**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s AEW RAMPAGE was broadcast from the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada!
It’s Friday and you know what that means!
Tonight’s announce team was Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Jim Ross.
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli
vs.
The Butcher & The Blade (with The Bunny)!
William Regal joined the commentary team for this match.
The two teams brawled outside the ring. Back in the ring, Blade and Moxley traded stiff chops. Moxley suplexed Blade. “Hangman” Adam Page was watching Moxley on a screen from backstage.
Claudio tagged in and he ate a running leg drop from the Butcher. Claudio countered a suplex from the Butcher. The Blade tagged in but Claudio was there right away to hit Blade with European Uppercuts. The Bunny jumped in the ring and distracted the referee. The Butcher and the Blade double teamed Claudio as the ref dealt with the Bunny.
“Great double teaming,” said Tony Schiavone.
Claudio blocked a powerbomb from the Butcher and knocked Butch down with a lariat. Mox tagged in and rocked Blade with a cutter. Moxley flew out of the ring with a tope suicida to the Butcher. Moxley superplexed Blade and then spiked him with a piledriver for a near fall!
Butcher ran into the ring to help his partner from a pin. Butcher and the Blade attempted to drag the lake with Moxley but Claudio ran in to save his partner. Mox and Claudio came back with a pair of lariats to the Butcher and the Blade.
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Moxley rocked Blade with the Death Rider while Claudio pinned Butcher after the Ricola Bomb!
Renee Paquette interviewed “Limitless” Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland backstage!
Keith Lee told Swerve he stuck with him because he believed in him. Lee took Swerve to task for cheating to beat Billy Gunn on DYNAMITE. “You’re swerving into the wrong lane,” said Keith Lee, before he walked away from Swerve Strickland.
Renee Paquette interviewed the Dark Order backstage, but they were interrupted by Jose the Assistant.
10 challenged Rush to a match next week!
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho, ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia, and the Jericho Appreciation Society (Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, and Anna Jay A.S.) were in the ring!
Parker: “Toronto, the family is back together, baby!”
Menard: “How about the fact that the Jericho Appreciation Society is going to be together forever!”
Garcia: “Everybody has been asking me why I did what I did this past Wednesday. And I’m going to tell you right now. Chris Jericho has always said that sports entertainers are superior. To be honest, for a little bit, I didn’t want to believe him and I was being rebellious.
“I will never be a pro wrestler. And although Bryan Danielson is my hero, when Chris Jericho hit me in the head with the title, he taught me how to win!
“And that’s when I realized that sports entertainers beat pro wrestlers every single time. I’ve got a little confession to make. My name is Daniel Garcia and I am a sports entertainer.”
Jericho: “I am the greatest Ring of Jericho champion ever and I’m going to continue to beat every single Ring of Honor champion that has ever existed!”
Dalton Castle and The Boys strutted onto the ramp!
Castle: “Christopher, I used to be Ring of Honor World Champion. And to see that championship around your waist, it makes me sick. I broke my back for that championship and I’m willing to break yours to give that titles and all these viewers what they deserve.
“If you grant me a title shot next week on DYNAMITE, I will shock the face right off your body and become the new Ring of Honor World Champion.”
Jericho: “Next week you want a championship match, you’ve got it! The Ring of Jericho era is here. All honor the Ocho!”
“The Native Beast” Nyla Rose (with Marina Shafir & Vickie Guerrero) vs. Anna Jay A.S.!
Nyla put a front face lock on Anna. Anna got to her feet but Nyla scoop slammed her! Nyla followed up with a leg drop.
Anna avoided a cannonball in the corner from Nyla. Anna charged in with a flipping neck breaker on Nyla Rose. Anna was going for the Queen Slayer but Nyla wrenched her down to the mat. Nyla planted Anna with the Beast Bomb and then pinned her!
After the match, Jade Cargill and the Baddies came down to the ring to confront Nyla, who was holding Jade’s belt. Jade wiped out Nyla’s security singlehandedly. Nyla, Marina, and Vickie ran off!
“All Ego” Ethan Page vs. Isiah Kassidy!
If Kassidy wins, Private Party’s contract held by The Firm will be null and void. But if Ethan Page wins, Matt Hardy must join The Firm!
Ethan Page dropped Kassidy with a pump kick at the start of the match. Ethan rammed Kassidy with a big shoulder tackle.
Kassidy nailed Page with a DDT for a near fall. Kassidy followed up with a tornillo over the top onto Page on the arena floor. Page dodged a swanton from Kassidy. Page sent Kassidy flying with the Ego’s Edge and pinned him!
Backstage, Best Friends and Orange Cassidy challenged Death Triangle to a trios match on DYNAMITE!
Trios Match!
AAA/IWGP/ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR—Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood
& Shawn Spears
vs.
The Embassy—“The Machine” Brian Cage, & The Gates of Agony—Kaun, & Toa Liona (with Prince Nana)!
Spears and Kaun began for their respective teams. Spears hammered Kaun in the corner. Spears elevated over the top rope but the Gates of Agony caught him! Spears was spiked onto the edge of the ring!
Brian Cage suplexed Spears back into the ring. Spears was able to tag out to Dax. Dax cleaned house on the Gates of Agony! Brian Cage blindsided Dax with a thrust kick!
Cage dropped an elbow from the top rope onto Dax. Brian Cage flattened Spears. Cash came in and he and Dax put Kaun and Cage in stereo sharpshooters. Spears put Prince Nana in a sharpshooter. Liona jumped in to save his team.
“We’ve got bodies everywhere,” said Tony Schiavone.
Spears blasted Kaun in the center of the ring with the C4 and pinned him!
After the match, The Kingdom—Mike Bennett, Maria Kanellis, and Matt Taven walked onto the ramp!
Maria: “You guys call yourselves top guys but you’ve never competed against us. This company and everything it’s built on is built upon our backs. Let me introduce you to the real top guys. Mike Bennett, Matt Taven, we are the Kingdom!”
The Embassy jumped FTR and Shawn Spears from behind! The Kingdom joined in to help the Embassy!
WarJoe—Wardlow and Samoa Joe—came down to the ring to even up the odds for FTR and Spears! The Kingdom and the Embassy scattered!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Tuesday live at 8/7ct from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, OH!
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!