Dynamite on 34th Street

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Dynamite on 34th Street
Dynamite on 34th Street promotional poster.webp
Promotional poster featuring various AEW wrestlers
Promotion All Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 22, 2024
(airing December 25, 2024)
City New York City, New York
Venue Hammerstein Ballroom
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Dynamite on 34th Street is an upcoming professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will take place on December 22, 2024, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, and will air on Christmas Day on December 25 as a special Christmas episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite on TBS in the United States.

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Production

Background

AEW Dynamite is the flagship weekly television program of the American professional wrestling company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). On November 18, 2024, AEW filed to trademark "Dynamite on 34th Street". [1] On November 28, as part of a Christmas-themed week of AEW's weekly programs, the company announced that "Dynamite on 34th Street" would be a special episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite and would take place on December 22, 2024, from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, airing on tape delay on Christmas Day on December 25 on TBS. [2]

Storylies

Dynamite on 34th Street will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. [3] Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage , and Collision . [4]

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