AEW Rampage Review – July 28, 2023
AEW World Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders 8 Team Battle Royal
Jericho Appreciation Society (Matt Menard & Angelo Parker) vs. Spanish Announce Project (Luther & Serpentico) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) vs. Ethan Page & Isiah Kassidy vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal vs. Brian Cage & Big Bill vs. Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh vs. The Butcher & The Blade
Match starts off with all 8 teams brawling with one another before Brother Zay & Matt Sydal quickly get dumps out of the ring. Jeff Hardy tosses dumps Angelo Parker over the top rope and to the outside as The Butcher wears down Brian Cage in the corner.
Jay Lethal looks to dump Ethan Page over the top rope but Page hangs on and catches him with a cutter before a distraction from Satnam Singh allows him to dump Page out instead. Lethal is then sent crashing to the floor after The Hardys push Singh into him and he’s knocked off the apron. Lethal then begins brawling with Page up the ramp as they head to the back as we go to a break.
After the break Big Bill sends Matt Menard crashing over the top rope and to the floor then Christopher Daniels is then tossed over the top by The Butcher & The Blade as Singh dumps Matt Hardy out of the ring. Jeff Hardy then goes after Singh and lands Twist Of Fate then looks to toss him over the top rope.
Big Bill & Brian Cage dump Singh out of the ring and eliminate him before sending Jeff crashing to the outside & we are down to 2 teams: Bill & Cage & The Butcher & The Blade as both teams go back & forth with right hands before The Butcher levels Bill with a lariat.
Cage delivers a forearm to The Blade then sends him crashing into the mat. The Butcher then looks to plant Cage but Cage lands a flatliner. Blade delivers a Manhattan Drop but Bill levels The Butcher & The Blade with a double clothesline.
Bill & Cage deliver a lariat/powerbomb combination to The Blade and send him crashing out of the ring.
The Butcher fires off forearms on Cage then Bill looks to deliver a splash to The Butcher but accidentally hits Cage. The Butcher then delivers a backbreaker but Bill & Cage manage to dump The Butcher out of the ring for the win.
Winners & #1 Contenders To The AEW World Tag Team Titles: Brian Cage & Big Bill
Komander vs. Kip Sabian
Match starts off with a lock up then they go back & forth with submission holds before Kip Sabian delivers a shoulder tackle but Komander fires back with a pair of arm drags but Sabian sends him tumbling to the outside. Komander delivers a kick to Sabian’s head from the apron then slides back inside the ring and delivers a dropkick.
Sabian slides to the outside for a breather and Komander goes flying over the top to level him then he tosses him back in the ring then ascends to the top and delivers a double stomp to the back of his neck as we go to a break.
After the break Sabian is wearing down Komander with a hold before Komander fights his way out of the hold and delivers a forearm. Sabian fires back with one of his own and the two go back & forth as Sabian gains the upper hand and delivers a series of uppercuts.
Komander then delivers a hurricanrana and a kick to Sabian’s head before landing an arm drag and cinching in a shoulder submission before he eventually counters into a roll up but Sabian kicks out. Sabian then delivers a knee but Komander catches him with a right hand and a jawbreaker off the top rope.
He ascends to the top and looks for a Standing Shooting Star Press but Sabian rolls out of the way and dumps Komander to the outside then goes flying off the ropes to level him then tosses him back inside the ring and delivers a senton then he follows it up with a standing Shooting Star Press and goes for a pin but Komander somehow kicks out.
Sabian gets Komander up on his shoulders and looks to plant him but Komander lands on his feet. Penelope Ford takes a cheap shot at Komander while the referee is distracted allowing Sabian to plant him then goes for a pin but Komander kicks out once more. Komander then delivers a sunset flip off the middle rope before climbing to the top and delivering a Shooting Star Press for the win.
Winner: Komander
Tag Team Match
The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Hayden Backlund & Myung Jae Lee
Matt Taven delivers a spinning back heel kick before Mike Bennett tags in and delivers a right hand then plants Hayden Backlund with a Death Valley Driver. Taven gets in a shot of his own before The Kingdom hits Backlund with Proton Pack for the win.
Winners: The Kingdom
Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose
Nyla Rose bodyslams Hikaru Shida then she fires off right hands on Shida but Shida fires back with a boot and a dropkick before she follows it up with a hurricanrana and a running knee then rains down right hands on Rose in the corner then she delivers a kick to her head and goes flying off the middle rope.
Rose dumps Shida out of the ring and looks for a hurricanrana but Rose sends her into the barricade shoulder first as we go to a break.
After the break Shida fires off right hands on Rose. Shida fires back with a kick to Rose’s head and a sliding right hand then plants Rose with a fisherman’s buster with a kick to her head
Rose sets up for the Beast Bomb but Shida counters into a hurricanrana then follows it up with a Falcon Arrow and looks for Katana but Rose counters with a clothesline and lands a senton then ascends to the top rope but Shida joins her up there and lands a superplex then goes for a pin.
Marina Shafir puts Rose’s foot on the bottom rope to break the fall before hopping up on the apron and looking to hit Shida with her kendo stick so Shida grabs it from her and hits her with it.
Rose looks to take advantage of the chaos and tries to hit Beast Bomb but Shida escapes her grasp and lands Katana for the win.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
After the match The Outcasts appear at ringside and stare down Shida as Women’s Champion Toni Storm holds up her Women’s Title ahead of her Women’s Title match with Shida this coming Wednesday on Dynamite.
Updated Collision Card
AEW World Tag Team Titles Match
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. AEW World Champion MJF & Adam Cole
Ladder Match For Andrade El Idolo’s Mask
Trios Champion Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo
Trios Match
Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn & Coleton Gunn) vs. Action Andretti, Darius Martin & El Hijo Del Vikingo
Samoa Joe vs. Gravity
Mercedes Martinez vs. Kiera Hogan
Updated Dynamite Card (200th Episode)
Tag Team Match
Jericho Appreciation Society (Daniel Garica & Sammy Guevara) vs. Chris Jericho & Konosuke Takeshita
Triple Threat Anything Goes Match
Jon Moxley vs. Trent Beretta vs. Pentagon Jr
Women’s Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Hikaru Shida
ROH World Tag Team Titles Match
Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) (c) vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander
