AEW Rampage Review – March 20, 2024
Kicking off this week’s Rampage with Bullet Club Gold are out catching the sun in Florida as The Gunns talk about Jay White saving Darby Allin’s life and maybe they should take the Trios Titles from The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn and talk about Max Caster’s failed rap career. Jay White shows off a gold bat and talks about how maybe next year Allin can try to climb Mount Everest but White is bigger than Everest we see a golden skeleton go down a water slide as they scream that it is Allin and to not do it.
Renee Paquette is on the stage and brings out Trios Champions The Acclaimed as Max Caster says they should have known about the Bullet Club Gold. They attacked them and Billy Gunn is not cleared to travel after the attack from last week and asks Toronto how they feel about Jay White for doing that. Caster talks about Jay White being so scared he didn’t even show up tonight in Toronto and he has to hide behind his Ass Boys. Caster talks about when White brings his ass back they will be there to ruin his life and hunt him down. Anthony Bowens talks about being pissed off that Bullet Club Gold didn’t show up and talks about them not being Elite enough. Bowens talks about how White should have listened to the internet and signed somewhere else and how he lost to MJF with 1 leg. Bowens then gets everyone to give White the middle finger and says they never needed him and never will and they only need the fans.
AEW World Tag Team Titles Tournament Qualifying Match
Best Friends (Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta) vs. The Don Callis Family (Powerhouse Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher)
Orange Cassidy & Powerhouse Hobbs start the match as right away Hobbs hits the spinebuster that Trent Beretta had to run in and break up.
They keep attacking Beretta on the outside as Hobbs slams Cassidy a bunch of times on the apron then sends him inside and splashes him in the corner before mocking Cassidy’s hands in the pocket.
Cassidy is able to fight off The Don Callis family and make the tag to Beretta & he takes out Fletcher with a clothesline sending him outside where he takes out The Don Callis Family with a Swan Dive.
The Don Callis Family keep double teaming Beretta hitting a pendulum bomb as we head to picture in picture.
After the break Cassidy goes on a flurry attacking The Don Callis Family including a DDT on Fletcher which Hobbs had to break up the count.
Hobbs puts on a Torture Rack on Cassidy but Beretta tries to break it up with punches, helping Cassidy roll up Hobbs for a two count.
Cassidy tries to fight off Hobbs but he easily takes him out before tagging out to Fletcher.
Best Friends start double teaming Fletcher before hugging just for Hobbs to take them both out.
Hobbs continues to attack Cassidy on the outside before Beretta helps out as they take out Hobbs with a double team Beach Break/stomp combo.
Fletcher joins in sends Cassidy back inside and hits him with a spinning Tombstone for a two count.
Beretta joins Cassidy & Fletcher on the top rope where he takes out Fletcher with a half & half suplex followed by a diving DDT from Cassidy.
Beretta takes out Hobbs with a spear on the outside as Cassidy hits Orange Punch on Fletcher for the win.
Winners & Gets Into The AEW World Tag Team Titles Tournament: Best Friends (They will face Undisputed Kingdom in the Quarter Finals)
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kevin Matthews
Katsuyori Shibata corners Kevin Matthews with punches downing him where he hits a dropkick followed by a suplex for a two count.
Shibata stays on the attack before Matthews stops him in his tracks with a clothesline and lifts him up just for Shibata to lock on the sleeper hold followed by PK for the win.
Winner: Katsuyori Shibata
We see new TNT Champion Adam Copeland celebrating in the back along with Best Friends, Action Andretti, Top Flight, Daniel Garcia & Matt Sydal.
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Rocky Romero
Konosuke Takeshita places Rocky Romero on the top rope and mocks him just for Romero to get in Takeshita’s face and start chopping and knocking him down with a strike.
Romero hits Forever Clotheslines before Takeshita stops him with a pop up and sends Romero outside as we go to picture in picture break.
After the break Romero hits a pair of tope suicidas on Takeshita but on the 3rd attempt gets caught.
After escaping Romero does indeed hit the third dive followed by a running Sliced Bread for a two count.
Romero puts on an armbar as Don Callis gets on the apron distracting everyone from breaking it up.
More back & forth until Takeshita hits Tombstone followed by Blue Thunder Bomb for a 2 count.
Takeshita stops Romero’s momentum with a clothesline followed by a rolling elbow strike and Falcon Arrow to get the win.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita
Tag Team Street Fight
TBS Champion Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander
Skye Blue & Julia Hart get attacked by Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale with chairs and kendo sticks.
Statlander wedges up Hart into a chair as Nightingale stomps her head before Statlander slams her down while still being trapped in it before getting another kick from Nightingale as Statlander gets a two count.
Nightingale grabs a table from under the ring as Statlander sets it up against the corner.
Hart accidentally takes out Blue with the spike before getting put through the table in the corner as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Nightingale took out Blue with a cannonball in the corner with a chair in between as Statlander is attacking Hart in the other corner.
Nightingale sets up tables on the outside and clears the commentary table before going on top of it with Blue but Blue stops her and hits Code Blue on the table not breaking it.
Blue grabs a bag of tacks and pours them in the ring before Statlander brings out a bag of her own.
Blue kicks Statlander in the corner and sends her onto the tacks with a powerbomb for a two count.
Blue puts the tacks in Statlander’s mouth and superkicks her for another two count.
Blue heads to the top rope but Nightingale runs up to grab her and sends her through 2 tables with a Death Valley Driver.
Statlander flips Hart on top of a stack of chairs and heads to the top rope but misses the 450 Splash. Hart puts on Hartless as Statlander taps out.
Winners By Submission: TBS Champion Julia Hart & Skye Blue
Updated Quarter Finals
Young Bucks vs. Private Party (Dynamite March 27th)
Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. Best Friends
Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Top Flight
FTR vs. The Infantry (Collision March 30th)
Next Week’s Dynamite
Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Swerve Strickland
Quarter Final Match Of The AEW World Tag Team Titles Tournament
Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
Collision (March 30th)
Quarter Final Match Of The AEW World Tag Team Titles Tournament
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)
Dynasty Card So Far (April 21st)
Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson
Finals Of The AEW World Tag Team Titles Tournament
TBD vs. TBD
