- IWGP Tag Team Championship: Aussie Open (c) vs. Best Friends
- Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, & Mark Briscoe vs. Spanish Announce Project
- Shawn Spears vs. Jack Perry
- Emi Sakura vs. Taya Valkyrie
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AEW Rampage 4/14/23
From the UWM Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, and Jim Ross are on the call tonight and the wrestlers are already in the ring!
Match #1. IWP Tag Team Champions: Aussie Open (c) vs. Best Friends
Tornado DDT and a suicide to the outside by Best Friends. Assisted cannonbal in the corner but Fletcher is out at two. Thrust kicks and a meeting of the minds on the outside. Double team clothesline and a Ok by Aussie Open. Senton by Davis gets two. Crossface by Aussie Opens laid a Delayed by de yesterday sale. Quick now itch changed the ganeplan. Also pland to mistastaike and cause a con ontest. Davis post Taylor on the outside. Back inside, Trent looks for a superplex on Fletcher. Wait, here’s Chuck! Tower of Doom Superplex to Fletcher! Pair of elbows by Best Friends to Davis now. GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. Doomsday knee strike by Best Friends! Fletcher is out at two. Fletcher sends Trent into the top rope and a superkick to Trent. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO BLANK to Trent. Rolling elbow sammich to Chuck. Fidget Spinner and this one is over!
Winners: Aussie Open
Rating: ***. Aussie Open are on a ridiculous roll right now and they’re just putting on bangers everywhere. Great opener, here.
In the back, Mark Briscoe is less than thrilled about joining forces with Sonjay Dutt’s crew, but Sonjay made shirts, so…
Tony Schiavone is here and welcomes FTR to the ring.
FTR reminds us it took two years and five months to get the titles back. People were speculating about FTR’s future, and AEW fans are stuck with them for four more years. After those four years, FTR will be done with wrestling, but until then, they’re going to give everything they have to the wheels fall off. Dax says that the fans aren’t supposed to love FTR, but they do, because they’ve fought for what they wanted and pulled themselves up. For the next four years, FTR will give the fans everything they have because the fans have given them everything they have up until now. Top guys, out.
Match #2. Mark Briscoe, Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, & Jay Lethal vs. Spanish Announce Project
Mark Briscoe and the Manscout Jake Manning to start, but Jarrett drops Manning from behind. Jarrett then trips a charging Manscout. Stroke by Jarrett on Angelico. Flatliner by Serpentico to Jarrett. Singh is here and military presses Serpentico to the outside. Chokeslam by Singh to the Manscount. Froggy Bow finishes it.
Winners: Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, & Jay Lethal
Rating: NR. Alright then.
Match #3. Taya Valkyrie vs. Emi Sakura
Sakura opens up with some heavy chops and Taya responds with some blistering shops of her own. Clothesline by Taya and a pair of charging knees in the corner get a two count. Sakura reverses a waist lock but Taya powers out and connects with a short arm lariat. Taya looks for the Road to Valhalla but Jade and Leila Grey appear on the ramp. Sakura grabs Taya from behind and hits a spinning reverse DDT. Back from commercial break as Taya catches Sakura with a sliding German suplex through the ropes. Taya on the outside now and gets distracted by Jade, allowing Sakura to throw her into the steel steps and connect with a running cross body! Back in the ring, two count. Taya fights back inside the ring with a Blue Thunder Bomb before finishing it with the Road to Valhalla.
Winner: Taya Valkyrie
Rating: **1/4. Felt like these women were capable of a lot more here but they didn’t get much time and the commercial break in the middle of the match didn’t help. Taya is building some nice momentum and finally seems like we have a formidable opponent for Jade.
After the match, Grey attacks Taya but Taya quickly disposes of her. Jade hits the ring with a pump kick and it’s Jaded!
Menard, Parker, and Hager are here to freestyle. It’s exactly what you expect it is. The Acclaimed are here and decide against rapping, and just beat up the JAS instead. Billy Gunn attacks Daddy Magic’s nipples with a pair of scissors. That’s a sentence.
Match #4. Jungleboy Jack Perry vs. Shawn Spears
Both men trade arm ringers and pinning combinations to start. Step up tieres by Jungle Boy and a dropkick send Spears reeling. Jungle Boy follows and sends Spears into the guard rail on the outside. Make that twice. Spears reverses a third and Spears sends Jungle Boy over the guard rail onto the hard floor as we head to commercial break. Back from break and both men are jockeying for position on the top rope. Jungle Boy sends spears to the mat and Jungle Boy comes off the top with a cross body for two. Spears rolls him back up for two. Big boot by Spears. Superkick by Jungle Boy. Rolling elbow by Spears and a rebound lariat for Jungle Boy and everyone is down. Enziguiri by Jungle Boy from the apron. Jungle Boy gets caught as Spears drapes him over the top rope and Spears plants him with a big DDT! One, two, no! Spears looks for the C4 but Jungle Boy escapes and hits the leaping flatliner for two. Jungle Boy charges and Spears reverses with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two. Spears looks for a submission but Jungle Boy reverses into a majistral cradle for the three!
Winner: Jungle Boy
Rating: **3/4. Perfectly acceptable competitive wrestling match here. Nice to see Spears back with it’s all about the Four Pillars building momentum towards their inevitable showdown with MJF.
Final Thoughts: I enjoy AEW continuing to put the main event on first on Rampage, but sometimes that makes everything after feel less than. Aussie Open are on a hot streak, the Four Pillars are building momentum, and Jade finally feels like she’s got a legitimate threat for her TBS Championship. 6.75/10.Â
