 The Don Callis Family (AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita and ROH World Television Champion Brian Cage) def. Mark Davis and Powerhouse HobbsThe timing of this was embarrassing because Cage had already lost the ROH World Television Championship by the time this aired at Ring of Honor's Final Battle pay-per-view. Maybe not have people appear on both events if they're airing simultaneously? Otherwise, this was a good match, but it wasn't much different than their last encounter aside from the end result. Hobbs and Takeshita will face off the AEW International Championship at Worlds End. Lio Rush and Action Andretti def. Miles Hawkins and GoldyRush and Andretti definitely came across as heels here, so I assume that's the role they'll be in going forward. Did they ever actually turn on Top Flight? They're next in line to challenge for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, so it was logical for them to get a spotlight win here. I imagine that match with Private Party will happen at Worlds End, but that has yet to be confirmed. Willow Nightingale def. Harley CameronI know a lot of fans are high on Cameron right now (and understandably so because she has shown signs of serious improvement), but unless the idea is that she's going to embark on a lengthy losing streak, she needs to win once in a while if beating her to going to mean anything. This was serviceable. Penelope Ford helped Cameron attack Nightingale afterward before Kris Statlander made the save. I'm amazed AEW is already going back to them being friends so soon after their breakup. Brody King def. Komander in a Continental Classic Gold League MatchAs I mentioned while discussing the opener, Komander had already won the ROH Television title by the time this aired, but I won't label him as such here because he wasn't champ when it was taped, nor did he have the belt with him. Nonetheless, these two had a quality contest. The Continental Classic is all about competitive matches, but since this had such an obvious outcome, it would've been nice for this to be more of a straightforward squash for King. Overall ShowRampage is on its last legs and this throwaway show was yet another example of that. The Continental Classic match was the most notable thing on the episode and even that paled in comparison to what else we've gotten in the tournament this year. The other three matches were paint-by-numbers stuff despite having some storyline significance and moving certain stories forward.
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