AEW Rampage live results: 4-2-0 elimination match
AEW’s three-hour Saturday night block will feature a special live edition of Rampage ahead of Sunday’s AEW Dynasty.
A noted marijuana enthusiast, Rob Van Dam will take part in the first-ever “High Flying 4-2-0” elimination four-way that also includes Komander, Isiah Kassidy, and Lee Johnson.
Prior to tonight, RVD last wrestled for AEW on the February 21st Dynamite, teaming with Hook & Hangman Page in a trios loss to Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland & Brian Cage.
Angelo Parker will also be on hand with some thoughts.
A rematch of the 2021’s AEW Women’s World title eliminator tournament Japan bracket is also set with Yuka Sakazaki taking on Emi Sakura. This will be their sixth overall match against each other in AEW, five of which have been tag team matches.
A preview for tomorrow’s Dynasty PPV is on tap as Kyle O’Reilly, Rocky Romero & Matt Menard face The Kingdom’s Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett.
Rampage started with the IWGP World Champion Jon Moxley complimenting how strong Don Callis’ phone is after making his match with Powerhouse Hobbs on next week’s Dynamite for the IWGP Title. Moxley didn’t mind, as he wasn’t planning on losing anyway. Moxley knew Hobbs had something special, but if Hobbs didn’t find it, Moxley would give him a very bitter lesson. Moxley told Hobbs not to hesitate because he wouldn’t.
High Flying 4/20 Four Way Elimination Match – Rob Van Dam defeated Komander, Isiah Kassidy (w/ Marq Quen), Lee Johnson
It felt like there was a joke I was missing here.
We got four-way action to start before Kassidy and RVD paired off. Kassidy mocked RVD before RVD moved out of the way of a Rolling Thunder attempt. RVD hit one of his own before Johnson dived onto everyone on the floor. Johnson and Kassidy paired off in the ring, where Kassidy eliminated Johnson with a tights-assisted roll-up.
After a commercial, Komander hit a big step-up moonsault to Kassidy on the floor to a big pop. Komander took RVD over with a rana out of a powerbomb attempt before hitting a springboard senton to Kassidy for a nearfall. Komander went for a ropewalk, but Kassidy cut him off and crotched him on the ropes. Kassidy teased giving RVD something but turned on him. Quen pulled RVD out of the ring, but Komander hit the ropewalk Shooting Star Press to eliminate him.
It was down to Komander and RVD, and they traded flash pins before RVD cut off Komander on the top rope. After avoiding a leg sweep, RVD hit the Five Star Frog Splash to win.
Yuka Sakazaki defeated Emi Sakura
Sakura got a jump start, hitting a Tiger Driver for a nearfall. Sakazaki came back with a sliding lariat for a nearfall. Sakazaki went to hop over the ropes onto the apron, but she fell to the floor. Sakura stalled as Sakazaki tested her knee on the floor, but eventually Sakazaki was able to continue and hit a rana off the apron.
After a commercial, Sakura sent Sakazaki to the floor with a crossbody off the apron. Sakura followed up with a crossbody into the stairs. Sakura hit a butterfly backbreaker for a nearfall. Sakura teased Sakazaki, but Sakazaki came back with a rope-assisted German to get the win.
In what was called Rampage exclusive footage from after Dynamite, Angelo Parker came to the ring. He left his mentor and lost his friends over the past year, before gaining and losing the love of Ruby Soho. All he had left was his match against Zak Knight, but he lost that too. He didn’t have much left to fight for and teased retiring before Soho came to the ring. Soho said it broke her heart to hear him say that he had nothing to fight for because he had something very special to fight for. Soho announced that she was pregnant to a big pop. The two embraced, with Parker saying that he was going to be a father. Congratulations to the happy couple!
Kyle O’Reilly, Matt Menard, & Rocky Romero defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett)
What’s cooler than cool? Outkast would say ice cold, but my answer would be The Undisputed Kingdom. This is a stone-dead act, and honestly, I would pull the plug and take these talented guys in other directions. The interactions between O’Reilly and Strong were good, which is promising for tomorrow’s International Title match.
Strong teased starting with O’Reilly before bailing. The first advantage came when Bennett stuffed a headscissor attempt and had Taven hit an assisted powerbomb for a nearfall. After an extended beatdown, Romero eventually got the tag out to Menard, who ran wild. Menard locked Bennett in the Boston Crab, but Taven cut him off with a Kick of the King. O’Reilly tagged in and ran wild. Taven caught Bennett in a triangle choke before getting Taven in an ankle lock at the same time.
Strong broke it up and finally faced off with each other, teeing off with chops and kicks until Strong caught O’Reilly with a backbreaker. O’Reilly caught Strong with an armbar and tapped him out, but Bennett had blind-tagged in. O’Reilly caught Bennett with the rebound lariat before hitting the brainbuster and tapping him out with the armbar. After the match, O’Reilly told Strong that in 24 hours, he would become the new International Champion.