It’s a Freshly Squeezed New Year’s Smash!

Just 24 hours before Worlds End, AEW’s last PPV of the year, is the last Rampage of the year! Will Top Flight prove they’re a better trio than Best Friends?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Ruby Soho w/ Harley Cameron & Saraya VS Marina Shafir w/ Nyla Rose; Ruby wins.
• ROH Pure Championship: Wheeler Yuta VS Matt Sydal; Yuta wins and retains the title.
• Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy & Roppongi Vice VS Top Flight & Action Andretti; Top Flight & Action win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Chris Jericho is here!

The Wizard is still in town after what went down on Dynamite with him, Sammy, the Don Callis Family and more. The fans sing Judas for Jericho as he goes to the ring, and he gets the mic. “HEY HEY! HEY HEY!” The fans echo “HEY~!” and he says well alright. Orlando is hot tonight! Welcome to Rampage! They had a huge night on Dynamite, when Sammy QUIT the Don Callis Family, and of course they had to game up on him, so Jericho came out to help. Then Sting & Darby came out to help them. Which leads to the HUGE 8 Man Tag at Worlds End! For the first time ever, Sting and Jericho team up!

The reason: After Jericho and Sting had No Holds Barred with Sammy and Darby, Sting called Jericho and said even though Sting doesn’t like Jericho, he respects Jericho. If Jericho ever needed anything, Sting would be there for him. And Sting is a man of his word, so he had Jericho’s back. Jericho has a lot of respect for Sting, too. But before going to Worlds End, Jericho wants to figure out a few things with Sammy. So if Sammy is here, Jericho wants to talk things out here in the ring tonight. Here comes Sammy! Fans cheer as the Spanish God makes his way to the ring, a mic of his own in hand.

Fans cheer for Sammy and Jericho says they love Sammy here in Orlando! And Jericho’s always been a fan of Sammy’s, a supporter of Sammy’s. A few months ago, they had a great match in Arthur Ashe Stadium. But instead of celebrating it, Sammy turned his back on Jericho to join the Don Callis Family. Jericho wants to ask him man to man, face to face, “Why?” Fans echo “Why? Why? Why?” Sammy tells Jericho that it is hard being in Jericho’s shadow. Jericho is the EIGHT-TIME World Champion. Name any accolade out there, Jericho’s done it all. Fans cheer that.

So maybe somewhere along the way, Sammy blamed Jericho for why Sammy wasn’t where he wanted to be. Sammy felt he needed more, to get more, and Jericho was holding him back, when in reality, Sammy held himself back. Sammy needs to stop blaming others and look inward. It’s time to bust his ass and become the man that he knows he is. They had the baby, Sammy was out with concussion, so he’s just had months to watch, think, and reflect. Now Sammy knows he IS that man that he should’ve been, and the good friend Jericho was to him. So all Sammy can offer is an apology. Fans cheer that!

Fans want these two to “Hug It Out!” Jericho accepts the apology, and wants to say all that back. He is also sorry, and here’s why. Jericho knows sometimes he can be controlling, maybe tried to push Sammy in a certain direction. But he is still Sammy’s fan. He brought Sammy to AEW, into the Inner Circle, into the Jericho Appreciation Society, and why he has Sammy here now. Jericho knows Callis can be a manipulative SOB, that Callis likes to leech off of you guys who doubt themselves. That’s not Sammy. Jericho has always believed in Sammy and he always will.

So Jericho wants to ask Sammy this. They have the 8 Man Tag at Worlds End. But after that, Jericho still has the title shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships. He needs a partner. So Jericho wants to ask Sammy, will Sammy reunite with Jericho and truly be Le Sex Gods? Fans cheer that! “YES! YES! YES!” Sammy HUGS Jericho! The fans fire up! Le Sex Gods are back, baby! Sammy does his spin and they pose together! Will they get to pose with those tag titles in the New Year? Or will Starks, Morrissey, Hobbs & Takeshita look to end things at Worlds End?

Backstage interview with Daniel Garcia & Matthew Menard.

Renee Paquette is with Red Death & Daddy Magic, and brings up the huge win in the Continental Classic’s last round. We all know it was a bumpy road for Garcia along the way, but- Menard interrupts and says yeah, it was bumpy. But that’s not the whole story, now is it? Biggest win of Daniel Garcia’s career, right? That’s what happened last Saturday on Collision, we can all agree to that. Taking a win away from the House of Black! But Menard isn’t sure what it is about Brody King, “you big dumb bastard,” but King couldn’t stand it! Menard had to watch ringside as his “son” gets blows rained upon him! What is going on!?

Garcia calms Menard, and tells House of Black that he is absolutely sick of people like them coming in and thinking they can just walk all over people like him and Menard. No more. They’re gonna fight back. Maybe not tonight, tomorrow or next week, but they get the lick back, and that’s a promise. When and where will the former JAS tear down the House?

Ruby Soho w/ Harley Cameron & Saraya VS Marina Shafir w/ Nyla Rose!

The Runaway doesn’t get why the former QTV correspondent gone completely batty is with The Outcasts, but Saraya promises this will work out for the better. Then will Ruby rebound from her previous losses to head for gold in 2024? Or will she have too much of a Problem on her hands?

The bell rings and the two circle. Fans rally for Ruby as she ties up with marina, but Marina SHOVES her down! Ruby gets up, shakes that off, and goes again. They tie up, Marina powers Ruby to a corner, but the ref counts. Marina lets off, then Ruby comes back for more! Ruby pulls hair, Marina turns it around but Ruby dodges,. Marina dodges, Ruby dodges, and then Ruby throws Marina by her hair! The ref reprimands but Ruby does a very Angelo Parker hair slick and flick. But Marina storms right upon Ruby! Ruby bails out, but then Nyla is there! Ruby rushes back in, but Marina sweeps the legs!

Marina KICKS Ruby in the back, KICKS her in the front, then looms over her. Saraya makes noise, Harley takes a swipe, but Ruby CHOPS Marina on the back! STO! Marina bails out, the ref sees the Outcasts up to no good, and Nyla storms over. Saraya & Harley back off, and Rampage goes picture in picture.

Marina stands up, slides in, but Ruby boots her right to the apron! Ruby stomps Marina to the floor, then goes out to bring her up. Ruby ROCKS Marina, stands on her, and the ref counts. Ruby steps away at 4, Marina rolls into the ring, and Ruby pursues. Marina fires body shots, then SAYANAGIS! Marina then clinches, but Ruby claws Marina’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Ruby throws Marina by her hair again! Ruby scoops Marina, SLAMS her, then pushes her to a cover. TWO, but Ruby keeps her cool. Ruby drags Marina back up, whips her to a corner, then runs up to whip corner to corner hard! Marina staggers and Ruby storms up.

Rampage returns to single picture as Ruby whips again, but Marina comes back to CLOBBER her! Marina KICKS Ruby down, blocks a body shot and has a cording hold. Marina scoops to a BACKBREAKER! Then a SAYANAGI! Marina clamps onto Ruby with a COBRA CLUTCH! Ruby endures, fans rally and duel, but Marina lets off to run and basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Saraya is on the apron, the ref tells her to get down, but Nyla brings Saraya down! And choke grips! But Harley jumps on, CLUBS away, but Nyla isn’t even bothered! Nyla TOSSES Harley down then chases Saraya into the crowd!

Fans fire up, Marina says bye, Saraya. But Ruby gets her for NO FUTURE! Cover, TWO!! Marina survives and Ruby seethes. Ruby goes to the corner, climbs up, and DIVING- NO, Marina avoids the stomps! Marina knees low, clinches and POWERSLAMS! Then a clinch, SMOTHERING SLEEPER! But Harley gets on the apron now! She eggs Marina on, so Marina DECKS her! But Ruby rolls Marina up! RUBY WINS!

Winner: Ruby Soho, by pinfall

Well what do you know? Saraya recruiting Harley to the cause worked out! Will Harley’s “crazy like a fox” style help Ruby get after some gold?

The Don Callis Family and the Absolute Tag Champions speak.

Don Callis himself stands with “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs, “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita, ROH World Television Champion Kyle Fletcher, and the AEW World Tag Team Champions, Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey. Callis tells Jericho, Sammy, Sting & Darby that their world ends AT Worlds End, and he can’t wait! Tell ’em, Takeshita! Takeshita goes off in Japanese that they are all as good as dead against them! Bill adds, “Well said.” Hobbs says just look at this team! Tomorrow night, Jericho’s team finds out why Hobbs is #BigBlack&Jacked. Kyle says hell yeah! On PPV, the Don Callis Family proves they are the top of the food chain! As well as their new friends, of course.

Bill says tomorrow night, in HIS backyard, in front of HIS friends and family, including Uncle Joe, these four whoop all four of Team Jericho’s asses! And Starks says congrats to Jericho, he found three other idiots to take his side. One of them is Sting, who Starks is no stranger to. So this is a promise to The Icon, his retirement gift will be Sting NOT making it to Revolution after this! Callis finishes by saying tomorrow night, it all comes crumbling down at the hands of the Don Callis Family, Bill & Starks. Get ready, Jericho. A war is coming, who will survive?

Backstage interview with Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale.

Renee is with The Galaxy’s Greatest & The Babe with the Power, as they asked for this time to address Stokely Hathaway spreading rumors. Willow wants to make sure she and Kris are cool given how Stokely is saying Willow’s been taking all the credit for their Street Fight win. If there is one thing Willow cherishes, it is their friendship, partnership, and just Kris in all. Kris is amazing, such a great champion. Willow wants her and Kris, two Long Island natives, to get in on Worlds End. But in comes Stokely and he says that is a great idea.

Quick question, though: What took Willow so long saving her “bestie” on Dynamite? Stokely was sitting out there, it felt like hours! What was Willow doing backstage? Watching reruns of Rugrats? Anyway, how about this? Willow VS Kris, 1v1! Uh, that’s not really what Willow was thinking. But Kris says she likes the idea. Kris also respects Willow as a wrestler and friend, so there’s no one she’d rather have a homecoming moment with than Willow. They shake on it, Stokely smiles, and the match is made for the Zero Hour! Will these two still be friends after having this faceoff?

ROH Pure Championship: Wheeler Yuta VS Matt Sydal!

The Decoder is preparing to challenge Hook for the FTW Championship under FTW Rules, by basically doing the exact opposite…? Pure Rules means limited ropebreaks, limited time and no closed fists, will this be a fitting tune-up to a match with barely any rules at all? Or will the Zen Assassin catch Yuta sleeping this close to Worlds End?

Tonight’s judges are Christopher Daniels, Jimmy Jacobs & Sarah Stock. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if/how Yuta bends the rules this time.

The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings, and we’re on the clock. Sydal and Yuta circle, feel things out, and tie up. They go around, Sydal waistlocks but Yuta wrenches out to wristlock. Sydal wrenches back, wrangles Yuta, but Yuta kips up to slip around and waistlock. Sydal standing switches it, Yuta reaches back to headlock and has the takeover, but Sydal makes that a cover, ONE! Yuta turns that around on Sydal, ONE! Sydal dodges, tilt-o-whirls and rolls Yuta up, with a bridge! TWO!! Yuta gets away and the fans fire up for this opening minute. The two reset, and Yuta CHOPS! Sydal KICKS Yuta down!

Sydal eggs Yuta on, but Yuta trips him! Stack cover, with the ropes! TWO and Sydal has the rana cradle, TWO! Yuta kicks, Sydal gets under and slips around to ROUNDHOUSE! Leg trip, and STANDING MARIPOSA! Fans fire up, Sydal covers, TWO! Yuta is still in this but Sydal storms up on him. Yuta puts Sydal on ropes to then UPPERCUT the rope, jamming Sydal up! Yuta then BOOTS Sydal down! Sydal staggers up, Yuta reels him in, BIG back suplex! Yuta roars and flexes, fans are torn, and Sydal flounders as we pass two minutes. Sydal goes to a corner, and Yuta CHOPS him! Yuta ROCKS Sydal, then snapmares as Rampage goes picture in picture.

Yuta drops a KNEE right on Sydal’s head! Sydal writhes, Yuta pushes him to a cover, TWO! Sydal hangs tough but Yuta looms over him. Yuta drags Sydal up with a facelock, then has the leg, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Yuta wasn’t perfect, but he holds onto the legs to tie them up. Yuta slaps Sydal around, fishhooks him, but lets off as the ref counts. Yuta then pulls Sydal into the BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Sydal endures, fights free and covers, TWO! Yuta hurries up, and he scoops Sydal to SLAM him! Then he SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Sydal hangs tough, Yuta mocks the fans, then clamps onto Sydal with a cravat.

Sydal endures, fights up, and moves around. Yuta snapmares him down, then drops an elbow! Cover, TWO! Sydal flounders to ropes, but Yuta storms up on him. Yuta drags Sydal up, puts him in a corner, and fires forearms. Yuta whips corner to corner but Rampage goes to break.

Rampage returns as Sydal RANAS Yuta, but Yuta DROPKICKS Sydal! Cover, TWO! We’re past six minutes and Yuta is frustrated. No one used a ropebreak during the break, unusual for Yuta. Yuta scoops Sydal, Sydal slips free, and then Sydal dodges to WHEEL KICK! Fans fire up while both men are down. Yuta rises, Sydal follows, and he KICKS! And KICKS! And KICKS! And then KICKS Yuta down! Then JUMP KICKS! And then JUMP KICKS again! Sydal fires up, the fans are with him, and he fakes Yuta out to QUESTION MARK KICK! Then the scoop to AIR RAID CRASH! Cover, TWO! Yuta survives and Sydal can’t believe it!

Sydal hurries to drag Yuta to a drop zone and fans rally. Sydal goes up a corner, but Yuta rises! Yuta rushes over, Sydal jumps over him, keeps moving, but Yuta BOOTS! Sydal ROUNDHOUSES! Yuta ROCKS, Sydal JUMP SOBATS! Yuta REWINDS, shoots around, GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Yuta grows frustrated as we pass eight minutes, one of the longer matches for Yuta in this format. Sydal takes a swing but Yuta catches him for PAIN THRILLER! Cover, TWO! Yuta hammerlocks and chinbars for the modified crossface! Sydal endures, moves around, and fans rally both ways. ROPEBREAK! Sydal’s first!

Yuta lets go, drags Sydal up, and he headlocks, to sneak a closed fist! The ref didn’t see it, but Sydal KICKS then wheelbarrows! Victory roll, TWO!?? Yuta escapes, then ELBOWS Sydal away! Yuta goes up and up and FLYING ARM-DRAG into the SEATBELT, but Sydal slips free! So Yuta HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS!! Sydal is a ragdoll, Yuta shifts, SEATBELT! Yuta wins!!

Winner: Wheeler Yuta, by pinfall (still ROH Pure Champion)

At nine minutes, 33 seconds, with one bending of the rules, Yuta ends this and is rolling into Worlds End! But wait, DANHAUSEN is here! Fans cheer as the Very Nice, Very Evil Overlord walks out with a mic in hand. “Hello. YUTA! YUTA! It is I, Danhausen, here. ROH legend myself as you all know. And I have decided to appoint myself the FOURTH judge. That’s right, you can google it, 2019 through 2021, Yuta, alright? And yes, oh, I noticed you are wrestling my good friend and sometimes tag team partner, Hook, at Worlds End. So I’m going to be keeping a close eyeball on you. And I noticed, you cheated, so therefore, I have to disqualify you. So you’ve lost.”

Yuta DECKS Danhausen! Fans boo but Yuta drags Danhausen up to DDT him back down! Fans boo more but Yuta tells Danhausen to kiss his ass. Then he rains down HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! But here comes HOOK! Yuta lets off of Danhausen to be ready for the Cool-Hearted Handsome Devil! Or rather, just bail out with his title. But now, gloves are off and anything goes! Will Yuta survive when there’s nothing to hold Hook back?

AEW shares footage from after last Wednesday’s Dynamite.

After the truly evil genius plot between Samoa Joe and the Devil of AEW, the Samoan Submission Machine said, “You never saw this coming, Max. You’ve been worried about a devil when you really needed to be worried about destiny.” MJF says, “In my entire career, I’ve been the one stabbing people in the back. Never did I think somebody was gonna have the opportunity to stab me in the back first.” Joe says destiny is staring MJF in the face, and it’s coming to beat his ass! MJF says if Joe wants to beat him for the grandest prize of them all, the only way that’s happening is if Hell freezes over, and if the world ends.

Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy & Roppongi Vice VS Top Flight & Action Andretti!

The last Rampage main event of 2023 is Freshly Squeezed as the AEW International Champion, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta team up against the Coldest Trio in the Game! Cassidy seems to be itching for fights, will he come to regret giving this one to Dante, Darius & The Sight to See?

The trios sort out and Action starts against Cassidy. The fans rally up at the bell, and Cassidy ties up with Action. Cassidy slips around to waistlock, spin, waistlock, full nelson, snapmare, and then sits with Action to thumbs up. Ghost pin, TWO! Action steps up and over, sunset flips, TWO! Cassidy hurdles, whips, but Action handsprings! Cassidy avoids contact and fans cheer, as the hands go in the pockets! Action is annoyed, he runs up but into a SHOTGUN! Cassidy kips up and fans fire up! Cassidy then runs up to BOOT Action to the corner. Tag to Trent, they double whip Action, then DOUBLE ELBOW!

Trent shakes hands with Cassidy before the elbow drop! Trent stands Action up but Action ROCKS Trent! Trent DECKS Action! Fans fire up as Trent eggs Action on. Action tags Darius in, and Darius circles with Trent. They tie up, Darius headlocks, but Trent powers up and out. Darius RAMS Trent, Trent rebounds to run Darius over! Fans fire up as Trent puts Darius in a corner to CHOP! Darius CHOPS back! Trent CHOPS again! Darius CHOPS again! Repeat! Darius then CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS, runs, but Trent drops, and STANDING METEORA! Fans fire up while Darius writhes, and Trent brings him around.

Trent half nelsons but Darius throws shots. Darius springboards to arm-drag, then he DROPKICKS Trent to the Top Flight corner. Darius runs in, Trent pops him up and over but Dante tags in. Dante slingshots in while Darius CHOPS Trent, then Dante runs up to A-LIST LARIAT! Tag back to Darius, snap suplex and a tag back to Dante, slingshot SENTON! Fans fire up, Rocky runs in but Dante SOBATS him first. Dante whips Rocky, Rocky reverses but Darius gives Dante the boost up and over! Then ASSISTED TORNADO DDT! Rocky bails out, Darius runs up on Cassidy but Cassidy ROCKS him!

Action runs up to HANDSPRING KICK Cassidy down! Best Friends regroup by the ramp, so Top Flight & Action build speed, to TRIPLE DIVE!! Direct hit at the ramp and the fans fire up! The high-flyers all drag Trent up while Rampage goes picture in picture.

Dante storms in to bring Trent up and bump him off buckles. Tag to Action, Dante ELBOWS Trent down, and Action springboards! Trent gets under the 450 so Action rolls through. Trent BUSAIKU KNEES Action inside-out! Cassidy & Rocky BLAST Top Flight off the apron! Rocky then FLYING KNEES Darius down, and Cassidy DIVES onto Dante! RPG Vice coordinate, Trent hangs Action out to dry so Rocky can MISSILE DROPKICK him down! Trent then adds the SLIDING KNEE! Fans fire up with the RPG HIGH-FIVE! Cassidy joins in, and Best Friends HUG! You GOT to give the people what they want!

Rocky storms up on Action in a corner, brings him around and snapmares him for a knee drop! Rocky hears the fans, he brings Action back up, and Rocky UPPERCUTS! Action puts Rocky in a corner, CHOPS him, but Rocky trips Action to stomp the leg! Rocky drags Action back up, brings him over, and ROCKS Action! Rocky tags Cassidy and Cassidy sits Action down for “devastating” stomps. But then Cassidy actually turns it up and stomps a genuine mudhole in! Then he basement dropkicks Action down! Cassidy drags Action up to snap suplex, cover, TWO! Cassidy stays between Action and Top Flight, and brings him back around.

Cassidy bumps Action off buckles, tags Rocky back in and Rocky snapmares to KICK Action in the back. And KNEE him in the back, too. Rocky digs his knee in and has the chinlock. Action endures, Rocky KNEES him in the back again, then goes back for more. Rocky fishhooks into the chinlock, but Action fights up! Action stands as Rampage returns to single picture and he throws body shots, Rocky knees low, CHOPS him, but Action CHOPS back! Rocky ROCKS Action, whips him corner to corner, but Action reverses to ROCK Rocky! Rocky CHOPS, ducks a kick, but not the ENZIGURI! Action hurries to run in, but Rocky puts him outside.

Action blocks a punch, GAMANGIRIS, then springboards to FLYING LARIAT! Fans fire up while both men are down! Action and Rocky crawl, hot tag to Trent! Trent storms up on Action, has a leg, but Action BOOTS him away! Hot tag to Dante! Dante runs in, rallies on Trent, then whips. Trent reverses, runs in, but Dante slips out! Trent hits buckles, Dante goes up and around, GAMANGIRIS, then springboards to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Dante grits his teeth and he drags Trent back up. Trent shoves Dante, Dante elbows back, tag to Darius. Darius hurries to BULLDOG HOTSHOT and GAMANGIRI!

Dante SUPERKICKS, Darius steps in to COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, Cassidy breaks it! Dante kicks Cassidy, but Cassidy sends Dante out! Darius SOBATS then suplexes, into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Action runs in, SHOTGUN GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO! Cassidy flounders out, Rocky returns to spin Darius for SLICED- NO, no bread as Darius slips free, and Dante runs up, half nelson FACEBUSTER! Trent is in a corner, Dante runs up to forearm smash! Darius runs up to clothesline! Tag to Action and Darius hits a BRAINBSUTER on Tret! Action springboards to 450!! Triple cover, CASISDY AND ROCKY BREAK IT!!

The fans are thunderous! Cassidy & Rocky drag Trent back, “This is Awesome!” as Cassidy tags back in. Dante also tags in, and these two step up. The fans rally up, things speed up! Superkick dodged, Orange Punch dodged, Dante SUPERKICKS and hits this time! Rocky runs in, Dante jumps over and blocks a kick. Dante ducks the enziguri but not the REWIND HEEL! Darius ELBOWS Rocky, then uses the corner, TIGER WALL PELE! Trent runs in, but into BOOTS! Darius goes up, but Trent YANKS him down into a SAIDO! Action is back and he BOOTS Trent! Trent bails out, Action aims and PLANCHA feints to then ARABIAN PRESS!

Fans fire up as Rocky DIVES to take Action out! Rocky puts Action in, goes up the corner, but Action kips up to PELE! Rocky wobbles, Action climbs up after him! But Trent is back and he CLUBS Action! Trent climbs up after Action, to waistlock and SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX!! Action flops out of the ring but Dante is back! Trent Alabama Lifts Dante and tucks him in! Rocky takes aim, but Darius GAMANGIRIS Rocky down! SUPERKICK to Trent that makes it a CODE RED for Dante! But the ORANGE PUNCH hits Darius! Dante dodges and O’Conner Rolls, TWO!! SUPERKICK from Orange! Off comes the elbow pad!

Cassidy runs from the corner, ORANGE- SHOTGUN from Dante!! Rocky tags in and he climbs up! Dante staggers up, but he catches Rocky for the half nelson SWINGING SLAM!! Cover, Top Flight wins!!

Winner: Top Flight & Action Andretti, by pinfall

The Coldest Trio is looking red hot with this rebound on Rampage! They may have lost to The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn, but will they be back for those hot pink belts soon enough?

My Thoughts:

A great Rampage that was technically a go-home to the PPV, but really only one match mattered toward that. Yuta of course retained the Pure Championship against Sydal, but I did appreciate Sydal not being bullied and beat as easily as other opponents. I kinda wish they’d push closer to the 20 minute time limit with these matches, not even Yuta beating Shibata lasted over 10. But good moment of having Danhausen show up to confront Yuta on his cheating, and of Hook saving Danhausen from Yuta. I would think Hook wins the FTW Rules match, and then they turn it around and Hook shows he can beat Yuta in Pure Rules.

A surprising thing about tonight was that we didn’t open with an Orange Cassidy match but instead opened with a lot of promos. Good stuff from Jericho and Sammy, and I suppose they needed to make it clear Le Sex Gods are back together, and are going for the tag titles. Really good group promo from The Don Callis Family plus Starks & Bill. But despite all the confidence from Callis’s team, I would think the Faces win. Le Sex Gods need a return victory that also gives the momentum going into the tag title match, and Sting doesn’t lose on PPV. Or at all. He probably isn’t gonna lose until his retirement match at Revolution, where he puts someone over per the tradition.

Speaking of Cassidy, great main event match there. As I figured, someone other than Cassidy took the loss so that Top Flight & Action can have momentum. Classic Tony Khan backwards booking, this trio is building up momentum after already losing to the champions. They shouldn’t have been the ones to face The Acclaimed in The Acclaimed’s own return match. Caster, Bowens & Billy should’ve whooped up on like Kip Sabian & The Workhorsemen since none of those guys are going anywhere right now. Then we’d build and build and eventually, like some time in February, Top Flight & Action VS Acclaimed & Daddy Ass would be a huge deal for like the Valentine’s Day Dynamite.

Good stuff from the women’s division, though. Good promo of Kris and Willow to set up a 1v1 match, and that should be a lot of fun. With Stokely instigating so much, it feels like someone’s turning on someone, just not sure who. And really good match from Ruby VS Marina with Saraya & Harley running interference. I actually thought we were going to get Harley messing things up for Ruby, but maybe that comes later. Feels like there should be a tag match coming of Outcasts VS Vicious Vixens next then, giving Nyla the opportunity to get her hands on Saraya.

My Score: 8.7/10