AEW Dynamite, also referred to asWednesday Night Dynamite, is the flagship weeklyprofessional wrestling television program of the American companyAll Elite Wrestling (AEW). It has aired onTed Turner founded channels and networks since its inception, premiering onTNT on October 2, 2019,[2] before moving to TNT's sister channelTBS on January 5, 2022.[3]AEW Collision, also known asSaturday Night Collision, is AEW's secondary program that premiered in June 2023 on TNT. Since January 1, 2025, both programs have beensimulcast on their respective TV channels and the streaming serviceMax. TNT, TBS, and Max are all owned and distributed byWarner Bros. Discovery.[4]
On March 8, 2025, AEW filed to trademark "Spring BreakThru".[5] On March 23, the company announced that Spring BreakThru would be atelevision special that would take place at theMGM Music Hall at Fenway inBoston, Massachusetts.[6] It was originally announced to only air as aspecial episode ofDynamite on April 16, but on March 28, it was announced that Spring BreakThru would be a two-part special that would also encompass aspecial episode ofCollision on Thursday, April 17. Both programs airedlive on their respective nights and channels, withCollision being preempted from its usual Saturday night time slot to avoid counterprogramming against Night 1 ofWWE'sWrestleMania 41 and also to accommodateTNT's coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.[7] The April 16 broadcast was the 289th episode ofDynamite, making it the longest-running prime time weekly pro-wrestling program inTurner Sports history, surpassing the formerWorld Championship Wrestling'sMonday Nitro, which had a total of 288 episodes that aired on TNT from September 1995 to March 2001.[6]
Spring BreakThru featuredprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines.[8] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs,Dynamite andCollision.
