Welcome to the Fightful.com live discussion & coverage for the 12/9/2022 edition of AEW Rampage on TNT & FITE TV (Internationally). 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 (12/9/2022).
- Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita.
- Athena Speaks.
- Regina Di Wave Championship Match: Hikaru Shida (c) vs. The Bunny (w/ Penelope Ford).
- Lee Moriarty & "Big Bill" William Morrisey In Action.
- Ruby Soho & Tay Melo Speak.
- Orange Cassidy Defends AEW All-Atlantic Championship.
Live Coverage.
- Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone & Excalibur welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning to the opening match.
Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita.
The match began with the two locking up before Takeshita leaned Moxley into the corner. Takeshita backed up before he and Moxley locked up again, with Moxley hitting a wrist lock takedown on Takeshita. Takeshita went for an ankle lock, but Mosley got the Yuji Gatame, butTakeshita transitioned into a waist lock before Moxley locked in a guillotine choke. Takeshita got a headlock on Moxley before the two exchanged chops & shoulder tackles. The two fired away with chops before exchanging forearm strikes. Moxley ran the ropes before Takeshita hit a dropkick on Moxley. Takeshita did a takedown on Moxley before the two locked eyes. Moxley & Takeshita exchanged slaps before Moxley fired away with elbow strikes on Takeshita before biting his forehead and hitting a series of chops. Moxley went for another chop, but Takeshita evaded and fired away with forearm strikes before leaping into a Hurricarana on Moxley to send him to the outside. Takeshita hit a Tope Con Giro on Moxley to the outside as Don Callis watched along the match from the sky box. Takeshita & Moxley brawled in the crowd area. Back inn the ring side area, Takeshita placed him in a chair before hitting a vicious Helluva Kick on Moxley into the barricade, busting Moxley open from the forehead. Back in the ring, Moxley caught Takeshita with a cutter before hitting a Gotch-Style Piledriver on Takeshita for a near fall. Moxley went for another piledriver, but Takeshita reversed with a deadlift back drop. Takeshita skimmed the cat back in the ring before hitting a swinging lariat on Moxley. Takeshita ran the ropes and hit a diving lariat on Moxley. Moxley slind on the apron, but Takeshita met him there and hit a draping DDT on Moxley into the apron before sending him back in the ring and hitting a slingshot DDT on Moxley for a near fall. Takeshita went for a Blue Thunder bomb, but Moxley reversed it into a Kimura lock before Takeshita broke the hold with a knee to the head. The two exchanged strikes before Moxley hit a king Kong Lariat on Takeshita. Moxley went for the Paradigm Shift, but Takeshita reversed it into a back slide before connecting a knee strike into a Brainbuster on Moxley for a kick out at 2.8. Takeshita placed Moxley on the top rope and went for a Superplex on Moxley, but Moxley held tight to the turnbuckle before hitting a faceslam on Takeshita. Moxley got down, but Takeshita caught him with a rolling elbow. Takeshita went for a Chaos Theory, but Moxley reversed it with a sleeper before Takeshita hit a Blue Thunder Bomb on Moxley for a near fall. Takeshita hit a forearm strike on Moxley before hitting a Deadlift German Suplex on Moxley for a near fall. Takeshita went for a Frog SPlash, but Moxley lifted his knees to bock the move before hitting ten Anvil Elbow strikes. Moxley hit the Deathrider on Takeshita, but Takeshita kicked out at one to the roar of the crowd. Moxley hit a leaping knee strike on Takeshita, but Takeshita kicked out at two. Moxley stomped away at Takeshita's head before going for the Yuji Gatame, but Takeshita held on with the S-Grip before hitting the Yes Stomps on Moxley, but Moxley responded with a series of up-kicks before laying in forearm strikes on Takeshita's neck. Moxley locked in a sleeper into a bulldog choke on Takeshita. Takeshita tried to get back up but ultimately collapsed to give Moxley the submission win.
Winner: Jon Moxley.
- "Hangman" Adam Page came to the ring to confront Moxley after the match. Page said that Doc Sampson did not clear him due to his head, which gave him an excuse of not thinking straight. Moxley brawled with Page on ringside before Moxley slammed Page into the barricade as Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta pulled Moxley away.
- There was a vignette of Powerhouse Hobbs telling his life story as he said that he would take everything that has meaning out of "you".
- Stokely Hathaway was in a parking lot, saying that Hook's foot was underneath the ring. Hathaway said that he would get what Lee Moriarty owed before inviting his friend Keisha to Waffle House.
Regina Di Wave Championship Match.
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. The Bunny (w/ Penelope Ford).
Shida & Bunny began the match with Bunny skipping around the ring. The two locked up before Shida leaned Bunny into the mat. The two exchanged forearm strikes before Shida hit a sliding elbow strike & a body slam on Bunny. Shida went for a leaping knee, but bunny evaded and hit a knee strike on SHida, but Shida responded with an enziguri kick. Bunny licked on the head scissors on Shida into the ropes as she nearly but the camera. Shida hit a headbutt on Bunny before attempting a deadlift suplex, but Bunny evaded thanks to Ford at ringside before slamming Shida into the top rope with a stunner. Back in the ring, Bunny leaned her foot on Shida's neck before Ford attacked Shida as the referee was distracted. Bunny went for a suplex, but Shida lowered her weight before attempting a suplex, but Bunny reversed with an Inside Cradle for a near fall before landing a clothesline on Shida for a near fall. The Bunny placed Shida at the bottom turnbuckle before landing a sliding elbow strike on Shida before the commercial break. Back from the beak, Bunny went for the rabbit hold before Shida reversed it and hit the Rabbit Hole on Bunny for a near fall, thanks to Ford tossing a kendo stick into the ring. Shida went to attack Ford with a kendo stick, but Bunny attacked Shida on the outside. Bunny accidentally hit a thrust kick on Ford before Shida hit a Meteora on Bunny. Back in the ring, Shida hit a Michinoku Driver for a near fall, but responded immediately with a Katana kick for the pinfall win. AEW Women's Champion Jamie Hayter stared a whole at Shida from the ramp after the match
Winner & Regina Di Wave Champion: Hikaru Shida.
- There was a vignette reliving the feud between ROH Women's Champion Mercedes Martinez & Athena.
"BIG BILL" W. Morrisey & Lee Moriarty (w/ Stokely Hathaway) vs. Izzy Jones & Clayton Bloodstone
Moriarty hit a boot on Jones before getting a headlock on Bloodstone. Moriarty tossed Bloodstone into Bill before hitting a big boot on Bloodstone. Moriarty got a deathlock on Bloodstone as he locked in an abdominal stretch on Jones. Moriarty stomped Bloodstone's foot before tagging in Bill. Bill hit a corner splash on Jones before booting Bloodstone out of the ring. Jones went for a top rope move, but Bill caught him mid-air. Moriarty hit a Tope Suicida on Bloodstone to the outside before Bill hit a stalling chokeslam on Jones for the pinfall win.
Winners: "BIG BILL" W. Morrisey & Lee Moriarty (w/ Stokely Hathaway).
- ROH, AAA & IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Hardwood & Cash Wheeler) were interviewed backstage by Lexy Nair. After a year from their first confrontation, Hardwood promised The Briscoes to give them the damndest fight they would ever have.
- Ortiz & Eddie Kingston cut a promo backstage, with Kingston he did not care when or how, he wanted to fight while Ortiz wanted retribution for House of Black treating him like a toy last week.
- Mark Henry interviewed Kip Sabian & AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy backstage. Sabian noticed that Danhausen was not with Best Friends, but Danhasuen was seen with Henry in the interview area.
- There was a backstage promo for JD Griffey & Shane Taylor backstage. Taylor said that he & Griffey were Keith Lee's limit.
- After Orange Cassidy made his way to the ring to defend his AEW All-Atlantic Championship, his challenger was revealed to be none other than former NXT & NXT UK Tag Team Champion Trent Seven.
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match.
Trent Seven (w/ Kip Sabian & Penelope Ford) vs. Orange Cassidy (c) (w/ Danhausen, Trent Barretta & Chuck Taylor).
Cassidy tried to put his hands on his pockets, but Seven instead put them in Cassidy's beard as the two posed with the moustaches. Seven hit a chop on Cassidy as Cassidy took off his glasses and sucked the chop up, but Seven responded with a second chop. Cassidy evaded Seven's overhead chop with a high five, which Seven repsonded with a body slam and a leg drop on Cassidy for a near fall. Cassidy argued with Sabian on ringside, but Seven responded with a chop. Cassidy caused Seven to chop the ring post before Cassidy hit a punch on Sabian as Ford retreated. Cassidy laid in the mock kicks on Cassidy before Seven did a pump fake and hit a DDT on Cassidy. Ford came in with Butcher, Bunny & Blade as they brawled with Best Friends at ringside. Seven stomped Cassidy in the corner before slamming him with an Irish Whip on Cassidy. Seven hit a chop into a lateral press on Cassidy for a near fall. Seven locked in a headlock on Cassidy before transitioning into a Full Nelson, but Cassidy broke the hold by putting his hands into his pockets, but Seven locked in the Full Nelson again before clubbing him with a lariat. Seven got Cassidy and went for a stalling suplex, but Cassidy countered it with a snap suplex. Cassidy climbed to the top rope, but Seven hit a chop to neutralize him before climbing to the top rope & hitting a superplex on Cassidy for a near fall. Seven HIT a chop on Cassidy slammed him to the corner, but Cassidy flipped into the corner. Cassidy tried to slam Seven's head into the turnbuckle, but Seven hit a chop on Cassidy to send him to the outside. Seven accidentally hit a Tope Suicida on Cassidy before Cassidy hit a Tope Suicida on Seven to the outside. Back in the ring, Seven hit a snap-German Suplex on Cassidy before going for a suplex, but Cassidy countered it with a Stun-dog Millionaire. Cassidy went for a Tornado DDT but Seven reversed it with a Suplex Driver for a near fall. Seven went for a ripcord lariat, but Cassidy evaded. Seven hit the Bop & Bang on Cassidy before connecting a ripcord lariat on Cassidy for a near fall. Seven went for the Tyler Driver, but Cassidy reversed it and went for a Beach Break, but Seven reversed it into a pin for a near fall. Cassidy got back up and hit a Tornado DDT on Seven before doing a kip-up and climbing to the top rope, but Seven caught him with a punch before hitting a twisting Piledriver on Cassidy for a near fall. Seven went got a Burning Hammer on Seven, but Cassidy reversed it with a Cazadora into an Orange Punch before he connected the Beach Break on Seven for a near fall.
Winner & Still AEW All-Atlantic Champion: Orange Cassidy (w/ Danhausen, Trent Barretta & Chuck Taylor).
- After the match, Seven & Sabian attacked Cassidy before Dustin Rhodes came to the ring to make the save. Rhodes hit a powerslam on Sabian before laying in the strikes and hitting a powerslam on Seven in the ring. Rhodes and Cassidy helped each other as Rhodes looked at the title. Rhodes & Cassidy stood tall to end the broadcast.
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