{"id":119754,"date":"2023-08-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=119754"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T08:55:19","slug":"aew-rampage-08-11-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/08\/11\/aew-rampage-08-11-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Rampage (08\/11\/23) &#8211; Orange Cassidy Defends AEW International Title Against Johnny TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> continues its stop at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio tonight with <em><strong>AEW Rampage<\/strong><\/em>. The Nationwide Arena has many notable events in wrestling and has been a somewhat consistent site for <strong>WWE<\/strong> to host their premium live events\/pay-per-views.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, three of their five PLE\/PPV events held here were in the month of June despite all being years apart and different brands for the shows. However, one of their most notable has to be the first hosted here: The final <em><strong>King Of The Ring<\/strong><\/em> pay-per-view event.<\/p>\n<p>Once labeled the fifth most important event in WWE&#8217;s calendar year, 2002 saw the final iteration of the event as a brand. It saw <strong>Brock Lesnar<\/strong> defeat<strong> Rob Van Dam<\/strong>, then the Intercontinental Champion, in the finals to earn a shot at WWE Undisputed Champion months later at <em><strong>SummerSlam<\/strong><\/em>. The main event saw <strong>The Undertaker<\/strong> retain said Championship against <strong>Triple H.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Watch a MASSIVE night of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a> TOMORROW at 10pm ET\/9pm CT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTDrama<\/a>!<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarbyAllin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DarbyAllin<\/a> vs ROH World Six-Man Champ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briancagegmsi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BrianCageGMSI<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saraya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Saraya<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Skyebyee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SkyeByee<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> International Champ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/orangecassidy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@OrangeCassidy<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnnyTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#JohnnyTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealMorrison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheRealMorrison<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ROH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ROH<\/a> World Tag Champs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AussieOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AussieOpen<\/a> in ACTION! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qamHPq3oLC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qamHPq3oLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1689750972833452035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Full AEW Rampage Match Card:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage<\/li>\n<li>Saraya vs. Skye Blue (winner goes to All In London)<\/li>\n<li>AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Johnny TV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>David vs Goliath Rematch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A couple of years ago, <strong>Darby Allin<\/strong> had a long feud with <strong>Team Taz<\/strong>. And back then, that group&#8217;s most prominent member was<strong> Brian Cage<\/strong>. Who faced off with Darby Allin in a memorable TNT Championship match back at the January 7th, 2021 edition of <em><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em>. Dubbed &#8216;<em><strong>New Year&#8217;s Smash &#8211; Week 2<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;. Darby Allin walked away the winner, but not after a very hard-fought battle.<\/p>\n<p>The two now meet yet again with Brian Cage being a member of <strong>The Mogul Embassy<\/strong>. With their leader <strong>Swerve Strickland<\/strong> becoming a massive thorn in the side of Darby. To the point of manipulating his mentor <strong>AR Fox<\/strong> to join the group and turn on Darby. And later also bloody Darby&#8217;s own protege, Nick Wayne. A lot rides here, as Darby is now set to join Sting to face Swerve and Fox at All In.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who Punches Ticket #3 To London?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On <em>Dynamite<\/em>, it was announced that the<strong> AEW<\/strong> Women&#8217;s World Championship would be defended at <em><strong>All In<\/strong> <\/em>in a 4-Way match. <strong>Hikaru Shida<\/strong> successfully defended her title against <strong>Anna Jay<\/strong> to cement herself as the defending Champion in the match. While <strong>Toni Storm<\/strong> gets a bye as the former Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Two spots remain and tonight one of them is filled as veteran<strong> Saraya<\/strong> has a rare, a very rare, one-on-one match against the lovable rookie, <strong>Skye Blue<\/strong>. However, despite the rarity of Saraya&#8217;s one-on-one matches, she has in fact already faced and defeated Skye Blue. As the two met at the February 22nd edition of <em>AEW Dynamite<\/em> this year. Saraya walked away the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Can Skye Blue redeem that loss or will Saraya punch her ticket to have what will without a doubt be her biggest match ever? In front of over 80,000 fans in her home country?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Two Open Challenges Sounds Like A Double Negative<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Last week, <strong>QTV<\/strong> issued an open challenge to &#8220;anyone that has appeared on TV&#8221;. You&#8217;d expect anything from such a broad challenge. But did you expect <strong>Orange Cassidy<\/strong> to defend his International title? Actually, you probably should. It&#8217;s not the first time the Freshly Squeezed one has done such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty interesting match as it will be <strong>Johnny TV<\/strong> vs. Orange Cassidy. Johnny TV of course has been very successful in wrestling. Winning the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles in the WWE, sweeping all of <strong>AAA&#8217;s<\/strong> singles Championships at once, being a former Impact World Champion and beyond. So it&#8217;ll be interesting to see him and Orange Cassidy measure up without a doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as <em>All In<\/em> nears, we now have a peculiar pre-show match announced as the main event of the PPV, <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong>, and World Champion <strong>MJF<\/strong> team up yet again to challenge <strong>Aussie Open<\/strong> for the <strong>Ring Of Honor<\/strong> Tag Team Championships. As such, Aussie Open will be in action tonight. All that and more on <em>AEW Rampage<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Stay tun<\/em><em>ed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" 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\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" 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 continues its stop at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio tonight with AEW Rampage. The Nationwide Arena has many notable events in wrestling and has been a somewhat consistent site for WWE to host their premium live events\/pay-per-views. 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