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AEW Rampage live results: TNT Championship qualifier

Posted on by Marc Quill

A series of qualifying matches for the ladder match to crown a new TNT Champion at Forbidden Door begins on tonight’s AEW Rampage.

Konosuke Takeshita of The Don Callis Family takes on Penta El Zero Miedo in a match to determine who will advance to the ladder match at Forbidden Door to fill the TNT title vacated by the injured Adam Copeland.

Four additional matches are also set for tonight’s episode.

Toni Storm will face Viva Van in a Women’s World title eliminator bout where Van gets a shot at Storm’s Women’s World Championship if she wins.

Penta’s tag team partner Rey Fenix will go one-on-one with Isiah Kassidy on the program.

Satnam Singh will be in action in a squash match against an enhancement talent.

Before challenging Will Ospreay for the International Championship on Saturday’s Collision episode, Kyle O’Reilly will have a match on tonight’s episode as well.

The show begins at the special start time of 6:30 p.m. Eastern time on TNT.

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Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were on the call for tonight’s Rampage.

TNT Ladder Match Qualifier: Konosuke Takeshita def. Penta El Zero Miedo

We kicked off with both men already in the ring. Fast dodging action between Takeshita and Penta to start off, ending in a stalemate. Takeshita tried to go for the mask of Penta, but the referee stopped him. Running boot to Penta by Takeshita.

Takeshita sent to the outside, as Penta tried to go for a dive. Takeshita got out of the way and blocked a running boot as he then slammed Penta onto the apron. Takeshita continued to work over Penta with a resthold, followed by repeated knees to the gut. Cover by Takeshita only got a two-count.

The action turned to Picture in Picture with Takeshita in control of the match.

Back on full-screen action as Penta tried to create some momentum. He had Takeshita trapped on the top rope, but Takeshita countered for a fireman’s carry attempt. Penta reversed that into a top rope Frankensteiner as he now had the advantage. Penta soared over the top rope with a dive onto Takeshita outside the ring.

Takeshita avoided a top rope stomp as he then rolled Penta through for a deadlift wheelbarrow German suplex. Penta answered right back with Made in Japan, but that got a very close near-fall. He stomped on Takeshita and tried to go for the arm break. Takeshita fought out and knocked Penta down with a fierce lariat.

On the apron, Penta leapt from the turnbuckle and hit a Canadian Destroyer right on the apron that momentarily stunned Takeshita. Penta had Takeshita right where he wanted him, but he got flattened by a Blue Thunder Bomb.

Takeshita crushed Penta with a powerful punch before he finished things off with the Power Drive Knee to qualify for the Forbidden Door TNT Championship Ladder Match.

Fantastic opener for Rampage featuring two great talents in AEW. Takeshita as part of the TNT Ladder Match is a wise addition and it’ll be interesting to see who fills out the rest of the match. Jack Perry will certainly be another name who’ll be in this match at Forbidden Door.

– We got a recap of last Friday’s Rampage, when HOOK attacked Chris Jericho at the commentary table. Backstage, Jericho was with Big Bill and Bryan Keith, as he addressed HOOK’s attack. He said that he was stepping down from his commentator role on Rampage to focus on being a part of Collision and Dynamite. Back on commentary, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard took Jericho’s place.

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– Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett talked about the Undisputed Kingdom’s failures at Double or Nothing. Strong complained that he was supposed to be in the Casino Battle Royal on Dynamite, stating that he was coming after Lio Rush for taking his spot. The match was then made: Rush vs. Strong for tomorrow’s Collision.

Satnam Singh def. Peter Avalon

Avalon looked terrified to face Singh at the start of the match, as he approached slowly. Singh offered Avalon a free pin, but did a very powerful kickout. From there, Singh choked Avalon and slammed him to the mat repeatedly. Bearhug by Singh brought a quick end to this squash.

Just a fun, short squash to showcase Singh.

– Cage of Agony spoke backstage, offering a challenge to all comers on tomorrow’s Collision. Hechicero appeared with the group, appearing to join forces with them.

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AEW Women’s Championship Eliminator: “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Viva Van

Storm and Van started by locking up in the middle of the ring before Van tried to apply the jujikitami to no avail. Storm took advantage by sending Van to the outside with a running hip strike as we took a Picture-in-Picture break.

The action continued with Storm and Van exchanging strikes before Storm got the better of her opponent. Van’s attempt at taking advantage was stopped cold by a rope-assisted backstabber, followed by the fisherman’s suplex.

Van surprised Storm with a two-footed kick to the face, then an axe kick. That got a near-fall. Van was looking for some sort of maneuver, but Storm fought out of it as she sent Van into the corner. Running hip attack, then the Storm Zero got the win for the Timeless One.

A nice little match and I thought Viva Van got a good showing even in defeat. Look for more of her to come in the future.

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– Saraya and Harley Cameron had remarks for Mariah May ahead of Saraya’s match against May on next week’s Dynamite.

Kyle O’Reilly def. Jordan Cruz

O’Reilly started off strong with a running knee to the corner, as he continued on the offensive against Cruz. O’Reilly targeted Cruz’s arm with repeated strikes and a hammerlock.

Cruz momentarily had the advantage, but O’Reilly took over with mounted strikes, then bringing an end to the match with a jujikitame arm submission.

O’Reilly looked good in this quick squash ahead of his International Championship Match against Will Ospreay on Collision. His strikes just have that oomph to it and it’s always a joy to see him really lay into those attacks of his.

– Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie were backstage, as he issued a challenge to Claudio Castagnoli for tomorrow’s Collision.

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Rey Fenix vs. Isiah Kassidy

Kassidy and Fenix showed each other respect to start off the match. The commentators talked about MJF’s return on next week’s Dynamite as things started off. Fenix floored Kassidy with a nice dropkick, as he continued the onslaught.

Kassidy responded with a springboard hurricanrana, but Fenix remained on his feet. Fenix ran at a full head of speed and did a nice feint dodge between the ropes. Kassidy with another hurricanrana, but Fenix answered right back with a German suplex. We went to Picture-in-Picture at this point.

Rampage returned with Kassidy and Fenix continuing to hit each other with their best strikes. Fenix intercepted an attempted Kassidy springboard attack from the middle rope with a springboard hurricanrana for the near fall.

Fenix had Kassidy in his sights, but Kassidy countered with an enzuigiri to take advantage. With Fenix on the outside, Kassidy took flight and took him down with a flying dive over the top rope. Tornado DDT by Kassidy got a close two-count.

Kassidy landed the Canadian Destroyer on Fenix, but again only a two count. Senton missed by Kassidy as Fenix took advantage and soared with the frog splash. One, two… a very dramatic kickout by Kassidy.

Fenix ran across the ropes to hit an impressive diving kick on Kassidy. He then set up Kassidy for a big double underhook driver for the one, two, three and the victory.

Fantastic main event between Fenix and Kassidy to cap off a very breezy and entertaining hour of action on Rampage. It’s great to see Fenix back in action in AEW after a long break for injury, and I enjoy seeing Isiah Kassidy get a chance to show up and show out as a singles competitor. Would love to see more of that.

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Tomorrow Night on AEW Collision:

  • Claudio Castagnoli vs. Johnny TV
  • The Cage of Agony in action
  • Roderick Strong vs. Lio Rush
  • AEW International Championship: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle O’Reilly
  • Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty) vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs)

AEW Rampage live results: PAC vs. Rocky Romero

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Four matches are set for the final Rampage before Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view.

PAC will be in singles competition on the show against Rocky Romero. Should The Lucha Bros defeat The Gunns on Saturday’s Collision, PAC and The Lucha Bros will face The Gunns and Jay White for the Unified Trios Championship at Double or Nothing.

Former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe returns to action on Rampage, facing enhancement talent Dom Kubrick.

Rush will be in action for the second consecutive week on Rampage as he goes one-on-one with Isiah Kassidy.

TBS Champion Willow Nightingale will team with Kris Statlander against Anna Jay and Alex Windsor. Nightingale is set to defend her TBS title against Mercedes Mone in Mone’s AEW in-ring debut at Sunday’s pay-per-view.

Rampage airs at 6 p.m. Eastern time on TNT, and will be immediately followed by a Countdown to Double or Nothing special at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

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Taped in Bakersfield, California.

Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Tony Schiavone and Big Bill were on commentary. 

PAC defeated  Rocky “Azucar” Romero (7:13)

PAC is so smooth at everything he does. PAC set up Romero with a low bridge to send him to the outside, then hit a Asai moonsault that got a standing ovation from Big Bill. 

After a split-screen break, Romeo caught PAC with a back heel kick and sliced bread for a near fall. Romero countered a suplex attempt with a back slide for anear fall. On commentary, Jericho clarified that Big Bill’s new name is “Redwood.” Romeo drilled PAC with a tornado DDT (beautiful selling from PAC) and hit a pescado for a near fall. PAC escaped a Sliced Bread #2, hit a boot and dropped Romero with a German suplex. And just like that, PAC locked in the Brutalizer and Romero tapped out.

After the match, the other members of Death Triangle came out to celebrate PAC’s victory. PAC grabbed a mic and called out the Gunn Brothers. 

– Chris Jericho cut a promo from the desk about his three way match at Double or Nothing. Katsuyori Shibata ran out for the back, but Big Bill cut him off. Hook’s came up from behind Jericho and pulled him into the crowd, and they brawled to the back.

– Renee Paquette tried to interview Hook and Shibata, but Samoa Joe interrupted  again to talk trash to Hook. Hook storms off, and Shibata uses his phone to tell Renee he’s going to see Carrot Top while in Vegas. 

– Matt Menard joined commentary for the rest of the show, since Jericho and Big Bill were run off after the opening match.

Samoa Joe defeated Dom Kubrick (1:20)

Joe shrugged off a dropkick, then floored Kubrick with a back elbow. After a flurry of offense, Joe hit the Muscle Buster to get the pinfall. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Deonna Purrazzo, who challenged Thunder Rosa for the Double or Nothing Buy In. The match was made official for the Buy In later in the show.

Rush defeated Isiah Kassidy (7:57 aired)

Rush hit the shotgun dropkick right away. He could have pinned Kassidy, but instead kicked him to the floor and whipped him into the steel barricades around ringside. Rick Knox did his usual bang-up job of enforcing the rules, allowing Rush to whip Kassidy and choke him with a power cable. Rush continued to dominate Kassidy during the split-screen break.

After the commercial break, Kassidy got some offense in and hit some kind of neckbreaker for a near fall. Kassidy hit a senton for another near fall, and Rush cut off the comeback with a headbutt. They took the fight to the ring apron and exchanged chops until Rush caught Cassidy with a belly to belly suplex that sent him to the floor.  

Back in the ring, Rush hit the diving shotgun dropkick for the pinfall. Rush barely gave Kassidy anything.

– Arkady Aura interviewed the Gates of Agony and Brian Cage. Cage cut a pretty good promo for his trio. Seemed like it might be setting up something with them and The Acclaimed for a six man match.

Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander (w/ Stokley Hathaway) defeated Anna Jay & Alex Windsor (9:23)

Windsor is a top star for Rev Pro. Anna Jay’s gear looked patriotic (for Memorial Day weekend, I guess). Nightingale caught Windsor with a pounce early. Anna Jay got the tag and Statlander dropped her with a back suplex. Jay caught Statlander with a neckbreaker in the ropes. The fight went to the floor, where Jay sent Statlander into the ring steps. 

After a split-screen break, Windsor controlled Statlander with a cravat. Statlander got the hot tag to Nightingale, who caught Jay with a shotgun dropkick off the middle rope. Nightingale missed the cannonball in the corner, and Windsor caught her with a Shining Wizard for a near fall. Nightingale caught Windsor with a stiff clothesline, then finished her off with the gutwrench powerbomb for the pinfall. 

Nightingale’s celebration was cut short by Mercedes Mone who kicked off her shoes and ran to the rign to brawl with Nightingale and Statlander. Mone tried to hit her new finisher (called the Mone Maker) which looked ridiculous for her to try on Statlander who was so much bigger than her. Eventually the gaggle of officials came out to break up the right. Mone celebrated in the ring with the TBS title.

For Collision tomorrow night, FTR and Bryan Danielson will take on Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal and Satnam Singh.

AEW Rampage live results: Kyle O’Reilly vs. Lee Moriarty

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Four matches are set for tonight’s AEW Rampage following Saturday’s episode of Collision.

Kyle O’Reilly will go one-on-one with Lee Moriarty in singles competition. O’Reilly is coming off a loss to Adam Copeland in a TNT title bout while Moriarty dropped a match to Will Ospreay — both on last week’s show.

Rush will return to an AEW ring for just his second match in the promotion in 2024, facing Cody Chhun.

Deonna Purrazzo will take on Robyn Renegade in a women’s division battle. Purrazzo is currently feuding with Thunder Rosa.

Brian Cage will face The Acclaimed’s Anthony Bowens on tonight’s show. Cage is coming off a defeat in a World title eliminator against Swerve Strickland on this week’s Dynamite, while Bowens scored a tag team victory with Max Caster against Grizzled Young Veterans on the April 27 Collision in his most recent AEW bout.

Rampage begins at 10 PM EST immediately following Collision.

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The Elite open the show in a pre-taped bumper, wishing us all a great show.

Taped in Portland, Oregon. 

Tony Schiavone, Matt Menard and Nigel McGuinness were on commentary. 

Kyle O’Reilly defeated Lee Moriarty (w/ Anthony Ogogo) (9:58)

Lots of mat work to start. O’Reilly worked on Moriarty’s arm, until Moriarty used a flatliner to send O’Reilly into the middle turnbuckle. 

After the split-screen break, O’Reilly fought out of arm bar, but Moriarty transitioned it into a choke. O’Reilly escaped and kicked Moriarty down. Backdrop suplex into a leglace from O’Reilly in a pretty cool spot. Moriarty escaped and exchanged kicks with O’Reilly. Moriarty did the gnarly finger-snap spot, then hit a running boot in the corner for two. Moriarty locked in the Border City Stretch, but O’Reilly countered with a head and shoulder capture suplex. 

Both guys exchanged kicks and slaps mid-ring. Moriarty wenty for a suplex, but O’Reilly countered with aknee to the head. They exchanged armbars, andO’Reilly locked in a hammerlock, guillotine and bodyscissors all at once. Moriarty tried to fight out, but O’Reilly transitioned into a triangle choke, then took Moriarty out with a knee. A suplex into an armbar forced Moriarty to tap out. V

Next week, O’Reilly takes on Malakai Black on Dynamite. 

– Lexi Nair interviewed the Acclaimed. Billy Gunn has problems with authority and the Elite. 

Rush defeated Cody Chhun (0:38) 

Chhun missed a splash in the corner right away then Rush hit a forearm and the dropkick in the corner. That was it.

After the match, Rush pulled Chhun to the floor and beat him up around the ringside area. Rush whipped and choked Chhun with an electrial cable.

– Lexi Nair checked in with Bryan Danielson for a medical update, stemming from events that happened during the Collision main event. FTR won’t make Dynamite this Wednesday, but Danielson will be, looking for the Young Bucks.

“The Virtuoso” Deonna Purrazzo defeated Robyn Renegade 

Lots of good work on the mat to start. Purrazzo countered a sunset flip attempt with a juji gatame, but Renegade escaped by making it to the ropes. 

After a split-screen break, Renegade hit a flying clothesline to make a comeback. Renegade hung Purrazzo up in the ropes and hit a dropkick for two. Purrazzo came back with a pump kick. Purrazzo hit another pump kick, then locked in the armbar for a submission. 

After the match, Purrazzo put Renegade in her finisher until Thunder Rosa ran Purrazzo out of the ring. When Rosa went to check on Renegade, Purrazzo snuck back in the ring for a cheap shot on Rosa. Rosa caught Purrazzo up the ramp and whipped her into the ring apron. Purrazzo escaped through the crowd. 

– Another vignette for Scorpio Sky. This one sounded like Sky would be coming back as an insincere babyface. 

– A commercial for Double or Nothing promoted the show with a triple main event: Willow/Mercedes, Swerve/Christian, and Anarchy in the Arena.

– Sonjay Dutt will look to collect the bounty on Bryan Danielson, and he’s booked a match for Danielson with Satnam Singh. Let’s see Danielson work a miracle against Singh. 

The full card for Dynamite: 

  • The Bang Bang Gang appears. 
  • Orange Cassidy & Will Ospreay v. Trent Beretta & Roderick Strong 
  • Toni Storm & Mariah May v. Harley Cameron & Saraya 
  • Hook v. Bryan Keith v. Katsuyori Shibata for a shot at Chris Jericho. 
  • Swerve Strickland v. Nick Wayne 
  • Konosuke Takeshita v. Matt Sydal 
  • Kyle O’Reilly v. Malakai Black 
  • Jon Moxley appears. 
  • Bryan Danielson v. Satnam Singh

Brian Cage defeated  Anthony Bowens (w/ Max Caster & Billy Gunn) (11:41)

Bowens countered a hip toss attempt with a spinning DDT for a one count. Cage came back and mauled Bowens in the corner.  Cage followed up with an avalanche clothesline in the corner and a back suplex. Cage missed a charge in the corner and Bowens took him down with a dragon screw leg whip. A dropkick to the knee sent Cage tumbling to the floor. Bowens tried to dive on Cage from the apron, but Cage caught him and powerbombed him into the ringpost. 

After a split screen break, Bowens dove off the middle rope into a suplex attempt from Cage, but Bowens countered with a small package for two. Bowens back-handed Cage and hit a superkick, then hit a Famouser for a near fall. Bowens went for his uranage, but Cage countered with a full nelson slam for two. Cage got hung up in the ropes, and Bowens DDT’d him into the ring apron. They fought on the ring apron. Cage hit Bowens with an outside-in superplex for another near fall.

Bowens escaped a pump handle suplex, but Cage hit a discus lariat. He went for the Drill Claw, but Bowens escaped and hit a rolling forearm, a superkick and a punt kick for two. Cage sent Bowens into the corner where he almost collided with the referee. Cage followed in the corner and almost hit the ref, and when Bowens came up behind Cage, Cage back-kicked him low, and hit the Drill Claw for the finish. 

This was really good stuff with a great finish sequence, despite the screwy ending. I want to believe it was a coming out party for Bowens as a single. Or at least some renewed focus on the Acclaimed as a tag team.

Rampage returns to Friday, but a 6:30pm start. 

AEW Rampage live results: Jay White vs. Dante Martin, Manitoba Massacre match

Posted on by Ryan Howard

A special live edition of AEW Rampage airs immediately tonight following Dynamite due to NHL and NBA playoff coverage this Friday.

Jay White will take on Dante Martin of Top Flight. The two were the first entrants in a Casino Gauntlet match on last week’s Dynamite that determined a new number one contender for the AEW International title.

The two also faced one another on this past Saturday’s Collision as Bullet Club Gold successfully defended the Unified Trios titles, defeating Top Flight and Action Andretti.

Announced during Dynamite, TBS Champion Willow Nightingale will defend against Skye Blue in a Manitoba Massacre match. Blue is aligned with Julia Hart whom Nightingale defeated for the title at Dynasty. This will be Nightingale’s first title defense.

In a challenge match, Rocky Romero will go one-on-one with Kyle O’Reilly for the first time since June 2016 in NJPW.

The main card is rounded out by Konosuke Takeshita facing London Lightning.

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AEW Rampage comes on the air with doctors and FTR checking on Kenny Omega as The Elite wave to the crowd and make their way to the back as a stretcher is brought down. As Omega was taken back to an ambulance, The Elite ambushed FTR and doctors, leaving Omega all alone on the stretcher. Matthew said he loves Omega to death, but this is just business, they have to Change the World. They dump the stretcher over onto the concrete and told doctors to check on him, as Dax Harwood crawls over to Omega.

Switchblade Jay White defeated Dante Martin

Martin wasted no time showing off his athleticism with a short dive to the floor, back flipped off the apron, landed on his feet and delivered a pump knee. Back inside, Martin wanted a springboard, but White swept the legs out and Martin crash landed into commercial.

White controlled the entire break, but Martin hit a dropkick to lead to the reset. Martin flipped out of the ropes into a series a chops and used his speed to side step White into a springboard cross body for two. Martin took too long to follow up, allowing White to hit a Uranage. Both men slugged it out, as White was hung up in the ropes, with Martin connecting on a Nose Dive for a close near fall. Martin went for his spinning slam, but White countered into a Sleeper Suplex and Blade Runner, spiking Martin for the win. White was going to leave, raised the hand of Martin, but suckered him into a Bloody Sunday before bailing as Darius Martin & Action Andretti ran to the ring.

-Arkady Aura is standing by with Deonna Purrazzo who said she attacked Thunder Rosa last week because she said when is enough enough? She’s The Virtuosa and after last week, she’s starting to feel like herself and if Rosa wants to make this personal, she can do exactly that.

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-A video package on Rush is shown

-Renee Paquette is backstage with Big Bill who said he wants to be under The Learning Tree of Chris Jericho because he has all the tools to make it to the top, just not the proper guidance. Jericho is the one who could give him that guidance and take him to the promise land. Jericho walks in smiling and said he was able to retain his title tonight over Shibata because the fans cheered him on. Jericho said Bill is right, he’d love to take him into the Jericho Vortex. Bill said he won’t let him down. Jericho calls Bill the Big Redwood by the Learning Tree’s side.

-Swerve Strickland is in the back saying Christian Cage chose to team with Strickland at All In because he knew what he’s capable of. It seems like Cage forgot, so next week, they should have a chat so he can remind him and next week, he won’t be alone.

Kyle O’Reilly defeated Rocky Romero

Both men showing why they know each other so well with a crazy series of counters in the early going leading to multiple stalemates. O’Reilly gets the first submission attempt with an ankle lock, but Romero rose into an enzugiri to the floor, where Romero followed up with a Tope. Romero tried again, but O’Reilly caught him with a cross arm breaker on the floor, as things went to commercial.

When things returned, both men are kicking and slugging it out until O’Reilly connected with a Nigel lariat for the double down. O’Reilly sets up Romero in the corner, but Romero battled back and hit an Avalanche Sliced Bread for a close two. Romero shot for a single leg, but O’Reilly caught him with a knee strike. Romero battled back, but walked right into an O’Reilly kimura, which was escaped into an arm breaker. Both men keep trading submissions and pin attempts until Romero got a kimura of his own, but O’Reilly countered into a roll up for the flash pin.

-Arkady Aura is backstage with Saraya & Harley Cameron who trash talk Mariah May’s loss earlier tonight. Saraya runs down Toni Storm and Cameron challenges her to a match next week. Saraya scolds Cameron for rambling and said Storm doesn’t have to tell them to put their tits out, they already do and walk off.

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-Arkady Aura is backstage once again, this time with The Undisputed Kingdom and asks about Roderick Strong about his match with Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing. Matt Taven calls Aura “not Lexy” but she said it should be “not Renee” as he scolds her and puts over Neck Strong trending on social media the last week. Strong said the Aerial Assassin will need all the bullets in his chamber to defeat him. At Double or Nothing WILL! Ospreay will fall to the Messiah of the Backbreaker.

Willow Nightingale defeated Skye Blue in Manitoba Massacre to retain the TBS Title

Kris Statlander came to the stage with Nightingale and presented her with a trash can lid before leaving, as Nightingale hit ringside and decked Blue with the lid. Both ladies brawled into the crowd as the match is literally 20 seconds in and Tony Schiavone said he’s never seen anything like this. Nightingale exposed the guard rail, but Blue hung her up by the throat. Blue leapt off the railing, but ate a chair shot to the face. Nightingale scurried to throw weapons in from under the ring, set Blue up on a chair, wanted a tumbleweed, but Blue moved and flattened the chair to go to break.

When things returned, Blue had a trash can lid in her hand ringside and charged, but Nightingale hit a big time Pounce. Back in the ring, Blue was set up in the corner holding a chair, Nightingale charged, but Blue threw the chair to the face. Blue is bleeding from the head and we’re told by Excalibur it was from “something on the floor”. Blue brought a bag from under the ring and unlike on Dynamite, it wasn’t hockey pucks, this time it’s tacks. Nightingale backed Blue up in the corner, wanted a superplex, but Blue slid out, wanted a powerbomb, instead chucked the chair in the face. Blue wanted a superplex, but Nightingale hit an Avalanche Spinning Fisherman’s Bomb onto the tacks, but only got two.

Nightingale set a table up ringside, but ate another chair shot back inside. Nightingale avoided Code Blue, slammed Blue on the chair, tried a moonsault, but crashed and burned. After a thrust kick, Blue went under the ring and pulled out a barbed wire board, placing it on the already set up table. Blue wanted a Death Valley Driver off the apron, but Nightingale instead hit the Doctor Bomb through the barbed wire table to get the win. Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway helped Nightingale out post-match. I thought this was going to be super rushed when this match started, but these ladies went nuts during the overrun of the show and ended up having a pretty wild main event.

AEW Dynamite 5/8/24

· Adam Copeland defends the TNT Title against Brody King

· Orange Cassidy takes on Trent Beretta

AEW Rampage live results: Trent Beretta vs. Chuck Taylor parking lot fight

Posted on by Joseph Collins

After dissolving their longtime friendship on Dynamite, former Best Friends Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor will do battle in a parking lot fight on tonight’s live AEW Rampage from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

The two were part of two parking lot fights as teammates in AEW. In September 2020, Taylor & Beretta defeated Santana & Ortiz in a match our Dave Meltzer rated five stars. In August 2023, they lost in a parking lot fight to Blackpool Combat Club’s Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli. 

This match will be Taylor’s first since October 2023 after being sidelined due to injury.

After a partnership turned sour over the past few weeks, former AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa and Deonna Purrazzo will do battle tonight. This will be a rematch of their July 2021 match at TNA Slammiversary for Purrazzo’s then-Knockouts title.

The show begins at approximately 10:30 PM Eastern after the conclusion of Collision.

Live from Jacksonville, Florida. 

Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone, and Matt Menard were on commentary. 

Trent Beretta defeated Chuck Taylor in a Parking Lot Brawl (10:10)

Beretta and Taylor were bumping into cars and the concrete a minute into the match. McGuinness suggested someone should get into one of the cars and just run over their opponent. Taylor was bleeding very early on when he powerbombed Beretta onto the hood of a car. Beretta and Taylor fought onto the roof of a pickup, and Taylor went through some drywall that had been set up in the truck bed. Beretta jumped from the roof of one car onto another to drop an elbow on Taylor for a near fall. 

After a split-screen break, Taylor dodged a flying flatscreen TV, then suplexed Beretta through a door. Taylor broke more drywall on Beretta’s back and hit him with a trash can. Taylor beat on Beretta with a metal dustpan and a trash can. Beretta came back by press-slamming Taylor through some lighting tubes. At some point, Beretta got busted open, too. Taylor sent Beretta through the windshield of a car with a crucifix powerbomb. 

Bloodied, both guys fought their way to the roof of a car. They exchanged forearms until. Beretta hit Taylor with a lowblow Beretta dropped him with a piledriver then locked in a gogoplata on the roof of the car. Taylor could not defend himself, and the ref ended the match.  

After the match, Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander came out to check on Taylor, but not before Beretta hit Taylor in his ankle with a plumber’s wrench. Cassidy chased off Beretta while Taylor was tended to. In the back, Don Callis was shown watching and nodding approvingly. 

This match did nothing for me, but Beretta with Callis could be interesting. 

– Kyle O’Reilly cut an endearing promo about wrestling for AEW on May 11th in his hometown of Vancouver.  

Thunder Rosa defeated Deonna Purrazzo (11:05)

Rosa leveled Purrazzo with a forearm. Purrazzo came back with an armbar takedown and started working on the arm. Purrazzo tied up Rosa in the bottom rope and hit her with a sliding dropkick. It looked like Rosa slipped off the middle ropes going for a dropkick, and Purrazzo quickly covered by putting Rosa in a Boston Crab. Purrazzo dropped to the floor while the ref checked on Rosa. The fight went to the floor, where Purrazzo caught Rosa with a pump kick. 

After a commercial, the fight was back in the ring where Rosa caught Purrazzo with a dropkick off the middle rope. Purrazzo went for a german suplex, but Rosa rolled through and caught her with a stomp for a near fall. Rosa came off the top, but Purrazzo caught her with an armbar. Rosa transitioned into a choke. Purrazzo used her size advanatge to break the hold. 

Purrazzo went for a piledriver, but Rosa countered that with a cradle, which lead to series of near falls off of cradle attempts. Purrazzo went back to the armbar, but Rosa countered that with a cradle and got the pinfall. 

After the match, Purrazzo attacked Rosa and sent her into the steel barricade. Rosa and Purrazzo battled into the crowd until security separated them. 

– The Righteous wished Tony Khan a speedy recovery (since they are experts at neck health), and Roderick Strong said Will Ospreay fall to him at Double or Nothing. 

Big Bill defeated Trevor Blackwell (1:37)

Bill spent the whole match talking to Chirs Jericho (through the TV cameras) while destorying the poor kid, hitting him with a black hole slam, an short-arm clothesline and a chokeslam before pinning him under one foot. 

Chris Jericho was shown watching from the back, clearly impressed. 

Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia defeated Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty (14:56)

Anthony Ogogo joined the commetary team for the main event. 

Garcia & Shibata wrestled in matching tights. The fight started out on the floor. It settled in the ring with Taylor and Shibata. Taylor dropped Shibata with a right hand. Garcia got a tag and hit Moriarty with the twist and shout. Taylor tripped up Garica as he was running the ropes and planted him with a hanging DDT on the floor. 

Back in the ring, Garcia tried to make a comeback but Taylor floored him with a forearm. Taylor dropped Garcia with a uranage, then followed up with a big splash for a near fall. 

After a spliot-screen break, Taylor missed a splash off the middle ropes on Garcia. Moriarty got the tag and worked on Garcia’s arm. Tony: “He could have broken his hand!” Nigel: “I guess he’ll have to use the other hand tonight.” I’m sure Nighel meant for the hot tag… which he soon got to Shibata. Shibata worked over Taylor in a corner and dropped Moriarty with a forearm. 

Shibata and Garcia hit diving dropkicks in the corner. Shibata hit a running boot on Taylor in the corner. Shibata beat on Taylor in the corner with chops and jabs, while Garcia danced to the rhythm of the beating. 

Garcia and Shibata then combined to suplex Talyor. Taylor then countered a second at a double suplex attmpt by suplexing them both. Moriarty tried to work over Shibata in the croner with chops and jabs, but Shibata no sold it. Taylor interfered, and Moriarty hit a facelock suplex for a near fall. 

Moriarty locked Shibata in a full nelson for a right hand from Taylor, but Shibata escaped and he and Garcia locked both their opponents in sleeperholds. Talyor tried to back Garcia into the corner to escape, but Shibata caught Taylor with a kick, and Garica backdropped suplexed Taylor. Shiabata hit the PK on Morarity and got the pinfall. Fun tag match! I want more of this Shibata/Garcia tag team. 

On Dyanmite Wednesday: 

  • Kenny Omega returns!
  • We’ll learn the main event of Double or Nothing
  • Mariah May will take on Serena Deeb
  • Adam Copeland will take on a member of the House of Black (who is almost definitely Buddy Matthews)
  • Chris Jericho defends the FTW title against Shibata. 

This was the most fun Rampage I’ve seen in awhile. 

AEW Rampage live results: 4-2-0 elimination match

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AEW’s three-hour Saturday night block will feature a special live edition of Rampage ahead of Sunday’s AEW Dynasty.

A noted marijuana enthusiast, Rob Van Dam will take part in the first-ever “High Flying 4-2-0” elimination four-way that also includes Komander, Isiah Kassidy, and Lee Johnson.

Prior to tonight, RVD last wrestled for AEW on the February 21st Dynamite, teaming with Hook & Hangman Page in a trios loss to Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland & Brian Cage.

Angelo Parker will also be on hand with some thoughts.

A rematch of the 2021’s AEW Women’s World title eliminator tournament Japan bracket is also set with Yuka Sakazaki taking on Emi Sakura. This will be their sixth overall match against each other in AEW, five of which have been tag team matches.

A preview for tomorrow’s Dynasty PPV is on tap as Kyle O’Reilly, Rocky Romero & Matt Menard face The Kingdom’s Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett.

Rampage started with the IWGP World Champion Jon Moxley complimenting how strong Don Callis’ phone is after making his match with Powerhouse Hobbs on next week’s Dynamite for the IWGP Title. Moxley didn’t mind, as he wasn’t planning on losing anyway. Moxley knew Hobbs had something special, but if Hobbs didn’t find it, Moxley would give him a very bitter lesson. Moxley told Hobbs not to hesitate because he wouldn’t.

High Flying 4/20 Four Way Elimination Match – Rob Van Dam defeated Komander, Isiah Kassidy (w/ Marq Quen), Lee Johnson

It felt like there was a joke I was missing here.

We got four-way action to start before Kassidy and RVD paired off. Kassidy mocked RVD before RVD moved out of the way of a Rolling Thunder attempt. RVD hit one of his own before Johnson dived onto everyone on the floor. Johnson and Kassidy paired off in the ring, where Kassidy eliminated Johnson with a tights-assisted roll-up.

After a commercial, Komander hit a big step-up moonsault to Kassidy on the floor to a big pop. Komander took RVD over with a rana out of a powerbomb attempt before hitting a springboard senton to Kassidy for a nearfall. Komander went for a ropewalk, but Kassidy cut him off and crotched him on the ropes. Kassidy teased giving RVD something but turned on him. Quen pulled RVD out of the ring, but Komander hit the ropewalk Shooting Star Press to eliminate him.

It was down to Komander and RVD, and they traded flash pins before RVD cut off Komander on the top rope. After avoiding a leg sweep, RVD hit the Five Star Frog Splash to win.

Yuka Sakazaki defeated Emi Sakura

Sakura got a jump start, hitting a Tiger Driver for a nearfall. Sakazaki came back with a sliding lariat for a nearfall. Sakazaki went to hop over the ropes onto the apron, but she fell to the floor. Sakura stalled as Sakazaki tested her knee on the floor, but eventually Sakazaki was able to continue and hit a rana off the apron.

After a commercial, Sakura sent Sakazaki to the floor with a crossbody off the apron. Sakura followed up with a crossbody into the stairs. Sakura hit a butterfly backbreaker for a nearfall. Sakura teased Sakazaki, but Sakazaki came back with a rope-assisted German to get the win.

In what was called Rampage exclusive footage from after Dynamite, Angelo Parker came to the ring. He left his mentor and lost his friends over the past year, before gaining and losing the love of Ruby Soho. All he had left was his match against Zak Knight, but he lost that too. He didn’t have much left to fight for and teased retiring before Soho came to the ring. Soho said it broke her heart to hear him say that he had nothing to fight for because he had something very special to fight for. Soho announced that she was pregnant to a big pop. The two embraced, with Parker saying that he was going to be a father. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Kyle O’Reilly, Matt Menard, & Rocky Romero defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett)

What’s cooler than cool? Outkast would say ice cold, but my answer would be The Undisputed Kingdom. This is a stone-dead act, and honestly, I would pull the plug and take these talented guys in other directions. The interactions between O’Reilly and Strong were good, which is promising for tomorrow’s International Title match.

Strong teased starting with O’Reilly before bailing. The first advantage came when Bennett stuffed a headscissor attempt and had Taven hit an assisted powerbomb for a nearfall. After an extended beatdown, Romero eventually got the tag out to Menard, who ran wild. Menard locked Bennett in the Boston Crab, but Taven cut him off with a Kick of the King. O’Reilly tagged in and ran wild. Taven caught Bennett in a triangle choke before getting Taven in an ankle lock at the same time.

Strong broke it up and finally faced off with each other, teeing off with chops and kicks until Strong caught O’Reilly with a backbreaker. O’Reilly caught Strong with an armbar and tapped him out, but Bennett had blind-tagged in. O’Reilly caught Bennett with the rebound lariat before hitting the brainbuster and tapping him out with the armbar. After the match, O’Reilly told Strong that in 24 hours, he would become the new International Champion.

AEW Rampage live results: Julia Hart vs. Leyla Hirsch TBS title match

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The TBS Championship is on the line in an Open House match on this week’s AEW Rampage. 

Julia Hart defends her TBS title against “Legit” Leyla Hirsch in an Open House match, where rope breaks are not enforced, the countouts are 20 seconds, DQs will be enforced, and the challenger gets to choose a stipulation. Hirsch made the challenge to Hart on last week’s Rampage.

Three more matches have also been announced for tonight’s episode.

Orange Cassidy is also in action on tonight’s episode against Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order. 

The Bang Bang Gang’s Jay White — an ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion — goes one-on-one with Matt Sydal. 

“Cool Hand Ang” Angelo Parker will take on Zak Knight in a bout that was originally advertised for Collision on March 16, but pulled from the show. Parker is aligned with former Outcast Ruby Soho, while Knight is aligned with Harley Cameron and his sister Saraya. 

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Taped in Charleston, West Virginia.

Excalibur, Chris Jericho and Tony Schivone were on commentary.

Orange Cassidy defeated Alex Reynolds (w/ John Silver) (10:33)

Silver and Reynolds mock Cassidy with a pre-match hug. Cassidy caught Silver with a spinning DDT. Silver ducked to the floor to avoid the Orange Punch, but Cassidy followed Silver with a tope. Cassidy abused Silver on the floor by whipping him into the ring barricade. 

Back in the ring, Reynolds caught Cassidy with a forearm. While Reynolds distracted the referee, Silver pulled Cassidy out of the ring and gave him a brainbuster on the floor. Back in the ring, Cassidy caught Reynolds with a sunset flip for a near fall. Reynolds came back with a back elbow, then a hangman’s neckbreaker for a near fall. 

Reynolds dominated Cassidy through the commercial break. After the break, Cassidy made his comeback with a shotgun dropkick and stomps in the corner. Cassidy came off the top with a crossbody, then took out Silver with a tope. Reynolds caught Cassidy with a pop-up knee strike and a stuff piledriver for a near fall. 

Cassidy went to the top, but Silver crotched him. Reynolds took Cassidy down with an avalanche stunner for a near fall. Silver tried to give Cassidy a brainbuster on the floor again, but Cassidy countered with a slumdog millionaire. Reynolds caught Silver with a crossbody, Cassidy took out Silver with a Orange Punch. Cassidy finished off Reynolds with the Orange Punch for the win. 

After the match, Renee Paquette tried to interview Cassidy, but Trent Beretta came down to ringside. Chuck Taylor came up from behind Cassidy to stop Beretta. Beretta left, then Taylor left. And Cassidy never said anything. 

– Alex Marvez interviewed Anna Jay, who doesn’t think anyone is taking the women’s division seriously. AZM from Stardom interrupted, called Toni Storm’s crew stupid, and challenged her to a singles match on Collision. Later in the show, it was announced Storm and AZM will face off in an Eliminator Match on Collision. 

Julia Hart defeated Leyla Hirsch to retain the TBS Championship (3:13)

This match was set up by Hirsch challenging Hart on Rampage last week, and Hart accepting that challenge. The House Rules stipulation has Brody King barred from ringside. 

Hart has a teddy bear tattooed on her arm now, and I don’t know if that’s too cute or it ups the creep factor. Hart tripped up Hirsch and gave her a neckbreaker in the ropes. Hart wrapped up Hirsch in a head scissors in the ropes (kind of like Tajiri’s tarantula move) while mugging to the crowd. Hart did a cartwheel into a near bodyvice from Hirsch, who dumped her to the mat. Hirsch followed her out with a tope. Back in the ring, Hart reversed a small package and got the three out. Hart was selling her shoulder (which was taped up) after the match. 

– Don Callis coaches up Powerhouse Hobbs and Kyle Fletcher in advance of their tag match tomorrow night with Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli. Callis ordered them take them out like they used to in the old Portland territory (“Take his eye out!”) to protect the “golden goose” of the Callis family, Will Ospreay. 

Zak Knight defeated Angelo Parker (w/ Saraya & Harley Cameron) (6:38 aired)

This is Knight’s AEW debut (on TV anyway) in a match built up exclusively on Rampage. Parker and Knight brawled around ringside before the match started. Knight sent Parker into the ring barricade and the time keeper’s area. Parker was busted open in the brawl on the floor. 

When the match officially started in the ring, Knight worked over the cut on Parker’s head. 

After a split screen break, Parker hit Knight with an implant DDT. Saraya and Cameron both got up on the apron to distract the referee Rick Knox, and Knox ejected them. Knight kicked Parker low and hit a pop-up powerbomb for two. Knight told Parker “I’ll take good care of Ruby!” and that sparked a brief comeback from Parker. Knight floored Parker with a lariat for two, then finished off Parker with a running forearm. Parker has now lost his mentor (Jericho), the girl (Soho) and the match. So what’s left for him? 

– Alex Marvez interviewed Kyle O’Reilly & Rocky Romero. O’Reilly wants a match with Romero, which Romero will give him a match after he beats Roderick Strong for the International Title. Romero left and Strong arrived, offended that O’Reilly wants a shot at the International Title. Strong wants O’Reilly to be a champion, just not the International Champion.  

– Excalibur ran down all two of the upcoming Blackpool Combat Club v. Don Callis Family matches ahead of the Bryan Danielson/Will Opsreay match at Dynasty. 

Also announced for Collision, The House of Black will take on Action Andretti, Dante Martin and Matt Sydal. 

Jay White (w/ The Gunn Club)  defeated Matt Sydal (11:21) 

Sydal was going for his 50th win in this match. 

Sydal countered a pop-up powerbomb with a rana, then caught White with a steup up rana. Sydal hit a standing mariposa. White went to the floor, and Sydal followed him out with a meteora. Back in the ring, White caught Sydal with a stunner in the ropes. White suplexed Sydal face first into the ring apron. 

After a split-screen break, White worked over Sydal with a chinlock. Sydal came back with a knee strike and a leg lariat. Sydal hit a series of kicks on White for a near fall. Sydal missed a move off the top, but countered a powerbomb attempt with a DDT for a near fall. 

Sydal caught White with a roll up for a near fall. White hit a uranage for a near fall. White went for a sleeper suplex, but Sydal flipped through it and landed on his feet. Sydal took White down with a poisoned rana. Sydal came off the top looking for a metetora, but White stepped back and took out Sydal with the Blade Runner and got the pinfall. White really needed a squash here after getting dominated by Billy Gunn last week. 

This was a pretty uninspired episode of Rampage, and Battle of the Belts X doesn’t look any better. 

AEW Rampage live results: Malakai Black vs. Christopher Daniels

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Malakai Black wrestles a rare singles match on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

In just his second singles match in AEW since 2022, the leader of the House of Black faction faces Christopher Daniels on this week’s Rampage episode after Daniels issued a challenge to Black on last week’s Collision show. 

A Final Four elimination match will also take place on tonight’s program, with Daniel Garcia vs. Action Andretti vs. Bryan Keith vs. Komander. 

In the women’s division, Serena Deeb will go one-on-one with Trish Adora on tonight’s episode. 

In an International title eliminator match, Roderick Strong will face London Lightning in a bout where Lightning will earn a title shot if he beats Strong, the International Champion. 

Tonight’s Rampage episode was taped last Saturday in London, Ontario, Canada at the Budweiser Gardens, and goes head-to-head with the ROH Supercard of Honor event streaming on Honor Club. Spoilers for Rampage are available here.

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Taped in London, Ontario. 

Tony Schiavone, Ian Riccaboni and Nigel McGuinness were on commentary. Ian and Nigel are doing their best impersonation of Rick Rude by being in two places at once tonight (they were also doing commentary for the ROH show). 

Malakai Black (w/ Buddy Matthews) defeated Christopher Daniels (8:11)

Daniels went down hard after a knee, slumping over in the corner. Another kick sent Daniels to the floor, where he was attacked by Buddy Matthews. Black floored Daniels with a back elbow for a near fall. A sliding kick from Matthews while the ref was distracted got Black another near fall. This match should already be over and it’s heading into a commercial break.

After the break, Daniels made a comeback against both Matthews and Black, sending Matthews into the ring post on the floor then hitting Black with a flatliner in the ring. A release German suplex and a high angle death valley driver lead to a near fall. Black escaped the Angles Wings, then caught Daniels with a kick to the back of the head for a near fall that should have been the finish. Daniels got a pair of near falls off of cradles, then walked into the Black Mass. That was it for Daniels. 

Feels like they’re mailing in the show when it starts with Christopher Daniels. 

Roderick Strong (w/ Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated London Lightning in an AEW International Championship Eliminator Match (5:34)

Strong interviewed Lightning before the match, who is from London, Ontario. London’s mom is rooting her son on at home from the couch. Not in the arena? It’s not like the show was sold out.

The crowd actually got behind Lightning, who caught Strong with a high knee. Strong came back with a high backdrop suplex. Lightning kicked out after a backbreaker, which the crowd reacted to. The crowd rallied behind Lightning, but Strong cut off his comeback and locked in a surfboard. Lightning caught Strong with a couple of cradles for near falls. Lightning hit a suplex and popped the crowd. Lightning took out Taven with a plancha, but Wardlow came out of nowhere and floored Lightning with a clothesline. Back in the ring, Strong locked in a Texas Cloverleaf for the submission. 

Now someone should bring back the figure four leglock as a finisher. 

– Legit Leyla Hirsch challenged Julia Hart to an Open House match for the TBS Championship on Rampage next week. 

Serena Deeb defeated Trish Adora (8:55 aired)

Deeb used the Paradise Lock on Adora, which was the highlight of the night. Crowd didn’t react much to it, which is a shame. Adora picked up Deeb for a slam but dropped Deeb on her knee in a ugly looking bump. 

After a split-screen break, Deeb caught Adora with a hangman’s neckbreaker while she was in the ropes, effectively giving her a back breaker against the middle rope. Deeb ran into a boot, but caught Adora with a dragon screw leg whip. The crowd was so quiet the only thing you could hear was Deeb and Adora screaming, which was unnerving. 

Adora caught Deeb with a full nelson bomb for a near fall. Deeb and Adora exchanged blows until Deeb dropped Adora with a German suplex. Deeb locked in the Serenity Lock to get the submission. This felt like the second hour of the Ring of Honor taping after Collision. 

– Julia Hart accepted Leyla Hirsch’s challenge for next week. 

– Saraya, Harely Cameron and Zak Knight continued their weird angle that’s been going on on Rampage for what feels like years by chasing Alex Marvez away during an interview. I think they’re finally getting to the match between Knight and Angelo Parker next week.

Daniel Garcia defeated Komander, Bryan Keith and Action Andretti in a Final Four Elimination Match in 14:01. 

During the match, it’s announced that despite losing in her match, Trish Adora will have a match with Yuki Sakazaki on Collision tomorrow night. If wins and losses matter, why does it feel like the losers keep getting rewarded with more matches? This happened a lot with Bryan Keith and Queen Aminata earlier this year. 

The match started with Garcia and Keith brawling on the floor while Komander and Andretti did cool flashy stuff in the ring. 

Andretti jumped off top rope with a springboard and ran into a right hand from Garcia. Keith set up Komander for a headbutt. Komader countered a tiger driver with a rana into a cadle for a pinfall to eliminate Keith at 3:33. 

The action picked during the split-screen break. 

After the break, Andretti dropped Garcia with a death valley driver on the ring apron. Andretti followed up with an Arabian press on the floor. Komander took out Andretti with a boot, then hit an Asai moonsault on both his opponents. 

Back in the ring, Komander jumped into a torture rack into a cutter from Andretti, and he got the pinfall at 8:35. 

Andretti caught Garcia with a superkick, but Garcia came back by clipping Andretti in the knee. Garcia worked over Andretti’s knee. Adndretti caught Garcia with a small package for a near fall. Andretti kipped up but still sold the knee a bit. Andretti went for a standing shooting star press, but Garcia grabbed an ankle lock. After a few teases, Andretti escaped by sending Garcia to the floor. Andretti followed him out with a plancha. 

Back in the ring, Andretti came off the top with a clothesline for a near fall. Andretti tried for the rack again, but Garcia escaped. Garcia and Andretti exchanged strikes. Garcia went for a piledriver, but Andretti backdropped out of it and caught Garcia with a falcon arrow for a near fall. Andretti tried to rack Garcia again, but Garcia escaped. Andretti tried a handspring off the ropes, but he jumped right into Garcia’s hands, and Garcia locked in a knee bar. Andretti had no choice but to tap out. 

This felt like a pretty sad show up until the main event, which was pretty good. Probably not worth going out of your way to see with the million other hours of wrestling on this weekend. 

AEW Rampage live results: International title eliminator

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An International title eliminator match is set for tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

AEW International Champion Roderick Strong of The Undisputed Kingdom will face “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard in a title eliminator bout where Menard gets a title shot if he wins. 

Also set for the show, Dustin Rhodes will go one-on-one with The Butcher. 

In the women’s division, Mariah May will take on Nikita. May placed second in the latest AEW rankings that were revealed Wednesday night following this week’s Dynamite.

Deonna Purrazzo will also be in action in another women’s division contest. 

AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm will speak on tonight’s episode. 

A ‘family dinner” segment with The Bang Bang Gang’s Jay White, Austin Gunn, & Colten Gunn has also been advertised for the show. 

Tonight’s episode was taped Wednesday, March 27 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada at the Centre Videotron. Spoilers from the show are available here.

Taped in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

They’ve updated the intro graphics for Rampage to feature a lot of people who will probably never be on Rampage. 

Tony Scihavone & Excalibur were on commentary. 

Dustin Rhodes defeated The Butcher (10:38)

 This is a “big time grudge match” according to the commentary. Really? Wasn’t this just set up in an interview two nights ago? And the chyron guy was reaching for a stat for Butcher’s graphic, noting he’s the record holder for eliminations in AEW battle royals. 

Butcher cleverly avoided Rhodes’ drop-down uppercut. On the floor, Rhodes floored Butcher with a clothesline and a dragon screw leg whip. Back in the ring, Butcher worked over Rhodes’ arm. Butcher is supposed to be a monster in AEW, but he just looks normal sized next to Dustin. A shoulder tackle sent Rhodes to the floor, where Butcher slammed Rhodes’ arm into the steel stairs and ringpost. Back in the ring, Butcher caught Rhodes with a backbreaker.

After a split-screen break, Rhodes caught Butcher with a Code Red for a near fall. Schiavone plugged this year’s Double or Nothing in Las Vegas for the first time on AEW TV. Rhodes hit a lariat and started his comeback. Rhodes hit the drop-down uppercut, then pounded away on Butcher in the corner. Rhodes hit the spinning powerslam for a near fall. Rhodes countered a Cross Rhodes attempt with a throw, then locked in a crossface. Rhodes escaped by getting his foot on the bottom rope. Rhodes hit the Cross Rhodes out of nowhere, then hit the Final Reckoning for the pinfall. I was looking for a little more out of this than we got; it was just there.

– Jay White and The Gunn Club completed a little minor home invasion at Billy Gunn’s house. It’s not a crime if you’re related though, according to Austin. White challenged the Acclaimed for the AEW Trios titles. White is about to smash Billy’s big screen TV (which is on even though no one was home) but Billy and his wife arrive and the heels run off. This was fun.

– Recap of the tag team tournament. 

Deonna Purrazzo defeated Rose (3:47)

Rose wrestled barefoot and has a lot of flower tattoos. Purrazzo dominated this match. Purrazzo absolutely murdered her with a boot, then hit her so hard with a forearm I think Rose owes her money. Purrazzo took Rose down with an armbar and pulled back on Rose’s arm until she tapped out.

– Highlights from Danielson/Shibata and Ospreay/Shibata. Will Ospreay pointed out that Danielson kind of snuck by with a victory, but Ospreay dominated Shibata and was “just out there being the best wrestler in the world.”

Mariah May (w/ Toni Storm & Luther) defeated Nikita (6:01 aired)

Before the match, Toni Storm announced that she was not able to wrestle tonight (though I do not believe she was advertised for this match) and announced her “capable understudy” Mariah May would wrestle in her stead. May hit a shotgun dropkick and spinning backbreaker to take control.

After a commercial break, Nikita caught May with a bulldog for a near fall. May escaped a double-underhook and hit a headbutt for a near fall. May hit the hip attack in the corner, then the “May Day” (a sitout death valley driver) for the pinfall. May is now 6-0 and “a juggernaut in the women’s division” according to Schiavone.

– In the back, Lexi Nair asked Zak Knight how he feels about being called a coward by Angelo Parker. It doesn’t take long for Parker to run in and attack with a pipe. This upset Ruby Soho for some reason, who kissed Parker, then left. 

– A vignette for the Righteous. They’ll team with Lance Archer tomorrow night against Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Katsuyori Shibata on Collision tomorrow night. 

Roderick Strong (w/ Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) defeated “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard in an AEW International Title Eliminator Match (12:47)

Menard (“Papa Magie” in Québec) has the hometown crowd behind him, who are finally reacting to something tonight. Menard took the fight to the floor, where he clobbered Strong with punches. Back in the ring, Menard hit a shoulder tackle off the middle ropes. 

During the break, Strong backdropped suplexed Menard on the ring apron. After the break, Strong was in control with a reverse chinlock. Menard fought out of the chinlock, then took a knee to the midsection. Menard “hulked up” and hit a series of clotheslines. Menard hit an uranage for a near fall. Strong backdropped out of a piledriver attempt, but Menard caught him with a rollup for a near fall. 

Strong came back with a version of the Juice Box for a near fall. Menard locked in a Boston crab, but Strong got to the ropes to force a break. Taven tried to distract Menard, but it backfired and Menard hit Strong with a cutter for another near fall. Taven and Bennett both got up on the apron to distract Menard again, and this allowed Strong to hit Menard with a high knee and get the pinfall. Man, what a letdown. Menard looked like the biggest babyfaces in this match (getting cheered by his home country fans). He could have won here and Strong could have beaten him next week. Strong winning the International title has really devalued it. 

After the match, The Best Friends ran off The Kingdom before they could beat Menard with a steel chair. But before the Best Friends could give the people what they want, the Young Bucks snuck in with a pair of low blows, then took them out with a double EVP trigger. 

AEW Rampage live results: Tag Team title tournament continues

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The tournament to fill the vacant AEW Tag Team Championship continues on tonight’s live Rampage with a wild card bout. 

Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta will face Powerhouse Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher of The Don Callis Family with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals to face current Ring of Honor Tag Team Champions Mike Bennett & Matt Taven of The Undisputed Kingdom. 

The 10-team field for the tournament will be narrowed to eight following tonight’s Dynamite and Rampage action. The titles were vacated by Sting & Darby Allin following Sting’s retirement match at AEW Revolution earlier this month.

TBS Champion Julia Hart & Skye Blue will team against Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale in a street fight.

Coming off his victory over Komander last Friday, Konosuke Takeshita will battle Ricky Romero while former Ring of Honor TV Champion Katsuyori Shibata will be back in action after losing to Bryan Danielson last Saturday.

Live from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

…Adam Copeland defeated Christian Cage in an “I Quit” Match for the TNT title.

I’m not sure if this is the overrun from Dynamite or the start of Rampaage. But joined in progress, Copeland tried to submit Cage with a hockey-stick assistant crossface, but Cage couldn’t spit out the words I Quit. The rest of the Patriarchy interfered to help Cage, but Matt Menard and Daniel Garcia came in to even the odds. All the members of the Patricarchy ended up handcuffed to opposite corners of the ring. Well, except Shayna Wayne, who ran to the back After several kicks to the groin, Cage still would not quit. Finally, Copeland pulled out “SPIKE,” and even a shot to the “crotch” (really the turnbuckle but play along) with SPIKE wasn’t enough to get him to quit. Finally, Copeland raised SPIKE above his head, and the threat of that was enough to get Cage to quit. That was a complete and total blowoff to this feud. I missed the first part of the match but the finish was suitably epic. 

– Bullet Club Gold was in Florida in a pre-taped bit, enjoying a vacation as a reward for “saving Darby Allinls life.” I guess injuring him kept him from dying on Mount Everest.  They also repainted Sting’s black bat gold. And The Gunns are ready to retire their father.

– Renee Paquette brought out the Acclaimed in front of the live crowd to retort. Billy Gunn was not cleared to travel after getting jumped by the Bullet Club Gold. Caster got the “A$$ Boys!” chant going. This was very much a time-killing promo while the ring cleaned up the ring from the I Quit match. The upshot of the promo was the Acclaimed want Jay White and the Gunn Club. 

Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta defeated Klye Fletcher & Powerhouse Hobbs (w/ Don Callis)  in a Wild Card match for the World Tag Team Title Tournament (10:31)

The winner advances to face the Undisputed Kingdom in the quarterfinals.

Hobbs hit Cassidy with a spinebuster immediately and almost got the pinfall. Beretta and Hobbs tossed Beretta into the barricade on the floor. Cassidy tried a dive to the floor, but Hobbs caught him and smashed him against the ring apron several times. Beretta came back for his team, taking both his opponents out with a dive onto the floor.

Back in the ring, Beretta chopped Hobbs in the corner and dumped Fletcher with a German suplex. Beretta went for a spinning DDT, but Fletcher blocked it, and Hobbs and Fletcher took out Beretta with a pendulum bomb.

After a split screen break, Beretta caught Fletcher with a spinning DDT, dumped Hobbs to the floor and got the tag to Cassidy. Cassidy took Fletcher out with a crossbody, then followed up with a spinning DDT for a near fall. Cassidy caught Hobbs with a superkick, but Hobbs floored him with a forearm. Hobbs racked Cassidy, and after a pair of forearms from Hobbs, Cassidy was able to break free and sunset flip Hobbs for a near fall. Hobbs floored Cassidy with a bodyblock.

Fletcher dropped Beretta with a half-and-half suplex. Cassdiy caught Fletcher with the Slumdog Millionaire, then Hobbs barreled through both Cassidy and Hobbs. Hobbs threw Cassidy like a sack of flour into the LED boards. Somehow, Cassidy got Hobbs up for a Beach Break on the floor. Back in the ring, Fletcher hit a spinning tombstone on Cassidy for a near fall. Fletcher was bleeding heavily from the mouth.

Fletcher set Cassidy up for a superplex, but Beretta made the save and hit a half-and-half suplex off the top. Cassidy came off the top on Fletcher with a diving DDT, Beretta took out Hobbs with a spear on the floor, and Cassidy hit the Orange Punch for the pinfall.

This was something else. 

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Kevin Matthews (1:20)

Crowd popped huge for Shibata, who mauled Matthews with forearms and hit the dropkick in the corner. Matthews came back with a clothesline. Shibata escaped a fireman’s carry and locked in a sleeper, than hit the PK for the quick victory. 

Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Don Callis) defeated Rocky “Azucar” Romero (8:52)

Romero lured Takeshita into a hard slap, then caught Takeshita with a step-up rana. Takeshita caught Romero with a sit-out death valley driver, then a dropkick.

During the split-screen break, Romeo countered what looked to be an avalanche back suplex with a sliced break off the top rope. Back to full-screen action, Romero hit a pair of dives on the floor, but on the third one Takeshita caught him and tried for a suplex, with Romero escaped. Takeshita tried for a forearm but Romeo ducked and Takeshita hit the post.

Back in the ring, Romero hit the sliced break for a near fall. Romero snapped Takeshita’s arm, and caught him with a cross-arm breaker. Don Callis jumped up on the ring apron to distract Romero, causing Romero to break the hold. Romero went for the sliced bread again, but Takeshita countered and got Romero into the package tombstone. Takeshita hit a spinning blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Romero mounted another comeback and Takeshita floored Romero with a clothesline. Takeshita leveled Romero with a forearm, then hit the spinning falcon arrow for the pinfall. 

This was great. 

Skye Blue & Julia Hart defeated Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander (w/ Stokely Hathaway) in a Street Fight

The faces came out with chairs and the heels came out with kendo sticks. That didn’t go well for Hart and Blue. Hart got wedged in the chair. Statlander gave her a backbreaker while she was in the chair, and Nightingale hit a sliding boot on Hart.

Nightingale got a table from under the ring that Statlander set up in the corner. Hart found a spike, but when she went to use it on Statlander, she ducked and Hart spiked Blue instead.

During the split-screen break, Statlander and Hart crashed into the table in a spot I couldn’t really see.

Back to full-screen action. As the crowd was chanting “This is Awesome,” Nightingale slammed Blue on the floor. Nightingale tried to set up Blue for a powerbomb on the commentary table, but Blue countered into a Code Blue on the table.

Back in the ring, Blue dumped a bag of thumbtacks in the ring. Statlander pulled out her own bag of tacks and dumped them in the ring as well. Blue powerbombed Statlander out of the corner and into the tacks for a near fall. Blue put the tacks into Statlander’s mouth and hit a superkick for another near fall. The crowd chanted “You Sick [Person]!” at Blue, who ate it up. Blue tried to go to the top, but Nightingale grabbed her and drove her through a pair of tables with a death valley driver.

Back in the ring, Hart tried for a piledriver on Statlander, but Statlander backdropped her into a pile of chairs. Statlander went for a 450, but Hart got out of the way and locked in Hartless.  Hart got the submission when Statlander tapped out. 

AEW Rampage live results: Takeshita vs. Komander

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Konosuke Takeshita faces Komander on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

In Takeshita’s first match since dropping a bout to Will Ospreay at Revolution earlier this month, the star returns to the ring against Komander in the lone singles match on tonight’s episode. 

Three more matches are also set for tonight’s show.

AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm will team with Mariah May against two enhancement talents on tonight’s episode. 

Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta of Best Friends will take on The Dark Order’s Evil Uno & John Silver in tag team action on this evening’s show.

In a trios match, Top Flight’s Darius Martin, Dante Martin & Action Andretti will face AEW International Champion Roderick Strong & ROH World Tag Team Champions Mike Bennett & Matt Taven of The Undisputed Kingdom. 

This week’s Rampage episode was taped Wednesday night in Boston at TD Garden. Spoilers from the show are available here.

Taped in Bo$$ton, Ma$$achu$ett$.

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Chris Jericho were on commentary. On the outset, Tony offered condolences to the family of Jackie Crockett, who passed away this week. 

Trent Beretta & Orange Cassidy (w/ Chuck Taylor) defeated Evil Uno & John Silver (9:45)

The two guys from Dark Order, who have been a team since literally the first AEW show, are, according to Excalibur, going to “play spoiler” to Trent & Cassidy, who started teaming last week. I mean I know it’s not THIS iteration of the Dark Order that debuted 5 years ago but I still kinda feel the Dark Order should be the favorites here.

Anyway, this was all comedy. Beretta dropped Uno with a back suplex for a near fall. Cassidy went for a move off the top, but Silver pressed him out of the corner and slammed him. Beretta caught Silver with a standing meteora. Cassidy caught Uno with a Slumdog Millionaire, but Uno came back with Everything is Evil for a near fall.

After a split-screen break, Beretta got the tag and hit a bunch of suplexes on his opponents. Beretta went for a Strong Zero, but Uno caught Beretta with a boot and turned the move into a code red for the near fall. On the floor, Silver caught Taylor with a senton, Beretta caught Silver with a spear, Uno came off the top with a cannonball onto Beretta and Cassidy dove in with a DDT on Uno.

Back in the ring, Uno took out Cassidy with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Silver and Uno combined for their own version of the Wombo Combo for another near fall. Silver tried for a piledriver on Silver, but Cassidy dove in with an Orange Punch. Beretta rolled Silver into the Strong Zero while Cassidy took out Uno with an Orange Punch, and Beretta got the pinfall.

– A vignette of the Righteous, Vincent and Dutch, digging graves. 

– Saraya and Harley Cameron screamed and Zack Knight, and Knight beat up two randoms backstage. Angelo Parker jumped in with a solid right, and the fight was broken up by backstage officials.

Mariah May (as Toni Storm Classic) & “Timeless” Toni Storm (w/ Luther) vs. Kayla Sparks & LMK

Timeless Toni asked the fans to turn off all cellular devices during the show, then jumped her opponents before the bell. Storm debuted a new version of the hip attack (I think), where she just thrusted her bum into her opponent, sitting on the bat. Mariah hit LMK with a spinning side slam to pop the crowd. Storm dumped each of her opponents with a release German suplex. Sparks got a classic hip attack from both the Tonis, then Storm finished off Skarps with the stuff piledriver. Storm hit LMK with one more hip attack while Mariah collected the pinfall.

After the match, Deonna Purrazzo came out with her new tag team partner… Thunder Rosa. “She’s back!” exclaimed Jericho, who I guess doesn’t watch Collision. Rosa and Purrazzo ran Toni and May off. 

– Queen Aminata (undefeated in Ring of Honor) cut a promo on Red Velvet ahead of their Ring of Honor Women’s TV title tournament match next Thursday.

AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament Brackets:

Young Bucks v. Private Party

Undisputed Kingdom v. the winners of Best Friends v. The Don Callis Family (Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher)

Ricky Starks & Big Bill v. Top Flight

FTR v. the winners of Infantry & House of Black (Brody King & Buddy Matthews)

That’s it??? This promotion has a hundred teams and we’re getting 10 of them in this tournament.  LAME.

Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Don Callis) defeated Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) (8:32 aired)

Takeshita flipped Komander over with a German suplex, then worked him over with a chinlock into the split screen break. During the split-screen break they worked in that awesome new AEW commercial which features Adam Copeland, Mercedes Mone & Julia Hart working out.

After the break, Komader walked the ropes and hit Takeshita with a moonsault on the floor. Back in the ring, Komander hit a springboard hurricanrana into a cradle for a near fall. Takeshita caught Komander coming into the corner and threw him literally halfway across the ring. Komander sprung off the ropes and into a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Takeshita leveled Komander with a forearm. Takeshita went for a last ride powerbomb, but Komander countered that into a code red for a near fall. Komander went to the top, Takeshita tried to catch him with a superpelx, but Komader escaped and hit a destroyer for a near fall. Komader went for a shooting star press off the ropes, but Takeshita got his knees up. Takeshita hit a pop-up powerbomb, a running knee, and a spinning falcon arrow to get the pinfall. Tremendous stuff here. I can’t believe this was the match they decided to cut into with a full-screen commercial break.

– “The Professor” Serena Deeb (w/ the Mountie’s hat) cut a promo where she vowed to become champion. 

Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven v. Top Flight & Action Andretti

I caught a little bit of ROH last night. For the life of me I can’t figure out why Maria Bennett-Kanellis is wasting her time with Griff Garrison on that show and not part of the Undisputed Kingdom.

Strong jumped Andretti before the bell to start. Taven hit a nice–looking dropkick on Andretti for a near fall. Darius Martin got the tag and flew all over the ring against Taven. Darius fought off both Bennett and Taven two against one, then tagged in his brother Darius.

Back in the ring, Taven tripped up Darius and Bennett hit a rolling forearm. Strong got the tag and got caught with an atomic drop and a dropkick. Andretti got the tag and had a nice exchange with Strong. Andretti caught him with a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Andretti took Taven & Bennett out with a back handspring elbow, then caught Strong with a spinning kick. Top Flight and Andretti took out their opponents with dives on the floor. 

During the split-screen break, The Undisputed Kingdom got the advantage.

After the break, Darius hit a Lionsault (Jericho wants royalties) and got the tag to his brother. Dante hit Bennett with a crossbody for a near fall. Darius caught Bennet with a flatliner, and Andretti came off the top with a springboard 450. Andretti sprung off the ropes and into a kick from Bennett for a near fall. Andretti got out of a spike piledriver attempt and rolled up Bennett for a near fall. Taven dove off the top and into a superkick from Andretti. He caught Strong with a superkick as well.

Darius & Andretti with for a double suplex on Bennett, but Strong ran in and hit them both with a high knee. Andretti got caught with a spike piledriver from Bennett & Taven, then suffered the End of Heartache from Strong. Strong got the pinfall.

This was good stuff.

Final Thoughts:

The Acclaimed. The Gunn Club. Some version of Penta & either Komander or PAC. The Righteous (who were featured on this show). The Gates of Agony (who always look great). Jericho and Hook (why not?). Or the Jarrett/Lethal combination. Add them and it’s a lot more fun as a sixteen team tournament. And where are Claudio and Moxley, who beat FTR at Revolution two weeks ago?!?

Next week, Rampage airs live after Dynamite. 

AEW Rampage live results: TBS title match

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Julia Hart defends the TBS Championship on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

Hart will put her title on the line against Robyn Renegade in her first defense since Battle of the Belts IX in January. 

In a tag team bout, Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta of Best Friends will take on The Butcher & Kip Sabian. Cassidy will look to get back on the winning track after dropping the International Championship to Roderick Strong at last Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view.

In a triple threat tag team match, Private Party’s Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy will face Top Flight’s Darius Martin & Dante Martin, and Bryan Keith & Komander. 

Penta El Zero Miedo will take on Action Andretti in singles competition on the show as well. 

Tonight’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night in Duluth, Georgia at the Gas South Arena. Duluth also hosted Thursday’s AEW Collision taping. 

Spoilers for this week’s Rampage are available here.

Taped in Duluth, Georgia. 

Tony Schiavone, Chris Jericho & Excalibur were on commentary. 

Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta (w/ Chuck Taylor) defeated Kip Sabian & The Butcher (w/ The Blade) (11:12)

Beretta escaped a suplex attempt and caught Butcher with an enziguri. Sabian got the tag and fell victim to a double shoulder block from Cassidy and Beretta. Cassidy and Sabian exchanged pin attempts for a series of near falls. Cassidy caught Sabian with a spinning DDT. But, when he tried the same move on the Butcher, Butcher muscled him into a backbreaker. Sabian dropped Cassidy with a spinning backbreaker for a one count.

After a commercial break, Cassidy used pocket power to escape a double team from his opponents and make the tag to Beretta. Beretta hit a standing meteoria and a series of high angle German suplexes on Sabiant. Butcher accidentally clotheslined his partner, then fell victim to a high knee from Beretta. Beretta hit Butcher with a plancha on the floor, took Sabian down with a Saito suplex, and hit a running knee for a near fall.

Beretta went for a Strong Zero, but Butcher caught him with a boot. Butcher hit a pump handle slam, and Sabian came off the top rope with a double stomp for a near fall. Beretta caught Butcher with a German suplex, Cassidy followed up with an Orange Punch, and Beretta hit the Strong Zero to get the pinfall. 

– A video package on the Infantry from Ring of Honor. 

Julia Hart defeated Robyn Renegade for the TBS Championship (3:41)

Julia Hart doesn’t miss a beat in this character. The “Dealer’s Choice” rule for this match was no moves off the top rope. The crowd chanted “Women’s Wrestling!” at the start of the match. Hart banged the back of Renegade’s head against the mat and choked her against the ropes. Hart hit a nice looking vertical suplex.

Renegade fought out of a chinlock and hit a shotgun dropkick in the corner. Hart responded with a clothesline in the corner and a lariat to the back of the head, then locked in the Hartless for the submission. The rare AEW women’s match on Rampage that isn’t wrestled mostly during a commercial break. 

– Saraya interrupted Renee Paquette’s segment backstage so her brother could beat up some random stage hands.

Penta El Zero Miedo (w/ Alex Abrantes) defeated Action Andretti (7:58 aired)

A couple of sling blades took Andretti down, but he came back with a spinning DDT. Penta cut off a plancha attempt with a hook kick. Penta tossed Andretti onto the floor. Penta tried to whip Andretti into the post, but he leaped up onto the apron and sprung back with a hurricanrana to take Penta down.

After a commercial break, Penta caught Andretti with a superkick, but Andretti came back with a spanish fly. Andretti ran into another pair of superkicks, and a spinning death valley driver got Penta a near fall. Penta went for the Fear Factor, but Andritt escaped and took Penta down with a poisoned rana for a near fall. Andretti went for a torino, but Penta caught him with a nasty superkick. Penta stuffed Andretti with the Fear Factor to get the pinfall. 

– Courtesy of CMLL and ROH, a video package of Titán aired. Titán will take on Chris Jericho tomorrow night on Collision. 

Top Flight defeated Komander & Bryan Keith (w/ Alex Abrahantes) in a three-way match which also included Private Party (10:58)

If Justin Roberts is to be believed, Private Party are going by “Zay” and “Quen” now.

It took less than 2 minutes for the match to break down into a pier-six brawl. Private Party dumped Komander and Keith to the floor, then Top Flight sent them to the floor with dropkicks. Soon all six men were fighting on the floor.

After a split-screen break, Keith tried to get the tag to Komander, but Quen pulled Komander off the apron. Private Party continued the double team on Keith in their corner. Keith countered a Twist of Fate. Keith had to tag Darius Martin, who took the fight to Private Party. Darius hit a flatliner/DDT combo on both members of Private Party for a near fall.

Komander got the blind tag and took out Darius with a springboard dropkick. Private Party hit Komander with a 3D/Hot Shot combo for a near fall. Bryan Keith broke up another double team attempt, and Komander nearly got the pin with a backslide.

Darius Martin took Quen out with a clothesline. Dante went for his finisher on Komander, who countered with a cradle for two. Top Flight double-teamed Komander. Dante took out Keith with a superkick, then hit Private Party with a dive to the floor. Darius finished off Komander with what I’ll call a ripcord into a sit-out facebuster for the pinfall. 

AEW Rampage live results: Riho returns

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Former Women’s World Champion Riho returns on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

Appearing for the first time in AEW in 2024, Riho will face Trish Adora in a women’s division contest. Riho last wrestled for AEW at Worlds End in December in an unsuccessful Women’s World title challenge against Toni Storm. 

A qualifying bout for the Revolution All-Star Scramble match is also set for tonight’s episode. Matt Sydal faces CMLL’s Magnus in the qualifier, with the winner advancing to the Scramble set for Sunday’s pay-per-view. The Scramble winner will receive a future World title shot. 

Another CMLL star will be in action on tonight’s episode, as Rugido takes on the Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli. 

A trios match with Lance Archer teaming with Vincent & Dutch of The Righteous has also been announced for tonight’s card. 

This week’s Rampage was taped last Saturday in Springfield, Missouri. Spoilers for the show are available here.

Claudio Castignoli defeated Rugido 

Rugido goes for the ground game quickly, but Castignoli locked on a crossfrace quickly before an escape. Castignoli stomped away before working on the arm for a bit and then landing a slingshot into the throat of Rugido for two. Rugido sent him down on the floor with an Asai moonsault with ease. Claudio recovered and landed a corner uppercut before a lariat for two. Rugido landed a snap powerslam for two. Claudio avoided a cross armbreaker and locked on the giant swing instead that gets two. The Neutralizer is applied and Castignoli earns a pre-Revolution win!

Post-match, Castignoli hits him low and Magnus makes a save while Castignoli ran away triumphant. A recap airs of Sting outsmarting the Young Bucks on Wednesday night’s Dynamite – it’s surreal to see Sting and Flair closing out a TNT video package in 2024 after seeing them close out Nitro 23 years ago.

A recap of Samoa Joe’s path of destruction as AEW World Champion airs before showcasing the issues between Swerve Strickland and Hangman Page to set the stage for the triple threat AEW World Title match at Revolution. Lance Archer and The Righteous make their way to the ring to massacre dudes. The Righteous’ theme alongside Vincent’s snapping works so much better than it should.

Lance Archer and The Righteous defeat Anaya, Vaught, and Luke Langley

Vincent snapped his way out of a tie-up attempt before a flying forearm and a snap flatliner. Dutch is tagged in to club away and land a slick gutwrench powerbomb. Langley gets tagged in and eats a black hole slam before Archer tagged in to clothesline Vaught. Anaya ate the run-up cutter from the Righteous and the Blackout from Archer won the day for this new trios team that feels tailor-made for the ROH Six-Man Titles.

The history between Deonna Purrazzo and “Timeless” Toni Storm is recapped before their Revolution Women’s World Title match.

Riho defeated Trish Adora

Riho, the ultimate babyface, started off by hopping and dancing around the ring a bit before the tieup after Matt Menard scolded Adora for her team stealing some of the Outrunners’ classic offense. Adora is sent outside by a Riho dropkick before Riho perched herself on the top rope for a crossbody to the floor and throws her in for two. A mid-ring crossbody from Riho is met with a powerslam into a twisting Irish curse for two. 

During the break, Adora dealt out some damage with an over the knee submission and kicks to the spine of a seated Riho. Adora continued the assault on the back by catching Riho during a headscissor attempt and landed a side backbreaker. Riho finally got the crossbody for two and fired up enough to get the deja vu flying headscissor. Riho’s dragon suplex was countered by her larger foe, but the northern lights suplex got 2. Riho landed a slick crucific bomb for 2 before the basement double knee strike landed and got a win for the inaugural AEW Women’s World Champion!

Alex Marvez met with Ruby Riho and Cool Hand Ang before their first date, but Saraya and Harley interrupt and Ang eats a blackjack to the face courtesy of Zak Knight. 

A video package airs hyping up Magnus with CMLL clips before the main event. Magnus’ theme has tons of epic trumpets and horns and wouldn’t be out of place in God of War. Menard asks if Magnus is wearing two masks as it’s plain as day, so Nigel asks him if Sydal is in fact wearing kneepads – Nigel is a riot on commentary.

Magnus defeated Matt Sydal and Advances to the Revolution All-Star Scramble

Sydal gained an early advantage with a wheelbarrow armdrag and a quick two off a sunset flip. Sydal sent him outside and dove onto him off the top flawlessly. Sydal landed the mariposa senton for two. Magnus recovered to get a butterfly backbreaker for two. Magnus kept the damage to the spine alive with an STF and a delayed vertical suplex during an ad break. 

Magnus landed an Angel’s Wings for two. Sydal recovered landing a gamenguri in the corner and sent him down with a brainbuster for two. Magnus avoided a middle-rope springboard to gain an edge before they went back and forth with forearm shots and a Sydal kick gave him an advantage. He went up top only to eat a shot to the jaw, but recovered enough to send Magnus down and a meteora off the second rope got two.

 Magnus sent him down with Wasteland and a legdrop before going up top and attempting a rana. Magnus took aim in the opposite corner and lands a vicious pair of shotgun knees to the face to win the match! This was a fine showcase for Magnus, who worked as an effective heel and goes onto the all-star scramble on Revolution.

AEW Rampage live results: Trios three-way

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A trios three-way headlines this week’s AEW Rampage episode. 

Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen team with Matt Sydal against Top Flight’s Darius Martin & Dante Martin & Action Andretti, and the trio of Penta El Zero Miedo, Komander & Bryan Keith. 

Mariah May will be in action on the show in a women’s division contest against Anna Jay. 

Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson of The Young Backs will have a tag team match against enhancement talent. The Young Bucks will challenge Sting & Darby Allin for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at the Revolution pay-per-view on March 3 in Greensboro, North Carolina in Sting’s retirement match.

Roderick Strong is set to take on Jake Hager on tonight’s episode. Strong is set to challenge Orange Cassidy for the AEW International Championship at Revolution.

Sammy Guevara will also speak on tonight’s show.

This week’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Taped in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Tony Schiavone, Matt Menard and Excalibur were on commentary. 

Penta El Zero Mideo, Komander & Bryan Keith defeated Private Party & Matt Sydal and Top Flight & Action Andretti

The match was a three-way with traditional tags, first pinfall wins. This meant the match broke down frequently.

The match went through a commercial break, during which Action Andretti was triple-teamed by Private Party & Sydal. Andretti hit a handspring back elbow and got the tag to Dante Martin. Martin got a near fall off a springboard cross body, which broken up by Keith. Komander had Sydal tied up in a surfboard on the ring apron and Dante Martin dove over them into a pile of guys on the floor. Sydal broke free and hit a meteora on the Komander on the apron, and Penta took out Sydal with a Canadian Destroyer.

Back in the ring, Private Party went for the Gin and Juice on Penta, who countered with another Destroyer. Komander took a bunch of guys out of the floor with a tornio, and Penta finished off Sydal with the Fear Factor to get the pinfall. Typical party match, and Bryan Keith got a win in advance of getting destoryed by Malakai Black tomorrow on Collision. 

– Renee Paquette tried to interview Harley Cameron & Saraya about Ruby Soho and Angelo Parker, but Saraya would rather talk about her brother “Zodiac” Zak Knight, who is All Elite. And he could have been Ruby Soho’s! Saraya was all ready to fix up Zack and Ruby, but she went with Parker instead. Saraya announced things are going to get “really spicy” around here. This was a trainwreck, but in a good way.

Executive Vice Presidents Matthew & Nicholas Jackson, The Young Bucks v. Johnny Lyons & Cappuccino Jones (2:18)

I’m not doing a Taz gimmick with that second enhancement guys name, it was really Cappuccino Jones. Matthew & Nicholas have ditched the blood-covered suits in favor of black ones. The crowd chanted for Cappuccino, despite the match being a total squash. The “Tony Khan Driver” (uh, sorry Dave) finished off Jones. 

After the match, Matthew & Nicholas brought Tony Schiavone into the ring to apologize for almost attacking him last week with a $25 Amazon gift card. But, they won’t be sorry for beating Darby Allin & Sting at Revolution. 

– Tony Schiavone interviewed Sammy Guevara in the ring, who called out Powerhouse Hobbs. Don Callis and his ridiculous shoes came out instead. Callus tried to distract Guevara so Hobbs could run in from behind and attack. Guevara caught Hobbs with a superkick and smacked him around with a steel chair. Guevara went for the GTH, but Hobbs murdered him with a lariat and hit a couple of spinebusters. The crowd chanted “one more time!” and Hobbs gave Guevara the World’s Most Dangerous Slam. I kind of hope they put Guevara in the Meat Madness match.

– Skye Blue and Julia Hart cut a dark promo (literally dark, I could hardly see them) on Kris Statlander, Stokely Hathaway and Willow Nightingale.

Mariah May defeated Anna Jay

Anna Jay countered a fireman’s carry  into a Queen Slayer attempt, but May backed her into the corner. May hit a handstand hurricanrana in the corner. May went for the hip attack, but Jay got out of the way. Jay hit an inverted backbreaker for a near fall. Jay went for the QueenSlayer again, but May countered by biting Jay’s arm. May then hit the May Day (a sitout Death Valley Driver) for the pinfall. It feels like Jay is improving. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Ruby Soho & Angelo Parker. Soho either challenged Saraya to a double-date or a mixed tag… or something for next week.

Roderick Strong (w/ Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) defeated Jake Hanger (w/ Hornsby, Mascot of the Tulsa Drillers) 

Hager used his power to dominate Strong early on. Stong got the advantage, and Hornsby lead the crowd in cheers for Hager. That drew the attention of Bennett and Taven. Orange Cassidy came out to make the save… AND RETURNED THE PURPLE HAT TO JAKE HAGER. (You may recall at Rampage — Winter is Coming that Danhausen and Cassidy kept the hat when Cassidy teamed with the Von Erichs). 

Hager made the comeback because he loves the hat, and hit a Hager Bomb for the near fall. Hager hit a Doctor Bomb on Strong for another near fall. Hager got the ankle lock. Taven and Bennett tossed Cassidy into the ring, and in the confusion Strong caught Hager with a running knee and got the pinfall. 

There are going to be 24 hours of wrestling on this weekend, and this was definitely one of them. But its nice to see AEW’s favorite couple together again — Jake Hager and his hat. 

AEW Rampage live results: Jeff Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara no DQ match

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Jeff Hardy takes on Sammy Guevara in a no DQ match on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

Hardy vs. Guevara is the headline bout on a four-match card on a Rampage with a special earlier start time this week due to TNT’s coverage of NBA All-Star weekend. 

Hardy was injured in the bout taped Wednesday night in Cedar Park, Texas, suffering a broken nose. 

The Von Erichs will also be in action on tonight’s show, as Ross & Marshall Von Erich team with Dustin Rhodes in a six-man tag team bout. 

Queen Aminata will take on Anna Jay in a women’s division contest on tonight’s episode. 

The Bang Bang Scissor Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, Billy Gunn, Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) will square off with Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver, Evil Uno) & Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh in a 12-man tag. This will be Singh’s first match since last September. 

Taped in Cedar Park, Texas. I can’t wait to see what matches they put on to take advantage of their earlier time slot and people tuning in before or after the NBA All-Star festivities!

Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Matt Menard were on commentary.

Sammy Guevara defeated. Jeff Hardy (w/ Matt Hardy) in a no-disqualification match (12:32)

Jeff’s technicolor arm sleeves and Sammy’s brightly colored gear are testing my old TV.

Hardy slammed Guevara, then went to the floor for a ladder. Before he could get the ladder into the ring, Guevara dropkicked it into Hardy’s chest. It’s mentioned on commentary Jeff Hardy was Guevara’s hero when he was going up. Hardy floored Guevara with a clothesline off the apron and whipped him into the ring barricade. Well, they say never meet your heroes.

Guevara hit a superkick and a double foot stop on the ring apron, then drug Hardy into the ring for a near fall. Back to the floor for more brawling. Hardy whipped Guevara into some chairs and hit a sliding dropkick. Back in the ring again, Hardy just threw a chair at Jeff. Both guys started climbing up the ladder so they could exchange punches on the top of the ladder. Hardy took Guevara down with a Twist of Fate off the ladder, and that only got a two count.

During a split-screen break, Hardy pulled another ladder out from underneath the ring while his brother set up a table. Jeff setup Guevara on the table, then took off his shirt and started a slow climb up the ladder. Guevara pulled him down and took the match back to the ring.

Guevara gave Hardy a cutter while Hardy’s head was stuck in an open folding chair in one of the most contrived spots I’ve ever seen. Guevara set up Jeff Hardy on the table and came off the top of the ladder with a senton through the table. The crowd chanted “This is awesome!” I do not concur.

Back in the ring, Guevara went for a shooting star press. Hardy got his knees up, but that didn’t matter because Guevara’s knees smashed Hardy’s face. But Excalibur was screaming about how Hardy got his knees up, which made no sense because you could clearly see Guevara smashing Hardy’s face with his knees. Guevara hit the GTH for the pinfall. There was a lot of blood on the mat after the match. 

This just felt like a disjointed mess with lot of spots that I’ve seen done before. There was no real flow to the match either. 

After the match, Don Callis ran in and hit Guevara with a spinebuster and the World’s Most Dangerous Slam.

– Renee Paquette interviewed Prince Nana & Brian Cage. Cage is a real wrestler and Hook isn’t.

– Private Party said they the future AEW World Tag Team Champions, while bragging about being a Top 5 team in the rankings. 

– Jon Moxley and Claudio Castignoli can read each other’s mind. “Claudio, what am I thinking?” “Your wife’s glutes.” They’re going after FTR.

– Renee Paquette’s interview with Ruby Soho was interrupted by Saraya and Harley Cameron. Ruby wants some space and leaves.

There are some really interesting choices being made on this show tonight.

Dustin Rhodes & Russ Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich defeated Hitt, Romero Cruz & Shimbashi (1:46)

Rhodes hit his finisher on Cruz for the pinfall while Russ and Marshal had their other two opponents locked in a claw hold.

– Toni Storm illustrated her submission techniques on Mariah May.

– A quick video package highlighting the Young Bucks angle with Sting from last week’s Dynamite was narrated by Darby Allin.

Queen Aminata defeated Anna Jay

Jay hung up Aminata in the ropes and pulled her down with a backstabber for a near fall. After the commercial break, Aminata hit a suplex and clothesline, then a running PK. Jay avoided a hip attack, but Aminada caught her in the corner with a sliding boot for a near fall. Jay hit a flatliner for a near fall. Jay caught Aminata with the sleeper, but Aminata turned that into a pinning combination. Aminata then hit a headbutt on Jay and got the pinfall.

This was Aminata’s first singles win in AEW.

Jay and Aminata hugged after the match.

– Rene Paquette interviewed Willow Nightingale, Stokely Hathaway and Kris Statlander about Willow’s win on Dynamite Wednesday. Willow was upset that Hathaway cheated on her behalf to get the win, but Kris took responsibility for Hathaway’s action. They shook Hathaway, and this team will continue.

– Angelo Parker and Ruby Soho make a date for a drink next Wednesday. It’s not like either of them work on Wednesday.

The Bang Bang Scissor Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, Billy Gunn, Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) defeated Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver & Evil Uno) & Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh (10:46)

Most of the first five minutes of the match took place in picture-in-picture. The heels worked over Austin Gunn  during that time. Satnam Singh got the tag and dropped Austin with a headbutt. Singh beeled Austin across the ring – twice. Singh charged into the heel corner and bumped all the members of the Bang Bang Scissor Gang who aren’t eligible for Social Security to the floor. Austin got the tag to Billy, and the heels (but not Jarrett) bumped off his punches. Gunn hit the Famouser on Alex Reynolds for the near fall. Bowens took out Uno with a superkick, and Silver dropped Bowns with a german suplex. Caster dropped Silver with a backhand.

Singh set up the Acclaimed for a double chokeslam, but the Gunn brothers broke that up with a superman punch. Lethal hit the Lethal Injection on Caster, but Colton hit his finisher on Lethal. Jarrett hit the stroke on Colton, but Lethal hit the Bladerunner on Jarrett. Alex Reynolds dumped White to the floor, and finally, Billy Gunn and Austin combined to hit the 3:10 to Yuma on Reynolds to get the pinfall. Jay White felt like such an afterthought in all this. 

After the match, Excalibur casually announced Bryan Danielson v. Jun Akiyama for next week’s Collision. 

Final Thoughts: 

This was a very skippable show.