AEW Rampage Spoilers for this Friday:
*Sammy Guevara pinned Darby Allin to advance in the AEW Championship tournament. He will face Jon Moxley in the Semi-Finals.
*ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe came out for a promo. Joe said it felt good to be back in AEW. He's been away for a bit and he apologizes. He owed everyone much more violence in the future. He is in the house and he's open for business. Out came Smart Mark Sterling, Josh Woods and Tony Nese. They were grinding away while he was getting pampered in this company. He praised Woods and said he deserves a title shot. Joe said it's rare that someone comes out and Joe agrees with everything they say. He praises Woods and said Sterling should get everything he asked for. Joe said he can have the title shot right now. Sterling said they aren't doing it in Buffalo, but next week in Albany on Rampage.
*Serena Deeb defeated Madison Rayne.
*ROH Champion Claudio Castagnoli defeated Dax Harwood. They shook hands after.
After the taping, Claudio took the mic and thanked the audience for staying so late. He wanted to thank everyone for staying to watch their match. Claudio said the ROH title means the world to him and this is what he lives for and why he left his family and friends to compete against someone who loves professional wrestling just as much or more than Claudio. He said he knows the fans love Dax more, so he wants to give him the final word. Tony Khan entered the ring. Dax said he came to Buffalo and he thanked the fans for loving professional wrestling. He said wrestling lives, breathes and sleeps in AEW. He said he was proud to be part of this company. He said everyone saw his beautiful daughter Sunday and his wife, who didn't want to be on camera. They are the reason he gets up every morning and busts his ass every day. That's no different than everyone else who has to get up tomorrow and go to their jobs. What he gets to is that the fans aren't any different from him. He works his hands to the bone to provide for his family, but they don't get a chance to thank the people who make it possible, but he does. He said that he loves the fans from every deep down piece of himself. He thanked Buffalo for letting everyone do what they do and introduced Tony Khan.
Khan said he's been waiting to bring AEW to Buffalo and wanted to make it as special as possible. He came out to personally thank everyone. He thanked Dax Harwood. He thanked Harwood for the beautiful moment with his daughter this past weeknd and closed the show asking for Harwood's music to be played.
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