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AEW RAMPAGE REPORT

It is Friday and Rampage was recorded after AEW Dynamite at the First Ontario Centre in Hamilton ON, Canada.. Our commentary team is Excalbur and Tony Schiavone.

Claudio Castagnoli (Ring of Honor Heavyweight Champion) vs Komander wAlex Abrahantes

They lock up and Claudio just tosses Komander aside. Komander grabs a wristlock and tosses Komander again. Claudioi tries to toss Komander out of the ring and he, instead, does a headstand on the top turnbuckle. Komander dodges the uppercut and hits a tijeras on Claudio. Claudio responds with a brutal clothesline. Claudio goes for the spalling vertical suplex, and Komander escapes with a series of knees. Komander leaps onto Claudio’s back and wraps him up. He tries for a cazadora and Claudio spikes him instead for two.

Claudio hits the giant swing and tosses Komander aside. Komander reverses the ricola bomb into an arm drag and then dives into Claudio on the outside. Claudio catches him, and Komander fights his way free, hits a drop kick and gets an arm drag off the turnbuckle on the floor. Claudio boots Komander into the crowd. 

Claudio tosses Komander then tosses Komander back over the barricade. Claudio gorilla press tosses Komander into the ropes, and then Komander rolls into the ring as Claudio follows.  Claudio hits a DDT and covers for two as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Claudio goes to power bomb Komander off the second turnbuckle, but Komander reverses it into a hurricanrana. Komander gets a drop kick to the knee and then does three times around Claudio for the tijeras.

Totally unrealistic but it looked cool, so I will give it a pass. 

Komander hits a swanton from the top rope onto Claudio on the floor.  Claudio then tosses Komander into the barricade and they fight on the outside. Claudio gets draped over the barricade and then Komander walks the barricade and hits a shooting star press onto Claudio. 

This one did not look cool as Komander struggled to keep his balance as he slowly walked the barricade.

Komander went to the top turnbuckle and gets a swinging hurricanrana for two. Komander gets a chop and Claudio calls him to do more, which he does. Claudio gets an uppercut and covers for two. Claudio gets a short arm clothesline for two. Claudio misses an uppercut in the corner and leaps to stand on Claudio’s shoulders from the mat, then onto the top ropes and then back into a DDT for two.

Komander rolls up Claudio for two. Claudio misses an uppercut and Komander gets a guillotine off the top. Komander gets a phoenix splash for two. Komander leaps from the top into an uppercut from Claudio and the ref stops the match due to Claudio knocking out Komander. 

Winner and still Ring of Honor World Champion: Claudio Castagnoli

Blade w/Butcher vs Shawn Spears

Shawn is back to being billed as a perfect 10.

Shawn avoids the lock up and wheels around with arms bars and then hits Blalde with a snap mare and cartwheels before putting the “ten” in his face.  He then flexes his behind at Blade for some reason.  

He then tosses Blade out of the ring and joins him at ringside where he and Blade brawl. Blade is rolled into the ring and Butcher attacks him while the ref is distracted. Blade arrogantly works over Shawn With chops and Shawn powers up and lays in chops himself. He hits a body press off the ropes and then drops Blade with a short arm lariat and then stomps on Blade’s head.

Shawn mounts and pounds Blade. Blade escapes and rolls out of the ring. When he rolls back in, Shawn hits the C4 for the pin and the win.

Winner: Shawn Spears

An OK TV match trying to re-establish Shawn's new position as a babyface. The crowd wasn’t much into the match, but this was after over 4 hours of wrestling. 

We get a video preview of the matches for the Owen Hart tournament with everyone giving a short reason why they will win their match. 

Johnny TV and QT Marshall w/Harley Camerson vs Matt Hardy and Brother Zay w/Ethan Page

QT and Johnny now have Harley sings them to the ring and have a red carpet rolled out for them.

Brother Zay Asks if the crowd wants to party with them and gets a tepid response.

TV and Matt start and they trade wristlocks after TV kicks Hardy in the midsection. Zay tags in and leaps onto TV’s arm, helped by Matt. TV tags in QT and the crowd reminds QT that he sucks. Zay gets a neck breaker and tags in Matt. QT rams Matt to the corner and TV tags in. TV gets a rolling back senton and misses a standing moonsault and Zay tags in.  He knocks QT off the apron and tells Harley to call him. Zay is knocked to the outside and flirts with Harley, knocks down QT, and takes a dive from TV. QT’s teams takes a selfie on the apron as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Zay has been the babyface in peril and he’s able to get the hot tag after a hurricanrana on QT and Matt cleans house. Matt ends the flurry with a power bomb on TV for two. Matt then gets an elbow off the second rope and gets a DDT when TV blocks the Twist Of Fate for two, broken up by QT. QT gets a pop up upper cut followed by a kamagiri by TV for two. TV tries for a corkscrew off the top, but Matt picked the ankle in midair.  TV is kicked from the outside by Zay, 

Zay is tagged in after QT is sent to the outside and TV is sent as well, and Zay launches off the back of Matt to the two of them. Matt gets a side effect and Zay goes for a leap, but Harley gets on the apron so that QT can pull him off the top. QT pulls Matt to the outside and slams him into the steel steps.  TV hits Starship Pain on Zay for the pin and the win. 

Winners: QT Marshall and Johnny TV

They don’t have a name for Starship Pain yet, and after the match Page stops TV and QT from attacking Matt, and they taunt him. He nails QT and TV hits him with a super kick.  Anthony Bowens and Billy Gunn hit the ring to chase them off. 

And now, our main event!

We get a video package of each woman explaining why they will win.

We also get a promo from Wheeler Yuta for his match with Kenny Omega on Dynamite next week.

Taya Valkyrie vs Hikaru Shida

Taya powers Shida to the corner when they lock up, and when they break, Taya gets a waistlock and slams Shida. Shida gets an arm drag and hits a jumping knee and other attacks in the corner. Shida goes to the top and nails Taya with a series of blows. Taya tries to charge into Shida, but Shida gets a boot up and nails a hurricanrana. They go to the floor and Shida grabs a chair as a launch pad and misses the knee. 

Taya rolls into the ring and Shida follows with an insigiri. Taya stops a charge and then works over Shida in the corner and wraps her leg around the ring post as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Taya is smacking Shida and mocking her in the ring. Shida gets to her feet and hits a few blows and tries for a suplex, but Taya fights out of it. They run the ropes and Shida hits a series of elbow strikes. She whips Taya into the ropes and nails a leaping knee for two. Shida goes to the ropes and Taya knocks her to the floor. 

Shida gets a snap suplex on the floor, and hits a running meteora off the apron and sells the knee.  She tosses Taya into the ring and hits a running elbow strike for two. Shida tries for the katana, but Taya blocks it and flings Shida to the corner. Taya hits a double knee strike in the corner and covers for two.

Taya beats on Shida’s leg to set up for the curb stomp. Shida kicks her way out and runs into Taya’s set up for Ride to Valhalla, but escapes. Shida tries a roll up, but Taya reverses it for two, and Shida reverses for the pin and the win.

Winner: Hikaru Shida

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