AEW Rampage Notes: Two New Matches Set for WrestleDream, AEW Women’s Title Match Set for Dynamite Title Tuesday

Two New Matches Announced for AEW WrestleDream

Friday’s taped AEW Rampage show in Broomfield, Colorado featured two new matches officially announced for the card of AEW WrestleDream, which takes place on October 1st at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.

The first new match announced was an AEW World Trios Championship match of TMDK (Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste, & Mikey Nicholls) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn (c).

This match was setup during the AEW Trios title match on the show between The Hardys & Isiah Kassidy and The Acclaimed & Gunn. AEW commentator Excalibur stated that the winner of this match would be defending the titles on the Zero Hour pre-show at this Sunday’s WrestleDream event. The Acclaimed & Gunn successfully retained their titles following The Acclaimed hitting a KRS-1 onto Kassidy for the pinfall victory.

The second new match announced was a singles match of Nick Wayne vs. Luchasaurus. In a backstage promo segment on the show, Wayne called out Luchasaurus and stated that he wanted revenge over Luchasaurus chokeslamming him at AEW’s All In event this past August. Wayne then issued a challenge to Luchasaurus for a match at WrestleDream. This match was later confirmed to be official for WrestleDream’s Zero Hour pre-show by AEW commentator Excalibur.

Nick Wayne has unfinished business with former TNT Champion Luchasaurus, and they are set to collide one-on-one LIVE at #AEWWrestleDream ZERO HOUR at 7pm ET/4pm PT!

▶️ https://t.co/cv0gudHtYE@thenickwayne pic.twitter.com/s1q5lxlphh

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 30, 2023

Updated card for AEW WrestleDream:

• AEW World Tag Team Championship – Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c)
• AEW TNT Championship Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match – Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage (c)
• TBS Championship – Julia Hart vs. Kris Statlander (c)
• ROH World Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Eddie Kingston (c)
• ROH World Tag Team Championship 2-on-1 Handicap match – The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) vs. MJF (c)
• Four-way match for future AEW World Tag Team Championship title shot – The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) vs. Orange HOOK (Orange Cassidy & HOOK) vs. The Lucha Bros (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo)
• Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, & Kota Ibushi vs. Don Callis Family (Sammy Guevara, Konosuke Takeshita, & Will Ospreay)
• Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Adam Page
• Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta
• Zero Hour Pre-show: AEW World Trios Championship – TMDK (Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste, & Mikey Nicholls) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn (c)
• Zero Hour Pre-show: Nick Wayne vs. Luchasaurus

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Hikaru Shida vs. Saraya Announced for AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday Show

Friday’s Rampage show also featured one new match officially announced for the card of AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday show, which takes place on October 10th at the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri.

This new match announced was a AEW Women’s World Championship match of Hikaru Shida vs. Saraya (c).

This match was setup following Shida defeating Ruby Soho in a #1 Contender’s match for the AEW Women’s World title.

The finish to this match involved Soho going to the top rope to attempt a top rope senton only for Shida to put her knees up to block it. Shida then hit a Falcon Arrow for a nearfall which led to Soho responding with hitting No Future in return but Shida blocked it with her shoulder. Shida then hit the Katana to Soho for the pinfall victory to earn a title shot for the AEW Women’s World Championship at AEW’s upcoming Dynamite Title Tuesday show.

Hikaru Shida won and will now face #AEW Women’s World Champion Saraya at #AEWDynamite Title Tuesday on October 10th!

Watch #AEWRampage ON TNT!@saraya | @shidahikaru pic.twitter.com/bR6cK5iy1m

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 30, 2023