It’s Friday night, and you know what that means …
All Elite Wrestling returns from Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, Texas this evening for their annual “Slam Dunk” episode of AEW Rampage.
On tap for tonight’s AEW Rampage: Slam Dunk show is The Elite vs. AR Fox & Top Flight, Ricky Starks vs. Daniel Garcia, Jade Cargill will be in action and Dustin Rhodes vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland.
Featured below are complete AEW Rampage: Slam Dunk results from Friday, February 17, 2023. The following report was written by WrestlingHeadlines.com.
AEW RAMPAGE RESULTS (2/17/2023)
We hear the regular “This is Rampage, baby!” theme and then shoot inside the Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, TX. where Excalibur and company welcome us to the show.
AEW Trios Championship
The Elite (c) vs. Top Flight & AR Fox
Dante and Nick have a tip off in the middle of the ring but Nick catches him with a Manhattan drop. Dante then launches a basketball at The Elite. Triple threat dropkick to Matt Jackson. Fox dives on to the bucks on one side of the ring, and Omega on the other side of the ring. The Elite call a time out with Cutler and Nakazawa and we’re back. Omega and Fox are legal now. Shoulder block by Omega, who takes out Top Flight on the apron. Elite now playing basketball around Fox before Omega spikes his face into the mat. Elite now cut the ring in half and put the boots to Fox throughout the PIP. Bulldog by Nick but Fox responds with an enziguiri. Fox drags Nick off the top rope, holds on, and hits a rolling cutter. Tag to Dante, tag to Omega. Hot tag to Dante who an atomic drop on Omega and follows with a plancha to the floor. Cross body off the top by Dante gets two. Enziguiri by Dante but Matt gets the tag. Matt and Omega stacked in the corner and it’s forever clotheslines and a standing Spanish Fly by Fox. Dante comes off the top with a dropkick to Matt while pegging Omega with the ball. 450 splash off the top by Fox gets two. Triple team buckle bomb and enziguir combo by the Elite to Darius. Both members of Top Flight are hanging from the middle ropes as Nick comes off with a senton for two. Dante comes off the top with a clothesline that breaks up an Omega V-Trigger attempt. Double cutter to the Bucks by Fox. Cutter by Omega to Fox. Fox comes off the top with a moonsault but The Elite counter with a triple superkick. Escalara by Nick takes out Fox. V-Trigger by Omega to Dante followed by the One Winged Angel and that’ll do it.
Winners and STILL AEW World Trios Champions: The Elite
Mark Henry Talks To Orange Cassidy
Lights go out! BRODY KING AND MALAKAI BLACK ARE ON THE ENTRANCE WAY! Lights go out again and they’re gone!
From there, we see Mark Henry is here with Orange Cassidy, speaking on Cassidy’s current win streak. Wheeler Yuta interrupts and challenges Cassidy for the AEW All-Atlantic title, saying Cassidy never taught Yuta anything. Cassidy tells us he wasn’t there to teach… he was there to be a best friend. Aww. Cassidy accepts the challenge.
Danny Garcia vs. Ricky Starks
Fisticuffs to start. Elbow by Starks drops Garcia, who follows with some ground and pound. Starks goes Old School off the top. “Quite the Undertaking right there” – Chris Jericho. Garcia catches a charging Starks and connect with a dragon screw leg whip over the middle rope before sending Starks to the outside with a big knee. Garcia puts the boots to Starks on the outside before rolling him back in the ring, but Starks is struggling to fight back due to the bad knee. Garcia with a leg breaker as we head into commercial. Apparently during the break, Garcia hit a shin breaker on the steel steps, as well as a chop block and some dropkicks. Might have been nice to see that. Starks charges for a spear but collapses under his own knee. Starks is able to muster up a clothesline and a sit-out Blue Thunder Slam for a two count. Starks look for another leg whip but Starks holds on and stomps Garcia’s face. Garcia reverses a locks in the Dragontamer! Starks tries to get to the ropes but Guevara is here and pulls the ropes away. Action Andretti takes out Guevara and both men fight to the back. Garcia looks for the DragonTamer again, but Starks rolls him up for two. Starks hits the ropes and Garcia evades the first, but gets caught with a spear on the second go around. RoShamBo by Starks gets the win!
Winner: Ricky Starks
AEW TBS Championship
Jade Cargill (c) vs. Vertvixen
Hip toss by Jade to start as Vertvixen landed somewhat awkwardly. Pump kick by Jade. Jaded. Finito.
Winner and STILL AEW TBS Champion: Jade Cargill
Dustin Rhodes vs. Swerve Strickland
In the back with Mark Henry, Rhodes says you have to go to a dark place just to see the light. Swerve says the Rhodes family always play the victim. Oh, and Trench is missing? Rhodes takes it to both Boudreaux and Swerve on the outside quickly. Rhodes mounts Swerve in the corner and delivers ten punches. Swerve avoids a powerslam but a release German suplex by Rhodes floors him. Rhodes looks for a second one but Swerve backs him up to the corner and hits an enziguiri. Running pump kick by Swerve off the apron to the floor. Swerve drives Rhodes’ head into the guard rail with a basement dropkick on the outside. Back in the ring with a diving European uppercut off the second rope to the back of Rhodess gets another two. Rhodes is busted wide open from the guard rail on the outside of the ring. Swerve now with some vicious boots to Rhodes’ face throughout the break. Swerve looks for a sleeper but Rhodes fights his way out… only to charge into a Rolling Thunder Flatliner. Swerve looking for the Swerve kick and nails it. One count! Rhodes calls Swerve on and goads him into a powerslam. Pair of lariats by Rhodes and a drop-down uppercut. Running Code Red by Rhodes! One, two, no! Both men exchange big boots and meet in the middle with a pair of cross body blocks. Both men make their way to the apron and Swerve lands a Death Valley Driver on the HARDEST PART OF THE RING. Long two count for Swerve. Swerve heads up top but Rhodes crotches him. Superplex by Rhodes and a big piledriver! 2.99999! Rhodes looks for Cross Rhodes and SPIKES him! Final Curtain by Rhodes but Boudreaxu pulls Rhodes out before he can get the three count causing the DQ. That’s how this week’s show wraps up. Thanks for joining us!
Winner: Dustin Rhodes
#AEWRampage Slam Dunk is TONIGHT at 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT on TNT!
-Trios Title #TheELITE @youngbucks @KennyOmegamanX (c) v @TopFlight612+@ARealFoxx
–@garciawrestling v @starkmanjones
–@dustinrhodes v @swerveconfident
-TBS Open Challenge @Jade_Cargill (c) v @VertVixen pic.twitter.com/PTCXlNfm5X— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) February 17, 2023