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Matt Cardona vs. Bryan Keith set for AEW Rampage Winter is Coming

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The first match has been announced for Friday’s AEW Rampage Winter is Coming.

Before he challenges Chris Jericho for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle, Matt Cardona will get in the ring with “The Bad Apple” Bryan Keith on Friday’s Rampage episode.

Cardona appeared in a backstage promo segment on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, and will also appear in a Final Battle contract signing segment with Jericho on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV show.

Final Battle takes place on Friday, December 20 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

The Cardona vs. Keith bout is the only item officially announced for Friday’s Rampage. The Winter is Coming branding will also be used for Saturday’s Collision episode.

The lineups for AEW Rampage Winter is Coming, and AEW Collision Winter is Coming:

AEW Rampage Winter is Coming, Friday, December 13, 10 p.m. Eastern time on TNT —

  • Matt Cardona vs. Bryan Keith

AEW Collision Winter is Coming, Saturday, December 14, 8 p.m. Eastern time on TNT or following NBA coverage —

  • FTR call out The Death Riders
  • Continental Classic Blue League: Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe
  • Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada vs. The Beast Mortos
  • International Women’s Cup qualifier: Willow Nightingale vs. Jamie Hayter

AEW Rampage ratings up from record low

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, December 6 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 177,000 viewers on TNT, up 40.5 percent from the previous week (when the show aired on Saturday afternoon against WWE Survivor Series). It’s the second-lowest viewership total the show has ever done in its regular time slot.

Rampage finished 25th on the prime time cable charts with a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 33.3 percent from last Saturday’s record low rating but is the lowest the show has ever done on a Friday night.

The show went head-to-head with two conference championship college football games as well as an NBA game and two separate college basketball games.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s overall viewership was down 48.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 66.7 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 19.2 percent in overall viewers and 42.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Matt Cardona to appear at AEW Rampage Winter is Coming

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Matt Cardona is set to appear at AEW Rampage Winter is Coming.

The new segment for the Friday, December 13 show was announced during this week’s Rampage episode.

Cardona will challenge Chris Jericho for the Ring of Honor World Championship at Final Battle on Friday, December 20. In a face-to-face confrontation on Friday’s Rampage, Jericho and Bryan Keith of The Learning Tree doubled up on Cardona and left him laying.

The Winter is Coming edition of Rampage will be taped on Wednesday, December 11 in Kansas City, Missouri alongside the live edition of Dynamite.

The lineups for AEW’s Winter is Coming events:

AEW Dynamite Winter is Coming —

  • Continental Classic Gold League: Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli
  • Continental Classic Gold League: Brody King vs. Ricochet
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May defends against Mina Shirakawa
  • Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly for shot at MJF at Worlds End
  • Jon Moxley & PAC vs. Orange Cassidy & Jay White

AEW Rampage Winter is Coming —

  • Matt Cardona appears

AEW Rampage live results: Three Continental Classic matches

Posted on by Joseph Collins

The Continental Classic continues on tonight’s AEW Rampage with three tournament matches.

In the headliner, current Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada will face Mark Briscoe in the Blue league. Okada has one point as a result of his time limit draw with Daniel Garcia while Briscoe still has 0 points in the tournament.

In another Blue league bout, Garcia will take on The Beast Mortos. Garcia has one point while Beast has yet to get on the scoreboard.

In Gold league action, Ricochet takes on Komander as both wrestlers will try for their first points of the tournament. Komander is an alternate for Juice Robinson who suffered a broken leg in a match on last week’s Collision in a tournament bout against Will Ospreay.

Also announced for tonight’s show, The Vendetta (Deonna Purrazzo & Taya Valkyrie) will be in action.

This week’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night in Fishers, Indiana. Spoilers from the show are available here.

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Taped in Fishers, Indiana. 

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Matt Menard & Chris Jerciho were on commentary.

Kazuchika Okada (1-0-1, 4 points) defeated Mark Briscoe (0-2-0, 0 points) in a Blue League Continental Classic Match (13:17) 

This is the first one-on-one meeting between Briscoe and Okada, but they have teamed and faced off in tag matches against each other in the past. Briscoe knocked Okada to the floor, the hit a driving dropkick through the middle ropes. Briscoe pounded Okada on the floor until Okada tripped Briscoe headfirst into a steel chair. There was a lot of brawling on the floor for a tournament that is supposed to be mostly clean. Finally, they got back into the ring where Okada maintained control. 

Back in the ring, Okada dropped Briscoe with a DDT. Briscoe was bleeding from his forehead. Briscoe tried to come back with punches. Okada shrugged it off and returned fire with forearms and a headbutt that stunned both men. 

After a split-screen break, Okada caught Briscoe with a boot. Briscoe blocked a superplex attempt and battered Okada with redneck kung fu! Briscoe hit a flying forearm and followed up with an exploder suplex. Briscoe ran into a boot, but came back with a clothesline and a fisherman’s brainbuster for two. 

Okada came back with an inverted neckbreaker, then dropped an elbow off the top rope. Okada gives the Rainmaker Salute 2.0, which allowed Briscoe to hit a rolling death valley driver. Briscoe dropped the Froggie Bow and got a great near fall. Briscoe went for the Jay Driller, but Okada escaped and exchanged cradles with Briscoe until Okada stuffed Briscoe with a tombstone piledriver. 

Briscoe ran into Okada’s dropkick. Okada went for the Rainmaker, Briscoe countered with another Jay Driller attempt, which Okada escaped again. Briscoe tried a third time for the Jay Driller, and this time Okada countered with the Rainmaker and got the pin. 

Awesome match. Show this to people who think AEW is nothing but flips and dives.

Okada now has 4 points, Kyle Fletcher now has 6 points, and they face off on Collision tomorrow night. If I were a betting man, I’d bet on a draw tomorrow to keep the pressure on Okada.

– Chris Jericho entered the ring to talk trash about Matt Cardona, his challenger for Final Battle at Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday, December 20th. Jericho has a fantastic bejeweled cowboy hat with a “9” to celebrate his 9th World Title reign. Cardona came out to respond and promised to win the ROH title in his backyard. Jericho called Cardona “Zach,” slaps were exchanged and Bryan Keith jumped Cardona to make it a 2-on-1. Jericho whipped Cardona with the ROH title belt, and Keith nailed Cardona with his belt buckle. Jericho was done for the night on commentary after this.

Daniel Garcia (1-0-1, 4 points) defeated The Beast Mortos (0-2-0, 0 points) in a Blue League Continental Classic Match 

Garcia beat Mortos in the semi-finals of the Best of PWG tournament back in 2022. Mortos countered a suplex attempt from Garcia and suplexed him to the floor. They fought on the floor, where Garcia pounded Mortos but ran into a stiff lariat. Back in the ring, Mortos hit the pop up Samona Drop to take control. 

After a split-screen break (which Mortos mostly dominated), Garcia came back with a suplex. Garcia mauled Mortos with forearms and punches in the corner. Garcia with a delayed back suplex for two. Garica ran into a boot, and Mortos hit a pair of sling blades. A neck twist and a spinning powerslam got Mortos a near fall. Garcia caught Mortos on the top rope with a top rope superplex for another near fall. Mortos came back with a shoulder breaker and spinning lariat for another near fall. 

Mortos went for a twisting moonsault off the top, but Garcia dodged it and got a near fall with a cradle. Mortos caught Garcia with a headbutt, but Garcia caught him with a jackknife cradle and got the pinfall. The crowd was really getting behind Mortos towards the end of the match.

Garcia now has 4 points (and a tie for second in the Blue League with Okada) and a match with Mark Briscoe on Collision tomorrow night. Also tomorrow night, Komander faces Darby Allin.

The Vendetta (Deonna Purrazzo & Taya Valkyrie) defeated Ella Elizabeth and Freya States (2:25)

Also on Collision tomorrow night, Mina Shirakawa and Emi Sakura will have a match more interesting than Purrazzo and Valkyrie squashing some enhancement talents. Purrazzo folded up Elizabeth with a powerbomb and the referee immediately went in to check if she was still alive. Purrazzo then finished off Elizabeth with the Fujiwara armbar.

During the main event, Excalibur ran down the card for Dynamite, but I think the only new match announced was Ricochet v. Brody King. 

Ricochet (1-1-0, 3 points) vs. Komandor (w/ Alex Abrahanets) (0-1-0, 0 points) in a Gold League Continental Classic Match (12:29)

Abrahantes came out with Komander but went to the back when the match started. Komander is the “first alternate” and will only have four matches to everyone else’s five.

So, lots of flippy stuff to start before the took a pretty long split-screen break. After the break, Ricochet had control of Komander with a surfboard. Komander generated some offense off the ropes and sent Ricochet to the floor with a head scissors. Komander followed Ricochet out with a springboard moonsault. Back in the ring, Komander went for a tornado DDT, but Ricochet countered with a Northern Lights suplex into a brainbuster. Ricochet hit a standing shooting star press for a near fall. 

Komander countered a superplex attempt, then hit a springboard hurricanrana for a near fall. The crowd got really loud and was very into this match. Ricochet went for a suplex, but Komander escaped. Ricochet and Komander exchanged strikes, which ended with Komander catching Ricochet with a back heel kick. Komander hit a 450 splash for a near fall. 

Komander went to the top again for his top rope walk shooting star press, but Ricochet escaped. Ricochet dropped Komander with a brainbuster on the apron. Ricochet hit a springboard 450 for two. Ricochet hit an axe kick, then a running death valley driver. Ricochet hit the “Spirit Gun” (his not so Hidden Blade) and got the pinfall to pick up his first 3 points in the tournament. The crowd was crazy hot for this match, especially considering how late it had to be into the taping.

Best Rampage ever. I hope they’re building some kind of underdog story for Komander coming into the tournament late.

AEW Rampage spoilers and dark match results from Fishers, Indiana

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The following are spoilers for the Friday, December 6 AEW Rampage episode, as well as dark match results from Fishers, Indiana.

Spoilers are courtesy of our Jim Valley.

A spoiler regarding ROH Final Battle and a segment filmed for ROH TV from Wednesday’s taping in Indiana is available here.

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AEW dark match and off-TV segments —

  • After a lot of comedy by Colt Cabana, he was knocked out by a punch from Satnam Singh.
  • The Outrunners defeated Aaron Solo & Rosario Grillo when Turbo Floyd pinned Grillo after the double team power slam.

AEW Rampage spoilers for the Friday, December 6 episode —

  • Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada defeated Mark Briscoe. Okada escaped the Jay Driller and turned it into the Rainmaker for the pin. No surprise, it was very good. 
  • Chris Jericho, who was on commentary for Okada-Briscoe, got in the ring and cut a promo on Matt Cardona. He said, “If you were here right now, you have no idea what I’d do to you.” Of course Matt Cardona comes out. The crowd chants “Always ready!” Cardona said it may be the biggest opportunity of his career, he’s the king of the indies, death matches and the Jericho Cruise. And he’ll be The King of New York. Jericho agreed Cardona is a bigger star, but he’s still just Zack. Cardona attacked Jericho. Bryan Keith ran in and gave Jericho the advantage. Jericho held Cardona as Keith clocked Matt with the belt buckle Martha Hart gave to Jericho. Jericho and Keith left as Cardona glared in pain.
  • Continental Classic Blue League: Daniel Garcia defeated The Beast Mortos. Garcia pinned Beast Mortos with a leg dive roll-up. Another very good, hard hitting, physical match. 
  • The Vendetta (Deonna Purazzo and Taya Valkyrie) defeated Ella Elizabeth and Freya States. Purazzo made Ella tap to the Fujiwara armbar.
  • Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet defeated Komander. Ricochet pinned Komander with the Spirit Gun in the main event. Everything you’d expect from these two. A high-flying match. “THIS IS AWESOME” chants. There were times when the crowd believed that Komander could win. 

AEW draws record low ratings for Collision & Rampage block

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

– Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision — which was moved to the afternoon — averaged 144,000 viewers on TNT, down 59.6 percent from two weeks earlier when the show last aired. This is the least-watched episode of Collision in history and is the lowest viewership for a first-run AEW program ever, a record that would only last an hour.

Collision drew a 0.03 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 72.7 percent from the previous episode and also marks a record low for Collision and AEW as a whole in that category.

Due to a Thanksgiving weekend college basketball tournament, the show was moved out of its normal time slot. It faced heavy competition from college football on several networks as well as the WWE Survivor Series pre-show on Peacock.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall viewership was down 68.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 78.6 percent.

– AEW Rampage — airing outside of its normal night and immediately following Collision on Saturday — averaged 126,000 viewers. That’s down 49.4 percent from the previous week and sets a new low for Rampage viewership as well as any first-run AEW show.

Rampage drew the same 0.03 rating in 18-49 as Collision did, down 66.7 percent from the week prior. It’s a record low for Rampage and ties Collision for the lowest-rated AEW television episode ever.

The show also went against college football in addition to the start of the Survivor Series main card.

Compared to its episode at this time one year ago, Rampage was down 63.8 percent in viewers and 70 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for both Collision and Rampage, along with the 10-week averages in both categories.

Three Continental Classic matches announced for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Three Continental Classic matches are set for Rampage.

Friday’s show will see two Blue League and one Gold League match take place. In the Blue League, Daniel Garcia will meet The Beast Mortos. Garcia drew against Kazuchika Okada in his first match, but The Beast Mortos failed to take out Kyle Fletcher in his. Okada will also be in action taking on Mark Briscoe, who was unsuccessful in his first tournament match against Shelton Benjamin.

In the Gold League, Komander will make his debut by taking on Ricochet. Komander is replacing Juice Robinson, who is unable to continue in the tournament due to injury. Ricochet is coming off a loss in his first tournament match against Claudio Castagnoli.

Tournament action kicked off last week on Dynamite, and will wrap up at Worlds End on December 28.

Here is the updated card for Rampage:

  • Continental Classic Blue League: Daniel Garcia vs. The Beast Mortos
  • Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada vs. Mark Briscoe
  • Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet vs. Komander

AEW Collision & Rampage live results: Okada vs. Garcia Continental Classic match

Posted on by Joseph Collins

The first week of the Continental Classic continues on today’s three-hour AEW Collision and AEW Rampage block with a special time of 4 PM Eastern.

AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada takes on TNT Champion Daniel Garcia in the Gold League in today’s marquee tournament matchup on Collision.

Will Ospreay faces Juice Robinson in the Gold league while in the Blue league, Kyle Fletcher will take on The Beast Mortos.

Hangman Page vs. Wheeler Yuta is also set for Collision as is Mina Shirakawa vs. Leila Grey, The Outrunners vs. Iron Savages, plus MxM Collection & Johnny TV vs. Mistico & Private Party.

Tonight’s Rampage is a lucha libre showcase show as former ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata teams with Atlantis Jr. & Mascara Dorada against Top Flight & Action Andretti.

The Beast Mortos vs. Serpentico, Komander vs. Hechicero, plus Thunder Rosa vs. Harleygram (Harley Cameron in a Hologram mask) are also set for Rampage.

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Collision, taped in Chicago, Illinois.

Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on commentary.

Will Ospreay defeated Juice Robinson in a Gold League Continental Classic Match (12:36)

Ospreay got a mega-pop, and Robinson also got a not-too-shabby pop himself, since he hails from nearby Joliet. Robinson blocked a Oscutter early-on, but couldn’t avoid a step-up hurricanrana. Ospreay hung Robinson up in the “tree of woe” then dove at him with a dropkick. Ospreay tried up Robinson in an octopus hold. Juice escaped and went for a senton, but Robinson lifted his knees. Robinson finally go the edge with a clothesline in the corner, then followed up with a cannonball and hangman’s neckbreaker for a near fall.

Robinson hit a crossbody off the top for a near fall. Ospreay fought out of a power bomb attempt. Ospreay went for a hurricanrana, which Robinson was likely supposed to block, but he awkwardly fell instead (and it looked like Ospreay came down on his neck, but that could have just been selling, too). Robinson powered Ospreay up from the mat and into a nasty powerbomb.

After a split-screen break, Ospreay sprung into the ring with a forearm on Juice. Ospreay hit Robinson with a plancha on the floor. Back in the ring, Ospreay caught Robinson with a running boot in the corner. Ospreay ran into a leg lariat from Robinson. Robinson followed up with rights. Ospreay ducked the Left Hand of God and hit a Stundog Millionaire. Robinson avoided another Oscutter and floored Ospreay with a lariat for a near fall. The crowd was really getting behind Juice. Ospreay caught Robinson with a kick and the Styles Clash for a near fall. Ospreay followed up with the Hidden Blade and got the pinfall. Great showing from Juice here.

During the match, it was announced that Ospreay v. Allin would take place on the December 18th Dynamite from D.C.

– Mariah May cut a promo on the set where she attacked Mina Shirakawa last week. May attacked Shirakawa to give Mina everything she ever wanted. Mina v. Mariah for the World Women’s Title is set for December 11th on Dynamite.

Private Party & Místico defeated The MxM Collection & Johnny TV (8:16)

Mansoor standing in the camera shot with a leaf blower to give Johnny the wind blown effect for his entrance was *chef’s kiss.* 

Mansoor got double-teamed in the Private Party for a near fall. He got the blind tag to Madden, and Marq Quen got triple-teamed by the heels for the near fall. More triple-teaming from the heels lead to a mid-ring pose from the heels. The heels set up Quen for the most elaborate triple team kick to the posterior I’ve ever seen.

Quen finally got the hot tag to Zay by ducking a double clothesline. Zay went after all three men, catching Madden with a Cutter and dropkicking TV and Mansoor to the floor. Zay followed out with a dive on Johnny, then hit Madden with an Asai Moonsault. Back in the ring, Zay missed a senton on TV for a near fall. 

Místico caught Mansoor with a springboard crossbody. Mansoor and TV tossed Zay into a high-angle spinebuster from Madden for a near fall. TV caught Zay with an enziguri and went to the top, but Místico crotched him. Místico caught MxM on the floor with a top rope dive, and Private Party finished off TV with the Gin & Juice. Pretty good, but I was surprised by what a non-factor Místico was.

– Lexi Nair interviewed Anna Jay, who can’t challenge for the AEW World Women’s title anymore (while Mariah is champion, anyway), so she’ll be taking a big swing at someone else instead.

Kyle Fletcher defeated The Beast Mortos in the Blue League of the Continental Classic (9:18 aired) 

Don Callis was on commentary for this match. Wait. No seconds are allowed but Callis is allowed to be on commentary? The commentary desk is right at ringside! 

Fletcher slammed Mortos and sneered at him. Mortos caught Fletcher with a tijeras. Fletcher countered a monkey flip attempt and sent Mortos to the floor with a forearm.

Fletcher hit a Michinoku Driver for a near fall coming back from the break. Mortos backdropped Fletcher, then hit a Canadian Destroyer, but a DDT instead of a piledriver. Fletcher dropped to the floor, and Mortos followed him out with a tornio. Back in the ring, Fletcher avoided a dive from Mortos, and followed up with a sit-out Last Ride style powerbomb for another near fall. Fletcher followed Mortos into the corner with a boot. He set up Mortos for a superplex, but Mortos headbutted him down. Mortos came off the top with a crucifix driver, then a stiff lariat for another near fall. Fletcher came back with his own lariat, hit another running boot in the corner, and finished off Mortos with a brainbuster. Fletcher got his first 3 points in the tournament.  

Fletcher will face Shelton Benjamin in his next Blue League match on Dynamite Wednesday.

– A recap of the feud no one wants to see continue between MJF and Cole’Reily. This led to Lexi Nair interrupting an argument between Kyle O’Reilly and The Kingdom. I guess now the Kingdom wants Kyle to stay out of it while they finish off MJF? It sounds like O’Reilly respects what they want, but isn’t going to do it anyway.

The Outrunners defeated Iron Savages (w/ Jack Jamison) (2:51)

Not only do the Outrunners come out to a 4:3 aspect ratio, but they’ve added tracking errors on the screen. Boulder went to try a springboard something out of the corner, but missed tragically. Truth Magnum then got the “hot tag” (at 1:30) to Turbo Floyd, who bodyslam Bronson. He couldn’t bodyslam big Boulder on the first try, but did on the second. The Outrunner finished off Boulder with some kind of double-team neckbreaker.

After the match, FTR came out to shake hands with the Outrunners. 

– Lexi Nair interviewed Max Caster, who challenged Swerve Strickland for Dynamite. Caster talked baldy about Billy Gunn and Anthony Bowens. Caster “gave [them] the week off” after Bowens lost the title match at Full Gear. Caster might make a great heel in the long run but this is absolutely the wrong time for it.

“Hangman” Adam Page defeated  Wheeler Yuta (12:13)

Page was chastised by the referee for trying to take the turnbuckle padding off one of the corner. Page clotheslined Yuta to the floor, then basically F-5’d him into the ring apron face-first. Yuta tried to toss Page back into the ring, but he rebounded off the bottom rope and hit Yuta with a lariat. 

Back in the ring, Page hit a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Yuta ducked a springboard lariat and caught Page by clipping his knee. Yuta went to work on Page’s knee. 

After a split-screen break, Yuta countered a top rope superplex attempt by hanging up Yuta in the ropes. Page powerbombed Yuta out of the corner. Page booted Yuta to the floor and whipped him around the ring barricades. The crowd started to get behind Page. Back in the ring, Page hit a death valley driver for a near fall. 

PAC and Claudio Castagnoli showed up in the crowd, and this distraction led to a near fall for Yuta. Page floored Yuta with a discus lariat. Page set up Yuta for the Buckshot Lariat as Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir showed up behind PAC and Castagnoli. Page went for the Buckshot Lariat, but he hurt his knee when he planted and Yuta went for the Seatbelt. Page countered, maneuvered Yuta into the Dead Eye reverse piledriver, and got the pinfall. 

After the match, Page beat on Yuta. He threatened to break his neck with the chair, but Jay White ran out to save Yuta… then White gave Yuta the Blade Runner. White got into Yuta’s face and told him “Tell your king that the real king is coming for his title!” 

– Thunder Rosa promoted the Lucha episode of Rampage. Also, watching Mariah May turn on Mira Shirakawa has Rosa interested in getting back into the title picture again. She will be closely watching the title match at Winter is Coming.

– In the back, Adam Page told Christopher Daniels the last thing he needed was advice from an old man like him.

Mina Shirakawa defeated Leila Grey (3:26)

Grey caught Mina with a kick while she was dancing. Grey and Shirawaka exchanged blows. Shirakawa caught Grey with a kick and a running lariat for a near fall. Grey dodged a charge in the corner and caught Mina with a running knee. Mina avoided a pump kick, then caught Grey with a spinning backfist for a near fall. Grey countered a Glamorous Driver with a roll up. Mina caught Grey with a blockbuster off the middle ropes, then finished off Grey with the Glamourous Driver. 

– Lexi Nair interviewed Willow Nightingale abut her upcoming International Women’s cup qualifier. Nightingale will face Serena Deeb on Collision next week, and the winner of that match will face Jamie Hayter at Winter is Coming. The winner of that match goes on to the International Women’s Cup on January 5th at the Tokyo Dome.

Kazuchika Okada and Daniel Garcia went to a time limit draw in a Blue League Continental Classic Match (20:00 announced, 18:57 or so aired) 

Garica has the classic gold TNT title, not that dirty one Jack Perry was wearing. And again, no seconds are allowed at ringside but there’s Matt Menard, sitting at the commentary desk. 

Garcia countered a forearm attempt from Okada with a backslide, which set off Garcia getting a couple of near falls off cradle attempts. Okada faked out Garcia by offering a handshake and Garcia made him pay for it with chops and a shotgun dropkick. 

After a split-screen break, Okada missed a slingshot senton. Okada ducked a clothesline and locked Garcia in the Money Clip. That move is as over in AEW as it was in New Japan. Garica fought his way out of the hold and kicked Okada In the corner. Garcia locked in a sleeper on Okada, then hit a running knee strike for a near fall.  Garcia locked in a sharpshooter, but Okada easily made the ropes, the dropped to the floor. 

On the floor, Garcia stood over Okada and rained down punches on him, then hit Okada with a running shotgun dropkick. Okada was selling his shoulder, and when referee Aubrey Edwards turned to get medical help, Okada popped up and nailed Garcia with a chair. Okada then DDT’d Garcia on the floor and showed Edwards his shoulder was fine. 

After a second commercial break, Okada and Garcia were brawling on the top rope. Garcia superplexed Okada from the top rope for a near fall. Okada caught Garcia with a neckbreaker for a near fall. Okada hit a top rope elbow, then taunted Garcia by mimicking his dance. Garica responded by catching Okada with an ankle lock. Okada escaped by making the ropes, and Garcia followed up with another shotgun dropkick. Okada went for a dropkick, but Garcia blocked it. Garcia went for the sharpshooter again, but Okada countered with a small package attempt. Okada and Garica then knocked each other out with a double clothesline. 

Okada made it to his feet first and hit a lariat. Garcia ducked the Rainmaker but Okada hit him with a dropkick. Okada went for the Rainmaker again, but Garcia countered with a cradle and locked in the Sharpshooter! Okada crawled to the ropes, but Garcia pulled him back into the center of the ring and leaned all the way back into the Sharpshooter. But Okada hung on, didn’t tap out and the time limit expired. As a result, both Okada and Garcia will get 1 point each in the standings. This was fine but it was fairly obvious they were wrestling to the draw early on.

After the match, Okada offered Garcia a handshake, but then flipped him off instead. 

During this match, PAC v. Jay White was announced for Dynamite Wednesday, and Claudio Castagnoli  v. Will Ospreay and Ricochet v. Brody King were announced for the December 11th Winter is Coming.

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Now it’s time for Lucha Libre Rampage!

Taped in Reading, PA.

Excalibur, Matt Menard and Ian Riccaboni were on commentary.

Thunder Rosa defeated  Harley-Gram (5:20)

Harley-Gram reminded me: whatever happened to Fuego Dos? Less than two minutes in, Harley removed her mask to reveal her secret identity was Harley Cameron all along! Rosa caught Cameron with a dropkick. Rosa tied up Cameron in the corner and hit her with a shotgun dropkick. Cameron came back with a Russian leg sweep for a near fall. Cameron put her mask back on, but Rosa yanked it back off while they were brawling on the floor. Back in the ring, Rosa finished off Cameron with the package driver. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Mercedes Mone, who is not here to talk about Camille. She’s here to talk about Lucha Libre and her favorite wrestler, Eddie Guerrero. Mone also wants more championship gold.

Atlantis Jr., Máscara Dorada & Katsuyori Shibata defeated Top Flight & Action Andretti (w/ Leila Grey) (11:56)

Wow. This was all kinds of crazy action. Dorado went for a hurricanrana on Andretti, who handspringed out of the move and landed on his feet. Dorado and Atlantis combined for a double-hiptoss into a sit-out powerbomb on Andretti for a near fall. Darius Martin saved Andretti from a back suplex. Then Andretti hit a flipping senton off to Darius’s shoulders for a near fall. Atlantis turned a hurricanrana from Darius into a sunset flip for a near fall. Atlantis hit a crucifix driver for a near fall. Darius came back with a dropkick. 

After a split-screen break, Atlantis caught Darius with a cutter, then got the tag to Shibata. Shibata hit Dante with a boot and forearms, then ran in with a diving shotgun dropkick in the corner. A suplex on Datne got a near fall. Dante went for a sunset flip, but Shibata rolled through and floored Dante with a kick. Dorado hit a Fosbury Flop on Andretti. Back in the ring, Shibata had both members of Top Flight tied up in leglocks. Andretti broke it up, and Darius and Andretti hit superkicks on Shibata. But when Shibata fell backwards, it increased the pressure on Dante’s legs, which were still tied up in a leg lock!

Dorado caught Darius with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Dorado hit a 450 splash off the top for a near fall. Dorado went back to the top, but Dante pulled him to the mat. Andretti dropkicked Dorato into a suplex from Darius, and Dante picked him up for his half nelson slam. Andretti went for a brainbuster on Dorado, but Atlantis broke it up. Andretti caught both his opponents with handspring back elbows. Atlantis and Dorado caught Andretti with kicks, and Dorado finished off Andretti with a shooting star press.

– A recap of the Hook/Patricachy feud. This led to an interview with Nick Wayne and Mother Wayne and the announcement that Hook will face Nick Wayne at the Hammerstein Ballroom (unclear which show). Nick wanted to face Hook in his hometown in a venue that Hook’s father made his name. “I’ll see you at home, Hook… or will I?” 

The Beast Mortos defeated Serpentico (5:12 aired) 

Nobody mentioned Mortos getting dropped on his head two hours ago by Kyle Fletcher. Mortos crushed Serpentico with a pop-up Samoan Drop for a near fall. 

After a commercial break (and talk about a match that shouldn’t have gone through a commercial), Serpentico got a near fall after a La Magistral cradle. Mortos gave Sperpencio a pair of backbreakers, then floored him with a lariat and got the pinfall. Most of this match took place in the picture-in-picture window, but I have no idea why a guy in the prestigious Continental Classic is going 5 minutes with a Dark jobber. 

– In the back, someone has laid out Kamille. 

– Kyle O’Reilly, Luther Reigns & Brian Cage, Mark Edwards, Komander, Adam Cole are the names announced for the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal. That’s not 12 guys. The winner of the 12 man battle royal gets a shot at MJF and his ring, I would assume at Winter is Coming.

Hechicero defeated Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) (13:06)

Hechicero pulled Komander out of the air on a leapfrog attempt, then dropped an elbow on his back. Lots of mat work early on in the match. Hechicero tried to go for a stretch muffler, but Komander climb out of it. Komander went for a tijeras, but Hechicero countered it into  apin attempt. More near misses and reversals from both guys ended with Hechicero getting Komander in trouble against the ropes.

A lot of this match took place in the split-screen window. After the long break, Komander sprung out of the corner with a top rope dropkick. Komander hit a hurricanrana off the top, but Hechicero caught Komander with a sleeper in the ropes. Komander dropkicked Hechicero to the floor. Komander followed him out with a top rope springboard moonsault. Back in the ring, Komander came off the top with a body press, then rolled up Hechicero for two.

Komander hit a spinning DDT. He went for a springboard moonsault, but Hechicero caught him with a armbar. Komander countered the armbar into a pinfall attempt for a near fall. Komander and Hechicero exchanged forearms. Komander countered a suplex attempt with small package. Hechicero caught Komander with a backbreaker and followed up with a charging knee in the corner. Hechicero then brought Komander down with what can best be described as a headscissors driver to get the pinfall.

Final rundown for Dynamite Wednesday: Brody King v. Claudio Castagnoli, Shelton Benjamin v. Kyle Fletcher, Jay White v. PAC, Swerve Strickland v. Max Caster, and the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal.

This was a fine three out block of professional wrestling.

Wrestling Observer Live: Survivor Series preview, TNA Turning Point review, video game insight

Posted on by Jim Valley

Image: WWE

Another weekend full of wrestling means another packed Wrestling Observer Live.

WWE Survivor Series in Vancouver goes down in a couple hours. Expect a very hot crowd for The Bloodline vs. Bloodline 2.0 in the WarGames match. The whole show features many possibilities up and down the card including in the women’s WarGames bout.

Plus, I talk about Friday’s TNA Turning Point and today’s AEW Collision at an earlier time followed by a lucha libre edition of Rampage.

Finally, I talk to the producer of the WWF Raw, Royal Rumble, and other video games in Mark Flitman whose book “It’s Not All Fun and Games” is available on Amazon.

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Dave Meltzer’s AEW & WWE ratings analysis for last week’s shows

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

For the week of 11/11 to 11/17, in the cable entertainment category, Yellowstone on Paramount was first, followed by Raw, SmackDown, the debut of Landman on Paramount, and AEW Dynamite was fifth.

As far as overall in 18-49 on cable, Raw was 13th, behind five NFL related shows, two college football games, three NBA games, one college basketball game and Yellowstone. SmackDown was 22nd, lower than usual due to going against the Tyson-Paul fight. AEW Dynamite was 41st, even with its best number since late September.

Last year in the same week, Raw was first and AEW was fifth in entertainment and 15th and 25th overall. The main difference is that AEW was behind 13 FOX News shows during the week this year.

AEW Dynamite on 11/20, going against the Country Music Awards as well as the regular programming, did 640,000 viewers with a 0.20 (266,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.12 in 18-34.

The CMA Awards on ABC did 6,092,000/0.81.

On cable, Dynamite was No. 5, behind two NBA games and two shows on FOX News. Chicago vs. Milwaukee NBA won the time slot at 1,217,000/0.35 but the later game after Dynamite was over won the night at 1,063,000/0.35 by 4,000 viewers. Jesse Watters did 3,734,000/0.25 for second place in hour one and Dynamite was third. In hour two, Dynamite was behind the NBA game but beat Hannity (2,972,000/0.19) by 3,000 viewers for second place. Other competition saw Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Bravo at 444,000/0.16, Challenge on MTV at 341,000/0.15, Expedition Unknown on Discovery at 910,000/0.11, Sistas Series on BET at 744,000/0.09 and College Football on ESPN 2 with Ohio vs. Toledo at 414,000/0.08.

The Big Bang Theory lead-in did 973,000/0.17 which was the second highest entertainment show of the night behind Dynamite.

Dynamite was down 3.9 percent in viewers from last week, down 8.0 percent in 18-49 and up 15.6 percent in 18-34.

The show did 62,000 in men 18-34 (up 24.0 percent from last week), 27,000 in women 18-34 (same as last week), 122,000 in men 35-49 (down 17.6 percent) and 55,000 in women 35-49 (down 14.1 percent from last week).

The show only did 1.31 viewers per home and the audience was 69.2 percent male in 18-49.

From one year ago, it was down 23.9 percent in viewers, down 21.1 percent in 18-49 and down 21.9 percent in 18-34.  Factoring in homes lost by cable, the real drops were 19.1 percent in viewers, 13.1 percent in 18-49 and 14.0 percent in 18-34.

It opened with 747,000 viewers and 296,000 in 18-49 for Will Ospreay & Mark Davis & Powerhouse Hobbs & Ricochet vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher & Lance Archer & Brian Cage.

The rest of that match, promos with Darby Allin and the Death Riders and the Hurt Syndicate and Swerve Strickland angle did 671,000 viewers and 275,000 in 18-49.

Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, a Conglomeration promo and Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida did 634,000 viewers and 249,000 in 18-49.

The rest of Shida vs. Statlander, Mercedes Mone & Kamille, Hurt Syndicate and Bobby Lashley vs. Cheeseburger & Joe Keys did 667,000 viewers and 273,000 in 18-49.

The post-match stuff with Hurt Syndicate, Sweve Strickland and Prince Nana, Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May and star of Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli did 649,000 viewers and 269,000 in 18-49.

The end of Allin vs. Castagnoli, Private Party, A.J. The Costco guy and Big Justice, Roderick Strong and MJF promos did 630,000 viewers and 263,000 in 18-49.

Angles with Daniel Garcia and Jack Perry, Chris Jericho and Tomohiro Ishii which involved The Conglomeration and Learning Tree and Jamie Hayster promo did 594,000 viewers and 255,000 in 18-49.

The Julia Hart video and Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta did 549,000 viewers and 246,000 in 18-49.

The end of that match and post-match with the Death Rider and Conglomeration did 597,000 viewers and 276,000 in 18-49.

NXT on 11/19 did 672,000 viewers with an 0.19 (250,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.11 in 18-34.

The key to this being well above usual numbers when they don’t have main roster talent in key spots on the show, is the Chase U breakup angle. The Ridge Holland vs. Andre Chase main event for both a title shot and if Chase lost, he’d have to break up the group, in the main event slot, did 731,000 viewers and 0.21 which is much higher than main events usually do unless it’s a show with a major main roster star.

The biggest competition was Dancing with the Stars on ABC (5,187,000/0.75). CW once again beat FOX, which did an 0.14, to take fourth among the five networks. Cable competition included Cleveland vs. Boston NBA on TNT (1,691,000/0.50), Jessie Watters (4,038,000/0.27) and Hannity (3,322,000/0.20) on FOX News Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (796,000/0.20 and College Football with Miami of Ohio vs., Northern Illinois on ESPN (497,000/0.13).

The show was up 6.5 percent in viewers from the prior week, up 16.8 percent in 18-49 and even in 18-34.

The show did 1.37 viewers per home and 64.9 percent male in 18-49.

From one year ago on USA, the show was up 8.0 percent in viewers, up 1.6 percent in 18-49 and down 8.3 percent in 18-34.  

Raw on 11/18 did 1,516,000 viewers with an 0.49 (653,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.32 in 18-34 for a taped show which is pretty impressive since it did the same in 18-49 for a taped show this week as last week even though last week had much easier NFL competition.

It was fourth on cable behind three NFL related shows on ESPN and second in the time slot.  The Houston Texans vs. Dallas Cowboys game did 8,622,000/1.46 on ABC, 7,490,000/2.42 on ESPN and 878,000/0.30 on ESPN 2 for a total of 16,990,000/4.18.  Raw beat everything on television for the day except the NFL.

The other competition was Jesse Watters (3,684,000/0.20) and Hannity (2,712,000/0.15) on FOX News, 90 Day Fiance Tow: Tel A on Bravo (932,000/0.18 and U.S. and USA vs. Jamaica soccer on TNT (273,000/0.11).

It was down 2.9 percent in viewers from last week, down 0.2 percent in 18-49 and up 3.2 percent in 18-49 even though football competition was tougher.

The first hour did 1,502,000 viewers and the second hour did 1,530,000 viewers.

The show did 1.41 viewers per home with 66.0 percent men in 18-49.

From one year ago, when the show went against a Chiefs vs. Eagles game that had more than 29 million viewers, it was up 3.9 percent in viewers, up 1.4 percent in 18-49 and down 3.0 percent in 18-34.  Factoring in homes lost by cable, the real percentage changes would be up 10.9 percent in viewers, up 11.5 percent in 18-49 and up 6.1 percent in 18-34. That makes sense given how much tougher the competition was last year.

Invincible Fight Girl, the Adult Swim show about a girl becoming a pro wrestler, airing at midnight, did 204,000 viewers and an 0.12 in 18-49. Aside from a Hallmark movie in prime time, it was the highest rated entertainment show on cable that day, beating Collision for that spot.

The taped Collision show on 11/16 did 356,000 viewers with an 0.11 (154,000 viewers) in 18-49 and 0.04 in 18-34.

The key was a bad number in men 18-34 but a good number in men 35-49.

Collision was No. 15 for the day on cable and fourth in the time slot was behind the UFC 309 prelims on FX (816,000/0.36), Arizona vs. Kansas State football on ESPN (849,000/0.21) and The Hallmark Christmas movie Jingle Bell Run (1,730,000/0.13).  It beat On Patrol Live, College Football on FS 1, College Football on the Big 10 network and College Basketball on the Big 10 Network. Network college football head-to-head saw Tennessee vs. Georgia on ABC (9,823,000/2.39), Oregon vs Washington on NBC (4,121,000/0.84) and Cincinnati vs. Iowa State on FOX (1,002,000/0.22).

The show was up 7.2 percent in viewers, up 14.1 percent in 18-49 and down 45.8 percent in 18-34.

The show did 12,000 in men 18-34 (down 66.7 percent), 14,000 in women 18-34 (up 16.7 percent), 95,000 in men 35-49 (up 50.8 percent) and 23,000 in women 35-49 (down 4.2 percent).  The show did 1.45 viewers per home and was 69.5 percent male viewers in 18-49.

From the prior year, with the show out of its regular slot so these comparisons don’t mean anything, It was up 31.9 percent in viewers, up 38.7 percent in 18-49 and down 38.1 percent in 18-34. The big increase was just because of comparing a show in its regular slot this year to one out of it last year.

Going against the Netflix broadcast of boxing, both wrestling shows on 11/15 did among their worst numbers ever. Really you can throw these numbers out regarding comparisons because they are total flukes.

Rampage on 11/15 did among its lowest numbers ever, doing head-to-head with the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano fight. It did 186,000 viewers with an 0.06 (75,000 viewers) in 18-49s and a record low 0.02 in 18-34.

Rampage didn’t crack the top 25 for the night.  In the time slot, it was seventh behind Memphis vs, Golden State NBA game on ESPN (1,027,000/0.24, extremely low for the Warriors on ESPN), Gutfeld on FOX News (2,819,000/0.17), Scare Tactics on USA with the SmackDown lead-in (380,000/0.15), Mexico vs. Honduras soccer on Univision Deportes (237,000/0.09), On Patrol Live on Reelz (496,000/0.08), and Marquette vs. Maryland college basketball on FS 1 (221,000/0.07against the first 30 minutes of Rampage).

It was down 21.5 percent from the prior week in viewers, down 16.7 percent in 18-49 and down 31.8 percent in 18-34.

It did 10,000 in men 18-34 (down 16.7 percent from last week), 5,000 in women 18-34 (down 50.0 percent), 52,000 in men 35-49 (up 18.2 percent from last week which is shocking given the competition and 8,000 in women 35-49 (down 66.7 percent).

The show did just 1.23 viewers per home and the audience was 82.7 percent male in 18-49, which is an incredibly high percentage for a wrestling show.

From one year ago, it was down 33.6 percent in viewers, down 38,0 percent in 18-49 and down 57.1 percent in 18-34. Factoring in homes lost by cable doesn’t make much of a difference as the declines were 28.9 percent in viewers, down 31.4 percent in 18-49 and down 52.9 percent in 18-34.

SmackDown did its lowest numbers ever for a show on the USA Network, but there were FS1 shows in recent years that did lower numbers.

The show did 1,234,000 viewers with a 0.32 (432,000 viewers) in 18-49 and a 0.20 in 18-34.

What’s notable is the numbers were way down even though the Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor fight didn’t even start until after SmackDown was over, which shows that a giant audience watched the entire boxing show and not just the top two fights.

SmackDown was No. 2 on cable and on all of television even with the lower than usual number, behind only the Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA game on ESPN that did 1,280,000 viewers and an 0.36 in 18-49.

The declines from last week would be entirely due to the fight, as it was down 19.7 percent in viewers, down 32.2 percent in 18-49 and down 25.9 percent in 18-34.

The show did 1.40 viewers per home with 64.6 percent male in 18-49.

It was down 44.1 percent in viewers from the same week last year, down 47.0 percent in 18-49 and down 50.0 percent in 18-34, but that’s meaningless given cable instead of network and the competition.

AEW Rampage ratings up for Full Gear go-home show

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, November 22 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 249,000 viewers on TNT, up 33.9 percent from the previous week (which went against Netflix’s Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing special). This is the highest audience total for the show since October 11.

Rampage drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing 10th on the primetime cable charts. That’s up 50 percent from last week and ties the best rating the show has done in that category since September 20.

The show faced weaker competition than it has in recent weeks. An NBA game on ESPN and a college football game on Fox only aired against the first half of Rampage.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s overall viewership was down 5.7 percent while the 18-49 rating was up 12.5 percent. It’s the first time since July 12th the show has had a year-over-year increase in the demo.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 4.1 percent in viewers and 12.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

CMLL stars, Thunder Rosa vs. ‘Harley-gram’ announced for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Ian Carey

Next week’s edition of AEW Rampage will feature several stars of CMLL and the debut of a new masked luchadora who claims to the female counterpart to Hologram.

The episode was taped on Wednesday in Reading, Pennsylvania and will air on Saturday, November 30 following AEW Collision. Hechicero, Mascara Dorada, and Atlantis Jr. have all been announced for the show.

Thunder Rosa was interviewed in the back on last night’s Rampage. She put out an open challenge for next week’s episode that was immediately answered by Harley Cameron’s lucha alter-ego, Harley-Gram. Rosa is coming off having defeated Cameron in a Day of the Dead match on the November 2 AEW Collision.

Spoilers for the November 30 edition of AEW Rampage are available here.

Announced lineup for AEW Rampage on Saturday, November 30, 2024:

  • Thunder Rosa vs. Harley-Gram (Harley Cameron’s luchadora alter-ego)
  • Hechicero, Mascara Dorada, and Atlantis Jr. will be in action

Full taped lineup for AEW Rampage on Saturday, November 30, 2024 —

  • Atlantis Jr., Katsuyori Shibata & Mascara Dorada vs. Action Andretti, Dante Martin & Darius Martin
  • The Beast Mortos vs. Serpentico
  • Hechicero vs. Komander
  • Thunder Rosa vs. Harley-Gram (Harley Cameron’s luchadora alter-ego)

AEW Rampage live results: Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall weigh-in

Posted on by Joseph Collins

A weigh-in for the Full Gear Zero Hour matchup between Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall takes place on tonight’s AEW Rampage.

Before they meet on Saturday’s pay-per-view pre-show, Big Boom AJ of viral sensation The Costco Guys and stalwart QT Marshall will weigh in for their bout on tonight’s episode.

A trios match is also on tap for tonight’s episode, with The Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Evil Uno taking on The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero, and Tomohiro Ishii in six-man tag team action.

Mina Shirakawa teams with AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May against former Women’s Champion Nyla Rose and Harley Cameron.

The Bang Bang Gang’s Juice Robinson will go one-on-one with The Butcher in the other match set for tonight’s Rampage.

This week’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night, November 20 at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania alongside next week’s episode. Spoilers from the taping are available here.

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Taped in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Excalibur, Matt Menard & Ian Riccaboni were on commentary.

Mina Shirakawa & Mariah May defeated Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron (8:36)

Rose and Cameron don’t even get an entrance. Rose and Shirakawa teased us with a test of strength. Rose dominated Shirakawa with body slams. Cameron tagged herself in to the match, and Shirakawa took her down with a Russian Leg Sweep for a near fall. May came in with a spinning side slam and got another near fall. Shirawaka and May double-teamed Cameron with a double shotgun dropkick. Rose tried to attack, but Mina and May dumped her to the floor.

Back in the ring after a split-screen break, Rose hit May with a rolling neck snap. The crowd chanted “We Want Mina!” while Rose got the heat on May. Cameron hit a knee strike on May for a near fall. May countered an attempted Soul Food with a headbutt, and got the tag to Mina.

Shirakawa took down Cameron with a flying clothesline. Mina caught May in the corner with a kick, but Rose broke up the pinfall attempt. Mina tried for a figure-four on Rose, but Cameron interfered and Mina hit her with a DDT while Rose’s legs were all twisted up. May dropkicked Rose out of the ring. Cameron got a near fall off a cradle, but May hit her with knee strike. May and Shirawaka hit a double-team top rope bulldog (think the old Steiner Brothers move, if you’re old enough to remember that) on Cameron and got the pinfall.

– Lexi Nair hosted the official weigh in between QT Marshall and “Big Boom AJ,” accompanied by Big Justice. They actully have big banners with pictures of Marshall and Big Boom AJ in the ring, so I guess that WBD money isn’t going to waste. The crowd popped for something or someone called “The Rizzler.” I have no idea about any of this because the only things I follow on social media are cooking recipes. Marshall weighed in at 229 pounds (103.9 kilograms), which was displayed on the big screen. AJ weighed in at 550 pounds(249.5 kilograms). AJ is not a super-heavyweight, so either Paul Wight was running the scale in the back or there were some shenanigans. Big Justice (who is actually a child) got in Marshall’s face about rigging the scale. This lead to Marshall hitting AJ with a cutter to end the segment. I hope this stuff is creating fans out of whoever it’s supposed to appeal to.

Juice Robinson defeated The Butcher (9:02 aired)

The fight went to the floor and Butcher dropped Robinson back-first on the ring barricade.

Most of the match took place in the split-screen window. After a commercial, Robinson hit Butcher with a leg lariat. Butcher ducked the Left Hand of God, but hit with a DDT and a senton. Butcher countered a splash in the corner and hit Robinson with a lariat for a near fall. Robinson tripped up Butcher in the corner and hit a cannonball. Butcher ducked another left hand and hit a backbrearker and a modified jackhammer for a near fall. Butcher called for a brainbuster, but Robinson escaped and finally hit the Left Hand of God. Robinson hit is front-falling DDT for the pinfall. This felt slow at times.

– Lexi Nair announced with Thunder Rosa an “all Lucha” episode of Rampage. Thunder Rosa made an open challenge for any luchadora. The challenge was immediately answered by “Harley-Gram” the counterpart to “Hologram” who looked suspiciously liked Harley Cameron in a green hood.

– A hype package for Ricochet and Konsuke Takeshita for Full Gear tomorrow night.

Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Mark Briscoe defeated Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno & John Silver (11:41)

Silver and Briscoe started off with a “kung fu” standoff, until Uno jumped Briscoe to allow the heels to get the advantage. Uno needs a better look; the ill-fitting dress pants, shirt and tie and mask aren’t working for him. After Uno got in trouble in the Conglomeration corner, Romero hit Uno with the forever clotheslines until Alex Reynolds broke that up. Uno hit a flatliner on Romero and the Dark Order took control.

After a long split-screen break during which Romero was taking all the heat from the Dark Order, Briscoe got the hot tag. He fought all three mebers of the Dark Order. Briscoe hit an exploder on Uno for a near fall. Uno hit Briscoe with a piledriver for a near fall. The Dark ORder set up Briscoe for a Pendellum Bomb, but Briscoe escaped and got the tag to Ishii. Ishii and Silver exchanged chops and kicks. Silver hit Ishii with a German suplex, but Ishii came right back with a clothesline. Romero took Reynods down on the floor with a hurricanrana, and Briscoe hit his springboard plnacha on Reynolds and Uno. Back in the ring, Ishii hit a brainbuster on Reynolds and got the pinfall.

– The show ended with the tremendous “November Rain” hype video for Full Gear.

AEW announces full lineup for Full Gear go-home edition of Rampage

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

The full lineup for this Friday’s AEW Rampage is official — the final stop before Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view.

AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa will team up against former champion Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron. May and Shirakawa will host a championship champagne celebration on Saturday.

Big Boom AJ of the Costco Guys and QT Marshall will have a weigh-in ahead of their clash on Saturday’s pre-show.

In trios action, The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii) will challenge Dark Order.

The show is rounded out by Juice Robinson going one-on-one with The Butcher.

AEW taped two episodes of Rampage on Wednesday after Dynamite.

Here’s the full lineup for Friday:

  • The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
  • Big Boom A.J. & QT Marshall weigh-in
  • Juice Robinson vs. The Butcher
  • Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa vs. Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron

AEW Rampage spoilers for next two weeks from Reading, PA

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for multiple episodes of AEW Rampage.

AEW taped content for more than one episode of Rampage on Wednesday in Reading, Pennsylvania at the Santander Arena.

Spoilers are courtesy of PWInsider.

It is not clear which matches will air this Friday and which will air on the Friday November 29 episode, so results are listed all together.

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AEW Rampage spoilers —

  • Big Boom AJ & QT Marshall weigh-in for Saturday’s Full Gear match: Marshall hit AJ with a diamond cutter to close the segment.
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa defeated Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron
  • Juice Robinson defeated The Butcher
  • The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Tomohiro Ishii & Rocky Romero) defeated The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Evil Uno)
  • Thunder Rosa defeated “Harleygram” (said to be Harley Cameron under a mask)
  • CMLL’s Hechicero defeated Komander
  • The Beast Mortos defeated Serpentico
  • Katsuyori Shibata & CMLL’s Atlantis Jr. & Mascara Dorada defeated Action Andretti & Top Flight (Darius Martin & Dante Martin)