AEW Rampage Results – June 16, 2023

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Matt Boone
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It’s Friday, and you know what that means …

AEW Rampage returns this evening from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. for this week’s episode of AEW Rampage on TNT.

On tap for tonight’s show is Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett & Karen Jarrett vs. Mark Briscoe, Papa Briscoe & Aubrey Edwards, Taya Valkyrie vs. Trish Adora, Konosuke Takeshita vs. Bandido and more.

Featured below are complete AEW Rampage results from Friday, June 16, 2023. The following report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live at 10/9c on TNT.

AEW RAMPAGE RESULTS (6/16/2023)

The “This is Rampage, baby!” theme hits and then we shoot inside the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. where we see the people in the ring ready for our first match of the evening.

The United Empire vs. CHAOS

Chris Jericho, Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone and Excalibur are on commentary for tonight’s show. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our opening contest, which sees Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb and Kyle Fletcher ready to rock on one side of the ring, while The Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Baretta) and Rocky Romero are ready.

Fletcher kicks things off with Baretta and after some early back-and-forth action, we see Ospreay tag in for a big pop. Things don’t go well for him early on, as he ends up on the floor. Chuck, Trent and Rocky each hit big dives from the ring to the floor to get the crowd to come to life.

Back in the ring, Chuck and Trent show why they’re Best Friends, being super respectful while deciding who’s gonna drop an elbow on their opposition first. Rocky Romero tags in and picks up where they left off, taking it to Ospreay.

Ospreay shows off what Jim Ross calls magical feet and magical toes, as he kicks the crap out of everyone in sight, only to be guzzled up by CHAOS again. As the match continues, we head to a mid-match commercial break.

When we return from the break, we see Jeff Cobb beating down Chuck Taylor in the ring. Baretta and Fletcher each tag in but it is The Best Friends member who pulls into the offensive lead, chopping the p*ss out of Fletcher as the fans react to each shot.

As things continue, we build to a spot where CHAOS tries doing a three-way Best Friends “give the people what they want” hug, only for Jeff Cobb to Donkey Kong rag-doll all three of them by himself. Cobb hits some more impressive power spots and then Ospreay hits the Sami Zayn kick in the corner spot on Romero.

Ospreay follows up with a diving elbow strike to the back of Romero’s head after leaping off the top. Ospreay tags in Fletcher, who hits a thrust kick and then Cobb starts manhandling bodies again until he is tornado DDT’d by Trent.

We see Ospreay take Trent out and then he and Romero have an insane sequence that ends with Romero clotheslining the hell out of him. Ospreay recovers and Fletcher hits a tombstone which Ospreay follows up with the pin for the win. Great opener.

Winners: The United Empire

Taya Valkyrie vs. Trish Adora

After the excellent opener wraps up, we shoot to an AEW Draft Kings ad and then shoot to a commercial break. When we return, Taya Valkyrie’s theme hits and out she comes to the ring for our next match of the evening.

Already in the squared circle is her opponent, Trish Adora. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Valkyrie immediately jumps off to an early offensive lead over the relatively unknown Adora.

Valkyrie has Adora stuck in the middle and bottom rope. She hits the ropes, builds up a full head of storm and slides under the bottom rope, pulling Adora down in a German suplex as she lands on the floor. That’s new. She shimmies her upstairs assets to the lucky fans in the front row.

Back in the ring, Adora starts to get in some offense for the first time in the bout, but a big spear from Valkyrie and a pair of forearms to the sides of her head kills any and all momentum she might have been looking to build. Taya hits a Curb Stomp and wins seconds later.

Winner: Taya Valkyrie

The Hardy Boys Accept Challenge From The Gunns

We shoot backstage where Lexy Nair is standing by with The Hardy Boys, who have Isiah Kassidy and a very annoyed looking Ethan Page standing behind them. Matt and Jeff Hardy are asked about the challenge from The Gunns.

Matt starts, confirming the brother team versus brother team showdown for Dynamite and then reminds The Gunns who The Hardys are — a team that has been on top for three decades.

Jeff then talks and mentions how they’re gonna do what The Gunns’ dad has been trying to do for years — make them famous by kicking their asses.

Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett & Jay Lethal vs. Mark Briscoe, Papa Briscoe & Aubrey Edwards

We head back inside the arena where Mark Briscoe and his father, Papa Briscoe, make their way out with AEW female referee Aubrey Edwards in a sleeveless referee shirt, ala Mr. McMahon in his buff, strutting with muscles Attitude Era days in WWE. Not black tank-top Mr. McMahon.

They settle in the ring and their music dies down. The theme for Jeff Jarrett hits and out he comes with his wife, Karen Jarrett, and their partner for this mixed trios bout, Jay Lethal.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Lethal and Mark kick things off for their respective teams. We see the two shake hands and get after it. Eventually Aubrey tags in, but Karen wants nothing to do with her.

After Sonjay Dutt provides a distraction at ringside, we see the heel trio take over as we head to a mid-match commercial break while the match continues. When we return from the break, we see Aubrey end up with a guitar in hand. The ref is distracted so she can use it and she does, blasting it over her opponents head.

Karen tries grabbing her from behind and hitting a Stroke for the win, but Aubrey avoids it and ends up finishing them off for the win. Fun match for what it was.

Winners: Mark Briscoe, Papa Briscoe & Aubrey Edwards

Kris Statlander Calls Taya Valkyrie’s Bluff

We shoot backstage where Taya Valkyrie is being interviewed to essentially remind everyone that she’s a heel now that Jade Cargill is gone and the TBS Women’s Championship is on a babyface that needs opponents.

Valkyrie is doing her heel routine and talking smack about Kris Statlander, who ends up appearing and confronting her. Statlander says if Valkyrie wants the title so bad, she can have an opportunity. She says she’ll be here next week if she wants some. We head to a commercial.

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Bandido

It’s main event time!

And we’ve got a good one this week, as rising Japanese star and Don Callis’ favorite wrestler who he calls the new and improved Kenny Omega — none other than Konosuke Takeshita — squares off against masked fan-favorite Bandido.

Mark Henry is standing backstage and he goes to hype up the main event as always, but before he can say a word, in comes Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita. He calls Takeshita the new God of pro wrestler. He tells Bandido he’s in for a long night.

Takeshita says something in Japanese and walks off. After this wraps up, Excalibur speed-reads some updates to the lineups for the debut episode of AEW Collision on Saturday, next week’s AEW Dynamite and Rampage and then The Forbidden Door 2.

From there, we shoot back inside the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. where Bandido’s theme hits and he makes his way down to the ring to a nice pop. He settles inside the squared circle for the final match of the evening as his music dies down.

Now the theme for his opponent hits and out to a ton of boos comes Konosuke Takeshita accompanied by AEW’s answer to Dominik Mysterio, Don Callis. Callis heads over to join the gang on special guest commentary for this main event singles showdown.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. We see Takeshita dominating the action early on and showing off his new heel persona and style of working, hitting cheap shots, etc.

We see the action spill out to the floor where Takeshita continues to sneak in dastardly deeds behind the referee’s back as the fans boo like crazy. Bandido starts to show signs of life and begins firing up for a comeback.

Bandido hits his power-on-display suplex spot and some other muscle-man spots, which prompts the commentators to marvel at the strength such a small guy has. Takeshita takes over once again on offense as we head to a mid-match commercial break.

When we return, we see Don Callis has left his spot on special guest commentary to panic at ringside as we reach the closing sequences in our Rampage main event of the week.

We see Takeshita still in the offensive lead, taking it to Bandido. Bandido ends up firing up for an incredible offensive comeback. He hits a wild moonsault to the floor on Takeshita and then goes on an offensive spree in the ring that has the fans going bonkers.

About ten times Bandido comes within inches of putting away Takeshita after hitting a crazy high spot of some sort. Takeshita hits a brutal blind-side shot on Bandido to kill his momentum dead in its’ tracks. He follows that up with a big knee for the win. Very, very good main event to close out this week’s show.

After the match wraps up, Don Callis joins Takeshita in the ring for a ton of boos. The two celebrate their victory over a fallen Bandido as the fans loudly boo. The commentators plug the series premiere of AEW Collision on Saturday night at 8/7c on TNT and that’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita

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