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It is Friday and it’s time for AEW Rampage, recorded after AEW Dynamite, which came from the Nutter Center in Dayton Ohio. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Jim Ross, Don Callis, and Tony Schiavone.
The Elite (Matt and Nick Jackson and Kenny Omega - AEW Trios Champions) vs Ethan Page, Matt Hardy & Isaiah Kassidy.
As I often say, I am not able to type fast enough to do a full play by play of a Young Bucks match, so it’s bullet point time.
Matt and Isaiah start off, lots of quick takedowns.
Matt hits a twisting arm drag and tags in Nick
Kenny is tagged in with Hardy, who keeps trying to get a side effect and a twist of fate, but Kenny fights them off.
Kenny is knocked to the outside where Ethan clotheslines him and tags in
Ethan orders Hardy and Isaiah around as he works over Kenny
Kenny tags in one of the Bucks so they both come in and hit him with a hurricanrana.
Isaiah is tagged and the Bucks work him over.
All six men are fighting and it ends up with Matt giving Northern Lights Suplexes to Hardy
Ethan interrupts and takes a suplex for his trouble.
Hardy finally gets a side effect and a two count.
Ethan is tagged in as we go to picture in picture
When we return to full screen, Matt is still in peril and Ethan is working him over.
Hardy tags in, hits a slam and a cover and Nick breaks it up at two
Hardy calls for the swanton, and Ethan tags in to take over.
Ethan tries the swanton using Hardy’s hand gestures and jumps into a superkick from Matt
Kenny gets the hot tag and cleans house
Kenny gets a two after the rolling slam with a leap
Isaiah leaps into superkicks from the Bucks after everyone hits a splash on Kenny in the corner.
Everyone gets a finishing maneuver
Kenny tags in Nick who trades blows with Isaiah
Nick gets a bulldog on Isaiah
Hardy and Ethan break up the superkick party
Isaiah and Ethan hit an iconoclast on Nick, followed by a twist of fate from Hardy and the pin is broken up by Matt
Hardy accidentally nails Ethan as Isaiah hits a cutter off of Nick’s leap. That looked amazing
Kenny tags in and Isaiah’s partners aren’t there to tag in.
Kenny hits one winged angel and they follow with the BTE trigger for the pin and the win.
Winners and still AEW Trios Champions: The Elite
This match kept up the storytelling of Ethan Page and Stokely Hathaway controlling Matt and Private Party, with Ethan’s ego losing matches for them. It also got the Elite on Rampage, as part of the “Put the biggest stars on Rampage.”
The Elite also worked as babyfaces, which is a shame, since Heel Bucks are the Best Bucks.
Brian Pillman Jr vs Swerve Strickland
Pillman comes out by himself, has a new gear and a new haircut. It’s a much better look for him.
Swerve comes out with his crew.
They lock up collar and elbow and Pillman forces Swerve back. Swerve is able to turn it into a wrist lock and Pillman cartwheels to work out of it. Swerve locks on another arm bar and Pillman can’t get out of it until they go to the mat. They trade holds around the corner and no one gets an upper hand.
They lock up again and this time Swerve forces Pillman back and they do the wristlock bit again. They run the ropes and when Swerve is on his back, Pillman walks over him, stepping on his back. As Pillman is gesturing to the crowd, Swerve clubs him from behind. Pillman drop kicks Swerve out of the ring and then hits a flying drop kick through the ropes and runs from Swerve’s man as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, they are throwing hands in the middle of the ring. Swerve hits a back breaker and Pillman responds with a thrust kick, a clothesline, and a cover for two. Pillman gets Swerve up, but Swerve escapes. Swerve hits another thrust kick, this time to Pillman’s knee. Swerve tries to lock on an octopus, but Pillman gets a snap mare. Swerve is able to get another kick into Pillman’s knee.
Pillman tries to stand up but crumples to the mat. Swerve hits a leaping kick to the back of Pillman’s head and covers for 2. Swerve is not happy about this and puts Pillman on the top turnbuckle. The fight on the top and Pillman leaps down, snapping Swerve on the top rope. Parker Boudreaux grabs Pillman’s foot as he tries to go to the top, and Swerve catches Pillman and gives him an attitude adjustment on the apron. Swerve goes to the top and hits the leaping stomp for the pin and the win.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
Pillman gets beaten down after the match, but Dustin Rhodes comes in with a turnbuckle tightener to even the odds, and Swerve and crew take off.
Toni Storm and Saraya vs The Renegades (Charlette and Robyn)
Saraya flips off the crowd as part of her entrance.
Robin and Toni start off, They lock up collar and elbow and go around the ring until Toni backs Robyn into a corner. They break but keep fighting. Toni is able to take Robyn down and just wails on her. Saraya tags in and hits a brutal series of knees on Robyn’s head through the ropes and then tosses her to the outside. Toni then tosses Robyn head first into the barricade. Robyn is tossed into the ring and Saraya hits a series of short arm clotheslines.
Robyn is then tossed to the corner where Saraya gets more knees. She drops Robyn and then covers for two. Toni tags in and hits a suplex for two. Toni locks in a full nelson and Robyn is able to get to her feet and break free. Toni drops her again. Robyn is able to get in a few chops and strikes before an insigiri. Robyn is able to tag in Charlette, who cleans house until Toni hits a shotgun drop kick. Toni then hits a hip attack and Saraya hits a thrust kick followed by Toni hitting Storm Zero for the pin and the win.
Winners: Toni Storm and Saraya
After the match Saraya uses spray paint to put a symbol on the Renegades.
Christopher Daniels (In his Fallen Angels gear) vs Rush
They lock up and quickly move to waistlocks. They then get a series of quick takedowns and reversals. Rush grabs an arm bar and Daniels turns it into an arm drag. Daniels then gets a swinging neckbreaker and overs for two. Daniels gets a drop kick and Rush rolls out of the ring. Daniels hits a Tope through the ropes and tosses Rush back in the ring. Daniels goes to the top and Jose gets on the apron. Daniels hits a leaping clothesline on Jose and Rush takes advantage by hitting Daniels with a discus punch.
Rush distracts the referee so that Daniels can be attacked on the outside by Preston Vance as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Daniels is tossed into the ring and tosses him out of the ring again and Jose grabs him. Daniels dodges a kick from Vance so that Vance kicks Jose. Daniels is able to get a surprise rollup in the ring for two. He then gets a clothesline and a slam on Rush for two. He gets a series of chops on Rush and Rush drops him with a kick. Daniels gets a Death Valley driver for two. Daniels locks on the Koji Clutch and Vance puts Rush’s foot on the ropes.
As Daniels is yelling at Vance, Rush gets a surprise roll up for two. Daniels gets a side slam on Rush and hits the BME, but Rush gets his knees up and then tosses Daniels into the corner. Rush gets his Bull’s Horns drop kick in the corner for the pin and the win.
Winner: Rush
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