Winter Is Coming (2024)

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Winter Is Coming
Winter Is Coming 2024 promotional poster.webp
Promotional poster for the Dynamite broadcast featuring various AEW wrestlers
Promotion All Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 11 and 12, 2024
(aired December 11, 13, and 14, 2024)
City Kansas City, Missouri (December 11)
St. Louis, Missouri (December 12)
Venue T-Mobile Center (Kansas City)
Chaifetz Arena (St. Louis)
Attendance3,854 (Dynamite) [1]
3,854 (Rampage) [2]
2,343 (Collision) [3]
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The 2024 Winter Is Coming was a three-part professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the fifth annual Winter Is Coming event and took place on December 11 and 12, 2024, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri and the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, respectively, encompassing the broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite , Friday Night Rampage , and Saturday Night Collision . Dynamite aired live on December 11 on TBS, Rampage was taped the same night and aired on tape delay on December 13 on TNT, while Collision was taped on December 12 and aired on tape delay on December 14, also on TNT. All totaled, 16 matches aired over the three shows.

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Production

Background

Winter Is Coming is an annual professional wrestling television special held in December by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2020. The title "Winter Is Coming" is derived from Game of Thrones , a television series from HBO, which is part of Warner Bros. Discovery, which also includes AEW broadcast partners TBS and TNT. [4] On November 16, 2024, it was announced that the fifth Winter Is Coming would be held on December 11, 2024, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri and air live as Wednesday Night Dynamite on TBS. [5] It was later revealed that like the prior year, the special would also encompass Friday Night Rampage , which was taped on December 11 after Dynamite's live broadcast and aired on tape delay on December 13 on TNT, [6] and Saturday Night Collision , which was taped on December 12 at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri and will air on tape delay on December 14, also on TNT. [7]

Storylines

Winter Is Coming features professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. [8] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.

Results

Dynamite (aired live December 11)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [9]
1D Satnam Singh defeated Colt Cabana Singles match [10] —
2D The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and Evil Uno) defeated Fuego Del Sol and Serpentico Tag team match [10] —
3 Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Pac) (with Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta) defeated Orange Cassidy and Jay White by disqualification Tag team match [11] 14:15
4 Will Ospreay defeated Claudio Castagnoli by pinfall AEW Continental Classic Gold League match [12] 13:25
5 Adam Cole defeated Kyle O'Reilly by pinfall Singles match [13]
The winner earned a match against MJF for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring at Worlds End.		10:50
6 Ricochet defeated Brody King by pinfall AEW Continental Classic Gold League match [12] 12:50
7 Mariah May (c) defeated Mina Shirakawa by pinfall Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship [14] 11:10
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match
Rampage (taped December 11, aired December 13)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [2]
1 Matt Cardona defeated Bryan Keith (with Chris Jericho) by pinfall Singles match [15] 10:54
2 Toni Storm defeated Harley Cameron by pinfall Singles match [15] 7:27
3 Deonna Purrazzo defeated Shazza McKenzie by submission Singles match [15] 1:24
4 Powerhouse Hobbs and Mark Davis defeated The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita and Lance Archer) (with Don Callis) by pinfall Tag team match [15] 12:00
Collision (taped December 12, aired December 14)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [3]
1 Willow Nightingale defeated Jamie Hayter by pinfall International Women's Cup Qualifier [16] 12:04
2 Kazuchika Okada defeated The Beast Mortos by pinfall AEW Continental Classic Blue League match [16] 12:44
3 Toni Storm defeated Shazza McKenzie by pinfall Singles match [16] 1:47
4 Lio Rush and Action Andretti defeated Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin) (with Leila Grey) by pinfall Tag team match [16]
The winning team received a match against Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship 		10:46
5 Kris Statlander defeated Tootie Lynn by pinfall Singles match [16] 1:49
6 The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), Daniel Garcia, Komander, and Orange Cassidy (with Alex Abrahantes) defeated MxM Collection (Mason Madden and Mansoor) and The Premier Athletes (Ari Daivari, Josh Woods, and Tony Nese) (with Mark Sterling) by pinfall 10-man tag team match [16] 8:48
7 Mark Briscoe defeated Kyle Fletcher by pinfall AEW Continental Classic Blue League match [16] 19:44

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