New Year's Smash (2022)

New Year's Smash (2022)
Information
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 28, 2022
(aired December 28 and 30, 2022)
Venue1stBank Center
CityBroomfield, Colorado
chronology
New Year's Smash (December 2021) New Year's Smash (2022) New Year's Smash (2023)
AEW Dynamite and Rampage special episodes chronology
Holiday Bash (2022) New Year's Smash (2022) Blood & Guts/Royal Rampage (2023)

New Year's Smash (2022) was a two-part professional wrestling show made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on December 28, 2022 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event aired as special episodes of Dynamite and Rampage respectively. It was the third New Year's Smash event held by AEW.

The main event of Dynamite saw Samoa Joe defeat Wardlow to keep his AEW TNT Championship. Joe choked Wardlow out with the Rear Naked Choke and the referee stopped the match, giving Joe the victory. The main event of Rampage saw Swerve Strickland defeat Wheeler Yuta. While the referee had their back turned, Strickland hit Yuta with a low blow and then a JML Driver for the pinfall victory.[1][2]

Matches

Dynamite (aired live December 28)

No. Matches[3] Stipulations Times
1 Bryan Danielson defeated Ethan Page (with Stokely Hathaway) Singles match 17:39
2 Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) (with Wheeler Yuta) defeated Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin) Tag team match 13:55
3 Hook defeated Baylum Lynx by submission Singles match 0:51
4 The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) (with Michael Nakazawa and Brandon Cutler) defeated Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Rey Fénix) (with Alex Abrahantes) Falls Count Anywhere Six-man tag team match
(This was the sixth match in a Best of Seven Series for the AEW World Trios Championship (Series tied 3–3) 		16:02
5 TayJay A.S. (Tay Melo and Anna Jay A.S.) defeated Willow Nightingale and Ruby Soho Tag team match 5:03
6 Samoa Joe (c) defeated Wardlow Singles match for the AEW TNT Championship 10:48
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

Rampage (aired December 30)

No. Matches[4] Stipulations Times
1 Orange Cassidy (c) (with Danhausen) defeated Trent Beretta (with Chuck Taylor) Singles match for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship 11:20
2 Kip Sabian (with Penelope Ford) defeated Atiba Singles match 1:20
3 Jade Cargill (c) (with The Baddies (Leila Grey and Red Velvet)) defeated Kiera Hogan Singles match for the AEW TBS Championship 7:30
4 Swerve Strickland (with Mogul Affiliates (Parker Boudreaux and Granden Goetzman)) defeated Wheeler Yuta Singles match 12:50
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

References

  1. ↑ "AEW Dynamite: New Year's Smash (12/28) Results: Samoa Joe Defends, Best Of Seven Continues, More". Fightful. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "AEW Rampage: New Year's Smash (12/30/2022) Results: Swerve vs. Yuta, Best Friends Explode & More". Fightful. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "12/28 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow for the TNT Title, Death Triangle vs. The Elite in a Falls Count Anywhere match in the sixth match of the best of seven series, Ethan Page vs. Bryan Danielson, Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale vs. Anna Jay and Tay Melo, Top Flight vs. Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ "12/30 AEW Rampage results: Powell's review of Orange Cassidy vs. Trent Beretta for the AEW All-Atlantic Title, Jade Cargill vs. Kiera Hogan for the TBS Title, Swerve Strickland vs. Wheeler Yuta, plus promos from Darby Allin and Sting, Jamie Hayter, Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal, and Jon Moxley". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 10, 2023.