Background In June 2019,
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held a
professional wrestling charity event titled
Fight for the Fallen. All
gate proceeds from the event were donated to victims of
gun violence, which was a reference to the event's title. AEW and event sponsor Farah & Farah, a personal injury law firm located in
Jacksonville, Florida, raised more than
US$150,000 and the proceeds from the gate were donated to the Jacksonville Victim Assistance Advisory Council. During Night 1 of
Fyter Fest on July 1, 2020, it was announced that instead of airing on
pay-per-view (PPV), the second
Fight for the Fallen charity event would be broadcast as a
special episode of AEW's weekly television program,
Dynamite, on July 15. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March, the event was held
behind closed doors at
Daily's Place in Jacksonville. Also due to the pandemic, it was announced that this second Fight for the Fallen event would raise money for
COVID-19 relief, which would be added to the $1 million already donated by AEW President and
Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan and his father
Shahid Khan. As fans were unable to attend the event, AEW launched an online donation drive and released a limited-edition Fight for the Fallen t-shirt on
ShopAEW.com with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Florida's First Coast Relief Fund and Feeding Northeast Florida.
Storylines Fight for the Fallen featured
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines, written by AEW's writers. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television program,
Dynamite, the supplementary online streaming show,
Dark, and
The Young Bucks'
YouTube series
Being The Elite. At
Double or Nothing, the debuting
Brian Cage won the nine-man
Casino Ladder Match to earn a future
AEW World Championship opportunity. During the media scrum following Double or Nothing's broadcast, Tony Khan announced that Cage's championship match against
Jon Moxley, who successfully defended the title against
Mr. Brodie Lee that night, would main event Night 2 of Fyter Fest. After Moxley's wife,
WWE employee
Renee Young, had tested positive for
COVID-19, the match was rescheduled for Fight for the Fallen due to possible secondhand exposure; Moxley later tested negative twice. On July 13,
Chris Jericho was announced as appearing in a non-wrestling role at the event. ==Reception==