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CHRISTIAN VS. OMEGA, BRITT'S HOMECOMING & MORE: AEW RAMPAGE REPORT

It's Friday, we're in Philadelphia at the Peterson Events Center and it's time for the first episode of AEW Rampage. Our announcers are Excalibur, Taz, Mark Henry and Chris Jericho. They run down the card, three matches, three titles on the line and we start with:

Kenny Omega (Champion) w/Don Callis vs Christian Cage for the Impact World Championship

Omega comes to the ring with all four belts he carries.

The bell rings and they wait in their corners as the crowd cheers loudly for Cage. They come to the middle of the ring, jack jaws and finally hook up. Cage is able to drive them into the corner and when they hook up a second time, Cage controls the match. When they break, Cage flips off Omega. When they re-engage, Omega goes after Cage with strikes. He goes for the One Winged Angel early and Cage tries to turn it into the Killswitch. Omega rolls to the outside to regroup.

Omega lures Cage out of the ring so he can get back in first to keep control. When they go to the outside, Cage takes over with chops and tosses Omega to the ring. Cage goes to the top, gets distracted by Callis and is knocked off the top the floor as we go to commercial. They fight outside the ring on the small screen. Omega keeps control as the work into the ring.

When they go back full screen, Cage is trying to fight his way up with strikes. After Cage gets a suplex, Omega drives Cage to the corner while going for his eyes. They battle to the top and Cage takes Omega down with a power bomb from the top. Cage gets in his usual rope moves and then a two count. Cage calls for the Killswitch and Omega gets out with a back elbow and nails the You Cannot Escape for the two count.

Cage then gets a reverse DDT for a two count. He goes for a spear and Omega nails him with a V Trigger. Omega then hits a power bomb and another V Trigger for a two count. Cage gets out of a V Trigger, causes Omega to miss a V Trigger and spears Omega for a two count. Omega is able to stop him with a snap dragon and signals to end it, but Cage rolls to the ropes, knocks Omega down and hits a frog splash for a two.

Callis distracts the ref as the Bucks give Omega a chair. Omega tries for the One Winged Angel on the chair, Cage escapes and hits a Killswitch on the chair, knocks it out of the ring and covers Omega for the three,.

Winner and NEW Impact World Champion, Christian Cage.

Jurassic Express and Scott D'Amore come to the ring to celebrate and we go to commercial.

When we come back, we get a recap of the title change. Mark Henry is backstage with Cage and Jurassic Express has Champaign as Orange Cassidy stands in the back. Cage says that Omega is a great competitor and now that he is living in Omega's head, he will win the AEW title at All Out.

We get a video package about Feugo Del Sol and how how getting this title and his contract. He says God's Favorite Champion will be baptized by fire.

Miro (Champion) vs Feugo Del Sol for the TNT Championship

Del Sol hits a tornado DDT on Miro before the bell and then again after the bell and Miro rolls to the floor. The announcers remind us that is the one move Lee Johnson was able to hit Miro with successfully. Miro gets into the ring and Del Sol hits him with the tornado DDT a third time and covers for a two count. The fourth time, however,m is not the charm and Miro grabs him and hits a Samoan Drop. Miro then hits the big kick and the Game Over until Del Sol taps out,.

Your winner and still TNT Champion, Miro

Miro then tears up Del Sol's contract as we go to commercial.

We come back to a recap of Miro's victory. Del Sol, is still in the ring and Sammy Guevara and Tony Khan come out. Sammy grabs a mic and says while he's one and fifty, who cares, because the people love him. He says that Tony Khan let him do this because they are best friends, and Feugo Del Sol is All Elite and he hands him a contract.

We then get a rundown of next week's Dynamite.

We then see that Sting and Darby Allin are up in the rafters and they say that he's waited a long time to show he's the Best In The World, and they show his promo where he used that last week.

Mark Henry interviews Red Velvet and Britt Baker on split screen. Red says that she wanted to ruin Britt's night on Dynamite because Baker attacked her and she can't wait to stir her up. Baker says she didn't rain on her parade because it doesn't rain in Brittsburg. She then says she will win tonight, even with a broken wrist. Mark says there's been enough talk and ti's time for the main event.

Britt Baker (Champion) w/Rebel vs Red Velvet for the AEW Women's Championship

Red Velvet gets booed as she comes to the ring because, Pittsburgh.

They hook up and trade holds, breaking and locking up again. They exchange arm holds and Red is going to be working that arm for the match. Red gets a quick rollup and gets a two count. She then takes Baker down and sets up to stomp on Baker's arm, but allows to escape without the stomp. Britt gets a couple of moves and Red reverses it and then puts Baker's wrist on the rope and uses her foot on it.

The ref makes them break and Red hits a leg lariat after Baker gets a couple of strikes in and then hits a moonsault press for a two count as they go to the small screen as Arby's tries to get us to order sammiches. Baker takes over on the small screen and gets a series of two counts. Oddly, we get two ads twice during the break.

Back on the full screen, Red reverses Baker in the corner and gets in strikes. She then is able to nails Baker's arm twice and then gets a two count on Baker. Baker is able to reverse Red and get a swinging neck breaker, rolls for a two count and tries to get the lockjaw, but Baker can't get it due to the wrist injury. Red takes off the wrist brace and before she can do anything Reb gets on the apron to distract her.

Baker takes advantage and hits the Surprise Rollup for a two count. Crowd is completely on Baker's side. Rebel tries to bring the belt into the ring and the Ref tosses her out. Red nails Baker with a superkick to the face. Red hits a moonsault from the top for a two count. Red tires to hit a suplex and instead, Baker reverses into shouilder breaker and the announcers put over the Red hit her head on the way down and could have injured her neck.

Baker then hits a curb stomp and gets a two count. Red is able to hit a near lockjaw and Baker reverses and and tries to get the lockjaw, and Red beats on her wrist. Baker is able to finally get on the lockjaw in and hold it through the pain until Red taps out.

Your winner and still AEW Women's Champion, Britt Baker.

After the match Baker hits another swinging neckbreaker on Red and sets up to hit the curb stomp on the title. Kris Statlander comes to stop her and a woman dressed in black comes into the ring. The mask comes off and it's British star Jaime Hayter who attacks Statlander. Baker then pulls Red back to the belt and curb stomps her onto it as we're out of time!

 

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