AEW Rampage Review – April 7, 2023
FTW Title FTW Rules Match
Hook (c) vs. Ethan Page
Ethan Page sends Hook flying out of the ring. Hook delivers a knee to his midsection and sends him crashing into the barricade then pulls a table out of the ring and tosses it into the ring. He sends Page crashing into the ring post then fires off rights and lefts on his midsection.
They spill into the crowd and brawl up the stairs. Page & Hook brawl through a row. Hook throws a drink on Page, but Page fires back with right hands. Hook then sits Page down in one of the seats and delivers a series of right hands that sends us to a break.
We are back from the break Page tosses Hook back into the ringside area. Hook delivers a t bone suplex then tosses some chairs into the ring. Page sends Hook’s head bouncing off the timekeeper’s table, then sends him colliding with the ring post. He powerslams him through the table. He goes for a pin on the floor but Hook kicks out.
Page tosses Hook into the ring, then sets a table up in the corner. He hits Hook with a chair in the midsection but Hook delivers a Twist Of Fate on top of the chair. He goes for a pin, but Page kicks out. Page then delivers a pump kick and sets up for Ego’s Edge through the table but Hook escapes and locks in Red Rum for the win.
Winner By Submission & Still FTW Champion: Hook (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
After the match Hook points to the table and delivers a t bone suplex to Page through it.
We then head over to the latest edition of QTV where QT Marshall, Harley Cameron & Aaron Solo are celebrating Marshall’s purchase of a car with Wardlow’s credit card. They then strategize regarding their upcoming match with ROH World Tag Team Champions Lucha Bros at Battle Of The Belts 6.
8 Man Tag Team Match
Jericho Appreciation Society (Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) & The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean),LSG & Bobby Orlando
Anthony Bowens delivers a chop to LSG then he follows it up with a kick and tags in Matt Menard. Menard & Angelo Parker deliver a double shoulder tackle then whip Orlando into the corner. Max Caster tags in, then Bowens tags in. Caster plants Orlando & Bowens hits Scissor Me Timbers. The Acclaimed tease scissoring the Jericho Appreciation Society but just end up scissoring one another. Caster tags in and Bowens then hits The Arrival before Caster delivers Mic Drop for the win.
Winners: Jericho Appreciation Society & The Acclaimed
After the match Hager plants Gunn as Menard & Parker attack The Acclaimed. Menard & Parker then deliver a double DDT to Bowens.
We then head to a video from Swerve Strickland. Strickland says just because he’s lost soldiers, the war still goes on. He says a merger is going on, then announces that he owns 51% of an entity, but won’t reveal who it is until later tonight.
Darby Allin vs. Lee Moriarty
Match begins with a lock up then Darby Allin & Lee Moriarty go back & forth with submission holds. Moriarty delivers a double chop to his spine then sends him out of the ring. He drives Allin into the barricade then hits an uppercut and looks for a big boot. Allin moves out of the way and Moriarty collides with the barricade. He tosses Moriarty back in the ring before Bill delivers a big boot while the referee is distracted as we go to a break.
We are back from the break Allin delivers a shotgun dropkick that sends Moriarty into the corner. Allin ascends to the top but Big Bill causes a distraction allowing Moriarty to knock him off the top. Moriarty then delivers a suplex and rains down right hands then drapes him across the top rope and delivers a kick to his head.
He sits Allin on the top rope, then delivers a superplex and looks to roll through. Allin counters into a pin but Moriarty kicks out. Allin then delivers a Code Red and levels Bill before he executes the Coffin Drop on Moriarty for the win.
Winner: Darby Allin
After the match Mogul Affiliates’ music hits and Swerve Strickland heads to the ring. He stares down Allin and offers his hand to Allin but Brian Cage appears and blindsides Allin. He plants Allin on the ramp and Prince Nana appears. He shakes Swerve’s hand, and they stand tall.
We head backstage to RJ City, Taya Valkyrie, TBS Champion Jade Cargill & Smart Mark Sterling. City recaps the issues between them and City asks Valkyrie how she feels about being a criminal. Valkyrie says people have been using the move for decades and says she has been using it long before she got in the business. She tells Cargill she’s only been around for a cup of coffee and Cargill gets in her face.
Anna Jay vs. Julia Hart
Anna Jay wastes no time as she blindsides Julia Hart but Hart overpowers her and sends her crashing into the barricade. She tosses her into the ring then sends her head repeatedly bouncing off the mat. Hart sends Jay’s head bouncing off the top rope but Jay delivers a kick to her head. She pulls her out of the ring and tosses her into the barricade, then sends her colliding with it shoulder first as we go to a break.
We are back from the break, Hart sends Jay into all 4 of the top turnbuckles. She delivers a pair of kicks and a standing moonsault, then goes for a pin but Jay kicks out. Hart looks for a handspring elbow, but Jay ducks out of the way and plants Hart face first. Hart fires back with a back elbow and sits Jay on the top turnbuckle, then delivers a chop and joins her up there.
Hart winds up hanging off the top by her knees, then pulls Jay off the top and ascends to the top. She delivers a moonsault and looks to lock in Hartless, but Jay reverses it and attempts to lock in the Queen Slayer. Hart escapes and Jay tries locking in the hold again, but Hart escapes by tumbling to the outside. She then spits the Black Mist into Jay’s face and rolls her up for the win.
Winner: Julia Hart
