AEW Road Rager | |
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Promotions | All Elite Wrestling |
First event | 2021 |
Last event | 2022 |
AEW Road Rager was an annual professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the summer. 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. The 2022 event would be the final Road Rager as the event was not held in 2023.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began effecting the industry in mid-March 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held the majority of their programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida; [1] these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, gradually increasing as time went on, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. [2] Also in May, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7, in turn becoming the first major professional wrestling promotion to resume live touring during the pandemic. [3] Road Rager was announced to be held in Miami, Florida at the James L. Knight Center and was the first of a four-week span of special Dynamite episodes as part of AEW's "Welcome Back" tour, which continued with the two-part Fyter Fest on July 14 and 21 and concluded with Fight for the Fallen on July 28. [4] [5]
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
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1 | Road Rager (2021) |
Dynamite: July 7, 2021 |
Miami, Florida | James L. Knight Center | The Young Bucks ( Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Street Fight for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | [6] |
2 | Road Rager (2022) | Night 1: Dynamite – June 15, 2022 |
St. Louis, Missouri | Chaifetz Arena | Jurassic Express ( Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (c) vs. The Young Bucks ( Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a Tag team ladder match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | [7] |
Night 2: Rampage – June 15, 2022 ( aired June 17) |
Darby Allin vs. Bobby Fish | [8] | ||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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AEW Road Rager | |
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Promotions | All Elite Wrestling |
First event | 2021 |
Last event | 2022 |
AEW Road Rager was an annual professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the summer. 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. The 2022 event would be the final Road Rager as the event was not held in 2023.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began effecting the industry in mid-March 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held the majority of their programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida; [1] these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, gradually increasing as time went on, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. [2] Also in May, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7, in turn becoming the first major professional wrestling promotion to resume live touring during the pandemic. [3] Road Rager was announced to be held in Miami, Florida at the James L. Knight Center and was the first of a four-week span of special Dynamite episodes as part of AEW's "Welcome Back" tour, which continued with the two-part Fyter Fest on July 14 and 21 and concluded with Fight for the Fallen on July 28. [4] [5]
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Road Rager (2021) |
Dynamite: July 7, 2021 |
Miami, Florida | James L. Knight Center | The Young Bucks ( Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Street Fight for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | [6] |
2 | Road Rager (2022) | Night 1: Dynamite – June 15, 2022 |
St. Louis, Missouri | Chaifetz Arena | Jurassic Express ( Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (c) vs. The Young Bucks ( Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a Tag team ladder match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | [7] |
Night 2: Rampage – June 15, 2022 ( aired June 17) |
Darby Allin vs. Bobby Fish | [8] | ||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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