{"id":139020,"date":"2022-05-05T22:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T03:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=139020"},"modified":"2022-05-05T22:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T03:10:44","slug":"all-elite-wrestling-rampage-preview-5-4-spoiler-free-baker-hayter-vs-storm-soho-takeshita-vs-lethal-hook-vs-j-d-drake-sakazaki-vs-riho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/05\/all-elite-wrestling-rampage-preview-5-4-spoiler-free-baker-hayter-vs-storm-soho-takeshita-vs-lethal-hook-vs-j-d-drake-sakazaki-vs-riho\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL ELITE WRESTLING RAMPAGE PREVIEW 5\/4: (SPOILER-FREE) Baker &amp; Hayter vs. Storm &amp; Soho, Takeshita vs. Lethal, Hook vs. J.D. Drake, Sakazaki vs. Riho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1719663968\" 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 PREVIEW<br \/>\nMAY 6, 2022<br \/>\nBALTIMORE, MD. AT THE CHESAPEAKE EMPLOYERS INSURANCE ARENA<br \/>\nAIRS ON TNT NETWORK, 10:00 p.m. EDT, 9:00 p.m. CDT<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>Darby Allin defeated Swerve Strickland to qualify for the Owen Hart Cup Tournament.<\/li>\n<li>TBS Champion Jade Cargill &amp; Kiera Hogan &amp; Red Velvet defeated Skye Blue &amp; Trish Adora &amp; Willow Nightingale.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLimitless\u201d Keith Lee defeated Colten Gunn.<\/li>\n<li>Hook and Danhausen had a confrontation in which Tony Nese got involved. Danhausen tried to shake Hook\u2019s hand, but he would have none of it.<\/li>\n<li>Samoa Joe defeated Trent Beretta to retain the ROH Television Championship. After the match he brawled with Jay Lethal, who was accompanied by Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>This Week<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s pre-recorded episode of Rampage features four matches advertised on Dynamite<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t miss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a> TOMORROW at a special start time of 5:30pm ET\/4:30pm CT\/3:30pm MT\/2:30pm PT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tntdrama<\/a>!<br \/>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OwenHart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OwenHart<\/a> Qualifier Match @riho_gtmv v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YukaSakazaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YukaSakazaki<\/a><br \/>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/730hook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@730Hook<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJDDrake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealJDDrake<\/a><br \/>-Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBrittBaker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealBrittBaker<\/a> DMD\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmehytr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jmehytr<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realrubysoho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realrubysoho<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ToniStorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ToniStorm<\/a> <br \/>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLethalJay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheLethalJay<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Takesoup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@takesoup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUisoB1FnC\">pic.twitter.com\/BUisoB1FnC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1522063787880185856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Dr. Britt Baker &amp; Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm &amp; Ruby Soho<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Britt Baker and her long-time cohort Jamie Hayter team up to take on Tony Storm and Ruby Soho. All four women have qualified for the Owen Hart Cup tournament. Hayter and Storm are expected to face each other in the quarterfinals while opponents for Baker and Ruby are TBD.<\/p>\n<p>This match was set up on last week\u2019s episode of Dynamite in a backstage segment. Tony Schiavone was set to interview Baker &amp; Hayter with Storm on the other side. Ruby walked in and quoted Owen Hart saying, \u201cenough is enough and it\u2019s time for a change,\u201d referring to Baker &amp; Hayter getting into the face of newcomers.<\/p>\n<p>Ruby debuted at the August PPV All Out as the joker in the women\u2019s Casino Battle Royal and won to earn a championship match, which she \u201ccashed in\u201d at the September Grand Slam event on then-champion Baker. Storm was granted her release by WWE at the end of 2021 and debuted on the March 30 edition of Dynamite, defeating The Bunny to qualify for the Owen tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS FRIDAY, May 6 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a> with an Earlier Special start time of 5:30pm ET\/4:30pm CT\/3:30pm MT\/2:30pm PT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tntdrama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OwenHart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OwenHart<\/a> Foundation Tournament competitors will collide: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBrittBaker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealBrittBaker<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmehytr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jmehytr<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ToniStorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ToniStorm<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realrubysoho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realrubysoho<\/a>! Tune in NOW to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> on TBS! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uCYL80QSNy\">pic.twitter.com\/uCYL80QSNy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1522016179782574080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 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 Call: It\u2019s hard to call these storyline driven matches. There\u2019s no stakes. I\u2019ll hazard a guess and go with Storm &amp; Ruby. I feel like we\u2019re headed towards issues with Baker &amp; Hayter, which could start during this match.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jay Lethal<\/h4>\n<p>This past Wednesday on Dynamite, a clip aired of Konosuke Takeshita on Dark Elevation. He will turn 27 this month and has wrestled for DDT Pro Wrestling in Japan. He started back in 2011 and has wrestled familiar faces such as El Generico (WWE\u2019s Sami Zayn) and NJPW\u2019s Hiroshi Tanahashi. In addition, he has spent time in All Japan Pro Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Lethal took issue with the \u201cred carpet\u201d treatment Takeshita was getting, thinking it should have been given to him. He challenged him to a match on Rampage. He\u2019ll have to deal with ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe, who is coming for him after his announcement this week:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3210679351\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TOMORROW on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a>, an enraged <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamoaJoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@samoajoe<\/a> is coming after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLethalJay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheLethalJay<\/a>! Tune in to watch at the Earlier Special start time of 5:30pm ET\/4:30pm CT\/3:30pm MT\/2:30pm PT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tntdrama<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nRr1MgfOU4\">pic.twitter.com\/nRr1MgfOU4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1522387168488009728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 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 Call: I assume they go with Lethal. I can\u2019t see a young hot shot getting a win unless he\u2019s getting a big push. I don\u2019t watch DDT Wrestling, so I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what this guy is all about.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Other Matches Announced<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Hook vs. J.D. Drake<\/strong>. It\u2019s Friday night, and you know what that means. It\u2019s time to SEND HOOK! It\u2019s becoming somewhat of a Friday night tradition, and this week will be no exception. While Rampage is where he has done most of his work, he last wrestled on Dynamite on April 20, defeating Anthony Henry. J.D. Drake has \u201cbounced around\u201d but in terms of AEW, he has spent most of his time on Dark and Dark Elevation. He lost to Keith Lee on Rampage on March 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owen Hart Cup Tournament Qualifier; Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho<\/strong>. It was recently announced that Yuka Sakazaki re-signed with AEW. She was an \u201coriginal\u201d so to speak, wrestling at the first Double or Nothing in 2019. She was on the losing end of a six-woman tag match, ironically to a team that had her opponent tonight in Riho. Riho is the inaugural AEW Women\u2019s Champion, defeating Nyla Rose on the debut episode of Dynamite.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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