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Full lineup for this week’s AEW Rampage

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four matches are set for the Friday, October 4 AEW Rampage episode.

As revealed during Wednesday’s Dynamite, Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen will team with Katsuyori Shibata in a trios bout against The Young Bucks and Jack Perry. Shibata is set to challenge Perry for the TNT Championship at WrestleDream, while Private Party are next in line to challenge The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team titles.

Also announced during Dynamite, The Learning Tree’s Big Bill and Bryan Keith will face The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly as those two factions continue to feud.

Queen Aminata will also be in action on Friday’s show against Harley Cameron.

Rounding out Friday’s card, Kamille will face Zoey Lynn, with TBS Champion Mercedes Mone in Kamille’s corner.

The full card for the Friday, October 4 AEW Rampage:

  • 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 vs. Zoey Lynn

AEW Rampage viewership and 18-49 demo rating down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, September 27th episode of AEW Rampage averaged 276,000 viewers on TNT, down 15.6% from the previous week. It was still the second-highest audience for the show since August 23rd.

Rampage finished 15th on prime-time cable charts with a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 33.3% from last week and ties with the 4th lowest rating the show has done in that category so far in 2024.

The show went head to head with the ending of two separate college football games on ESPN and FOX, which is stronger than the usual competition on Friday nights.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was down 24% in overall viewers and 42.9% in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Rampage as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 4.9% in overall viewers but down 11.1% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

AEW Rampage live results: House of Black vs. Lio Rush & Action Andretti

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Five matches are set for tonight’s AEW Rampage including the House of Black in tag team action.

In the featured match, Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews will team up against Lio Rush & Action Andretti. Rush and Andretti are aligned with Dante Martin, Darius Martin and Leila Grey of Top Flight.

Konosuke Takeshita will look to keep his recent win streak going as he goes one-on-one with Angelico.

After staking her claim on Dynamite as the top contender to Mariah May’s AEW Women’s World title, former CMLL Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale will be in action against Taya Valkyrie.

Anna Jay returns from her Japanese excursion in the Stardom 5-Star Grand Prix tournament to take on Robyn Renegade.

Former AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) will face enhancement talents Ryan Clancy & TJ Crawford.

This week’s Rampage was taped last Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts, following Collision. Spoilers from the show are available here.

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Taped in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

Tony Schiavone & Matt Menard were on commentary. 

Malakai Black and Buddy Matthews(w/ Brody King) defeated  Lio Rush and Action Andretti (w/ Top Flight & Leila Grey) (9:04)

At least Top Flight weren’t dressed like airline pilots. Black calmy sat in his corner while Rush and Andretti argued over who would start. Rush caught Black with a quick stunner which didn’t really phase Black. Andretti and Matthews got the tags and there was more dissension between Andretti and Rush. Rush was aggravated and it was distracting Rush. Rush ate a knee from Matthews that sent him to the floor. 

On the floor, Andretti kept trying to get into it with Matthews. Back in the ring, Andretti flew in and hit Matthews with a springboard forearm. Matthews blocked a double-suplex attempt, only to get hit with a double dropkick. The Righteous was shown watching the match from the back. 

After a split-screen break, Black nearly choked out Andretti with a chinlock. Andretti fought out of it, and both guys crashed into each other going for crossbody blocks. Rush and Matthews got the tags, and Rush caught Matthews with a poison rana and a springboard cutter. Black got the tag and floored Rush with an elbow. Rush came back and set up Black for a splash off the top, but Andretti got the blind tag. Rush and Andretti argued, but that gave Black the opening to hit Andretti with the Black Mass kick and got the pinfall. The arguing between Rush and Andretti was over the top.

After the match, Andretti threw a water bottle at Brody King, who mauled him with a clothesline. Top Flight drug Andretti out of the ring before things got worse for him. Later in the show, it was announced that Andretti and King will face off at Collision: Grand Slam tomorrow night. So I guess things are gonna get worse for Andretti anyway.

– Lexi Nair interviewed Anna Jay, who’s going to find her new place in AEW tonight after a tour of Japan.

Anna Jay defeated  Robyn Renegade (2:39) 

This is Jay’s first match back from a tour of Stardom. Jay blocked a hip toss attempt and buried a series of knees in Renegade’s midsection. Jay yanked Renegade out of a corner and hit a shotgun dropkick. Renegade came back with a stiff forearm. Renegade clawed at Jay’s face… then licked her own fingers afterward. Jay fired back with chops, ducked a clothesline and hit a forearm. Jay hit a rolling neckbreaker, then hit a Gory bomb to get her 60th win all time in the women’s division. Jay looked improved here.

– Renee Paquette moderated a face-to-face between Ricochet and WIll Ospreay. Ospreeay kind of ran down Ricochet for not winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight  Championship, and Ricochet responded that with his decades of experience, failing to win that title didn’t matter. The full interview is available on YouTube. 

Konosuke Takeshita defeated Angelico (8:05 aired) 

Takeshita hit a flying cutter just before the long commercial break. 

After the break, Angelico caught Takeshita with a pair of clotheslines and a small package for a near fall. Angelico tied up Takeshita’s arms, but Takeshita broke free and hit a forearm. Angelico tied up Takeshita with a leg scissors and chinlock combination, but Takeshita made it to the ropes. Both guys climb the ropes, but Takeshita raked Angelico’s face to send him to the mat. Angelico climb back up again and backdropped Takeshita off the turnbuckles! Angelico then went for a blind dive, but dove right into a forearm from Takeshita. A spinning blue thunder bomb followed by a falcon arrow finished off Angelico.  Most of the match took place in the split screen before the break, but the finish was awesome.

– Recap of Bryan Danielson & Nigel McGuinness and Dabry Allin & Jox Moxley from Grand Slam.

The Acclaimed (w/ Billy Gunn) defeated  “Fancy” Clancy and TJ Crawford (2:03)

Max Caster’s rap was quite political. He rapped about “eating cats and dogs in Springfield,” but they weren’t in that Springfield. A few weeks ago it looked like Acclaimed was thisclose to getting the tag titles back, but they look further away from the top of the division than ever. Clancy had a nice looking dropkick. Other than that, this was a squash for the Acclaimed. Bowens hit the uranage on Clancy, followed by the mic drop from Caster. He wasn’t the legal man, so Caster and Bowens hit some kind of double team powerbomb out of a press slam on Crawford for the finish. 

After the match, Caster cut a promo on the MXM Collection (calling them the Maximum Male Models), The MXM Collection responded with just an incredible promo from the big screen in the arena.

Willow Nightingale defeated Taya Valkyrie (10:53)

Willow avenged a earlier loss to Valkyire with a victory here.

Valkyrie tried to whip Nightingale out of the corner, but Nightingale did a cartwheel and caught Valkyrie with an enziguri. Nightingale followed up with several slams. Nightingale hit a shotgun dropkick off the middle rope, and Valkyrie dropped to the floor. There was no respite for Valkyrie on the floor, as Nightingale followed her out with a cannonball. 

Nightingale was fighting from underneath after the split screen break. Nightingale floored Valkyrie with a lariat. Nightingale mauled Valkyrie in the corner and hit a spinebuster for a near fall. Crowd chanted for Willow, but she missed a shotgun dropkick. Valkyrie came back with a clothesline and hit a meteora in the corner for a near fall. 

Valkyrie hit a superkick and went to the top, but Nightingale cut her off with a superplex. Valkyrie hit a series of forearms, but Nightingale came back with the pounce. Willow got the pinfall after a Doctor Bomb. 

AEW Collision Grand Slam spoilers from New York

Posted on by JJ Williams

The following are spoilers for the Saturday, September 28 AEW Collision Grand Slam episode taped Wednesday night, September 25 in New York City.

In addition to Collision, a match for future Ring of Honor TV airing was also taped.

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Ring of Honor TV spoilers —

  • Dustin Rhodes, Ross Von Erich, and Marshall Von Erich defeated Mark Sterling, Tony Nese, and Ariyah Daivari in a ROH trios title Proving Ground match

AEW Collision Grand Slam spoilers —

  • Jack Perry defeated Minoru Suzuki — Katsuyori Shibata saved Suzuki after the match and the two embraced.
  • Brody King defeated Action Andretti — Top Flight saved Andretti after the match.
  • Tornado trios match: Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith defeated Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, and Mark Briscoe
  • Saraya’s rules match: Jamie Hayter defeated Saraya
  • Lumberjack strap match: Hangman Page defeated Jeff Jarrett
  • AEW World Trios Championship: Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, and Wheeler Yuta defeated Komander & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) to retain the titles — Yuta scored the submission after elbows and cattle mutilation and didn’t let go of the hold. Claudio slow clapped for him after the match. New music for Claudio, Pac, and Yuta, a sad version of the Claudio symphony.
  • Three-way: Hologram defeated The Beast Mortos & Dralistico — Mortos and Dralistico continued fighting after the match. Rush came in and got them on the same page, then all three attacked Hologram.
  • MxM Collection had Max Caster’s jacket on a model they called Hans. They unmasked to be Billy Gunn.
  • AEW Continental title eliminator: Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada defeated Sammy Guevara

AEW Rampage draws stronger-than-usual ratings

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, September 20 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 327,000 viewers on TNT, up 30.8 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since July 12.

Rampage finished sixth on the prime time cable charts with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 71.4 percent from last week and ties the highest rating the show has done in that category since May 18.

The relatively strong ratings came despite going head-to-head with three separate college football games on Fox, ESPN, and The CW that combined to average over six million viewers and a 1.51 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s overall viewership was down 4.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was identical.

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 up 23.7 percent in overall viewers and up 33.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show: AEW Rampage and Collision setting up Grand Slam

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The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about in our weekly review of AEW Rampage and Collision! It’s the build towards two nights of Grand Slam, as AEW is taping both shows this coming Wednesday at Arthur Ashe! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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AEW Rampage spoilers from Springfield, Massachusetts

Posted on by F4W Staff

Spoilers for next Friday’s AEW Rampage.

Next week’s show was taped following Saturday’s live edition of AEW Collision in Springfield, Massachusetts. Here are the results courtesy of Joe Gagne:

  • The House of Black (Malakai Black and Buddy Matthews) defeated Lio Rush and Action Andretti. Rush & Andretti had communication problems during the match.
  • Anna Jay defeated Robyn Renegade. Jay is making her return following her participation in Stardom’s 5-Star Grand Prix tournament.
  • Konosuke Takeshita defeated Angelico
  • The Acclaimed defeated Ryan Clancy and TJ Crawford. They will be a part of Grand Slam next week when MxM Collection reveals what they have done with Max Caster’s jacket.
  • Willow Nightingale defeated Taya Valkyrie. This match was set up on the live edition of AEW Collision.

AEW Dynamite and Collision Grand Slam will be held back-to-back on Wednesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. Other big shows for AEW coming up include the 5th anniversary of Dynamite on October 2 and the WrestleDream pay-per-view that will take place on October 12 in Tacoma, Washington.

Willow Nightingale vs. Taya Valkyrie set for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A singles match is set for next week’s Rampage.

Willow Nightingale will meet Taya Valkyrie following a confrontation the two had on Saturday’s Collision.

Nightingale was talking to Lexi Nair about how she was feeling following her loss at All Out. She said she was sore, but she was inspired by Yuka Sakazaki’s upcoming title match at Grand Slam next week and would be paying attention. Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie interrupted her, with Purrazzo saying if they were friends, Nightingale would have been there for Sakazaki on Dynamite when she was attacked by Mariah May. She also said that Nightingale should be in Sakazaki’s corner, and if she wasn’t, Purrazzo would offer Sakazaki protection, as she’s done the same with Valkyrie.

After Nightingale attempted to interrupt Purrazzo, Valkyrie interjected. Nightingale issued the challenge for Rampage, which was taped immediately following Saturday’s Collision in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This was the first appearance by Nightingale since losing a street fight to Kris Statlander at All Out. She also lost the CMLL Women’s Championship at last week’s 91st Anniversary show to Zeuxis.

AEW Rampage live results: Lio Rush vs. Rocky Romero vs. Kip Sabian vs. Nick Wayne

Posted on by Joseph Collins

A four-way match is the featured bout on tonight’s AEW Rampage as Lio Rush, Rocky Romero, Kip Sabian and Nick Wayne will square off.

Sabian has been trailing The Patriarchy in recent weeks which has raised the ire of Christian Cage and Wayne.

In a non-title match, ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe of The Conglomeration will also be in action against Bryan Keith of Chris Jericho’s Learning Tree faction.

After being challenged to defend the AEW Trios titles at Grand Slam by his teammates Claudio Castagnoli & PAC, Wheeler Yuta will face The Butcher.

After challenging her backstage in a social media segment, former AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida will face Harley Cameron. It’s Shida’s first match since losing to TBS Champion Mercedes Mone at this month’s All Out.

Roderick Strong of The Undisputed Kingdom will team with The Beast Mortos against enhancement talents Joe Keys & Marcus Mathers. Strong and Mortos will be part of a ten-man tag team match on Saturday’s Collision.

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Taped in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni and Matt Menard were on commentary.

Mark Briscoe defeated Bryan Keith (12:21)

Briscoe is ROH World champion, but this was non-title. Briscoe sent Keith to the floor, hit Keith with a dropkick through the ropes, then dropped a Cactus Jack style elbow on the floor. Back in the ring for some hard chops and redneck kung-fu. Briscoe tossed a chair in the ring to use as a springboard for a plancha, but Keith cut him off. While Aubrey Edwards got rid of the steel chair, Keith hit a low blow behind her back to take control.

When Keith was offense, it was pretty uninspired. Keith chopped away at Briscoe on the floor, then hit a snap suplex on the floor.

Aftert a split-screen break, Keith cut off a comeback from Briscoe with a boot and a headbutt. Keith went for Diamond Dust, but Briscoe countered with a face rake. Briscoe hit a top rope superplex. Kieth and Briscoe exchanged forearms mid-ring, then exchanged chops around the ring. Briscoe hit a flying forearm, but Keith came back with an enziguri. Briscoe came back with one of his own, then hit an exploder suplex. But Keith came back with an exploder suplex of his own!

Briscoe charged into a boot from Keith, but caught him with a death valley driver. Briscoe missed the froggy bow, and Keith hit a knee strike out of a tiger driver attempt for another near fall. Keith went for the Diamond Dust again, but Briscoe hit a pair of lariats to counter, then hit the Jay Driller to get the pinfall. Great opener for Rampage.

Before Briscoe could celebrate his victory, Chris Jericho ran in and attacked Briscoe with a bat. Orange Cassidy, Big Bill and Kyle O’Reilly all ran in, with Big Bill dominating O’Reilly and Cassidy.

Wheeler Yuta defeated The Butcher (4:02)

Butcher jumped a disinterested Yuta before the bell and dropped him with a backbreaker. On the floor, Butcher dropped Yuta against the ring barricade and clotheslined him against the ring apron. Back in the ring, Butcher hit a pair of short-arm lariats. Yuta tried for a German suplex, but got a back elbow. A couple of slaps woke up Yuta, who fired up with a shotgun dropkick and mauled Butcher in the corner with forearms and chops. Yuta took Butcher down with a high angle slam and rolling German suplexes. After the hammer and anvil elbows, Yuta locked in the Cattle Mutiliation and got the submission. Yuta held on the hold until well after the bell, and almost attacked the ref after the match. Yuta is playing up this new conflicted character great.

– The MXM Collection have stolen Max Caster’s “Best Wrestler Alive” jacket! And they’re planning to give it makeover.

Hikaru Shida v. Harley Cameron (w/ Saraya) (7:04 aired)

Two and half minutes of almost every women’s match on Rampage takes place during the picture in picture break, usually after the first two minutes of action. Then there’s a full commerical (no split screen) before the show starts back up again with the babyface making her comeback. The point of this is to say that off the seven minutes they gave the match, really only the last three mattered.

After the commercial, Shida hit a kneestrike for a near fall. Shida went for the Falcon Arrow, but Saraya distracted her and Cameron hit a blind side kick for a near fall. Cameron avoided an enziguri and exchanged pin attempts with Shida. Cameron went for a knee strike, but Shida blocked it and hit a question mark kick. Saraya distracted Shida again, and Cameron hit another knee strike for a near fall. Saraya grabbed Shida’s kendo stick to use as a weapon, but Jamie Hayter (still being dressed by Disco Inferno) ran out to chase Saraya away. Saraya hit the Falcon Arrow to get the pinfall.

After the match, Saraya challenged Jamie Hayter for Grand Slam in a “Saraya’s Rules” match, which Hayter accepts.

The Beast Mortos & Roderick Strong (w/ Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Joe Keys & Marcus Mathers (1:24)

Strong hit one of the Mathers with a knee strike and Mortos dropped Keys with a pop-up Samoan Drop and they got stereo pinfalls.

– Darby Allin v. Evil Uno and Mariah May v. Lady Frost has been added to tomorrow night’s Collision line up.

– Deonna Purrazzo has some wine and finds a friend in Taya Valkyrie.

Nick Wayne pinned Rockey Romero to win a four way match that also included Lio Rush (w/ Action Andretti) and Kip Sabian

Sabian tripped of Rush and hit an Arabian Press on Wayne and Romero on the floor. Rush caught Sabian with a back kick then took him out with a plancha. Rush tricked Romero into a rollup for a near fall. Sabian caught Romero with an enziguri and Rush with a knee strike. Nick Wayne then crotches Sabian on the ringpost.

Wayne hit a snap suplex on Romero and taunted the crowd. Wayne backdroped Rush and hit him with a kick while the rest of the Patriarchy looked on approvingly from the back.

Wayne dominated through the split-screen break. Rush faked Wayne out and caught him with a Spanish Fly for a near fall. Sabian sprung in with a dropkcik on Rush, then followed up with a cannonball. Romero hit a Northern Lights suplex on Sabian, then hit forever clotheslines on all his opponents in the corners. Romero hit the Sliced Bread on Rush for a near fall.

Wayne and Sabian dumped the other two the floor so they could have the ring for themselves. Wayne went for the Wayne’s World, but Sabian blocked it and hit a half-and-half suplex. Romero and Rush got back into it, and Rush went for a frog splash on Romero, but instead caught a cutter from Wayne.

Sabian went for a Burning Hammer on Wayne, but Wayne made the ropes. Sabian hit Romero with a Burning Hammer, but Wayne dumped Sabian to the floor, and then Wayne covered Romero to get the victory.

Full lineup for this week’s AEW Rampage

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Five matches are set for the Friday, September 20 AEW Rampage episode taped Wednesday night in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe will be in action as he takes on Bryan Keith from Chris Jericho’s Learning Tree faction.

Wheeler Yuta vs. The Butcher in singles competition is also set for Friday’s show.

The lone women’s division contest on the show features Hikaru Shida taking on Harley Cameron, with Saraya in Cameron’s corner.

Roderick Strong and The Beast Mortos will team against enhancement talents Joe Keys and Marcus Mathers on the show.

A four-way bout booked for the card will feature Kip Sabian vs. Rocky Romero vs. Lio Rush vs. Nick Wayne.

Spoilers from Friday’s show are available here.

The full lineup for the Friday, September 20 AEW Rampage episode:

  • Mark Briscoe vs. Bryan Keith
  • Wheeler Yuta vs. The Butcher
  • Hikaru Shida vs. Harley Cameron
  • Roderick Strong & The Beast Mortos vs. Joe Keys & Marcus Mathers
  • Four-way: Lio Rush vs. Rocky Romero vs. Kip Sabian vs. Nick Wayne

AEW Rampage spoilers from Wilkes-Barre

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for the Friday, September 20 edition of AEW Rampage.

Friday’s show was taped Wednesday night, September 18 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

Spoilers from the show are courtesy of PWInsider.

The Rampage lineup:

  • Mark Briscoe vs. Bryan Keith
  • Wheeler Yuta vs. The Butcher
  • Hikaru Shida vs. Harley Cameron
  • Roderick Strong & The Beast Mortos vs. Joe Keys & Marcus Mathers
  • Four-way: Lio Rush vs. Rocky Romero vs. Kip Sabian vs. Nick Wayne

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Spoilers for the Friday, September 20 AEW Rampage —

  • Mark Briscoe defeated Bryan Keith
  • Wheeler Yuta defeated The Butcher via submission
  • Hikaru Shida defeated Harley Cameron. Jamie Hayter saved Shida from a post-match attack at the hands of Cameron and Saraya, then Hayter challenged Saraya to a bout at Grand Slam.
  • Roderick Strong & The Beast Mortos defeated Joe Keys & Marcus Mathers
  • Nick Wayne won a four-way also featuring Rocky Romero, Kip Sabian, and Lio Rush

AEW Rampage viewership up, 18-49 demo rating down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, September 13 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 250,000 viewers on TNT, up 7.3 percent from the previous week (which had an AEW Collision episode as the lead-in). It’s the best audience total the show has done since August 23.

Rampage finished 14th on the prime time cable charts with a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 12.5 percent from last week and ties the lowest rating in Rampage’s history in that category, regardless of time slot.

The show went head-to-head with college football on Fox and ESPN as well as a few minutes of WWE SmackDown, which had a short overrun on USA Network.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was down 25.4 percent in overall viewers and down 22.2 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 7.5 percent in overall viewers and down 22.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Rampage live results: The Conglomeration vs. Dark Order

Posted on by Joseph Collins

A trios match between The Conglomeration and Dark Order headlines tonight’s AEW Rampage.

Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly will battle Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Evil Uno. The match is a tune-up for Cassidy who faces Chris Jericho on this Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Konosuke Takeshita of The Don Callis Family will face Action Andretti one-on-one. Takeshita will team with AEW International Champion Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher against AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada and AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks this Wednesday, and has made his next target clear: Okada.

Saraya & Harley Cameron will take on former NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) in tag team action.

Two other matches round out the card as Roderick Strong battles Beef and Kamille takes on Robyn Renegade.

Tonight’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night, September 11 in Lexington, Kentucky at Rupp Arena. Spoilers from the show are available here.

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Taped in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Matt Menard were on commentary. 

Today is Friday the 13th. Are they bringing Abadon out of the mothballs for this one? 

The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver) (10:07)

Okay, I guess The Dark Order on Friday the 13th works. 

The Conglomeration came out in new matching tees which I’m sure are available on the ShowAEW website. Orange Cassidy was triple-teamed by the Dark Order, but got a near fall on Silver for two. Lots of comedy in the opening minutes, with Silver missing chops on Cassidy and O’Reilly and hitting his teammates instead. Briscoe and Uno had an awkward exchange, then Briscoe floored Reynolds with a clothesline going into a split screen break.

O’Reilly got the hot tag after the split-screen break and destroyed Reynolds with kicks. Cassidy joined in and helped ouble team Reynolds. Silver prevented an Orange Punch. Uno hit O’Reily with a boot and a DDT. Silver and Reynolds hit their combo series for a near fall on Cassidy. Cassidy escaped a pendulum bomb attempt from the Dark Order, and took down Uno and SIlver with a hurricanrana. 

Brisco hit a plancha on Silver, then used a chair to hit a springboard plancha on Reynolds and Uno on the other side of the ring. Back in the ring, Cassidy Reynolds with an Orange Punch, and Briscoe hit the Jay Driller for the pinfall. Inoffensive but uninspired.

– In the back, Lexi Nair conducted an interview with The Undisputed Era and ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara. Matt Taven challenged the champs to a fight without honor, but Dustin upped the ante and made it a Bunkhouse Match for next Saturday on Collision. 

Kamille defeated Robyn Renegade (3:16)

This was a total squash. Kamille dumped Renegade with a fisherman’s suplex out of a bearhug. Renegade got a one count after a top rope bodyblock. Kamille came back with a vertical powerslam, then hit a dominator (which she has renamed “The Truth”)  for the pinfall.

– Christopher Daniels (in a snazzy tie) accepted Jack Perry’s open challenge for the TNT title at tomorrow night’s Collision. 

Roderick Strong defeated Beef (6:53)

Beef is a big, sweaty guy, who is the second cousin (by marriage) of Anthony Henry. The crowd chanted “Beef!” whenever Beef hit a forearm. Beef hit Strong with a dropkick heading into the commercial break. 

After a long commercial break, we return to Beef pummeling Strong and the crowd firmly behind Beef. Beef hit a bulldog for two. Beef went to the top, but Strong caught him with a kick and perplexed him off the top for a near fall. Huge pop for Beef kicking out. Beef caught Strong with an avalanche, then went to the floor to save Henry from a beating from Taven and Bennett. Beef got back in the ring and ran right into a knee from Strong, and Strong got the pinfall.  

– The Righteous, Vincent and Dutch, cut a promo. They’re looking for the House of Black. 

Saraya & Harley Cameron defeated Marti Belle & Allysin Kay (3:36)

Saraya and Cameron worked over the less-experienced Belle. The fight went to the floor, where Saraya whipped Belle into the ring barricades. Belle finally got the tag to Kay, who mounted a brief comeback. Cameron caught Kay with the Soul Food and a flying knee, but Saraya had gotten the blind tag so Cameron couldn’t get the pinfall. Saraya then hit the Nightcap on Kay for the pinfall. 

After the match, Jamie Hayer ran in (fresh from the 70s, based on her outfit) and floored Cameron with a forearm. Saraya ran out through the crowd.

Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Don Callis)  defeated Action Andretti (w/ Leila Gray and Lio Rush) (11:52) 

Top Flight and Lio Rush came out with Andretti, and it looks like they’ve dumped that goofy airline pilot’s gear. 

Andretti started out strong against Takeshita, but the fight went to the floor and Takeshita whipped him into the steel steps. Back in the ring, Takeshita hit a top rope superplex for a near fall. 

Takeshita dominated through the split-screen break. Andretti hit a handspring back elbow for a near fall. Andretti hit a rolling senton on Takeshita, who was lying on the floor. Andretti hit a tope con hilo, then tossed Takeshita in the ring for a springboard 450 that missed. Takeshita hit a German suplex and a lariat for a near fall. 

Andretti countered a powerbomb with a rana for a near fall. Takeshita and Andretti stayed one step ahead of each other in a neat exchange that finally ended with Andretti missing a standing shooting star press. Andretti hit a shotgun dropkick out of the corner that Takeshita completely no sold. Takeshita hit a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. (Really, that should have been the finish –or lead directly to the finish– after the convincing no-sell from Takeshita). Andretti came back with a top rope rana. Andretti did a springboard right into a forearm from Takeshita. Running knee and a spinning falcon arrow finished off Andretti and Takeshita got the pinfall. (The spinning falcon arrow may be called the “Raging Fire,” that’s what Excalibur said when Takeshita hit the move, but he might have just been metaphorical) 

Announced for Dynamite Wednesday: The Young Bucks & Kazuchika Okada v. Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita & Will Ospreay. 

Full lineup for Friday’s AEW Rampage

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Five matches are set for the Friday, September 13 AEW Rampage taped Wednesday night in Lexington, Kentucky.

In trios action, The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, and Kyle O’Reilly will take on The Dark Order’s Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, and John Silver.

In a women’s division tag team bout, Saraya and Harley Cameron will face Allysin Kay and Marti Belle. As The Hex, Kay and Belle held the NWA Women’s Tag Team Championship in 2021 and 2022.

Another former NWA star in Kamille will also be in action on Friday’s Rampage against Robyn Renegade.

Before teaming with Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher on next week’s Dynamite, Konosuke Takeshita will take on Action Andretti in singles competition on Friday’s show.

Rounding out Friday’s card, Roderick Strong will take on Beef, stylized as BEEF.

Spoilers from the Friday, September 13 AEW Rampage episode are available here.

The spoiler-free lineup for Friday’s show:

  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. Action Andretti
  • Saraya & Harley Cameron vs. Marti Belle & Allysin Kay
  • Roderick Strong vs. Beef
  • Kamille vs. Robyn Renegade
  • The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver)