Welcome to the Fightful.com live discussion & coverage for the 3/10/2023 edition of AEW Rampage from Sacramento, California on TNT.
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Here's what is set for the show.
Preview.
AEW Rampage (3/10/2023).
- The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) In Action.
- Riho vs. Nyla Rose (w/ Marina Shafir).
- "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry Speaks.
- Konosuke Takeshita vs. Preston Vance (w/ Jose The Assistant).
- Sammy Guevara vs. Action Andretti.
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Live Coverage.
- Jim Ross, Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Chris Jericho welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning to the opening match.
Sammy Guevara vs. Action Andretti.
Andretti began the match by hitting two consecutive double-leg takedowns on Guevara before laying in the punches on Guevara. Andretti sent Guevara to the outside with two chops before laying in more chops on Guevara and slamming him to the barricade. Guevara got back up and slammed Andretti onto the barricade, but Andretti slammed Guevara onto the apron in response before Andretti sent Guevara back in the ring, but Guevara rolled out of the ring before Andretti hit a Tope Suicida on Guevara to the outside. Back in the ring, Andretti hit a shotgun dropkick into a split-leg moonsault on Guevara for a near fall. Back outside, Andretti & Guevara exchanged chops before the two got back in the ring. Guevara tossed Andretti onto the apron with a Bandera toss, but Andretti responded with a lariat. Andretti for a springboard move, but he stopped himself and hit a catapault to send Guevara over the top rope. Guevara skimmed the cat and got back in the ring, but Andretti clotheslined him out of the ring before he went for a springboard dive on Guevara to the outside, but Guevara caught him mid-air with a knee strike.
Guevara got back in the ring and tried to get Andretti counted out, but Andretti got back in the ring at the count of nine before Guevara laid in the punches on Andretti. Guevara got a submission hold on Andretti, but Andretti got back up before the two ran the ropes and had a mid-air collision. The two got back on their feet and exchanged strikes before Andretti hit two forearm strikes, a backbreaker into a neck-breaker, a kick to the jaw & a Split-leg moonsault on Guevara to the outside before getting Guevara back in the ring and hitting a springboard 450 Splash for a near fall. Guevara ran the ropes, but Andretti hit the Collision Course Slam for a near fall. Andretti went for a running Shooting Star, but Guevara evaded before hitting an Over-The-Top DDT on Andretti before going for a pin, but Andretti rolled out of the ring. Guevara went outside and set the timekeeper's table to hit a dive on Andretti onto the table, but Andretti got back up and hit a thrust kick on Guevara, placing him on the timekeeper's table. Andretti got on the ring post and hit a Diving Splash on Guevara onto the timekeeper's table on the outside to the awe of the crowd. Andretti got Guevara back in the ring as he climbed to the top rope, but Daniel Garcia pushed Andretti off the top rope before Guevara hit Andretti with the GTH for the pinfall win.
Winner: Sammy Guevara.
- There was a vignette of Darby Allin reflecting on his goals in AEW. Allin said that he wants to go out on the Blades of Glory, and promised to make his intentions a little more clear.
- "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry reflected on his match against Christian Cage before stating that he would be watching every man with a title closely.
- New TNT Champion Powerhouse Hobbs celebrated his title win before QT Marshall revealed that he would reveal who broke into Wardlow's car on Tuesday, 3/7/2023.
The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) (w/ "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn) vs. Starboy Charlie & Jack Cartwheel.
Bowens & Cartwheel began the match locking up before Bowens hit a chop and laid in the strikes on Cartwheel's back before he & Caster hit Scissor me Timbers on Cartwheel. Starboy Charlie tagged in, but Caster slapped Charlie before Bowens & Caster hit the Arrival into a Flying Elbow Drop on Starboy Charlie for the pinfall win. 2point0 (Matt Meynard & Angelo Parker) were on the ramp to show them a JAS T-Shirt for them.
Winners: The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) (w/ "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn)
- Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia cut a promo ahead of their Triple-Threat Trios match against House of Black & The Elite. Jericho guaranteed that JAS would become the new AEW Trios Champions.
Konosuke Takeshita vs. "PERRO PELIGROSO" Preston Vance (w/ Jose The Assistant).
Don Callis joined the broadcast table for the match. The two locked up before Takeshita leaned Vance into the ropes. The two locked up again before Vance hit a chop on Takeshita, but Takeshita hit a series of forearm strikes before running the ropes and hitting a diving lariat, a lifted knee strike, and a discus forearm strike to send Vance to the outside. Takeshita hit a springboard cross-body on Vance to the outside before bringing him back in the ring and hitting a Helluva Kick and a Brainbuster on Vance for a near fall.
During the picture-in-picture commercial break, Jose distracted Takeshita momentarily before Vance clotheslined Takeshita out of the ring and tossed him over the barricade with a lariat. Back in the ring, Vance hit a vertical suplex on Takeshita for a near fall. Vance hit an Irish Whip on Takeshita before hitting a corner lariat and hitting another Irish Whip/ corner lariat on Takeshita before the commercial break.
Back from the break, the two exchanged strikes before Takeshita hti a German SUplex on Vance, but Vance responded with a German Suplex on his own before the two took each other out with stereo discus forearm strike. Takeshita hit a boot kick on Vane before hitting a diving knee strike off the top rope into a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. Takeshita hit a Rising Knee Strike on Vance as Takeshita went for a pin, but Jose place Vance's foot in the bottom rope. Takeshita got out of the ring and blasted Jose with a forearm strike before heading back in the ring, but Vance blasted him with a discus lariat for a near fall. Vance went for the Full Nelson, but Takeshita reversed it into a Victory Roll for a near fall. Vance went for another Discus Lariat, but Takeshita evaded and got Vance in a Backslide for the pinfall win.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita.
- Shane "Swerve" Strickland cut a promo backstage detailing his feud with Keith Lee, saying that he may have underestimated Lee for taking out Trench & Parker Boudreaux. Swerve sad that he had more surprises in the chamber before saying that he may turn into a "cannibal".
- Mark Briscoe came to the ring to address the situation with the ROH Tag Team Championships. Briscoe announced the "Reach for the Sky" Ladder Match, which will be disputed on ROH Supercard of Honor on March 31, 2023, to crown new ROH Tag Team Champions, with the Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) being the first entrants to the match.
- There was a video package recapping the feud between the Firm's manager Stokely Hathaway & FTW Champion Hook.
- There was a video package recapping the feud between Riho & Nyla Rose ahead of their match in the main event of the show.
Riho vs. Nyla Rose (w/ Marina Shafir).
The match began with the two locking up before Rose leaned Riho into the corner. Riho laid in a series of strikes on Rose, but Rose hit a knee lift & a shoulder tackle before going for a senton, but Riho evaded. Riho went for a body slam on Rose, bt Rose reversed it with a body slam of her own before going for a pin, but Riho bridged out before sending Rose out of the ring with some kicks. Riho went for a diving cross-body on Rose, but Rose caught her before going for a slam on Riho, but Riho evaded and slammed Rose into the stairs. Riho got back in the ring and hit a diving cross-body on Rose for a near fall. Riho went for a suplex, but Rose did not move before hitting a Stalling Vertical Suplex on Riho. Riho climbed to the top rope, but Marina Shafir got Riho and hit a Judo Throw on Riho to the outside before Shafir sent Riho back into the ring.
During picture-in-picture, Rose laid in a series of stomps on Riho before slamming her onto the corner hitting a spinebuster on Riho and getting a knee-pin, but Riho kicked out. Rose got Riho in a nerve hold before Rose chopped Riho's chest. Rose locked in a Dragon Sleeper on Riho with her hands under Riho's back to add a tighter choke on Riho before getting a lateral press on Riho for a near fall. Rose went for a senton, but Riho laid in the punches on Rose before Rose dug her thumbs on Riho's eyes and hitting a suplex on Riho for a near fall.
Back from the break, Riho hit a series of forearm strikes on Rose, but Rose responded with a knee lift. Riho hit a kick on Rose and hit the Tijeras on Rose, but Rose hit a strike on Riho into the mat. Rose placed Riho on the top, but Riho responded with some strikes before dropping her off the top rope and hitting a diving Hurricanrana on Rose into a running knee strike on Rose. Riho hit a diving foot stomp on Rose for a near fall. Riho went for a Northern Lights Suplex, but Rose got before hitting Tilt-to-Whirl Powerslam on Riho for a near fall. Rose hung Riho on the top rope before hitting the Guillotine Knee-Drop on Riho for a near fall. Rose climbed to the top rope and went for a Senton Atomico, but Riho evaded before hitting a Massive Northern Lights Suplex on Rose for a near fall. Riho went for a running knee strike, but Rose evaded before hitting a corner splash and attempting a cannonball, but Riho evaded before hitting a Crucifix Bomb for two consecutive near falls. Riho went for another knee strike, but she instead booted Shafir off the apron. Rose got Riho and went for a Beast Bomb, but Riho rolled over and reversed it with a pinning combination for the pinfall win.
Winner: Riho.
- Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir attacked Riho after the match before leaving her laying in the ring. After that, The Outcasts (Toni Storm, Ruby Soho & Saraya) came to the ring and saw Riho laying before Storm spray-painted an L on Riho's abdomen. Storm stomped away on Riho as the broadcast ended.
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