The Young Bucks, all by themselves, say they’re not happy, even though they have the tag titles again, because all of their friends are hurt. They say they don’t have any friends left, except the titles themselves. Matt points out that they’re the first two-time tag team champions in AEW history. Matt says that the forbidden door might be cracked open a bit, as YOSHI-HASHI and Goto want a shot at the gold. They say they’ll give them a match if they earn it this week on AEW Rampage.
Blood & Guts: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Eddie Kingston, Santana, Ortiz, and Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, and Jake Hager)
Claudio and Guevara start the bout. “The Swiss Cyborg” uses his impressive strength to gain the upper hand early on. Guevara climbs up the cage, and Claudio brings him down. “The Spanish God” leaps on the ropes, trying to escape Claudio, but the powerhouse chases him down. Guevara counters a pop-up uppercut into a cutter. Claudio tries to Swing Guevara, but Garcia enters the match and stops him. Claudio uppercuts both men, but they gang up on him. The duo double-suplexes him. Garcia roughly scrapes his boot on Claudio’s face in the ropes. The JAS duo keeps grounding him, but Wheeler Yuta enters the match and takes the fight to both of his opponents. He German suplexes Garcia and Guevara separately. Yuta chokes Guevara as Claudio throws Guevara across the ring.
Hager enters the ring and slams Yuta to the mat. Claudio throws Guevara from one ring to the other. Claudio and Hager, former tag team partners, square off. The fans chant, “We The People” out of recognition of their days together in WWE. They trade blows, and the other competitors get involved. Moxley throws a chair at Hager and suplexes Guevara. Claudio hits a bulldog on Hager onto a chair. Moxley rakes Garcia’s face on the chair. Moxley jabs Garcia with a fork as Guevara gets slammed face-first into a chair. Wheeler and Moxley hit a Hart Attack on Garcia. Claudio and Moxley double-team Guevara. The BCC is in complete control, and Angelo Parker enters the match. All of his teammates are down, so he’s left alone with the BCC. Claudio slams him, Yuta drops him with a Michinoku Driver, and he eats strikes from the trio.
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Hager enters the mix, and the JAS takes control again. Hager hits Claudio’s ankle with a chair. He jabs a chair into his former partner’s throat. Ortiz enters the match and takes the fight to Guevara. He dishes out clotheslines and drops Guevara with a lariat. Moxley floors Parker with a piledriver onto broken glass as the momentum swings back in BCC’s favor. Moxley cuts up Hager’s face with a weapon. The JAS gain the upper hand just in time for Matt Menard to enter the match. He hits Yuta and Ortiz with a chair. Claudio tastes the steel, too. The JAS gangs up on Moxley. The Interim AEW World Champion is busted open, and Menard grinds his face into the steel.
Santana enters the match, and Moxley jabs Menard with a bunch of spikes. Menard hits him low, but Yuta comes to the rescue. Santana goes down with a leg injury of some sort. Jericho enters the match and brings Floyd the bat with him. Ortiz brings the fight to Jericho and hits him with a chair. Guevara catches him with a cutter, but Yuta suplexes him. Claudio slams Hager and blasts Garcia with a pop-up uppercut. Jericho takes him down with an uppercut. Kingston enters the match and dishes out punishment with a kendo stick. Parker’s face is a crimson mask. Jericho gets some rubbing alcohol. Kingston throws a chair at Hager’s face. Claudio rocks Menard with a big boot. Kingston and Ortiz powerbomb Hager through a table. Claudio exposes the bare canvas. Moxley slams Menard onto some tacks. Parker is hanging upside down from one of the poles that’s holding up the cage. Moxley chokes Menard, but Jericho blasts him with the Judas Effect. Moxley bites Jericho, who goes low and DDTs him onto the tacks.
Jericho drags him across the tacks and locks in the Walls of Jericho on top of the tacks. Kingston makes the save and hits him in the face with some tacks. Jericho blasts a fire extinguisher in Kingston’s face. Tay Conti takes out a referee and tries to enter the cage, but Ruby Soho stops her. They brawl until officials separate them. Jericho climbs to the top of the cage , and Kingston follows him up. “The Mad King” bites Jericho and drops him with a back fist. Guevara climbs up to the top and attacks Kingston. Kingston hits Guevara below the belt and throws him off a cage and down through the timekeeper’s table.
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Jericho and Kingston keep fighting off the top of the cage. Santana gets taken to the back due to his injury. Jericho locks in the Walls of Jericho, but Claudio climbs up and blasts Jericho with a vig boot. Menard climbs up to the top as Cesaro Swings Jericho. Kingston and Cesaro lock Jericho and Menard in stereo submissions, and Menard taps out.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club
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While the winning team celebrates, Kingston is clearly upset because he wanted to make Jericho tap out. The Blackpool Combat Club stands tall on the top of the cage to close the show. Still, he raises Claudio’s hand, so it seems like all is well.
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