AEW Rampage Review – April 12, 2024
Orange Cassidy vs. Alex Reynolds
Alex Reynolds & John Silver hug each other before Cassidy takes advantage with a tornado DDT and hits a tope suicida to him and Silver on the outside then sends Silver crashing into the barricade.
Reynolds gets Cassidy back in the ring then connects with a back elbow on Cassidy.
Reynolds dumps Cassidy out of the ring before he gets him back inside and hits a 2nd back elbow. Reynolds then hits a reverse hanging DDT as we go to a break.
After the break Reynolds delivers a boot to the side of Cassidy’s head.
Cassidy responds with a forearm to Reynolds and dropkicks him into the corner but Cassidy sends Reynolds crashing face first into the top turnbuckle.
Reynolds responds with a piledriver to Cassidy before Cassidy & Reynolds teeter on the top rope.
Cassidy delivers a headbutt to Reynolds to send him crashing into the mat but Silver trips him.
Reynolds hits a boot to Cassidy’s head and connects with a Stunner.
On the outside Silver looks to plant Cassidy before Cassidy reverses into a Stun Dog Millionaire then connects with an Orange Punch on Reynolds.
He lands a 2nd Orange Punch on Reynolds and follows it up with another one in the ring for the win.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
After the match Renee Paquette joins Orange Cassidy in the ring to ask him about Trent Beretta betraying him last week. Beretta makes his way down to the ring and looks to get in but Chuck Taylor slides into the ring to join Cassidy. Beretta hops down when he sees Taylor & Taylor follows suit on the opposite side.
TBS Title Open House Match
Julia Hart (c) vs. Leyla Hirsch
Match starts off with a lock up before Julia Hart trips Hirsch but Hirsch sends her crashing out of the ring.
Hirsch looks to fly but Hart connects with a forearm and a neckbreaker through the middle rope.
Hart sends Hirsch crashing into the middle turnbuckle face first but Hirsch sends her crashing into the mat face first.
Hirsch flies to the outside and levels Hart then gets her back in the ring.
Hart then rolls up Hirsch for the win.
Winner & Still TBS Champion: Julia Hart (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Angelo Parker vs. Zak Knight
Zak Knight sends Angelo Parker crashing into the ring post on the outside then hits an open palm strike and flies off the barricade.
He hits a series of chops and forearms to Parker then bites him.
Knight gets in the ring and a medical official checks on Parker. He brushes him off and the bell sounds.
Knight hits a chop to Parker in the corner then sends him crashing into the turnbuckles as we go to a break.
After the break Parker hits a bulldog to Knight before Parker follows it up with a blockbuster and a flatliner before the referee ejects Saraya & Harley Cameron from ringside after he catches them attempting to interfere.
Knight turns Parker inside out with a clothesline then hits him with a forearm strike to get the win.
Winner: Zak Knight
After the match Saraya & Cameron reemerge to celebrate Knight’s win.
We then head backstage to Alex Marvez, Kyle O’Reilly & Rocky Romero. O’Reilly says Romero is one of his favorite opponents in the ring, then asks him if he wants to run it back. He says he has an International Title Eliminator Match against Roderick Strong tomorrow night on Battle Of The Belts 10 and O’Reilly asks if he can have a shot should he win the International Title. Romero agrees before Undisputed Kingdom asks O’Reilly what that was. He asks O’Reilly if he wants a shot at the International Title and O’Reilly admits that he does. Strong says he respects O’Reilly but questions what his motives are in light of their friendship.
Jay White vs. Matt Sydal
Match starts off with a lock up before Matt Sydal hits a dropkick to Jay White’s leg but White responds with a pair of chops to Sydal.
Sydal connects with a pair of Tijeras but White responds with a few chops.
Sydal dropkicks White to the outside and hits a Meteora off the apron to level him.
He gets White back inside the ring but White sends him crashing back out onto the apron and lands a chop on him.
He then sends him crashing into the ring apron midsection first as we go to a break.
After the break Sydal hits a jumping knee to White then follows it up with a series of kicks and ascends to the top rope then looks to fly.
White moves out of the way and looks to connect with a powerbomb but Sydal counters into a DDT and goes for a pin but White kicks out and looks to land a chop.
Sydal moves out of the way and rolls him up but White kicks out and sends Sydal crashing into the mat then goes for a pin of his own.
Sydal kicks out and White hits a chop then sets up for Blade Runner.
Sydal avoids it and ascends to the top rope but White catches him and counters into Blade Runner for the win.
Winner: Jay White
