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AEW RAMPAGE REPORT

By Cory Strode on 2024-06-08 07:23:00

It is Friday and this week’s Rampage was recorded on Wednesday at the Blue Arena in Loveland, CO. right after Dynamite.

The commentary team is Tony Schiavone, Matt Menard, and Excalibur.

The Butcher vs Penta w/Alex Abrahantes

They shove each other to stop and as Penta is doing his No Fear bit, Butcher drops him with a right hand. They run the ropes and they each get a big boot to stop the other running. Penta is able to get Butcher to the corner, and Penta gets in a series of attacks, including a stalling kick from a headstand on the top turnbuckle for two.  They run the ropes again, and Penta completely botches a tejaris.  Butcher goes to the floor anyway so that Penta can go for a baseball slide that Butcher avoids. Penta tries to lay in kicks, but Butcher catches them.  Butcher charges at Penta, who dodges, causing Butcher to run though Alex. 

Penta runs Butcher into the steel steps and goes to check on Alex. Penta calls for help from the back. Butcher is able to nail a cheap shot into Penta and then tosses him into the ringside and then into the ring for two. Butcher whips Penta into the corner and snap mares him out as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Butcher has slammed Penta’s shoulder into the arpon and he is working it over as we come back. Penta is whipped into the ropes and Butcher sets too early, allowing Penta to get in a kick, followed by a sling blade for two. Penta lays in stomps and goes to the top. Pwnta comes off for a stomp and Butcher rolls out of the way. Butcher gets a flying cross body for two. Butcher ships Penta to the corner, and Pentas goes up and over for a back stabber for two.

Butcher recovers first and gets a half nelson into a back breaker for two. Penta is able to get a series of kicks as Butcher comes off the ropes and hits a fear factor for the pin and their win.

Winner: Penta

Jericho, Big Bill, and Brian Keith come to the ringside area, gives some advice to Matt Menard about being on commentary.  He waves to the crowd and thanks everyone as he goes to the back. 

The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) w/Billy Gunn vs The Already In The Ring Hunter Gray and Harvez

Max does not get cut off with his rap this time, unlike on Collision. 

Hunter attacks before the bell, and is able to dominate Max for a short time.  Max is able to take over as Bowens takes out Harvez outside the ring. Max gets the mic drop on Hunter for the pin and the win.

Winners:  The Acclaimed

In the back, Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty and Anthony Ogogo are talking, and Lee says he picked up a win on Collision. Shane Taylor says he is calling out the best and the brightest, and that is Top Flight with Action Andretti, if they can stay healthy. Shane says he will hurt Top Flight and leave Andretti to fly solo. Ogogo says he will smash them up. 

Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Leona) vs Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy)

Kaun starts with Kassidy and Kassidy dodges a series of strikes and clotheslines. Kassidy goes to Gates’s corner and hits a cutter on Toa off the bottom rope. Quen gets a blind tag and as Kassidy slides between Kaun’s legs, Quen comes off the top rope with a drop kick. It’s then time for Kassidy to hit a dive only to be run over by Toa. Gates of Agony take over on the outside and Quen is rolled into the ring.

Kaun beats down Quen in the middle of the ring, and then the Gates work over Quen with quick tags.  They keep him in their corner through the commercial break. When they come back from commercial he is able to dodge Toa being whipped into him, and lands on his feet after a back body drop for Kaun so that he can tag in Kassidy, who runs wild. After getting a two count on Kaun, he tags in Quen and they whip Kaun to the corner. Kaun is able to get6 the big boot on Quen and then hits a slam on Kassidy.  

Kaun hits a drop kick on Quen and then tags in Toa. They hit a sandwich lariat for two with Kassidy breaking it up. Toa drags Quen to a corner, goes to the second rope, but misses a vader bomb. Kassidy hits a 450 on Toa and Quen hits a shooting star press.  Kassidy covers for two, broken up by Kaun. Kaun hoists Quen onto his shoulders and then drops him into a gutbuster. Kassidy throws hands and Kaun takes it, whips him into the ropes, and then tosses him to Toa and hits a swinging slam. 

They hit Kassidy with a double slam for the pin and the win.

Winners: Gates of Agony

We get a video for the match tomorrow night or Toni Storm vs Lady Frost. 

Juice Robinson and The Gunns (Austin and Colton) w/Jay White vs Tyler Pane, Chris Wilde,and Caleb Crush

The Gunns tag each other in until Juice is tagged in, and Juice runs through Pane. He then throws a series of jabs on Pane, gives Crush a big boot, and hits a spine buster on Wilde. He cannonballs Pane in the corner, Next up is The Juice Is Loose for the pin and the win.

Winners: Juice Robinson and The Gunns

Jay White grabs a mic and says the gang is back to full strength and puts the Bang Bang Gang over. White then anoints Juice as one quarter of the Trios champions. The crowd cheers this while Tony Schiavone and Excalibur say they are not OK with it. 

Mina Shirakawa vs Serena Deeb

The crowd knows Mina and was cheering for her as the match starts. They lock up and trade arm bars. Deeb is able to grab a leg and puts on the dumbest move in wrestling, the Paradise lock, breaking it with a drop kick. Mina is able to kick Deeb’s leg, dropping her to the mat and Mina starts working over Deeb’s leg. Deeb is able to get a neckbreaker in the ropes as we go to picture in picture.

When they return to full screen, Deeb has taken over and picks the leg, but Mina gets an insigiri. Both women struggle to get up. As they get up, they trade blows in the middle of the ring. Deeb comes off the ropes into a rolling elbow from Mina. They fight in the corner and Mina gets another insigiri and a neck breaker. Mina gets a running clothesline, an elbow to the back of Deeb’s head, and then a guillotine knee from the rope into Deeb's shoulder for two. 

As they get to their feet they exchange waistlocks. Deeb is able to get a German suplex, and then a hammerlock into a short arm clotheslines for two. Deeb sets for the detox, and Mina turns it into a back body drop for two. They trade two counts and Mina is able to get a casadora. This leads to Mina getting a figure four. They slap each other while in the hold, and Deeb gets in the most damage and rolls them to the ropes for the break. 

Deeb is able to get a dragon screw in the ropes, followed by a power bomb for two. Deeb transitions to the stretch muffler. Mina is able to roll through for two. MIna gets a backfist, and Deeb gets a chop block followed by an attack on the knee. Deeb sets for detox, and Mina works out of it and lifts Deeb for a shoulder breaker into the mat for the pin and the win.

Winner: Mina Shirakawa

Mariah May comes to the ring to celebrate the victory with Mina. Toni Storm comes to the stage and rolls her eyes, and May calls her to the ring to join them. May forces them to shake hands and both women hold the ropes for May. 

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