AEW Rampage Review – September 15, 2023
8 Man Tag Team Match
Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fenix) & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) vs. Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, The Butcher & The Blade
Jeff Jarrett takes a shot at Pentagon Jr but Penta responds with a superkick before Jay Lethal & Rey Fenix tag in. Lucha Bros deliver a double team to The Butcher & Hardy Jeff tags in. Jeff wears Butcher down then tags Matt Hardy in.
Butcher delivers a suplex to Matt and tags Lethal back in. Lethal sends Jeff into the top turnbuckle face first and tags Pentagon back in.
Kip Sabian & Sonjay Dutt wear down Matt while the referee has his back turned before Jarrett tags back in and delivers a Russian leg sweep.
The Blade becomes legal and lands a chop then follows it up with a pair of right hands as we go to a break.
After the break Matt makes the hot tag to Fenix and delivers a kick to his jaw then follows it up with a cutter and everyone is sent crashing to the outside. Alex Abrahantes looks to fly, and Sabian & Dutt try stopping him.
Abrahantes fights them off and launches off the top rope but Singh catches him then Lucha Bros then work together and take him out. Fenix & The Blade return back into the ring and Fenix hits Fenix Driver for the win.
Winners: Lucha Bros & The Hardys
After the match The Righteous appear and stand tall over The Hardys.
Tag Team Match
The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
Mike Bennett & Christopher Daniels lock up to kick this match off then Bennett lands a forearm and a shoulder tackle then delivers a chop. Daniels fires back with a pair of arm drags and a drop toe hold then tags in Matt Sydal.
Daniels delivers a bodyslam before Sydal bodyslams him on top of Bennett then Matt Taven tags in and shoves Sydal but Sydal fires back with a kick to his leg and tags Daniels back in. Sydal lands a couple of kicks and Daniels follows it up with a sliding clothesline.
Daniels then catches Bennett with a Manhattan Drop and lands a right hand on Taven before Taven sends him onto the apron and lands a kick on his head.
Bennett delivers an elbow to him on the outside and dumps him back in the ring then Taven goes for a pin but Daniels kicks out as we go to a break.
After the break Daniels tags in and double teams on Taven with Sydal & Bennett levels Sydal with a Death Valley Driver and exchanges chops with Daniels.
Daniels whips him into the corner but Bennett ducks out of the way and Taven lands a splash. The Kingdom then hits Proton Pack for the win.
Winners: The Kingdom
After the match Taven says that he and Bennett need to get back to Roderick Strong in the hospital where he is suffering from a neck injury. He blames Adam Cole for what happened this past Wednesday on Dynamite then challenges him & MJF to a match for a ROH World Tag Team Titles match. Bennett says it’s neck health awareness month and he’ll show the two of them what happens to someone who doesn’t care about it.
Non Title Match
Trios Champions The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) & Peter Avalon
Billy Gunn & Turbo Floyd lock up to get this match started then Floyd lands a back elbow and delivers a pair of kicks to Gunn’s thigh. Peter Avalon tags in and delivers a chop block to Gunn. Gunn fires back with a back elbow and tags in Anthony Bowens.
Bowens delivers a clothesline and a pair of open hand strikes then Avalon catches him with a dropkick but Bowens fires back with a superkick and a kick to his midsection. He follows it up with a Famouser.
Max Caster tags in and Gunn delivers a bodyslam to Avalon & Bowens follows it up with Scissor Me Timbers before Gunn lands Famouser and Caster hits Mic Drop for the win.
Winners: Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
After the match The Acclaimed & Gunn look to scissor but Dark Order appears on the ramp and John Silver says the 3 of them are mean, pathetic liars. He demands a shot at the Trios Titles. Bowens asks why they deserve a shot and Evil Uno says they have climbed their way up from the bottom. He says they’re tired of bad things happening to good people and they are bad people. He says Dark Order deserves their opportunities then suggests that one of them faces one of them to prove they’re worth it. Bowens asks which of them should be the one to step up and Gunn says they should play Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Acclaimed & Gunn play and all 3 of them keep choosing scissors. Alex Reynolds tells them to stop and Bowens steps up to face any one of them.
Tag Team Match
Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Damian Chambers & Lord Crewe
Aussie Open go right after Lord Crewe & Damian Chambers then they send them crashing into the corner before Kyle Fletcher becomes legal and Aussie Open hits both men with a double clothesline. Aussie Open then deliver Coriolis each to Chambers & Crewe for the win.
Winners: Aussie Open
TBS Title Match
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Jade Cargill
Match starts off with a lock up then they try leveling one another with lariats but both stay standing. Jade Cargill then delivers a knee to Kris Statlander’s midsection but Statlander delivers a bodyslam and dumps Cargill out of the ring. Cargill pulls Statlander out to join her but Statlander fights her off and looks for a crossbody off the apron.
Cargill catches her and plants her on the apron then sends her crashing into it face first and follows it up with an uppercut. Statlander fires back with a chop and tosses her into the barricade before getting her back inside the ring and delivering a pair of knees to her arm.
Cargill whips Statlander into the corner and stomps on her repeatedly then delivers an uppercut and a running back elbow. Statlander lands a forearm before they takes turns trying to suplex one another.
Cargill eventually overpowers Statlander and plants her with a delayed vertical suplex and they go back & forth firing off forearms on one another. Statlander lands an uppercut and a knee to Cargill then sets up for Friday Night Fever but Cargill counters it and Statlander drags her into the corner.
Smart Mark Sterling hops up on the apron and Statlander gets in his face & as Cargill looks to blindside Statlander but Statlander ducks out of the way and Cargill almost hits Sterling.
Statlander then takes a shot at him then Cargill looks for Jaded but Statlander rolls her up but Jade kicks out and delivers a chokeslam but Statlander hits Scissor Kick follow by Friday Night Fever for the win.
Winner & Still TBS Champion: Kris Statlander (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
