Road Rager (2022)

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Road Rager
Road Rager 2022.jpg
Promotion All Elite Wrestling
DateJune 15, 2022
(aired June 15, 2022 and June 17, 2022)
City St. Louis, Missouri
Venue Chaifetz Arena
Attendance4,731 [1]
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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.

Contents

Production

Other on-screen personnel
RoleName
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

Background

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. [2] 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. [3]

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. [4]

Results

Dynamite (aired June 15)

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [5]
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
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Rampage (aired June 17)

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [6]
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
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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