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Holiday Bash (2024)

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Holiday Bash
Promotional poster featuring various AEW wrestlers
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 18, 2024
(aired December 18 and 20, 2024)
CityWashington, D.C.
VenueEntertainment & Sports Arena
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The 2024 Holiday Bash was a two-part professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the fifth annual Holiday Bash and took place on December 18, 2024, at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., airing as Christmas-themed episodes of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage. Dynamite aired live on TBS while Rampage was taped the same night and aired on tape delay on TNT on December 20. This was a minor broadcast change from the previous year, as it had aired in three-parts that included Saturday Night Collision which instead aired as a different special called Christmas Collision.

Production

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Background

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Holiday Bash is an annual professional wrestling Christmas television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2020. While the original event only aired as a special episode of AEW's flagship program, Wednesday Night Dynamite,[1] the 2021 event expanded it to a two-part event, with the second part airing as a special episode of Friday Night Rampage (although in 2021, Rampage aired on Saturday instead of its usual Friday slot).[2] The 2023 event was then expanded to a three-part event, with the third night airing as a special episode of Saturday Night Collision, AEW's third weekly program that launched in June 2023.[3]

For the 2024 event, Holiday Bash was reduced back to two parts, airing as Dynamite and Rampage due to that week's episode of Collision airing as a different special called Christmas Collision. The event was held on December 18, 2024, from the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.. Dynamite aired live on TBS while Rampage was taped the same night and aired on tape delay on December 20 on TNT.[4]

Storylines

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Holiday Bash featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.[5] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.[6]

Results

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Dynamite (aired live December 18)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[13]
1DNyla Rose defeated Jordan Blade by pinfallSingles match[7]
2DSatnam Singh defeated Aaron Solo by pinfallSingles match[7]
3DSerpentico defeated Richard Holliday by pinfallSingles match[7]
4Mercedes Moné (c) defeated Anna Jay by pinfallSingles match for the AEW TBS Championship[8]10:30
5The Patriarchy (Christian Cage and Nick Wayne) (with Mother Wayne and Kip Sabian) defeated Hook and Katsuyori Shibata by pinfallTag team match[9]11:50
6Shelton Benjamin defeated The Beast Mortos by pinfallAEW Continental Classic Blue League match[10]8:10
7Darby Allin defeated Will Ospreay by pinfallAEW Continental Classic Gold League match[11]14:45
8Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Pac, and Wheeler Yuta) (with Claudio Castagnoli and Marina Shafir) defeated "Hangman" Adam Page, Jay White, and Orange Cassidy by pinfallTrios match[12]12:05
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match
Rampage (taped December 18, aired December 20)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[15]
1The Don Callis Family (Brian Cage and Konosuke Takeshita) defeated Mark Davis and Powerhouse Hobbs by pinfallTag team match[14]12:27
2Action Andretti and Lio Rush defeated Myles Hawkins and Goldy by pinfallTag team match[14]1:10
3Willow Nightingale defeated Harley Cameron by pinfallSingles match[14]6:41
4Brody King defeated Komander by pinfallAEW Continental Classic Gold League match[14]14:51

References

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  1. ^ Rose, Bryan (December 9, 2020). "AEW ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY BASH, NEW YEAR'S SMASH SPECIAL EVENTS". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Nason, Josh (December 8, 2021). "AEW HOLIDAY BASH SET FOR BOTH DYNAMITE, CHRISTMAS NIGHT RAMPAGE". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Elizabeth, Claire (December 20, 2023). "AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash results, live blog (Dec. 20, 2023): Gold League wraps up". Cageside Seats. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "AEW: Dynamite/Rampage Washington, DC DECEMBER 18, 2024". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "AEW: Dynamite/Collision". aewtix.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "AEW Dynamite #272 - Holiday Bash 2024 - Tag 1". Cagematch.net. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Mercedes Moné TBS title defense signed for AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash". F4W/WON. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  9. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 17, 2024). "FTR Segment, Christan Cage And Nick Wayne To Team At AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash". Fightful. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Tessier, Colin (December 13, 2024). "AEW Continental Classic Blue League Match Set For AEW Dynamite: Holiday Bash". Fightful. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  11. ^ Nason, Josh (November 30, 2024). "Will Ospreay vs. Darby Allin Continental Classic match set for AEW Holiday Bash Dynamite". WON/F4W. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  12. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 16, 2024). "Death Riders To Compete At AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash". Fightful. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (December 18, 2024). "AEW Dynamite results (12/18): Powell's live review of Will Ospreay vs. Darby Allin and Shelton Benamin vs. The Beast Mortos in C2 matches, Mercedes Mone vs. Anna Jay for the TBS Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d Tessier, Colin (December 18, 2024). "AEW Rampage: Holiday Bash Spoilers For 12/20 (Taped On 12/18)". Fightful. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  15. ^ Murphy, Don (December 20, 2024). "AEW Rampage results (12/20): Murphy's review of Brody King vs. Komander in a Continental Classic gold league match, Harley Cameron vs. Willow Nightingale". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
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