AEW Rampage Review – February 9, 2024
Trios Match
Best Friends (International Champion Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero) vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven)
Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero attacks Matt Taven & Mike Bennett on the ramp.
Roderick Strong slides in the ring and Orange Cassidy chucks his sunglasses at him.
He looks for an Orange Punch but Strong slides out of the ring before he can hit it.
Both teams then slide inside the ring and find themselves staring each other down.
Once the bell rings Beretta & Bennett waste no time going after one another then Beretta hits a pair of double knees then hits a chop.
Romero tags in and Bennett catches him with a bodyslam.
Taven tags in and delivers a dropkick & unbeknownst to him Beretta has made the blind tag and catches him with a jumping knee alongside Romero.
Beretta drapes Taven on the top rope and Romero hits a double stomp off the top rope. Beretta then lands a sliding knee.
Strong tags in and Beretta catches him with a pair of German suplexes.
Beretta looks to fly off the middle rope but Strong catches him with a backbreaker.
Taven tags in and fires off stomps on Beretta with Strong before Bennett tags in and lands a few right hands then tags Taven back in.
Bennett hits a Brainbuster and Taven looks for a splash but Beretta rolls out of the way and hits a German suplex on Bennett.
Cassidy tags in and hits a crossbody off the top rope then hits Stun Dog Millionaire to Bennett and hits an interfering Taven with a tornado DDT.
Cassidy calls out Strong and dares him to get back in the ring but Bennett sneaks up behind him before he can leading both teams brawl with one another as we go to a break.
After the break Cassidy sits Taven on the top rope and looks to land a superplex.
Taven blocks it and Bennett helps Taven out then Bennett & Taven hit an assisted piledriver while the referee is distracted.
Romero hits Forever Clotheslines in opposite corners to Bennett & Taven before Strong catches him with a knee then connects with End Of Heartache for the win.
Winners: Undisputed Kingdom
Tag Team Match
Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Mondo Rox & Robbie Lit
Matt Jackson gives Robbie Lit a fist bump then clocks him and fires off stomps on him in the corner before turning him inside out with a lariat.
Nick Jackson tags in and hits a neckbreaker off the top rope as Matt has his knees up to land a simultaneous backbreaker.
Mondo Rox and Matt tag in and wears down Rox then tags back out to Nick.
Nick hits a low blow then tags Matt back in & Young Bucks then hits EVP Trigger for the win.
Winners: Young Bucks
After the match Nick grabs a mic and says he’s tired of the disrespect from the fans. He calls out a fan for calling them by the wrong names then demands they show more respect to their EVPs. Matt grabs the mic and apologizes for Nick being a hot head. He says him & Nick are out in the ring in the 1st place to congratulate Darby Allin & Sting for becoming the new AEW World Tag Team Champions. He says they put their blood, sweat and tears on the line but announces that both Allin & Sting are a little banged up as per a report he received from the doctor. He says him & Nick’s objective is to get their World Tag Team Titles back and says they’ll play by the rolls to climb the ranks and become the new #1 Contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Titles before announcing him & Nick will be in action on Dynamite.
Mistico vs. Matt Sydal
Mistico shakes hands with Matt Sydal then lock up and Sydal hits a hurricanrana to Mistico.
Mistico responds with one of his own and lands a tope suicida on the outside.
He slides back inside the ring and looks to fly back out but Sydal catches him with a leg lariat and lands a senton.
He follows it up with a modified standing moonsault as we go to a break.
After the break Mistico hits a springboard crossbody to Sydal before Sydal responds with a jumping knee and an Air Raid Crash then exchanges strikes with Mistico.
Mistico then lands a bodyslam and ascends to the top rope & looks to land a moonsault but Sydal gets his boots up.
Sydal then charges at Mistico but Mistico counters into a scoop powerslam.
Sydal ascends to the top rope and Mistico joins him up there & hits a Spanish Fly for the win.
Winner: Mistico
After the match Star Jr gets in Matt Menard’s face at the announce table.
We then head over backstage to Renee Paquette is with Prince Nana & Brian Cage. Cage challenges any 2 competitors in the locker room to face him at the same time on Collision.
Tag Team Match
The Outcasts (Saraya & Ruby Soho) vs. Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander
Saraya & Kris Statlander lock up to get this match started. Statlander hits a dropkick to Saraya then follows it up with an arm drag.
Willow Nightingale & Ruby Soho tag in and Nightingale sets up for a backbreaker.
Soho delivers several knees to Nightingale’s head to fight her way out but Nightingale catches her with a side Russian leg sweep then follows it up with a northern lights suplex.
Statlander tags in and hits a shoulder block then tags Nightingale back in then lands a bodyslam and an elbow drop to Soho before Nightingale hits a low crossbody.
Nightingale whips Soho into the corner and hits a hip attack then hits to the middle rope.
Harley Cameron grabs her leg while the referee is distracted by Soho & Saraya trips her off the top.
After the break Nightingale hits a boot to Saraya then Soho & Statlander tag in and Statlander hits a pair of clotheslines to Soho.
She whips her into the corner then hits an uppercut and knocks Saraya off the apron.
She then lands a running knee on Soho and a powerslam then sets up for a vertical suplex. Soho escapes then tags in Saraya.
The Outcasts both catch Statlander with forearms and Saraya hits a running knee to her then goes for a pin but Nightingale breaks the fall.
Soho goes after Nightingale but Nightingale hits her with a double chop.
Statlander takes down Saraya with a clothesline Soho hits No Future on her.
Saraya looks to land a forearm on Nightingale but accidentally hits Soho.
They both then turn around into a double clothesline from Nightingale & Statlander pins Saraya but Saraya kicks out and exchanges forearms with Statlander.
Statlander hits a roundhouse kick to Saraya’s head then follows it up with a Blue Thunder Bomb and whips her into the corner.
She lands a running uppercut but Saraya responds with a jawbreaker. Nightingale tags in and Saraya looks to do the same to Soho.
Soho hops off the apron before she can and Cameron gets in her face & asks her what she’s doing and Soho nails her with a forearm.
Soho then heads up the ramp opening the door for Nightingale to hit Doctor Bomb for the win.
Winners: Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander
After the match Statlander shakes Stokley Hathaway’s hand. Nightingale offers her hand to him and he shakes it. She then hugs him. Skye Blue then appears on the ramp and TBS Champion Julia Hart appears next to her after the lights go out. Hart holds up her TBS Title and the lights go back out again when they come back up Hart & Blue are gone leaving Nightingale & Statlander in the ring alone standing tall.
