What is New Year's Smash (2022)?
{{Infobox Wrestling event | name = New Year's Smash (2022) | image = | caption = | tagline = | promotion = [[All Elite Wrestling]] | date = December 28, 2022 | date_aired = December 28 and 30, 2022 | venue = [[1stBank Center]] | attendance = | city = [[Broomfield, Colorado|Broomfield]], [[Colorado]] | lastevent = | nextevent = | event = | lastevent2 = [[New Year's Smash (December 2021)]] | nextevent2 = [[New Year's Smash (2023)]] | event2 = [[List of AEW Dynamite special episodes|''AEW Dynamite'']] and [[List of AEW Rampage special episodes|''Rampage'' special episodes]] | lastevent3 = [[Holiday Bash (2022)]] | nextevent3 = [[Blood & Guts (2023)|Blood & Guts/Royal Rampage (2023)]] }} '''New Year's Smash (2022)''' was a two-part [[professional wrestling]] show made by [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW). It took place on December 28, 2022 at the [[1stBank Center]] in [[Broomfield, Colorado|Broomfield]], [[Colorado]]. The event aired as special episodes of ''[[AEW Dynamite|Dynamite]]'' and ''[[AEW Rampage|Rampage]]'' respectively. It was the third [[AEW New Year's Smash|New Year's Smash]] event held by AEW. The main event of ''Dynamite'' saw [[Samoa Joe]] defeat [[Wardlow (wrestler)|Wardlow]] to keep his [[AEW TNT Championship]]. Joe choked Wardlow out with the [[Professional wrestling holds|Rear Naked Choke]] and the referee stopped the match, giving Joe the victory. The main event of ''Rampage'' saw [[Swerve Strickland]] defeat [[Wheeler Yuta]]. While the referee had their back turned, Strickland hit Yuta with a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Low blow|low blow]] and then a ''JML Driver'' for the pinfall victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/aew-dynamite-new-year-s-smash-1228-results-samoa-joe-defends-best-seven-continues-more|accessdate=November 10, 2023|title=AEW Dynamite: New Year's Smash (12/28) Results: Samoa Joe Defends, Best Of Seven Continues, More|publisher=Fightful}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestl