It was a double header as AEW presented Rampage and Battle of the Belts last night.
Here are your Rampage results:
Hook vs. Ethan Page – FTW Championship Match
Both men spent much of the time brawling on the floor. Hook retained with Red Rum. Hook then gave Page a T-bone Suplex through a table.
Winner: Hook
The Acclaimed, Matt Menard and Angelo Parker vs. LSG, Bobby Orland, The Infantry
Caster wins the match for the odd couple partnership with a Mic Drop from the drop rope. The JAS attack and lay out The Acclaimed after the match.
Winners: The Acclaimed, Matt Menard and Angelo Parker
Swerve Strickland mocks the WWE, UFC merger by announcing his own merger. “Swerve has joined forces with…You will have to find out later tonight.”
Darby Allin vs. Lee Moriarty
Big Bill tries to interfere but Allin dives at him smashing him into the ringside barricade. Allin gets the win with the Coffin Drop from the top rope.
Winner: Darby Allin
Swerve meets Allin at the top of the ramp and extends his hand to him. Brian Cage comes out and nails Allin slamming him on the floor. It seems as though Swerve has teamed up with The Embassy.
RJ City mediates a meeting of the minds between Jade Cargill and Taya Valkyrie. They are there to discuss both of them laying claim to the same finisher. Jade doesn’t have time for this nonsense. She has a match. Taya slams Jade for not knowing the history of the move with has been used for decades by all sorts of living legends. Taya says she has been using the move before Jade even started wrestling. Jade threatens legal action. They get into a shoving match.
Anna JAS vs. Julia Hart
Why in the world is this the main event? It boggles the mind. Anna starts the match by attacking Hart from behind. I will save you the agony of this one, Julia counters The Queen Slayer by rolling both of them out of the ring. Julia attempts to bring a steel chair into the match. As the official confiscates it she blows the black mist into Anna’s face. Julia wins with an inside-cradle.
Winner: Julia Hart
Here are your Battle of the Belts VI results:
Orange Cassidy vs. Darlistico – International Championship
Cassidy wins with Orange Punch. Malaki Black appears on the big screen taunting Punch. The House of Black isn’t done with Cassidy just yet. Buddy challenges Cassidy to put his title on the line in the future.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
Mark Briscoe and Jay Lethal chat backstage. Lethal wants to team up with Briscoe. Briscoe accepts the offer until Jeff Jarrett, Sonjay Dut and Satnam Singh appear. He then thinks twice about what he just agreed to.
Jade Cargill vs. Billie Starkz – TBS Championship
Cargill wins easily. Taya arrives. Jade swings the belt at Taya. Taya knocks her to the floor with a haymaker. Jade escapes before Taya can hit her finisher.
Winner: Jade Cargill
Brandon Cutler gives a backstage update on the Elite. Cutler says the Blackpool Combat Club is a bunch of bullies and he and Michael Nakazawa are used to them. Apparently, they are not going to put up with Blackpool’s nonsense any more.
The Lucha Brothers vs. QT Marshall and Powerhouse Hobbs – ROH Tag Team Championship
QT Marshall sprays mist into Rey Fenix’s eyes but Fenix puts away Marshall in the end for the win.
Winners: The Lucha Brothers
Top Photo: George Tahinos, Slam Wrestling.
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