Before you can hit a grand slam, you have to load the bases first, right? For AEW Dynamite Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe Stadium next week, the principle is somewhat the same, except that in this case it’s loading the card, which is something tonight’s Rampage should help finish.
There are also some decent matches in their own right on this Rampage, including Samoa Joe putting his ROH title on the line against Josh Woods. So this isn’t just an hour of setup, folks. Let’s dive in and see what’s what, not live this week as it was taped Wednesday after Dynamite.
AEW Rampage results in 30 seconds:
- Darby Allin def. Matt Hardy by pinfall … but Brody King lays out Hardy after the bell, calls out Allin and Sting and lets them know the House of Black isn’t finished
- Eddie Kingston clears up the reasons he doesn’t like Sammy Guevara, and it’s because he simply thinks Sammy is a rotten human being
- Claudio Castagnoli is confident Wheeler Yuta will win back the ROH Pure Championship, and says it’s OK that Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley will face each other next week because no matter what, the BCC will have two world champions … and gets a world title challenge from Chris Jericho
- Jade Cargill thinks she has no challengers left, but Diamante is willing to test that idea and says she is bringing the “baddest bitch” with her
- Penelope Ford def. Willow Nightingale by submission
- Hangman Adam Page apologizes to his Dark Order buddies for losing the Trios Championship final, and Andrade El Idolo shows up to say he’s going to eliminate all of them from the Battle Royale at Grand Slam
- Ethan Page def. Danhausen by pinfall
- Ricky Starks admits Powerhouse Hobbs threw him off his game by putting The Factory on his way, but says Hobbs has his full attention now and he will see Powerhouse in New York
- Samoa Joe def. Josh Woods by pinfall to retain his ROH World Television Championship, then gets assistance from Wardlow to fight off Woods and Tony Nese
