New Year's Smash (2023)

New Year's Smash
Information
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 27, 2023
VenueAddition Financial Arena
CityOrlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
2022 New Year's Smash
AEW Dynamite special episodes chronology
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Holiday Bash New Year's Smash

New Year's Smash (2023) was a professional wrestling show made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on December 27, 2023 at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida. The event aired as special episodes of Dynamite and Rampage respectively. It was the fourth New Year's Smash event to take place.

Night 1's main event saw The Devil's Masked Men (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, (unidentified at the time)) defeated MJF in a 2-on-1 Handicap match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championships.[1] Night 2's main event saw Action Andretti and Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin) defeated Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy in a trios match.[2]

Matches

Night 1

Dynamite (aired live December 27)
# Matches[3] Stipulations Times
1 Jon Moxley defeated Jay White and Swerve Strickland AEW Continental Classic Gold League semi-final match 23:15
2 Eddie Kingston defeated Bryan Danielson AEW Continental Classic Blue League semi-final match 22:35
3 Skye Blue defeated Kris Statlander Singles match 9:15
4 The Devil's Masked Men (were unidentified at the time, would later be revealed as Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) defeated MJF (c) 2-on-1 Handicap match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship (Samoa Joe was supposed to team with MJF to defend the title. Now would be attacked by The Devil's Masked Men before the match. This was a fakeout and Joe attacked MJF after the match.) 1:25
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

Rampage (taped December 27; aired December 29)
# Matches[4] Stipulations Times
1 Ruby Soho (with Saraya and Harley Cameron) defeated Marina Shafir (with Nyla Rose) Singles match 5:00
2 Wheeler Yuta (c) defeated Matt Sydal Pure Wrestling Rules match for the ROH Pure Championship 9:34
3 Action Andretti and Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin) defeated Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy Trios match 13:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ "The Devil's Masked Men Win ROH Tag Team Titles, Samoa Joe Turns On MJF On 12/27 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ "AEW Rampage New Year's Smash (12/29/2023) Results: Wheeler Yuta vs Matt Sydal, CHAOS, Ruby Soho, More". Fightful. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ "AEW Dynamite results (12/27): Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Jon Moxley vs. Jay White, and Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston in Continental Classic semifinal matches". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ "AEW Rampage results (12/29): Murphy's review of Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, Wheeler Yuta vs. Matt Sydal for the ROH Pure Title, Orange Cassidy, Rocky Romero, and Trent Beretta vs. Top Flight and Action Andretti". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved January 1, 2024.