| AEW Rampage: The First Dance | |||
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 20, 2021 | ||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Venue | United Center | ||
| Attendance | 15,316[1] | ||
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AEW Rampage: The First Dance was a professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on August 20, 2021, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, and was broadcast on TNT as a special episode of AEW's weekly television program, Rampage; the second episode of the series overall, having premiered the previous week on August 13. Three matches were contested at the event, and in the main event, Jon Moxley defeated Daniel Garcia.
With over 15,000 attendees, The First Dance was AEW's largest attended event since the company's inception in 2019. The event saw the highly anticipated debut of CM Punk in AEW, who had been retired from professional wrestling following an acrimonious departure from WWE in January 2014. As it had been heavily speculated that Punk would be debuting at the event, tickets were sold out within minutes of going on sale.[2]
- ^ Collins, Joseph (August 20, 2021). "AEW Rampage live results: The First Dance". F4WOnline. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (August 20, 2021). "CM Punk Returns To Wrestling On 8/20 AEW Rampage The First Dance, Faces Darby Allin At AEW All Out". Fightful. Retrieved August 21, 2021.