It took place on January 15 and 16, 2025, at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was encompassing the broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Saturday Night Collision.

[3] On December 23, the company announced that Maximum Carnage would be a two-part television special, first airing as a special episode of AEW's flagship program, Wednesday Night Dynamite, and then as a special episode of Saturday Night Collision.

The event was scheduled to be held on January 15 and 16, 2025, at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[4] Maximum Carnage is featuring professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.

[5] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision.