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AEW Rampage Holiday Bash live results: Brody King vs. Komander

Posted on by Joseph Collins

AEW Rampage airs tonight from Washington, DC, for its penultimate episode which will include a Continental Classic battle.

The match will see Brody King (three points) taking on Komander (no points) in the Gold league. Komander is the injury replacement for Juice Robinson who went down with a broken leg his first tournament match. Both men have one final Classic match after tonight.

Former TBS Champion Willow Nightingale will be in action against Harley Cameron.

Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher will air their latest grievances before their Don Callis Family stablemates Konosuke Takeshita and Brian Cage face Powerhouse Hobbs and Mark Davis. This will be a ‘Timecop’ situation for Cage as he will also be in action on tonight’s head-to-head Ring of Honor Final Battle streaming special.

Lio Rush & Action Andretti will take on two enhancement talents. Rush and Andretti are first in line for a shot at AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party.

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Taped in Washington, DC. 

We’re closing in on the end of the show’s run with Holiday Bash! 

Excalibur, Matt Menard & Ian Riccaboni on commentary. 

– Don Callis & the Don Callis family came out for an interview with Tony Schiavone, including ROH TV Champion Brian Cage who is also up the road defending his ROH TV Title in New York. Fletcher made excuses for his loss last week to Mark Briscoe and blamed bad officiating. I haven’t seen the match but I totally agree. Callis was trying to get over “top 1%” or something for his group, and he called out Mark Davis & Powerhouse Hobbs, which lead to… 

Konosuke Takeshita & Brian Cage (w/ Don Callis) defeated Mark Davis & Powerhouse Hobbs (12:29)

The crowd started chanting “Meat!” when Cage and Hobbs started exchanging heavy blows. Davis and Hobbs leveled Cage with a double shoulderblock. Takeshita saved Cage from a double suplex and that lead to a double team legsweep/knee strike on Hobbs. Cage & Takeshita double-suplexed Hobbs for a near fall. Hobbs came back with an exploder on Cage. Davis got the tag and tossed Cage around. Davis went for a senton, but Cage got his knees up. Takeshita came in an hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. 

Davis dropped Cage with a back suplex and tags were made on both sides. Hobbs floored Takeshita with a series of clotheslines, the floored Cage with one as well. Hobbs hit a pair of Oklahoma Stampedes (one on each opponent). Takeshita countered a spinebuster and hit a rolling forearm. Hobbs hit a spinebuster, but the pin was broken up by Cage. 

Cage hit a German suplex and some kind of crazy pumphandle slam variant on Hobbs for a near fall. Soon, all four guys were slugging it out. Davis hit a way too high angle suplex on Takeshita while Hobbs and Cage tumbled over the top rope. Davis caught Takeshita with a pop-up enziguri. Takeshita escaped a piledriver attempt and floored Davis with a running knee. Takeshita finished off Davis with the Burning Fire and got the pinfall. This was a meat party match.

– Renee Paquette interviewed WIllow Nightingale about her match in the Tokyo Dome next month. Kris Statlander showed up to wish Nightingale good luck.

Lio Rush & Action Andretti vs. Goldy & Miles Hawkins (1:07)

Neither team got an entrance, as it was back from break with both teams in the ring and the bell ringing. A stunner from Rush into a neckbreaker from Andretti ended it for one of the enhancement guys. 

After the match, Private Party came out to… party… in public? They know when you party in front of everyone it isn’t private, right? Top Flight’s music played and this actually distracted Private Party and gave Andretti and Rush the opportunity to jump the champs. 

– Rene Paquette interviewed Harley Cameron about her upcoming match, when Penelope Ford came by to compare assets. By which, she meant win/loss records. Ford offered to watch Cameron’s back. “What’s on my back? Feel the wrath of Harley Cameron!” Rene: “But she was nice to you.” “Then… don’t feel the wrath of Harley Cameron!”

I hope a series finale is just a “Best of Harley” show from the last six months. 

Willow Nightingale defeated Harley Cameron (5:38 aired) 

Most of this match happened in a split-screen break. Nightingale missed a cannonball in the corner, and Cameron hit a Shining Wizard for a near fall. Cameron countered a fireman’s carry with a victory roll. Nightingale dropped Cameron with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall, then hit a Doctorbomb for the pinfall. 

After the match, Penelope Ford jumped Nightingale, and Kris Statlander ran in for the save. The crowd chanted for Willow and Kris to hug it out, but Kris (who was struggling with her top) left the ring instead.

– Rene Paquette ran down a very good promo package for the Thunder Rosa/Mariah May “Tijuana Street Fight” next weekend at World’s End.

Brody King (2-2, 6 points) v Komander (0-3*, 0 points) in a Gold League Continental Classic Match (14:49)

Komander is mathematically eliminated and King can create a four-way tie on the top of the Blue League with everyone having six points. 

King overpowered Komander at every turn. Komander’s legs were rubber after a clothesline to the side of the head. King mauled Komander with chops and forearms against the ropes. Komander caught King with a crucifix bomb, but King rolled to the floor. Komander tried a springboard crossbody to the floor, but King caught him and whipped him about the ring barricades. King charged at Komander for a bodyblock, but he got out of the way and King hit the ring barricade. King got to his feet, and Komander came off the top with a springboard moonsault. 

Back in the ring, Komader tried to go to the top, but King caught him. Komander managed a sunset flip powerbomb off the top on King, then hit a 450 splash for a near fall. Komander dodged a shoulder tackle in the corner and dropkicked King to the floor. Komander hit another springboard moonsault to the crowd. The crowd chanted for Komander, as they were really into the match. Komander again went to the top and caught King with a ropewalk shooting star press just as King was sliding into the ring to break the count. Komander dove and King again, but this time King caught him and stuffed him with a piledriver to get the pinfall and the three points.

Tremendous match.

AEW Rampage Holiday Bash spoilers from Washington, DC

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for this Friday’s AEW Rampage Holiday Bash, taped Wednesday in Washington, DC at the Entertainment & Sports Arena.

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Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Brian Cage and Lance Archer) promo. They called out Powerhouse Hobbs and Mark Davis which led to the following.

Konosuke Takeshita & Brian Cage defeated Powerhouse Hobbs & Mark Davis

Takeshita pinned Davis in a long match with good, hard-hitting action.

Lio Rush & Action Andretti defeated Miles Hawkins & Goldy

This was a quick squash featuring two local enhancement talent. Afterward, AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party came out followed by Top Flight. The champs turned around to face Top Flight and got attacked from behind by Andretti and Rush. The two teams then fought Andretti and Lio off before Top Flight picked up the titles and were hesitant to hand them back.

Willow Nightingale defeated Harley Cameron

Nightingale won with the sit-out powerbomb. Cameron and Penelope Ford attacked Nightingale after the bell. Kris Statlander ran in for the save. They teased a reconciliation between Nightingale and Statlander. The crowd chanted “hug it out,” but Statlander left the ring instead.

Continental Classic Gold league: Brody King defeated Komander

King dominated Komander until he wiped out into the barricade going for his cannonball senton on the floor. There was a close near fall off a 450 splash by Komander, but King caught him coming off the ropes into a power bomb for the pin. King now has six points, making it a five-way tie while Komander has yet to score a single point.

AEW Rampage live results: Holiday Bash

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Two title matches will take place on tonight’s AEW Rampage Holiday Bash episode. 

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy will defend his title against fellow CHAOS & Best Friends stablemate Rocky Romero in a match set up with a backstage promo segment on Wednesday’s Dynamite episode. 

In a rematch from last Friday’s ROH Final Battle, AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo will defend against Black Taurus. Vikingo successfully retained the title over Taurus at Final Battle. 

In a women’s division contest, Skye Blue will face Queen Aminata. It will be the first match for Blue since she aligned with House of Black’s Julia Hart on last Saturday’s AEW Collision episode.

In tag team action, The Kingdom’s Mike Bennett & Matt Taven will face Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy. Roderick Strong will accompany The Kingdom at ringside.

Tonight’s Holiday Bash episode was taped Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. Spoilers from the show are available here.

Taped in Oklahoma City, OK, it’s AEW Rampage – Holiday Bash! 

Excalibur, Tony Schiovone and Chris Jericho were on commentary.

Orange Cassidy defeated Rocky “Azucar” Romero to retain the AEW International Championship (10:50)

Rocky Romero (who did not get a TV entrance, which telegraphed his chances here) accidentally challenged Cassidy on Dynamite. Trent Beretta was in a neutral corner in this match, since he has history with both men.

Romero hit Cassidy with a tope suicida on the floor, then caught him with a step-up hurricanrana on the floor. Literally a step up hurricanrana, he used the ringside stairs as a springboard for the move. Back in the ring, Romero hit an infinite series of clotheslines until Cassidy caught him with a cazadora into a cradle for a near fall. Romero hit a side backbreaker for a near fall. Cassidy came back with a tornado DDT, then hit a tope suicida of his own. Back in the ring, Cassidy tried another tornado DDT, but Romero countered with a suplex. Romero suplexed Cassidy on the ring apron and both men fell to the floor, just in time for a split screen commercial break!

After the break, both men exchanged blows mid-ring. Cassidy hit a superkick and the Orange Punch, but wasn’t in a position to cover. Cassidy with the “high impact” kicks that actually really became high impact kicks. He turned Romero over with a PK, but Romero came back with a knee strike and the Sliced Bread for a near fall.

Romero went for the Strong Zero, but Cassiddy escaped and both men got cradles for near falls. Cassidy dove into a knee strike, and Romero hit a spinning DDT and the Strong Zero for another near fall. Cassidy pushed off another attempt at the Sliced Bread, hit an Orange Punch, and delivered the Beach Break to get the pinfall. Great opener.

After the match, you’ve got to give the people what they want! A group hug in the center of the ring.  

– The stars of AEW gave toys to the community this week.

– Tony Schiavone interviewed Kris Statlander about her big win on Collision last week with Willow Nightingale. This was interrupted by Stokely Hathaway, who was there to try and stir up dissension between Statlander and Nightingale. 

– Prince Nana and Brian Cage were excited backstage. Brian Cage, “The Vanilla Gorilla,” will take on Keith Lee on Collision tomorrow night. I can’t believe a year later they’re finally getting around to Lee v. Swerve.

Matt Taven & Mike Bennett (w/ Roderick Strong) defeated The Hardy Boys.

Why are Taven and Bennett still called “The Kingdom” instead of “Neckstrong?” Before the match, Strong got the names of various fans in the crowd, shouted their names and called them stupid. Fantastic. “If I call people stupid, I gotta go to H.R.” quipped Excaliabur.

Taven caught Matt with an enziguri, then got the tag to Bennett. Bennett went for a Twist of Fate, but Matt pushed him off. Matt and Jeff combined for Poetry in Motion on Bennett. Jeff went for the senton, but Taven distracted Jeff and Bennett crotched him on the top turnbuckle. 

(Usually it’s the women’s match that gets the long split-screen commercial into a full break on Rampage, but tonight it was this tag match.)

After a long commercial, Jeff crawled to his corner for the tag. Bennett tried to cut off Matt, but Matt gave him a side effect on the ring apron. Matt got the tag and Taven helpfully ran into clotheslines from Matt. Matt yanked Taven out of the corner into a sitdown powerbomb for a near fall. A Side Effect in the ring got Matt another near fall. Matt hit Bennett with the Twist of Fate. Taven escaped the Twist of Fate, and the fight went to the floor. Hardy whipped Taven into the ring barricades and the ring announcers table.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ring, Hardy beat on Bennett with his boot. Matt whipped Bennett into the steel stairs, then sent him head firsts into all of the steel stairs. Referee Rick Knox and Matt Hardy fought over a steel chair, which Knox got away from Hardy. Then, back in the ring, Taven rolled up Matt Hardy and got the pinfall.

– During  Rene Paquette’s interview with Ruby Soho, Jeff Parker arrived and asked Soho out for a drink. Before she could answer, Saraya interrupted and initially acted in support of Soho and Parker’s new romance. But once Soho was out of earshot, she told Parker she hated him.

Skye Blue defeated Queen Aminata (3:44)

Aminata caught Blue with a Twist and Shout early for a quick near fall. The fight went to the floor, and Blue tossed Aminata into the ring barricade. Back in the ring, Aminata came back with a release german suplex. Aminata hit the hip attack and sliding boot in the corner for a near fall. Aminata went to the top for a moonsault, but Blue rolled out of the way. Blue hit a superkick, then a TKO into what was supposed to be a Dragon Sleeper and got the quick tap out. 

El Hijo Del Vikingo defeated Black Taurus to retain the AAA Mega Championship (14:13)

So I know Taurus is supposed to be a threat to Vikingo, but I feel like I’ve already seen Taurus lose to Vikingo a dozen times. And then Excalibur said the record between Vikingo and Taurus is 3-2. But why do I feel like Taurus has no chance?

Taurus countered a step-up rana from Vikingo and hit a step-up rana of his own. Taurus ran into a forearm from Vikingo, but Taurus came back with a pop-up Samoan Drop for a near fall.

After a split-screen break, Vikingo hit a springboard dropkick that Taurus shrugged off. Taurus countered a poison rana, but missed a dive in the corner and hit the floor. Taurus avoided a dive from Vikingo by sliding back in the ring, and the hit a tornio through the ropes. Vikingo sent Taurus into the steel post and hit a Tiger Feint Kick using the apron. Taurus caught Vikingo on a dive but Vikingo countered that into a vertical powerslam on the floor.

Vikingo went to the top and hit a sky twister press on the floor. Back in the ring, Vikingo hit an enziguri out of the corner. Vikingo hit a springboard poison rana and a crucifix bomb, but Taurus came back with a spear and both guys were down.

Taurus set up Vikingo on the top rope, then gorilla press slammed Vikingo while standing on the top rope for a near fall. Taurus hit a backbreaker out of a torture rack, powerbombed Vikingo straight on his neck, then hit a discus lariat for another near fall. The crowd chanted “Fight Forever!” while Taurus figured out what to do next.

Vikingo hit a spin kick, then flipped over Taurus into a powerbomb. Vikingo hit a running meteora on Taurus, going through Taurus and the ropes to the floor. Vikingo hit a Canadian Destoyer out of the corner, a pair of knees in the corner, and then the 630 Senton to get the pinfall. Amazing match. This felt like a better match than their ROH match last Friday and is well worth seeking out.

Final Thoughts:

Two great matches in an hour. Can’t complain about that. Happy Holidays! 

AEW Rampage Holiday Bash spoilers from Oklahoma City

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for the Friday, December 22 AEW Rampage Holiday Bash episode. 

The show was taped Wednesday night December 20 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the Paycom Center. 

Spoilers are courtesy of PWInsider.

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AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy defeated Rocky Romero to retain the title

This match between CHAOS & Best Friends teammates was announced on Dynamite in a backstage segment.

Skye Blue defeated Queen Aminata

This was Skye Blue’s first match since aligning with Julia Hart of House of Black on last Saturday’s AEW Collision Winter is Coming episode.

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) w/Roderick Strong defeated The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy)

AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Black Taurus to retain the title

This was a rematch from last Friday’s ROH Final Battle pay-per-view where Vikingo also defeated Taurus to retain the Championship. This was the main event of the taping.

International title match booked for AEW Rampage Holiday Bash

Posted on by Ethan Renner

An International Championship match is set for Friday’s AEW Rampage Holiday Bash episode. 

It was revealed during Wednesday’s Dynamite that Orange Cassidy will defend his International title against Rocky Romero on the Friday, December 22 Rampage show. The Holiday Bash episode is being taped Wednesday night. 

The match was set up with a backstage promo segment involving Cassidy, Romero, Kris Statlander, Trent Beretta, and Renee Paquette on Dynamite. Romero said that while he had recently lost his NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship in CMLL, he was looking for more international opportunities in the future. Cassidy then announced the title match for Friday. 

Cassidy is currently in his second reign with the AEW International Championship after defeating Rey Fenix on the October 10 Dynamite to capture the title. 

Cassidy’s most recent title defense came on Saturday’s Collision show against Bryan Keith, and he also has successful defenses over John Silver, Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, and Angelico in this second title reign. 

The International title match is currently the only segment announced for the Holiday Bash edition of Rampage.

Hook vs. Bear Bronson set for AEW Rampage Holiday Bash

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Hook will be in action on the Christmas night AEW Rampage. 

Team Taz’s Hook will face Bear Country’s Bear Bronson on the Saturday, December 25 AEW Rampage Holiday Bash. The match was announced during tonight’s Rampage episode. 

Hook vs. Bronson joins a TNT Championship match with Sammy Guevara defending the title against former two-time champ Cody Rhodes as the first matches announced for Rampage Holiday Bash. An angle with Guevara saving Rhodes from Dan Lambert, Scorpio Sly and Ethan Page of American Top Team also took place on tonight’s Rampage.

Hook debuted on the December 10 Rampage, defeating Fuego Del Sol in his first AEW match. 

AEW GM Tony Khan tweeted:

“Thanks to @OfficialTAZ + @730hook, this Christmas, #AEWRampage, I’m giving the world the gift of HOOK!

It will be a much bigger test: HOOK vs. @bearbronsonBC on Saturday Night December 25 @ 9pm ET/8pm CT, as part of a huge Christmas Night Rampage at a special night and time!”

Guevara-Rhodes TNT title match set for AEW Rampage Holiday Bash

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Sammy Guevara will defend the TNT Championship against Cody Rhodes on the AEW Rampage Holiday Bash, airing Christmas night on TNT. 

The match was set up on tonight’s AEW Dynamite. Guevara came to the stage for a promo, but was quickly interrupted by Rhodes’s music. Rhodes said that AEW GM Tony Khan had made the match official, and wished Guevara luck. 

Rampage will air on Saturday, December 25 rather than on Friday that week. AEW announced today that the Wednesday, December 22 Dynamite and the Christmas night Rampage will be their annual Holiday Bash episodes. Dynamite will air live from Greensboro, North Carolina, while the Christmas night Rampage will be taped on the 22nd after Dynamite. 

Rhodes is a two-time former TNT Champion, and was the first to hold the title after winning a tournament final to crown the inaugural champ at the 2020 Double or Nothing pay-per-view. 

Guevara has held the TNT title since defeating Miro on the September 29 Dynamite.