Welcome to the Fightful.com live discussion & coverage for the 4/28/2023 edition of AEW Rampage on TNT.
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Here's what is set for the show.
Preview.
AEW Rampage
- Ricky Starks & Shawn Spears vs. Bullet Club Gold ("Switchblade" Jay White & "ROCK HARD" Juice Robinson)
- Cash Wheeler (w/ Dax Hardwood) vs. Jay Lethal (w/ Jeff Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh).
- Anna Jay vs. Ashley D'Amboise.
- Naturally Limitless (Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee) in action.
- We'll hear from The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & Daddy Ass (Billy Gunn).
- We'll hear from The Outcasts (Ruby Soho, Toni Storm, & Saraya).
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Live Coverage.
- Jim Ross, Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Chris Jericho welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening match.
Ricky Starks & Shawn Spears vs. Bullet Club Gold ("Switchblade" Jay White & "ROCK HARD" Juice Robinson).
The two teams brawled to begin the match, with White & Spears brawling on one end of ringside while Starks & Robinson brawled on the other. Back in the ring, Starks cornered Robinson before hitting him with a chop and tagging in Spears. Spears & Starks hit a double-back elbow on Robinson before Spears hit a leg drop for a near fall. Starks tagged back in and hit an axe handle on Robinson before hitting a body slam on Robinson. Spears tagged in and taunted White with finger guns before firing away with punches on Robinson in the corner. Robinson tossed Spears into White's kick before Robinson sent Spears to the outside with a scissor kick, allowing White to get Spears and hit a Facebuster on Spears into the apron.
White tagged in and hit a series of corner spears on Spears before Robinson tagged in and hit a series of corner spears of his own on Spears. Robinson caught Spears with a forearm strike before hitting a leaping senton on Spears for a near fall. Back from the break, White tagged in and hit a chop right on Spears's chest before hitting two more and connecting a dropkick on Spears's leg for a near fall. White got a headlock on Spears, but White broke the hold and attacked Starks on the apron. Spears saw the opening and hit a snap suplex on White before Robinson & Starks tagged in an hit a lariat, a backdrop, and a Northern Light's Driver on Robinson before clotheslining White to the outside. Starks hit a corner back elbow on Robinson before hitting a Superplex on Robinson, allowing Spears to hit a lateral splash on Robinson for a near fall. Spears went for the C4 on Robinson & then on White, but White hit a chop on Spears to reverse the move. White ran the ropes, but Spears caught him with a Sky High for a near fall. Robinson tried to get involved, but Spears tossed Robinson to the outside before Starks hit a dive off the stairs on Robinson. White took down Starks off the apron and evaded Spears's attempt of the C4 before hitting Spears with a Blade Runner for the pinfall win.
Starks attacked White & Robinson after the match before Robinson ran away from Starks.
Winners: Bullet Club Gold ("Switchblade" Jay White & "ROCK HARD" Juice Robinson).
- FTW Champion HOOK & The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) called out The Firm because they believed that the Firm kidnapped Isaiah Kassidy. Stokely Hathaway appeared in a video and said that they caught him lacking in an Applebees. Page demanded The Hardys to the "Firm Deletion" in the Hardy Compound next week. Hardy accepted, but Big Bill still chokeslammed Kassidy off the guard rail into the floor. The Hardys went to look for Kassidy before HOOK promised Lexy Nair that The Firm was getting deleted.
Naturally Limitless (Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee) vs. Charlie James & Brady Pierce.
Rhodes & Pierce locked up before Rhodes leaped over Pierce and hit a drop-down slap and a powerslam on Pierce. Lee & Rhdoes hit a double back-drop on Pierce before James tagged in, but Lee serenaded the crowd. Lee hit two vicious shoulder tackles, a corner splash, and a Big Veal on James before he clotheslined James & Pierce. Lee then veiled Rhodes into James & Pierce before Lee hit James with a Spirit Bomb for the dominant pinfall win.
Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Toa Linoa, Kaun, Brian Cage & Prince Nana) stared down Lee & Rhodes from the ramp after the match.
Winners: Naturally Limitless (Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee).
- Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo talked backstage, with Melo telling Guevara that MJF was not his friend. Melo told Guevara to not lay down to MJF for money because he does not need it, before telling hm that it was his time to listen.
Anna Jay vs. Ashley D'Amboise.
The two locked up before Jay hit a leg lariat on D'Amboise in the corner. D'Amboise leaped over Jay and hit two Mexican Arm Drags on Jay before ramming her shoulders into Jay's midsection. Jay was tossed with an Irish Whip by D'Amboise, but Jay hit a Pendulum kick and a Guillotine into the top rope before hitting a Bow & Arrow hold on D'Amboise in the ring post. Back in the ring and in the break, Jay locked in a Dragon Sleeper on D'Amboise before slamming her into the ground for a near fall. Jay stomped on D'Amboise's neck before continuing to boot D'Amboise's neck in the bottom rope. Jay then laid her boot on D'Amboise's neck in the corner before slamming her into the top turnbuckle and locking in a side headlock on Ashley before the commercial break. Back from the break, D'Amboise tossed Jay across the ring, but Jay responded with a reverse Stunner on D'Amboise before locking in the Queen Slayer to get the submission win.
After the match, Julia Hart attacked Anna Jay from behind and slammed Jay's head into the ringside floor repeatedly. The two brawled on the outside before referees came in to separate the two of them.
Winner: Anna Jay.
- The Outcasts (Saraya, Toni Storm & Ruby Soho) cut a promo backstage before saying Britt Baker & Jamia Hayter don't walk the walk. Saraya called out Willow Nightingale and told her that she would give her that she would walk her like a dog.
Billy Gunn & The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) vs. Ryzin, Cameron Stewart & Dante Cassanova.
Bowens & Caster laid out Ryzin and Cassanova during the match while Castr was doing his traditional rap.
Gunn hit the Famouser on Stewart before Bowens & Caster hit the Arrival into the Mic Drop on Caster for the dominant pinfall win.
Winners: Billy Gunn & The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens).
- Mark Henry interviewed Jay Lethal & Cash Wheeler ahead of their match in the main event. Lethal said that they would burst FTR's bubble and prove why they are the best tag team. Wheeler said that Lethal & his group would obviously cheat.
Cash Wheeler (w/ Dax Hardwood) vs. Jay Lethal (w/ Jeff Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh).
Mark Briscoe was the special enforcer for the match.
Wheeler & Lethal began the match, but Lethal immediately rolled out of the ring and hugged Briscoe on the outside. The two locked up before Lethal went for a body shot, but Wheeler evaded. The two locked up again before Lethal leaned Wheeler int eh corner and hit a knee lift and a series of body shots, but Wheeler responded with three chops. Lethal hit three more knee lifts, but Wheeler responded with a chop. Lethal hit a shoulder tackle and two body slams before strutting. Lethal went for a third, but Wheeler evaded and hit a hip toss and arm drag takedown on Lethal. Lethal broke the hold and hit a running knee lift on Wheeler to block the run. Lethal went for the Lethal Injection, but Wheeler evaded and hit a running dropkick, a knee lift, a shoulder block, and a back-drop on Lethal before clohteslining him to the outside.
Wheeler hit a diving dropkick on Lethal to the outside before strutting in front of Lethal. Wheeler climbed to the top rope, but Lethal pushed him to the outside thanks to Dutt distracting Wheeler. Back in the ring, Lethal captured Wheeler's wrist and stomped away at Wheeler's abdomen before hitting a chop on Wheeler. Lethal went for an Irish Whip on Wheeler. Wheeler leaped for a sunset flip, but Lethal reversed it with a stomp for a near fall. Lethal got a waist lock on Wheeler before hitting a Sheer-Drop back suplex on Wheeler for a near fall.
After the break, Lethal got another waist lock on Wheeler before transitioning into the abdominal stretch, but Wheeler broke the hold. Lethal slammed Wheeler with a Hammer throw before locking in an Abdominal Stretch on Wheeler. Lethal tried to get Dutt to help him hinch the hold, but Briscoe pulled Dutt to allow Wheeler to hit a hip toss on Lethal for a near fall. Lethal hit a flapjack on Wheeler into the top rope to regain control of the match and strutting inside the ring. Lethal went for a Diving Elbow Drop on Wheeler, but Wheeler lifted his knees to block the move. Wheeler leaped over Lethal and hit an Inverse Monkey Flip before hitting a series of body shots, an uppercut, a pop-up powe-slam & a Tornado DDT on Lethal, but Lethal kicked out at two. Wheeler went for a Piledriver. but Lehtal evaded and reversed it with a Jack-knife before hitting a back drop and the Lethal Combination on Wheeler. Lethal went for the Lethal Insection, but Wheeler caught him and hit a Gory Bomb on Lethal for a near fall. Dutt crawled into the ring before Mark Briscoe confronted Dutt, but Lethal pushed Wheeler into Briscoe before hitting Wheeler with the Lethal Injection for the pinfall win.
Briscoe argued with FTR as Lethal stood tall to end the broadcast.
Winner: Jay Lethal.
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