Welcome to the Fightful.com live discussion & coverage for 11/25/2022 edition of AEW Rampage. We will bring full results and breakdowns for every match and segment on the show. Follow Fightful on Twitter.com/Fightful and Facebook.com/FIGHTFULONLINE
Here's what's set for the show:
Preview.
AEW Rampage (11/25/2022).
- ROH Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Dax Hardwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. Top Flight (Darius Martin & Dante Martin).
- Anthony Henry vs. Darby Allin (w/ Sting).
- Hikaru Shida In Action.
- ROH World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho Speaks.
- LFI (RUSH, Butcher & Blade) vs. Dark Order (Preston "10" Vance, John Silver & Alex Reynolds).
Live Coverage
- Jim Ross, Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni & Tony Schiavone welcomed the audience to the broadcast before quickly transitioning to the opening match.
ROH Tag Team Championship Match.
FTR (Dax Hardwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. Top Flight (Darius Martin & Dante Martin).
- Hardwood and Darius began the match, with Darius evading Hardwood's offense repeadetedly. Darius hit two shoulder tackles for a near fall, but Hardwood caught him with a back elbow for a near fall. Wheeler tagged in and hit a chop on Drius, but Darius hit an arm drag on Wheeler before tagging in Dante. Wheeler hit a shoulder tackle on Dante, but Dante leaped over Wheeler before launching him into an enziguri from Darius. Darius & Dante hit a leg trip/ DDT combo on Wheeler for a near fall. Hardwood tagged back in and hit a chop and an uppercut on Hardwood. Darius & Hardwood exchanged chops before Wheeler hit a forearm strike on Darius. Darius & Dante hit stereo Hurricanranas on FTR before Darius hit a Tornado DDT on Wheeler. Dante & Darius went for top rope moves, but Hardwood pulled Wheeler out of the ring. Back in the ring, FTR cornered Dante before Hardwood hit a back suplex on Dante for a near fall. Dante hit double strikes on Hardwood and Wheeler before hitting a shotgun dropkick on the two. Darius & Dante hit stereo dropkicks on FTR before Darius hit a Top Suicida on Wheeler. Dante hit a springboard dive on Hardwood to the outside before hitting a diving cross body on Hardwood back in the ring for a near fall. Dante & Darius double-teamed Hardwood before Hardwood took them down. Dante got in the corner with a Bandera before going for a superplex, but Dax caught him and hit a slingshot bomb on Dante before Wheeler hit a frog splash on Dante for a near fall. Hardwood caught Darius with a vicious ripcord lariat before he and Wheeler went for the big rig, but Dante reversed it with a High Stack sunset flip on Hardwood for a near fall. Darius hit a Tornado DDT on Hardwood before Dante hit a splash on Hardwood, but Wheeler broke the pin. Wheeler and Darius exchanged strikes before Darius hit a Spanish Fly on Wheeler, but Hardwood caught him with a Brainbuster. Dante went for several pin attempts at Hardwood before evading Wheeler and attempting the double springboard Moonsault on FTR, but Hardwood & Wheeler hit the Big Rig on Dante for the pinfall win. The Gunn Clubb (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) stood on the ramp after the match.
Winners & ROH Tag Team Champions: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Hardwood).
- There was a vignette detailing the story of "Powerhouse" Will Hobbs. Hobbs said that he would be taking anything that means something off whomever he faces.
- ROH World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho and the Jericho Appreciation Society (ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia, Matt Meynard, Anna Jay, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager & Tay Melo) came to the ring to cut a promo. Jericho bragged about his win against Tomihiro Ishii in AEW Dynamite and called himself the greatest ROH Champion ever, but then Claudio Castagnoli interrupted and challenged Jericho to a title match for ROH Final Battle. Jericho turned down the challenge, saying that Castagnoli has nothing to offer him Menard then pitched the idea that if Claudio loses the match, he should join the Jericho Appreciation Society. Meynard's suggestion made Jericho's nipples hard and offered the challenge only if Claudio accepted the terms suggested. Claudio accepted Meynard's terms, setting their match for Final Battle on 12/10/2022.
- Renee Paquette interviewed Toni Storm backstage, where Storm said that Hayter did not beat her one-on-one for the title. Storm said that she never saw her reign as interim as champion and said that she broke her face getting the title and that she would break it again to regain it.
Darby Allin (w/ Sting) vs. Anthony Henry (w/ JD Drake).
The match began with the two locking up before Henry took down Allin, but Allin did another takedown before Henry hit a snap-mare kick on Allin. Henry hit another snap-mare kick before Allin got a pin on Henry for a near fall. Allin went for a sunset flip but Henry instead lifted him for a suplex before dumping him on the apron. Allin got in the ring and went for a Tope Suicida on Henry, but hit Drake instead. Henry hit a back-heel trip on Allin onto the apron. Henry slammed Allin onto the barricade before taunting Sting on ringside. Back in the ring hit a neck twist on Allin before hitting a straight jacket submission on Allin, but Allin got out of the hold before laying in the strikes on Henry. Allin went for a springboard scoffing splash but Henry reversed it mid-air with a German Suplex for a near fall. Henry slammed Allin to the corner with a vicious Irish Whip before the commercial break. Back from the break, Henry hung Allin on the top turnbuckle and laid in the kicks on Allin before hitting a Draping Neck Breaker on Allin for a near fall. Henry climbed to the top rope and went for a double knee strike, but Allin evaded and hit a Code Red on Henry for a near fall. As the referee was distracted, Drake hit a rebound forearm strike on Allin. Sting saw this and hit a lariat on Drake before launching him onto the barricade. Henry hit a Superplex on Allin and went for a Falcon Arrow, but Allin reversed it with a Scorpion Deathdrop followed by the Coffin Drop on Henry for the pinfall win.
Winner: Darby Allin (w/ Sting).
- Lexy Nair interviewed Athena backstage after she was suspended. Athena "apologized" to Aubrey Edwards after attacking her last week before she called out ROH Women's Champion Mercedes Martinez to defend her title against her, saying she was game.
Hikaru Shida vs. Queen Aminata.
Bunny & Penelope Ford watched the match from the ramp. Aminata attacked Shida from behind to begin the match before hitting a running boot on Shida. Back in the ring, Aminata went for an Air Raid Crash, but Shida reversed it with a Jack-Knife cover for a near fall. Shida hit a Shote strike on Aminata, a Falcon Arrow, and the Katana Kick on Aminata for the quick and decisive pinfall win. Shida shouted at Ford & Bunny after the match.
Winner: Hikaru Shida.
- Mark Henry interviewed RUSH, Jose The Assistant, Butcher, Blade & Dark Order (Preston "10" Vance, John Silver & Alex Reynolds), but Vance was absent from the interview. Reynolds & Silver said that tonight the mess ends, but Butcher & Blade said that tonight was going to be an ass-kicking party before RUSH said that he wanted to fight.
- ROH Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Hardwood & Cash Wheeler) were interviewed backstage by Lexy Nair, but instead, Dax Hardwood challenged Bryan Danielson to a singles match for AEW Dynamite to end his 2022 on a high note.
LFI (RUSH, Butcher & Blade) (w/ The Bunny & Jose The Assistant) vs. Dark Order (Preston "10" Vance, John Silver & Alex Reynolds).
John Silver & Alex Reynolds began the match on their own with Vance's conspicuous absence. The two teams brawled to begin the match, with Butcher and RUSH launching Silver to the barricade. Reynolds hit a corner splash, an uppercut and a big boot on Blade. Blade and Butcher then double-teamed Reynolds in the corner before SIlver tagged in. Silver hit a boot on Butcher, a corner slam on Blade, an uppercut on Butcher, and Angle slam on Blade, and went for a Tope Suicida on Butcher before Butcher caught him and threw him into a forearm strike from RUSH. Butcher tossed Silver out of the ring before RUSH hit Silver with a neon green cable and got him in a cable-assisted Yuji Gatami on the outside. Back in the ring, Butcher hit a chop on Silver before Blade tagged in. Silver tossed Blade to the corner, but RUSH came to the ring to attack Silver before Blade dropped Reynolds off the corner, with the Butcher attacking Silver with a running crossbody on Reynolds. RUSH went for the Shotgun Dropkick but instead booted Silver in the head before taunting Silver. Blade got a headlock on Silver, but Silver broke the hold with punches and kicks before Blade hit a clubbing lariat on Silver. Silver booted Butcher in the head before hitting a sliced bread on Blade. Silver tried to tag in Reynolds, but RUSH attacked Reynolds before stomping away Silver. Preston Vance charged to the ring to confront RUSH as Evil Uno & "-1" Brodie Lee Jr charted him away. Vance confronted RUSH, but Vance instead hit a vicious lariat on Silver, allowing RUSH to hit the Bull's Horns on Silver for the pinfall win.
Winner: LFI (RUSH, Butcher & Blade) (w/ The Bunny & Jose The Assistant).
- Vance attacked Reynolds after the match before flicking off the crowd. Vance then hit the Discus Lariat on Evil Uno before tearing away Evil Uno's mask. RUSH, Vance, Butcher & Blade got Reynolds on the apron before RUSH & Vance hit a double chokeslam on Reynolds onto the timekeeper's table. Vance took off his mask and slammed to the ground in front of Brodie Lee Jr as LFI stood tall on the ramp to end the broadcast.
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