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It is Friday night and that can only mean AEW Rampage. The fasted hour of wrestling television is here again. WrestleTalk will have all your live coverage and news form AEW’s Friday night show. Tonight’s card looks like fun.
- Will Hobbs vs. Keith Lee
- House of Black vs. Dark Order and Feugo Del Sol
- The Young Bucks vs. Top Flight
- Dan Lambert, Scorpio Sky, Ethan Page, and Paige Vanzant speak
- Kris Statlander speaks
- Jamie Hayter vs Skye Blue – Owen Hart Tournament
Where the big boys play
Keith Lee and Powerhouse Hobbs are set to battle. These are two big fellas. Keith Lee looks as big as I’ve ever seen him. Meanwhile, Hobbs looks like he’s slimmed down a bit, but he’s still a huge, muscle-bound human.
Lee drills Hobbs and sends him to the outside. If there’s one thing you can almost guarantee, it’s the fact that AEW will send you to a commercial break about 3 minutes into a Rampage match.
Hobbs and Lee trade blows. Lee hits a huge, stiff clothesline. He gets a near fall after that one. Keith Lee is going for a Spirit Bomb, but Hobbs reverses into a backdrop.
Ricky Starks comes down to the ring and causes a distraction. Swerve comes down and stops him. The ref is distracted. Hobbs hits a Spinebuster. He makes the cover, but there’s no ref. Hobbs had him for 3.
Lee hits the Big Bang Catastrophe for the win. After the match, Starks put Swerve through the table. Hobbs takes out Lee with a chair. Lee is in the ring. They set up a table.
Starks and Hobbs beat down Lee. Lee makes a comeback, but not for long. Hobbs spears Lee through the table. What a spear. That was a really fun show. No slow moments. 4 good matches. Another great show.
Wow.
.@starkmanjones trying to pull one over on @RealKeithLee tonight on #AEWRampage! pic.twitter.com/7X4sLhZZNR
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 2, 2022
Owen Hart Foundation Tournament
Jamie Hayter and Skye Blue are fighting for the opportunity to advance in the tournament. No Britt Baker here tonight. She is boycotting AEW until AEW goes back to Pittsburgh.
Early on in this one, Hayter and Blue are really putting on a show. Skye Blue starts off hot. Eventually, Hayter’s power takes over. She hits a super nasty backbreaker. Wow. That looked like it would hurt.
Blue fights back. Blue gets a near fall after a big kick. She spent too much time catering to the crowd.
In the end, Hayter hits a massive Brain Buster. Short Arm Clothesline. Hayter gets the win. This one was a sure thing for Hayter.
Skye Blue looked great. AEW really does a good job of making the loser look good.
The main event is next.
And that is IT! @jmehytr victorious tonight over @skyebyee and advances into the #OwenHard Foundation Women’s Tournament! Watch #AEWRampage right now on TNT! pic.twitter.com/y3tgJNONMU
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 2, 2022
Dark Order and Fuego vs. House of Black
I could watch Stu Grayson wrestle every show. He doesn’t get enough credit for how good he is. He and Buddy Matthews put on a classic first couple of minutes. Fuego is in and he is promptly thrown out of the ring by Brody King. We head to commercial. This is a fun one so far.
This match is classic AEW fun. The rules go out the window. Tags out the window. Each guy takes turns hitting big move after big move. King hits a huge dive off the apron onto both Dark Order. Fuego Del Sol hits Poisonrana.
In the end, Fuego gets kicked in the head and Black gets the win. This was terrific.
Backstage, The Young Bucks accept FTR’s challenge. They will be fighting on AEW Dynamite this week.
A fighting effort by @FuegoDelSol ultimately falls short as #HouseOfBlack score another victory. Don’t miss another minute of #AEWRampage on @tntdrama! pic.twitter.com/LT7jKnUcUd
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 2, 2022
Dan Lambert and crew
Dan Lambert is in the ring. He says he was very upset when a couple left the company. He has a bunch of stripper jokes and no one to use them on. I guess he has to use them on Sammy and Tay.
They all make a bunch of sophomoric jokes. As they wrap up, Sammy Guevara is in the parking lot and he says he wants a match. He’s going to keep doing things until they give him one. He then proceeds to destroy Lambert’s BMW.
This is one of those things that never really work for me. It’s unrealistic. Clearly, if you destroyed my car on camera, I’d just call the cops and have you arrested. But, it’s wrestling.
Backstage, Tony is going to interview Hook. Before Hook can speak, Danhausen comes in and talks. He is upset that Hook didn’t get cursed last week. He tries cursing him again and it does work. That was actually quite funny. Danhausen was terrific.
Is the Cold-Hearted, Handsome Devil @730hook immune to the curses of the Very Nice Very Evil @DanhausenAD?!
Tune in NOW to #AEWRampage on TNT! pic.twitter.com/U73L4XhqzF
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 2, 2022
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