AEW Announces Holiday Bash & New Year's Smash Special Events

AEW to close 2020 and enter 2021 with Holiday Bash and New Year's Smash Dynamite specials.

by Andy H Murray
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All Elite Wrestling will close 2020 and ride into 2021 on the back of a trio of holiday-themed Dynamite specials.

As announced on last night's Dynamite, Holiday Bash goes down on Wednesday 23 December, but will air outside of its usual 8pm EST timeslot due to a clash with an NBA game between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks. This, coupled with the usual Christmas drop-off, will likely mean bad news for the television ratings. Going by the graphic above, it'll like be a pretaped show.

Following Holiday Bash will be two straight weeks of New Year's Smash, which will close the current year and open the new one. Special guests are being advertised for 30 December, with Snoop Dogg already confirmed for 6 January, continuing AEW's recent theme of bringing in celebrities (Shaquille O'Neal, Mike Tyson) for televised roles.

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No matches have been booked for Holiday Bash or New Year's Smash at the time of writing.

January will also see AEW hold the Beach Break special episode of Dynamite. This is a replacement for Bash at the Beach, which WWE filed a trademark application for on 3 November.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.