AEW Rampage Review – August 4, 2023
Trios Match
The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) & Keith Lee vs. The Butcher, The Blade & Kip Sabian
Kip Sabian lands a shoulder tackle to Jeff Hardy before Jeff fires back with a Russian leg sweep and a variation on a leg drop then tags in Matt Hardy. Jeff lands a splash on Sabian off Matt’s back in the corner before Matt delivers a body slam and an elbow off the middle rope.
He looks for Twist Of Fate but Sabian sends him crashing into the corner and tags in The Blade & he delivers a chop then whips Matt into the corner but Matt responds with Side Effect and runs the ropes.
The Butcher takes a cheap shot at him from the apron then tags in and jams his knee into Matt’s throat. He delivers a chop but Matt manages to execute 3 Faces Of Deletion then Jeff tags back in and delivers a double ax handle but Butcher fires back with a boot to his midsection. Jeff is tossed out of the ring and Sabian goes flying off the ropes to level him before dumping him back inside.
After the break Butcher whips Jeff into the corner and tags in The Blade & Sabian tags in and The Blade delivers a chop before Sabian lands a senton. The Butcher tags back in and lands a backbreaker then sends Matt crashing off the apron.
Keith Lee tags in and delivers a right hand to The Butcher’s midsection as Sabian jumps on his back but Lee doesn’t go down as he sends The Blade crashing into The Butcher then catches Sabian with a snapmare and tosses him on top of Butcher & Blade.
Lee then lands a powerslam on Sabian and goes for a pin but The Butcher breaks the fall. Matt levels him and delivers a Twist Of Fate to The Blade & Sabian looks to go flying but Lee catches him with a double chop and tags in Jeff & he hits Swanton Bomb for the win.
Winners: The Hardys & Keith Lee
We then head to a video of The Kingdom reflecting on their relationship with Adam Cole over the years.
After the break we see Young Bucks & The Hardys confronting one another backstage. Matt Hardy challenges The Bucks to a Tag Team Match this coming Wednesday on Dynamite and Matt Jackson accepts.
Anna Jay vs. Skye Blue
Match starts off with a lock up then they go back & forth with submission holds before Skye Blue fires off forearms and lands a shoulder tackle then follows it up with a superkick but Anna Jay lands a forearm and sends her into the top turnbuckle face first then delivers a spinning back heel kick that sends Blue to the outside from off the apron as we go to a break.
After the break Jay has a shoulder submission locked in on Blue but Blue escapes and fires off forearms but Jay catches her with a knee to her midsection. Blue lands a back elbow and ascends to the top rope then delivers a crossbody and a running knee.
She follows it up with a snapmare and a kick to her head then delivers Skye Fall but Angelo Parker hops up on the apron and Blue clocks him & this allows Jay to sneak up on her and lock in Queen Slayer & Blue has no choice but to tap out.
Winner By Submission: Anna Jay
We then head over to Paul Wight & Tony Schiavone at the sight of the Parking Lot Fight at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida & they announce that PAC is injured and the winners of the Parking Lot Brawl will face Lucha Bros this Wednesday on Dynamite.
Tag Team Match
Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & AR Fox) vs. Tyshaun Perez & Logan Cruz
Swerve Strickland & Logan Cruz look to begin the action and Tyshaun Perez enters the ring so AR Fox levels Cruz & Perez with dropkicks then levels them both on the outside and dumps Cruz back in the ring.
Strickland delivers an uppercut off the middle rope then plants Perez with a powerbomb then Fox tags in and delivers an uppercut then lands a cutter.
Strickland then delivers a brainbuster before Fox ascends to the top and lands a 450 Splash for the win.
Winners: Mogul Embassy
Tag Team Parking Lot Brawl
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor)*
Both teams waste no time raining down right hands on one another. Chuck Taylor sends Claudio Castagnoli into a car face first as Jon Moxley jams a fork into Trent Beretta’s head then he delivers a series of kicks to Beretta as Castagnoli delivers a belly 2 back suplex to Taylor.
Beretta delivers a splash off a car to Moxley before Castagnoli hits him repeatedly with a car spoiler. Best Friends then send Castagnoli into one of the car trunks before Taylor grabs the spoiler and hits Moxley with it then he takes a shot at Castagnoli then smashes him using a car hood.
Blackpool Combat Club do the same to Beretta & Castagnoli powerbombs Taylor on top of Beretta and the car hood then Castagnoli delivers The Swing to Beretta while Moxley retrieves a trash bin.
Castagnoli ends The Swing by sending Beretta crashing into it but Taylor makes the save by hitting Castagnoli with a street sign. He does the same to Moxley, then picks up the fork and jams it into his head then sets up one of the guard rails on a car and looks to send Moxley crashing through it but Moxley fights his way out and suplexes Taylor onto it as we go to a break.
After the break Beretta hits Castagnoli with the street sign on top of a car. He then sets him up on a guard rail held up by 2 car doors then delivers a senton off it. Moxley delivers Paradigm Shift to Taylor on top of the car and hops off.
Beretta charges at him but Castagnoli pulls Moxley out of the way and Beretta is sent crashing into the side of the car.
Castagnoli then plants him on the roof of another car then climbs up to join him and looks to powerbomb him on top of it but Beretta fights his way out and delivers Strong Zero.
Moxley hops up on the roof of the car and locks a Sleeper in on Beretta. Beretta fights his way out of the hold and delivers a forearm. Moxley does the same and they go back & forth. Moxley knocks Beretta off the car but Beretta gets back up and they rain down right hands on one another on top of the hood. Moxley plants Beretta on the windshield wipers with a double underhook suplex.
Taylor grabs a flaming torch wrapped in barbed wire and looks to hit Moxley but before he can Wheeler Yuta appears and dares Taylor to hit him but Moxley sneaks up on Taylor and grabs it out of his hand then hits him. Yuta then jams a screwdriver into Taylor’s neck but Sue appears with her minivan and International Champion Orange Cassidy on top of it.
Cassidy delivers a crossbody off Sue’s mini van but Blackpool Combat Club overpowers him. Castagnoli sends Cassidy’s leg bouncing off the hood then gets in Sue’s face. Yuta delivers a DDT to Cassidy on the hood of the minivan and Castagnoli opens the driver’s side. He demands Sue exit her car and she does.
An angered Beretta looks to attack them but Blackpool Combat Club sends him crashing into the side of the minivan. Castagnoli rips the driver’s side door off as Yuta & Moxley smash the windows and back windshield. Moxley delivers a Curb Stomp off the roof of the minivan as Castagnoli holds Beretta in place on the front windshield to get the win.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club
After the match Castagnoli sends the guard rail into Sue’s minivan then Moxley lets the air out of one of the tires.
Match Of The Night
Tag Team Parking Lot Brawl- 7/10
*Parking Lot Brawl was taped at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville Florida.
