AEW Rampage

Friday night's edition of RAMPAGE will see the TNT Title on the line when Sammy Guevara faces Tony Nese, Death Triangle of PAC and Penta El Zero Miedo battling FTR, and ahead of their TBS Title Semi-Final bout, Jade Cargill will be in action against one of Thunder Rosa's proteges, the hard-striking Janai Kai!




– Commentators Excalibur, Taz & FTW Champion Ricky Starks welcome fans to AEW Rampage! We kick things off with a TNT Championship defense!

TNT Championship: Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Tony Nese

Sammy Guevara lays in the first shot with a diving forearm. Tony Nese recovers and connects a tackle coming off the ropes. Guevara snaps Nese down on the mat and unloads a series of hammer fists. Nese escapes out of the ring to take a breather. Guevara allows him no time as he plants a plancha tope straight out of the ring! Guevara continues the onslaught by driving Nese into the steel steps, which leads towards an insufferable open hand chop. Guevara flings Nese once more into the guard rail before tossing him back into the ring.

Back in the ring, the champion looks for the first pin. Nese kicks out at two. Nese picks up some steam with a guillotine over the top rope. Nese heads for the ropes again to hit a press moonsault for a near-fall count. Guevara tries to fire up a shot, but Nese blocks it and turns it into a thunderous kick. Down on the mat, Nese ensnares a body scissors just as the show heads to picture-in-picture.

Nese directs the pace throughout the break. Guevara whips up a range of body shots, which Nese stops with a jumping knee.

Returning to full screen, Nese catches Guevara’s roundhouse kick with a single Boston Crab. Guevara strings some moves together, including a beautiful double jump springboard cutter. Guevara was one count away from ending this thing. Nese evades the Go To Hell and repositions a single Boston Crab. Nese looks for his belly-to-belly piledriver, but Guevara counters with a Spanish Fly! Cover. Nese kicks out again at two. Guevara sends Nese to the outside again with a clothesline over the top rope. He pulls out all the stops with a phenomenal Asai moonsault. Nese is on the hop with a plancha to the outside. Nese stays on Guevara with a 450 splash that left him an eyelash away from unseating the champ.

Nese digs deep with a buckle bomb. Guevara recovers to hit a kneestrike. Guevara puts the final stamp with his Go To Hell for the victory. The Spanish God lives to fight another day as the TNT Champion!

Winner: Sammy Guevara

– Christan Cage, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus are hungry for their shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Cage says they will be watching Penta and PAC’s tag match closely tonight.

Jade Cargill (w/’Smart’ Mark Sterling) vs. Janai Kai

We return from the break and we see "Smart" Mark Sterling emerging through the entrance tunnel as he walks his main client, Jade Cargill, down to the ring for her advertised showdown against Thunder Rosa-trained prospect Janai Kai.

Cargill settles into the squared circle and her music dies down. Already in the ring is her opponent, Janai Kai, and as scheduled, Cargill's opponent in the TBS Women's Championship Tournament Semifinals. Thunder Rosa makes her way out for special guest commentary.

Rosa takes her spot at the commentary desk and begins putting over her friend and student, Kai, as the bell sounds to officially get this one-on-one women's match off-and-running.

This one doesn't last long at all. Cargill literally hits a couple of moves and then connects on Kai with her finisher before picking up the very quick squash / showcase match victory.

Winner: Jade Cargill

Once the match wraps up, we see Cargill looking incredibly pleased with herself as she celebrates in arrogant fashion before flashing a quick taunting stare at Rosa over at the commentary desk.

Cargill proceeds to unnecessarily add more insult to injury, as she beats down Kai some more after already winning the match. This goes on long enough that Thunder Rosa has seen enough.

Rosa throws her headset down and runs down to the ring to make the save for her friend and deliver a message to her upcoming opponent in the semiifinals of the TBS Women's Championship Tournament.

We see Rosa and Cargill brawl like two crazy people as a ton of officials and security members arrive onto the scene in an attempt to break these two up.

Rosa ends up breaking free from being held back and engages with Cargill some more, as the brawl gets going once again. Finally they are broken up again and this time that ends the post-match scene.

– We shoot backstage where we see the trio of The Super Kliq / The Super Elite -- Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) standing by as their crony from The Elite holds the camera for the segment.

The trio go on to talk about how they beat down Orange Cassidy and some of his pals from The Best Friends on Dynamite this past Wednesday night. They then go on to talk about how they are real-life "tough guys" as we see Don Callis walk past them and nod while they keep talking.

Eventually, The Young Bucks go on to extend a formal challenge to "The Freshly Squeezed" one himself. They tell him and The Best Friends to put forward their two best members for a tag-team match on next week's edition of Dynamite.

The Super Kliq tells their crony from The Elite to hit the red button on the camera to stop recording as they are done speaking their piece.

– We look back on the 3-on-1 assault 2point0 and Daniel Garcia laid on Eddie Kingston after their main event match last week. While Chris Jericho came out and sent 2point0 and Garcia away from Kingston, he was on the receiving end of a wild ambush. Tonight, Kingston comments on this domino effect, telling 2point0 and Garcia they will reap what they sow.

– Before they clash next Wednesday, Bryan Danielson reflects on his journey of taking out The Dark Order. He guarantees John Silver will be added to the injured list.

AAA World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (w/Tully Blanchard) vs. PAC & Penta El Zero Miedo (w/Alex Abrahantes)

Penta El Zero Miedo and Cash Wheeler kick things off. Wheeler stalls for a few minutes before applying a side headlock turned wristlock on the tag champ. Penta spins out of the lock and drops Wheeler with a toehold. Wheeler backs up into a neutral corner to break out of the hold. Wheeler leapfrogs and falls towards the receiving end of a gut kick. Penta tags PAC in.

Dax Harwood comes in and falls victim to some chain wrestling and body slam from PAC. Harwood gets hit again with another back body drop. Penta steps in with high-flying offense that lands him a two-count on Harwood.FTR makes rapid-fire tags between each other. Wheeler gains an assist from Harwood as he connects a leg drop for two. PAC tags himself in. He loses his balance coming back into the ring from the apron. FTR takes advantage of his misstep just as we head to picture-in-picture.

PAC recovers quickly to rollup up Dax Harwood. Harwood refuses to lay down and die as he pops out by the two count. Harwood has PAC in the abdomen stretch position. Harwood turns the stretch into a powerslam before tagging Cash Wheeler back in. Wheeler has PAC in a cobra clutch which gets broken up immediately.

As we head back to full screen, PAC slaps an enziguri on Harwood to make a desperate tag to Penta. Wheeler takes Penta off the apron before PAC can make the tag. PAC tosses Harwood off the ropes and comes soaring off with a spot-on missile dropkick. PAC flings Wheeler out of the way with a backdrop to finally tag in Penta. Penta knocks Harwood out cold with a DDT. Penta lands a big crossbody on Wheeler for just a two count! Penta looks for a lungblower for the same results. Wheeler evades Penta’s Fear Factor and turns it into a powerslam, followed by a leg drop from off the top rope.

Penta hits a Mexican Destroyer on Harwood for a 2.9 count! PAC tags himself in and jumps off the top only to be rolled up for a cradle pin. PAC leaps out at two and again after taking a tiger driver from Harwood. PAC sends FTR out of the ring and takes them both out with a moonsault. PAC drags Harwood back into the ring. Near the ropes, PAC turns around and gets sprayed in his good eye by Malakai Black’s mist. Harwood stacks PAC up and earns the pinfall victory.

Winners: FTR

Immediately after the pin fall is counted, the camera focuses on Malakai Black, who is shown sitting cross-legged on the floor at ringside with his back to the ring as the crowd, commentators and viewing audience at home all soak in what just transpired in the closing moments of what was an excellent main event up to that point.

He re-enters the ring and viciously gauges at the eye of PAC to deliver more punishment in what appears to be an attempt to completely blind the vision of "The Bastard." Meanwhile, FTR tears the mask off of Penta El Zero Miedo. We see another shot of Malakai tearing at the eye of PAC and then a bunch of officials break things up as the fans loudly boo.

The commentators notice that Malakai Black drew blood from PAC as a result of violently tearing and clawing at his eyes. The camera shows a close-up of Malakai's hand covered in blood. He raises his bloody hand in the air and lets out a war cry as the commentators talk us off the air.