**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW RAMPAGE was broadcast from the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, MO!
Your broadcast team was Excalibur, Paul Wight, and Tony Schiavone!
It’s Friday night and you know what that means!
Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker (with Jake Hager)
vs.
Brother Zay & The Hardys—Matt & Jeff!
Garcia grappled Brother Zay to the mat. Zay fired back with an arm drag and a dropkick. Matt Hardy tagged in and dropped an elbow on Garcia. Jeff tagged in and hit a diving splash on Garcia.
After Parker distracted Brother Zay, Garcia nailed Zay with a running forearm. Angelo Parker and Matt Menard whipped Garcia into Brother Zay in the turnbuckles. Brother Zay blasted Garcia with a cutter and then tagged out to Matt Hardy.
Matt Hardy cleared the ring and hammered away on Parker. Matt Hardy followed up with a powerbomb on Parker for a near fall. Garcia was about to do his dance, but Matt Menard tagged himself in and scolded Garcia.
Jeff Hardy tagged in and clobbered Angelo Parker with clotheslines. Jeff followed up with a basement dropkick. Matt Menard ran in to break up Jeff’s pin attempt on Parker. Angelo Parker ran in, but Matt Hardy caught him with a Side Effect. Brother Zay splashed Parker with the Poetry in Motion. Jeff Hardy went up top for the swanton, but Jake Hager knocked Jeff off his balance. Inside the ring Daniel Garcia spiked Brother Zay with a DDT and pinned him!
Matt Menard stormed off and left the ring after seeing Garcia dancing again.
Footage was shown from Dynamite. Renee Paquette tried to interview Penta El Zero Miedo who was with Alex Abrahantes.
Renee was asking for an update on Rey Fenix’s condition when Penta was interrupted by Bullet Club Gold!
Ahead of their match this Wednesday on Dynamite, “Switchblade” Jay White said Penta had “zero fear and zero belts.”
Penta El Zero Miedo called Jay White a thief for stealing the AEW World Title.
After a commercial break, Renee Paquette interviewed Daniel Garcia, Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, and Jake Hager!
Renee said she sensed some tension amongst them.
Matt Menard: “Great team victory here tonight but I can’t stand Garcia’s dancing.”
Parker told Menard to chill out because the dancing got it done tonight.
Hager: “Enough! We won, boys. Squash this.”
Menard: “You want me to squash this? Everybody needs to squash it!”
Matt Menard stormed off!
Jay Lethal (with Sonjay Dutt, Satnam Singh, Jeff & Karen Jarrett)
vs. Trent Beretta (with Chuck Taylor)!
Lethal got the jump on Trent. Lethal looked into the camera and told Eddie Kingston that he was going to be the next ROH World Champion.
Trent smashed Lethal with double knees. Lethal scoop slammed Trent. Lethal was looking for the figure four but Trent countered and grounded and pounded Lethal.
Trent took down Lethal with a hurracanrana and followed up with a thrust kick. Trent went for a running cross body press but Lethal ducked! Trent’s momentum sent him crashing into the ropes! Trent speared Lethal outside the ring. Jay Lethal ran the knee of Trent into the steel ring post.
Trent wiped out Lethal with a pescado, but Trent came up clutching his knee. Trent nailed Lethal with a German Suplex. Trent hit a second German Suplex. Lethal was looking for the Lethal Injection but Trent countered with the half-and-half for a near fall.
Lethal locked on the figure four in the center of the ring. Lethal clocked Trent with a thrust kick to Trent’s face. Trent countered a rolling elbow with a jumping knee strike to Lethal. Jay Lethal kicked the back of Trent’s knee, followed up with the Lethal Injection and pinned Trent!
Ortiz was backstage with harsh words for Mike Santana, saying Santana stood next to him for many years, but never stood with him.
Mike Santana walked onto the scene. “Where were you for the past 14 months after my surgery? Where were you?”
Ortiz: “Holding you up!”
Santana: “I’m going to end you!”
Skye Blue vs. Emi Sakura!
“Skye Blue seems a little dour,” said Paul Wight.
“I’m sure it has something to do with what Julia Hart did to her,” replied Tony Schiavone.
Skye Blue tried to cradle Emi, but Emi stomped on Blue. Emi dumped Skye Blue over the top rope. Emi charged at Skye Blue and crushed her against the steel ring steps.
Emi Sakura chopped away at Skye Blue. Sakura charged at Skye, but Skye got her boot up. She followed up with a DDT for a near fall. Sakura countered the Skye Fall by chomping on Skye’s hands. Sakura nailed Skye Blue with a back breaker.
Skye Blue nailed Emi with a thrust kick and pinned Emi after the Code Blue!
Main Event Time!
Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta
vs.
The Mogul Embassy’s Gates of Agony—Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona (with Prince Nana)!
Wheeler Yuta grappled Bishop to the mat with a deep hammer lock. Bishop Kaun fought out of it and shoved Yuta into the corner turnbuckles. Wheeler Yuta slapped him. Yuta scoop slammed Kaun and then squashed him with a senton.
Claudio tagged in and smashed Kaun with a double foot stomp. Yuta tagged back in, but Bishop Kaun shoved Yuta into a stiff elbow from Toa Liona. Bishop Kaun whipped Yuta back and forth into the barricade.
Claudio clobbered Toa Liona with European Uppercuts. Claudio tried for the Neutralizer, but Liona back dropped out of it. Claudio was looking for the Giant Swing, but Bishop Kaun had a blind tag and blindsided Claudio.
Claudio put Kaun in the Giant Swing and then Yuta dropkicked Kaun in the head! Prince Nana jumped into the ring and Claudio chased him out and to the back. Inside the ring, Yuta was isolated. Kaun smashed Yuta with a double underhook face buster, but Yuta kicked out at two!
Wheeler Yuta chopped away at the Gates of Agony. The Gates planted Yuta and Toa covered him, but Yuta kicked out! Claudio ran back to the ring and cleaned house on the Gates! Yuta climbed to the top turnbuckle and Claudio threw him with the Fast Ball Special, and Yuta pinned Bishop Kaun!
“What a showcase of Wheeler Yuta’s heart tonight! So impressed with that young man,” said Paul Wight.
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, TX!
Don’t miss AEW Collision on Saturday on TNT from the Huntington Center in Toledo, OH featuring:
-TBS Champion Kris Statlander putting her title at stake against Skye Blue!
-AAA World Cruiserweight Champ Komander vs. “The Machine” Brian Cage!
-We’ll hear from the new AEW World Tag Team Champs Ricky Starks & Big Bill!
-The “Rated R Superstar” Adam Copeland appears live!
-ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe defending against Willie Mack!
-TNT Champion Christian Cage putting his title on the line against “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson!
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!
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