Tony Khan Makes Promise for Tonight’s AEW Rampage Grand Slam Special, Opener Confirmed, Control Center, More

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AEW President Tony Khan is promising a pay-per-view quality show for free tonight as the Grand Slam edition of AEW Rampage airs live on TNT.

Tonight’s Rampage will be a two-hour special, airing in the usual timeslot of 10pm ET. The episode was taped on Wednesday night from Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, and full spoilers can be found at this link.

Khan confirmed that tonight’s special episode will “start hot” with Sting and Darby Allin vs. Brody King and Buddy Matthews in the No DQ match. He called the opener a “big match” between the two teams.

Khan also said tonight’s Rampage will be “the most star studded, action packed & exciting Rampage ever” to air.

“You won’t want to miss #AEWRampage Grand Slam TONIGHT On @TNTdrama! I promise you this will be a ppv quality show for FREE, + while I can’t promise this next part, I expect that this will be the best wrestling show on tv tonight! Find out for yourself TONIGHT @ 10pm ET/9pm CT!,” he wrote.

Below is the Rampage line-up for tonight, along with promos for some of the matches and Khan’s full tweets:

* Chris Jericho, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Jim Ross on commentary

* Sting and Darby Allin vs. Buddy Matthews and Brody King in a No DQ match

* Action Bronson and FTW Champion Hook vs. Angelo Parker and Matt Menard

* AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill defends Diamante. Cargill will have The Baddies in her corner, while rapper Trina will be with Diamante

* AEW TNT Champion Wardlow and ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe vs. Tony Nese and Josh Woods

* Jungle Boy vs. AEW World Trios Champion Rey Fenix

* Eddie Kingston vs. Sammy Guevara

* Golden Ticket Battle Royale with Paul Wight on guest commentary. The winner will be named the new #1 contender to AEW World Champion Jon Moxley for a title shot on the October 18 Tuesday Night Dynamite. Participants include Adam Page, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle with The Boys, ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia, Ari Daivari, Brian Cage, Penta El Zero M, W. Morrissey, Cole Karter, Lance Archer, Jay Lethal, Dante Martin, Danhausen, Lee Moriarty, Rush, The Butcher, The Blade, Marq Quen, Isiah Kassidy, 10, Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds, Jake Hager, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Matt Hardy

* Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs in an Unsanctioned Lights Out main event

Stay tuned to WrestlingHeadlines.com for more and be sure to join us for live Rampage Grand Slam coverage at 10pm ET.

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