AEW - Rampage - June_28th_2024 (6/28/2024)
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00:00Orange Cassidy!
00:30Tomorrow night a collision against Haston Eagles of Sabres group TMDK.
00:34Tony, in a town where just blocks away Victor Rivera and Pedro Morales,
00:39chased away foes like Ivan Koloff, Crazy Luke Graham and Bo Ramos,
00:43and violence from the Wild Samoans and Moondogs ruled the valley.
00:47Cassidy has taken this two-on-one match and his tag team bout tomorrow
00:52to prepare for the attack from all angles strategy of Zack Sabre Jr.
00:58I really, I agree because as you mentioned Ian,
01:01the match against Zack Sabre Jr. is about 48 hours away.
01:05Of course, it's this Sunday.
01:08On pay-per-view, it's forbidden door.
01:11Zack Sabre Jr. and Orange Cassidy will go at it.
01:14Should be a classic match-up. Let's see what Orange can do with two men here.
01:17Well, I think this is a great test for Orange Cassidy
01:20because wrestling Zack Sabre Jr., he is so good.
01:23It's like wrestling two men at once.
01:27He can put you in a submission and then another submission.
01:31Sabre, of course, has that style. You're right, Nigel,
01:34where if it's submissions held in for more than three seconds,
01:37he will transition to something different.
01:39He feels like he needs to keep moving, which maybe, Tony,
01:41maybe that's the only explanation why Orange might want to face two men here.
01:44Absolutely. That's a good call. And right now, Orange.
01:47There's some great technique from Cassidy.
01:52Spins out Truth Magnum.
01:55Here comes the big man.
01:58Terrible fade. Yeah, looks like a young Jesse Ventura.
02:02That's quite a compliment this man's put together.
02:05The Outrunners have been a very successful tag team.
02:08They have.
02:11Look at Orange Cassidy. He's got some fans here.
02:14Orange Cassidy, certainly.
02:17Maybe after throwing out that first pitch there.
02:21I don't want to get in the way from you, Ian. I saw you.
02:24The striations there. I thought you coached baseball.
02:27I do, and I played in college. I saw your pitch.
02:30It was a strike. Straight down the plate.
02:33Stevie Ronda could have hit that for a home run.
02:36Yeah, he could have tied it with a calendar.
02:39Look at that, reversing Orange Cassidy here, Hammerline.
02:43Boy, Orange Cassidy sheds wrestling prowess here, guys.
02:46Look at this.
02:48Two-time international champion, over 470 days with that title.
02:53Really defined, really strength of schedule in terms of champion.
02:57Oh, wow.
03:00Just an odd way to prepare, right?
03:03For 48 hours, less than 48 hours away, Zack Sabre Jr.
03:06I mean, but it's Orange Cassidy, right?
03:09He's not really doing much.
03:12He's different, and right now he's lounging.
03:16He lured Turbo in.
03:19And there's a tag made to Anstruth Magnum.
03:22No one home.
03:24Orange Cassidy rolls out of the way again.
03:26Now double-team here from the out.
03:29If at first you don't succeed,
03:32try about four or five times.
03:35Orange Cassidy just so elusive in this match,
03:37which is one of his trademarks.
03:40And there's his most known trademark.
03:44And even we have heard from Zack Sabre Jr. who has said,
03:47look at this,
03:49that he takes exception to Orange Cassidy
03:52putting the hands in the pockets.
03:55Why, I don't know.
03:57It's an affront to technical wrestling.
03:59This is a contest.
04:01It's an affront.
04:03Oh, goodness, that was in the front of the chest.
04:06Turbo throwing.
04:08And now a knife edge chop that time to Orange Cassidy.
04:11Oh, Magnum lights one in.
04:13He is just, there is nobody like Orange Cassidy.
04:16No one.
04:18He's got the outrunners fighting themselves.
04:23Oh, can't hit Bryce.
04:27I don't know why not.
04:31Oh!
04:33You know, I missed that.
04:35Since Trent, oh, wait a minute, hold on, let's hold that thought.
04:37Oh, God.
04:39Hey, best friends dissolved, I agree.
04:42Cover one, two.
04:44And a two-count, Orange Cassidy gets out on it.
04:46Opening match here on this Forbidden Door weekend.
04:51Tag made here.
04:52Turbo Floyd in.
04:54And what a card that's going to be.
04:55I mean, from the top down,
04:57Swerve Strickland,
04:59Will Ospreay.
05:01And a tag made there,
05:03Jon Moxley, Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
05:07Forbidden Door in its third year has been one of the more respected
05:10and one of the more anticipated pay-per-views in the wrestling world.
05:15And we're very, very proud to bring it to you from the UBS Arena
05:18coming up this Sunday.
05:20Wow.
05:23And Orange Cassidy looking in trouble here.
05:25A two.
05:26Talking about Forbidden Door,
05:27you have to wonder how Bridget Bryan will do
05:30when he faces off against Shingo.
05:32We went through this this summer, last summer, Nigel.
05:35And Bryan Danielson holding up just fine.
05:37Cover here.
05:38One, two.
05:39Holding up just fine.
05:40Certainly.
05:41I mean, we saw what happened.
05:42Notwithstanding what happened.
05:43Looks like a senior citizen walking around backstage.
05:46Would you please stop it?
05:47You knew it.
05:48Listen, that match.
05:49You're messing with the outrider.
05:51Looks like the Orange Cassidy's had enough of this, guys.
05:54Back to his feet here.
05:56He's had some fun,
05:57but right now he's got his jaw set.
05:59Look at him shaking his head.
06:02And absorbs another one.
06:06Here he comes.
06:09He's ready for Zack Sabre, Jr.
06:12Less than 48 hours.
06:13Look at this.
06:14Hammering away.
06:15Offensive point in now behind Bryce's back.
06:19Got the knee in.
06:22Bryce has one in, one out.
06:24And now moving out of the way.
06:26Oh, see.
06:27He got caught in the jaw.
06:29He got caught in the jaw.
06:30He got caught in the jaw.
06:32He's in trouble.
06:33This is disaster for Orange Cassidy.
06:37Oh, no.
06:38Again, the very elusive Orange Cassidy.
06:42Up against the ropes.
06:44Ducks level.
06:45Goes through the ropes.
06:47With a top-aged Lucina.
06:49He's back up on top.
06:51And look at the speed.
06:54Of Orange Cassidy.
06:55The haste to get up to the top.
06:57Here he is.
06:58Crossbody from the top.
07:01And really has absorbed the beating,
07:03but continues to fight the Outrunners here.
07:05Here comes a boom.
07:07A spinny DDT.
07:09And here comes the Orange Punch.
07:11The fans know it.
07:12Boom.
07:13And now Turbo Floyd knows it.
07:16Maybe looking for another one here.
07:18Truth Magnum dazed.
07:20Look out.
07:21He can barely stand.
07:22Boom.
07:23Boom.
07:24A cover.
07:25Out like a light.
07:27The winner of this match, virtually squeezed,
07:30Orange Cassidy.
07:33Cassidy with a huge win.
07:34Testing reflexes and instincts against the Outrunners here tonight.
07:37Tag match tomorrow.
07:38Sabre Jr.
07:39At Forbidden Door Sunday.
07:40But fans, we now go to Renee,
07:42who's standing by with Jericho in the Learning Tree.
07:45All right, guys.
07:46We gotta talk here.
07:47I mean, after what we saw on Dynamite,
07:49Brian Keith obviously out with injury.
07:51Minoru Suzuki said that he's out with you guys.
07:54Forbidden Door is just days away.
07:56What are you guys gonna do?
07:57Renee, if I may, as the Sensei of the Sickos,
08:00Chris Jericho always says,
08:02when all the cards are down,
08:04you just get a new deck.
08:05Ain't that right, Chris?
08:06Uh-huh.
08:07Yeah, see?
08:09You wanna play poker?
08:10You wanna play pinnacle?
08:12You better respect Chris Jericho.
08:14Yes.
08:15Hi, guys.
08:16We got him.
08:17He said yes.
08:19We have a partner for Forbidden Door.
08:21Who did you guys get?
08:22Oh, Renee, you're not a branch yet.
08:24You're gonna have to wait until Saturday on Collision
08:26like everybody else to find out.
08:28But trust me, you're not gonna be let down.
08:30He's a real ring-a-ding-dong dandy.
08:33Thanks, guys!
08:36Jericho quoting the great announcer Ed Whelan
08:38as he searches for a partner,
08:39says he found it might be an odd pairing.
08:41Right now, we've got something of an odd pairing as well.
08:45This tag team ad uses us for a one-ball-a-day
08:4720-minute time limit.
08:49Introducing first and number one,
08:51from Santa Fe, New England,
08:53weighing 198 pounds,
08:55Paul Redding,
08:57Gabe Kidd!
09:00I was there in California
09:01when Gabe Kidd captured that championship on his shoulder.
09:06The New Japan Strong Openweight Championship.
09:09He did so by essentially breaking both legs
09:12of Eddie Kingston,
09:13sending him through a table,
09:15leading me to believe he will do nothing
09:17to stop a victory.
09:20His partner,
09:22the accompanied by the R.O.A. 12 Tag Team Champions,
09:26Mike Bennett and Pat Kidd.
09:28Let's go to Tampa, Florida.
09:30Weighing 203 pounds,
09:32he is representing
09:34the disputed kingdom,
09:36Retreat Strong!
09:39Did you guys notice the stare that Gabe Kidd gave?
09:43Roderick Strong?
09:46I did.
09:47It gave Kidd a part of War Dogs,
09:49Bullet Club War Dogs.
09:51And to me, Nigel,
09:52Bullet Club War Dogs are like the kids
09:54that came to school with the firecrackers,
09:56with the BB guns.
09:57The real troublemakers.
09:59The kids that used to beat you up.
10:00Well, yeah.
10:01And the undisputed kingdom are the jocks.
10:03They're the ones who are scoring the touchdowns,
10:05making the three-pointers,
10:07who kind of strut around the school.
10:09This is an interesting matchup.
10:11Kind of strut around the school.
10:12This is an interesting oil and water combination here.
10:15Yeah, it certainly is an interesting scene.
10:21Contrasting styles to some extent.
10:24Kidd, known for a smash-mouth style.
10:28Loquacious, loves to talk trash.
10:30Roderick Strong lets his action in the ring do the talking.
10:41The opponent to be accompanied by Tresh Anoa.
10:44At a combined weight of 401 pounds,
10:47the captain, Shaan Dean.
10:49The new, impetuous,
10:51karate rubber,
10:53The Infantry.
10:58How about the infantry, Nigel?
11:01The coolest, the flyest,
11:03and the most popular tag team
11:05in Ring of Honor and AEW today.
11:08At least that's what they said about themselves.
11:10That's what they said about themselves.
11:12How pretentious.
11:15And I'll tell you what,
11:16this team made a lot of waves in Ring of Honor,
11:19came off just short of dethroning the Undisputed Kingdom.
11:23Right.
11:24And this is a great test for this team,
11:26who, Nigel, week after week,
11:28puts themselves against the very best.
11:30Yeah, they're certainly willing to compete against anyone.
11:34As Trish Adora, the finesse of the trio,
11:37makes her way to the outside.
11:40All three members of the infantry, military veterans.
11:45And Cody Bravo, a former Marine,
11:47gets it right in the jaw from Gabe Kidd.
11:50It's great to see Gabe Kidd here.
11:52It just signifies what kind of weekend
11:54it's going to be for AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling
11:58together at Forbidden Door.
12:01Of course, we're going to have some athletes from CMLL as well,
12:04from Stardom as well.
12:07What a night.
12:08What an international night it's going to be.
12:10And it's less than 48 hours away, guys.
12:12It's going to be happening.
12:13A tag is made here to Roderick Strong,
12:16who is such a great international champion.
12:18Ooh!
12:19Has the ties to Ring of Honor triple crown champion there.
12:21Oh, God.
12:22Now just both men unloading.
12:23And they have found a mutual love of violence here, Nigel.
12:27Yeah, trying to one-up each other.
12:34Whoa, up and over.
12:35Gabe Kidd, boy, he's quite the trash talker, isn't he?
12:37Yeah.
12:38Wow, big drop kick.
12:39And he was almost kicked out of the New Japan
12:41dojo for that, Tony.
12:42OK, for being a big mouth.
12:43Yeah, before his skill caught up to what he was saying
12:47tag made to Sean Dean.
12:48Well, you know what?
12:49He shows a lot of confidence into the med section.
12:53Ew!
12:54And a face plant that time.
12:55And a cover by Sean Dean.
12:57The Navy captain does not get the win as of yet.
13:03What I like about Sean Dean is he's always moving.
13:06Perpetual motion.
13:08Yeah, very quick, very confident.
13:11And he and Carly believe in each other, man.
13:13They joined at the hip, so to speak.
13:15Here's a big elbow drop.
13:17Nice lateral press.
13:18Oh, and taking no chances is Roger Strong there.
13:22Could take a lot more than that.
13:23An elbow drop to get Roger Strong down.
13:26Wow.
13:27And now a double team.
13:28The knee to the back from Gabe Kidd.
13:29Roger Strong.
13:30Oh, a backbreaker.
13:32Gabe Kidd wipes out Carly Bravo.
13:35And this match continues in picture in picture.
13:48And a tag made there.
13:50And it's Strong and Kidd finding a quick connection.
13:55Looking like they've teamed before.
13:59And Kidd of the ultra-violent Bullet Club War Dogs.
14:02Whoa.
14:03Boy, he has quite a chop there, Nigel.
14:05Holy smokes.
14:07And just a headbutt of his own, man.
14:11Still talking trash.
14:12I love Gabe Kidd.
14:14I've got to be honest.
14:15Wow.
14:16He is creating quite a buzz.
14:18Cover.
14:19One.
14:20And a two-cap that time.
14:23Certainly is, Nigel.
14:24I remember calling some of his.
14:26Ooh.
14:29Some of his earliest bouts in New Japan.
14:31Strong seeing him develop over time.
14:33He's always had this tag made that's like pitbull-like intensity.
14:38But now, as the experience catches up, he's one of the most dangerous men in New Japan.
14:42And a kick to the chest.
14:44There goes Captain Sean Dean trying to reach out to Carly Bravo.
14:48Does not.
14:50Gabe Kidd as he picks him up.
14:52Oh, the captain slips.
14:56Drop kick on the knees that time, I do believe.
14:58A grazing blow from Dean.
15:02Oh, no.
15:11Tag team action continues here on this forbidden door weekend.
15:15Tony, Ian, Nigel with you here on Rampage.
15:19And a kick as he's running around the ring from the former international champion Roderick Strong.
15:24So good, he even does cardio outside the ring during a match.
15:27Oh, please.
15:29You should take a lesson from Roderick Strong, Tony.
15:32Pick up, look at this.
15:34Not just the messiah, the backbreaker.
15:36The gut buster as well, right?
15:38Absolutely.
15:39Loves to work that rib cage.
15:41Really focusing, honing in on.
15:42Oh, God, right back to the chest.
15:44Yeah, really one of the best strikers in the business.
15:47Now, we mentioned earlier that Gabe Kidd and Roderick Strong
15:52apparently weren't seen eye to eye when this match started,
15:55but they seemingly are now.
15:58Working very, very well as a tag team.
16:02They certainly are.
16:03They're doing a great job of keeping the captain out of his corner.
16:06Wait a minute, rolls through, makes the tag.
16:08Here comes Carly Bravo.
16:12And look at this, Bravo.
16:14Trying to take out both men here.
16:18Spinning forearm shot underneath into a cutter.
16:24And look at that.
16:25Well, agile is Carly Bravo, man.
16:28Allentown.
16:31Allentown comes alive.
16:33Carly crossover.
16:37Pick up.
16:39Oh, did you know that Ian was from Allentown?
16:43Oh, a cutter from the outside in.
16:46Hooks the leg.
16:47Two.
16:48Oh.
16:50Tell you what, Allentown believing in the infantry right now
16:54as this established team who's made their mark in ROH
16:58climbing up the ladder in AEW.
17:00Here it comes.
17:01Disrespect.
17:02Beautiful scissor kick.
17:05And it's Bravo to the outside.
17:07Yeah, how about Bravo?
17:1015.
17:11Got a good cover.
17:12No.
17:13Almost won it.
17:15Gabe Kidd almost got pinned.
17:18Gabe Kidd can absolutely take a beating, Tony.
17:21He is not only physical, but he has a cardio reserve tag made
17:26unlike any other.
17:29High pain tolerance.
17:31Oh, looking for a boot kick.
17:34Here it comes.
17:35Oh.
17:37Boy, got to get up early to outsmart Roderick Strong,
17:40I tell you that.
17:42Backdrop drive from Kidd, who looks to follow up now.
17:45Yep.
17:46There comes Carly Bravo, a lot of reserve.
17:50And these jabs, not unlike Larry Holmes.
17:52Oh.
17:54Oh, wow.
17:55Oh.
17:57Oh, no.
17:58There's a pick up.
17:59Oh.
18:00Piledriver plants Bravo.
18:02One, two, three.
18:06And the winners of this match, the team of Gabe Kidd
18:09and Roderick Strong.
18:12Singless picks up the win for Gabe Kidd and Roderick Strong,
18:14a team who's had quick chemistry heading into Forbidden Door Sunday.
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18:27Let's learn more about it.
18:30This is a TNT Championship qualifier match.
18:39Set for one fall with a 20-minute time limit.
18:42Ladies and gentlemen, first, let's go to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
18:46Weighing 196 pounds, El Fantasmo.
18:53TNT Championship qualifying match here tonight on Rampage ELP.
18:56A man fighting through a broken heart,
18:58looking at some hands that qualify for Forbidden Door.
19:00Could be just what the doctor ordered,
19:03as we take it back to Bobby Grooms.
19:04Here's the point, AR Fox.
19:08ELP's been kicked out of Bullet Club by a power-hungry David Finley,
19:11the last man standing at GOD here tonight.
19:13The two high flyers, and he can't look past Fox
19:16as both men look to Sunday.
19:18Well, I'm telling you, you better get your mind straight
19:20against AR Fox, right, Nigel?
19:22Yeah, undoubtedly, AR Fox,
19:24tenured veteran of the squared circle,
19:28and can still pull out some very, very impressive high-flying maneuvers.
19:34AR Fox back wrestling in AEW, really, for the first time in many, many months.
19:39We saw him on Wednesday or a couple of weeks ago,
19:42and here is a fist bump, and here we go.
19:45It's going to be interesting to see what kind of style ELP will take.
19:48Formerly in the junior heavyweight division in New Japan,
19:50he won the Super J-Cup twice.
19:53One of the few men to do that.
19:55Sunday into Fox in, Fox shoulder tackle,
19:59and over the top, great leapfrog that time.
20:03Both men very, very agile, as you can see, and quick!
20:06Wow!
20:08And Nigel looks like ELP going back to that junior heavyweight playbook,
20:11even though he's in the next weight class in New Japan now,
20:13the heavyweight division.
20:14Yeah, when you've had that experience, though, it's almost reflex.
20:20And an open hand!
20:23Saw that coming.
20:25He didn't hide it at all. He blocks AR Fox.
20:32There we go. Canadian, way up top.
20:37ELP with a hula-kanrata from the top!
20:41And the fans appreciate his agility.
20:43You're down with ELP.
20:45Yeah, you know me.
20:46That's actually talking to Tony.
20:48Oh, whoops.
20:49Up and over. Hope Sarah's not listening.
20:51Oh, goodness.
20:52And there is a shoulder to the midsection there.
20:55Up and over. Oh, look at this. Fox so quick!
20:58Wow, and that collides with ELP.
21:01There it is!
21:02Wow!
21:04Top rope, call it a roll that time
21:06by the very agile and athletic AR Fox.
21:12Almost as high as the PPL building,
21:14just a block away here from the PPL center.
21:17It's AR Fox going way up top.
21:19Here we go.
21:21And beautiful swan dive!
21:25One, two, no!
21:27AR Fox almost came out,
21:29which would be a big win on this Forbidden Door weekend.
21:33What prevailed Fox into the sixth and final spot,
21:35Tony, in the TNT title ladder match.
21:36But before we get there,
21:37collision tomorrow night.
21:38Huge tag team bout, you see it there.
21:40We'll also see CMLL's alchemist,
21:42Etisero, he'll be in the house.
21:44He's been on fire as of late.
21:46Strong openweight women's champion,
21:47Stephanie Vaccaro, has her last bout
21:49of her title for title match on Sunday
21:51with Mercedes Manet.
21:52She faces Lady Frost.
21:53The battle for Buffalo.
21:54Sees Daniel Garcia take on the Buncher.
21:58First round of the 0-1 on the female side,
22:00the virtuosa Diana Perrazzo,
22:02as she takes on three-time
22:03AEW women's world champion, Nicaru Shida.
22:06Serena Deeb will be in the house
22:08on collision tomorrow night in Buffalo.
22:11And we will see.
22:12Challenger and champion,
22:13the official weigh-in ahead of Forbidden Door's main event
22:15tomorrow night.
22:16Tomorrow night, Swerve Strickland,
22:17Will Ospreay will be in the house in Buffalo.
22:20Manhattan drop that time.
22:23Oh, ducks down.
22:25And...
22:26Oh!
22:27Atomic drop that time.
22:29And Russian leg sweep.
22:31And a...
22:32Oh, maybe a cover.
22:33He's not done here.
22:34Stringing some moves together, though.
22:36Pretty seamless.
22:38Oh, comes across.
22:39Looked like an elbow.
22:40Maybe a forearm.
22:42I like Bret Hart.
22:46Good call.
22:49He certainly seems to have taken inspiration
22:51from some other superstars.
22:53Yep.
22:54Oh!
22:55To the midsection.
22:56A.R. Fox had ducked it.
22:59Finds it in front of his own.
23:02And E.L.P., look at this, up and over.
23:04This match picking up pace here.
23:06E.L.P. comes off.
23:07Wow.
23:09Lance Fox.
23:10Tumbles through.
23:11Oh!
23:12The moonsault from the middle rope.
23:14One.
23:15Two.
23:16No!
23:18Match continues.
23:19What an athletic contest.
23:21Certainly has been.
23:22It's been back and forth.
23:26E.L.P.
23:27Been in this job almost as long as A.R. Fox.
23:29Hold on, cover.
23:30Oh!
23:31A.R. Fox.
23:32No.
23:33E.L.P.
23:34One.
23:35Two.
23:36What a counter by E.L.P. that time.
23:37Wow, and pops up.
23:38A.R. Fox.
23:39Oh!
23:40God.
23:41Little matrix move followed by an enziguri.
23:42And...
23:43Twisting suplex there.
23:45Here we go.
23:46Fox on top.
23:47Wow.
23:48Look at Nigel.
23:49He bounces right up on the top turnbuckle pad.
23:51450!
23:52He caught it.
23:53One.
23:54Two.
23:55No!
23:57Oh, Fox was counting right along with the referee.
23:59And maybe it was a mistake.
24:01He was overconfident.
24:02And Nigel once again.
24:04A lot of talk.
24:05A lot of added momentum with the 450 splash.
24:08And yet, to your point, maybe should have used that arm to hook another leg rather than the ground.
24:13And count the pinfall.
24:14Absolutely.
24:15A.R. Fox feeling very good about himself right now.
24:19Couple of forearm shots.
24:22E.L.P. almost left helpless here.
24:23Fox can pull a lot of things out of his arsenal.
24:26Yeah, he turned around.
24:27Oh!
24:31Fox was decimated on that one.
24:34The headbanger.
24:36Getting Allentown going.
24:38Whoa!
24:39Boom!
24:44E.L.P. is not done.
24:47Underhook.
24:49Whoa!
24:51Plants him face first.
24:52One.
24:53Two.
24:54Three.
24:55He's melting.
24:57El Fantasmo!
25:01What a win for the headbanger.
25:02Bouncing back here.
25:04E.L.P. joins Dante Martin.
25:05All-American Champion Mark Briscoe.
25:06Kanowski.
25:07Takeshita.
25:08Skipko.
25:09Jack Perry.
25:10Leo Rush.
25:11In the TNT Championship Ladder Match for Mimdor this Sunday.
25:12We now go to Lexi Nair standing by with Diana Perrazzo.
25:16Diana Perrazzo, tomorrow night on Collision,
25:18you are in the opening match of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament
25:21against Hikaru Shida.
25:23Wow, Lexi, wow.
25:25I thought you would have asked me,
25:26how did it feel to make Thunder Rosa pass out two weeks ago
25:31in my No Disqualification match?
25:33But I guess we only rely on past accomplishments here, huh?
25:38Some people are so far behind in the race,
25:41they actually think they're leading.
25:44Shida, you've done a lot here in AEW.
25:47But what have you done lately?
25:49Have you beat Thunder Rosa twice in a row?
25:53Have you won 12 of your last 14 matches?
25:57Or were you sitting at home with your stick in your hand,
25:59watching me do that?
26:03The Owen Hart Foundation Tournament is not for part-timers, Lexi.
26:08It was made for the virtuosa.
26:12And, Shida, you couldn't hold that cup up with a broken arm anyway.
26:19Wow, don't need to know sign language to know what that means.
26:22What have you done for me lately?
26:24Diana, Shida, tomorrow night on Collision.
26:26Now, a matchup of two former world champs.
26:29The stage is set for one fall,
26:31a 20-minute time limit.
26:33Let's go to Rochester, New York.
26:36Weighing 283 pounds,
26:39Dalton Castle!
26:47Well, it's an entrance unlike any other.
26:50When's it going to happen?
26:52When's it going to happen for little old Dalton Castle?
26:56Right here, Congressman.
26:58And a former world champion, former ring of honor world champion.
27:03He's a man who's pressure-tested, Tony.
27:06He won that championship at ring of honor's biggest event,
27:09final battle, a few years ago.
27:11Tiny Dalton Castle, now you can buy it at the store.
27:14And yet, the boy is literally eating out of his hands.
27:17Dalton Castle with a huge chest in front of him
27:19against the man who will meet the American Dragon
27:21in the first round of the Owen Hart Foundation Cup
27:24on Sunday at Forbidden Door.
27:26It was last week here at Rampage,
27:27Brian Davidson offering the hand.
27:29It was last week here at Rampage,
27:31Brian Davidson offering the hand to Shingo.
27:34A sign of sportsmanship ahead of the Dragon vs. Dragon
27:37first round bout on Wednesday.
27:39Moxley, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
27:42using the chair against Takahashi Naito.
27:45His opponent at Forbidden Door makes his way to the ramp.
27:48It was a Pier 6 brawl, a preview of what we'll see Sunday.
27:51Shingo took the opportunity to lay the hammer elbows in to Yuta.
27:56Fire in the eyes of the two Dragons
27:57that will meet this Sunday at Forbidden Door.
28:00Alright, back we go to Bobby Crews.
28:05His opponent, from Yamabashi, Japan,
28:09weighing 220 pounds,
28:12Shingo Takagi.
28:17No more joking, this is the man who will face
28:22crying Brian Danielson
28:24in the first round of this year's Owen Hart Tournament.
28:28We saw the brackets this past week.
28:33And that, of course, first round match will be part
28:36of Forbidden Door coming up on Sunday.
28:41The boys in disapproval,
28:43but the fans here in Allentown getting an extra special treat.
28:46This is former world champion vs. former world champion
28:50of two of the most prestigious wrestling companies in the world.
28:54Nigel, you don't get a match like this every day.
28:56No, indeed.
28:58The epitome of what you will see at Forbidden Door.
29:01The best in the world,
29:03the various places in the world going at it
29:06in the center of the ring.
29:08But this, to my point,
29:10is what Riddle Brian will have to face.
29:12Let's be clear about this.
29:14This is Brian Danielson's last opportunity
29:17after three years in AEW.
29:19Brian has yet to win a title.
29:23He celebrated his 43rd birthday recently.
29:26And for comparison,
29:28by 40, Napoleon had commanded the French army
29:31to take over most of Europe.
29:33By 30, Mozart had become one of the most famous
29:36and successful composers in the world.
29:39Best wrestler in the world.
29:41He's barely the best wrestler in his hometown.
29:43Okay, so any more of your meaningless stats?
29:46Yeah, LeBron James was 18 when he was an NBA All-Star,
29:48but that doesn't mean somebody can't make the All-Star team
29:50in the 35.
29:52All I'm saying is if Yukon Eric was alive today,
29:54he would give Brian Danielson a run for his money.
29:57Wow. Oh, look at that now.
29:59Carnival tie-up here.
30:00It's going to be interesting.
30:02Both men derive a lot of strength from their hips,
30:04from those strong hamstrings and quads.
30:06And you've got to stay away from the chops
30:10and the striking ability of Shingo.
30:14And a shoulder tackle as well.
30:16And Brian Danielson is going to have to stay away
30:19from the power moves of Shingo Takagi.
30:23That point of the elbow, so deliberate, so precise, Takagi.
30:29Let's call it as we see it.
30:32Shingo could go on to win the Owen Hart,
30:35could go on to become AEW World Champion
30:39if he makes it to Wembley Stadium.
30:41And that's certainly in the realm of possibilities.
30:43Former IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
30:45A championship that, oh, in various forms,
30:48Okada has held, Tanahashi has held the top,
30:51in the top of the sport, including Jon Moxley,
30:54who will be defending the current lineage
30:56against Tetsuya Naito.
30:58Whoa!
30:59Well done by Dalton Castle.
31:03Look at the face of Dalton Castle.
31:06Man, we're talking about three or four minutes
31:08into the match, and he is firing.
31:11Oh, nice!
31:13And cover one.
31:15And he got a one count that time.
31:17Dalton Castle, a great amateur wrestler,
31:19was an international beach wrestling champion
31:22and was an alternate on the U.S. international team.
31:27I don't imagine a beach would put up much of a fight.
31:29Well, he wrestled other men on the beach, Nigel.
31:32Oh, okay.
31:33International beach wrestling champion.
31:35Absolutely.
31:36Absolutely.
31:37All right.
31:46You have to take him at advantage.
31:48Life's a beach for Shingo right now.
31:54Ooh.
31:56And Shingo here was one of the strongest,
32:02one of the toughest men who made the jump.
32:05He's been making the jump from junior heavyweight
32:07to heavyweight and has never looked back.
32:09He's become even more dangerous after putting on size.
32:12Nigel, more deliberate, more focused.
32:15And pinpoint accuracy on that snake eyes on the apron.
32:18Takagi has faced Danielson a number of years ago
32:23for the formation of AEW,
32:25and that was an incredible matchup with both men
32:29leaving it all in the center of the ring.
32:33And Shingo has only gotten better since that time.
32:35Frustrated here.
32:36Yeah, he really is.
32:38And understandably so.
32:39I mean, right now, Takagi is just dominant in this match.
32:44Neck bites applied.
32:47If I'm wrong, Dalton Castle has suffered
32:50a number of back injuries in his career.
32:52In fact, the reason why his reign as
32:54Ring of Honor world champion was cut out
32:56was because of his back.
32:57Absolutely.
32:58He won the championship with a broken back.
33:00It was discovered during his reign,
33:02was defending it against New Japan Superstar.
33:08This one-on-one matchup coming to you
33:10on Forbidden Door weekend.
33:12Shingo Takagi, who faces Bryan Danielson,
33:15will face Pooh.
33:17He'll face Bryan Danielson coming up on Sunday.
33:2048 hours away in the opening round
33:23of the Owen Hart Tournament,
33:25as Pooh has part, of course, of Forbidden Door.
33:30And right now, he is just ruling
33:34the reach in the ring.
33:37Shingo has been manhandling his former
33:40Ring of Honor world champion.
33:43And this is what is in store for Bryan Danielson
33:47coming from Forbidden Door.
33:49How about that?
33:50That time, Dalton Castle just flopped down.
33:53I don't know if it was out of desperation or what.
33:55It was the elbows.
33:56The elbows from Takagi.
33:58So devastating.
34:00Almost knocked out Dalton Castle.
34:03Certainly, I could knock out.
34:05Here it comes!
34:08Castle trying to find an opening here
34:10against the man who defeated Kazuchika Okada
34:12to win the IWGP Heavyweight title
34:14at Dominion three years ago, almost to the day.
34:17And here comes Dalton Castle back.
34:23Takagi back up to his feet.
34:25Castle's got him.
34:27Low center of gravity there for Takagi there, Tony.
34:30Spinning attempt at a lary at the top.
34:33Both men saying things.
34:36Takagi, oh man, he just absorbed that elbow.
34:40Drooping down, but so tough already moving
34:43that continuous motion.
34:45Trying to find the ropes.
34:46Great ring awareness by Takagi there.
34:48What do you think Bryan Danielson's
34:49going to learn from this match
34:50going into Forbidden Door, Nigel?
34:53He's going to learn that they should probably
34:55just give up before this starts.
34:57Face planted.
34:58They don't want to!
35:00And a two-counter.
35:02Give up.
35:03You know better than that.
35:04Why do they even ask that question?
35:06What the hell's wrong with me?
35:07There's no question in my mind
35:09that Shingo Takagi is going to derail
35:11the plans of Clam Digger Danielson
35:14and stop him getting to Wembley.
35:17At least if my prayers come true.
35:19Yeah, Bryan Danielson is...
35:20Oh, wait a minute.
35:21Castle in with a bang around here.
35:23No counter.
35:24Not at all.
35:25The leverage.
35:27Oh, God!
35:28On the knees!
35:29If that happens to Bryan Danielson,
35:32the Clam Digger will not be going to Wembley.
35:35And Duncan Castle just rolling out of the ring
35:38or rolling to the corner on that one.
35:40And this is why Shingo's so dangerous.
35:42That gory bomb.
35:43One of many ways he can finish off an opponent,
35:46but he's loading up with a pumping bomber.
35:49Oh, God!
35:50In the corner.
35:51That caught Duncan Castle.
35:52Duncan Castle.
35:55Wow!
35:56Oh, DDT!
35:59Shingo, one of the great strikers
36:01that we have seen in any promotion.
36:07I'm telling you, Bryan Danielson,
36:09I don't know.
36:10I don't want to agree.
36:11Look at this.
36:14I don't want to agree with Nigel,
36:15but Bryan Danielson may be in some big trouble.
36:20Hilarious!
36:21Well, great Bryan Danielson's neck.
36:24Oh, for crying out loud.
36:26Pumping bomber there.
36:28Here he goes.
36:29Uh-oh.
36:31Hooks the leg.
36:32Oh!
36:33One, two, three.
36:38The winner of this match,
36:39Shingo Takagi!
36:42L.I.J., Shingo Takagi picks up a hard-fought win
36:45with Made in Japan
36:46against a fellow former world champ,
36:48Duncan Castle.
36:49Shingo's attention now turns to this Sunday.
36:51Dragon versus Dragon at Vermindor.
36:53First round of the Owen Hart Memorial Cup.
36:55Fans, I'm getting warm right now.
36:56Soraya and Harley are buzzing backstage.
36:58Can we get a camera back there?
37:00The only reason that I lost out there
37:02is because I wasn't by myself.
37:03And I am so sorry, Harley,
37:05but it's true.
37:06Mariah can't beat me.
37:07Tony can't beat me.
37:09And if Mina ever had the privilege
37:10of being in a match with me,
37:12she would lose too
37:13because they're all a bunch of losers.
37:15Yeah, and you know what?
37:16Opening round of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament
37:18at zero hour,
37:19the real forbidden door
37:20is the fact that you get to face
37:22this unproblematic icon.
37:25That's right, and she wants to be the Brit.
37:27It go so bad that, babe,
37:29that seat is taken.
37:31Yeah, I have a cup,
37:32I have a title,
37:33and I have a country
37:34that's waiting for me to come home.
37:36That's right.
37:37She'll pack it!
37:38Ah, with that said,
37:39let's have a toast
37:40to the woman of Wembley,
37:43to the all-star of All In,
37:46to the smitten of Britain.
37:48I love that so much.
37:49Thank you, Harley.
37:50You're an angel.
37:51See you Sunday, Slag.
38:13It's time for our main event
38:14here on Rampage,
38:15as we go back to the ring
38:16and Bobby Crews for the announcements.
38:19Your Rampage main event
38:22is set for one fall
38:23or TV time remaining.
38:25Approaching the ring,
38:26let's get up Chicago, Illinois.
38:29Sky Blue!
38:33Change of personality, check.
38:36Attitude, check.
38:39Alignment with Julia Hart, check.
38:42Work cut out for in this match,
38:44check.
38:45Good to have you with us,
38:46Tony, Ian, and Nigel here
38:48on this Friday night on TNT
38:52here on Rampage.
38:57With that in mind,
38:58here's Bobby Crews one more time.
39:01Reporting,
39:02wrestling out of Guinea, West Africa,
39:05Queen Aminata!
39:12Queen Aminata,
39:13you can just see
39:14her growing in confidence
39:16each and every week.
39:19A finalist in the Ring of Honor
39:21Women's World Television Title Tournament,
39:24as we take a look at
39:25Queen Aminata and Red Velvet
39:28over in Ring of Honor
39:30who have called out
39:31Altina, the ROH Women's World Champion,
39:34currently nursing an injury,
39:36and the World Television Champion,
39:37Billie Starks.
39:40We have Queen Aminata and Red Velvet
39:43very close,
39:44becoming very good friends here
39:46and not only here in AEW
39:48but in Ring of Honor as well.
39:52Certainly impressive win-loss record.
39:56The Queen,
39:57a regal, statuesque competitor of...
40:01Try to get a quick win.
40:03Wow!
40:04There's a roll-up.
40:06That time,
40:07Sky Blue came in hot that time
40:09and one, two!
40:11Queen just moved out of the way
40:12and now, still moving,
40:14Queen Aminata.
40:15Oh!
40:17I'll tell you what,
40:18Aminata, so quick, so smooth.
40:21Let's not forget, though,
40:22Sky Blue,
40:23that Manitoba Massacre match
40:25really brought out the edge
40:26for the TBS title
40:27and against Mercedes Mane,
40:29another great TBS title contention,
40:31title shot there for Sky Blue
40:33in the hunt and contention
40:35in her own right.
40:38There's a pick-up.
40:39Wow!
40:40Rolls through.
40:41One, two!
40:44A stack.
40:45Wow, how about this?
40:46Back and forth these ladies go.
40:49Great matchup here.
40:50Oh!
40:51Wow!
40:52A snap on that suplex from the Queen.
40:53Yeah!
40:56Your subjects like it.
40:59Yeah, her subjects like it.
41:01They won and only,
41:03as she says,
41:05first and again.
41:08Yes, won and only is right.
41:10First West African competitor
41:12in Ring of Honor in AEW.
41:16Front face lock here.
41:17One more time.
41:18One more time, she says,
41:19as you can clearly hear.
41:20No, it's a cradle.
41:21One, two.
41:23Got a two count.
41:25Oh, open hand there.
41:28And look at this.
41:29Oh, that's softer.
41:30Oh!
41:31Sky Blue kicks her on the,
41:32right above the knee
41:33and kicks down the Queen.
41:36And shoots the half,
41:37hooks the leg.
41:38Not a bad strategy for Sky Blue
41:40to take on,
41:41take down rather,
41:42her taller opponent.
41:44You mentioned Mercedes Molina
41:46coming up on Sunday.
41:49Wow!
41:50Mercedes and Stephanie Bakur.
41:52Title versus title.
41:54TBS Championship,
41:55New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong
41:57Women's Championship
41:58Openweight Championship.
41:59Oh!
42:00Wow!
42:01Again.
42:02Precision knees.
42:03And that's going to be
42:04a heck of a contest, Tony.
42:05Stephanie Bakur,
42:07as champion,
42:08calling bouts for New Japan.
42:10If you haven't seen her,
42:11she is must-see television.
42:12Going to be a great test
42:13for both women.
42:14Sky Blue up top.
42:15Watch out.
42:16Turn around.
42:17Sky Blue's going to come up top
42:18with a big crossbody.
42:21Wiping out Queen Aminata.
42:26A banshee streak
42:27from the Chicago native
42:29who has looked very purposeful
42:32from the opening bell tonight.
42:36Fans,
42:37this match will continue
42:38our main event
42:39in picture-in-picture.
42:43Dive into the nearby
42:44Lehigh River.
42:45Sky Blue delivers the forearm
42:46now across the jaw
42:48of Queen Aminata.
42:49She just...
42:51I mean,
42:52the change has been so sudden.
42:55Not only so sudden,
42:57so it's such a stark change
42:58for Sky Blue
42:59from what she was
43:00when she first arrived.
43:02Definitive.
43:03The way she has really, truly
43:05found herself
43:06out of viciousness.
43:08You can see the viciousness
43:09in her face,
43:10the way she approaches that.
43:11Oh!
43:12Walked into the...
43:13The big girl
43:14just slapped her away.
43:16That reach advantage
43:17coming in handy!
43:19Paul Turner,
43:20you can hear the count.
43:21It got up to six.
43:23Queen Aminata
43:24was used to the 20 count in ROH.
43:27Good call.
43:28Absolutely.
43:29Rolls in,
43:30breaks a count.
43:31That roll's just
43:32a little bit different.
43:33Maybe had a second guess
43:34herself there.
43:39Chasing and finding Sky Blue
43:42right in front of the fans.
43:43Here we go.
43:45Whoa!
43:48Man, that was
43:50hard on the top of the sternum.
43:55I'll tell you what,
43:5640 years,
43:57almost to the day
43:58this is the first international
43:59televised broadcast
44:01of wrestling from Allentown.
44:03This is certainly
44:04an evolution
44:05from the days
44:06of trailblazers
44:07like Wendy Richter,
44:08Princess Victoria,
44:10Leilani Kai,
44:11who just down the street
44:12at Ag Hall.
44:15Back into the corner.
44:16Wow!
44:19Hold your horses!
44:23And...
44:24Ooh!
44:25Running knee
44:26caught the head,
44:28but Sky Blue,
44:29not only with
44:30this stark change in attitude,
44:31she is also just
44:34plain mean.
44:35Strong.
44:36Here we go, Cabo.
44:37One,
44:38two.
44:39Oh, now got a one count
44:40that time.
44:41And did not find the mat.
44:43A one count,
44:44and boy,
44:45as you can see,
44:46that knee to the jaw
44:48is still stinging
44:49Queen Amanata.
44:50Yeah, she keeps going back
44:51to it with her hand, Tony,
44:52to see if it's in place
44:53almost.
44:54Oh, goodness.
44:57And that inside of the knee,
45:00where the tendons meet,
45:01driven into the skull.
45:02Ooh, just...
45:03Come on, get her out.
45:04One would certainly think
45:05that a decisive victory
45:07for Sky Blue
45:08against Queen Amanata
45:10might push her up the rankings.
45:12Future title opportunity,
45:13perhaps.
45:14I would think so.
45:15Tony Storm, of course,
45:16on Sunday,
45:17defends the
45:18gold world title
45:19against Mina Sharikawa.
45:21And then, of course,
45:22as we mentioned,
45:23Mercedes Monet.
45:24First of all,
45:25cover.
45:26One, two.
45:27TBS Championship,
45:28New Japan Pro Wrestling
45:29Strong Women's Championship
45:31against Stephanie Bakur.
45:35Love those title
45:36versus title matches.
45:45Wow.
45:47And driving the point
45:48of the boot
45:49directly through the skull.
45:50A lot of momentum there
45:51from Sky Blue.
45:53Oh, Sky Blue,
45:54that wasn't
45:55a smack,
45:56that was a thud.
45:57Nice snapmare there.
45:58Not only just the attitude,
45:59but also the intensity, too,
46:01ramping up for Sky Blue, Tony.
46:03And now driving her down
46:04to a mat here.
46:08And Paul checking in.
46:11Amanata trying to get back
46:12to a vertical base here,
46:13but...
46:15Yeah, Sky just won't
46:16let her up.
46:18Great job.
46:19Great strategy here
46:20by Sky Blue.
46:26You're watching
46:27AEW Rampage here
46:28on TNT,
46:29Tony Ian,
46:30and, of course,
46:31Sir Nigel McGuinness.
46:34That one knocked the taste
46:35out of Sky Blue's mouth.
46:38The double slap.
46:39The long lever
46:40sent Sky Blue down.
46:42Pick up.
46:43Snapmare over.
46:45Here she goes.
46:46The PK.
46:49Turned her inside out.
46:50One, two.
46:51Wow.
46:52Really folded up,
46:53Sky Blue.
46:54With a deep pinfall there.
46:56Absolutely,
46:57but did not get the pin,
46:58Nigel.
47:00Has Sky Blue
47:01ever determined
47:03to continue
47:04to victory here?
47:06Oh, no,
47:07but she's got herself
47:08in the wrong part of town.
47:10Oh!
47:12And that is a move
47:13that almost took the head off
47:14of Billy Starks.
47:15I am.
47:17And does the same there.
47:18Did you see the snap
47:19on that, Nigel?
47:20Absolutely, man.
47:22The shin
47:23of Queen Amanata
47:24right across the jaw
47:25of Sky Blue
47:26who is struggling.
47:29Oh, wait a minute.
47:30Waist lock here.
47:31Oh!
47:32Wow.
47:34A German onto the apron.
47:36Sky Blue hit hard.
47:38That was the face
47:39of Queen Amanata
47:40that grazed the bottom rope
47:41as well.
47:42Yeah, that's a good call.
47:43Good call.
47:45So both ladies are
47:47hurting right now.
47:49Queen Amanata
47:50is a long way away.
47:52You can
47:53actually see
47:54what she's got in store here.
47:57Here she goes.
47:58And you can see
48:00that she took too much time
48:02and Sky Blue moved.
48:04The largest muscle
48:05in the human body.
48:09Unforced error there
48:10by Amanata
48:11as Sky Blue
48:13able to evade
48:14the hip attack.
48:15Amanata into the steel.
48:18Speaking of the steel,
48:20perhaps Sky Blue
48:21looking to use it again.
48:22Oh, no.
48:24Oh!
48:26Sky Blue!
48:27Oh!
48:28Suplex from the steel
48:29step to the floor.
48:33Both women
48:34still hurting
48:35on the outside.
48:38And Queen
48:39spasming on the floor.
48:43Just take a listen to this.
48:47Wow!
48:48The torque,
48:49the fulcrum on the hips,
48:50able to drive
48:51the body of Amanata
48:52through that mat
48:54to
48:55just a thin padding there,
48:57Nigel.
48:58This is an ice rink.
48:59It's used primarily
49:00throughout the year
49:01for the Lehigh Valley
49:02Phantoms hockey team.
49:03Very little give there.
49:06Sky Blue
49:07is certainly now
49:09got a victory
49:10within her grasp.
49:11Oh!
49:12Full Nelson snap that time.
49:13Cover one.
49:15And a two count.
49:17Variation of the skyfall.
49:18She didn't quite
49:19land it
49:20with the precision
49:21she normally does.
49:22Amanata able to
49:23twist those hips.
49:25Sky Blue on her hands
49:26and knees
49:27over to get to her opponent.
49:31Oh, she's going to try.
49:32Yep.
49:33Here it comes.
49:34Looking for Code Blue,
49:35maybe, no.
49:36Oh!
49:37Reginald ahead,
49:38but one,
49:39two,
49:40three!
49:42The winner of this match,
49:43Queen
49:44Amanata!
49:46Wow, the Code Blue
49:47didn't work
49:48but the headbutt
49:49certainly did,
49:50didn't it, gentlemen?
49:52Impressive
49:53headbutt
49:54from Queen Amanata.
49:56Almost hit Sky Blue
49:57on the back of the head.
49:58It's just a
49:59face got in the way.
50:01And a statement win
50:02from the Queen
50:03in the Queen City.
50:05Allentown
50:06is on their feet
50:07as Amanata's
50:08win streak
50:09continues
50:10and it does so
50:11here on Rampage.
50:13Queen Amanata
50:14staring,
50:17wanting to help
50:18Sky Blue up.
50:20Displaying
50:21sportsmanship here.
50:22I like
50:23seeing that.
50:28Embraced
50:29by both ladies.
50:31Oh, no!
50:33And then knocked around!
50:36And in the mouth
50:37driving those fists
50:38through the skull
50:39of Amanata.
50:40Peltzer
50:41pounding the forehead.
50:42Oh, no.
50:44Looking for a
50:45dragon sleeper!
50:46She's got it on!
50:49Red Velvet!
50:51We're about to
50:52stir it up!
50:56Red Velvet
50:57arrives
50:58and Sky Blue
51:00takes off.
51:03Defense.
51:05Don't forget
51:06collision tomorrow night
51:07here on TNT
51:08on this
51:09from Queen Amanata.
51:11Fittin' Door Weekend
51:12is coming up
51:13on Sunday night!
51:15Exclusively on
51:16pay-per-view!
51:18Good night
51:19from Allentown
51:21and Rampage!