AEW Grand Slam 2021 - September 22nd, 2021

AEW Grand Slam 2021

September 22nd, 2021 (aired September 22nd and September 24th)

Flushing, Queens, New York

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Attendance: 20,177

For the First Time Ever

AEW Grand Slam 2021 was the inaugural AEW Grand Slam television special produced by All Elite Wrestling. It was held on September 22nd, 2021, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York. The two-part event was broadcast on TNT as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage - Dynamite aired LIVE while Rampage aired on tape delay n September 24th, 2021. A total of 14 matches were contested. Five aired live on Dynamite while six aired on Rampage, which was expanded to two hours for the Grand Slam special. Three dark matches also occurred before the live event, which were shown on AEW's YouTube show, Elevation, on September 27th. 

Grand Slam 2021 was AEW's New York City debut and marked the first AEW event to be held in its entirety within a stadium. Until AEW ALL IN: London in August 2023, it was AEW's most attended event with 20,177 fans in attendance. The event was highly praised by fans and critics with particular praise towards the Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson match, which received a 5 star rating from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer. The Rampage broadcast was also notable for CM Punk's first wrestling match on cable television since facing Billy Gunn on the January 20th, 2014 episode of WWE Monday Night RAW.

Results:

AEW Dynamite (September 22nd): 

• Dark Match: Thunder Rosa def. Kayla Sparks
• Dark 3-on-1 Handicap Match: Paul Wight def. Rickey Shane Page, CPA and VSK
• Dark 8-Man Tag Team Match: The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver, Preston "10" Vance and Alan "5" Angels) def. Dean Alexander, Kevin Tibbs, TJ Crawford and Eric James
• Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson went to a 30-minute time limit draw
• MJF def. Brian Pillman, Jr. by submission
• Malakai Black def. Cody Rhodes 
• Sting and Darby Allin def. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) by submission
• AEW Women's World Championship: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) def. Ruby Soho by submission to retain the title

AEW Rampage (Taped: 9/22/21 - Aired: September 24th):

• CM Punk def. Powerhouse Hobbs
• 6-Man Tag Team Match: Superkliq (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)) def. Christian Cage and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus)
• Men of the Year (Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page) def. The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho and Jake Hager)
• 8-Man Tag Team Match: The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) and Santana and Ortiz def. The Hardy Family Office (Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) and The Butcher and The Blade
• Penelope Ford def. Anna Jay
• Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston def. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer)