AEW Blood & Guts
AEW Blood & Guts is a professional wrestling event produced every year by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event started in 2021 and is usually held in the middle of the year. The event aired as a special episode of AEW's flagship television show, Dynamite. The name "Blood & Guts" comes from WWE chairman Vince McMahon. McMahon during a conference call with investors, he said that WWE was going to remain a "PG environment" and that "we're not going to do blood and guts and things of that nature such as being done on perhaps a new potential competitor". The name would trademarked by AEW shortly afterwards.[1]
The show features the signature match Blood and Guts match, which is AEW's version of WarGames.[2]
Dates and venues[change | change source]
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood & Guts (2021) | May 5, 2021 | Jacksonville, Florida | Daily's Place | The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, Shawn Spears, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood) in a Blood and Guts match. |
| Blood & Guts (2022) | June 29, 2022 | Detroit, Michigan | Little Caesars Arena | The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, and Angelo Parker) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta), Eddie Kingston, Santana, and Ortiz in a Blood and Guts match. |
| Blood & Guts (2023) | July 19, 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts | TD Garden | The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, "Hangman" Adam Page, and Kota Ibushi) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, and Pac in a Blood and Guts match. |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite: Blood & Guts Announced For March 25, WarGames Style Match To Be Featured". Fightful. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ↑ ""l3/11 AEW Dynamite TV results: Powell's live review of Hangman Page and a mystery partner vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, Cody vs. Ortiz, MJF, The Butcher, and The Blade vs. Jurassic Express, "Death Triangle" Pac, Pentagon, and Fenix vs. Private Party and Joey Janela". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
