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Preview.
- AEW World Heavyweight Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. "DADDY MAGIC" Matt Meynard (w/ Angelo Parker).
- TNT Championship Match: Wardlow (c) vs. Matt Taven (w/ Maria Kanellis & Mike Bennett).
- Tay Melo vs. Madison Rayne.
- Keith Lee in Action.
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AEW Rampage (10/28/2022) Live Coverage.
- Excalibur, Jim Ross & ROH Champion Chris Jericho welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning to the opening match.
AEW World Heavyweight Championship Eliminator Match.
Jon Moxley (c) vs. "DADDY MAGIC" Matt Meynard (w/ Angelo Parker).
The match began with Parker getting on the apron to distract Moxley before Moxley tossed Meynard out of the ring. Moxley slammed Meynard onto the barricade before placing him on a chair and firing away with the punches before racking his back. Back in the ring, Moxley laid in the lariats on Meynard in the corner. Moxley tossed Meynard to the corner but Meynard hit a boot kick and a punch at Moxley. Meynard slammed Moxley onto the corner stomping away at him. Moxley took down Meynard and went for a Figure Four, but Meynard pushed Moxley out of the ring before Parker attacked Moxley from behind. Meynard slammed Moxley right on his nards onto the ring post. Parker slammed Moxley's face on the ring post as the referee was distracted, which allowed Meynard to hit an elbow strike on Moxley's nose. Back in the ring, Meynard got Moxley in a chin lock but Mxley turned it into a back suplex. Moxley laid in the punches on Meynard in the corner, but Meynard hit a powerbomb on Moxley before locking in a Boston Crab on Moxley. Moxley got a rope break and quickly responded by hitting a cutter on Meynard. Moxley got up and hit the King Kong Lariat on Meynard before placing him on the top rope and hitting superplex on Meynard for a near fall. Moxley immediately got Meynard in an ankle lock, but Meynard kicked Moxley in the head before going for a sunset flip, but Moxley rolled over and hit a running knee on Meyanrd. Moxley stomped Meynard's head in before hitting a cutter on Parker, but Meynard rolled up Moxley before hitting a spike DDT on Moxley for a near fall. Meynard went for the stomps on Moxley, but Moxley rolled Meynard over and got him in a sleeper hold for the submission win.
Winner: Jon Moxley.
- After the match, Stokely Hathaway came to the ramp and offered Moxley a match against Lee Moriarty for AEW Dynamite. Hathaway then showed a video package of Lee Moriarty explaining what Taigastyle was. Moxley accepted Moriarty's challenge.
- There was a video vignette of TBS Champion working out, with Cargill saying she would show why she is that bitch.
Keith Lee vs. Serpentico.
Serpentico went for a shoulder tackle on Lee, but Lee was unphased and hit a fast Spirit Bomb on Serpentico for the quick and dominant pinfall win.
After the match, AEW Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) interrupted Lee and asked Lee where was Shane "Swerve" Strickland. Strickland cut a promo on the titantron to reveal that he had kidnapped Billy Gunn. Swerve pinched Daddy Ass with a utensil before saying it was spooky season Acclaimed ran to the back with fury while Lee was distraught by Swerve's actions.
Winner: Keith Lee
Tay Melo (w/ Sammy Guevara) vs. Madison Rayne.
Rayne and Melo began the match with a Grecko-Roman before the two exchanged pins for near falls. Melo went for an arm bar on Rayne, but Rayne got a pin on Melo for a near fall. Melo hit a big slap on Rayne, to which Rayne responded by dropping Melo and hitting shotgun dropkick on Melo for a near fall. Rayne evaded Melo's offense in the corner and climbed to the top rope, but Melo slammed Rayne onto the top turnbuckle to send her to the outside. Rayne and Melo brawled on the outside before Melo slammed Rayne onto the barricade. Rayne fired away with chops on Melo, but Melo hit a forearm strike before sending Rayne back into the ring. Melo got a pin for a near fall on Rayne. Melo taunted the crowd, which Rayne took advantage by getting Mel in a roll-up for a near fall Melo got Rayne in a body scissors full-nelson on Rayne before the commercial break. Back from the break, Melo went for a suplex on Rayne but Rayne turned it into a DDT on Melo. Melo and Rayne exchanged strikes before Rayne hit a knee strike into a neck breaker on Rayne for a near fall. Melo hit a boot on Rayne and climbed to the middle rope, but Ryane hit a jab on Melo and hit an Avalanche Cutter on Melo for a near fall. Melo got on the apron, but Rayne got Melo in a roll-up for a near fall. Melo hit a wheelbarrow slam on Rayne for a near fall, but Melo quickly responded by going for a Piledriver, but Rayne reversed it with a sliding lariat on Melo for a near fall. Rayne and Melo exchanged forearm strikes before Melo hit a vicious Pump-Knee on Rayne followed by a Tay-KO on Rayne for the pinfall win.
Winner: Tay Melo (w/ Sammy Guevara).
- Lexy Nair interviewed Ethan Page backstage, with Page saying MJF decided to change The Firm's plans and reminded MJF that the Firm made him #1 Contender and would make him AEW Champion. Page said that he made Moxley a favor and made sure to injure MJF, but told Moxley that he would be aiming for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship by entering the AEW Title Eliminator Tournament.
- Mark Henry interviewed TNT Champion Wardlow, Matt Taven, Maria Kanellis & Mike Bennett backstage ahead of their match in the Main Event. Taven said that he won the ROH TV Title on his first match in ROH, but he said that he would become the Taven Network Television Champion. Wardlow told Taven that he powerbombs people and that he would do a couple of powerbomb to welcome the Kingdom to AEW.
TNT Championship Match
Wardlow (c) vs. Matt Taven (w/ Maria Kanellis & Mike Bennett).
Taven and Warldow began the main event match with Taven hitting a chop on Wardlow. Taven dipped over Wardlow before connecting a dropkick on Wardlow. Taven shouted his name, but Wardlow responded with a headbutt and a big veal on Taven. Wardlow hit corner spears on Taven before hitting a vicious Irish whip to send Taven to the outside. Wardlow slammed Taven into the ring post before slamming Taven's head onto the barricade. Bennett attacked Wardlow from behind as the referee was distracted by Kanellis, which allowed Taven to hit a Tope Suicida on Wardlow to the outside, which Bennett took advantage by slamming Wardlow onto the stairs. Taven got back in the ring and hit a frog splash on Wardlow's injured leg. Taven continued to taunt the crowd before hitting a Dragon Screw on Wardlow. Taven hit an elbow drop on Wardlow. Taven continued to target Wardlow's leg, hitting elbow drops on Wardlow's leg before locking in a modified single-leg crab, which Wardlow broke by getting a rope break. Taven laid in forearm strikes on Wardlow before hitting a running knee on Wardlow for a near fall. Taven went for a Frog Splash, but Wardlow evaded and hit the F-10 on Taven. Taven hit an enziguri kick and ran the ropes, but Wardlow caught him with a lariat on Taven. Wardlow hit an overhead suplex and a spinebuster on Taven. Wardlow prepared for the Powerbomb Symphony, but Maria distracted Wardlow long enough for Taven to get a jack--knife cover on Wardlow, but Warldow bridged up and hit a powerbomb on Taven. Wardlow hit a second Powerbomb on Taven and connected a third before rolling Taven into a fourth powerbomb for the pinfall win & title retention.
Winner & Still TNT Champion: Wardlow.
- Mike Bennett stomped down Wardlow after the match, but ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe came to the ring and launched Bennett & Taven to stand in the ring. From out of nowhere, Powerhouse Hobbs made his return to AEW before The Embassy attacked Joe & Wardlow from behind. Powerhouse Hobbs & Brian Cage stood tall to end the broadcast.
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