The Don Callis Family is building momentum!

Though he failed to take the AEW Continental Championship at All Out, Konosuke Takeshita is still chasing The Rainmaker! Will The Alpha be ready for Action on a Friday night?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Six Man Tag: The Conglomeration VS The Dark Order; The Conglomeration wins.
• Kamille VS Robyn Renegade; Kamille wins.
• Roderick Strong w/ The Kingdom VS BEEF w/ Anthony Henry; Roddy wins.
• The Outcasts VS Allysin Kay & Marti Belle; The Outcasts win.
• Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis VS Action Andretti w/ Lio Rush & Leila Grey; Konosuke wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Six Man Tag: The Conglomeration VS The Dark Order!

Chris Jericho kept whining about the $7000 for his jacket stained by orange juice, so Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe & Kyle O’Reilly paid him, in coins! But moving on from making a mess of a nice Bentley, Freshly Squeezed, The Sussex County Chicken & Violent Artist are looking to climb the Trios Division ranks! Will they head for those titles in the near future? Or will Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver show #DarkOrderIsGood enough to go for gold?

The trios sort out, Reynolds starts against Mark, and the fans rally up for “DEM BOYS! DEM BOYS!” Mark and Reynolds step up, and Reynolds SLAPS Mark! Then kicks him low! Reynolds pie faces, whips, but Mark reverses to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP again! Mark ROCKS Reynolds, tags Cassidy, and fans cheer as they DOUBLE SUPLEX! Cassidy flexes, the fans cheer, and Cassidy covers, ONE! Cassidy drags Reynolds up, suplexes, but Reynolds fights and wrenches free. Reynolds ROCKS Cassidy, Cassidy goes to ropes, so Reynolds YANKS the ropes to bring Cassidy back, and he BOOTS Cassidy down!

Tag to Silver, but the whole Dark Order jumps in, and Uno BLASTS The Conglomeration! Reynolds & Silver double whip Cassidy, cradle him, and SLAM him down! Uno STOMPS Cassidy’s hands, and then a TRIPLE DROPKICK knocks him down! Uno BLASTS Kyle & Mark again, then he and Reynolds pick Cassidy up. Silver builds speed, to jump up and flex! The fans are torn for this Kai ‘n’ Tai tribute, but Uno gives Cassidy a wet willy! That’s a wet finger in the ear for younger folks who might not know that trick. Silver drags Cassidy up, scoops him, and SLAMS him! “I’m freakin’ jacked, baby!” The fans are torn but Silver drags Cassidy up.

Silver scoops, Cassidy slips free, O’Conner Roll, TWO! Cassidy tags Kyle and the fans fire up! Kyle KICKS, KCIKS and KICKS Silver! Silver blocks one to CHOP! Silver puts Kyle in the corner, Reynolds holds him, and Silver runs up, Kyle slips free, the CHOP hits Reynolds! Uno grabs Kyle, Silver tries again, but Kyle slips free so the CHOP hits Uno! Silver blocks another kick but Kyle blocks a chop! Kyle feints to then SPIN KICK! Kyle whips Silver to the corner, runs up and forearm SMASH! Tag to Cassidy and he goes up, FLYING LARIAT! But the Dark Order grabs Cassidy! Silver wants them to hold on tight this time!

Silver runs up, but Cassidy dodges and Silver CHOPS Reynolds again! Silver is frustrated, Uno has Cassidy, but Cassidy slips away so the CHOP hits Uno! The Dark Order storms into the ring, to argue with each other! Cassidy tags Mark, Mark goes up, and Silver shoves Reynolds & Uno in frustration. Dark Order turn around, into a DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Silver runs up, but into a REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUT! Silver sputters, Mark dodges him to CHOP and fire palm strikes! Kyle & Cassidy intercept Uno & Reynolds, send them out, and then Kyle sends Cassidy in to forearm SMASH Silver!

Kyle runs up, he forearm SMASHES! Mark runs in to LARIAT! Feed to the kitchen sink knee and basement dropkick! Mark goes up, but Reynold SHOVES him down! The fans boo but Kyle gets Reynolds’ leg! DRAGON SCREW! Silver runs up to BOOT Kyle in the back! GERMAN SUPLEX! Cassidy runs in, ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl, but Silver stops the DDT! Silver suplexes, but gets a STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Uno returns, Cassidy runs, tilt-o-whirl, POP-UP DDT for Silver! ORANGE- NO, Uno dodges! STOP! SLAP!! Then SOMETHING EVIL! Mark returns, he wrenches Uno and kicks! But Uno ducks the uppercut!

Mark and Uno grapple, Mark kicks and kicks then swings, but into a waistlock! Mark breaks free to PELE! Reynolds runs up, wrench and spin, ROLLING ELBOW! Mark rebounds, to LARIAT!! The fans are thunderous while all six men are down! A standing count begins, and Rampage goes picture in picture.

Mark and Silver stir, both men rise up, and Silver fires a forearm! Silver puts Mark in a corner, grinds his forearm in, then CHOPS him! Silver bumps Mark off buckles, tags Reynolds, and Dark Order mugs Mark in the corner. The ref counts while Reynolds digs his boots in, but he lets off to tag Uno. Uno CHOPS Mark, brings him in, and tags Silver. They mug Mark now, and then Silver snapmares to KICK Mark down. Silver paces but Mark rises up! Mark fires forearms and CHOPS! Silver hits back, Mark fires more shots, but Silver gets the edge. Silver winds up, runs, but Mark ducks ‘n’ dodges! DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down!

Rampage returns to single picture as the fans fire up! The Dark Order and Conglomeration coach their guys, hot tags to Reynolds and Kyle! Kyle rallies on The Dark Order with strikes! He fires knees on Reynolds, then fires another strike fest! LEG SEWEP, and the fans fire up! Tag to Cassidy, and they KICK and “kick.” KICK! Kick. KICK! Kick! KICK! KICK! They keep on Reynolds, then wind up, DOUBLE PENALTY KICK! The fans fire up more, and Cassidy takes aim. But Silver drags Orange out! Reynolds ELBOSS Kyle, Uno BLASTS Mark! Reynolds DIVES onto Mark, Uno waistlocks Kyle. Kyle elbows free, runs up, but into a GAMANGIRI from Silver!

Silver CANNONBALLS Mark, then UPPERCUTS Kyle! Uno BOOTS and DDTS Kyle! Cassidy returns, Uno whips him into a corner! Silver GAMANGIRIS, then he and Reynold start up the Wombo Combo! ROLLING ELBOW, ENZIGIRI, STUNNER, GERMAN SUPLEX!! Jackknife bridge, KYLE BREAKS IT! The fans fire up but Reynolds TOSSES Kyle. The Dark Order coordinate, and they drag Cassidy up. They lift him, Silver runs, but Cassidy avoid the pendulum! Then he DOUBLE RANAS Reynolds & Uno! Kyle FLYING KNEES Uno! Hot tag to Mark and then Cassidy DIVES onto Reynolds! Mark WRECKS Silver with a dropkick!

The fans fire up as Cassidy tosses Mark the chair! Perfect catch, and the fans fire up! Mark sets the chair up, builds speed, and the Chicken FLIES onto The Dark Order! The fans fire up again as Conglomeration puts Reynolds in. AX & SMASH! ORANGE PUNCH!! Mark has Reynolds in the underhooks, JAY DRILLER!! Cover, Conglomeration wins!

Winners: The Conglomeration, by pinfall

A big win for #DemBoys, and now Cassidy is rolling towards Dynamite and his newest grudge match with Chris Jericho. Will Cassidy leave Jericho holding the bag? Or will Jericho finally beat Orange to a pulp?

Backstage interview with Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara and The Undisputed Kingdom.

Lexy Nair says Matt Taven & Mike Bennett asked for this time in order to talk with the ROH World Tag Team Champions in The Natural & The Spanish God. The floor is theirs. Bennett says hi, it’s so nice to see them somewhere not in Texas. Sammy says yeah, that’s true. Because the last time they all saw each other, it was All In, Wembley Stadium, and Team Texas beat The Kingdom’s ass. Oh, is that so? Because Taven remembers there being interference. Bennett remembers Kevin Von Erich constantly sticking his nose into their matches. Heck, ALL of Texas has been interfering in their matches! He’s surprised the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders didn’t show up!

Dustin says that would be kinda nice, actually. Taven says he’s just stick of seeing the two of them with those titles. Sammy is looking like Jim Carrey in The Mask. What was his name again? Bennett says it was Stanley Ipkiss. Yeah, Ipkiss! And then Dustin! Taven finally understands why Dustin paints his face. Taven would be ashamed, too, if he was acting like this. Dustin & Sammy have no honor! Actually, they should do this the one way they all know how! A Fight Without Honor! Because having no honor is the only tradition the Rhodes Family has- Dustin SLAPS Taven for that! Sammy holds Dustin back while Bennett helps Taven stand.

Sammy reminds them that this is DUSTIN RHODES, a living legend! Put respect on his name, because he’s earned it, unlike The Kingdom. Dustin tells Taven to never mention his family again, “you tick turd SOB!” For 36 LONG HARD YEARS, Dustin has done nothing but be honorable! He has been ripping, tearing, clawing his way through this sport, falling down 1000 times and failing his ass off, but then getting right back up and on the horse. Does Taven understand!? If Taven wants his shot at these titles, it’ll be in his home town of Springfield, Massachusetts next Saturday! And it won’t just be any match, it’ll be a BUNKHOUSE BRAWL!

Dustin is the King of the Bunkhouse! And if The Kingdom has any balls, then they’ll show up, and Dustin will rip their freakin’ eyeballs out!! The Kingdom gets their title match, but will getting the titles back cost them something in return?

Kamille VS Robyn Renegade!

Mercedes Mone’s Brickhouse has been a big help, but it is time for her to get hers. Will she start building a solid standing of her own? Or will she fail to stop this Renegade?

The bell rings and the two tie up. Kamille RAMS Robyn right to a corner, then fires off CHOPS and forearms! The ref counts, Kamille shifts to stomping a mudhole, but she stops at 4. The fans boo but Kamille brings Robyn up to whip. Robyn KICKS back, but that just annoys Kamille. She BOOTS Robyn down! Robyn flounders, Kamille drags her up, and Kamille scoops. Robyn fights free, Kamille hits buckles, then Robyn fires forearms! Robyn whips, Kamille reverses, but Robyn ducks and leaps, into Kamille’s arms! And then a BEARHUG! Robyn endures, Kamille CLUBS her and suplexes! The fans are torn as Kamille storms after Robyn.

Robyn flops out of the ring, but Kamille pursues. Kamille CLUBS Robyn, brings her up, and BEARHUGS again! The ref has a ring count going, but Kamille carries Robyn around, CLUBS her, then POSTS her! Robyn falls in a heap, but Kamille drags Robyn up. Kamille pushes Robyn in, storms after her, and runs up to SPLASH in the corner! Kamille hoists Robyn up top, climbs, but Robyn fires body shots! Robyn fires forearms, then HEADBUTTS! Kamille staggers back, Robyn CROSSBODIES! cover, ONE!! Kamille runs up but into an ELBOW! Robyn jumps on for a SLEEPER! Kamille RAMS Robyn into buckles! Kamille is free, then she scoops!

Kamille runs with Robyn, OKLAHOMA STAMPEDE! But she’s not done there! The fans are torn as Kamille drags Robyn back up. Kamille reels Robyn in, hoists her up, DOMINATE-HER!! Cover, Kamille wins!

Winner: Kamille, by pinfall

The Brickhouse just dropped “The Truth” on Robyn, and The Truth hurts! But will everyone in the Women’s Division have to face The Truth that Kamille is the new alpha around here?

Christopher Daniels speaks.

“It’s no secret that I’ve had my problems with The Elite this past year. And ever since I became Interim EVP, I’ve done my best to offset The Elite abusing their power here in AEW. But I haven’t forgotten that I’m still a professional wrestler at heart. And now, Jack Perry has this Open Challenge for the TNT Championship. And I would never ask anybody in this locker room to fight a battle that I wasn’t prepared to fight myself. So let me put it to you plainly, Jack Perry. How about tomorrow night, you VS me for the TNT Championship? And lemme give you a little advice: You better pack a lunch, cuz I’m coming to kick your ass.”

The Fallen Angel is rising to the challenge! Will he turn The Scapegoat into the sacrifice he so badly wants to be? Or will Jack Perry still be the Face of TNT?

Roderick Strong w/ The Kingdom VS BEEF w/ Anthony Henry!

The Savior of the Backbreaker has called Hook out over the FTW Championship, and Hook responded just the other night on Dynamite. That battle is coming, and Roddy is even talking trash on the way to the ring that he’ll be making an example of his opponent tonight. Will Roddy use Anthony Henry’s second-cousin-in-law to send a message to the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil?

Beef offers a handshake, Roddy refuses, and Beef remembers this is Rampage, not ROH. The bell rings and Beef circles with Roddy. They tie up, Roddy wrenches and wristlocks. Roddy slaps Beef around, lets off, and he soaks up heat in the corner. Henry coaches Beef, Beef and Roddy reset and circle. They tie up, Roddy waistlocks then headlocks. Beef powers up and out, then he runs Roddy over! The fans fire up for Beef, but Roddy kicks the leg! Roddy CHOPS and ROCKS Beef, then ROCKS him again. Beef ROCKS Roddy in return! And again, and again, and again! The fans fire up, and Beef whips, only for Roddy to reverse!

Beef cartwheels past Roddy to DROPKICK! The fans fire up with Beef, and he hopes Henry saw that. Roddy KNEES Beef low! Roddy fires forearms while Rampage goes picture in picture.

Roddy reels Beef in, but then Beef suplexes first! Roddy slips free, CLUBS Beef, then runs, into a HIP ATTACK! Beef says kiss this while Roddy tumbles out of the ring! The Kingdom check son Roddy, but Beef steps to the apron. Henry tells The Kingdom to back off, but Roddy gets up to ENZIGIRI Beef! And then APRON BACK SUPLEX! That’s a lot of Beef hitting the edge, and The Kingdom is all fired up! Henry tells them to back off, and he checks his second cousin by marriage. Roddy pushes Beef in, stomps him around, then CLUBS him. Beef staggers, Roddy CHOPS him! Beef staggers along the ropes, but Roddy CHOPS him again!

Roddy ROCKS Beef in a corner, Beef gets his guard up but Roddy pie faces him. Beef pushes Roddy, then fires haymakers! Beef kicks low, but Roddy drop toeholds to drop an elbow! Beef writhes, sits up, and Roddy CHOPS him! Roddy clamps onto a chinlock and he squeezes tight! Beef endures, fights up, and he JAWBREAKERS free! Roddy staggers back, returns, but Beef NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Roddy ROCKS Beef and Beef falls hard into a corner! The Kingdom cheers, Beef shakes out the stars, and Rampage goes to break.

Rampage returns and Roddy drags himself up with ropes on one end, Beef on the other. The fans rally up, Roddy storms up, but Beef ROCKS him first! And JABS! JABS! JABS! Beef keeps throwing hands, then winds up, to HAYMAKER! The fans fire up with Beef and he brings Roddy around. Underhook for the BUTTERFLY SUPLEX! Roddy goes to a corner, Beef pumps up and runs in, LARIAT in the corner! Beef whips corner to corner, then LARIATS! Beef keeps moving, BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Roddy stays in this but the fans stay fired up for “BEEF! BEEF! BEEF!” Beef waits, CHOPS, and JABS!

Roddy goes to a corner, Beef CHOPS again! And ROCKS him again! Beef whips corner to corner, Roddy reverses, but Beef goes up and out! Beef hurries, blows through the lariat, but not the GAMANGIRI! Beef is stuck up top, Roddy goes up after him! Roddy brings Beef to the very tup, SUPER DUPER PLEX! Cover, TWO!! Beef survives and Lexington loves it! The Kingdom, however, does not. Roddy drags Beef up, reels him in, and fireman’s carries. Beef slips free, waistlocks, but Roddy bucks the O’Conner. Beef returns to SPLASH against ropes! The fans fire up, Henry even rallies, but then The Kingdom mugs Henry!

The fans boo as The Kingdom send Henry into railing! Beef still runs to CROSSBODY at the ropes! The #SloppySteak has been served, but Beef realizes what’s happening to his cousin! Beef runs up to CLOBBER The Kingdom! The fans fire up and Beef hurries back into the ring. Roddy STRONG KNEES him! Cover, Roddy wins!

Winner: Roderick Strong, by pinfall

The Kingdom used Beef’s family against him, and that is how Roddy comes away with the win. But if Roddy needed help eating up Beef, will he need all the help he can get when he and Hook battle it out?

The Righteous speak.

Ol’ Dutch says, “There’s always light after dark. You have to go through a dark place to find it, but it’s there waiting for you.” The image returns and Vincent says, “There’s a light in the AEW Tag Division. But for Vincent & Dutch, we’re that dimly lit candle that’s in the corner of the dark house. This might sound crazy to you, this might sound crazy to all of you, but the truth is, we’re all here because we’re not all there. You dig what I’m saying, man?” The Righteous sit down, and Dutch names The House of Black. Are the Righteous looking to light up The House? Or will Malakai, Brody & Buddy make sure even these two #FadeToBlack?

The Outcasts VS Allysin Kay & Marti Belle!

With Mariah May going on about her still-to-come glamorous championship celebration, and Mercedes Mone still holding onto two belts between two companies, it is anyone’s guess as to who gets their shots next. Will Saraya & Harley make sure they’re not on the outside looking in? Or will there be a Hex put on the AEW Women’s Division now that AK47 and The Voodoo Queen are here?

The teams sort out and Saraya starts against Marti. They tie up, and Marti fires off forearms! Marti puts Saraya in a corner, but Saraya bumps Marti off buckles from top to bottom! Saraya digs her boot in, stomps a mudhole, and lets off with a shout! The fans fire up, Saraya brings Marti up and ROCKS her. Saraya then backs off, distracts the ref, and that lets Harley thrash Marti around! Harley throws Marti down, Saraya sucker punches Allysin, and the ref has to hold Allysin back! Saraya gets to stomp away on Marti in that distraction, and then she bumps Marti off buckles. Tag to Harley, and she RAMS into Marti! And RAMS in again!

Harley digs her boot into Marti, then bumps Marti off buckles. Harley digs her boot in again, the ref counts, and Harley lets off. Harley runs up, Marti puts her on the apron, but Harley ROUNDHOUSES! Harley CLUBS Marti in the ropes, AX KICKS her, and then steps back in. Harley CHOKES Marti on ropes, the ref counts, but Harley lets off., Now Sararya gets cheap shots in! The fans are torn but Marti flops back. Harley tags Saraya, she tells fans to shut up, and she ROCKS Marti. Saraya whips Marti hard into railing, then she soaks up heat. The ref counts, Saraya drags Marti up and into the ring. Saraya drags Marti up and tags Harley back in.

Harley & Saraya mug Marti, and Harley digs her boot in. Harley lets off to run, roll, and come back. But Marti BOOTS Harley, ROCKS Saraya, but Harley drop toeholds! Harley grabs legs, but Marti BOOTS her away! Hot tag to AK! Allysin rallies on The Outcasts, FLAPJACK for Saraya! Allysin reels Harley in, but Saraya saves her from the Canadian Rack. Saraya then sucker punches Marti! Harley serves SOLE FOOD to Allysin, then she shrieks! Harley runs, Saraya tags, Harley SHINING WIZARDS! Harley covers but Saraya says sorry, she didn’t warn her. Saraya drags Allysin up, for the KNIGHT CAP! Cover, Outcasts win!

Winners: The Outcasts, by pinfall

Saraya smiles sweety but she’s a bit of a snake sniping her own teammate’s win. But one way or another, will these two be heading for championships? WAIT! A former champion is here in the form of Jamie Hayter! Hayter storms down to the ring, The Outcasts dare her, but then Saraya bails! Harley is all alone, and Hayter DECKS her! Saraya runs away into the night! Harley staggers back to her feet, again learning Hayter Hits Hard. Will Saraya make sure she never even gets within arm’s length of Hayter? Or is there no running from what’s coming?

BREAKING NEWS for Collision!

In The Conglomeration’s continued efforts of collaboration, they are teaming with the hit sensation, Hologram! They’re taking on an equally interesting combination of Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari and The Beast Mortos! Will Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly and the futuristic high-flyer be able to bring down The Premier Athletes and the menacing minotaur? Then, Wheeler Yuta returns one whole week after the incident at All Out. Will he be able to focus after witnessing the brutal betrayal of Blackpool Combat Club on Bryan Danielson? Or will Anthony Henry take advantage of a distraught Decoder?

Additionally, we’ll see the returning Yuka Sakazaki put herself to the test against Serena Deeb! Will The Wrestling Magical Girl show she’s at 100%? Plus, Queen Aminata and Robyn Renegade face off, both looking to rebound a bit in the rankings after recent defeats. And speaking of rebounds, Komander & Private Party were the victims of Jon Moxley and his new BCC, will they finally get their first Trios match together?

BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!

With The Don Callis Family targeting The Elite’s gold, it was only natural to make a huge Six Man Tag match! Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita are going to face Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks, which side gains a major edge going into all the different title matches? Speaking The Don Callis Family…

Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis VS Action Andretti w/ Lio Rush & Leila Grey!

All Out’s Continental Championship was a Fatal 4 Way, so the odds weren’t in The Alpha’s favor, but he still doesn’t like that he lost. Plus, Kazuchika Okada had to go and taunt Konosuke on Dynamite, so now he’s in a worse mood. Will Konosuke take all his anger out on Action Andretti? Or will this be a Sight to See on a Friday night?

The bell rings and the fans rally up. The two circle slowly, then tie up. Konosuke’s height gives him the advantage and he puts Action on ropes. The ref counts, Konosuke lets off but with a pie face. Action steps up to pie faces back! Konosuke swings, Action gets under and around to waistlock. Konosuke switches, Action drops but Konosuke stops the wheelbarrow to waistlock. Action counters the lift with an arm-drag! Action then wrenches, CHOPS, and knuckle locks. Action goes up and up an FLYING ARM-DRAGS! Konosuke comes back, dodges, but Action handsprings through the back drop! Action tilt-o-whirls to RANA, and DROPKICK!

Konosuke bails out, Action kips up, and he goes to the apron. Konosuke blocks a kick to YANK Action down! Konosuke drags Action up, and whips him hard into steel steps! Action writhes, Konosuke talks smack, and Konosuke drags Action up. Fans chant “One More Time! One More Time!” in reference to the steps. Konosuke ROCKS Action with forearm after forearm, then he whips Action back into the steps! The fans cheer that their request was fulfilled, and Konosuke drags Action back up. Konosuke brings Action up the steps, and shoves him into the ring at 5 of 10. Konosuke puts Action in a corner to ROCK him with a forearm.

Ref Aubrey Edwards reprimands, but Konosuke CHOPS Action! Konosuke hoists Action up top, climbs up after him, and the fans fire up. But Action fires body shots first! Konosuke CLAWS Action’s eyes, then goes up to the very top! The fans fire up for the SUPER DUPER PLEX! Cover, TWO!! Action just gets that arm up and Konosuke is annoyed, but Rampage goes picture in picture.

Konosuke looms over Action, but Action fires body shots! Konosuke BOOTS Action down! Konosuke drags Action up, puts him on ropes, and CHOKES him, then fishhooks him! Aubrey reprimands, Konosuke argues with her, but that just lets Callis get some shots in! He even CHOKES Action! Lio & Leila protests but Callis gets away with it. Konosuke drags Action up, snapmares, and then clamps on a chinlock. Konosuke grinds Action down, but Action endures and fights up. The fans rally as Action fires body shots! Action CHOPS, whips, but Konosuke reverses to ELBOW Action down! Konosuke paces while Leila & Lio are worried.

Konosuke drags Action up, bumps him off buckles, then goes up. Konosuke rains down fists! Konosuke stops at nine, shakes his head at the fans, and BITES Action’s forehead! Konosuke hops down, whips corner to corner, but Action goes up and around to sunset flip! TWO! Action goes up and up to CROSSBODY into Konosuke’s arms! BACKBREAKER! Konosuke brings Action around to whip and BOOT! Action checks his teeth, Konosuke pushes him to a cover, TWO! Konosuke is annoyed, but he stalks Action. Konosuke uses  his own wrist tape to CHOKE Action! The ref reprimands, counts, so Konosuke changes to a chinlock.

Action endures, even as Konosuke grinds him down. Konosuke shifts to have a motorcycle stretch but Action fights up. Action works to turn the hold, but Konosuke keeps it on tight. Action still fights, but Konosuke wrangles Action with a cording hold. Action keeps his shoulders up, fights around, and Rampage returns to single picture. Action fires body shots, but Konosuke CLAWS his face again! The ref reprimands, but Action blocks the Power Drive Knee! Action rises up, but Konosuke goes for the eyes again! Konosuke shoves Action, but Action BOOTS back! Action fires haymakers, bobs ‘n’ weaves, then ROCKS Konosuke!

Action whips, Konosuke reverses, but Action handsprings to back elbow! The fans fire up and Action watches Konosuke bail out. Action runs up to ENZIGIRI! Konosuke drops off the apron, and Action builds speed to handspring, somersault and SENTON! Action then whips, but Konosuke reverses. Action slides in, returns, and FLIES! Direct hit and Action lands on his feet! The fans fire up, Action gets Konosuke back in the ring. Action springboards, 450 but he has to roll through! Action mule kicks, CHOPS, but Konosuke ducks the kick to GERMAN SUPLEX! Konosuke runs, TAKESHITA LINE!! Cover, TWO!!

Leila & Lio coach Action up but Callis does the same with Konosuke. Konosuke vows to end this, and he drags Action up. Konosuke reels Action in, lifts, but Action fires hands! Action leans back, but Konosuke pops him back up! LAST- RANA!! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke escapes, but Action SHOOTING- NO! Konosuke moves, rolls Action, but Action rolls through! Konosuke avoids the kick, avoids the moonsault, and avoids another shooting star! The fans fire up while both men are down! Konosuke wags his finger as he rises up, and the fans rally. Action goes to a corner, runs up, and he SHOTGUNS! But Konosuke doesn’t budge!

Konosuke swings, Action dodges, handsprings, but into a BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO?!? Konosuke is stunned, but Action survives! This is the same Action that beat Chris Jericho in his first AEW match, and he goes to a corner. Konosuke runs up, but Action dodges! Action comes back, into an ELBOW! Action falls, Konosuke goes up, but Action kips up to PELE! Action runs, jumps, and is right up top to SUPER STEINER! The fans fire up and Action springboards, into the ALPHA ELBOW!! Konosuke runs, POWER DRIVE KNEE!! Cover, but Konosuke lets Action up!? Konosuke wants to make this one hurt! Konosuke suplexes, for RAGING FIRE!! Cover, Konosuke wins!

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall

A message sent to everyone, but especially Okada! Will The Don Callis Family, working in chorus with Will Ospreay, be able to bring down The Elite? Or will The Rainmaker put out Konosuke’s Raging Fire before they ever go 1v1?

My Thoughts:

A very good Rampage here, maybe even great, because there was even good stuff in what should’ve been throwaway matches. I love that they gave Beef a great showing against Roderick Strong, and Beef really can do some stuff. His charisma is automatic, he’s shown character on ROH, and Henry even got fired up for Beef, a story beat that only matters to those who watch ROH, but it was still cool to see. But of course The Kingdom get involved in a roundabout way so that Roddy can win. You can bet that’ll happen when it’s Hook VS Roddy for the FTW Championship under FTW Rules, a remix of Hook VS Jericho.

Also, great promo from The Kingdom with Dustin & Sammy to set up not just an ROH World Tag Team Championship match, but a Bunkhouse Brawl! So great to have that stipulation back, the last one was during Empty Arena Era. Can’t wait to see how wild they get next Saturday. Very good promo from The Righteous, did not think they’d call out The House of Black, but if they also bring Lance Archer into this, that’s a great Six Man Tag. And great promo from Christopher Daniels to make the TNT Championship match with Jack Perry. Logically, The Bucks can now call Daniels a hypocrite for taking this Open Challenge for himself. But anyway, Jack will definitely retain, and he’ll add a big name to his list of wins.

Great Six Man Tag for The Conglomeration VS Dark Order, in which The Conglomeration of course won. That gives Cassidy momentum into his match with Jericho on Dynamite, and I suppose that’ll be some good stuff. But it feels like Jericho wins that to avenge his jacket and his Bentley, and pushes this to like Grand Slam or the Dynamite Anniversary Show. It could even be a Six Man Tag, and Bill turns on Jericho over the whole “you’re being used” line from Dynamite. Good match for Kamille that she of course would win, and that’s a great name for her finisher, because it is a phrase you can use in promos and things like my write-up.

Very good tag match from The Outcasts VS The Hex, but of course Saraya & Harley win. Speaking of Jericho’s “you’re being used” line, Saraya is of course using Harley, she let Harley take another shot from Hayter. Hayter VS Saraya is itself a Grand Slam or Anniversary Show level match, that’ll be a lot of fun. And of course, great stuff in the main event. Action got to look great, it’s been a minute since he looked this good in a singles match, but of course Konosuke won. Them making a Six Man Tag of Elite VS Don Callis Family for Dynamite is some interesting stuff. I was theorizing on Wednesday that they might already start planting seeds of Callis kicking Fletcher out of the group, and if Fletcher were to take the loss to The Elite, those seeds could be planted early.

My Score: 8.7/10