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AEW ROYAL RAMPAGE REPORT

By Cory Strode on 2022-07-01 23:05:00

It is Friday and AEW is presenting Rampage, which was recorded after Dynamite in Detroit MI and the Little Caesar's Arena. Out commentary team is Excalibur, Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone.

The Royal Rampage

This is an over the top battle royal in two rings where a new participant comes out every minute. The winner gets a shot at the AEW Interim title against Jon Moxley.

  • Tony Nese, Powerhouse Hobbs, Darby Allin, and Adam Page start off.

  • They also need to start off in one of the two rings with Hobbs and Page in the Red ring and Allin and Nese in the Blue ring.

  • Red is the ring closest to the stage and Blue is the one furthest from the stage.

  • Ricky Starks is out next and he is in the Red ring.

  • Nese is eliminated and Allin leaps through the ropes into him. Butcher is out next for the Blue ring and Butcher attacks Allin outside the ring.

  • John Silver is next in the Red ring. He and Adam joke about almost eliminating each other.

  • Max Caster is out for the Blue ring. Bowen is walking and Billy Gunn is with them.

  • Rush is next for the Red ring.

  • Blade is next for the Blue ring.

  • And yes, I can’t tell where the colors are, but the announcers used them, so I will too.

  • Penta is out for the Red ring. He and Rush fight on the ramp.

  • John Silver is eliminated. Swerve Strickland is next for Blue.

  • Max is eliminated by Swerve.

  • Keith Lee is out for the Red ring.

  • We go to picture in picture.

  • Matt Hardy comes out to the Blue ring on the small screen.

  • When we return to full screen, Dustin Rhodes is out next for the Red ring.

  • Penta and Rush fight on the apron and then eliminate each other.

  • Frankie Kazarian is out for the Blue ring, and Andrade and Rush beat down Penta outside the ring.

  • Matt is eliminated.

  • Dante Martin is out for the Red ring.

  • Konosuke Takeshida is next for the Blue ring.

  • Kazarian is eliminated.

  • Brody King is out for the Red ring.

  • Orange Cassidy is the last man out for the Blue ring.

  • Dante is eliminated.

  • Dustin is eliminated.

  • Takeshida is eliminated.

  • Hobbs and Lee are eliminated, but we don’t see Lee’s elimination.

  • Swerve is eliminated.

  • Cassidy got eliminated but we didn’t see it.

  • Starks is eliminated and then Page is eliminated.

  • Brody King is the last man in the Red ring.

  • Butcher and Blade are eliminated.

  • Darby is last in the Blue ring.

  • It’s Brody vs Darby.

  • Darby gets tossed around by Brody.

  • Darby and Broke are fighting on the apron. Brody puts Darby in a sleeper hold and when Darby passes out, Brody drops him on the floor.

Winner and Jon Moxley’s next opponent: Brody King

In the back, Alex Marvez asks Hook what’s next and he keeps eating his chips. He then says that he thinks Hook must be a go with the flow kind of guy. Hook gets up and grabs his tie and tells him the problem is that most people don’t think.

The Young Bucks (AEW Tag Team Champions) vs YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto (if HASHI and Goto win, they get a title shot)

Goto and Nick start with a tie up and they go to the corner with Goto in control. They lock up again and Nick starts with blows. Nick tosses Goto to the corner and Goto comes out with a big shoulder tackle and tags in HASHI. They double team Nick and when Matt comes in, they take him down too. Nick is able to tag in Matt, and Matt is able to get a series of Northern Lights Suplexes after HASHI knocks Nick into the turnbuckle. Goto comes in and he gets added to the last suplex. Nick is able to hit a leap from the ring onto Goto and HASHI on the floor and we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, The Bucks have HASHI in their corner and he dodges a double team attack, which makes the Bucks hit each other in the corner. He is able to tag in Goto and he goes after Matt ending the attack with a bulldog and a two count. Matt lays in fists on Goto and Nick tags in and they double team Goto ending with a double knee strike and a cover, broken up by HASHI.

Goto and HASHI double team Nick for a two count. HASHI is kicked to the outside where he and Matt fight while Goto and Nick run the ropes. Nick hits a super kick on Goto, and HASHI runs in and takes a super kick as well. All four men are down. Nick and Goto and up first and Goto hits a ushigaroshi on Nick.

Goto tags in HASHI and he and Nick trade kicks and Nick takes the worst of it. Goto hits another ushigaroshi and HASHI covers for a two count. Goto and Hashi go for another attack and Matt breaks it up with a kick and the Bucks take over. They hit the BTE trigger on HASHI, and Nick leaps onto Goto in the other ring. They then hit a Meltzer Driver on HASHI and cover for the win.

Winners: The Young Bucks

Nyla Rose and Toni Storm have the main event interview segment with Mark Henry.

Toni Storm vs Nyla Rose

The lock up collar and elbow with Nyla ending it with a series of kicks. Tony lays in a series of blows, and Nyla takes her down with a clubbing blow. Toni is able to bring down Nyla with a drop toe hold and then works Nyla over in the corner. Nyla knocks her down with a huge blow out of the corner, and then locks on a hammer lock. She suplexes Toni to the mat.

Toni lays in strikes and when she goes to the ropes, Marina Shafir pulls down the rope for a low bridge and then kicks Toni as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Toni has just made it to the ropes to break a submission hold by Nyla. Nyla goes for a cannonball and misses. Toni hits the hip attack and Shafir starts to get involved and Toni kicks her in the head. Nyla guillotines Toni on the top rope, and when she charges, again, Toni pulls down the rope for Nyla to go over the top. Toni then hits a double DDT from the apron to the floor.

She rolls Nyla back in the ring. Toni goes tot he top and hits a leaping cross body for a one count. Toni tries for a springing DDT, but Nyla tosses her off and charges her and knocks her down for a two count. Nyla tries for a beast bomb, but Toni drops down, allowing Nyla to drop onto her for a two count. When they get to their feet, they throw hands. Nyla tries to slam Toni, but she escapes out the back and charges them to the corner, but she can’t lift Nyla after they get there. Nyla is able to escape and as she does, she pulls off the top turnbuckle pad, hits a thrust kick and gets a two count.

Nyla drapes Toni on the top rope and she goes to the top for a diving knee drop, Toni dodges it and is able to guillotine Nyla and get a German suplex on Nyla for a two count. Shafir gets on the apron again, and when Toni goes for the springing DDT off the ropes, she takes out Shafir. Toni then hits a pendulum DDT and covers for the pin.

Winner: Toni Storm

Shafir attacks Storm and Thunder Rosa runs to the ring for the rescue and takes out Nyla and Shafir. The show ends with them standing tall in the ring as the announcers say we may have a Thunder Storm on our hands.

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