It is Friday and AEW Rampage was recorded after Dynamite in the Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Our commentary team is Excalibur, Matt Menard, and Ian Riccaboni.
ROH Champion Mark Briscoe vs Bryan Keith
They lock up and Briscoe forces them to the corner where Keith reverses it and gets in an attack before they break. Keith grabs a side headlock and they go back to the corner. Briscoe turns the tables and stomps Keith down. They fight on the apron and Keith is pulled to the floor and Briscoe gets a pair of dives on him. He rolls Keith into the ring for two.
Briscoe lays in chops and Redneck Kung Fu for one. Briscoe tosses him to the floor and they brawl on the floor. Briscoe tosses a chair into the ring and wants to use it for a launch pad for the dive, but Keith cuts him off. As the ref is tossing the chair, Keith gets a low blow for two. Keith beats Briscoe down in the corner and tosses him to the floor. Keith works over Briscoe on the floor as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Briscoe starts fighting back in the ring with a series of jabs to Keith’s midsection. They move to fighting in the corner and Briscoe gets a superplex from the top. Both men struggle to get up until they get to their feet and throw hands. The fight moves to the corner and then back to the middle of the ring. Briscoe gets a flying elbow strike and Keith answers with an insigiri. Briscoe gets one of his own. Briscoe gets an uri nage. Keith follows with an exploder suplex.
They keep throwing hands and Briscoe runs into a big boot in the corner. Briscoe gets a Spicoli driver and goes to the top, but Keith avoids the leap. Keith gets a knee strike and gets a double underhook, but Briscoe escapes it. Keith gets a big knee for two. Briscoe gets a lariat, follows with a second and hits the Jay Driller for the pin and their win.
Winner: Mark Briscoe
Superb back and forth, hard hitting match.
Jericho attacks Briscoe after the match with a bat, but Orange Cassidy hits the ring for the save. Big Bill hits the ring and takes out Cassidy. Kyle O’Reilly tries to take out Bill, but Bill gets the chokeslam and the Learning Tree stands tall.
Wheeler Yuta vs The Already In The Ring Butcher
Yuta is still showing how depressed he is by moping to the ring.
Butcher attacks Yuta before the bell and then hits a backbreaker. Butcher lays in chops and then a snap suplex for two. Butcher hits a pair of quick follow-up covers for two. Yuta rolls to the floor when Butcher rams him into the apron and then hits a backbreaker on the barricade. Yuta is rolled into the ring where Butcher keeps working him over. Yuta gets a waistlock and tries for a suplex, but Butcher elbows out of it.
Butcher calls Yuta weak and Yuta fires up and hits a shotgun drop-kick. Yuta beats him down in the corner. Yuta is able to get a German suplex, and holds on for a second and then hits the hammer and anvil elbows. Yuta locks on the cattle mutilation for the win.
Winner: Wheeler Yuta
Then, we hear from the MxM Collection who taunt The Acclaimed. They have stolen Max Caster’s “Best in the world” jacket and say they will have to give it an upgrade.
Hikaru Shida vs Harley Cameron w/Saraya
They lock up and go to the ropes. Harley shoves Shida off and they call for the ref to pull Shida off of her. They run the ropes and Harley goes for a casadora, and Shida blocks it, spins her and gets a front face slam. Harley is left on the apron, and Shida goes to the floor for the running knee. Shida gets 10 in the corner but Harley escapes and sweeps the legs. Harley gets a back elbow for two as we go to picture in picture.
When they return to full screen, Shida hits a series of kicks and a short arm clothesline followed by a drop-kick. Shida gets a running knee strike for two. Shida goes for a stalling vertical suplex but Saraya gets on the apron to distract her. Shida goes to confront Saraya, but Harley gets an insigiri for two. Harley gets a jack knife pin for two and they go back and forth with two counts.
Harley goes for a knee and Shida grabs her leg. Shida gets a question mark kick and sets for the katana, but Saraya starts yelling, allowing Harley to get a kick and a running knee strike for two. Saraya grabs the Kendo stick but Jamie Hayter shows to take it from her and Saraya takes off through the crowd.
Shida hits a big elbow and a falcon arrow for the pin and the win.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
Hayter gets in the ring and hands the Kendo stick to Shida. Saraya says she is sick of Hayter and wants a Saraya’s rules match at Grand Slam. Hayter says Saraya is as stupid as she looks and will see her in New York.
The Beast Mortos and Roderick Strong vs The Already In The Ring Marcus Mathers and Joe Keys
Mortos and Strong win quickly with a double cover.
Winners: The Beast Mortos and Roderick Strong
We get a promo from Deonna Purrazzo who says she may have come here alone, but she’s got a network of friends and family who are willing to help her and Taya Valkyrie comes into the frame and stands behind her.
Kip Sabian vs Rocky Romero vs Nick Wayne vs Lio Rush
Sabian takes a big boot from Wayne as the bell rings. Romero is knocked out of the ring and we get Rush and Wayne running the ropes and Rush dropping Wayne with a clothesline and shoving him out of the ring. Sabian trips Rush and the springboards on Wayne and Romero on the floor. Rush then spears Sabian on the floor from the ring. Sabian takes a double team attack in the ring from Rush and Romero and Rush then rolls up Romero.
Sabian gets kicks on both of them and then is tripped by Wayne. Wayne hits the ring and hits Romero with a snap suplex. Wayne and Rush trade quick attacks and we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Romero and Wayne are fighting on the top. Wayne is knocked down but then sweeps Romero’s legs. Rush hits the ring and they trade quick attacks until Rush gets a Spanish fly for two. Sabian hits a springboard dropkick from the top rope on Rush and then gets a cannonball on him as well. Romero gets a Northern Lights on Sabian. Romero gets the forever clotheslines on all three opponents in each corner. Rocky gets a swinging neckbreaker on Rush for two. Rush and Romero are tossed to the floor and this leads to Sabian and Wayne fighting.
Sabian gets a suplex on Wayne an Romero gets the rewind kick. Rush gets a spinning kick on Romero and goes to the top. Rush leaps front he top into a cutter from Wayne. Sabian gets a burning hammer on Romero, and Wayne hits the ring and steals the pin from Sabian.
Winner: Nick Wayne
Wayne spits on Sabian and we are out of time.
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