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AEW RAMPAGE REPORT

By Cory Strode on 2022-08-12 23:34:00

It is Friday and it’s time for AEW Rampage, which was recorded after Dynamite on Wednesday in the Target Center of Minneapolis, MN.  Our commentary team is Excalibur, Taz, and JIm Ross.

Daniel Bryan comes to the ring to talk to Tony Schiavone. Daniel says that while he may not be 100% but he has to live 100% and nothing makes him feel more alive than being in the ring and he will never willfully stop wrestling. He says his career will not end on Wednesday, and Danial Garcia goes to the ring.

He says that Daniel is his hero and his hero is prepared to lose. He says Daniel retiring hurts him, and when Daniel hurts him, he wants to hurt him, and on Wednesday, he will end his career. Garcia says he will be called the best technical sports entertainer of all time.

Daniel says he loves violence, and the thing that pisses him off is the sports entertainment crap. He puts over Garcia. He then asks him if he wants to be the best technical sports entertainer on the planet or does he want to be the best technical wrestler in the world.

We then get a short video package of CM Punk’s return.

Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo (AAA MIxed Tag Team Champions) vs Dante Martin And Skye Blue

All four attack each other when the bell goes off.  Skye and Tay fight on the floor and Dante takes Sammy down and beats him down until Sammy is able to work his way up. They fight in the ropes and when Dante tosses Sammy to the ropes, Tay tags in. 

Skye leaps onto Tay from the top, and Tay is able to retaliate with a hip toss.  They then trade slaps and strikes. Tay is able to take Skye down and locks on an inverted neck crank and a crucifix for a one count. Skye tosses Tay into the ropes and then takes her down and hits a series of kicks. Sammy grabs Skye’s foot allowing Tay to take her down with a pump kicki and we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Skye gets a two count with a bridge and then hits an eziguiri on Tay and Dante is tagged in. He takes down Sammy with a leaping attack and then a drop kick. Sammy goes to the floor and Dante hits a tope on him on the floor. Sammy is tossed into the ring, but Tay grabs Dante’s foot to keep him out of the ring and he drags her into the ring. He is able to escape, and uses Tay as a launching pad for a destroyer for a two count.

Sammy gets a leaping knee strike and tries for a GTH but Dante escapes and tags in Skye.  Tay hits Dante with a spinning DDT. Skye leaps in and takes Sammy down with a leaping spinning head scissors. Tay is able to hit a hard kick and the Tay KO for the three count and the win.

Winners and still AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions, Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo.

We get a promo from the Lucha Brothers about how they are coming for Gold.

Parker Boudreaux vs Sonny Kiss

Parker is in a group called the Trustbusters with Ari Davari, who claims to be the richest man in Pro Wrestling.

Sonny gets a few strikes in the corner, but Parker takes him out with a leaping side slam and a three count.

Winner: Parker Boudreaux

In the back, Private Party confront Andrade after he tells them they are losers. They tell him that they have been ignored for too long.

Danhausen and Eric Redbeard vs The Gunn Club

Throughout this whole match, Billy Gunn is reacting to how poorly the Gunn Club is doing, and has so many great bits at ring side. Being at this live show, the Gunn Club got the LOUDEST chants with Ass Boys.

Colten and Redbeard start off and Redbeard tosses him back to his corner. Austin tags in and gets shoulder tackled out of the ring where Billy tells them to get back in the game. Danhausen tags in and tries to curse Austin. Sadly, it does not work and Austin pops Danhausen in the face as we go picture in picture.

Danhausen tags in Redbeard, who cleans house. He tosses them both out of the ring and then hits a running crossbody on the floor. He then tosses Austin into the ring and hits a spinning kick for a two count broken up by Colton. Colton and Austin try to suplex Redbeard, who is able to suplex the two of them instead. Danhausen is tagged in and as Redbeard goes to come off the ropes, but Billy is able to low bridge him.

Colton is able to get a Famouser on Danhausen and covers for the thrthree.ll

Winners: The Gunn CluClubl

Billy gets in the ring to berate them for the match and they need to toughen up. He tells them they have another match on Dynamite. As the Gunns leave, they take a business card from Stokely Hathaway. 

In the back, Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee react to Private Party challenging them. Lee says that he has already beat them and Swerve says they aren’t even in the top 5 in the rankings. 

Hook comes to the ring to talk to Tony Schiavone. As Hook starts to talk, The Reality Zach Clayton comes out and challenges Hook as the crowd chants “Who are you?” He puts over he is from New Jersey, and Hook just waves him to come to the ring. Clayton says they will wrestle next week on Rampage.

In the interview, Ari talks about his new character and how he will beat Orange Cassidy in his old dump of a town, Minneapolis, and the crowd did NOT care for that. Cassidy says there has been enough talk, and Mark Henry tells him that’s his line…

Ari Davari vs Orange Cassidy

Ari stops the pockets move and Ari asks for a mic and gives Cassidy one last chance to join his team. He just needs to lay down and get pinned. Cassidy lays down and then keeps rolling out of the way when Ari tries to pin him. He rolls out of the ring and Ari chases him and Cassidy rolls back into the ring and goes to the other side. After giving the people what they want. Cassidy gets in the ring and he and Ari trade waistlocks. They move to fight in the ropes after Ari takes a drop kick, and Ari is able to get a neck breaker on Cassidy as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Ari was dominating through the small screen, and Cassidy escapes from Ari, but gets grabbed in a sleeper hold. Cassidy makes it to the ropes, but Ari dragged him back to the middle of the ring. Cassidy hand drops twice, but he escapes by going for his pockets and backing Ari into the corner. 

They run at each other off the ropes and clothesline each other down. When they recover, they fight in the corner and Cassidy goes to the top. They fight on the top and Cassidy knocks Ari off and then hits a diving crossbody. Cassidy goes for a spinning DDT, but Ari blocks it.  They run to the corner and when Cassidy tries the up and over, Ari kicks him in the midsection. 

Ari gets a hanging neck breaker. Ari grabs Cassidy for a suplex, but Cassidy reverses it for a suplex and both men are down. Cassidy is up first. Cassidy taunts him with the soft kicks. Cassidy then gets a thrust kick. He misses a Orange punch, and Ari is able to avoid it and hits a side slam for a two count.

Ari picks Cassidy up and Cassidy gets an arm drag, the spinning DDT, and then a diving DDT for a two count. The Best Friends and the Trustbusters fight on the outside. Cassidy leaps on Boudreaux, and when he gets back in the ring, he goes to the top and Ari gets the iconoclasm. Cassidy is able to recover and get the Oran Punch for the three count and the win.

Winner: Orange Cassidy

The two teams start fighting in the ring, but Parker is able to beat down the Best Friends. Cassidy is standing to confront Parker and Sonny Kiss comes to the ring. He stands with Orange and then attacks him and allows Parker to obliterate him and Sonny Kiss has joined the TrustBusters and we are desperately out of time.

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