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The Dynamite Diamond Ring is a prize contested once a year on AEW programming since 2019. A few days after Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) won the first ring, AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes confirmed in a tweet that the ring was valued around $42,000. Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page presented MJF with the first ring on AEW Dynamite #9 on November 27, 2019 and then received a diamond cutter. The third version of the ring was created by jeweler Diamond Sheik, also trained to wrestle by Cody Rhodes, Glacier, and QT Marshall at the Nightmare Factory in Atlanta. According to Diamond Sheik’s interview with Fightful in 2022, the third version is valued at $125,000 and contains real diamonds and gold.

To determine each year’s ring holder, there is a standard battle royale – known as the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale in its first iteration in November 2019 – where the last two participants compete in a standard singles match one week later. With the exception of 20 participants in 2020, the battle royale generally has 12 competitors. In 2022 and 2023, the format changed so that one winner of the battle royal would compete the following week in a singles match with the current ring holder. MJF has won the Dynamite Diamond Ring five times: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Below are the participants and results of each year’s contest with links to highlights from AEW’s YouTube channel.

2023: Fifth Annual Dynamite Diamond Ring

• Battle Royal on AEW Dynamite #211 (18 October 2023): Juice Robinson defeats Daniel Garcia and Dustin Rhodes and Jake Hager and Jeff Hardy and Johnny TV and Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes) and Matt Hardy and Matt Menard and Matt Sydal and Max Caster and Trent Beretta (14:33)
• Singles Match on AEW Dynamite #212 (25 October 2023): AEW World Champion MJF (c) defeats Juice Robinson (w/Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) (15:04)

2022: Fourth Annual Dynamite Diamond Ring

• Battle Royal on AEW Dynamite #166 (7 December 2022): Ricky Starks defeats Brian Cage (w/Prince Nana) and Dalton Castle (w/Brandon & Brent) and Ethan Page (w/Stokely Hathaway) and Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) and Lee Moriarty (w/W. Morrissey) and Dustin Rhodes and Jack Perry and Matt Hardy and Orange Cassidy and Shawn Dean and The Butcher (w/The Blade) (13:08)
• Singles Match on AEW Dynamite #167 – Winter is Coming (14 December 2022): AEW World Champion MJF (c) defeats Ricky Starks (15:48)

2021: Third Annual Dynamite Diamond Ring

• Battle Royal on AEW Dynamite #114 – MJF’s Long Island Homecoming (8 December 2021): Dante Martin and MJF (w/Shawn Spears) defeat Frankie Kazarian and Jay Lethal and Lee Johnson and Lee Moriarty and Lio Rush and Matt Hardy (w/The Bunny) and Matt Sydal and Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks and Wardlow (8:26)
• Singles Match on AEW Dynamite #115 – Winter is Coming (15 December 2021): MJF defeats Dante Martin (12:33)

2020: Second Annual Dynamite Diamond Ring

• Battle Royal on AEW Dynamite #61 – Winter is Coming (2 December 2020): MJF and Orange Cassidy defeat Adam Page and Alex Reynolds and Isiah Kassidy and Joey Janela and John Silver (w/Colt Cabana, Evil Uno, Stu Grayson & Ten) and Jungle Boy and Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) and Lee Johnson and Luther and Marq Quen and Matt Hardy and Matt Sydal and Miro and Sammy Guevara and Scorpio Sky and Serpentico and Shawn Spears and Wardlow (12:21)
• Singles Match on AEW Dynamite #62 (9 December 2020): MJF (w/Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara & Wardlow) defeats Orange Cassidy (w/Chuck Taylor & Trent) (13:23)

2019: First Annual Dynamite Diamond Ring

• Battle Royal on AEW Dynamite #8 (20 November 2019): Adam Page and MJF defeat Billy Gunn and Chuck Taylor and Jimmy Havoc and Joey Janela and Jungle Boy and Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) and Marko Stunt and Orange Cassidy and Pentagon Jr. and Sonny Kiss (10:13)
• Singles Match on AEW Dynamite #9 (27 November 2019): MJF (w/Wardlow) defeats Adam Page (7:01)

The original AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring used in 2019 and 2020.

From: Battle royal (professional wrestling) on Wikipedia.

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