Jeff Hardy beats Bobby Fish to qualify for the men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. During the match, it is announced that this week's Rampage has a special start time of 5:30 PM Eastern, 4:30 PM Central due to the NBA Playoffs. After the match, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) show up, and The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) stare them down briefly before they can check on Bobby Fish with Kyle O'Reilly.
We hear from William Regal, who says that while the eyes are the windows of the soul, the scars tell the story of the look into that soul and that leaving a scar on The Blackpool Combat Club's opponents is more traumatizing than simply stabbing someone.
William Regal guests on commentary for the next match.
The Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta) beat The Andrade Family Office (The Butcher, The Blade, Angelico) after Bryan Daneilson makes Angelico submit.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Team Taz. Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Christian Cage show up, and Jungle Boy says that they are down with defending the tag team titles if Starks defends the FTW Championship against him. Starks accepts after stating that his sunglasses are not fake following a comment on them being fake from Christian, and tells Jungle Boy that he will show him what a real man is.
Before the next match, MJF and Shawn Spears show up. MJF says he would be "a lying piece of shit" if he said he was glad to be back in Maryland, then says he will be watching from backstage before unveiling Wardlow's opponent: W. Morrissey.
Wardlow beats W. Morrissey. After the match, Wardlow fights off security when they try to handcuff him, and MJF and Shawn Spears send out more security, who all get laid out. One unlucky member of security gets powerbombed into everyone else. Wardlow then says he will not stop until he gets his hands on MJF and gets released from MJF's contract. MJF proposes that they have a match, and if Wardlow wins, he is free. He then says he has couple of conditions. He says that those conditions will be mentioned in a contract signing next week in Long Island, New York.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Toni Storm, Ruby Soho, Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. and Jamie Hayter. Britt brags about how she is a history maker when Ruby Soho says she and Toni Storm are counting down the days until they can humble them.
Tony Schiavone interviews "Hangman" Adam Page in the ring. Page says it would be really easy to talk about how he respects CM Punk, how he looks forward to shaking his hand and facing him at Double or Nothing, and how he looks forward to having an all-time classic match with Punk, but that is not happening. Page says that at Double or Nothing, there will be no handshake and no tribute match; instead, he is going to destroy CM Punk, and that a fan with a CM Punk in the audience will be getting a refund on their Punk shirt if they haven't already burned it. He then says that Punk is not here tonight because he is filming another TV show, then says that he will embarrass Punk when he gives him the fight of his life.
Backstage, we hear from Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh and Sonjay Dutt. Sonjay asks where the red carpet is for them following the attention being given to Konosuke Takeshita, and Lethal challenges Takeshita to a match tos how what a real international star is capable of.
Chris Jericho beats Santana after hitting Santana with a low blow as Matt Menard distracts the referee. After the match, The Jericho Appreciation Society attack Santana and Ortiz, and Jericho hits Ortiz in the head with a baseball bat.
Backstage, we hear from Samoa Joe, who says challenges are the territory of brave men before asking Jay Lethal if he is a brave man before telling him he is coming for him.
Backstage, The Gunn Club (Billy, Austin and Colten Gunn) meet up with The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and give them gifts and receive pairs of scissors as a sign of their partnership.
The Varsity Blonds (Griff Garrison and Brian Pillman Jr.) are in the ring. Brian Pillman Jr. says he stands in the ring "a very humbled young man" thanks to their history with The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews) and seeing everything he has worked for being torn apart little by little. He then says that he and Garrison lost enthusiasm and quotes John Harbaugh - Balitmore Ravens head coach and his late father's friend and college roomate - saying to attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind, that The House of Black took advantage of their lack of enthusiasm and tore them apart. He then says that today is a new day and that he is very enthusiastic about keeping everything together. Pillman then calls out The House of Black for a fight, and The House of Black show up and eventually fight The Varsity Blonds. Julia Hart stands in the corner, then Malakai Black corners her before Buddy Matthews takes her to Griff Garrison and hand her a chair. Julia almost hits Garrison, but cannot, and Malakai rips off her eyepatch as he yells at her. Suddenly, The Death Triangle (PAC, Penta el Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix) show up and chase The House of Black out of the ring.
We hear from "Smart" Mark Sterling and The Baddies (Jade Cargill, Red Velvet, Kiera Hogan). Sterling talks about what The Baddies have been doing, and Red Velvet says she will win the women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. Jade Cargill says that this will lead to two champions in The Baddies.
Rey Fenix beats Dante Martin to qualify for the men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.
Backstage, we hear from Darby Allin and Sting. Darby says that his match with Jeff Hardy will be a special night and Sting says both men will pull out all the stops.
Thunder Rosa shows up. She says everyone has a story to tell and that hers is full of good guys and bad guys as well as successes and failures. She says she fought hard to win and retain the AEW Women's World Champion. She says that when she first showed up in AEW, she just wanted to represent women's wrestling, but she became a bloodline and backbone for the women's division and become the champion of a division people continue to criticize. Rosa says that she has become one of the best in the division and that she wants to face off against the best, then says she wants to face the woman who inspired her to become the best she could be: the #1 contender, Serena Deeb. Serena shows up and says it has been a long time, and that she has watched her earn her way to the top. She says she respects Rosa, and says they can make the best women's division in the entire world. She then says that for this to happen, she has to be champion, and while the women's world title suggests one is the best, everyone knows she is on another level and a class of her own. Serena then says she must win the title to show that. Thunder Rosa tells Serena is she is going to bet on that, and Serena says she bets that Rosa will have the shortest women's world title reign in history when she takes the title at Double or Nothing.
Backstage, we hear from John Silver, who says that he looks forward to his match against CM Punk next week.
Mercedes Martinez beats Deonna Purrazzo with a Romero Special into a Dragon Sleeper to become the undisputed Ring of Honor Women's World Champion!
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