This past Friday’s AEW Rampage kicked off with the Continental Crown Championship match between Eddie Kingston and Wheeler Yuta. Kingston retained the title by defeating Yuta with a Northern Lights Bomb.
Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, and Mark Briscoe were interviewed by Renee Paquette. Matt said that they are coming for the AEW World Trios Titles. Jeff recruited Briscoe to the team by putting a Hardy Boys necklace around Briscoe’s neck.
Swerve Strickland defeated Matt Sydal.
Hikaru Shida defeated Queen Aminata.
In the main event, The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno & John Silver) defeated Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Jake Hager in a Trios match.
According to Nielsen via SpoilerTV, the January 12th episode of AEW Rampage drew 396,000 viewers on TNT and a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
AEW Rampage viewership & ratings for the past few weeks
| Episode of AEW Rampage | Viewership | 18-49 demographic |
| January 12 | 396,000 | 0.12 |
| January 5 | 406,000 | 0.14 |
| December 29 | 326,000 | 0.11 |
| December 22 | 363,000 | 0.10 |
| December 15 | 308,000 | 0.08 |
| December 8 | 341,000 | 0.12 |
| December 1 | 348,000 | 0.10 |