AEW Rampage live results: Kings of the Black Throne vs. Premier Athletes
House of Black’s Kings of the Black Throne will be in tag team action as part of tonight’s five-match AEW Rampage lineup.
Malakai Black & Brody King of House of Black will team against Tony Nese & Ari Daivari of Premier Athetes on tonight’s episode.
In a “high-flying four-way,” Rey Fenix, Angelico, Komander & AR Fox will square off.
Top Flight’s Darius Martin & Dante Martin will team with frequent collaborator Action Andretti in a six-man tag team bout against the Shane Taylor Promotions trio of Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo.
Thunder Rosa will go one-on-one with Rachael Ellering on the program.
Roderick Strong will also be in action on the show. Strong is also set for Saturday’s Collision where he takes on Dalton Castle in a number one contender’s match for a shot at the ROH World Championship.
Spoilers for tonight’s taped episode of Rampage are available here.
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Taped in Southaven, Mississippi.
Tony Schiavone & Matt Menard were on commentary.
Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black & Brody King) defeated Tony Nese & Ari Daivari (w/ Mark Sterling & Josh Woods) (9:57)
Nese took an impressively high backdrop from Brody King early on as the Kings just destoryed Nese and Daivari. Woods pulled the top rope down on King while he was running the ropes, causing him to tumble to the floor. Nese the followed him outside with a tope con hilo, and all three members of the Premiere Athletes jumped King on the floor. So that’s how they managed to make this match which should have been a complete squash somewhat competitive going into the break.
After the split-screen break, King dropped Nese with a Boss Man Slam and got the tag to Balack. Black took out Daivari with a step up rana, then hit Nese with a running knee. Black caught Daivari with a moonsault for a near fall. Black caught Nese with a black elbow and Daivari with a spinning kick. King fought with Woods on the floor, which allowed Daivari to break a clipboard over Black’s head. Nese hit a 450 splash on Black for a near fall.
On the floor, King set up Daivari food a crossbody against the ring apron. Sterling got in the way, so King splashed into Sterling and Daivari. Back in the ring, Black dropped Nese with a brainbuster, and while King choked out Daivari on the ring apron, Black hit the spin kick on Nese to get the pinfall.
Roderick Strong (w/ Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) defeated Ben Bishop (1:10)
Bishop is huge. He tossed around the much smaller Strong in the beginning, but Strong chopped him down to size by attacking his knees. Strong gave Bishop the Angle Slam, then hit him with a running knee to get the pinfall.
Tomorrow night, Strong will take on Dalton Castle, and the winner of that match is the #1 Contender for the ROH World Title at Death Before Dishonor.
– A Deonna Purrazzo vignette aired where she drank wine and talked trash.
Rey Fenix defeated AR Fox, Angelico and Komander (9:29 aired)
First pinfall wins.
AR Fox got some shine early, hitting a moonsault on the floor and then rolling into the ring to deliver a brainbuster. Fenix hit Komander with a killer ropewalk punt kick just before the commercial.
After the break, Angelico tried a leg grapevine submission on Fox, but Komader broke that up with a shooting star press. Komader hit Fox with a DDT for a near fall. Komader caught Fenix with a crucifix bomb for a near fall. Fenix hit a springboard spin kick on Komader in the corner. Komader, Fenix and Fox all battled in the turnbuckle. Fox got knocked to the mat. Angelico tried to suplex Komader to the floor, but Fenix kicked him off. Fenix pushed Komader into a moonsault on Angelico, and Fneix came off the top with a frog splash on Fox. Fenix tied up Fox’s arms and got a submission.
– From Dynamite, Chris Jericho broke the walls down with Samoa Joe on a forklift. After the match, Renee Paquette interviewed Jericho, who was unapologetic. Jericho suggests ginger and black pepper for all of Joe’s inflamed muscles, and promised an edition of TV Time on Dynamite next week. Big Bill promised they will “maximize their minutes.”
Thunder Rosa defeated Rachael Ellering (3:28)
Ellering hit a rolling forearm and senton for a near fall. Rosa came back with a dropkick in the corner and a diving dropkick against the ropes. Rosa tried for her finisher, but Ellering backdropped out of it. Rosa tied up Ellering with a cobra clutch/camel clutch to get a submission.
After the match, Purrazzo attacked both Rosa and Ellering, and put Rosa down with a pump kick.
Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo defeated Top Flight & Action Andretti (11:28)
According to his on-screen graphic, Ogogo has an “AEW High 23 straight wins” which surprised me because I could have sworn he hasn’t wrestled since Cody beat him in 2021.
Andretti stunned Taylor with a Pele kick, then took him over the top rope and too the floor with a hurricanrana.
After the split-screen break, Darius Martin took out Taylor with a top rope bulldog. Darius got the tag and hit Moriarty with a flatliner for a near fall. Andretti got the tag and dopkicked Moriarty into a german suplex from Darius. Taylor floored Darius with a lariat, but Dante flew in with a knee strike on Taylor. Moriarty dropped Darius Martin with a flatliner. Andretti hit Taylor with an enziguri meant for Moriarty. Andretti hit Ogogo on the floor with a plancha, then came back in the ring with a springboard clothesline for Moriarty. Andretti escaped a powerbomb and hit Taylor with a dropkick. Taylor came back with an uranage. Taylor then floored Andretti with a forearm and got the pinfall.