{"id":113252,"date":"2022-05-05T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=113252"},"modified":"2022-05-05T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:59:50","slug":"aew-rampage-konosuke-takeshita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/05\/05\/aew-rampage-konosuke-takeshita\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Rampage (5\/6\/22) &#8211; Konosuke Takeshita AEW Rampage Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fastest and most exciting 60 minutes of wrestling action comes at you yet again this Friday night at <em><strong>AEW Rampage<\/strong><\/em>. Let&#8217;s preview the action for this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>AEW Rampage<\/em> as the history-making inaugural <strong>AEW<\/strong> Women&#8217;s World Champion and &#8220;The Magical Girl&#8221; face off in an <strong>Owen Hart<\/strong> Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament qualifier. One of\u00a0<strong>DDT Pro-Wrestling&#8217;s<\/strong> finest exports <strong>Konosuke<\/strong> <strong>Takeshita<\/strong> returns to AEW to make his <em>Rampage<\/em> debut.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, &#8220;The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil&#8221; is in a fighting mood, and he will be fed another poor soul smack dab in the middle of the squared circle. It&#8217;s Friday night, and you know what that means! This is\u00a0<em>Rampage<\/em> Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a> at a special EARLY 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\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tntdrama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLethalJay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheLethalJay<\/a> collides with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ddtpro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ddtpro<\/a> star Konosuke Takeshita (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Takesoup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Takesoup<\/a>) who makes his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a> debut! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HGX4stVROy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HGX4stVROy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1522199434414772224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Full AEW Rampage Match Card: Konosuke Takeshita Rampage Debut<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. &amp; Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm &amp; Ruby Soho<\/li>\n<li>Hook vs. JD Drake<\/li>\n<li>Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jay Lethal<\/li>\n<li>Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Joshi Supremacy<\/h2>\n<p>Two of AEW&#8217;s best collide this Friday night on\u00a0<em>Rampage<\/em>.\u00a0&#8220;The Magical Girl&#8221; <strong>Yuka Sakazaki\u00a0<\/strong>and the first-ever AEW Women&#8217;s World Champion <strong>Riho<\/strong> make their triumphant returns, to battle it out for a spot in the Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The last time we saw Riho compete under the banner of All Elite Wrestling was back at the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/07\/aew-battle-of-the-belts\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>Battle of the Belts<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Riho came extremely close to dethroning the then AEW Women&#8217;s World Champion <strong>Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.\u00a0<\/strong>While coming up just a bit short of a second run at the title, Riho had a barn-burning match against the good doctor.<\/p>\n<p>As for Yuka, The Magical Girl was on a four-match winning streak, last beating &#8220;The Real Mean Girl&#8221; <strong>Dani Jordyn<\/strong> on the July 28th, 2021 edition of\u00a0<em><strong>AEW Dark: Elevation<\/strong><\/em>. These two fantastic competitors have a tremendous chance to make history, qualify for the inaugural Owen Hart Women&#8217;s Tournament, and possibly win the whole thing. Who will come out on top? Find out this Friday night on TNT!<\/p>\n<h2>Rolling Out The Red Carpet<\/h2>\n<p>The youngest KO-D Openweight Champion and one of DDT Pro-Wrestling&#8217;s best <strong>Konosuke Takeshita<\/strong> makes his\u00a0<em>AEW Rampage<\/em> debut. He takes on a royally ticked-off <strong>Jay Lethal<\/strong>. Once dubbed as &#8220;The Franchise&#8221; of\u00a0<strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong>, Lethal has become extremely obsessed with taking down its champions <strong>Jonathan Gresham<\/strong> and &#8220;The Samoan Submission Machine&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Samoa Joe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, for this week, Jay Lethal turns his attention to Takeshita, as he stated his disdain for others getting the royal treatment that he feels he deserves. That being said, he will have his hands full against Takeshita; fresh off a tremendous win against\u00a0<strong>Rhett Titus<\/strong> in the latest edition of <em>Dark: Elevation<\/em>. Don&#8217;t you dare miss this &#8220;must-see&#8221; match, as it goes down on another explosive edition of <em>AEW Rampage<\/em>!<\/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>The fastest and most exciting 60 minutes of wrestling action comes at you yet again this Friday night at AEW Rampage. Let&#8217;s preview the action for this week&#8217;s\u00a0AEW Rampage as the history-making inaugural AEW Women&#8217;s World Champion and &#8220;The Magical Girl&#8221; face off in an Owen Hart Foundation Women&#8217;s Tournament qualifier. 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