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AEW Rampage results 09/08/23: Joe gets one step closer to MJF

Joe will now face Penta El Zero Miedo in a semifinal match on Collision.

It’s tournament time again in AEW, and unlike college hoops, that doesn’t mean it’s March but rather early September on the way to Grand Slam in New York City. Two important matches will take place tonight on AEW Rampage to set up the semifinals on Collision tomorrow night.

The tournament winner gets to face MJF for the AEW World Championship at Grand Slam, and while the person with the best storyline (Roderick Strong) already advanced on Dynamite, you can’t count out the others still in the field. We’ll see who makes the final four from this particular hour of Rampage.

There’s also an intriguing six-woman tag match and a high profile tag team match, so let’s not waste any more time on the preliminaries.

AEW Rampage results:

  • Penta El Zero Miedo def. Jay Lethal by pinfall in a Grand Slam World Title Eliminator Tournament quarterfinal match, despite attempted assistance by Lethal’s crew, who all end up getting ejected from ringside
  • At the announce table, Chris Jericho is asked about the animosity between him and Sammy Guevara, who comes out so they can both say they want to punch each other in the face, and they agree to have a match at Grand Slam in New York
  • Hikaru Shida, Skye Blue and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. def. Taya Valkyrie, The Bunny and Anna Jay by submission as Baker taps out The Bunny
  • Hook says it feels good to have the FTW title back where it belongs … in New York
  • The Young Bucks def. Matt Menard and Angelo Parker by pinfall
  • Mike Santana says he didn’t come back to be a guy in the game, he came back to be The Guy, and he’s here to make money — not friends
  • Samoa Joe def. Jeff Hardy by submission in a Grand Slam World Title Eliminator Tournament quarterfinal match

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen results 08/16/23: All In takes even more shape

Also on AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen, Britt Baker won her way to London against The Bunny.

In terms of putting in work to elevate a “secondary” title, Orange Cassidy has been doing the textbook definition of it for months now. Yet all good things must come to an end, and you can’t help but feel leading into a special Fight for the Fallen edition of AEW Dynamite (with proceeds going to the Maui Food Bank) that the end might finally be approaching for the Freshly Squeezed one.

It’s not so much that Wheeler Yuta is one of the most lively challengers for his AEW International Championship, though he is definitely that. No, the issue is more that Yuta’s group, the Blackpool Combat Club, just seems like a force of nature right now. The BCC has been running roughshod over Dynamite for weeks, so it wouldn’t be shocking if Yuta gets the victory tonight.

There are other matches on tonight’s card with high stakes. Britt Baker seems like she should be in the four-way championship match at All In, but she’ll need to beat The Bunny to do it. You’d expect the good doctor to do exactly that, but there are also women with vested interests in keeping Baker off the London show, and it’s fair to wonder if any of them will intervene.

Because sponsorships make the world go ’round, there’s a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game coming out, which is why the Deathmatch between Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy, two gents who are old enough to know better, has that particular theme. Plus Darby Allin and Nick Wayne will try to get some measure of revenge against the Gates of Agony as they await the opportunity to get at Swerve Strickland and AR Fox.

Here we go, with Orange Cassidy starting us off.

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen results:

(scroll down for full details on any match or in-ring segment in bold)

  • Orange Cassidy def. Wheeler Yuta by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship, then gets help from Best Friends and Lucha Bros. to fight off the BCC … as well as Eddie Kingston, back from Japan and anxious for a piece of Claudio
  • Kingston challenges the BCC “and anyone you can find” to a Stadium Stampede match at All In against him, Lucha Bros. and Best Friends
  • Jim Ross sits down with Kenny Omega to talk Don Callis, his childhood and Konsuke Takeshita, but Callis himself interrupts and provides a distraction that allows Takeshita and Bullet Club Gold to attack Omega from behind
  • Hangman Adam Page is outside the hospital and delivers a message about how he and Kota Ibushi will be on hand in London to help fight Takeshita and Bullet Club Gold; also, he gets yelled at for having a beer at the hospital and chugs it
  • Chris Jericho has an answer for Don Callis, but it isn’t what Callis expects, and when he’s caught in a lie, he unleashes Takeshita … and Will Ospreay
  • Jack Perry says he’s going to retire the FTW Championship next week on Dynamite
  • Darby Allin and Nick Wayne def. Gates of Agony by pinfall before Sting reveals he has Prince Nana captive
  • MJF tells Adam Cole they need to get in the minds of their opponents at Zero Hour, so they head to Outback Steakhouse; also, Cole tells Max they can prepare for Aussie Open by watching both Crocodile Dundee movies and they end up getting yelled at by Tony Khan for doing the double clothesline backstage
  • MJF and Adam Cole talk about London, then repulse a sneak attack from Aussie Open
  • A bloody Jericho tells Ospreay he could have just asked for the match at Wembley since it was supposed to happen in 2021, and promises to make Will drink his own blood in London
  • Jeff Jarrett def. Jeff Hardy by pinfall in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch that also drags in about seven other people and … Leatherface?
  • Britt Baker def. The Bunny by pinfall to earn the final spot in the four-way women’s title match at All In
  • A video shoes Billy Gunn retiring and The Acclaimed telling him how much he’ll be missed
  • As The Acclaimed makes their entrance for a squash match, the lights go out, then back up to find the House of Black in the ring; Brody King has a chain wrapped around his fist and uses it to start a monster beatdown
  • Young Bucks def. The Gunns by pinfall, and are bailed out from a post-match attack by Bullet Club Gold by FTR

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen 08/16/23 preview: Loaded card in Nashville

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen will feature a title match, a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch and an interview with Kenny Omega.

If you like your pro wrestling to be for a good cause, tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite from Nashville is definitely one you will appreciate.

AEW boss Tony Khan announced last week that this week’s shows would be under the Fight for the Fallen banner, with proceeds from Dynamite/Rampage and Collision going to the Maui Food Bank to provide assistance to victims of Maui’s devastating wildfires.

While that’s a sobering motivating force, tonight’s card looks like one that will live up to the special branding. Headlining is yet another title defense for Orange Cassidy, but against an opponent you could actually see defeating him for the AEW International Championship: Blackpool Combat Club’s Wheeler Yuta.

The Gunns will take on the Young Bucks in the Jacksons’ second straight battle of brother tag teams. Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy will face off in something called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch, which sounds terrifying on several levels. And Britt Baker is up against The Bunny in a high stakes match that sends the winner to the four-way title bout at All In.

The non-wrestling segments also sound pretty compelling. Chris Jericho says he’ll give his answer to Don Callis about potentially joining Don’s “Family.” Kenny Omega is scheduled for a sit-down interview with Jim Ross, where he teased a reveal for his All In plans. Last but definitely not least, we’ll hear from bosom buddies MJF and Adam Cole as they discuss facing each other for the AEW World Championship in London.

All of that should make for a fast-moving two hours in Nashville. Be sure to tune in at 8 p.m. ET on TBS to take it all in, or rely on us to update you with results and any other points of interest as they happen.

Opening Bell: Full Gear week, plus a Mizpology

Get set for the week in WWE and AEW with Opening Bell: quick previews of Raw, SmackDown, Dynamite and Rampage.

Welcome to the Opening Bell, where we round up what’s been announced for WWE (Raw and SmackDown) and AEW (Dynamite and Rampage) programming for the week we’ve just begun.

WWE Raw preview – Monday, November 14, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY

Any show with “Yum!” in the name of the venue can’t help but appear fun (and yes, we know that’s an actual part of the company’s name). What could be truly entertaining is seeing The Miz apologize for what he’s done with regard to Dexter Lumis. But will it be a sincere act of contrition, or simply to save his own hide? History doesn’t make the former a favorite, let’s just say that.

Finn Balor attempted to accept Seth Rollins‘ open challenge for the United States Championship last week but had those plans derailed by The O.C. This week he’ll get his shot at Rollins … but not for the title. Oh well.

Also, Matt Riddle will continue his ongoing feud with Alpha Academy when he goes one-on-one with Chad Gable. We don’t have anything witty to add to this one, so we’ll just say it sounds like a good matchup and there will probably be bongo/weed jokes of some sort involved.

AEW Dynamite preview – Wednesday, November 16, Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, CT

Ayyyyy let’s get some mortgages everyone! Jokes aside, AEW is trying to come into Full Gear hot as it heads to Connecticut for the final Dynamite before Saturday’s PPV.

Two big multi-person matches are on tap. Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli will team up to face Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara just three days before all four of them throw down for Jericho’s ROH World Championship. Plus Death Triangle, which has had some stirrings of internal dissent lately, tries to get on the same page as they take on Top Flight and AR Fox.

(And they may need to be if a certain trio of shadowbanned stars are coming back at Full Gear.)

We’ll hear from both Jon Moxley and MJF ahead of their titanic main event in Newark. The Acclaimed will debut their new music video. Plus more:

WWE SmackDown preview – Friday, November 18, XL Center, Hartford, CT

Wow, Connecticut is the center of the pro wrestling world this week, at least for a few days! We know a bit more about what’s going to be in store on SmackDown than we often do at the beginning of the week as well.

For starters, the first round of the SmackDown World Cup isn’t over yet, so Butch and Sami Zayn will have their bout this Friday. It’s also an extension of the beef between the Bloodline and the Brawling Brutes, which just heated up again last week. Another first round match will pit Ricochet against Mustafa Ali in what’s sure to be a high-flying encounter.

In the women’s division, Shotzi earned her shot at Ronda Rousey by emerging from a Six-Pack Challenge match last week, but she immediately ran afoul of the champ and her BFF Shayna Baszler. She’ll get a chance at some payback on SmackDown, at least when it comes to Baszler.

AEW Rampage preview – Friday, November 18, Prudential Center, Newark

‘Twas the night before Full Gear, and we have a sense that pretty much everyone will be stirring as the final teeth on the gears lock into place. And there’s a crazy dream match of the type you can hardly believe is on U.S. TV to boot: Eddie Kingston and Ortiz vs. Jun Akiyama and Kunosuke Takeshita. Seriously, read that again and go “wow.”

We actually don’t know what else is on the Rampage slate, but one assumes there might be more tournament matches, and perhaps it will be confirmed The Elite is returning. It’s a Rampage that has more than the typical amount of intrigue, for sure.