AEW Rampage & Dark Elevation spoilers from Charleston, WV

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The following are spoilers from Wednesday’s pre-Dynamite Dark: Elevation taping in addition to the post-Dynamite Rampage taping.

AEW Rampage for Friday, August 19

  • ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli came out with Wheeler Yuta. He gave a shout out to Ricky Steamboat, who was in the front row. He issued an open challenge for next week’s show. Dustin Rhodes came out to accept the challenge.
  • Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland defeated Private Party to retain the AEW World Tag Team titles.
  • The Factory were playing cards backstage when Powerhouse Hobbs arrived, flipping the table. QT Marshall promised that they would take care of Ricky Starks.
  • Hook defeated Zack Clayton to retain the FTW Championship. A promo aired after the match with Angelo Parker and Matt Mernard talking about challenging for the FTW title.
  • Buddy Matthews (with Julia Hart) defeated Serpentico. Miro came out after the match as he and Matthews brawled.
  • Athena defeated Penelope Ford with the eclipse. After the match, Red Velvet and Kiera Hogan attacked Athena and held her as Jade Cargill appeared and destroyed Athena’s ring gear with a sledgehammer. She then came to the ring and attacked Athena with the sledgehammer.
  • Best Friends (Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor, and Orange Cassidy) defeated The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Slim J, and Parker Boudreaux) to advance in the AEW Trios Tag Team title tournament. Sonny Kiss interfered during the match, and Danhausen appeared to curse the Trustbusters. Best Friends won after Cassidy jumped off of Taylor’s and Beretta’s shoulders with a splash on Slim J.

AEW Dark: Elevation for Monday, August 22

  • Anna Jay defeated Nikki Victory with the Queen Slayer.
  • Ruby Soho and Gabby Ortiz defeated Queen Aminata & Nikki Midas. Ortiz won with a fisherman’s driver.
  • Dante Martin defeated Jackson Drake. Martin won with a uranage.
  • Dark Order’s John Silver, Alex Reynolds & 10 defeated RC Dupree, Damone Soravino and Alexander Apollo. Silver got the win after a clothesline from 10.
  • Serena Deeb defeated Megan Myers with the serenity lock.
  • Julia Hart defeated Hailey Shadows with a rings of Saturn.
  • Tony Nese and Josh Woods defeated Logan James & Andre with a double team angle slam into a swinging neckbreaker.
  • Death Triangle (Lucha Brothers & AEW All-Atlantic Champion PAC) defeated Manscout Jake Manning, Dean Alexander & Rosario Grillo after Pentagon pinned ALexander with a package piledriver.
  • Maki Itoh & Emi Sakura defeated Hikaru Shida & Sky Blue. Sakura won the match for their team after pinning Blue with a stormbreaker.