**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW RAMPAGE was broadcast from the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA!
It’s Friday and you know what that means!
Tonight’s announce team was Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Jim Ross.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match!
Private Party—Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen
vs.
The Butcher & The Blade
vs. The Acclaimed (c.)—Max Caster & Anthony Bowens (with Billy Gunn)!
Matt Hardy was watching from a monitor backstage.
Bowens tried to end it quickly with a backslide to Kassidy but Kassidy escaped. Kassidy connected with a hurracanrana, taking Bowens off his feet.
Caster tagged in and stomped on Kassidy. He followed up with a dropkick to Kassidy. Bowens tagged in and hit a backstabber on Kassidy. The Acclaimed used their tandem offense on Marq Quen until the Butcher and the Blade blindsided the Acclaimed, bludgeoning them with strikes.
Private Party attempted the Silly String on the Blade but the Blade shoved them out of the ring. Butcher and the Blade double teamed Bowens in the corner. Bowens landed a thrust kick on Blade. Butcher ran in to prevent the tag and hit a back body drop on Bowens!
Marq Quen grabbed a blind tag from Bowens and cleaned house on the Butcher and the Blade! Kassidy tagged in and nailed Blade with the Poetry in Motion. Kassidy smashed Blade with a senton for a near fall. Caster was there to break up the pin attempt. Butcher steamrolled Caster with a huge lariat.
Isiah Kassidy connected with a springboard on the Butcher and the Blade! Caster dived onto the pile outside! Caster used the Arrival on the Butcher and then Caster finished him off with the Mic Drop for the pin!
Lexy Nair was backstage with The Firm. The Gunn Club insulted FTR and said they were going to leapfrog FTR and go straight for the AEW World Tag Team Titles.
Lexy Nair was backstage to interview TBS Champion Jade Cargill.
Vickie Guerrero interrupted and her client Nyla Rose stepped up to challenge the undefeated Cargill!
The Firm’s Lee Moriarty (with W. Morrissey & Stokely Hathaway) vs. Fuego Del Sol!
Lee ate a thrust kick from Fuego. Lee landed a dropkick. Lee stomped a mudhole into Fuego Del Sol. Lee used an arm capture into a suplex on Fuego!
Moriarty applied the Border City Stretch to Fuego Del Sol and Fuego tapped out!
W. Morrissey entered the ring and chokeslammed Fuego Del Sol!
Lexy Nair was backstage with Hangman Adam Page, Evil Uno, and 10.
Jose the Assistant and Andrade El Idolo interrupted. Andrade challenged 10 to a match next week. Andrade said if he beat 10, 10 must unmask. 10 replied: “On one condition: if I beat you, you leave AEW.”
Willow Nightingale vs. Jamie Hayter (with Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Rebel)!
Willow ducked a lariat from Jamie. Willow began to headbutt Jamie. Jamie got to her feet but Willow knocked her down with a shoulder tackle and then a senton.
Jamie rocked Willow with a high boot and then a running knee strike into the corner on Willow.
Willow pounced Jamie, knocking Jamie right out of the ring. Willow followed up with a Death Valley Driver in the ring for a near fall!
Willow climbed to the top for a moonsault but Britt grabbed Willow’s leg as the ref was distracted. Jamie smashed Willow with a short arm lariat and then pinned Willow!
The “Hollywood Hunk” Ryan Nemeth was in the ring and began to insult Philadelphia and the fans.
FTW Champ HOOK heard enough and walked out to the ring. HOOK clobbered Nemeth with a clothesline and locked in the Redrum on Nemeth, choking him out.
The Trustbusters placed an enveloped on the ramp for HOOK, which HOOK snatched up before returning to the back.
Main Event Time!
Dark Order’s John Silver (with Alex Reynolds) vs. Rush (with Andrade El Idolo and Jose the Assistant)!
Silver connected with a running uppercut to Rush. Rush walloped John Silver with a wicked right hand. Rush splashed Silver in the corner and followed up with a dropkick to Silver’s back.
Outside the ring, Rush whipped Silver into the ring barricade. Rush nailed Silver with an elbow strike. Silver planted Rush for a near fall.
Silver hit Rush with stiff kicks. Rush fired back with a thrust kick of his own. Rush followed up with a Northern Lights Suplex for a two-count.
Rush and Silver slugged it out in the center of the ring. Rush rocked Silver and got the upper hand. Silver rallied back with a brainbuster for a near fall on Rush.
Jose jumped onto the ring apron but Reynolds pulled him back down. Silver was distracted by Andrade and Rush blindsided Silver. Rush finished off Silver with the Bull’s Horn, pinning him.
Andrade continued the attack on Silver and Reynolds after the match until Evil Uno and 10 sprinted to the ring to even up the numbers.
The Butcher and the Blade ran down to help Andrade. Hangman Adam Page hurried to the ring and blasted Jose with the Buckshot Lariat! Hangman had his sights set on Rush!
Tony Khan made it official and it was announced that on next week’s DYNAMITE it’ll be Rush against Hangman Adam Page!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE’s big anniversary show on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.!
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!
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