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DARBY VS. BUTCHER, SWERVE & KEITH LEE UNITED & MORE: AEW RAMPAGE REPORT

It is Friday, and AEW Rampage was filmed after Dynamite on Wednesday in San Antonio Texas at the Freeman Coliseum. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Taz, Chris Jericho and Ricky Starks.

Darby Allin vs The Butcher

They jump right in with both men in the ring and the match begins. Darby tosses his shirt at Butcher to start, and Darby dodges Butcher grabbing him and peppers him with elbow strikes. Darby goes for splashes in the corner and Butcher is able to grab Darby, drive him into the corner and tosses him from the ring. Butcher kicks at Butcher as Darby tries to get in the ring. Butcher goes out of the ring and Darby hits a spear on him that catches more of the barricade that Butcher.

Butcher crawls into the ring and Darby is able to get strikes on him. Butcher fends him off and slams Darby to the mat for a two count. Darby is up and bites Butcher’s hand. Butcher drop Darby with a strike. Darby grabs his hand and bites it again. Butcher picks Darby up, slams him in the corner and them clotheslines him down and covers for a two count. Butcher picks Darby up again, grabs his head and swings him around, tossing him across the ring.

Butcher is able to clothesline Darby on the floor. Butcher gets face to face with Sting as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Darby was able to get his feet up as Butcher run into him, but Butcher is able to grab Darby and tries for the Texas Cloverleaf, with Darby struggling to get away. Darby is able to crawls through, but Butcher power slams him and slaps I ton again. Darby gets to the ropes for a break and rolls to the outside. Butcher joins him and tries for a dead lift power bomb, but Darby grabs the ropes and then climbs onto Butcher’s back and rains down blows. Butcher back Darby into the ring post.

Butcher grabs Darby and swings him into the barricade and then the steel steps. Butcher runs at Darby, but Darby dodges and Butcher goes into the steel steps. Darby then hits a Code Rod on the floor. Darby climbs to the top and hits a coffin drop from the top to the floor. Darby crawls into the ring, but Butcher isn’t able to make it by the ten count.

Your winner: Darby Allin

Andrade El Idolo and Jose comes out, but Private Party and Blade are in the ring and attack Sting and Darby. As the rest of Andrade’s group get into the ring, the Hardys show, causing Andrade’s group to scatter. Matt challenges Andrade’s team to face them now. They get on the apron, but then leaves. Matt says if they are scared to fight tonight, how about on Dynamite they have an 8 man match.

Scorpio Sky, Dan Lambert and Paige Vanzant are in the wood paneled basement from Wednesday, and Sky says he successful defended his title Wednesday. Dan Lambert says the whole team is making history. Paige puts herself over.

Leyla Hirsch vs Red Velvet

Leyla meets Velvet on the ramp and they brawl down to the ring. Velvet hits a suplex on Leyla and then tosses Leyla in the ring. Velvet attacks with kicks and a standing moonsault for a two count. They are up and Leyla works over Velvet in the corner. Velvet reverses and starts laying in punches. Leyla gets out of the corner and sweeps Velvet’s legs out from under her. They go to picture in picture.

When they return to full screen, Velvet hits a series of sling blades and then a series of kicks to bring down Leyla with a short bulldog. Velvet hits a second short bulldog for a two count. Velvet goes for a roundhouse kick, and Leyla grabs her leg and hits a pair of throws. Leyla follows with a cross arm breaker. Velvet makes it to the ropes for the break. Leyla goes for a leaping stomp, and Velvet dodges it, causing Leyla to tumble to the floor.

Leyla grabs a turnbuckle hook from under the ring, but Kris Statlander, with a lighting bolt in makeup over her eye and dark hair with a blue/green stripe, who grabs it from her. Leyla is shocked, allowing Velvet to grab her, toss her to the middle of the ring. Velvet hits the corkscrew kick and covers for the three count.

Your winner: Red Velvet

In the basement, QT Marshall talks about how proud he is when he invites his prize student, Hook to the ring next week and give him a certificate of accomplishment.

The House Of Black vs Bear Country and Fuego Del Sol

Bear Bronson and Malachi Black start off. Black drops him with a spinning leg sweep and then lock on an arm bar. Bronson is able to work up and get a tag, but he eats a roundhouse kick as soon as he does, and Black is able to kick each member of Bronson’s team out of the ring. Black then gets an arm drag that pulls Bronson HIGH off the mat, and he tags in Buddy Matthews.

Black holds Bronson's arm for Matthews to drop onto it with a stomp from the top. Brody King is tagged in and the they keep up the work. Fuego is able to hit a blind tag, and when Fuego leaps at him, King swats him out of the air. Bear Boulder tags in and all three members of the House of Black beat him down. Fuego is able to make it into the ring and hits a drop kick into King. He fights of Black and Murphy, dropping Black with a kick. Fuego runs into a leaping knee from Murphy, and as King and Black keeps Bear Country out of the ring, Murphy hits a pump handle slam mixed with a Spanish Fly on Fuego, and covers for the three count.

Your winners: The House Of Black

We then get a pre-tape from Penta Obscuro, he says, in Spanish, he is happy that House of Black has changed them, and they are more comfortable in the dark. He then says Death Triangle will get their revenge.

We then get Mark Henry with Max Caster about the main event. Keith Lee calmly explains that he doesn't dislike them. But they are just a stepping stone for him.

Excalibur gives us the rundown for next week’s Dynamite.

Keith Lee vs Max Caster

Mox dodges a grab from Lee and then does jumping jacks to taunt him. Mox dodges another grab and then smacks Lee and mocks him again. Lee then grabs Caster's hand and uses it to lift him into the air and then drops him down. Max fights his way free and tries to toss Lee into the ropes.

That is a poor choice as Lee pulls him in for a shoulder tackle. They run the ropes and Max holds onto the rope to stop running. Max then runs at Lee, who shrugs him over his shoulder. Powerhouse Hobbs comes onto the stage as we go picture in picture.

When we come back to full screen, Lee is down from Caster's attacks through the break and Anthony Bowens is able to choke Lee on the bottom rope. Caster presses his advantage and as Lee is on his hands and knees, Caster this a series of cross face strikes. When Caster pauses, Lee gets up. They run the ropes and Lee shoulder tackles Caster across the ring. Then he yeets Caster across the ring the other direction.

Caster is able to get a few kicks, dropping Lee to one knee. Caster tries to lift Lee, and when he gives up, Lee hits a series of strikes, picks up Caster, and hits the For He Is Limitless, when they are calling his finishing move. He covers Caster for a three count and the win.

Your winner: Keith Lee

Hobbs storms to the ring as Lee was glaring at him. They meet at ringside and start throwing hands. Starks runs to the ring to join in. The Acclaimed join in and they toss Lee into the ring. They start a beat down and Swerve Strickland runs to the ring with a chair, running off the attackers. Swerve and Lee shake hands and we are out of time!

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