AEW Beach Break
| AEW Beach Break | |
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| Promotions | All Elite Wrestling |
| First event | 2021 |
AEW Beach Break is a recurring professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established in 2021, the inaugural event aired as a special episode of the promotion's flagship weekly television program, Wednesday Night Dynamite. In 2022, it was expanded to a two-part event, with the second part airing as a special episode of Friday Night Rampage. It is named after one of AEW wrestler Orange Cassidy's finishing moves, the Beach Break. The event originally replaced Bash at the Beach as the promotion's beach-themed show held in midwinter; however, an event was not held in 2023, but it was scheduled to return in July 2024.
History
[edit]On March 18, 2019, Cody Rhodes, who became a wrestler and an executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), filed to trademark several World Championship Wrestling (WCW) event names that WWE (the owner of WCW's intellectual property) had let expire, including Bash at the Beach,[1][2] on the basis that Dusty Rhodes, his father, created them.[3] Accordingly, AEW held two Bash at the Beach events in 2020. In November of that year, however, a settlement was reached between Cody Rhodes and WWE in which Cody gained the "Cody Rhodes" trademark, which WWE had held onto after his run in that company, in exchange for WWE gaining the WCW event name trademarks that Cody had claimed, including Bash at the Beach.[4]
Two weeks after the trademark settlement was announced, AEW replaced Bash at the Beach with an event called Beach Break, named after one of AEW wrestler Orange Cassidy's finishing moves, the Beach Break. It was announced to be held as a special episode of Dynamite in January 2021.[5] However, the event was later rescheduled to February 3. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida.[6]
On the January 5, 2022, episode of Dynamite, it was announced that a second Beach Break would take place as a two-part event at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio on January 26. The first part aired live as Dynamite while the second part aired on tape delay as the January 28 episode of Rampage.[7] The 2022 event would also feature Rhodes's final match in AEW.[8] This had also established Beach Break as an annual television special for AEW held in midwinter; however, an event was not held in 2023.
During the June 26, 2024, episode of Dynamite, Beach Break was announced to return as special episodes of the following week's Dynamite and Rampage on July 3, 2024, with Rampage airing on tape delay on July 5, both as part of a cross-promotion with Shark Week. It was scheduled to be held at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.[9]
Events
[edit]| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beach Break (2021) | Dynamite: February 3, 2021 |
Jacksonville, Florida | Daily's Place | Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) vs. Jon Moxley and Death Triangle (Pac and Rey Fénix) | [5][6] |
| 2 | Beach Break (2022) | Night 1: Dynamite – January 26, 2022 |
Cleveland, Ohio | Wolstein Center | Adam Cole vs. Orange Cassidy in a Lights Out match | [7] |
| Night 2: Rampage – January 26, 2022 (aired January 28) |
Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (c) vs. Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | [10] | ||||
| 3 | Beach Break (2024) | Night 1: Dynamite – July 3, 2024 |
Chicago, Illinois | Wintrust Arena | Will Ospreay (c) vs. Daniel Garcia for the AEW International Championship | [11] |
| Night 2: Rampage – July 3, 2024 (aired July 5) |
Mariah May vs. Hikaru Shida in an Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament semifinal match | |||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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See also
[edit]- List of All Elite Wrestling special events
- List of AEW Dynamite special episodes
- List of AEW Rampage special episodes
References
[edit]- ^ "Cody Rhodes Files For Trademarks On "Bash At The Beach," "Battlebowl," And "Bunkhouse Stampede"". Fightful. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ Quarrinton, Norm (March 20, 2019). "AEW VPs Teasing "Bash At The Beach" Revival After Trademark Filing". prowrestlingsheet.com. Pro Wrestling Sheet. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Five, Self High (19 November 2019). "Bash at the Beach: la gran extravagancia de AEW". Superluchas | Noticias y resultados en vivo WWE, RAW, Lucha Libre, UFC, Box (in Spanish). Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ Santa Maria, Alex (November 7, 2020). "WWE Secures Several WCW Trademarks Previously Sought Out By Cody Rhodes". WrestleZone. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ a b DeFelice, Robert (November 8, 2020). "Tony Khan Likes AEW's 'Big Four' Pay-Per-View Schedule, Announces 'Beach Break' Special For January". Fightful. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ a b Klyn, Parker (December 23, 2020). "AEW Dynamite live results: Holiday Bash". Figure Four Online. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Pritchard, Bill (January 5, 2022). "Tony Khan Confirms AEW Beach Break 2022 Will Take Place In Cleveland". Mandatory. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 11, 2022). "Cody Rhodes Reveals When He Knew He Was Leaving AEW, His Mindset During Final Match". Fightful. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (June 26, 2024). "AEW Announces the Return of Beach Break for Next Week's Dynamite". 411Mania. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ "AEW Rampage: Beach Break Results 1/28/2022". 29 January 2022.
- ^ Powell, Jason (June 26, 2024). "AEW announces the Beach Break theme and matches for next week's Dynamite". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 26, 2024.