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AEW Rampage ratings increase despite going against World Series

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, October 25 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 241,000 viewers on TNT, up three percent from the previous week. It’s the second-highest audience total for the show since September 27.

Rampage drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 50 percent from last week’s record low and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since August 23.

Rampage went head-to-head with the usual slate of college football games on ESPN and FS1 as well as game one of the MLB World Series on Fox. The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees averaged more than 15 million viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s overall audience was down 24.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was steady.

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

AEW Rampage live results: Ricochet vs. Nick Wayne

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Four matches will highlight Friday’s AEW Rampage from Salt Lake City, Utah.

In the featured contest, Ricochet will go one-on-one with The Patriarchy’s Nick Wayne. The bout is a tune-up for Ricochet who is also in action on tomorrow’s AEW Collision against Lio Rush.

In a three-way tag team match, the Undisputed Kingdom’s Mike Bennett & Matt Taven will take on the Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) in addition to the Shane Taylor Promotions duo of Taylor & Lee Moriarty.

The next contender for Mariah May’s AEW Women’s World Championship will be in action as Anna Jay faces Leila Grey. Jay earned a title shot on last weekend’s Battle of the Belts event by pinning May.

The Beast Mortos vs. Beef in a hoss battle rounds out the card.

This week’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night, October 23 in Salt Lake City, Utah at Maverik Center. Spoilers from the show are available here.

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Taped in Salt Lake City, Utah, home to the world’s largest Costco. 

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Matt Menard were on commentary. 

Undisputed Kingdom defeated Shane Taylor Promotions and  Gates of Agony in a three way match (8:54)

Roderick Strong joined the commentary team for the opener. 

Matt Taven and Lee Morairty had a good sequence on the mat to start that was punctuated by a dropkick from Taven. Bishop Kaun got the tag and overpowered both members of the Kingdom.  Kaun floored Taven with a lariat and followed up with a standing moonsault for a near fall. The Gates of Agony double teamed Taven in their corner. Taven side stepped a charge from Kaun, hit Toa Leona with an enziguri, and got the tag to Bennett. Bennett superkicked Leona into a tag from Shane Taylor, and Taylor took Bennett down with a hanging tree slam for a near fall. Bennett fired back with chops on Taylor, but Taylor floored him with a lariat. Bennett and Moriarty ganged up on Bennett in their corner. 

Taylor and Moriarty worked over Bennett during the split-screen break. Taven got the tag and took out all four of his opponents. Taven hit Moriarty with a Stinger Splash, then sent Moriarty into a death valley driver from Bennett. Taven followed through with a sliding knee strike for a near fall. Taylor floored Taven with a knee strike, and Kaun took Taylor down with a Samoan Drop. Leona gave both Moriarty and Bennett a Samoan Drop at once. Kaun and Leona gave Moriarty a double-team slam. The Gates of Agony got dumped to the floor and Taven dove in with an elbow on Moriarty to get a pinfall. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Beef about Anthony Henry, his second cousin by marriage, his reluctant corner man who is injured. JD Drake showed up to promise to be in Beef’s corner tonight. There is some kind of ROH angle (I guess?) between Henry, Drake and Beef but I have no idea about that so this whole thing felt out of place.

– Paquette brought the Undisputed Era and The Beast Mortos together for Strong to try and recruit Mortos for the Undisputed Era. 

Anna Jay defeated  Leila Grey (3:12)

Jay started out with some solid stuff on the mat. Grey came back with a sloppy blockbuster and a slight better bulldog. Jay did some okay selling here. Jay reversed Grey’s suplex attempt. Jay caught Grey with a flying forearm. Jay pulled Grey off the middle ropes with a cross arm slam, hit a shotgun dropkick. Jay hit the Gory bomb for the pinfall. Jay is wrestling with a lot more confidence. 

After the match, Deonna Purrazzo and Tyra Valkyrie were shown watching from the back. 

Jay White v. Shane Taylor & Anna Jay v. Viva Van were announced for  Collision tomorrow night. 

– A recap of Dynamite. 

The Beast Mortos (w/ Rush  and Dralistico)  defeated  Beef (w/ JD Drake) (8:27 aired)

Mortos dropped Beef with a back suplex. Mortos hit a knee strike for a near fall. Beef rolled out of the way of a senton. Both guys fought for a suplex until Mortos dropped  Beef with a headbutt. 

After a commercial break, Beef escaped a back suplex and caught Mortos with a crossbody. Beef took Mortos down with a bulldog for a near fall. Mortos hit a pop up fallaway slam for a near fall. Mortos came off the top with a twisting senton for another near fall. Beef caught Mortos with an enziguri. Beef followed up with a crossbody into the ropes. Beef went to the top for his finish, but Rush tripped him up.  Mortos dropped Beef with a piledriver variation and got the pinfall. 

After the match, LFI beat up Beef and choked him with an extension cord. JD Drake watched from the outside. Rush jumped Drake from the outside and choked him out, too. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Harley Cameron. Cameron was her fantastically charming self, promising that whatever Thunder Rosa can do, she can… also do. 

– Fright Night Dynamite preview. 

Ricochet defeated Nick Wayne (13:14)

Lots of stalling to start. When they finally engaged, Ricochet worked a side headlock for a couple of near falls. Ricochet took Wayne down with a head scissors and a dropkick. Wayne avoided a moonsault off the apron on the floor. A distraction from Mother Wayne allowed Nick to catch Ricochet with a boot. Nick then dumped Ricochet into the crowd. 

After a split-screen break, Ricochet started to mount his comeback. Ricochet hit a gamengiri, then took Wayne down with a twisting tope on the floor. Back in the ring, Ricochet hit a springboard crossbody and a standing shooting star press for a near fall. 

Ricochet went to the top, but Mother Wayne distracted him and Nick Wayne raked his eyes. Ricochet sent Wayne down with a headbutt. Ricochet missed a 450 (landed on his feet), but Wayne caught Ricochet with a stunner for a near fall. Wayne hit a full nelson suplex with a bridge for a near fall. Wayne went for Wayne’s World, but Ricochet blocked it. Ricochet hit a high kick and a deadlift German suplex for a near fall. Ricochet and Wayne exchanged kicks. Ricochet hit a half and half suplex. Ricochet dove into a cutter, and Wayne nailed a double underhook destroyer for a near fall. 

Wayne set Ricochet up again for the Wayne’s World, but Ricochet avoided it and floored Wayne with a knee. Ricochet delivered a Vertigo driver, then finished Wayne off with his own version of the Hidden Blade for the pinfall. That was tremendous. 

After the match, Kenosuke Takeshita came out to the entrance stage to taunt Ricochet with his International Title belt. 

During the main event, Ricochet v. Lio Rush and The Outrunners vs. MxM Collection were also announced for Collision.

Ricochet vs. Nick Wayne part of four-match AEW Rampage lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ricochet will look to remain unbeaten in singles action as he takes on fellow high flyer Nick Wayne in the featured match of Friday’s AEW Rampage.

Ricochet is currently in pursuit of a shot at AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita and is 4-0-1 thus far in singles action. This will be Wayne’s first singles match in AEW since August.

A three-way tag team match between former Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett), Gates of Agony, and Shane Taylor Promotions is on tap following the events of last Friday’s Rampage.

Anna Jay will battle Leila Grey as Jay barrels toward a shot against AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May.

In a match between fan favorites, The Beast Mortos will take on Beef.

Here’s the full lineup:

  • Ricochet vs. Nick Wayne
  • Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Taylor & Lee Moriarty)
  • The Beast Mortos vs. Beef
  • Anna Jay vs. Leila Grey

AEW Rampage & ROH spoilers from Salt Lake City

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Spoilers for ROH and Rampage.

AEW taped matches for both Ring of Honor and Rampage during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite tapings in Salt Lake City, Utah. Here are the results courtesy of PWInsider.

Ring of Honor:

  • The Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, and Alex Reynolds) defeated Iron Savages & Jacked Jameson
  • Satnam Singh defeated Colt Cabana

AEW Rampage:

  • Undisputed Kingdom defeated Gates of Agony and Shane Taylor Promotions in a three-way tag team match. This match was set up on last week’s edition of Rampage.
  • Anna Jay defeated Leila Grey
  • The Beast Mortos defeated Beef
  • Ricochet defeated Nick Wayne. Konosuke Takeshita came out to the stage for a staredown.

Next for AEW is this Saturday’s Collision, which will be held live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After that, Fright Night Dynamite and Rampage will take place in Cleveland, Ohio. Matches for next Wednesday include Shelton Benjamin taking on Swerve Strickland, Kamille vs. Kris Statlander, and The Young Bucks vs. Private Party in a match where if Private Party fails to win the AEW Tag Team titles, they must split up.

AEW Rampage viewership down, draws record low 18-49 demo rating

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, October 18th episode of AEW Rampage averaged 234,000 viewers on TNT, down 7.5% from the previous week. It’s the second-lowest audience for the show since September 6th.

Rampage also averaged a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 33.3% from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category in the history of the show, regardless of time slot.

Competition was much stronger than usual with ESPN airing Game 4 of the WNBA Finals, FS1 and TBS airing MLB’s League Championship series, and FOX with their weekly college football game.

Compared to the same week in 2023, the overall audience for the show was down 31.5% while the 18-49 rating was down 45.5%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Rampage on TNT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 9.2% in overall viewers and 33.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Three-way tag team match set for next AEW Rampage

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A three-way tag team match is set for next week’s AEW Rampage.

Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) will take on Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty and The Gates of Agony in a three-way match on next week’s show. The three teams on Friday talked about the match that will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 23.

All three teams are looking for a momentum boost. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett recently lost the ROH Tag Team titles to Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara in a bunkhouse brawl. The Gates of Agony, who were formerly a part of the Mogul Embassay, lost their third man when it was announced on Dynamite that Brian Cage had joined the Don Callis Family. Shane Taylor Promotions most recently wrestled earlier this month on ROH TV, where they defeated The Infantry.

The lineup for next Friday’s Rampage:

  • Three-way match: Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. The Gates of Agony vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty)

AEW Rampage live results: Mark Briscoe vs. The Butcher

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Four matches are set for tonight’s AEW Rampage from San Jose, California, including Mark Briscoe vs. The Butcher.

Briscoe, the Ring of Honor World Champion, squares off with The Butcher in a non-title affair with his Ladder War title defense against Chris Jericho set for next week’s AEW Dynamite.

Before she gets a crack at AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May in a World title eliminator on tomorrow’s Battle of the Belts XIl, Anna Jay faces Trish Adora of The Infantry.

Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) will attempt to move on from their feud with The Elite as they take on MxM Collection. The Young Bucks defended their AEW Tag Team titles against Private Party at WrestleDream and rebuffed their attempt at a rematch.

Kyle O’Reilly will be in action against Aaron Solo as the former continues his attempt to get a shot at AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada.

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Taped in San Jose, California.

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Matt Menard were on commentary.

Mark Briscoe defeated The Butcher (9:55)

This isn’t advertised as an eliminator match or anything like that. Briscoe took Burther out with a somersault plancha, then battered him with chopes against the ring barricade. Back in the ring, Briscoe hit a middle rope dropkick. Briscoe locked in, then hit some redneck kung and this match is playing like a squash for Briscoe. Butcher finally got some offense going with a counter to the Jay Driller and a lariat for a near fall. Butcher hit a release suplex and legdrop for a near fall. 

Butcher got some more offense during a split-screen break. After the break, The Butcher locked in a chinlock. Briscoe broke free and hit a running forearm, then countered a half nelson attempt with a gamin giri. After a bit more back and forth, Butcher delivered a jack hammer for a near fall. 

Butcher set up Briscoe for a superplex. Briscoe escaped with redneck kung fu, then delivered the Froggie Bow to get the pinfall. 

Oh man, what is Butcher even going to do when Rampage is canceled? Maybe we can start a petition to get AEW Dark back on YouTube.

Kyle O’Reilly (w/ Orange Cassidy) defeated  Aaron Solo (4:29)

Since he’s from the Bay Area he tried to endear himself to the local fans with a picture of The Golden Gate bridge on his tights. O’Reilly worked over Solo with body shots, knees and kicks. Solo caught O’Reilly with an exploder suplex for a one count. He tried an overhead armbar. O’Reilly went 50/50 with a jobber who is barely on TV. I hope he doesn’t have a title match with a protected champion on TV anytime soon, cause I can’t believe anyone would buy him as a contender. He caught Solo with a guillotine choke out of nowhere and got him to tap out. 

After the match, O’Reilly challenged Kazuchika Okada to a title match on Battle of the Belts 12 tomorrow night. Oh man there have been twelve of those things? That match was made official later in the show.

– Renee Paquette interviewed Jamie Hayter, fresh off of raiding Austin Powers’ closest. Hayter threw out a challenge to Penelope Ford to show up at Collision tomorrow night.

– Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie cut a promo continuing… whatever it is they’re doing. It was another promo with vague mafia undertones, I guess?

– Mariah May joined the commentary team to class things up a bit. 

Anna Jay defeated  Trish Adora (w/ The Infantry) (7:13 aired)

This is a warm up for Jay, who has a title eliminator match with May tomorrow night on Battle of the Belts. The Infantry disappeared from ringside faster than they did from the tag team scene after they got that “big win” over the House of Black last spring.

May was fantastic on commentary. Jay hit Adora with her butt and delivered a snap suplex. Jay and Adora exchanged forearms, then took Adora down with a shoulder tackle and blew May a kiss. Jay hit a short dropkick and continued to taunt May. “Maybe she learned that on her two week holiday in Japan?” 

After a long commercial, Jay hit a flying forearm. May continued killing it on commentary. “Yes, I’m on Battle of the Belts. Also known as ‘Tony Schiavone, trying to get dressed.’” We don’t deserve May’s commentary. Adora delivered a german suplex with a bridge from her knees for a near fall. Adora hit a vertical suplex with a bridge for another near fall. Jay caught Adora with a backstabber, then nailed a gory bomb to get the pinfall. May looked grumpy at the result. Anna Jay really is much improved after her Japan tour. 

After the match, May taunted Jay over the house mic. This match actually got me interested in Battle of the Belts!

– Renee Paquette interviewed Harley Cameron about the Saraya, who is “in the capacitation.” Cameron will face Kris Statlander on Collision tomorrow night. 

– After the match, a commercial aired plugging upcoming dates and matches for Dynamite and Collision. Then back from break, the Undisputed Kingdom, Shane Taylor Promotions, and the Gates of Agony all cut quick promos plugging the main event of next week’s Rampage, a three way tag match. AEW… advertising matches ahead of time?

Private Party defeated  MxM Collection (12:06)

It sounded like the MxM Collection got a big reaction. Rico (who appeared on Zero Hour Saturday night) is “not cosmetically cleared” for tonight, according to Menard. 

Mason Madden is huge compared to everyone else in the ring. Private Party did pretty good early on until Quen went to the top rope, and Mansoor pushed him to the floor. 

After a break, Madden suplex Quen into a powerbomb/neckbreaker combo with Mansoor for a near fall. Great move. Mansoor locked in a full nelson, but Quen dropped down and cradled Mansoor for a near fall. Quen finally go the hot tag to Zay, who took out Madden with a springing cutter. He took Madden down with a spinning flatliner on the floor, then sprung into the ring and hit Mansoor with a crossbody for two. 

Mansoor countered the Silly String with a death valley driver in the corner for a near fall. Mansoor caught Quen with a kick while Mansoor delivered a spinebuster. MxM tried to set up Kassidy for their finisher, but Quen broke it up. Private Party hit the Silly String on Madden. Kassidy hit a “cutter” (I guess they can’t say “Twist of Fate” with the Hardys in TNA) on Mansoor, then hit Mansoor with the Bang For Your Buck and got the pinfall. 

After the match, Kassidy promised “on his momma” to win the World Tag Team Titles. 

This show is getting shockingly good on its way out.  In a few weeks, The Butcher, Harely Cameron, MxM and myself aren’t gonna have anything to do Friday nights!

Full lineup for this week’s AEW Rampage

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four matches are set for the Friday, October 18 AEW Rampage taped Wednesday night in San Jose, California.

As revealed during Wednesday’s Dynamite, MxM Collection and Private Party will square off in a tag team bout on Friday’s episode as Private Party move on from their feud with The Elite, and MxM Collection move on from The Acclaimed.

Prior to her Women’s World title eliminator bout against Mariah May at Battle of the Belts XII airing Saturday, Anna Jay will get a tune-up against The Infantry’s Trish Adora on Rampage.

The Conglomeration’s Kyle O’Reilly will be in action on Rampage against former AEW mainstay Aaron Solo.

Rounding out Friday’s card, The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe takes on The Butcher in singles competition.

Spoilers for Friday’s AEW Rampage are available here.

The full card for the Friday, October 18 AEW Rampage:

  • Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor)
  • Anna Jay vs. Trish Adora
  • Kyle O’Reilly vs. Aaron Solo
  • Mark Briscoe vs. The Butcher

AEW Rampage & Ring of Honor TV spoilers from San Jose

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The following are spoilers for this Friday’s AEW Rampage, plus a future edition of Ring of Honor TV.

The content was taped Wednesday night, October 16 in San Jose, California.

A tag team contest between Private Party & MxM Collection was the only bout for Friday’s Rampage officially announced during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.

Spoilers are courtesy of PWInsider.

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Ring of Honor TV spoilers —

  • CMLL’s Atlantis Jr. defeated Jon Cruz
  • AR Fox defeated Jack Cartwheel
  • CMLL’s Reyna Isis defeated Viva Van

AEW Rampage spoilers for the Friday, October 18 episode —

  • Mark Briscoe defeated The Butcher
  • Kyle O’Reilly defeated Aaron Solo — O’Reilly cut a promo on Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada after the match
  • Anna Jay defeated Trish Adora — Mariah May cut a promo on Jay after the match, those two square off in a Women’s World title eliminator at Battle of the Belts XII
  • Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) defeated MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden)

AEW Rampage viewership, 18-49 demo rating up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, October 11 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 253,000 viewers on TNT, up 17.1 percent from the previous week. It’s the third-highest audience total for the show since August 23.

Rampage drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 28.6 percent from last week’s record low and is the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since its August 23 episode.

The show went head-to-head with college football on both ESPN and FS1 as well as game five of the National League Division Series on Fox between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s overall viewership was down 37.8 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 35.7 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 almost exactly even with the recent averages.

AEW/WBD TV rights update: Rampage end date, Battle of the Belts

Posted on by Ian Carey

Dave Meltzer provided updates on the future of AEW Rampage and Battle of the Belts on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

The two shows are not included in AEW’s new media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). As a result, AEW could potentially shop the programs to other networks. However, Rampage may only remain on air for a few more weeks.

“As far as will there be Battle of the Belts, will there be Rampage? That is not in this deal,” he said. “They are open to shop this stuff around.”

“Rampage may not be going much longer. Not sure, the date could be just a couple more weeks or it could be at the end of the year.”

AEW might introduce a new program, potentially titled Shockwave, which could also be pitched to other broadcasters. Revamping either Rampage or Battle of the Belts is a possibility as well, Meltzer noted.

“There are, at least, two sets of talks out there for other stuff but I don’t know that any of them are imminent,” Meltzer continued.

AEW recently announced a new partnership with Fox Sports Mexico. The deal kicked off with the airing of WrestleDream and comes as WWE programming currently on the network prepares to move to Netflix in January.

AEW aims to expand internationally through similar deals in 2025, especially with networks set to lose their wrestling content due to the WWE-Netflix deal.

“Tony is very much into international growth. That is the 2025 goal is to grow internationally, get TV (deals in) more international places. The Fox Sports Mexico deal is an example of the battle plan. This is a station that WWE is on.”

Meltzer also says AEW wants to present more lucha matches catered to the Fox Sports Mexico audience.

“The deal is with Fox Sports Mexico, they want to produce – like, this two out of three falls match with Hologram and Mortos – they want to produce matches like this on a regular basis because of the Fox Sports Mexico audience.”

The full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio is available here.

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AEW Rampage live results: The Conglomeration vs. Undisputed Kingdom

Posted on by Corey Michaels

Five matches are set for tonight’s AEW Rampage from Spokane, Washington, including faction warfare between two of AEW’s key stables.

The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly will team up against The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett in this week’s featured contest. The Conglomeration has been tied up in a feud with The Learning Tree as Mark Briscoe defends his ROH World title against Chris Jericho at Saturday’s WrestleDream.

That feud will continue on the show as Bryan Keith of The Learning Tree goes one-on-one with Rocky Romero after a staredown on Wednesday.

Ahead of his two-of-three falls match with Hologram Saturday, The Beast Mortos of the rebooted LFI will take on The Butcher.

Kris Statlander, who has got TBS Champion Mercedes Mone’s attention, and Lance Archer, now under the leadership of Don Callis, will each be in action against enhancement talent.

The show will be the final stop before Saturday’s pay-per-view.

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The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)

Cassidy and Bennett traded offense until Cassidy’s taunting quickly enraged Bennet. Tagging himself in, Taven hoped to use the Undisputed Kingdom’s combined efforts to stop Cassidy, but that only resulted in a double clothesline to Bennett. O’Reilly tagged himself in so Cassidy could recuperate. Bennet & Taven teamed up on O’Reilly but he outsmarted them.

Cassidy attempted a double-crossbody, which was caught mid-air. O’Reilly saved him and applied a leg and arm hold on Bennett (to which Cassidy politely offered a dainty kick). The pair later kicked Bennett into the turnbuckle, with Cassidy hoping for a pin, broken by the 2-count. After clotheslining each other, Cassidy and Bennett made their tags. Taven had a hot tag, the freshest man in the match. His momentum was thwarted by a Stun-Dog Millionaire and a Rolling Elbow from Cassidy and O’Reilly respectively. Bennett tried a Rolling Elbow of his own and chopped the chest of O’Reilly.

A brawl ensued, with everyone trading their signature strikes and maneuvers. O’Reilly maintained a Guillotine Choke on Bennett while Cassidy fended off Taven. Bennett tapped out, with O’Reilly and Cassidy being the victors.

I don’t typically give The Conglomeration and The Undisputed Kingdom enough credit, but they both put in an excellent opening performance. Poor Bennett though, he got the brunt of the offense. Cassidy seems to be accepting his Conglomeration more, and I’m finally beginning to enjoy them as a team.

– Mercedes Mone and Kamille backstage segment, Mone announced Kamille would be present for Kris Statlander’s match

– The Acclaimed made their entrance but were attacked by MxM Collection, Mansoor declared MxM Collection to have a surprise in their corner and touched tips

– Kris Statlander promo vignette, rechristened herself as a born-again

– Rocky Romero and The Conglomeration promo

Kris Statlander defeated Amira

Starting the match with a vertical suplex powerslam, Statlander swiftly dispatched Amira with a Friday Night Fever and got the 3-count within mere minutes after the bell.

There’s nothing insightful to add other than that Statlander makes just as good a squash wrestler as she is a plunder match and brawler.

– Chris Jericho promo

The Beast Mortos defeated The Butcher

Roderick Strong joined the commentary booth as Mortos’s strength and agility saw him gain the upper hand against Butcher. With a flurry of strikes and dodges, Mortos followed up with a snap-mare, but Butcher managed to swing some momentum his way. Charging after Butcher, Mortos accidentally swung himself over the top rope and spilled to the outside. Slamming Mortos onto the steel steps and fighting dirty, Butcher confidently picked at Mortos in the ring.

The two brutes charged at each other, finally knocking the other down. Mortos aimed for a top rope dive on Butcher, but he evaded, attempting a Jackhammer which resulted a 2-count. Mortos found that another top rope move would be a benefit after he performed a flying headbutt on a horizontal-prone Butcher for the win.

A nice hoss match. Thankfully this wasn’t some sort of squash that would typically make Butcher look like a complete geek. He put on a great performance against Mortos and I’d love to see more between them.

– Harley Cameron promo

“The Murderhawk” Lance Archer defeated Matt Brannigan

Brannigan flexed confidently to Archer, who bravely pushed him to a nearby corner. Imploring Brannigan to hit him back, Archer delivered a lariat. Throwing himself at Brannigan back in the corner three times, Archer flipped him over to another corner in a blink-and-miss-it moment.

Clutching Brannigan from the top rope, Archer courageously sent his opponent to the mat with a Blackout and got the 3-count pin.

Yet another good squash match. Hopefully, the newly active Archer will find more dynamic and heart-stopping matches soon.

– Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Los Faccion Ingobernables promo

Bryan Keith defeated Rocky Romero

An irate Romero overwhelmed Keith, leaving him no room to find an opening. Romero, seeking a Hurricanrana on the steps, was countered by Keith with an Exploder on the floor outside the ring. Using referee Aubrey Edwards as a shield, Keith applied a hold which Romero spiritedly pushed against. Reinvigorated through adrenaline, Romero’s goals were dashed by a knee after an unsuccessful double-underhook for a 2-count.

Battling on the top rope, Romero sent himself and Keith flying onto the mat, but Keith escaped to the outside. Dragging him back in, Romero became victim to a blindsided attack by Big Bill. Keith finished the match with a Diamond Dust.

– Post-match, The Conglomeration entered the ring to fend off Bryan Keith and Big Bill as the show went off the air.

Romero made for an enthralling foil to Keith’s underhanded tactics that kept me hooked. I knew he’d lose, but that’s a testament to his tenured experience and Keith’s unique writing style—a small man fighting like a big man. Funny how Big Bill and Bryan Keith’s work outside of Chris Jericho’s 2024 presence make for an exciting experience.

AEW Rampage draws second-worst viewership in show history, ties lowest 18-49 rating

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Friday night’s AEW Rampage episode averaged 216,000 viewers on TNT, down 21.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since August 2 and is the second-lowest viewership of all time for Rampage.

Rampage drew a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing 17th on the prime time cable charts. That’s down 12.5 percent from last week and ties the lowest rating the show has ever done in that category.

The episode went head-to-head with a WNBA playoff game on ESPN2 and college football games on both ESPN and Fox.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s viewership was down 40.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 41.7 percent.

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 down 17.7 percent in overall viewers and down 22.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Rampage live results: The Elite vs. Private Party & Katsuyori Shibata

Posted on by Joseph Collins

A six-man tag team bout featuring the TNT Champion and the Tag Team Champions headlines this week’s AEW Rampage.

TNT Champion Jack Perry and AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks of The Elite face off against Private Party and Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata will challenge Perry for the TNT title at WrestleDream next week, while Private Party look to be next in line for a shot at the Tag titles.

The feud between The Learning Tree stable and The Conglomeration continues tonight with Learning Tree’s Big Bill and Bryan Keith versus Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly of The Conglomeration. Chris Jericho will be on commentary for the bout.

Kamille will be in action against an enhancement talent on the show. TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will be in Kamille’s corner.

Queen Aminata versus Harley Cameron in another women’s division bout rounds out Friday’s card.

Tonight’s episode was taped Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. Spoilers are available here.

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Taped from Pittsburgh, PA.

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Matt Menard were on commentary.

Katsuyori Shibata & Private Party defeated The Young Bucks & Jack Perry (15:00) 

Shibata and Perry started things out. Nothing like loading up a show with star power after it’s been canceled. Shibata got Perry down on the mat and went for a juji gatame, but Perry quickly got to the ropes. Nick Jackson blindsided Shibata and both he and Perry took advantage. Marq Quen got a tag and took Nick down with a step-up rana, then both members of Private Party double-teamed both of the Young Bucks. Shibata ran in and booted Perry to the floor, and Private Party hit stereo planchas on the Bucks on the floor. Soon all six guys were fighting on the floor. Perry whipped Shibata into the ring barricade. 

Back in the ring, Nick hit one member of Private Party with a senton while Perry dropped the other with a hanging DDT on the floor. 

After the split-screen break, Zay took both the Bucks down with a hiptoss, backdropped Perry to the floor, and avoided a dive from Matt Jackson. He dove for the tag to Shibata, but Perry pulled Shibata to the floor. The Bucks hit Zay with an assisted Sliced Bread and a sliding knee for a near fall. Perry set Zay up for a powerbomb in the corner, but Zay countered with a rana (that sent Perry into a double kick from The Bucks). Zay finally got the tag to Quen, who caught Matt with a powerslam and took both Bucks down with a rana. The Bucks dropped to the floor, and Quen followed them out with a springboard dive. Back in the ring, Quen hit a springboard crossbody on Matt for a near fall. 

Quen went to the top, but Perry crotched him. Matt sent Quen crashing down with a top rope Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Shibata got the tag to square off with Perry. Perry hit Shibata with a dropkcik but Shibata came back with forearms. Private Party and Shibata triple teamed Perry, and Shibata got a near fall after a boot. Shibata hit the PK kick for a near fall, but Matthew Jackson broke the pin attempt up. 

Shibata worked over Perry in the corner with forearms. The Bucks caught Shibata and Zay with a pair of superkicks, and Perry joined them to give Quen a tripe superkick. The Bucks got a near fall on Quen with a slingshot sitdown powerbomb. Perry set Quen up for something, but Zay used his partner as a springboard for a Canadian Destroyer. Private Party hit the Gin and Juice on Perry for a near fall. 

Matt blocked the Silly String with a Northern Lights suplex. The Bucks wiped out Zay with the EVP Trigger. They set up Quen for the Meltzer Driver, but Zay tripped up Nick and Quen rolled up Zay to get the pinfall! I didn’t see that one coming. Fun party match.

Top Flight v. House of Black v. Private Party for the title shot at WrestleDream will happen on Collision tomorrow night. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Kris Statlander, who called herself a “born again Kristin.” She started to put herself over, but was interrupted by Kamille, who shoulder-checked her on the way to her match.  

Kamille (w/ Mercedes Mone) defeated Zoey Lynn (0:16)

Kamille hit a spear as soon as the bell rang, then hit an inverted neckbreaker/Cross Rhodes to get the win. 

– Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie cut a weird promo about their partnership.

Queen Aminata defeated Harley Cameron (6:57)

Aminata worked the arm early on, but Cameron countered with a pop up enziguri. Aminata hit a sliding knee, then a sliding kick in the corner. 

After a long commercial break, Cameron hit a sliding knee on Aminata for a near fall. Cameron sent Aminata to the floor with an axe kick. Back in the ring, Aminata hit a snap suplex and a lariat for a near fall. Cameron avoided a second sliding kick in the corner. Cameron countered an air raid crash with a cradle, but Aminata came back with a tilt-a-whirl neckbreaker, then hit the Queen’s Crown (a headbutt) for the pinfall. 

After the match, Serena Deeb jumped Aminata from behind, but Britt Baker (in a “Brittsburgh” football jersey) ran in with a chair to save Aminata. 

– Rene Paquette interviewed the Acclaimed, who threw out threats to the MXM Collection.

Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly defeated Big Bill & Bryan Keith (w/ Chris Jericho) (12:24)

Jericho joined the commentary team. 

Lots of stalling and psychology back and forth between Bill and Cassidy. O’Reilly got in on the act, and they both avoided contact, frustrating Bill. “Too Much Man” is on Bill’s tights, and I hope that is sticking as a secondary nickname for Bill. 

Keith tagged in to square off with O’Reilly. The match started to break down, with O’Reilly chasing Keith around the ring. Bill and Keith were stacked up against the ring barricade, and both O’Reilly and Cassidy mauled them with kicks going into the break. 

After the break, O’Reilly went for an ankle lock, but Keith escaped and got a german suplex on O’Reilly. Bill got the tag and squashed both Cassidy and O’Reilly with avalanches. Bill hit  a spinning Boss Man Slam on Cassidy. Keith hit a knee strike on Cassidy for a near fall. Keith went for the Diamond Dust in the corner, but Cassidy escaped. Cassidy went for a spinning DDT on Bill, but needed help from O’Reilly to finish the move. Cassidy hit a spinning DDT on Keith to get a near fall. 

Keith hit Cassidy with an avalanche exploder, then exchanged forearms with O’Reilly. O’Reilly got the ankle lock again, and this brought Jericho to ringside to distract referee Aubrey Edwards. Rocky Romero ran in and sent Jericho into the steps, and Big Bill cut down Romero with a big boot. Cassidy hit Bill with a tope suicida. Back in the ring O’Reilly and Cassidy hit Keith with a high/lo combination leg sweep and Orange punch, and O’Reilly got the pinfall.



AEW Rampage spoilers from Pittsburgh

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for the Friday, October 4 AEW Rampage episode.

Friday night’s show was taped Wednesday night, October 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Petersen Events Center.

Spoilers from the taping are courtesy of PWInsider.

The spoiler-free lineup for Friday:

  • The Young Bucks & Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Private Party
  • Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
  • Queen Aminata vs. Harley Cameron
  • Kamille (w/Mercedes Mone) vs. Zoey Lynn

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AEW Rampage spoilers for Friday, October 4 —

  • Queen Aminata defeated Harley Cameron. Serena Deeb attacked after the match, with Dr. Britt Baker making the save.
  • The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith). Chris Jericho was at the commentary desk for the match.
  • Kamille defeated Zoey Lynn. TBS Champion Mercedes Mone was in Kamille’s corner.
  • Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) & Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) & Jack Perry