AEW Fyter Fest
| AEW Fyter Fest | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion(s) | All Elite Wrestling |
| First event | 2019 |
AEW Fyter Fest is a series of professional wrestling events made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event started in 2019 and is usually held in the Summer. The first event streamed live for free on B/R Live in North America and aired on pay-per-view (PPV) internationally.[1] Starting in 2020, the events aired as a special episodes of AEW's television shows Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.[2] The name "Fyter Fest", as well as the logo, is a reference and parody of the 2017 music festival Fyre Festival which turned out to be a fraud.[3]
The second event was originally going to be the United Kingdom debut of AEW and was going to take place at Wembley Arena but it had the be cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Dates and venues
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyter Fest (2019) | June 29, 2019 | Daytona Beach, Florida | Ocean Center | Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in a non-sanctioned match. |
| Fyter Fest (2020) | Night 1: Dynamite – July 1, 2020 |
Jacksonville, Florida[a] | Daily's Place | Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs. Best Friends (Trent and Chuck Taylor) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. |
| Night 2: Dynamite – July 2, 2020 (aired July 8) |
Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy[b] | |||
| Fyter Fest (2021) | Night 1: Dynamite – July 14, 2021 |
Cedar Park, Texas | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park | Darby Allin vs. Ethan Page in a Coffin match. |
| Night 2: Dynamite – July 21, 2021 |
Garland, Texas | Curtis Culwell Center | Jon Moxley (c) vs. Lance Archer in a Texas Death match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. | |
| Fyter Fest (2022) | Night 1: Dynamite – July 13, 2022 |
Savannah, Georgia | Enmarket Arena | The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Team Taz (Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. Swerve in Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) in a Three-way tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. |
| Night 2: Rampage – July 13, 2022 (aired July 15) |
Lucha Brothers (Penta Oscuro and Rey Fénix) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen). | |||
| Night 3: Dynamite – July 20, 2022 |
Duluth, Georgia | Gas South Arena | Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho in a Discovery Channel Shark Week Barbed Wire Everywhere Deathmatch.[c] | |
| Night 4: Rampage – July 20, 2022 (aired July 22) |
Jay Lethal vs. Christopher Daniels. | |||
| Fyter Fest (2023) | Night 1: Dynamite – August 23, 2023 |
Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) vs. The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. | ||
| Night 2: Rampage – August 19, 2023 (aired August 25) |
Lexington, Kentucky | Rupp Arena | The Outcasts (Saraya and Toni Storm) vs. Hikaru Shida and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. | |
| Night 3: Collision – August 23, 2023 (aired August 26) |
Duluth, Georgia | Gas South Arena | Darby Allin, Sting, Hook, and CM Punk vs. Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage and Swerve Strickland), Jay White, and Luchasaurus | |
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match
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- ↑ The 2020 edition was first supposed to take place at Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom, but was moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also changed from a pay-per-view event to a two-part Dynamite special episode instead.
- ↑ The original main event of the show was going to be Brian Cage vs. Jon Moxley for Moxley's AEW World Championship. However, Moxley's wife Renee Young contracted COVID-19 and the match had to be rescheduled for Fight for the Fallen.[5]
- ↑ The rest of the Jericho Appreciation Society were locked in a shark cage outside the ring.
References
- ↑ Treese, Tyler (June 10, 2019). "All Elite Wrestling Fyter Fest To Air Live On B/R Live For Free". mandatory.com. WrestleZone. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ↑ Tessier, Colin (August 11, 2023). "Tony Khan Announces AEW Fyter Fest 2023 For AEW All In Go-Home Week". Fightful. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Being the Elite (BTE) - "Pissant" Ep.146". Being the Elite. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Exclusive: AEW owner Tony Khan reveals Fyter Fest was set to take place in London in June before coronavirus pandemic". TalkSport. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Moxley-Cage AEW title match pushed back to Fight for the Fallen". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 5, 2023.