Fyter Fest | |||
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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
Date | July 14 and 21, 2021 | ||
City | Cedar Park, Texas (July 14) Garland, Texas (July 21) | ||
Venue | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park (July 14) Curtis Culwell Center (July 21) | ||
Attendance | Night 1: 4,680 [1] Night 2: 5,688 [2] | ||
Fyter Fest chronology | |||
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The 2021 Fyter Fest was a two-part professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the third annual Fyter Fest and took place on July 14 and 21, 2021, at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in Cedar Park, Texas and the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, respectively. The event aired live on TNT as a two-part series of special episodes of AEW's weekly television program, Wednesday Night Dynamite . The two-week event was also the second event in AEW's "Welcome Back" tour, which celebrated AEW's resumption of live touring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fyter Fest is a professional wrestling event held annually during the summer by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2019; it was originally held in June before moving to July in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began effecting the industry in mid-March 2020, AEW held the majority of their programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida; [3] these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. [4] Also in May, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7. [5] The third Fyter Fest was announced to be held as the second event of AEW's "Welcome Back" tour and like the 2020 event, it was scheduled as a live two-part special of Dynamite on TNT. The first night was held on July 14 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in Cedar Park, Texas (Austin market) while the second night was held on July 21 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth market). [6] [7]
Fyter Fest featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. [8] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite, the supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation , and The Young Bucks' YouTube series Being The Elite .
The first night of Fyter Fest averaged 1,025,000 television viewers on TNT, with a 0.40 rating in AEW's key demographic. [9] The second night of Fyter Fest drew 1,148,000 viewers, and a 0.44 rating in the key demographic. [10]
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [11] | ||
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1 | Jon Moxley (c) defeated Karl Anderson | Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | 11:12 | ||
2 | Ricky Starks (with Hook and Powerhouse Hobbs) defeated Brian Cage (c) | Singles match for the FTW Championship | 9:52 | ||
3 | Christian Cage defeated Matt Hardy | Singles match | 13:07 | ||
4 | Sammy Guevara defeated Wheeler Yuta (with Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy) | Singles match | 4:33 | ||
5 | Yuka Sakazaki defeated Penelope Ford | Singles match | 6:45 | ||
6 | Darby Allin defeated Ethan Page | Coffin match | 15:22 | ||
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [12] | ||
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1 | Chris Jericho defeated Shawn Spears (with Tully Blanchard) | Chairs match The stipulation only applied to Spears; Jericho had to wrestle under normal singles match rules. | 10:47 | ||
2 | Doc Gallows (with Karl Anderson) defeated Frankie Kazarian | Singles match | 6:53 | ||
3 | Darby Allin (with Sting) defeated Wheeler Yuta (with Orange Cassidy) | Singles match | 4:00 | ||
4 | Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) (with Rebel) defeated Nyla Rose (with Vickie Guerrero) by submission | Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship | 12:11 | ||
5 | Orange Cassidy (with Kris Statlander) defeated The Blade (with The Bunny) | Singles match | 8:37 | ||
6 | Lance Archer (with Jake Roberts) defeated Jon Moxley (c) by knockout | Texas Death match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Match could be won by knockout or submission. | 13:09 | ||
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