New Year's Smash (January 2021)
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | |||
| Date | January 6-7, 2021 (aired January 6 and 13, 2021) | |||
| Attendance | 770 (Night 1) 0 (Behind closed doors (COVID-19 pandemic)) (Night 2) | |||
| Venue | Daily's Place | |||
| City | Jacksonville, Florida | |||
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New Year's Smash (January 2021) was a two-part professional wrestling show made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on January 6 and 7, 2021 at the Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The event aired as special episodes of Dynamite. It was the first New Year's Smash event to take place. The event was originally supposed to take place on December 30, 2020, and end on January 6, 2021 but the event was pushed back a week. The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life event took it's place to honour the memory of AEW wrestler Brodie Lee who died on December 26.
Night 1's main event saw Kenny Omega defeat Rey Fenix to retain his AEW World Championship. Omega would hit Fénix with the One-Winged Angel and get the pinfall victory. Night 2's main event Darby Allin defeat Brian Cage to retain his AEW TNT Championship. Allin hit Cage with the Crucifix Bomb and got the pinfall victory.[1][2]
Matches[change | change source]
| # | Matches[3] | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) defeated The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) and The Hybrid 2 (Angelico and Jack Evans) | Eight-man tag team match | 9:59 |
| 2 | Wardlow defeated Jake Hager | Singles match | 10:17 |
| 3 | Cody Rhodes (with Snoop Dogg) defeated Matt Sydal | Singles match | 10:03 |
| 4 | Hikaru Shida (c) defeated Abadon | Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship | 8:27 |
| 5 | Kenny Omega (c) (with Don Callis) defeated Rey Fenix | Singles match for the AEW World Championship | 15:03 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match | |||
| # | Matches[4] | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pac (with Lucha Brothers) defeated Eddie Kingston (with The Butcher, The Blade, and The Bunny) | Singles match | 9:31 |
| 2 | Miro (with Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford) defeated Chuck Taylor (with Orange Cassidy) | Singles match (If Taylor lost, he would have to be Miro's butler until Sabian and Ford's wedding at Beach Break. | 3:32 |
| 3 | The Elite (Kenny Omega, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (with Don Callis) defeated Danny Limelight and Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison) | Six-man tag team match | 9:21 |
| 4 | FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (with Tully Blanchard) defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt) | Tag team match | 12:16 |
| 5 | Serena Deeb (c) defeated Tay Conti (with Anna Jay) | Singles match for the NWA World Women's Championship | 9:28 |
| 6 | Darby Allin (c) defeated Brian Cage (with Ricky Starks and Hook) | Singles match for the AEW TNT Championship | 13:47 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match | |||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite 01/06/21 Results: Kenny Omega vs. Rey Fénix, Wardlow vs. Hager, Jon Moxley returns". Fightful. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite 01/13/21 Results: Allin vs. Cage, PAC vs. Kingston, The Elite in Six-Man Tag, and more". Fightful. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite New Year's Smash night one live results: Omega-Fenix". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ↑ "1/13 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of New Year's Smash night two with Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage for the TNT Title, Miro vs. Chuck Taylor, FTR vs. Marko Stunt and Jungle Boy, Serena Deeb vs. Tay Conti for the NWA Women's Title, Pac vs. Eddie Kingston". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved November 9, 2023.