It is Friday and this week, AEW Rampage was recorded after AEW Dynamite from at the MVP Arena in Albany, NY. Our commentary team is Excalbur and Tony Schiavone.
Tag Team Eliminator Battle Royal
Entrants:
Butcher and Blade
Satnam Singh and Jay Lethal
Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal
Big Bill and Brian Cage
Matt Menard and Angelo Parker
Luther and Serpentico
Matt and Jeff Hardy
Brother Zay and Ethan Page
The bell rings, everyone gets into the ring and I’ll just be going over elimination unless storyline stuff happens.
Luther is first one eliminated by Big Bill
Butcher eliminates Serpentico
Brother Zay is tossed by Satnam Singh
Sydal is eliminated by Menard
Parker is eliminated by the Jeff Hardy
Satnam eliminates Path
The Hardys run Satnam into Lethal, eliminating him, and Page and Lethal fight all the way to the back
Daniels is eliminated by Butcher and Blade
Matt Hardy is tosses by Satnam and the crowd boos
Satnam is eliminated by Cage, Big Bill and Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy is eliminated by Cage and Big Bill
It’s down to Butcher and Blade vs Big Bill and Cage
Blade is eliminated by Cage and Big Bill
Big Bill accidentally runs into Cage in the corner, and then Cage does the same thing
Butcher is eliminated by Cage and Big Bill
Winners: Brain Cage and Big Bill
Matt Taven and Mike Bennett have a video package about their time in Ring of Honor.
Komander vs Kip Sabian
They trade arm bars and crowd work to start the match. Komander gets a pair of arm drags and then is tossed to the floor between the ropes by Kip. Komander gets back in the ring, they dodge moves until Komander gets a drop kick. Kip goes to the outside and Komander hits a dive as we go picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Komander fights out of a side headlock and they end up throwing hands. Kip whips Komander into the ropes and he comes off to hit a tijeras on Kip. Komander gets a back heel kick for two. Komander comes off the ropes and gets a double arm bar into a pin for two. Kip gets a knee, but Komander gets an elbow and then snaps Kip’s neck on the top rope.
Komander misses a shooting star press off the ropes and Kip nails Komander with a pair of kicks and then hits an Arabian Press onto the floor. Kip hits a cannonball in the corner, and a standing shooting star press for two. Komander escapes the fireman carry slam and grabs a waistlock. Kip reserved, Komander gets a back elbow, and as Kip is with the ref, Penelope Ford gets on the apron and goes after Komander’s eyes.
Kip hits the swing shot off the ropes for two. Kip and Komander fight on the turnbuckles and Komander is able to hit a springboard destroyer, and then walks the ropes to hit a shooting star press for the pin and the win.
Winner: Komander
The Kingdom (Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) vs the Already In The Ring Hayden Backlund and Myung-Jae Lee
Well, that was quick. Backlund is pinned in less than a minute and Lee is knocked off the apron to boot.
Winners: The Kingdom (Mike Bennett and Matt Taven
We get a video package of the Dark Order’s new more violent personas and they are going to rebuild.
We get a video recap of the tag team story with Adam Cole and MJF to hype Collision tomorrow night.
Main Event!
Nyla Rose w/Marina Sharif vs Hikaru Shida
Why oh Why do they NOT let Nyla Rose show her humor?
Rose slams Shida immediately and grabs Shida’s Kendo stick, but she then gives it to Shafir and works over Shida in the ropes and then the corner. Shida fights back with a drop kick and tries to slam Rosa, but can’t lift her. Shida then hits a tijeras and nails Rose with a jumping knee in the corner. She mounts Rose in the corner and rains down blows.
Shida misses a missile drop kick and Rose takes over, tossing Shida to the floor. Shida attempts a Hurricanrana, but Rose holds on to Shida, carries her to the barricade and slams her into it as we go to picture in picture
When we return to full screen, Nyla has been working over Shida the entire break. They block each other’s attacks until Shida can get a suplex for two. We then see the Outcasts watching the match. They go to the apron, which as we all knock is the hardest part of the ring. Shida gets an insigiri and then a missile drop kick onto Rose on the floor. Shida rolls her into the ring for a cover and only gets two. Shida goes to the ropes, but Rose grabs and slams her for two. ‘’
Rose attempts a power bomb, but Rose fights out of it for a hurricanrana. Shida then nails an elbow strike and a Falcon Arrow for two. Rose hits a brutal clothesline to stop Shida’s comeback. Rose hits a senton and goes to the top. Shida is up before Rose gets to the top and they fight on the top. Shida hits an avalanche Falcon Arrow and Shafir puts Rose’s boot on the rope at two.
Shida grabs the Kendo stick from Shafir and nails her with it. This allows Rose to get a surprise rollup, Shida rolls through and gets the Katana kick for the pin and the win.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
The Outcasts come out onto the stage and Shida calls for a shot at Toni Storm
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