Two matches have been announced for the AEW Revolution Buy-In prior to Sunday’s pay-per-view.
Tonight on Dynamite it was announced that Kris Statlander will face Leyla Hirsch, while Hook will face QT Marshall.
Statlander and Hirsch have been feuding since Hirsch turned on Statlander and Red Velvet. In a recent promo, Statlander said she didn’t blame Hirsch’s parents for giving her up if this was her attitude when she was a kid. The two exchanged words on tonight’s Dynamite, with Statlander saying Hirsch would see a new Kris Statlander that no one’s seen before.
Marshall has taken offense to Hook’s rise in recent weeks, seeing Hook’s actions against him a sign of disrespect. On last week’s Rampage, Marshall sent his students to attack Hook, but Hook quickly took them out.
Here is the main card for AEW Revolution, which takes place on March 6 in Orlando, Florida:
AEW World Championship: Hangman Adam Page (c) vs. Adam Cole
AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
AEW World Tag Team Championship: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (c) vs. reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks
AEW TBS Championship: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Tay Conti
Dog collar match: CM Punk vs. MJF
Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
Face of the Revolution ladder match for a TNT title shot: Wardlow vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Keith Lee vs. Ricky Starks vs. Orange Cassidy vs. TBD
Tornado trios match: Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy vs. Sting, Darby Allin & Sammy Guevara
AEW has announced two bouts for next week’s Rampage.
Hook will be n action on the show, facing Blake Li. The match was set up in a promo by QT Marshall on this week’s Rampage. Marshall stated that was going to send his top student from The Factory to take on Hook.
Also set for the show, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus will defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships against Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn. The two teams have been going back-and-forth on social media and in backstage segments on AEW programming. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus won the Tag titles on the January 5 Dynamite and have since made two successful defenses.
Below is the lineup for next week’s Rampage. The show will be taped on Wednesday, February 9 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
AEW World Tag Team Championship: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (c) vs. Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn
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Four matches have been announced for Friday’s AEW Rampage.
Jon Moxley will make his in-ring return, facing Ethan Page. Moxley made his first appearance since October on tonight’s Dynamite, delivering a promo.
The TBS Championship will be on the line on Friday’s show. Jade Cargill will look to make her first title defense as she takes on The Dark Order’s Anna Jay.
Hook will also be in action on the show, facing Serpentico. Hook is undefeated in AEW competition, with wins over Fuego Del Sol, Bear Bronson, and Aaron Solo.
Also set for Friday, The Young Bucks will face Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero. Beretta and Romero faced off with the Bucks numerous times in NJPW, and footage of some of their past meetings were shown on Dynamite. This will be the first time that Beretta and Romero have teamed as Roppongi Vice since 2019.
This week’s Rampage will air live from Washington, DC. The lineup:
The special Christmas night Holiday Bash edition of AEW Rampage will feature a TNT title match, the second match for popular top prospect Hook and more.
Sammy Guevara will look for the fifth defense of his TNT Championship as he defends against former champion Cody Rhodes. Rhodes came out two weeks ago on Dynamite and answered Guevara’s open challenge. He is coming off a win over Andrade El Idolo on the December 1st Dynamite.
After making his pro debut in a win over Fuego Del Sol on Rampage two weeks ago, Hook will return to singles action as he faces one half of Bear Country, Bear Bronson.
In singles action, Kris Statlander will take on Leyla Hirsch while Jungle Boy faces Isiah Kassidy of Private Party.
This week’s matches were taped Wednesday after Dynamite in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Our live coverage begins at a special start time of 9 PM Eastern.
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Hosts are Taz, Excalibur, and Ricky Starks.
Merry Christmas! I’m watching this at my parents’ house so my dad can watch it instead of being subjected to another Hallmark movie.
Jungle Boy (w/ Christian Cage & Luchasaurus) defeated Isiah Kassidy (w/ Matt Hardy & the HFO) (8:54)
Jungle Boy’s ribs and thigh were wrapped up with more tape than I used to wrap Christmas presents last night, and I use a significant amount of tape. Jungle Boy hit a great looking dropkick early, but Kassidy came back with a springboard cutter which sent Jungle Boy to the floor. Kassidy followed up with a tornio out of the ring, and springboard senton back in the ring for a one count. Kassidy choked Jungle Boy against the ropes, and then Matt Hardy caught Jungle Boy with a cheap shot. Kassidy remained dominant and the show went to a commercial.
Back from break, Kassidy walked into a back elbow from Jungle Boy. Boy hit a stiff rebound lariat and a fisherman’s falcon arrow to get a near fall. Kassidy came back with an enziguri and a poison rana for a near fall. Jungle Boy hit a belly to belly suplex in the corner, then a German suplex with a bridge for a near fall. Jungle Boy dumped Kassidy to the floor and hit a tope suicidia. Marq Quen and Jora Johl tried to interfere, but Luchasaurus and Christian Cage disposed of them. Matt Hardy ate a spear from Cage on the floor. Back in the ring, Jungle Boy locked in the snare trap for the submission.
— Another Miro promo in all white aired. He will return with no flaws and will not be kept from his hot, flexible wife, he said. “Redemption doesn’t come with a smile. It comes with a price!” Miro is awesome.
Hook defeated Bear Bronson (3:06)
Before the match, Taz and Starks gave a rundown of their issues with Dante Martin. Powerhouse Hobbs was with the commentators to watch Hook’s match.
Hook got a huge ovation from the crowd. Bronson caught him with a back elbow and an eye rake. Bronson hit a sit-out tombstone…that Hook no sold. He was immediately back on his feet. Hook hit a tremendous clothesline and northern lights suplex. He stopped to soak in the cheers from the crowd and then hit a fantastic head and arm trap suplex. Hook locked in the Redrum (the former katahajime) and Bronson tapped out quickly to remain undefeated at 2-0.
– Recap of the Daniel Garcia/Eddie Kingston feud. Kingston/Santana/Ortiz v. Garcia/2point0 is set for Dynamite on Wednesday.
Statlander got a near fall after a powerslam. She followed up with a long delayed vertical suplex for another near fall. Hirsch escaped a cobra clutch and came back with a cross-arm breaker, but Statlander powered up. Hirsch hit a gamingiri and a middle rope moonsault for a near fall. Hirsch slapped Statlander, and Statlander hit a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Hirsch with a German suplex for another near fall. Statlander caught Hirsch with an elbow, a big boot, and locked in a spider crab to get Hirsch to tap out. Good back and forth action.
After the match, Statlander tried to shake Hirsch’s hand (like they did before the match started), but Hirsch swatted it away.
Main Event Promo Time: Mark Henry asked how Cody can focus on this match when he’s got one foot out the door (because of all his outside projects). Arn Anderson is disrespectful to Guevara, and Guevara thinks this match is a bigger match for Cody than for himself. “It’s TIME for the MAIN EVENT!”
Cody Rhodes defeated Sammy Guevara for the TNT Championship (15:08)
This match opened the first episode of Dynamite. Brock Anderson and Lee Johnson came out with Arn & Cod to the stage, but went to the back. This match hit the ring with about 20 minutes left in the show.
David Crockett was at ringside to present the championship to the winner.
Cody got a somewhat mixed reaction from the fans, while Guevara was solidly cheered. Also, Cody wasn’t wearing his trademark weight belt. Guevara started out fast early on, stealing Cody’s trademark drop-down uppercut. Guevara sent Cody to the floor with a dropkick and Cody went into the crowd to stall.
Back in the ring, Cody slowed the match down with a side headlock. Dueling “Let’s go Cody/Cody SUCKS!” chant. Cody went for the Flair flop, and Guevara caught him and hip tossed him back in the ring. Guevara went for a disaster kick, but Cody ducked and hit a springboard cutter. The fight went to the floor, and Guevara sent Rhodes into the ringside stairs. Guevara went for a shooting star press, but Rhodes dodged it. Guevara landed on his feet, but Rhodes grabbed him by the arm and sent it into the steel barricade. Back in the ring, Rhodes worked over Guevara’s arm with a short-arm scissors.
Rhodes dominated the match through a picture-in-picture commercial break, continuing to work over Guevara’s arm. Rhodes dropped Guevara face-first out of a vertical suplex, but missed a moonsault. Guevara hit an enziguri and a double jump cutter for a near fall. Guevara hit the Cross Rhodes on Cody, but Rhodes rolled to the floor before Guevara could make a cover. Guevara hit a double jump 450 to the floor on Cody, which was pretty insane. Guevara went for a jumping hurricanrana, but Rhodes caught him and powerbomb Guevara into three “fans” in the front row.
Back in the ring, Cody hit the disaster kick. Rhodes went for the Cross Rhodes, but Guevara countered. Rhodes hit Cross Rhodes on the second try, and it got a two count. Guevara was still out on his feet though. Rhodes went for a reverse superplex, but Guevara countered that into a GTH! But, Rhodes kicked out of that.
Guevara went to the top for the 630 splash, but Rhodes got his knees up. Rhodes then hit Guevara with two Cross Rhodes and a Tiger Driver 98 to get the pin and his 3rd TNT Championship. Excellent match.
The fans roundly booed the new champion, and the Nightmare Family came out to celebrate the new champion. David Crockett presented Cody with the championship while Guevara watched, slumped in corner. Rhodes held up the belt and celebrated and the crowd kept booing Rhodes’ celebration.
Final Thoughts:
I’m sure the internet reaction to Cody winning the TNT title again will be rational and measured.
Kassidy looked really good in his match with Jungle Boy, and might be better off as a singles guy for a little bit. The young talent got a chance to shine on this show and all of them looked great tonight.
Hook will be in action on the Christmas night AEW Rampage.
Team Taz’s Hook will face Bear Country’s Bear Bronson on the Saturday, December 25 AEW Rampage Holiday Bash. The match was announced during tonight’s Rampage episode.
Hook vs. Bronson joins a TNT Championship match with Sammy Guevara defending the title against former two-time champ Cody Rhodes as the first matches announced for Rampage Holiday Bash. An angle with Guevara saving Rhodes from Dan Lambert, Scorpio Sly and Ethan Page of American Top Team also took place on tonight’s Rampage.
Hook debuted on the December 10 Rampage, defeating Fuego Del Sol in his first AEW match.
“Thanks to @OfficialTAZ + @730hook, this Christmas, #AEWRampage, I’m giving the world the gift of HOOK!
It will be a much bigger test: HOOK vs. @bearbronsonBC on Saturday Night December 25 @ 9pm ET/8pm CT, as part of a huge Christmas Night Rampage at a special night and time!”
AEW Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers will defend the gold against FTR on Friday’s AEW Rampage.
The original match set for last Friday’s show was changed to PAC and Penta El Zero Miedo vs. FTR as Rey Fenix had visa issues and couldn’t travel to Georgia for the show. Originally scheduled for two-out-of-three falls, this will be a traditional tag team affair instead.
Friday will see the long-awaited pro wrestling debut of Taz’s son Hook as he takes on Fuego Del Sol. Taz made the announcement on Wednesday’s Dynamite in reaction to Dante Martin swerving Team Taz and eliminating Ricky Starks during the Dynamite Diamond battle royal after Martin recently joined the faction.
SuperKliq’s Adam Cole will face Wheeler Yuta of Best Friends while in six-woman tag team action, Ruby Soho, Anna Jay and Tay Conti will face Nyla Rose, The Bunny and Penelope Ford.
This week’s matches were taped after Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite at the UBS Arena on Long Island, New York.
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Your hosts are Excalibur and Taz and we’re right into the action.
Lucha Bros (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated FTR (w/ Tully Blanchard) to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship (13:53)
Both teams were in the ring at the start of the show.
Fenix and Dax Harwood started out. Cash Wheeler ran in to try and interfere, but Fenix was able to handle them both. Penta El Zero Miedo got the tag and Fenix came off the top of his shoulders for a splash. Wheeler and Penta were then the legal men. Wheeler interrupted Penta’s glove gimmick spot and wound up eating a superkick. Fenix got a blind tag and came off the top with a high crossbody block that sent him flying out of the ring. On the floor, Harwood threw Fenix into the ring apron, and FTR took control.
Wheeler hit the assisted legdrop on Fenix for a near fall, then worked over Fenix with a chinlock. Harwood absolutely walloped Fenix with a forearm. Harwood went to the top, but Fenix popped up to catch him with a forearm, then took him down with a jumping rana. The show went to a picture-in-picture break.
Back from the break, Fenix got the hot tag to Penta, and hit both members of FTR with sling blades, and hit a lung blower on Harwood. Penta hit Wheeler with Made in Japan for a near fall. Fenix tried to go up top for the spike piledriver, but Tully Blanchard got on the apron to distract him. Fenix knocked Blanchard to the floor.
Harwood hit a slingshot Liger Bomb on Fenix for another great near fall. Wheeler tried to hit Fenix with one of the AAA title belts, but Fenix caught him. He pulled the belt away from Wheeler and inadvertently hit Harwood. Fenix then went to the top for the frog splash, but Harwood still had the belt and used it to nail Fenix. This got a near fall. Fenix came off the top onto Harwood… but right into the Big Rig for another near fall, which Penta broke up by flying in off the top rope.
The Lucha Bros and FTR stood toe to toe in the middle of the ring and exchanged blows. Fenix hit the rolling cutter on Harwood. He went for the same on Wheeler, but Wheeler countered into a Gory Bomb. Penta went for the package piledriver on Wheeler, but he was able to escape momentarily. Penta and Fenix hit Fear Factor on Wheeler, and Fenix flew out of the ring with a tope con hilo onto Harwood to keep him out of the ring. Penta got the pinfall and the champs retained.
Excellent match, and Fenix and Harwood in particular looked great here.
Nyla Rose, The Bunny and Penelope Ford (w/ Vicki Guerrero) defeated Ruby Soho, Anna Jay & Tay Conti (10:19)
Conti and Rose start. No entrances for the heel team because they’re clearly trying to cram a lot into this hour.
Bunny got caught in the face corner and triple teamed. Conti hit a pump kick on Bunny in the corner, then locked in a guillotine. Guerrero tripped Conti against the ropes and Penelope Ford hit Conti with a boot for the heels to take control.
Ford got a near fall after a pump kick, then Rose got the tag and battered Conti in the corner. Conti and Bunny knocked each other out with forearms, and tags were made to Soho and Ford. Soho took it to Ford with a clothesline and a leg sweep. What felt like the hot tag comeback leading to the finish actually lead to a commercial break, just as Rose came in and got the heat on Soho.
Back from break, the whole heat segment on Soho took place during the picture-in-picture segment. Jay just got the hot tag and took it to Rose, and tried to finish her with the sleeper. Bunny came in and broke that up with a superkick to Jay, and Conti took Bunny out with the TayKO. Rose took out Conti with a hanging neckbreaker, and Soho hit No Future on Rose. Ford took out Soho with a hook kick, and Jay suplexed Ford. Guerrero slipped Bunny the brass knuckles, which she used on Jay. Conti took out Bunny, but Rose hit the Beast Bomb on Jay to get the pinfall.
This match absolutely did not need to run through two segments and a commercial break.
– Tony Schiavone interviewed Sting and Darby Allin in the back and before I can even make a joke about Sting getting jumped, FTR and Tully Blanchard jumped Sting and Darby Allin. Wheeler threw Darby Allin into a loading bay door, and Blachard dropped Sting with a low blow.
Babyfaces should not do interviews with Tony Schiavone. And they definitely shouldn’t do them around loading bay doors.
Hook defeated Fuego Del Sol (3:19)
Hook’s entrance music is by Action Bronson.
The crowd was chanting for Hook immediately. Predictably, Hook was fantastic on the mat. Hook took Del Sol down with judo throws and battered him in the corner with body shots. Hook hit an awesome “crotch lift” suplex and then played to the crowd for a huge pop. Fuego mounted a brief comeback and went for a tornado DDT, but Hook blocked it and tossed him to the mat like a sack of garbage. Hook followed that up with an awesome lariat and a overhead suplex. Hook locked in the katahajime (rebranded the “Redrum” according to Taz) for the submission.
Hook looked great, and the crowd was into him.
– Main Event promo time! The Superkilq and The Best Friends traded barbs while Mark Henry moderated the exchange. It was almost pretty civil (although there seemed to be a bit of dissension between Trent and the other friends) until Wheeler Yuta stole Adam Cole’s “Bay-bay!”
Adam Cole (w/ The Young Bucks, Brandon Cutler & Bobby Fish) defeated Wheeler Yuta (w/ The Best Friends) (7:30)
Yuta blocked a La Magistral’s cradle into a pin attempt of his own. Yuta than walked into a superkick and Cole took control. After a suplex, Cole mocked Orange Cassidy’s high impact offense. Yuta came back and surprised Cole with some quick pin attempts, but Cole rocked him with a pump kick. Cole hit the neckbreaker out of a fireman’s carry, and this is feeling more like a Dark squash than a Rampage main event. Cole dumped Yuta out on the floor, in front of the Best Friends, and stared down Orange Cassidy.
Back in the ring, Cole went for the Panama Sunrise, but Yuta countered it into a pinfall attempt. Yuta got another near fall after a top rope crossbody. Yuta hit a top rope forearm for another near fall. Yuta went for a German suplex, but Cole blocked it and hit an enziguri. Yuta came back and caught Cole with a German suplex for a near fall. Yuta caught Cole with a modified Olympic Slam for another near fall. Yuta went for a top rope splash, but Cole got his knees up, hit Yuta with a superkick and Lowered the Boom to get the pinfall.
After the match, there was a bit of a standoff between the Best Friends and the Superkliq. Fish pulled Trent Baretta out of the ring and threw him into the steps. Cole hit Cassidy with a low blow, and the Bucks and Cole hit Trent with the BTE trigger to end the show.
Final Thoughts:
The tag team title match and the Hook debut were both great.
One week after it was originally scheduled, AEW Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers will defend the gold against FTR on Friday’s Rampage.
The original match set for last Friday’s show was changed to PAC and Penta El Zero Miedo vs. FTR as Rey Fenix had visa issues and couldn’t travel to Georgia for the show.
Originally scheduled for two-out-of-three falls, the title match will be a traditional tag team affair instead. The two teams wrestled at TripleMania Regia last Saturday for FTR’s AAA Tag Team titles with the champions retaining the titles.
Friday will also see the long-awaited pro wrestling debut of Hook, Taz’s son, cult favorite on Twitter, and part of Team Taz, as he takes on Fuego Del Sol.
Taz made the announcement on Wednesday’s Dynamite as he was furious that Dante Martin and Lio Rush swerved Team Taz during Wednesday’s Dynamite Diamond battle royal after Martin recently joined Taz’s group.
SuperKliq’s Adam Cole will face Wheeler Yuta of Best Friends in a singles match, made following the aftermath of the Young Bucks vs. Chuck Taylor and Rocky Romero match Wednesday.
The show will also feature six-woman tag team action as Ruby Soho, Anna Jay and Tay Conti will face Nyla Rose, The Bunny and Penelope Ford. This was set up during a backstage promo Wednesday and will serve as a preview for Soho’s match against Rose in the TBS title tournament semifinals.
Here’s the full lineup for Rampage, taped after Wednesday’s Dynamite at the UBS Arena in Long Island, New York:
AEW Tag Team Champions Lucha Brothers vs. FTR title match
Hook vs. Fuego Del Sol
Adam Cole vs. Wheeler Yuta
Ruby Soho, Anna Jay and Tay Conti vs. Nyla Rose, The Bunny and Penelope Ford
