AEW Rampage Review – June 16, 2023
Trios Match
United Empire (Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb) vs. Chaos (Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor)
Will Ospreay & Rocky Romero lock up to get this match started then Ospreay clocks Best Friends on the apron then fires off uppercuts on Romero. Ospreay lands a chop but Romero fires back with a hurricanrana. Jeff Cobb tags in and Chaos levels him.
Chuck Taylor tags in and delivers a boot then tags Beretta back in. Best Friends hit a back elbow before Romero tags back in and wears down Ospreay then Taylor tags in and fires off boots but Ospreay lands a springboard kick as we go to a break.
After the break Beretta tags in and lands a forearm on Kyle Fletcher. Fletcher fires back with one of his own and they go back & forth before Beretta plants Fletcher then follows it up with a pair of back suplexes and a back elbow, then hits a brainbuster. Cobb & Taylor tag in and Best Friends deliver a knee before Taylor lands a bodyslam.
Romero tags in and Best Friends and Romero look for a triple hug but Cobb plants them and delivers a suplex. Ospreay tags in and executes a running boot then delivers a flying back elbow off the top rope. Romero responds with an uppercut. Fletcher then holds Romero in place as Ospreay connects with Hidden Blade to get the win.
Winners: United Empire
Taya Valkyrie vs. Trish Adora
Taya Valkyrie fires off forearms then she delivers a chop to Trish Adora’s spine then follows it up with a kick to her midsection and a clothesline in the corner before she lands the double running knees and goes for a pin but Adora kicks out.
Adora delivers a couple of forearms to Valkyrie’s midsection then delivers a back elbow but Valkyrie lands a kick on her spine.
Adora hits a running boot then fires off forearms then Valkyrie delivers a spear and ties her legs up then plants her to the mat with a Stomp for the win.
Winner: Taya Valkyrie
Mixed Trios Match
The Briscoes (Mark & Papa) & Aubrey Edwards vs. The Jarretts (Jeff & Karen) & Jay Lethal
Match starts off with Mark Briscoes & Jay Lethal lock up then Lethal lands a shoulder tackle then tags in Jeff Jarrett. Jeff delivers an arm drag but Mark responds with several chops and an arm drag of his own then lands a 2nd one before Karen Jarrett & Aubrey Edwards tag in. Edwards calls for Karen to lock up but Karen tags Lethal in.
Mark tags in and wears Lethal down before Papa Briscoe tags in and sends him crashing into the corner. Mark tags back in and delivers a suplex then ascends to the top rope as we go to a break.
After the break Mark delivers a double clothesline to Jeff & Lethal. Papa Briscoe tags in and lands a pair of clotheslines then hits a spear. Edwards & Karen tag in. Edwards rains down right and left hands then hits a pair of snapmares. Karen rakes Edwards’ eye then grabs the guitar. Edwards wrestles the guitar away from her and grabs it then looks to hit Karen with it.
Lethal inserts himself between them and calls for Edwards to hit him with it. Satnam Singh hops up on the apron by capturing the referee’s attention & this allows Edwards to hit Lethal with the guitar. Karen then sets up for The Stroke but Edwards plants her and locks in Figure 4 & Karen has no choice but to tap out.
Winners By Submission: The Briscoes & Aubrey Edwards
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Bandido
Bandido offers his hand to Konosuke Takeshita but Takeshita refuses to shake it and Bandido fires off several shots. Takeshita tosses Bandido across the ring then hits a running knee. The action spills to the outside and Takeshita goes flying then throws Bandido into the barricade before landing a running boot that sends him into the crowd.
He gets Bandido back in the ring and looks for a delayed vertical suplex but Bandido escapes and plants Takeshita with one of his own. He follows it up with a 2nd one then lands an enziguri to Takeshita on the apron and ascends to the top before delivering a hurricanrana.
Don Callis strolls down to ringside as Bandido gets Takeshita back in the ring, then looks for a springboard crossbody. Takeshita catches him with a knee and rains down right hands as we go to a break.
After the break Bandido fires off forearms then Takeshita responds with a clothesline then rains down right hands. Bandido lands a boot and an uppercut then follows it up with a tornado DDT. The action spills back to the outside and Bandido delivers a moonsault off the top. They make their way back inside the ring where Takeshita lands a Blue Thunder Bomb.
Bandido presses Takeshita over his head and plants him then ascends to the top rope and lands a Frog Splash then he sits Takeshita on the top and joins him up there but Takeshita bites him and delivers a clothesline then goes for a pin but Bandido kicks out.
Bandido hits 21 Plex but Takeshita lands on his feet but Bandido responds with a boot but Takeshita hits a boot of his own. Bandido then lands a sunset flip and a reverse hurricanrana before Takeshita catches Bandido with the jumping knee. He delivers a forearm to his spine and lands a 2nd jumping knee for the win.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita
Matches Of The Night
Trios Match- 7/10
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Bandido- 7/10
