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AEW RAMPAGE REPORT

It is Friday and this week, Rampage was recorded after AEW Dynamite is at the Stockton Arena in Stockton CA.  The commentary team is Tony Schiavone and Excalibur.

Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, and Jake Hager vs Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor, Jeff Hardy, and Matt Hardy

• Chuck and Parker start off and they run the ropes

• Chuck gets a series of deep arm drags and then the Best Friends get a shoulder tackle and Trent tags in

• Jeff tags in with Garcia, Jeff gets a shoulder tackle and dances, and then Garcia dances

• This leads to Jeff being the babyface in peril, with Garcia’s team working him over with quick tags.

• Jeff is able to get the hot tag to Trent, who beats down Garcia

• After getting a Death Valley Driver on Garcia, the tag team siren goes off and everyone in the ring.  

• The Best Friends and the Hardys stand tall for the big four way hug. 

• Hager is able to take over after taking out Trent on the outside and his team beats down Trent through the picture in picture.

• When we return to full screen, Trent hits a running knee on Menard and tags in Matt and Matt runs wild

• Menard’s team is able to stop Matt and team up to work him over for a two count, broken up by Jeff

• Everyone is able to hit a finisher of the last person to hit a finisher.

• Matt kicks Garcia into Menard who falls on Anna Jay on the outside.

• While Menard’s team checks on Anna, Garcia takes a Twist of Fate, a deadeye from Trent and a swanton from Jeff for the pin and the win.

Winners: The Best Friends and the Hardys

Renee Paquette interviews Eddie Kingston, and he expects the four way match to be wild and he’s ready to go. Sonjay Dutt with Jeff and Karen Jarrett and Satnam Singh show up and Sonjay says Jay Lethal called him and said that Eddie disrespected him.  How Dare He! 

Sonjay asks if he will put the title up against Lethal. Eddie says he will defend it when he proves he is the man he used to be and not the clown running around with them. 

Stokely Hathaway shows and has a proposition for Sonjay and whispers it to him.

Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta vs the Already In The Ring Levi Shapiro and Wise Guy Ruiz

Yuta and Shapiro start off and Yuta locks on an abdominal stretch and takes him down, with Shapiro making it to the ropes for the break. Yuta then lays in a series of strikes and hits a fireman’s carry suplex before tagging in Claudio. Claudio hits the hammer and anvil elbows, and Ruiz tries to interfere, and Yuta comes in to take him down. Claudio grabs the big swing and Yuta hits the drop kick out of it. Claudio and Yuta hit the fastball special for the pin and the win.

Winners: Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta

Penta vs Lince Dorado vs Johnny TV vs Komander

Eddie Kingston joins commentary. This is also Lince Dorado is making his AEW debut. 

Everyone gets a superkick and we move to Penta and TV with arm drags and kip ups. Dorado and Komander take them out with drop kicks, and they then hit stereo topes. Kaomnder and Dorado back into each other and work monkey flips on each other. They then run the ropes and Dorado hits a pair of movies on Komander and dives to  the floor where TV takes him out.

Penta and TV work in the ring with Penta getting a flying cross body and then runs into a big boot from TV. TV grabs Penta and spins him, and Penta trunks it into a destroyer. 

TV rolls  to the floor and Komander hits the ring. He is tossed from the ring and Penta dives onto the other three men. TV hits a blindside kick as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, TV hits a neckbreaker on Penta and Penta rolls out, and TV hoists Dorado into a fireman’s carry for a modified Samoa drop that he springs out of and follows with a standing moonsault for two. Komander breaks it up and lays into TV. Instead, TV picks up for a power slam. TV tries to set up for the Power Station, but Komander recovers. TV puts Komander on the top and Komander is able to fight him off. Dorado joins Komander on the top, hits a hurricanrana on him and Kaomnder uses it to hit a hurricanrana onto TV and TV is rolled out of the ring.

Contrived, yeah, but it looked cool.

Dorado then pops Komander into the air and hits with a thrust kick. Penta gets in the ring and he and Dorado spill out of the ring. Dorado goes to the top and hits a moonsault onto TV and Penta, then Komander runs the ropes and springs off for a shooting star press. Komander rolls Dorado into the ring and hits a rope walk 450 for the pin and the win.

Winner and earning a match for the Ring of Honor world title: Komander

Ortiz is backstage and cuts a promo on Santana that he sees him as a coward for not facing him face to face. 

Our main event:

Nyla Rose and Marina Shafir vs Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander

Shafir and Rose attack before the bell and as Rose beats down Statlander outside the ring, Shafir goes after Shida in the ring. 

When the bell rings, Shafir picks the ankle and does the ground and pound. Shafir tries for an arm bar, but Shida is able to get the ropes. Rose is tagged in and she slams Shida, hits a leg drop for a one count. Sharif tags in and Rose knocks Statlander off the apron and works her over on the floor.

Shida and Shafir trade kicks and strikes, and Shida drops Shafir with an elbow for two. Rose breaks up the count and they begin to work Shida over with quick tags as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Shida is able to get a double cross body and tags in Statlander, who cleans house and it is her first time in the match. After Statlnders gets a two count, she tries to put Rose on her shoulders, but Shafir is able to hold her ankle from the outside. This allows Rose to break away and get a clothesline. Rose covers for two. 

Shafir is tagged in, and Rose holds Statlander up for Shafir to lay in strikes. Shafir covers for two and Shida breaks it up. Statlander hits a blue thunder bomb, drops Rose with a kick and Shida tags in. Shida hits a cross body from the top onto Rose and Shafir on the floor. Shida rolls Shafir into the ring and hits a falcon arrow for two. 

Shida goes to the top, and Rose cuts her off. Rose drapes Shida on the top rope, but Statlander comes in and picks Rose from the top. Shida also goes to the top and hits the Doomsday Device. Shida hits the Katana on Shafir and then hits the Nightcap, Saraya’s finisher for the pin and the win.

Winners: Kris Statlnder and Hikaru Shida

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