AEW Fyter Fest

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AEW Fyter Fest
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The official Fyter Fest logo
Promotion(s)All Elite Wrestling
First event2019

AEW Fyter Fest is a professional wrestling event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event was established by the promotion in 2019 and is held annually during the summer; the first event was held in June but moved to July in 2020. The name, slogan, and logo of the event are a parody of the fraudulent Fyre Festival. Since the 2020 event, Fyter Fest has been held as a two-part special of AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite.

The inaugural event was held in co-sponsorship with Community Effort Orlando (CEO) at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. It aired for free on B/R Live in North America and on pay-per-view (PPV) internationally. The second event was planned to air on PPV from the United Kingdom, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it took place at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, which began the event's annual broadcast as a two-part special of Dynamite.

History[]

The inaugural Fyter Fest event took place on June 29, 2019 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida in co-sponsorship between All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Community Effort Orlando (CEO). It was AEW's second-ever event and was held as part of CEO's fighting game event that year.[1] This inaugural event aired for free on B/R Live in North America and on pay-per-view (PPV) internationally. The name, slogan, and logo were a parody of the fraudulent Fyre Festival.[2][3] It was also the second wrestling event to be co-sponsored by CEO, after the previous year's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event, CEOxNJPW: When Worlds Collide.[4] Both the NJPW and AEW events with CEO came as a result of Kenny Omega, a former prominent wrestler of NJPW who became a wrestler and Executive Vice President of AEW following the founding of the latter in January 2019.[4][2]

A second event was held in 2020, though was produced by AEW alone. AEW had originally planned to host this second event at Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom in June that year; it would have been the promotion's United Kingdom debut. However, the event was moved to Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in March that year. This second event was also originally to air on PPV but was changed to being a two-part special of AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite; the first part aired live on July 1 while the second part was pre-recorded on July 2 and aired on tape delay on July 8.[5][6]

The 2021 event was announced to also be held as a two-part special of Dynamite, thus becoming Fyter Fest's annual broadcasting format. With AEW's return to live touring during the pandemic, the two nights took place in two different Texas markets as the second event of AEW's "Welcome Back" tour. The first night was held on July 14, 2021 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in Cedar Park, Texas (Austin market) with the second night airing on July 21, 2021 from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth market).[7][8]

Events[]

# Event[9] Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Fyter Fest (2019) June 29, 2019 Daytona Beach, Florida Ocean Center Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in a non-sanctioned match [10][11]
2 Fyter Fest (2020) July 1, 2020 Jacksonville, Florida[a] Daily's Place Kenny Omega and Adam Page (c) vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship [12][13]
July 8, 2020[b] Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy[c]
3 Fyter Fest (2021) July 14, 2021 Cedar Park, Texas H-E-B Center at Cedar Park Darby Allin vs. Ethan Page in a Coffin match [14]
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
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Originally scheduled to take place at Wembley Arena in London, England, United Kingdom, but the event was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also originally to air on pay-per-view, but was changed to a two-part Dynamite special episode.
  2. ^ Taped on July 2
  3. ^ Originally scheduled to be Jon Moxley (c) vs. Brian Cage for the AEW World Championship, the match was rescheduled to Fight for the Fallen due to possible exposure to COVID-19 from Moxley's wife, Renee Young.

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Fyter Fest". CEO Gaming. April 11, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "Being the Elite (BTE) - "Pissant" Ep.146". Being The Elite. April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "June 29 in Florida, wrestling and video games combine for a match made in heaven! It's CEO x NJPW: When Worlds Collide!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. June 26, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Alex (May 24, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: AEW owner Tony Khan reveals Fyter Fest was set to take place in London in June before coronavirus pandemic". TalkSport. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "AEW Officially Announces Main Event at Fyter Fest 2020". CBR.com.
  7. ^ Nason, Josh (June 11, 2021). "AEW ANNOUNCES DATES FOR FYTER FEST, FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN, ROAD RAGER". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  8. ^ Casey, Connor (June 11, 2021). "AEW Announces Welcome Back Tour for AEW Dynamite's July Episodes". ComicBook. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "All Elite Wrestling Event Results". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "AEW - The Road to Double or Nothing - Episode 09". All Elite Wrestling. March 28, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  11. ^ Powell, Jason. "6/29 AEW Fyter Fest results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr., Fenix, and Laredo Kid, Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in an unsanctioned match, Cody vs. Darby Allin, Cima vs. Christopher Daniels". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  12. ^ Khan, Tony [@TonyKhan] (June 3, 2020). "AEW Fyter Fest, 2 nights on @tntdrama! I'm excited to bring Fyter to @AEWonTNT on July 1 + July 8. Thank you to all of the great fans who've supported our pay-per-view shows and #AEWDynamite every Wednesday night! This one's on the house! Or these two rather" (Tweet). Retrieved June 3, 2020 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEWrestling] (June 14, 2020). "Tag team gold is on the minds of each of these competing teams as the #AEW World Tag Team Championships & the #1 Contendership are on the line on Dynamite. #FyterFest could look very different within the tag team scene. Watch #AEWDynamite every Wednesday night on @TNTDrama 8e/7c" (Tweet). Retrieved June 14, 2020 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (June 11, 2021). "Get your tickets now for the #AEW #WelcomeBackTour 7/7 - #RoadRager Miami, Florida 7/14 - #FyterFest Night 1 Austin, TX 7/21 - #FyterFest Night 2 Dallas Metro Area 7/28 - #FightForTheFallen Charlotte, NC Tickets for all 4 events can be found at AEWTIX.com" (Tweet). Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Twitter.

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