{"id":112620,"date":"2022-04-07T16:31:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=112620"},"modified":"2022-04-07T16:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:31:10","slug":"aew-rampage-yuta-vs-moxley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/04\/07\/aew-rampage-yuta-vs-moxley\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Rampage (4\/8\/22) &#8211; Wheeler Yuta vs. Jon Moxley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> gave its fans a fantastic show on the latest edition of\u00a0<em><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em>. While fans may think it&#8217;s time to slow down,\u00a0AEW just ramps it up, as another exciting edition of\u00a0<em><strong>AEW Rampage<\/strong><\/em> comes your way. Let&#8217;s preview the action for this Friday night&#8217;s <em><strong>AEW Rampage<\/strong><\/em> as &#8220;The Purveyor of Violence&#8221;<strong> Jon Moxley<\/strong> battles the new ROH Pure Champion <strong>Wheeler Yuta<\/strong>. &#8220;The American Dragon&#8221; takes on one-half of the <strong>Best Friends<\/strong>. Plus, another spot for <strong><em>The\u00a0Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament<\/em><\/strong> is on the line this Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>What a way to cap off the weekend, with another action-packed edition of AEW&#8217;s premier Friday night wrestling program. Let&#8217;s not keep anyone waiting any longer, this is\u00a0<em>Rampage<\/em>! Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<h2>Full AEW Rampage Match Card:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta<\/li>\n<li>The Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament &#8211; Qualifier: Willow Nightingale vs. Red Velvet<\/li>\n<li>Swerve Strickland vs. QT Marshall<\/li>\n<li>Bryan Danielson (w\/William Regal) vs. Trent Beretta (w\/Chuck Taylor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Yvl6I4B.jpg\" alt=\"Willow Nightingale vs Red Velvet on AEW Rampage\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Cooking Up Trouble<\/h3>\n<p>Despite losing to the new Interim\u00a0<strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> Women&#8217;s World Champion\u00a0<strong>Mercedes Martinez<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Willow Nightingale<\/strong> put on a solid showing on last Friday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/04\/01\/andnew-mercedes-martinez-wins-interim-roh-womens-world-championship\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>Supercard of<\/strong><strong> Honor<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. The rising star has another shot in the limelight as she battles\u00a0AEW standout <strong>Red Velvet<\/strong>, with a spot in <em>The\u00a0Owen Hart\u00a0Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament<\/em> spot up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Three of AEW&#8217;s best competitors have already qualified for the tournament: <strong>Toni Storm<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jamie Hayter<\/strong>, and record-breaking former AEW Women&#8217;s World Champion\u00a0<strong>Hikaru Shida<\/strong>. Both Velvet and Willow have an opportunity to join these names in the inaugural tournament; with the possibility of being the inaugural winner of the event. Who wants it more? We&#8217;ll find out this Friday night only on TNT.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112654 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/aew-rampage-yuta-vs-moxley.jpg\" alt=\"AEW Rampage Feat Wheeler Yuta vs Jon Moxley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/aew-rampage-yuta-vs-moxley.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/aew-rampage-yuta-vs-moxley-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The Mightiest Test<\/h3>\n<p>Wheeler Yuta scored possibly the biggest win of his career, thus far, as he defeated\u00a0<strong>Josh Woods<\/strong> to become the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/04\/01\/andnew-wheeler-yuta-wins-roh-pure-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">new\u00a0ROH\u00a0Pure Champion<\/a>. However, just seven days removed from the monumental victory, Yuta battles &#8220;The Purveyor of Violence&#8221; <strong>Jon Moxley<\/strong> this Friday night on\u00a0<em>AEW Rampage<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>The Blackpool Combat Club&#8217;s<\/strong> maestro\u00a0<strong>William Regal<\/strong> has taken a liking to Yuta, especially after his gutsy performance against &#8220;The American Dragon&#8221; <strong>Bryan Danielson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite proving himself time after time, Wheeler has one more test ahead of him before he truly proves he&#8217;s worthy to stand alongside The Blackpool Combat Club. It will not be an easy feat to accomplish, as Yuta battles one of the toughest men ever to lace up a pair of wrestling boots, former AEW World Champion Moxley. Mox is not just going to lay down and roll over for Wheeler. He will give it his all, and test the might of the young upstart. Will Yuta be up for the challenge on <em>AEW Rampage<\/em>, or will Moxley separate the contenders from the pretenders?<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Elite Wrestling gave its fans a fantastic show on the latest edition of\u00a0AEW Dynamite. While fans may think it&#8217;s time to slow down,\u00a0AEW just ramps it up, as another exciting edition of\u00a0AEW Rampage comes your way. 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