*CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW RAMPAGE was broadcast from the MVP Arena in Albany, NY!
Your broadcast team was Excalibur and Tony Schiavone.
It’s Friday night and know what that means!
Tag Team Battle Royal!
Winning Team Earns an AEW World Tag Title Match!
Competing Teams:
-Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
-Big Bill & “The Machine” Brian Cage
-Brother Zay & “All Ego” Ethan Page
-Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
-Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh
-Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy
-Luther & Serpentico
-The Blade & The Butcher!
Big Bill was swarmed at the start of the match. Matt Hardy hammered at Big Bill in the corner. Satnam Singh folded up Matt Sydal like an accordion. Sydal and Brother Zay then teamed to hit the Gin & Juice on Serpentico. Big Bill tossed Luther over the top rope and eliminated him.
Blade blasted Serpentico with a lariat and eliminated him. Brother Zay springboarded right into Satnam Singh’s arms…and Satnam wasted no time throwing Brother Zay right out of the match. Brian Cage and Big Bill stood in the corner and let the other teams do all the work.
“Smart move,” said Tony Schiavone.
Matt and Jeff Hardy teamed up to eliminate Angelo Parker. Ethan Page launched into a cutter and stunned Lethal, but then Satnam flipped Page over the top. The Hardys ran Satnam into Jay Lethal. After Lethal was inadvertently knocked out of the ring and eliminated, he and Ethan Page brawled up the ramp.
Big Bill finished off Matt Menard. Daniels was isolated by the Butcher and the Blade and then they eliminated the “Fallen Angel.” Satnam Singh grabbed Matt Hardy and hurled him over the top rope. Jeff Hardy staggered Satnam. Cage and Big Bill used double clotheslines to eliminate Satnam Singh. Butcher and Blade grabbed Jeff Hardy and flung him over the top.
Butcher and the Blade and Big Bill and Brian Cage were the final two teams. They collided in the center of the ring and traded forearms. Cage was planted high on the back of his neck by Blade. Butcher and Blade used tandem offense on Big Bill until Brian Cage came to the rescue.
Brian Cage nailed Butcher with a flatliner. Big Bill took down Butcher and Blade with lariats. Blade was eliminated by Cage and Big Bill, giving them the two on one advantage over Butcher.
Butcher did his best to batter Cage and Big Bill with explosive chops. Butcher walloped Brian Cage with a big back breaker. Butcher hammered away at Big Bill. Butcher was finally taken down by an assisted clothesline. Brian Cage and Big Bill eliminated Butcher after a double clothesline, winning the match.
“A dominant performance tonight by Brian Cage and Big Bill,” said Excalibur.
Komander (with Alex Abrahantes) vs. Kip Sabian (with Penelope Ford)!
Komander used an arm drag on Sabian. He followed up with a roundhouse kick, staggering Sabian to the center of the ring. Komander scored with a dropkick. Sabian retreated to the outside of the ring. Komander flew over the top with a tope con hiro!
Komander connected with a back heel kick for a near fall on Kip Sabian. Komander locked on a submission and then transitioned to a pinning predicament for a two-count. Komander took flight and blasted Kip with a big elbow strike. Komander tried for a shooting star press after a rope walk but Kip moved and then fired back with a pump kick. Sabian followed up with an Arabian press!
Kip crushed Komander with a cannonball in the corner. Kip splashed Komander with a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Kip grabbed the referee to distract him so Penelope Ford could jump on the apron and gouge Komander’s eyes.
Sabian drilled Komander with a slingshot suplex for a near fall. Kip climbed to the top turnbuckle and tried to pull Komander up. Komander countered with a vicious springboard destroyer on Sabian! Komander walked the top rope and then crushed Kip with a shooting star press for the three-count victory!
“Holy smokes, what did we just see?” asked Tony Schiavone.
The Kingdom—Matt Taven & Mike Bennett vs. Myung-Jae Lee & Hayden Backlund!
Taven smoked Backlund with a stiff kick. Bennett tagged in and nailed Backlund with a Death Valley Driver. The Kingdom finished off Backlund with the Proton Pack, with Mike Bennett grabbing the pin!
“The Kingdom looking sharp here tonight. Tag teams here in AEW better be watching their back,” said Excalibur.
Main Event Time!
Hikaru Shida vs. “The Native Beast” Nyle Rose (with Marina Shafir)!
Nyla rushed Shida as Shida was making her entrance into the ring. Shida booted Nyla in the jaw and followed up with a dropkick. Shida nailed Nyla with a running knee in the corner.
Nyla avoided a missile dropkick from Shida. Nyla dumped Shida to the outside. Nyla swung Shida into the steel barricade!
Shida rocked Nyla with a question mark kick and then an ax kick! Shida suplexed Nyla for a near fall. The Outcasts—AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm, Saraya, and Ruby Soho, were watching the match on a monitor backstage.
Shida hit Nyla with a running missile dropkick off the apron. Nyla choke slammed Shida off the ropes. Nyla hoisted up Shida for a Beast Bomb, but Shida had it scouted and escaped with a hurracanrana. Shida planted Nyla with the Falcom Arrow for a near fall!
Nyla decked Shida with a lariat. Nyla splashed Shida with a senton. Shida ran up the turnbuckles and decimated Nyla with an avalanche falcon arrow! Shida went for the pin attempt, but Marina grabbed Nyla’s boot and placed it on the bottom rope to stop the ref’s count. With the ref checking on Nyla, Marina jumped on the apron with the kendo stick. Shida yanked it out of Marina’s grasp and then cracked Marina with the kendo stick!
Nyla grabbed Shida as Shida had her back turned. Nyla wanted to hit the Beast Bomb on Shida, but Shida escaped and connected with the Katana. Shida pinned Nyla!
“She earned that one! That was a heck of a fight,” said Tony Schiavone.
“Shida was the third ever AEW Women’s World Champion. Could she be the next AEW Women’s World Champion?” asked Excalibur.
The Outcasts walked onto the ramp. AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm glared at Shida. Excalibur informed viewers that Tony Khan just made it official: this Wednesday on Dynamite: 200 it’ll be Toni Storm defending her AEW Women’s World Championship against Hikaru Shida!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE: 200 on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, FL!
Don’t miss AEW Collision on Saturday live on TNT at 8/7c from the XL Center in Hartford, CT featuring:
-Ladder Match!
House of Black’s Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo!
-Bullet Club Gold’s Juice Robinson and The Gunns
vs.
El Hijo Del Vikingo, Action Andretti, & Darius Martin!
-We’ll hear from CM Punk!
-AEW World Tag Team Championship Match!
FTR (c.) vs. AEW World Champion MJF & Adam Cole!
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!