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New Year's Smash (2022) was a two-part professional wrestling show made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on December 28, 2022 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield , Colorado . The event aired as special episodes of Dynamite and Rampage respectively. It was the third New Year's Smash event to take place.
The main event of Dynamite saw Samoa Joe defeat Wardlow to retain his AEW TNT Championship . Joe choked Wardlow out with the Rear Naked Choke and the referee stopped the match, giving Joe the victory. The main event of Rampage saw Swerve Strickland defeat Wheeler Yuta . While the referee had their back turned, Swerve hit Yuta with a low blow and then a JML Driver for the pinfall victory.[1] [2]
Dynamite (aired live December 28)
Rampage (aired on tape delay December 30)
↑ "AEW Dynamite: New Year's Smash (12/28) Results: Samoa Joe Defends, Best Of Seven Continues, More" . Fightful. Retrieved November 10, 2023 .
↑ "AEW Rampage: New Year's Smash (12/30/2022) Results: Swerve vs. Yuta, Best Friends Explode & More" . Fightful. Retrieved November 10, 2023 .
↑ "12/28 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow for the TNT Title, Death Triangle vs. The Elite in a Falls Count Anywhere match in the sixth match of the best of seven series, Ethan Page vs. Bryan Danielson, Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale vs. Anna Jay and Tay Melo, Top Flight vs. Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli" . ProWrestling.net. Retrieved November 10, 2023 .
↑ "12/30 AEW Rampage results: Powell's review of Orange Cassidy vs. Trent Beretta for the AEW All-Atlantic Title, Jade Cargill vs. Kiera Hogan for the TBS Title, Swerve Strickland vs. Wheeler Yuta, plus promos from Darby Allin and Sting, Jamie Hayter, Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal, and Jon Moxley" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 10, 2023 .