It is Friday and this week, AEW Rampage was recorded after Dynamite at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Chris Jericho, and Tony Schiavone.
Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta vs Dark Order (Evil Uno and Alex Reynolds)
Uno and Cassidy start, Uno stops Cassidy from pockets and Uno uses a handshake to whip Cassidy into the ropes for a shoulder tackle. Cassidy gets a surprise rollup after Uno gets a flip. As Cassidy goes for the pockets, Silver puts his hands in Cassidy’s pockets and after Cassidy gets his hands out, Silver pops him in the face. Beretta gets the blind tag and Cassidy gets a Manhattan drop and he and Beretta get a shoulder tackle. They drop Uno with a shoulder tackle. Dark Order breaks up the big hug and Cassidy and Beretta knock Dark Order into a big hug. Chuck gets in the ring and as the ref tries to get him out, the Best Friends get him in the big hug.
Beretta gets a side headlock and then a chop for a two count. Cassidy tags in and takes too long to get to the top so that Silver can grab and gorilla press him. Beretta goes for a kick, but Uno catches it, gives it to the ref and gets a neck breaker. Cassidy gets a stunner and Uno hits something evil for two and we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Cassidy is giving Dark Order massive kicks. Beretta is tagged in and double clotheslines them down. He then hits German suplexes on Dark Order into a pin on Silver for two. Beretta and Silver trade blows and Beretta tries for a back slide and Silver escapes. Silver gets a series of kicks, but Beretta sets for Strong Zero. Uno kicks him and Silver reverses it for a two count with Cassidy breaking it up.
Cassidy is knocked to the floor and Silver leaps off the apron onto Cassidy and Uno hits Beretta. Cassidy then leaps onto Uno. Back in the ring, Uno hits a tilt a whirl backbreaker and Beretta steps in with chops. Uno and Silver double team Beretta and Cassidy breaks up the count at two by shoving Uno into Silver.
Cassidy is whipped into the ropes, skins the cat and hits an Orange Punch on Silver. Beretta hits the Strong Zero on Silver for the pin and the win.
Winners: Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta
We get a video from Vincent and Dutch who talk about rebirth. They dig up a box in the desert and say they are coming
Saraya and Harley say that Saraya’s brother Zak Knight wants a fight and he starts beating up people backstage until security show up.
Toni Storm and Mariah May vs the Already in the Ring Kayla Sparks and Little Mean Kathleen
Toni asks everyone to be seated and she introduces May as her protege. Tonight they will perform a tag team match and everyone is to turn off their cellular devices.
Toni and May attack before the bell and then pose for the cameras. Tpni hits a storm zero on Sparks and May tags in for the pin and the win.
Winners: Toni Storm and Mariah May
Deonna Purrazzo comes out after the match and introduces her partner for their match next week, Thunder Rosa. They charge the ring, and Toni and May leave. Purrazzo says they will see them next week.
We then get a video from Queen Amidala and how she will beat Red Velvet on Ring of Honor next Thursday.
We are then given the tag team tournament brackets.
On one side the Young Bucks are facing Private Party. The Undisputed Kingdom fight the winner of Wild Card match 1 which is Best Friends vs the Don Callis Family
On the other side, it’s Ricky Starks and Big Bill vs Top Flight, FTR face the winner of Wild Card match 2 which is Infantry vs House of Black.
The winner will be crowned at Dynasty.
Konosuke Takeshita w/Don Callis vs Konander w/Alex Abrahantes
They run the ropes and Takeshita shoulder tackles Komander. Takeshita gets a side headlock and brings Komander down. They run the ropes and Takeshita is slammed by Takeshita. Komander dodges a kick and rolls up Takeshita and drops both knees from the roll up. Komander goes to the ropes for a lionsault for two. Komander gets a series of kicks and strikes, but Takeshita stops him with a big boot.
Takeshita gets a big kick on Komander, knocking him to the floor. Takeshita brings Komander back in the ring and works him over in the corner. Takeshita dodges Komander who flips out of the corner. Takeshita grabs him and just tosses him backward in what could have been a release German suplex, except it looks more like a backward toss as we go picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Koander walks the rope and then moonsaults off the top onto Takeshita on the floor. Takeshita is rolled in the ring and Komander gets a hurricanrana from the apron for two. Takeshita is able to grab Komander and tosses him when Komnder tries to charge. Komander tornados into Takeshita, who hits a blue thunder bomb fort two because no one wins with a blue thunder bomb.
Komander reverses a power bomb into a destroyer for two. Komander goes to the top and Takeshita meets him there with a headbutt. Komander avoids a brain buster from the top and sweeps the legs. He hits a springboard into a destroyer. Komander goes to the top again, and Takeshita gets a boot up with Komnader leaps. Takeshita hits a power bomb, nails a knee and then hits a spinning Falcon Arrow for the pin and the win.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita
We get a video from Serena Deeb about her recovery and she is now unbeatable. She is back and will become champion.
It’s time for the main event.
Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett vs. Action Andretti, Darius and Dante Martin
Strong attacks Andretti at the bell and drags him to his corner and his team works him over with quick tags. Andretti is able to get to his corner to tag in Dante after taking a drop kick, and Dante nails Taven with a high drop kick. Dante counters with an insigiri and rolls Taven up for one. Dante tries for a DDT but Taven tosses him off and hits a flapjack. Bennett comes in to attack, but Darius is tagged in and both members of the Kingdom are knocked out of the ring.
Darius rolls Bennett into the ring for two. They trade chops. Darius’s foot is grabbed when he goes to the ropes stopping his attack. Strong tags in and goes to work with chops. He gets an elbow strike and when they run the ropes, Dairus gets a Manhattan drop followed by a drop kick. He tags in Andretti. They lock up with a greco roman knuckle lock and each try to flip the other in the hold, but in the end, Andretti gets a running shooting star press for two.
Abndretti gets a tejaris and Andretti gets a neck breaker and covers for two. The Kingdom gets in the ring and Andretti is whipped into the ring and comes off with handspring back elbows into both. He then gets an insigiri on Strong, so all three of Strong’s team are on the floor. That means it’s Dive Time for all three of Andretti's team as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Darius has been the babyface in peril through the break. Taven misses a lionsault and Darius gets a kick on Strong to crawl to his own corner. Bennett is tagged in with Dante, and Dante runs wild. After a two count he gets a big boot and he and Darius ping pong him back and forth with kicks. Andretti gets a springboard 450 for two, broken up by Taven, who accidentally drops an elbow on Bennett. Andretti comes off the ropes into a kick from Bennett, and they try to set for the spike piledriver on Andretti, but Andretti forces Bennett into the corner.
Andretti gets a jackknife pin on Bennett for two. Strong leaps into a kick from Andretti, Darius and Andretti set for a double team move, but Strong takes them out with flying knee strikes. The Kingdom is able to get the spike piledriver on Darius and Strong follows up with a end of heartache for the pin and the win.
Winners: Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennet
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