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It is Friday and AEW Rampage was recorded after Dynamite in the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, UT.
Our commentary team is Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Roderick Strong, and Matt Menard.
Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) vs Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty vs The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona)
Taven and Lee start and go with arm drags and arm bars. They run the ropes and Taven gets a drop-kick and flips off Lee, who kicks up. Taven gets a rollup for two and Bennett is tagged in. They double-team Lee for a two count. Taven tags back in and Kaun gets a blind tag on Lee and he drops Taven with a lariat. Kaun gets a moonsault for two. Taven is brought to Kaun’s corner where Liona and Kaun double team him for a two count.
Liona tags in and Taven fights him off to tag in Bennett. Bennett’s chops do nothing to Liona, but a superkick knocks him back. Taylor gets a blind tag on Liona and hits a power bomb on Bennett for two. Bennett fires chops and strikes and Taylor, who drops him with a clothesline for two as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Taven has been tagged in and he is cleaning house. Bennett gets into the ring and they double-team Lee and cover for two, broken up by Taylor. From here, each person comes in and gets a big move on the last person to hit a big move.
Leona takes over and gets Lee on his shoulders and withstands a bunch of chops from Bennett. Leona gets a Samoan drop on Lee and Bennett at the same time. The Gate of Agony gets a double hip attack on Lee, but Taven gets a blind tag. Taven gets a frog splash on Lee for the pin and their win.
Winners: Undisputed Kingdom
In the back, Renee is in the back with Beef, who says Anthony Henry is all beat up right now, but Henry hasn’t been getting back to him. Beef says he will fight Mortos hard. JD Drake shows and says he will be there at ringside for him.
In the back, Undisputed Kingdom asked to speak with Beast Mortos, and they say they gave him deli meat last week, and this week they are giving him Beef. He growls.
Roddy has left commentary.
Anna Jay vs Leila Gray
They lock up and trade waistlocks. Anna gets a side headlock and holds on until Gray shoots her off and then gets a shoulder tackle. Anna puts Gray on the top and Gray gets a flipping neckbreaker for two. Gray runs Anna into the top turnbuckle twice and then whips her across the ring, getting a running knee and a bulldog for two. Gray recovers Anna for two. Anna blocks a suplex and then reverses it into a suplex on Gray. They trade forearms and Anna gets a flying forearm after running the ropes.
Anna puts Gray on top and hits the crossed arms slam, hits a drop-kick and then gets the back to back slam for the pin and the win.
Winner: Anna Jay
In the back, Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie are watching the match.
The Beast Mortos w/Rush and Dralistico vs Beef w/JD Drake
They shove each other and then charge at each other repeatedly. They then run the ropes and Beef gets a drop-kick. Mortos gets a back body drop and then pulls him up for a big right hard. They fight in the corner and Mortos gets a chop block for one. Mortos gives Beer another right and then hits a scoop slam. Mortos goes for a senton, but Beef rolls out of the way and then tries for a suplex. Neither man can lift the other. Beef starts to lift Mortos, but Mortos goes behind and gets a headbutt as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Mortos gets more right-hand strikes and then dumps him over his back. Beef goes to the top for a diving crossbody. Beef lays in shots and finally drops Mortos. Beef runs Mortos into the corner and then charges into him. Beef gets a running bulldog for two. Beef goes back to laying in shots. Beef misses a shot and Mortos is able to get a pop-up Samoan drop for two.
Mortos goes to the top and hits a dive for two. Beef gets an insigiri and gets a sliding hit to the back of Mortos’s head. Dralistico gets in the ring to distract the ref so that Rush can knock him off the top. Mortos gets a shoulder breaker for the pin and the win.
Winner: Mortos
Dralistico gets in the ring to stomp Beef down and Rush attacks him with a cable. JD Drake is kept from getting the ring by Mortos and Rush attacks him with the cable, choking him out.
In the back Renee is with Harley Cameron who says “Like you’ve never been beaten by Kris Statlander and punched in the face by Thunder Rose.” Renee says she has not. Harley then explains how great she is and says anything Rose can do she can do better.
Ricochet vs Nick Wayne w/Mother Wayne
Wayne starts the match with stalling tactics. Ricochet leans against the turnbuckles in the corner to wait for Wayne. When they lock up, they quickly run the ropes and Ricochet gets a shoulder tackle for two and then grabs a side headlock on the mat. They get to their feet and Wayne gets a kick to the midsection. Wayne then gets a big slap in the corner. They run the ropes and Ricochet gets a head scissors takedown and follows with a drop-kick. Ricochet gets a kick from the apron, a flat-footed moonsault off the apron, but he doesn’t land on Wayne.
Mother Wayne gets in front of Wayne to stop Ricochet from charging into him and then Nick gets a running kick as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Ricochet is fighting back after Wayne worked him over, including a DDT on the floor. Wayne is knocked to the floor and Ricochet does a twisting dive on Wayne and then rolls him into the ring. Ricochet gets a springboard crossbody for two. Then a running shooting star press for two.
Ricochet goes to the top and Wayne meets him there with an eye rake. Wayne and Ricochet fight on the top and Ricochet knocks Wayne to the mat. Ricochet gets a 450, but Wayne rolls out of the way and Ricochet lands on his feet. Wayne gets a rollup with a hand on the ropes for two. Wayne gets a dragon suplex for two.
The pace is superfast as they keep working the match. Wayne calls for Wayne’s World, but Ricochet grabs him and pulls him off the top. Ricochet gets a high kick and a deadlift German suplex and holds on for two. They trade kicks and Ricochet gets a halved and half suplex. Ricochet comes off the top into a cutter and Wayne gets a destroyer for two.
Ricochet gets a jumping knee and hits Vertigo. He does NOT cover Wayne and instead gets a running elbow strike for the pin and the win.
Winner: Ricochet
Konosuke Takeshita comes to the stage and holds up the AEW International Championship belt and Ricochet motions for him to come to the ring and we are out of time!
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