AEW’s New Rampage Show.

By Ryan Joy
Updated: May 23, 2021
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BSB #55 – AEW’s New Rampage Show

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Body Slam Brigade Number 55:

AEW’s New Deal

Starting this August, All Elite Wrestling original programming will broadcast every weeknight except Thursday.AEW and Warner Media released statements on Tuesday announcing that the AEW’s Flagship show Dynamite moves from TNT to TBS in 2022 and a second weekly show titled Rampage launches on August 13th on TNT.

Friday Night’s Rampage show joins AEW’s existing line-up of Dark Elevation (Monday), Dark (Tuesday), and Dynamite (Wednesday).

In addition, AEW and Warner announced that TNT will debut “four new professional wrestling specials annually.”

Rampage

The launch of Rampage reminds me of past attempts by wrestling companies to launch a “second” show.

While WWE’s Smackdown survived and by some metrics has actually surpassed Monday Night Raw as the company’s number one show, Smackdown is an exception to the rule.

As successful as WWE has been with Smackdown, they haven’t exactly been able to replicate that success with any other addition to their lineup. NXT has been the most successful weekly wrestling show that WWE has launched since Smackdown, but you can count on your hands the number of times that NXT has attracted even half of the core WWE audience watching Raw and Smackdown each week.

The WCW Thunder show started strong, but ultimately began to slip. Thunder went from a live show, to a sometimes live and sometimes taped show, to a fully taped show, to a show that was taped directly after the Nitro broadcast went off the air.

It should be noted in the case of WCW Thunder, Eric Bischoff has said that TBS did not want to pay for the additional cost of producing the show.

In the case of Rampage, Tony Khan has explained that the new television deal (that includes Rampage) provides AEW with financial upside that they can invest in growing AEW. Mike Johnson from PW Insider later reported that the word going around is that the new restructured television deal resulted in a total value of around 8 figures. That’s consistent with WWE’s four year deals for each of their Smackdown, Raw, and Peacock deals.

But still . . . What must AEW do to make Rampage special?

What can AEW do to get people to tune into TBS at 10PM on a Friday night in the middle of the Summer?

My Opinion

Rampage must be a second show for the simple reason that Dynamite came first, but it must NOT be second rate.

Khan and his team need to make Rampage must watch television by infusing the company’s main storylines into this new Friday Night broadcast.
All of the effort that AEW puts toward Dynamite creative must be equaled for this new show. It shouldn’t be abnormal for Rampage to feature big stipulation matches, celebrity appearances, and title defenses.
Do not make Dark for television. If wrestling fans view the show as non-competitive and overly predictable, I don’t believe they’ll tune in.

It won’t always be easy for AEW to adhere to these fairly obvious bullet points. If Dynamite ratings slip, it’s too easy to focus all energy (at the expense of Rampage) toward solving that problem.

Relaxing Now
I’ve said my peace above, and it’s now time to relax.

AEW has given me no reason to believe that they won’t make Rampage an exceptional show.

Imagine what could happen if AEW more fully tapped into the creative genius of Matt Hardy, Darby Allin, and Chris Jericho.

The show has high potential for success, but don’t expect it to pull in a million viewers in the first week.

Despite all my reservations above, I’m fairly convinced that Rampage will be a great show. My next question . . . will WWE react? Will WWE counter program with something other than 205 Live? We’ll see.

Have a Great Weekend!

Ryan Joy

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General News

WWE Announced their return to live events starting on July 16th. The tour that takes the company through July will include 25 cities. The first three dates were announced as part of the release.
- Friday, July 16: SmackDown – Toyota Center in Houston
- Sunday, July 18: Money In The Bank – Dickies Arena in Fort Worth
- Monday, July 19: Raw – American Airlines Center in Dallas
Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated has reported that SummerSlam will be in Nevada.
There will be a Young Rock Christmas Special
WWE applied for some trademarks: “I’m Nobody’s Bitch” and “There’s Never a Bad Time to Have a Good Time.”
WWE shut down their Talent Management Division. This was the group responsible for managing third party relations. It could mean that WWE is rethinking the talent restrictions that got them so much heat over the summer.
Zelina Vega made an appearance at the WWE PC. Apparently this is in anticipation of her return to WWE. This was first reported by Fightful Select and later verified by others.
Mark Andrews released the first episode of his “Love Letter to Pro Wrestling,” which is a series he’s doing for the BBC. It’s excellent.
WWE announced a limited series beginning on June 2nd counting down the Top 50 Tag Teams of All Time.
The Godfather will be on the 5/30 episode of Broken Skull Sessions.
Miz tore his ACL at WrestleMania Backlash. It was the first major injury of Miz’s career.
Natalya and Tamina are the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions having defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler on the 5/14 edition of Smackdown.
WWE surprising announced that their Hell in a Cell PPV will take place on June 20th. The Hell in a Cell themed show typically runs in October.
Dominik and Rey Mysterio became the first ever father and son Tag Team Champions when they defeated Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode.
Tyler Bate won the NXT UK Heritage Cup from A-Kid on the 5/20 episode of NXT UK. Bate is the second Heritage Cup Trophy Holder and the first person to have held both the Heritage Cup and the NXT UK Championship.
Bronson Reed won the NXT North American Championship on the 5/18 episode of NXT.
WWE has released Velveteen Dream, Kavita Devi, Jessamyn Duke, Ezra Judge, Skyler Story, Vanessa Borne, Alexander Wolfe, Drake Wuertz, and Jake Clemons

Upcoming:

Hell in a Cell on 6/20

The next major WWE Show will be Hell in a Cell on 6/20

Smackdown on 5/21

Big E v. Apollo Crews v. Kevin Owens v. Sami Zayn – Intercontinental Championship

205 Live on 5/21

Asher Hale v. Ari Sterling
Ikeman Jiro and August Grey v. Sunil and Samir Singh

NXT on 5/25 and 6/1

May 25
- Karrion Kross v. Finn Balor – NXT Championship
- Franky Monet Debuts
- Ted Dibiase and Cameron Grimes – Million Dollar Face Off
- Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart v. Raquel and Dakota
June 1
- MSK v. Legado del Fantasma – NXT Tag Team Championships

Upcoming on NXT UK

Nathan Frazer vs. Sha Samuels – 5/27
Noam Dar vs. Ilja Dragunov – 6/3
Joe Coffey vs. Rampage Brown – 6/3

Results:

Smackdown Results from 5/14

Natalya and Tamina defeat Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler – 09:45 – New Tag Team Champions
Rey Mysterio defeats Dolph Ziggler – 13:02
King Corbin defeats Shinsuke Nakamura – 03:05
Cesaro defeats Jimmy Uso – 09:35

205 Live Results from 5/14

Asher Hale defeats Ariya Daivari – 08:17
Tony Nese defeats Ari Sterling – 12:06

WrestleMania Backlash Results from 5/16

Sheamus defeats Ricochet – 07:10 – Non-Title Pre Show Match
Rhea Ripley (c) defeats Asuka and Charlotte – Raw Women’s Championship – 15:23
Dominik and Rey Mysterio defeat Dirty Dawgs (c) – 16:58 – New Tag Champs
Damian Priest defeats The Miz – Lumberjack Match – 06:54
Bianca Belair (c) defeats Bayley – Smackdown Championship – 16:05
Bobby Lashley (c) defeats Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman – WWE Championship – 14:15
Roman Reigns (c) defeats Cesaro – Universal Championship – 27:30
Seth Rollins came out after the match to Pillmanize Cesaro’s arm.

Raw Results from 5/17

AJ Styles defeats Elias – 12:06
Angel Garza defeats Drew Gulak – 2:13
Kofi Kingston defeats Randy Orton – 05:12
Natalya and Taimina defeats Shayna and Nia – Tag Titles – 03:15 – Alexa Bliss came out and conjured fire in Reggie’s face.
Akira Tozawa won the 24/7 Title from R-Truth.
Sheamus defeats Ricochet – 13:19
Asuka defeats Charlotte – 16:47
Damian Priest defeats John Morrison – Lumberjack Match – 12:07
Kofi Kingston defeats Bobby Lashley – 10:53 – Drew prevented MVP from interferring and hit Lashley with MVP’s cane.

NXT Results from 5/18

Toni Storm defeats Zoey Stark – 12:03
Indi Hartwell realizes that Dexter still likes her.
Jake Atlas defeats Cameron Grimes – 04:53 – Ted Dibiase caused a distraction.
Killian Dain defeats Alexander Wolfe – 1:50
Wilde and Mendoza defeat Thatcher and Ciampa – 15:39 – GYV interfered in the match
Bobby Fish wants to fight Pete Dunne next week. The match was not announced.
Sarray defeats Aliyah – 02:23
Top Dolla and Ashantee Thee Adonis defeats Tony Nese and Daivari – 02:18
Bronson Reed defeats Johnny Gargano – Cage Match for North American Championship -15:29

NXT UK Results from 4/29

Rampage Brown defeats Wolfgang – 06:21
Amale defeats Xia Brookside – 04:41
Tyler Bate defeats A-Kid – 18:59 – Bate is the new Heritage Cup Champion.

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AEW News

AEW’s third hour of Television will begin on August 13th at 10:00 PM. The show will air on TNT each Friday under the Rampage name.
TNT will also introduce four annual specials on TNT.
Dynamite will officially move to TBS in 2022.
Jon Moxley will have a memoir released in November titled “Mox.” From the release: “A nobody from nowhere who achieved his ambitions and walked away with the gold and the girl of his dreams”
AEW will air Double or Nothing from select Cinemark Theaters.
AEW’s Full Gear show will take place on 11/6 from St. Louis
AEW announced the release of Critically Acclaimed Volume 1 – New Songs and Disses from Max Caster.
Dynamite will move from Wednesday to Friday for next week only.

Upcoming on AEW Double or Nothing on 5/30

Hikaru Shida (c) v. Britt Baker – AEW World Women’s Championship
Kenny Omega (c) v. Pac v. Orange Cassidy – AEW World Championship
Casino Battle Royal featuring Matt Sydal, Christian Cage, Private Party, Evil Uno, Colt Cabana, Preston Vance, Matt Hardy, Jungle Boy,
Cody Rhodes v. Anthony Ogogo
Hangman Page v. Brian Cage
Inner Circle v. Pinnacle – Stadium Stampede. If Inner Circle loses, they must break up.
Young Bucks v. Moxley and Kingston – AEW World Tag Team Championship
Miro v. Lance Archer – TNT Championship
Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page v. Sting and Darby Allin

Upcoming on AEW Dynamite on 5/28

Miro v. Dante Martin – TNT Championship
Joey Janela v. Adam Page
Weigh In – Cody and Ogogo
Jade Cargill Open Challenge
A Celebration of the Inner Circle
Uno and Grayson v. Sky and Page
Orange Cassidy answers Kenny Omega
Special Announcement about the Buy In Match

AEW Dark Elevation Results from 5/17

Jungle Boy defeats Adrian Alanis – 03:55
Dustin Rhodes defeats Aaron Solow – 09:18
Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston defeats Danny Limelight and Royce Isaacs – 04:57
Lance Archer defeats Bear Bronson – 09:21
Leyla Hirsch defeats Natalia Markova – 03:04
Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page defeats Jaylen Brandyn and Traevon Jordan – 04:34
The Bunny defeats KiLynn King – 05:46
The Acclaimed defeats Kevin Blackwood and Kevin Bennett – 04:40
QT Marshall defeats Baron Black – 07:22
Joey Janela defeats Danny Garcia – 07:35
Private Party defeats Alex Reynolds and Alan Angels – 09:11
Tay Conti defeats Kiah Dream – 03:12
Penta El Zero Miedo defeats Robo – 04:41
Thunder Rosa defeats Robyn Renegade – 04:29
Brian Cage defeats Mike Sydal – 06:11

AEW Dark Results from 5/18

Powerhouse Hobbs defeats Dean Alexander – 01:14
Dante Martin defeats Falco – 04:15
Preston Vance defeats Ryzin – 04:06
Chuck Taylor defeats Aaron Rourke – 04:06
Lee Johnson defeats Fuego del Sol – 07:27
Colt Cabana and Evil Uno defeat Tamilian Vineesh and Duncan Mitchell – 04:03
Cezar Bononi v. Marko Stunt – 02:49
Nick Comoroto defeats Adrian Alanis – 03:43
Serpentico defeats Sonny Kiss – 06:07
Big Swole and Red Velvet defeats Vertvixen and Jazmin Allure – 04:40
Griff Garrison defeats Deonn Rusman – 03:51
Matt Sydal defeats Marty Casaus – 04:23
Kris Statlander defeats Diamante – 06:47
Nyla Rose defeats Reka Tehaka – 02:25
Angelico defeats Vary Morales – 04:56
Brian Pillman defeats Luther – 06:15
Announced for Casino Battle Royal: Jungle Boy, Colt Cabana, Preston Vance, Evil Uno, Colt Cabana, Private Party, Matt Hardy.

AEW Dynamite from 5/19

Christian Cage defeats Matt Sydal – 09:13 – Team Taz attacked Cage after the match. Adam Page tried to make a save, but he failed.
Mox and Kingston defeats Acclaimed – 10:00
Hikaru Shida defeats Rebel – 02:02
Sting and Darby Allin attacked Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page.
The Inner Circle accepted the Pinnacle’s terms for a Stadium Stamped Match.
Serena Deeb defeats Red Velvet – NWA World Championship – 09:34
Anthony Ogogo defeats Austin Gunn – 02:11
The Young Bucks defeat The Varsity Blonds – 11:25 – Tag Team Title Match

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General News

Will Ospreay will vacate the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship due to a neck injury suffered during his May 4th match against Shingo Takagi. New Japan has not yet announced their plans for the future of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
New Japan Pro Wrestling returns with a show on May 22nd in Nagoya. Their May 24, 25, and 26th shows in Tokyo will go on as planned. These are the first shows since NJPW announced that their major stadium shows would be cancelled.

Upcoming Show Lineups

Upcoming on New Japan Strong on 5/21

Fred Rosser v. Hikuleo – NO DQ
Karl Fredericks and Brody King v. JR Kratos and Danny Limelight
Alex Coughlin v. Bateman

Major Show Results –

New Japan Strong Results from 5/14

Rocky Romer defeats AJZ – 10:56
Fred Rosser and Lio Rush defeats ELP and Hikuleo – 09:53
Karl Fredericks, Brody King, TJP, Clark Connors v. Tom Lawlor, Chris Dickinson, JR Kratos, Danny Limelight – 18:36

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General News

Don Callis is no longer a VP in charge of Impact Wrestling. Based on reports from Fightful and PW Insider, it seems that Callis’ duties have been been slowly reduced over time. Callis recently finished up with any of his creative responsibilities and now just serves as an on-screen manager for The Good Brothers and Kenny Omega. From everything I’ve read, it also seems that the separation has been amicable.
Slammiversary has been confirmed for July 17th.
Tommy Dreamer mentioned on Busted Open that more New Japan talent will be heading to Impact Wrestling. Okada and Naito are both appearing in the Slammiversary Teaser.
Satoshi Kojima from New Japan Pro Wrestling will appear on Impact Wrestling next week.
Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz won the Knockouts Tag Team Championships at Under Siege. This makes them two time champions.
Moose won the number one contender’s match at Under Siege, which makes him the first challenger for Kenny Omega’s Impact World Title.

Impact Against All Odds – 6/12

The next major Impact show will be Impact Against All Odds on June 12

Moose v. Kenny Omega (c) – Impact World Championship

Upcoming on Impact Wrestling – 5/27

Josh Alexander & Petey Williams vs. TJP & Fallah Bahh
Satoshi Kojima appears on Impact

Show Results –

Impact Under Siege from 5/15

Impact Wrestling Under Siege Results – May 15, 2021
Brian Myers defeats Black Taurus – 09:08
Tenille Dashwood and Taylor Wilde defeat Susan and Kimber Lee – 04:26
Ace Austin and Madman Fulton defeat XXXL, TJP and Petey Williams, Rohit and Shera – Impact Tag Team Championship Number one Contenders – 13:52
W. Morrissey defeats Willie Mack – 11:53
Fire N Flava defeat Ellering and Grace – 12:37 – Steelz and Hogan win Tag Titles
Josh Alexander defeats EL Phantasmo – X Division Championship Match – 16:43
Deonna Purrazzo defeats Havok – Knockouts Championship – 08:38
Eddie Edwards and FinJuice defeats Kenny Omega and Good Brothers – 19:55
Moose Wins Six Way Number One Contender’s Match – 10:46

Impact Wrestling from 5/20

(BTI) XXXL defeat Swinger/Hernandez – 05:37
Rohit Raju defeats Jake Something – 07:15
Tenille Dashwood defeats Kiera Hogan – 08:52
Petey Williams defeats VSK – 05:12
Racheal Ellering defeats Jordynne Grace – 13:28
FinJuice defeat Ace Austin/Madman Fulton – 16:27 – Retained Tag Team Championships
Rhino and Joe Doering defeat FinJuice – 00:48 – Rhino cashed in his Call Your Shot Trophy and teamed with Joe Doering to win the Impact World Tag Team Championships.

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General

MLW Had The Opening Round of Draft Announcements as they reload their roster. Here are the talent announcements so far:
- Marshall and Ross Von Erich.
- Gino Medina.
- King Muertes – I must have missed the name update from Mil Muertes
- Davey Richards – Richards is a former ROH Champion
The May 5th episode was the season finale. MLW does not plan to return with programming until the July dates, which will include fans.

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ROH News

Ring of Honor will be welcoming fans back for the Best in the World Pay Per View on July 11th. This will be the first time in well over a year that ROH is allowing fans to be present. The event will take place at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (FKA UMBC Event Center).
Allysin Kay has been announced as the latest participant in the ROH Quest for Gold Women’s Tournament.

Upcoming on ROH TV Episode 505

ROH World Tag Team Title Match: Champions The Foundation (Tracy Williams & Rhett Titus) vs. The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
Pure Rules Match: Fred Yehi vs. Rocky Romero

ROH TV 504 Results

LSG and Joe Keys Win Battle Royal – 10:11 – They will face each other for a future ROH World or Pure Championship Match
Shane Taylor Enterprises defeats Primal Fear v. – ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships – 10:17
Silas Young defeats Josh Woods – 11:33

Women’s Wednesday – 05/5

Max the Impaler defeats Hyan – 07:48

NWA

NWA Powerrr Results for 5/18
- Crimson and Jax Dane defeat Parrow and Odinson – 05:20
- Elijah Burke defeats Matt Cross – 05:08
- JR Kratos and Aron Stevens defeat Marshe Rocket and Fred Rosser – 05:31
- Thunder Rosa defeats Jennacide – 04:02
The next PPV for NWA takes place on 6/6
NWA announced a 14 person battle royal will take place on 5/25 to determine Nick Aldis’ next challenger.
Thunder Rosa has agreed to a match with Kamille. If Kamille wins, then Thunder Rosa cannot compete outside the NWA.

Coastal Championship Wrestling (South Florida)

Breakout 2 – May 22 at the CCW Arena in Pompano Beach, FL
- Ariel Levy v. Cha Cha Charlie
- Jackal and Agony v. Nazir Santana and Niko
- Anthony Catena v. Stefan Rivera
- Alan Martinez v. Xander
- Johnny Nova v. Jake Tucker
- Blake Bowman v. Logan Taylor
Bash at the Brew 5 takes place on June 5th at Unbranded Brewery in Hialeah, FL.
- Will Austin v. Alex Ocean – Last Man Standing
- Vandal Ortugan v. Nick Turner – GWE Latin American Championship
- Leila Grey v. JC Storm
- Jake Tucker v. Cha Cha Charlie
- Super Crazy v. Ricky Marvin
- Mantequilla v. Vic Arson
American Made – July 2nd at the Boca Black Box in Boca Raton, FL
Patriot Games – July 10th at the MidFlorida Event Center in Port Saint Lucie, FL
CCW’s Summer Glory featuring Brian Cage takes place on June 19th at Xtreme Action Park.
- Jackal Stevens (c) v. Davey Richards – CCW Southeaster Championship
- Brian Cage v. Facade
Music City Fight Night – August 28, 2021 – Nashville

Ignite Wrestling (Vero Beach, Florida)

Ignite held Fierce on 5/15
- New Women’s Tag Team Champions – Chelsea Durden and Kelsey Raegan
- New Men’s Tag Team Champions – That Klassic Tag Team

MCW Pro Wrestling (Joppa, Maryland)

On this week’s MCW Cast, regular hosts Dan McDevitt and Tara Myers welcome Bob Starr.

Game Changer Wrestling

Results for GCW runs Draft Day from Las Vegas on May 15th.
- Jack Cartwheel defeats Jimmy Lloyd – 09:58
- Chris Dickinson defeats Bad Dude Tito – 08:11
- Jordan Oliver defeats Ricky Marvin – 12:35
- Lio Rush defeats Starboy Charlie – 19:43
- Mance Warner, Matthew Justice, Manders v. The Unguided and Eli Everfly – 19:53
- Shlak defeats Juicy Finau – 10:20
- Effy defeats Dark Sheik – 10:37
- Nick Gage defeats AJ Gray – 13:55
- After Gage’s title defense, Moxley came to the ring and they brawled to close the show.
Hybrid Wrestling Roll of the Dice – June 4
Tournament of Survival – Atlantic City, NJ – June 5
- Entrants: Nolan Edward, Bam Sullivan, Alex Colon, Orin Veidt, Effy
Death Match Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – Atlantic City, NJ – June 5
- Sick Nick Mondo
- Supreme
JCW – June 5
GCW Show – June 6 – Zombie Walk
- Ninja Mack v. Joey Janela
- Lio Rush v. Dante Leon
- Grim Reefer, Nick Gage, Starboy Charlie, Jack Cartwheel,
Outlaw Mudshow from Laramie, WY – June 19th
Backyard Wrestling – 7/4
GCW Homecoming – July 24, 25
Los Angeles Dates Announced: 8/7, 9/17, 10/23

Other General News

New Jack passed away at the age of 58.
CMLL will be running Arena Mexico with fans for the first time in over a year on 5/21. The crowd will be roughly 500 people.
AAA TripleMania will take place on August 14th. Announced for the Show
- Andrade v. Kenny Omega – AAA Mega Championship
- Faby Apache v. Deonna Purrazzo – Title for Title