Road Rager (2022)
The 2022 Road Rager was the second annual and final Road Rager professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on June 15, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri at the Chaifetz Arena, encompassing the broadcasts of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite, which aired live on TBS, and Friday Night Rampage, which aired on tape delay on June 17 on TNT. The 2022 event expanded upon the previous year, which was only held as a special episode of Dynamite. This would be the final Road Rager as an event was not held in 2023.
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | June 15, 2022 (aired June 15, 2022 and June 17, 2022) | ||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | ||
| Venue | Chaifetz Arena | ||
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| AEW Rampage special episodes chronology | |||
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Production
| Role | Name |
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| Commentators | Jim Ross (Dynamite) |
| Excalibur (both shows) | |
| Tony Schiavone (Dynamite) | |
| Taz (Rampage) | |
| Chris Jericho (Rampage) | |
| William Regal (Hair vs. Hair & Moxley vs Garcia) | |
| Stokely Hathaway (TBS Title match) | |
| Ring announcer | Dasha Gonzalez |
| Referees | Aubrey Edwards |
| Bryce Remsburg | |
| Paul Turner | |
| Rick Knox | |
| Stephon Smith | |
| Interviewers | Lexy Nair |
| Mark Henry |
Storylines
Road Rager featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite, the supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation, and The Young Bucks' YouTube series Being The Elite.
Reception
Television ratings
Dynamite averaged 761,000 television viewers on TBS and a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic, AEW's key demographic. This was down from the 939,000 viewership total of the previous week's episode.[2]
Rampage averaged 331,000 television viewers on TNT, with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This was also down from the 476,000 viewership total of the previous week.[3]
Results
Dynamite (aired June 15)
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[4] | ||
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| 1 | Chris Jericho defeated Ortiz by pinfall | Hair vs. Hair match | 11:45 | ||
| 2 | Wardlow defeated 20 Plaintiffs (with "Smart" Mark Sterling) | 20-on-1 Handicap match | 4:09 | ||
| 3 | Will Ospreay defeated Dax Harwood by pinfall | Singles match | 13:40 | ||
| 4 | Miro defeated Ethan Page (with Dan Lambert) by submission | AEW All-Atlantic Championship Tournament Semifinals | 9:25 | ||
| 5 | Toni Storm defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (with Jamie Hayter and Rebel) by pinfall | Singles match | 7:35 | ||
| 6 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (c) | Tag team ladder match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship | 14:50 | ||
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Rampage (aired June 17)
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[5] | ||
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| 1 | Jon Moxley (with William Regal) defeated Dante Martin by submission | Singles match | 11:58 | ||
| 2 | Gunn Club (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) and Max Caster (with Billy Gunn and Anthony Bowens) defeated Ruffin It (Leon Ruff and Bear Country (Bear Beefcake and Bear Bronson)) by pinfall | Six-man tag team match | 1:16 | ||
| 3 | Jade Cargill (c) (with Stokely Hathaway) defeated Willow Nightingale by pinfall | Singles match for the AEW TBS Championship | 6:04 | ||
| 4 | Darby Allin defeated Bobby Fish by pinfall | Singles match | 11:48 | ||
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References
- Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- Powell, Jason (June 16, 2022). "AEW Dynamite rating and viewership for the Road Rager themed episode". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- Powell, Jason (June 20, 2022). "AEW Rampage rating and viewership without major sports competition". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- Powell, Jason (June 15, 2022). "6/15 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus vs. The Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AEW Tag Titles, Chris Jericho vs. Ortiz in a hair vs. hair match, Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker, Will Ospreay vs. Dak Harwood, Ethan Page vs. Miro in an All Atlantic Title qualifying match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- "Spoilers For This Week's AEW Rampage". 411mania. Retrieved June 17, 2022.