AEW Fyter Fest
AEW Fyter Fest is a professional wrestling event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event started in 2019 and is usually held in the Summer. The event airs as a special episodes of AEW's television shows Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision. 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.[1]
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.[2]
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 (Event was first supposed to take place at Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom. Event was moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Event was also changed from a pay-per-view to a two-part Dynamite special episode instead.) |
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 (Match was supposed to be Jon Moxley (c) vs. Brian Cage for the AEW World Championship. Match was rescheduled because of possible exposure to COVID-19 from Moxley's wife, Renee Young.) | |||
| 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 Jackson 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) |
The 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. (The rest of the Jericho Appreciation Society were suspended outside the ring in a shark cage.) | |
| Night 4: Rampage – July 20, 2022 (aired July 22) |
Jay Lethal vs. Christopher Daniels. | |||
| Fyter Fest (2023) | Night 1: Dynamite – August 23, 2023 |
Duluth, Georgia | Gas South Arena | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) vs. The Hardys (Jeff Hardy 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 | |
References
- "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.
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