Rampage once again will follow this week’s AEW Collision.
With NHL and NBA playoffs moving the show around, Rampage will follow Collision on Saturday. Hour three of AEW’s content block will feature a match between Lady Frost and Deonna Purrazzo. Two weeks ago on Rampage, Thunder Rosa defeated Purrazzo in a match. Purrazzo, unhappy with the result, jumped Rosa after the match and sent her into a steel barricade.
Lady Frost has mostly wrestled on ROH television of late, last losing a match teaming with Abadon and Leyla Hirsch last month. Her last AEW television match was earlier in April, losing to Rosa. Aside from ROH and AEW, she’s also made several appearances for CMLL.
Last week’s AEW Rampage was headlined by a Manitoba Massacre match, where Willow Nightingale retained the TBS Championship by defeating Skye Blue.
Rampage will begin at 10 pm ET on TBS.
Live from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Tony Schivone and Nigel McGuinness were on commentary as the main event from Collision continued.
Adam Copeland defeated Kyle O’Reilly for the TNT Championship (3:35 or so aired during Rampage)
A low kick stopped O’Reilly to the point where the ref had to check on O’Reilly to see if he could continue. O’Reilly gave the okay, and Copeland set up for the spear, which O’Reilly countered with a guillotine choke. Copeland escaped that with an Implant DDT, and hit the spear to get the pinfall.
The crowd was hugely behind O’Reilly at the end of that match. The show then faded to black and then Rampage opened with Copeland helping O’Reilly up. O’Reilly and Copeland had a weird issue with each other when Copeland held up O’Reilly’s hand, but wouldn’t let it go.
– Lexi Nair interviewed Claudio Castagnoli on his way out of the arena. Castagnoli has issues with Bryan Danielson teaming with Eddie Kingston at Anarchy in the Arena at Double or Nothing. He wants Danielson to retire healthy, and doesn’t trust Eddie Kingston to let that happen.
Matt Menard joined the commentary team for the rest of Rampage.
Trent Beretta defeated Dalton Castle (9:42)
Beretta wore an old “Best Friends” t-shirt with everything covered but the word “Best” and his face. And Castle had a new array of Boys with him tonight.
Castle hung Beretta up on the turnbuckle, then sent him to the floor with a running knee. They fought on the apron, and Beretta drove Castle into the apron with a hanging DDT.
After a split-screen break, Dalton countered a avalanche hurricanrana with a sunset flip for a near fall, and both guys hit clotheslines. Castle came back with a pair of suplexes. The crowd was crazy behind Castle, especially for a guy who has only been on ROH for most of the last year. Castle went for his finisher, but Beretta countered with a piledriver for a near fall. The crowd told Trent he sucked, and Castle countered a tornado DDT attempt with another suplex. The fight went to the floor, and Beretta distracted referee Aubrey Edwards with a chair. This allowed him to gouge Castle’s eyes. Back in the ring, Beretta hit a running knee and locked in the gogoplata, and the ref stopped the match.
– In the back, Deonna Purrazzo talked trash about Thunder Rosa.
– Rush will destroy you, spit on you, and walk all over you. And kick all of AEW in the face. Rush makes his return to Rampage next Saturday on Collision.
“The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith defeated JD Drake (2:43)
I thought WB didn’t want Ring of Honor?
JD Drake has this neat spot on the floor where he sends his opponent into the ropes and when they come back on the rebound, he hits them with a forearm. In the ring, Drake hit a running kick for a near fall. Drake chopped away at Keith, but Keith came back with a shoulderblock and a bodyslam. Keith finished Drake off with a flipping stunner out of the corner to get the pinfall.
I wonder why people are tuning out of Rampage in droves?
– Adam Copeland cut a promo from behind a chain link fence wrapped in barbed wire. He challenged Malakai Black for Double or Nothing in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match.
Deonna Purrazzo defeated Lady Frost (8:11)
Most of the match took place during the split-screen break.
Most of the match took place during the split-screen break. After the break, Purrazzo and Frost exchanged boots. Frost cartwheeled into a cannonball in the corner for a near fall. Purrazzo came back with a Russian leg sweep into an armbar, but Frost escaped by getting to the ropes. Frost came off the top with tornio for a near fall. Frost went to the top again, but Purrazzo tripped her up. Frost hung upside down in the corner, and Purrazzo hit her with a spear to get the pinfall. Frost looked very good and the crowd was into it, but the outcome was never in doubt.
After the match, Thunder Rosa chased off Purrazzo with a steel chair. Rosa dove on a security guard to try and get to Purrazzo, but the security guard managed to hold her off.
– The Acclaimed dropped a new music video.
– A vignette for Scorpio Sky’s zillionth comeback. It sounds like he’s coming back as a babyface.
PAC defeated Johnny TV (w/ Taya Valkyrie) (9:44)
Johnny wiped his butt with a Vancouver Canucks jersey so the crowd knew who to boo. PAC attacked and went to work on TV, hitting a shotgun dropkick out of the corner. PAC hit an Asai moonsault. Johnny raked PAC’s eyes and took control. He hit a leg lariat and a standing shooting star press for a near fall.
Johnny worked PAC over with a cravat for most of the commercial break. TV and Taya made out on the floor. This gave PAC the opening to come back with a series of running forearms. Valkyrie tried to trip up PAC. PAC and Valkyrie argued on the floor, which allowed Johnny to hit PAC with a plancha. Back in the ring, Johnny missed a split legged moonsault, and PAC hit a german suplex. Johnny missed the Starship Pain, and PAC went up for the Black Arrow. But Taya distracted PAC again. PAC dodged a charge from Johnny, who crashed into Taya. PAC locked Johnny in the Brutalizer, and Johnny TV tapped out.
After the match, The Bullet Club taunted PAC from the video wall and warned him to stay out of their business.
This show felt like a lot of filler.
