pm ET as a special Saturday night episode, which was moved back from its usual Friday night 10pm ET slot because of TNT's traditional holiday marathon showing of A Christmas Story.
The Dynamite broadcast is notable for the AEW debut of Kyle O'Reilly, who previously wrestled on WWE's NXT brand. O'Reilly reunited with Adam Cole and Bobby Fish, the original three members of The Undisputed Era in NXT. It was also the first time that Sting and CM Punk main evented an AEW event; the two teamed with Darby Allin and defeated The Pinnacle (MJF and FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)). In the main event of the Rampage broadcast, Cody Rhodes defeated Sammy Guevara to win the AEW TNT Championship for a record third time.
In December 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held a television special titled Holiday Bash, which aired as a special episode of AEW's flagship program, Wednesday Night 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 was 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 traditional Christmas Eve marathon showing of A Christmas Story.
Holiday Bash featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Rampage, the supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation, and 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. 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.
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 disappeared. 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.
After losing his AEW World Championship to Adam Page at Full Gear, Kenny Omega announced his hiatus 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.
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Holiday Bash (2021)
The 2021 Holiday Bash was the second annual Holiday Bash professional wrestling Christmas television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on December 22, 2021, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The two-part event was broadcast on TNT as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage. Dynamite aired live while Rampage aired on tape delay on December 25 at 9pm ET as a special Saturday night episode, which was moved back from its usual Friday night 10pm ET slot because of TNT's traditional holiday marathon showing of A Christmas Story.
The Dynamite broadcast is notable for the AEW debut of Kyle O'Reilly, who previously wrestled on WWE's NXT brand. O'Reilly reunited with Adam Cole and Bobby Fish, the original three members of The Undisputed Era in NXT. It was also the first time that Sting and CM Punk main evented an AEW event; the two teamed with Darby Allin and defeated The Pinnacle (MJF and FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)). In the main event of the Rampage broadcast, Cody Rhodes defeated Sammy Guevara to win the AEW TNT Championship for a record third time.
In December 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held a television special titled Holiday Bash, which aired as a special episode of AEW's flagship program, Wednesday Night 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 was 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 traditional Christmas Eve marathon showing of A Christmas Story.
Holiday Bash featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Rampage, the supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation, and 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. 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.
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 disappeared. 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.
After losing his AEW World Championship to Adam Page at Full Gear, Kenny Omega announced his hiatus 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.