Royal RampageTwo ring situation here. Nick Wayne, Swerve, Darby Allin, and Jay Lethal are our first four opponents. Darby and Lethal team up in one ring, as Wayne and Swerve are in the other. Entrant number five is MINORU SUZUKI. Darby waits for Suzuki, who immediately walks in the ring and puts him in a Dragon Sleeper. Brian Cage is next and hits Nick Wayne with a pump handle driver. Ethan Page is next and he trades elbows with Suzuki. Komander comes in and DDT’s Swerve over the top of Cage. Head scissors and a diving headbutt to Cage. Pump handle powerslam to Komander by Cage. Butcher is next and lays out Page with a lariat. Big Bill is here with a Bossman Slam to everyone. Page evades a Lethal Injection and dumps Jay Lethal out. Lethal grabs Page and Suzuki dumps him from behind. Suzuki and Butcher trade elbows before Suzuki looks for the Gotch Style Piledriver, but gets back body dropped over the top by Butcher and he’s out! Butcher swings Darby into the guardrail on the outside a few times as Blade is out next and joins on the attack. Isiah Kassidy is next and immediately gets cut off by Bill. Toa is out next and he’s running over everyone. Matt Sydal is next as he pairs up with Brother Zay. Bishop Kaun is next as he teams up with Toa Leona and they clean house. Jake Hager is here and he’s not thrilled with Big Bill, as Cage and Bill wind up clotheslining him over the top and to the floor. Quaduple team Shield Bomb to Darby but Darby gets free and dropkicks everyone to the apron. Matt Hardy eliminates Jeff Jarrett from behind. Cage and Shields F1\5 Hardy before throwing him out. Nick Wayne pulls Swerve to the apron with a guillotine but Wayne’s World to Kaun and he’s out. Assisted Sliced Bread to Wayne by Cage and Swerve. Lariat by Cage turns Swerve inside out. Release German suplex by Swerve to Wayne. Double jump by Wayne but Swerve sends him to the floor as Darby eliminates Toa. Swerve kick to the back of Darby’s head. Darby ducks a pump kick and sends Swerve to the apron, but Nana is here with a skateboard to the back. It’s Darby’s so SWERVE POWERBOMBS DARBY ON THE BACK OF THE SKATEBOARD, WHEELLS AND DTRUCKS UPSWARD. Darby still hands on as Swerve misses a stomp. Swerve looks for the brainbuster but Darby gets out and reverse DDT’s Swerve over the top rope. Swerve hangs on but Darby takes him out with a suicide dive for the win!
Winner and NEW NUMBER 1 CONTENDER FOR THE AEW TBS CHAMPIONSHIP: Darby Allin
Results Credit: WrestlingHeadlines.com
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