AEW Rampage Review – October 6, 2023
8 Man Tag Team Match
Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) vs. Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Jake Hager & Daniel Garica
Chuck Taylor & Angelo Parker lock up to get this match started before Jeff Hardy & Daniel Garcia tag in and Garcia wears him down. Jake Hager tags in and fires off right hands on Jeff’s midsection. Garcia tags in and follows suit then tags Matt Menard back in.
Menard sends Jeff into the ring apron face first then tags Hager back in. Hager wears him down before tagging Garcia back in. Garcia plants him then Trent Beretta tags in and gains the upper hand over Garcia.
He then shares a hug with Taylor & The Hardys after they take out Parker, Menard & Hager as we go to a break.
After the break Beretta delivers a running knee to Menard. Matt & Garcia tag in and Matt delivers Side Effect then looks for Twist Of Fate but Garcia gets some backup from Menard & Parker. Hager then lands a Vader Bomb and Garcia looks to lock in Red Dragon.
Matt fights him off and delivers Twist Of Fate. Beretta follows it up with Dudebuster before Jeff tags in and hits Swanton Bomb for the win.
Winners: Best Friends & The Hardys
Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Levi Shapiro & Wise Guy Ruiz
Wheeler Yuta & Levi Shapiro lock up. Yuta taunts Shapiro and delivers a series of right hands and chops. Claudio Castagnoli tags in and levels Shapiro with a clothesline. He rains down Hammer & Anvil elbows before Wise Guy Ruiz interferes and lands a boot on him.
Castagnoli calls for Yuta to take care of Ruiz & Yuta does so. Blackpool Combat Club then deliver The Swing/dropkick combination before Yuta tags back in and Castagnoli helps him go flying for the win.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club
ROH World Title #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way Match
Komander vs. Pentagon Jr vs. Johnny TV vs. Lince Dorado
Pentagon Jr hits Johnny TV with a Sling Blade then looks for a 2nd one but Johnny avoids it and lands a kick. He follows it up with an arm drag. Lince Dorado & Komander then go at it and Dorado lands a backbreaker.
Pentagon lands a superkick on Komander on the outside then delivers a crossbody to Pentagon in the ring off the top rope then follows it up with a superkick and looks to plant him but Pentagon hangs on to the top rope.
He then catches Johnny with a Canadian Destroyer and levels all 3 other men on the outside. Johnny then blindsides Pentagon from behind as we go to a break.
After the break Johnny delivers a boot to Pentagon’s midsection then Komander goes after Johnny but Johnny plants him with a powerslam and sits him on the top turnbuckle. He climbs up there to join him but Komander fights him off with a headbutt.
Dorado then helps Komander deliver a hurricanrana to Johnny then sends Pentagon crashing back to the outside once he gets back in.
He ascends to the top rope and delivers a moonsault to Johnny & Pentagon on the outside before Komander walks the ropes and goes flying to level all 3 men.
He then gets Dorado back in the ring and hits a 450 Splash for the win.
Winner & #1 Contender To The ROH World Title: Komander
We then head to a message from Ortiz & he tells Mike Santana that while karma took one of his knees he will take the other one.
Tag Team Match
TBS Champion Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir
Marina Shafir & Nyla Rose waste no time going right after Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander then Shida & Shafir fire off right hands on one another. She lands a right hand on Shida’s jaw then tags in Rose.
Rose delivers a bodyslam and a leg drop then tags Shafir back in. Shafir delivers a hip toss and a kick to Shida’s spine but Shida fires back with several right hands and an uppercut.
Shafir lands a back suplex before Rose tags in and lands a stomp then she grabs Shida’s kendo stick but the referee confiscates it from her as we go to a break.
After the break Shida delivers a crossbody to Rose & Shafir then Statlander tags in and hits Rose & Shafir with chops and forearms before hitting a roundhouse kick and a bodyslam on Shafir. Rose then plants her and lands a senton but Statlander fires back with a bodyslam.
Rose catches her with a clothesline with some help from Shafir, then tags her in. Statlander catches her with a sitout powerbomb then tags in Shida. Shida catches Shafir with a Falcon Arrow.
Rose looks to attack Shida but Statlander & Shida double team on her to take her down then Shida hits Shafir with Night Cap for the win.
Winners: TBS Champion Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida
