CONTAINS SPOILERS
Welcome to FORBIDDEN DOOR weekend!
This episode of AEW RAMPAGE was broadcast on TNT from the PPL Center in Allentown, PA!
Your broadcast team was Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & Ian Riccaboni!
It’s Friday and you know what that means! The fastest hour in professional wrestling!
This…is…Rampage!
2 on 1 Match!
The Outrunners—Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum
vs.
“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy!
“Where is Orange Cassidy’s mind, less than 48 hours away from Forbidden Door, accepting a challenge from two men?” wondered Ian Riccaboni.
“Zach Sabre Jr. is so good, it’s like wrestling two men at once,” replied Nigel.
Orange flipped Truth with a wrist lock. Turbo tagged in and attempted an elbow drop but Orange rolled out of the way. Orange dropkicked the Outrunners.
Truth slugged Orange but Orange absorbed it. Orange hammered away at Truth. Orange shoved Turbo into Truth. Orange wiped out Truth with a tope suicida. Orange connected with a crossbody from the top onto Turbo. Orange spiked Truth with a spinning DDT! Orange pulped Turbo with the Orange Punch! Orange cracked Truth with an Orange Punch and picked up the pinfall victory over the Outrunners!
Roderick Strong (with ROH World Tag Champs Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
& “War Ready” Gabe Kidd
vs.
The Infantry—Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean (with Trish Adora)!
Gabe charged at both members of the Infantry as the bell rang to start the match. Roddy tagged in and chopped Carlie Bravo. The Infantry hit stereo dropkicks on Roderick and Gabe! Shawn Dean dropped an elbow on Roderick but Gabe and Roderick quicky regained the momentum against the Infantry.
Roderick cracked Shawn with a gut buster. Carlie dropkicked Roddy. Carlie followed up with a cutter to Gabe Kidd. The Infantry were looking for Bootcamp on Kidd, but Roddy interfered and then Gabe Kidd countered with a back drop driver. Gabe Kidd planted Bravo with the Say Less piledriver and pinned Bravo!
AR Fox vs. El Phantasmo!
El Phantasmo dropkicked AR Fox. El-P followed up with an open hand chop. Fox jumped over the top rope with a con hiro and landed onto Phantasmo. Fox climbed to the top turnbuckle and nailed Phantasmo with a swan dive.
El Phantasmo rocked Fox with a Manhattan Drop and then a Russian Leg Sweep. AR Fox ducked a thrust kick. El Phantasmo splashed Fox with a moonsault from the middle rope. Fox nailed El Phantasmo with a twisting suplex. Fox crashed onto Phantasmo with a 450 Splash, but El Phantasmo kicked out!
AR Fox was decimated by a destroyer. El Phantasmo planted Fox face first and picked up the pin over Fox!
“The Canadian Revolution does the trick there,” said Ian.
El Phantasmo looked at the Forbidden Door banner that was hanging from the rafters after the match.
Dalton Castle (with The Boys) vs. Shingo Takagi!
“No more joking, this is the man who will face Bryan Danielson in the first round of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament this Sunday at Forbidden Door,” said Nigel.
Shingo shoulder tackled Dalton and followed up with elbow drops. Shingo rammed Dalton into the ring apron. Back in the ring, Shingo jabbed at Dalton, knocking Dalton off his feet. Shingo manhandled Dalton with hammer and anvil elbows.
“Those elbows are so devastating,” said Nigel.
Dalton Castle tried to find an opening and suplexed Shingo. Dalton drove Shingo to the mat with a clothesline. Dalton charged at Shingo with a running knee. Shingo countered the Bang A Rang with a pumping driver to Castle. Shingo spiked Castle with a DDT! Shingo drilled Dalton with the Takagi Driver and earned the pin on Dalton Castle.
“This man can hit you from so many angles, it’ll be a heck of a battle this Sunday for Bryan Danielson at Forbidden Door,” said Ian.
Rampage Main Event Time!
Skye Blue vs. Queen Aminata!
Queen Aminata ducked a thrust kick and countered with a suplex. Queen Aminata stunned Skye with a snap suplex, and then another snap suplex. Skye Blue blocked a third suplex and kicked down the Queen.
Skye Blue battered Queen Aminata with knee strikes. Skye Blue jumped off the top turnbuckle and connected with a cross body press onto Queen Aminata on the arena floor! They brawled outside the ring. Skye caught the side of Queen Aminata’s head with a running knee strike.
Back in the ring, Queen took down Skye with a snap mare and then cracked her with a PK! Queen Aminata nailed Skye Blue with a German Suplex onto the apron. Skye Blue avoided a hip attack. Skye Blue suplexed Queen Aminata from the steel steps down onto the arena floor!
Queen Aminata blocked the Code Blue, rocked Skye Blue with a head butt, and scored the pin!
“A statement win from the Queen! Her winning streak continues, and it does so here on Rampage,” said Ian.
Queen Aminata helped Skye Blue to her feet and then Skye Blue blindsided Queen Aminata with a thrust kick! Skye Blue locked on the Dragon Sleeper until Red Velvet sprinted to the ring to come to the aid of Queen Aminata! Skye Blue quickly retreated as Red Velvet arrived!
Don’t miss AEW COLLISION on Saturday on TNT at 8/7c from the KeyBank Arena in Buffalo, NY!
Catch the fallout from AEW FORBIDDEN DOOR 2024 during AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL!
But first get ready for AEW: FORBIDDEN DOOR 2024, live on pay-per-view this Sunday, June 30th, from the UBS Arena in Long Island, NY!
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And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!