AEW Bash at the Beach
Bash at the Beach was a series of professional wrestling television special episodes produced by All Elite Wrestling.
The two-part, nine-day event started on January 15, 2020 from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida with an episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT. The series continued with Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea, with matches from the cruise airing on the January 22 episode of Dynamite. The events continued until January 24.Production
Background
From 1994–2000, World Championship Wrestling held a series of pay-per-view shows called WCW Bash at the Beach. The World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW in 2001 and acquired their intellectual property, including the trademark for Bash at the Beach. In 2004 and 2005, WWE allowed this trademark to expire. Cody Rhodes trademarked several terms including "Bash at the Beach" on March 18, 2019, due to its creation by his father Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes commented on these filings stating they were personal and most would not be used by AEW. However, November 18, 2019, All Elite Wrestling announced that the January 15, 2020 episode of would be titled AEW Bash at the Beach as part of the ten-day event from Coral Gables, Florida and the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship from Norwegian Cruise Line.Storylines
Bash at the Beach featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on The Young Bucks' YouTube series Being The Elite and AEW's weekly shows Dynamite and Dark.Results
