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This is RAMPAGE!
Preview.
- Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade.
- Mark Briscoe Speaks.
- Ruby Soho vs. Marina Shafir.
- "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry In Action.
- Dustin Rhodes Speaks.
- AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Lee Moriarty (w/ Stokely Hathaway).
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Live Coverage.
- Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur & Chris Jericho welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning to the opening match.
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade.
Yuta & Sabian began the match before locked in the Octopus hold on Sabian into a sunset flip for a near fall. Sabian tossed Yuta out of the ring before doing a pump fake, btu Claudio did the hot tag before Gorilla Pressing Sabian. The Bucher tagged in before the two collided with shoulder tackles before exchanging forearm strikes & uppercuts. Moxley tagged in and laid in the kicks on Butcher's legs & chest before Yuta tagged in and hit a chop on Butcher's face. Butcher hit a huge back drop into a cross-body on Yuta before tagging in Sabian. Sabian went for a Fisherman's Buster, btu Yuta evaded before hitting a Fisherman's Stunner into a cannonball on Yuta. Blade & Butcher double teamed Yuta before Butcher laid in the chops on Yuta. Blade tagged in & hit a headbutt on Yuta before laying his knee on Yuta in the corner. Sabian slammed Yuta with an Irish Whip, but Yuta climbed to the top rope and hit a diving shotgun dropkick on Sabian.
Moxley tagged in and hit a series of forearm strikes, chops, and a bite on Sabian before hitting a German Suplex & a Saito Suplex on Sabian. Moxley got a double wrist lock on Sabian before hitting a series of Hammer & Anvil elbow strikes on Sabian. Butcher & Blade slammed Moxley's wild things into the ring post before sending him to the outside. Sabian hit a Penalty Kick before hitting a Springboard Asai Moonsault on Moxley to the outside. During the picture-in-picture break, Blae tagged in and hit a snap-mare into a PK Kick to Moxley's back. Butcher tagged in and kicked Moxley in the chest before hitting a chop and a knee drop to the back of Moxley's head. Sabian tagged in and hit a jab on Moxley before placing him on the top rope.
Back from the break, Sabian went for a Frankensteiner, but Moxley held on and hit an Avalanche Powerbomb on Sabian, but twitched his knee. Butcher attacked Yuta, but Moxley greeted him with a lariat before Blade & Claudio tagged in. Claudio fired away with Uppercuts on Blade before Penelope Ford got a cable phone on th apron, btu The Blade responded with an uppercut, which angered Claudio enough to hit a dropkick & a series of vicious uppercuts on Blade's jaw before hitting a short-hand lariat on Blade. Claudiowent for the Giant Swing, but Sabian came from behind. Claudio responded by swinging Sabian around, which allowed Blade to get a Schoolboy fo ra near fall. Claudio got the Sharp Shooter on Blade, but Butcher broke the hold. Moxley hit a cutter on Butcher, but Sabian responded with a dropkick. Blade & Butcher hit an assisted gut kick on Claudio, but Yuta broke the pin before hitting a dead-weigth German Suplex on Butcher. Blade tossed Yuta out of the ring & went for a DVD on Claudio, but Claudio evaded and hit a knee lift into a Death Valley Driver on Blade before Sabian broke the pin. Yuta slammed Sabian onto the barricade before Claudio dumped Yuta on to the Butcher. Sabian wento fr a Springboard move, but Moxley caught him mid-air witha cutter before Claudio hit Blade with a pop-up Uppercut for the pinfall win.
Winner: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta).
- Darby Allin & Sting cut a promo to address what was next for them, to which Sting said that he & Allin would go out in the Blades of Glory.
- Ricky Starks was in a vignette to explain that he went for the Gauntlet because he wanted to embarrass Chris Jericho. Starks promised to make an example out of Daniel Garcia on the 2/15/2023 edition of Dynamite.
- The Impractical Jokers (Brian Quinn & James Murray) made fun of Jericho's bat, but Jericho responded by saying that at least he had big balls. JAS (Chris Jericho, Matt Meynard, Angelo Parker, Daniel Garcia & Sammy Guevara) attacked them. Hager powerbombed Quinn onto Murray through a table as JAS stood tall.
- Dustin Rhodes was interviewed in the parking lot by Lexy Nair, where Rhodes said that he was not afraid of Swerve Strickland & Mogul Affiliates before saying his logo looked like Doritos. Rhodes promised to beat Swerve up, but was attacked by Parker Boudreaux & Trench of Mogul Affiliates. Swerve stood over Rhodes challenged Rhodes to a match before wishing him a Happy Black History Month.
Ruby Soho vs. Marina Shafir (w/ Vickie Guerrero).
The two locked up before Shafir got a wrist lock into a sweep on Soho. Shafir got a wrist lock on Soho before Soho locked in the head scissors on Shafir, but Shafir rolled over & got a series of holds on Soho before hitting an arm drag on Soho. Soho hit a series of strikes on Shafir before hitting a corner spear on Shafir into a forearm strike. Soho hit a PK Kick on Shafir, but Guerrero shouted at Soho to allow Shafir to hit kicks to the inside of Soho's thighs before hitting a pump-handle suplex on Soho for a near fall. Shafir continued to hit a series of kicks on Soho before hitting a series of forearm strikes on Soho. Soho got a Schoolboy on Shafir for a near fall, but Shafir immediately laid in the kicks on Soho before hitting a knee strike on Soho for a near fall. Shafir continued to dominate Soho before the commercial break.
Back from the break, Soho hit a wild Shoulder-Capture Suplex on Shafir for a near fall. Soho climbed to the top rope and went for a double stomp, but Shafir rolled over and went for a front ankle lock, but Soho caught her with an up-kick. The two exchanged headbutts before Soho hit a knee strike on Shafir before hitting the Destination Unknown Flat-Liner on Shafir for the pinfall win.
Winner: Ruby Soho.
- After the match, Toni Storm & Saray walked down the ramp, but AEW Women's Champion Jamie Hayter & Dr. Britt Baker DMD immediately attacked them on the ramp. The referees stopped the four
- 1/2 of the ROH Tag Team Champions Mark Briscoe was interviewed backstage by Lexy nair before Mark Sterling tried to recruit Mark. Sterling told Briscoe to make money with them, but Briscoe responded by nearly choking out Sterling before his former foe, Josh Woods, told him to stop it. Woods told Briscoe that this was not
"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry vs. Ryan Nemeth.
Perry hit a shotgun dropkick on Nemeth to send him to the outside before hitting a Tope Suicida to the outside. Nemeth & Perry were on the top rope before Perry went for a Diving Cross-body, but Nemeth reversed with a Schoolboy into a DDT on Perry. Perry hit a Thrust kick on Nemeth before hitting him with the Sliced Bread. Perry hit a running elbow strike to Nemeth's neck to get the quick pinfall win. Brian Cage called out Perry on the ramp after the match.
Winner: "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry.
- Ortiz was backstage to address Eddie Kingston's attack on him. Ortiz said that he would always be with him, but if the only way to stop him from being the House of Black's martyr was to face, then he was game.
- There was a pre-match video package for the Main Event between Lee Moriarty & Orange Cassidy before Mark Henry said it was time for the Main Event.
- In a backstage interview, "Hangman" Adam Page ranted to Renee Paquette for the conclusion of his feud with Jon Moxley, but Kip Sabian & Penelope Ford made fun of Page. Page stormed out of the interview to stop himself from attacking Sabian.
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match.
Orange Cassidy (c) (w/ Danhausen) vs. Lee Moriarty (w/ Stokely Hathaway).
The Main Event match began with Moriarty stealing Cassidy's glasses while locking in a hammerlcok on Cassidy, but Cassidy rolled in a hammerlock of his own before getting his glasses. Moriarty got a waist lock on Moriarty before rag dolling him to send the glasses to the outside, but Cassidy broke the hold by putting his hand on his pockets. Cassidy evaded Moriarty's offense while having his hands on his pockets before hitting a dropkick on Moriarty. Cassidy went for a diving dropkick, but Moriarty evaded and kicked Cassidy's hands before getting multiple pins on Cassidy for a near fall with the European Clutch. The two brawled on the apron before Moriarty hit an STO on Cassidy into the apron.
Moriarty continued to attack Cassidy on the outside before the two got back in the ring. Moriarty locked n the Sacrifice double arm-lock on Cassidy before biting Cassidy's fingers before getting a pin on Cassidy for a near fall. Hathaway stared daggers at Cassidy at ringside before Moriarty continued to target Cassidy's elbow. Moriarty got a snap-mare on Cassidy before locking in a seated double arm lock on Moriarty, but Cassidy reversed it with a Victory Roll for a near fall. Cassidy climbed to the top rope, but Moriarty caught him with a chop. The two exchanged strikes on the top rope before Cassidy hit a diving cross-body. Cassidy hit a Michinoku Driver on Moriarty for a near fall. Cassidy got back up and went for a Tornado DDT, but Moriarty got a suplex lift on Cassidy got the sleeper on Moriarty, but Moriarty hit a back pack on Cassidy before hitting the Anvil Elbow strikes on Cassidy to send him to the outside.
Hathaway tried to finally get his revenge on his long standing foe, but Danhausen cursed him. Danhausen went for a Groin Punch, but Hathaway blocked it with his cast before Cassidy hit a Tope Suicida on Moriarty to the outside. Back in the ring, Cassidy hit a Diving DDT on Moriarty before going for the Orange punch, but Moriarty evaded and hit the Pepsi Plunge. Moriarty went for a Piledriver, but Cassidy hit the Beach Break into the Orange Punch on Moriarty. Cassidy got a delayed near fall on Moriarty, to which Moriarty responded by locking in the Border City Stretch on Cassidy, but Cassidy reversed it with a shock pin for the pinfall win.
Winner: Orange Cassidy (c) (w/ Danhausen) (AND STILL AEW All-Atlantic Champion).
- Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh & Jay Lethal attacked Orange Cassidy & Danhausen after the match. Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor came to the ring to make the save, btu they were laid out by Singh. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster & Billy Gunn) came to the aid of the Best Friends to make Singh, Jarrett & Lethal leace the ring as the broadcast ended.
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