CONTAINS SPOILERS
This episode of AEW RAMPAGE was broadcast from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA!
Your broadcast team was Excalibur, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, and Tony Schiavone.
It’s Friday and you know what that means! The fastest hour in professional wrestling!
This…is…Rampage!
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm (with Mariah May & Luther)
vs.
Alex Windsor!
Windsor blindsided the champion as Toni was handing her title belt to Mariah May. Toni used a Thesz Press on Windsor. Storm send Windsor crashing to the arena floor with a hip attack! Windsor got up and drove Storm face first into the ring apron. Windsor shoved Luther who collided with Mariah and Mariah inadvertently knocked Toni down.
Toni turned the tables with a hip attack in the corner. Toni followed up with a fisherman’s suplex. Toni Storm headbutted Windsor. Windsor walloped Storm with a shining wizard. Toni drilled Windsor with the Storm Zero and won via pinfall!
“That’s what makes Toni Storm so dangerous. She can snap off that Storm Zero in the blink of an eye and change the complexion of the match,” said Excalibur.
Trios Match!
Cage of Agony—Brian Cage, Toa Liona, & Bishop Kaun
vs.
Solomon Tupu, Jay Marston, & Kevin Gutierrez!
Bishop Kaun blasted Tupu with a shotgun dropkick. Toa trucked Gutierrez and then drilled him with a lariat! Cage tagged in and hit a power bomb on Jay Marston! Cage of Agony hoisted up Marston and then slammed him to the mat with Drawn and Quartered, with Bishop scoring the pin.
“If I’m the Bang Bang Gang, look out!” said Daddy Magic.
Rocky “Azucar” Romero vs. Shota Umino!
Rocky chopped Shota. Shota answered with a chop of his own! Shota picked up Rocky and dropped him flat on the mat. Shota followed up with a dropkick. Rocky pulled out some of his sneaky style and connected with a tope suicida on Shota Umino!
Rocky went for the forever clotheslines, but Shota countered with a picture perfect dropkick. Umino spiked Rocky with a DDT on the apron. Umino followed up with an exploder suplex for a near fall.
Romero hit a corkscrew kick and then an uppercut. Rocky planted Shota with a DDT. Rocky nailed Shota with the running Sliced Bread for a near fall!
“Umino proving why he’s considered to be one of the toughest young stars in New Japan Pro Wrestling,” said Excalibur.
Umino stunned Rocky with a stutter step neck breaker. Umino rocked Romero with a snapping Paradigm Shift and pinned Rocky!
“A great win over a savvy, savvy veteran,” said Excalibur.
Satnam Singh (with Sonjay Dutt & Jay Lethal) vs. Rosario Grillo!
Satnam grabbed Grillo’s hand and wouldn’t let go. Satnam popped Grillo into a bear hug and rag dolled him until the ref stopped the match!
Jay Lethal: “Satnam Singh is on a roll! You just squashed Grillo in record time. Sonjay and I have a little side bet that I can beat my opponent faster than that tonight, buddy.”
Rampage Main Event! “The Bastard” PAC vs. Jay Lethal!
Pac took down Lethal with a flying mare. Lethal stomped on Pac in the corner. Pac regained momentum and flipped over the top rope, landing on Lethal on the arena floor! Dutt distracted the ref while Satnam Singh pulled Pac to the floor. The ref ejected Satnam from ringside!
Jay Lethal grounded and pounded Pac on the arena floor. Lethal whipped Pac into the ringside barricade. Lethal went for the Lethal Injection in the ring, but Pac countered with a dropkick. Lethal was looking for the figure four but Pac kicked Lethal away. Lethal managed to lock on the figure four after a dragon screw. Sonjay Dutt taunted Pac. Pac managed to reach the ropes and force the ref to break the hold.
Pac back body dropped Lethal off the turnbuckles, countering an Awesome Bomb attempt. Dutt distracted Pac, allowing time for Lethal to roll out of the way before Pac could do a Black Arrow. Lethal went for the Lethal Injection but Pac stunned Jay with a misdirection lariat. Pac applied the Brutalizer and Jay Lethal was forced to submit!
“Pac has to be one of the favorites in the Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament,” said Excalibur.
“There’s no question about it,” replied Tony Schiavone.
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