Holiday Bash (2023)
| Holiday Bash | |||
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San Antonio, Texas (Dec. 23) | |||
| Venue | Paycom Center (Oklahoma City) Frost Bank Center (San Antonio) | ||
| Attendance | Night 1: 4,631[1] Night 2: 4,631[2] Night 3: 4,874[3] | ||
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The 2023 Holiday Bash was the fourth annual
San Antonio, Texas
.
A total of 15 matches were contested across the three broadcasts; five aired live on Dynamite with four taped for Rampage, and then six aired live on Collision. In the main event of the Dynamite broadcast,
Black Taurus to retain the AAA Mega Championship of the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. In the main event of the Collision broadcast, Eddie Kingston defeated Andrade El Idolo in a Blue League match of the Continental Classic tournament. The Collision broadcast was also notable for Thunder Rosa
's first match since August 2022 due to a back injury.
Production
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
Commentators
|
Excalibur (Dynamite, Rampage) |
| Tony Schiavone (all three shows) | |
| Taz (Dynamite) | |
| Toni Storm (Dynamite - Riho vs. Saraya) | |
| Jim Ross (Dynamite - main event) | |
| Chris Jericho (Rampage) | |
| Kevin Kelly (Collision) | |
| Nigel McGuinness (Collision) | |
| Matt Menard (Collision - Garcia vs. King) | |
| Ring announcers | Justin Roberts (Dynamite, Rampage) |
| Dasha Gonzalez (Collision) | |
| Referees | Aubrey Edwards |
| Bryce Remsberg | |
| Mike Posey | |
| Paul Turner | |
| Rick Knox | |
| Brandon Martinez | |
| Stephon Smith | |
| Interviewers | Renee Paquette |
| Lexy Nair |
Background
San Antonio, Texas.[7]
Storylines
Holiday Bash featured
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines, written by AEW's writers.[8]
Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.
Aftermath
The
three-way match in the Gold League Final. Additionally, due to Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli's time limit draw on Collision: Holiday Bash, that kept Danielson ahead in points to face Eddie Kingston in the Blue League Final. At Dynamite: New Year's Smash, Moxley and Kingston won their respective League Final matches to face each other in the Championship Final at Worlds End.[9]
Results
Night 1
| AEW Continental Classic Gold League match | 15:05 |
Night 2
| 14:00 | |||||
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Night 3
References
- ^ Holiday Bash 2023 - Tag 1 CageMatch
- ^ Holiday Bash CageMatch
- ^ Holiday Bash CageMatch
- Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- Discovery Communications. Archivedfrom the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ Powell, Jason (December 27, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (12/27): Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Jon Moxley vs. Jay White, and Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston in Continental Classic semifinal matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Powell, Jason (December 20, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (12/20): Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Jay White, Swerve Strickland vs. Rush, and Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal in Continental Classic matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Don (December 22, 2023). "AEW Rampage results (12/22): Murphy's review of Orange Cassidy vs. Rocky Romero for the AEW International Title, El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Black Taurus for the AAA Mega Title, Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. The Kingdom". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Powell, Jason (December 23, 2023). "AEW Collision results (12/23): Powell's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Brody King, Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia, and Andrade El Idolo vs. Claudio Castagnoli in Continental Classic matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 27, 2023.