{"id":137761,"date":"2022-04-14T15:53:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=137761"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:57:35","slug":"all-elite-wrestling-rampage-preview-4-15-page-defends-against-cole-texas-death-style-blackpools-vs-gunns-soho-vs-renegade-in-owen-qualifier-battle-of-the-belts-ii-preview-rosa-vs-rose-sky-vs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/04\/14\/all-elite-wrestling-rampage-preview-4-15-page-defends-against-cole-texas-death-style-blackpools-vs-gunns-soho-vs-renegade-in-owen-qualifier-battle-of-the-belts-ii-preview-rosa-vs-rose-sky-vs\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL ELITE WRESTLING RAMPAGE &amp; BATTLE OF THE BELTS II PREVIEW 4\/15-4\/16: Page Defends Against Cole Texas Death Style, Blackpools vs. Gunns, Soho vs. Renegade in Owen Qualifier &#8230; BOTB II: Rosa vs. Rose, Sky vs. Guevara, Gresham vs. Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2203534618\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>ALL ELITE WRESTLING RAMPAGE &amp; BATTLE OF THE BELTS II PREVIEW<br \/>\nAPRIL 15, 2022<br \/>\nGARLAND, TX. AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER<br \/>\nAIRS ON TNT NETWORK, 7:00 p.m. EDT, 6:00 p.m. CDT (SPECIAL START TIME)<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Taz, Ricky Starks (various combinations)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bryan Danielson defeated Trent Beretta.<\/li>\n<li>Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti \u2026 well you know the drill these days.<\/li>\n<li>Swerve Strickland defeated QT Marshall.<\/li>\n<li>Red Velvet defeated Willow Nightingale to qualify for the Owen Hart Cup Tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Jon Moxley defeated Wheeler Yuta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Arena<\/h4>\n<p>Rampage will be live this week with a special start time of 7:00 p.m. EDT, 6:00 p.m. CDT. It will emanate from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, TX. The 17-year-old arena is a frequent host to AEW with the most recent event being the December 2021 edition of Dynamite: Winter is Coming.<\/p>\n<p>Three matches were announced on Dynamite. They will also record Battle of the Belts II to air on Saturday night on TNT at 8:00 p.m. EDT, 7:00 p.m. CDT. Three matches are announced for that show as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Rampage<\/h3>\n<h4>AEW World Championship Texas Death Match: \u201cHangman\u201d Adam Page (champ) vs. Adam Cole<\/h4>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be an event in the Curtis Culwell Center without a \u201cHangman\u201d Adam Page title defense. The last time AEW was in this arena he went to a time limit draw against Bryan Danielson. The stakes are higher this time when Page defends against Adam Cole in a Texas Death Match.<\/p>\n<p>Page retained over Cole at Revolution, but issues have not stopped between the two men and Page\u2019s cronies ReDRagon (Bobby Fish &amp; Kyle O\u2019Reilly). The latest chapter unfolded on last week\u2019s episode of Dynamite after Cole defeated Christian Cage. Fish &amp; O\u2019Reilly helped Cole attack Christian until AEW Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy &amp; Luchasurus) made the save. Page came out and having had enough of what had been taking place recently, got in Cole\u2019s face and challenged him to the match with the Texas Death stipulation. He told Cole to \u201cget his affairs\u201d in order.<\/p>\n<p>Page retained the AEW Championship over Lance Archer in a Texas Death match on the February 9 edition of Dynamite.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hangman\u2019s dream dies this Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndNew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AdamColeBayBay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AdamColeBayBay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z4mo1BfCEd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z4mo1BfCEd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Cole (@AdamColePro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamColePro\/status\/1513967242790252557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: This is a weird match for me to call. I don\u2019t feel like the Page run has been great, but does that mean put the title on Cole who hasn\u2019t necessarily taken as a top heel? I guess I feel like a title change is coming.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Trios Match: Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson &amp; Jon Moxley &amp; Wheeler Yuta) (w\/William Regal) vs. Gunn Club (Billy &amp; Colten &amp; Austin Gunn)<\/h4>\n<p>The Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson &amp; Jon Moxley) has a new member in Wheeler Yuta, and they will have their first action as a trio as they take on The Gunn Club (Billy, Austin, and Colten). This past Wednesday on Dynamite, the Combat Club was interviewed by Tony Schiavone in which Danielson said they were fired up. Moxley called the Gunn Club a bunch of goofs, and Yuta said that on Friday the \u201creal work begins.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2926478296\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Gunn Club recently challenged Jurassic Express unsuccessfully for the AEW Tag Team Championship. Moxley defeated Yuta in last week\u2019s main event of Rampage, but Yuta earned the respect of the Blackpool Combat Club, and it was shown they all shook hands after the match in which Yuta bled heavily.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forged in Combat<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackpoolCombatClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackpoolCombatClub<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCNZNpi230\">pic.twitter.com\/GCNZNpi230<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YUTA (@WheelerYuta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WheelerYuta\/status\/1512631722176921605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A star is born, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WheelerYuta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WheelerYuta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyKhan\/status\/1512626566722985993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: This is straight-forward and there\u2019s not much to expect other than a win for the Blackpool Combat Club. The Gunn Club are perfectly fine foils. I\u2019m looking for the body language between Yuta and his partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Owen Hart Cup Qualifier: Ruby Soho vs. Robyn Renegade<\/h4>\n<p>The qualifying matches continue for the Owen Hart Cup on the women\u2019s side. Ruby Soho goes one-on-one with Robyn Renegade. Thus far Toni Storm faces Jamie Hayter and Hikaru Shida faces Red Velvet in the quarterfinals. Shida is a former AEW Women\u2019s Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Ruby arrived on the scene in AEW as the joker in the women\u2019s Casino Battle Royal at All Out. She won the match and earned a championship match against then-champion Dr. Britt Baker, which took place at the Grand Slam Dynamite show from Arthur Ashe stadium in Flushing, N.Y. She\u2019s competed mostly on Dark and Dark Elevation after going to the finals of the TBS Championship tournament, which was won by Jade Cargill. She lost her last match on Dynamite to Nyla Rose on February 2. Renegade herself has mostly been on Dark and Dark Elevation and lost her last match on Rampage to Baker in a non-title affair.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: You must expect that Ruby is the one to advance here. Much was made about bringing her in after being released from WWE, but she hasn\u2019t been featured that much on TV since losing in the finals of the TBS Championship tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>BATTLE OF THE BELTS II<\/h3>\n<h4>AEW Women\u2019s Championship: Thunder Rosa (champ) vs. Nyla Rose<\/h4>\n<p>Thunder Rosa has her first title defense as AEW Women\u2019s Champion against Nyla Rose. Rosa defeated Dr. Britt Baker on the St. Patrick\u2019s Slam episode of Dynamite in a steel cage to win the title. During the following week\u2019s episode, Rosa was interrupted by Vickie Guerrero and then attacked by Rose when she was being interviewed by Tony Schiavone. She called out Rose in an interview the following week, again with Schiavone, where she talked about wanting to be the face of all women\u2019s wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Nyla Rose is a former AEW Women\u2019s Champion. She defeated inaugural champion Riho back in February of 2020 and lost to Hikaru Shida at Double of Nothing three months later.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nylarosebeast\/status\/1514646081719742478?s=21<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2326371503\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Rosa retains here. Rose is a perfectly fine first opponent. I would be shocked if they do a title change here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>ROH Championship: Jonathan Gresham (champ) vs. Dalton Castle<\/h4>\n<p>Jonathan Gresham defends the Ring of Honor Championship against former champion Dalton Castle. Gresham has been the champion since defeating Jay Lethal at the December Final Battle PPV. This happened prior to Tony Khan purchasing ROH. The title was vacated when Bandido testing positive for COVID-19 a day before the show.<\/p>\n<p>Castle last held the ROH Championship from December 2017 when he defeated Cody at Final Battle. He lost to Jay Lethal in June of 2018 on ROH TV.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I can\u2019t see Gresham dropping the title this soon unless there\u2019s an injury or something. From what I know of Castle, he\u2019s a perfectly fine opponent to feature the ROH Championship on national TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>TNT Championship: Scorpio Sky (champ) (w\/Dan Lambert and \u201cAll Ego\u201d Ethan Page) vs. Sammy Guevara (w\/Tay Conti)<\/h4>\n<p>Sammy Guevara will have a chance to regain the TNT Championship when he challenges Scorpio Sky. Last week, Sammy &amp; his girlfriend Tay Conti interrupted Scorpio after he spoke of getting rid of the open challenge. They called Dan Lambert a sexist piece of sh*t. Ethan Page looked towards the camera and told his daughter he hopes she doesn\u2019t grow up to be anything like Tay. This past Wednesday on Dynamite, Scorpio granted Sammy his rematch. Dan Lambert reiterated how Sammy and Tay were the most obnoxious couple. He also questioned the mixed tag match than Tay wanted so badly.<\/p>\n<p>Scorpio defeated Sammy for the TNT Championship on the Dynamite after Revolution. He hasn\u2019t been pinned on television in over a year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;The only thing getting bigger in Texas, is my Winning Streak&quot;. &#8211; TNT Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScorpioSky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@scorpiosky<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Tune in NOW to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBSNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tbsnetwork<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rHMdXM1sFt\">pic.twitter.com\/rHMdXM1sFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1514414164696993792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I\u2019m not a bot when I say this feud does nothing for me. Sammy and Tay do nothing for me. Dan Lambert has gotten to the point where he does nothing for me. I hate that Scorpio and Page are involved in this situation. Yeah, here\u2019s hoping Scorpio retains.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3371780747\"><div id=\"pwtor-2662938690\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>ALL ELITE WRESTLING RAMPAGE &amp; BATTLE OF THE BELTS II PREVIEW APRIL 15, 2022 GARLAND, TX. 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