AEW Rampage live results: Castagnoli & Yuta vs. Gates of Agony
The Blackpool Combat Club & Mogul Embassy square off on tonight’s AEW Rampage in tag team action.
Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta of the BCC take on Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) from Mogul Embassy in the headline bout this week.
In a women’s division contest, Skye Blue will face Emi Sakura on this evening’s show.
In a trios match, former Jericho Appreciation Society members Daniel Garcia, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, & “Cool Hand Ang” Angelo Parker will face Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, & Brother Zay on tonight’s episode.
Jay Lethal (with Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, Sonjay Dutt, & Karen Jarrett) vs. Trent Beretta of Best Friends (with Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero) in a singles bout is also set for the show.
This week’s episode was taped Wednesday night, October 11 in Independence, Missouri at the Cable Dahmer Arena. Spoilers from the event can be found here.
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Taped in Independence, Missouri.
Tony Schivone, Exclaibur and Paul Wight were on commentary.
And I guess we’re joining the show in progress?
Matt Menard, Angelo Parker & Daniel Garcia (w/ Jake Hager) defeated The Hardys & Brother Zay
I tuned into TNT at 9:58 PM and this match was already happening. It semed like the show started early. The heels were dominant early, and at 10:01 EST the show went to a picture in picture break.
After the break, Jeff Hardy got the hot tag from Matt and hit an impressive sequence on Parker for a near fall. Hardy caught Parker with the side effect and Jeff dispatched of Garcia with a face-front suplex. Matt and Brother Zay hit Poetry in Motion on Parker. Hager crotched Jeff on the top rope before he could deliver the Swanton Bomb. Zay took out Hager and Menard with a dive to the floor. Garcia dumped Matt Hardy and floored Zay with a lariat in the ring. Garcia did his dance, then finished off Zay with a face-first suplex/gutbuster to get the pinfall. I couldn’t get a sense of the quality of this match, but it seems like Zay is doing most of the flying for the trio, which is probably for the best.
After the match, Matt Menard was upset with Garcia for doing the dance. Menard shoved Garcia and left alone.
– From Dynamite Tuesday, Jay White and the Bullet Club interrupted Renee Paquette’s interview with Penta El Zero Mideo and Alex Abrahantes. This lead to the match next week on Dynamite.
– Renee Paquette interviewed the winners of tonight’s opener. Menard is sick of the dancing, but Parker is okay with it because it’s bringing wins. Hager demands they “squash this.” Menard told everyone to “squash this” and stormed off.
Jay Lethal (w/ the Sonjay Dutt & Crew) defeated Trent Beretta (w/ Chuck Taylor)
Tony Schiavone called Karen Jarrett a name that should lead to a hefty contribution to the swear jar.
Lethal blocked a spinning DDT from Beretta, but he hopped up with a rana and a superkick for a ner fall. Lethal ducked a crossbody and Beretta hung himself up in the ropes and dropped to the floor. On the floor, Beretta absorbed an Irish whip into the barricade and then hit Lethal with a spear. Beretta got in a shot at Dutt on the floor. Lethal snuck up behind Beretta and rammed his leg into the ringpost. Lethal then worked over Beretta’s leg on the floor during the split-screen break.
After the break, Beretta got a backslide and a cradle for a near fall. Beretta delivered a pair of high-angle German suplexes. Lethal went for the Lethal injection but got caught with a half-and-half suplex for a near fall. Lethal took Beretta down and locked in a figure-four leglock. Lethal released the hold to hit a superkick on the prone Beretta. Beretta blocked a top rope elbow and tried to mount a last comeback, but Beretta’s leg gave out on him and Lethal hit the Lethal INjection for the win.
– Mike Santana and Ortiz finally confronted each other face-to-face. A very intense backstage promo between Santana and Ortiz culminated when Ortiz said he was coming for Santana’s knee, and Santana told Ortiz he blew out his knee carrying Ortiz.
Skye Blue defeated Emi Sakura
Blue isn’t her happy-go-lucky usual self after taking the mist from Julia Hart a few weeks ago. Sakura dumped Blue to the floor and hit a cannonball on Blue against the ring stairs. Sakura tied up Blue in a Rito Romero Special, but had to break the hold when her own shoulders were on the mat. Blue came back with a high knee and a DDT.
Sakura hit a double-underhook into a backbreaker for a near fall. Blue escaped an inverted DDT attempt and smacked Sakura with a superkick. Blue then hit the Code Blue for the pinfall.
– New for Collision: Skye Blue v. Kris Statlander for the TBS title and Brian Cage v. Komander. And new for Dynamite: Jay White v. Penta (I thought that was announced before tonight?), and more matches for Dynamite will be announced on Collision tomorrow night. Also, Rocky Romero v. Mistico has been announced for next week’s Rampage.
Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta defeated The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/ Prince Nana) (12:10)
On the floor, Kaun whipped Yuta back and forth between the ring barricade and the ring apron. Liona then flew in with a clothesline that knocked Yuta into the seventh row.
After a long split-screen brea, Kaun has Yuta locked in a chinlock. I think Castagnoli has been in the ring for maybe 30 seconds of the match so far. Yuta escaped and hit a German suplex on Kaun. Tags were made on both sides, and Castagnoli hit a series of uppercuts on Liona. Castagnoli mauled Liona in the corner with clotheslines and uppercuts, then floored Liona with a running lariat for a one count. Liona escaped a Neutralizer. Kaun got the tag and hit Claudio with a Juice Box for a near fall.
Clauido kept trying for the giant swing, and finally it on Kaun. He swung Kaun into a dropkick from Yuta for a near fall. Castagnoli chased Prince Nana to the back. Back in the ring, Kaun hit Yuta with a pedigree for a near fall. Yuta had to fight off both members of the Gates of Agony, who planted him with a double spinebuster. Yuta kicked out, but barely. Castignoli came back to take out Liona with an uppercut. Yuta hit a high-angle slam, and Yuta and Castignoli hit the “Fastball Special” (a modified rocket launcher) to get the pinfall. Good enough match.
Final Thoughts:
The show ended at 10:56 EST, so I guess it started four minutes early. Whatever Paul Wight’s job is in AEW, it should be changed to full-time commentator because he was great on this show. Wight could be a modern-day Gorilla Monsoon, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.