AEW Rampage live results: Danhausen’s in-ring return
Danhausen will return to the ring for the first time since March on tonight’s AEW Rampage.
After being out of action since suffering a pectoral injury at Revolution on March 5, Danhausen will team with Orange Cassidy, Hook, and Trent Beretta on Rampage against Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, Matt Menard, and Angelo Parker in an eight-man tag.
Three trios matches are also set for tonight’s show.
In one trios bout, Konosuke Takeshita, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Kyle Fletcher of The Don Callis Family will be in action tonight.
In a women’s division trios contest, Saraya, Ruby Soho, and Anna Jay will team against Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida, and Skye Blue.
Penta El Zero Miedo, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Komander will face Brian Cage, and JD Drake & Anthony Henry of The WorkHorsemen in the other six-man tag set for the show.
A promo segment with Sting & Ric Flair has also been advertised for tonight’s episode.
Taped in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were on commentary.
Orange Cassidy, Hook, Danhausen & Trent Beretta defeated Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds, Matt Menard Angelo Parker (w/ Jake Hager) (10:07)
Hager distracted the babyface team before the bell, which allowed the heels to take advantage. But that didn’t last long. Danhausen hit a step up rana on Uno and a release northern lights suplex on Reynolds. Then all eight men started brawling in the rings. Hook’s hesitation on the group hug almost led to a quadruple suplex from the heels, but all the babyfaces reversed it. The babyfaces got their group hug in. “Think Hook ever hugged his dad?” – Tony.
Menard hit Beretta with a powerbomb, Cassidy caught Menard with a DDT, and Hook hit T-bone suplexes on all the heels. After that display, Ring of Honor Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta entered the arena to distract Hook (and join the commentary team), which allowed Menard to get the advantage on Hook with a vertical suplex.
Yuta got on commentary and trashed his former mentors Cassidy and Beretta. The heels pounded on Hook in the corner.
After a split-screen break, Hook suplexed Parker and hit Menard with a clothesline. Uno and Beretta got the tags, and Beretta dropped Uno and hit a series of german suplexes on Reynolds. Beretta hit a half-and-half suplex on Uno, then yanked Reynolds off the middle turnbuckle into a backdrop suplex.
Cassdiy got the tag and took out both the Dark Order members with a dropkick, then hit Uno with Slumdog Millionaire. Uno came back with Something Evil, but Beretta broke up the pin attempt. Reynolds worked Cassidy up to the top rope for a superplex, but Beretta popped up and yanked Reynolds down from the top with a german superplex.
Danhausen and Menard got the tag, and Danhausen pulled out Hager’s hat! This lured Hager into the ring, who was instantly dumped. Parker got the hat from Danhausen, but Hook snuck up behind Parker to lock in the Redrum. Danhausen rolled up Menard, and got the pinfall.
And, Danhausen got the hat back!
– Rene Paquette interviewed the women in tonight’s trios match. Saraya is thrilled to be teaming with Anna Jay tonight, and still annoyed with her other partner, Ruby Soho. Parker runs in to let the women know he’ll be in their corner later, but Anna Jay wants nothing to do with him.
– Tony Schiavone brings Sting and Ric Flair to the ring for an interview. Tony said they wrestled in the first main event on TNT from Minnesota, (false, that was Hulk Hogan v. Big Bubba) and also wrestled in the last wrestling match on the network in 2001 until the foundation of AEW (that is true). Flair’s suit is something else. Schiavone announced that tickets will go on sale for Revolution in Greensboro in two weeks. Sting talked about teaming with Lex Luger and wrestling Bam Bam Bigelow in Minneapolis, while carefully avoiding running afoul of copyright laws by saying what shows they were on. Sting also cleaned up Schiavone’s earlier remark by saying he and Flair were on “the first and last shows on TNT.”
Then, Flair gets the mic. “From 1972 until today, and believe it or not, I’m still alive.” Flair counts Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, and Sting as the four people who are special in his life (he missed one, probably one who works for the rival company). Flair promised they’d “dance all night and dance a little longer, stay out all night and stay out a little longer.” And that… was it. Thank god for taped shows and editing, I guess.
Powerhouse Hobbs, Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher defeated Three Enhancement Talents (0:57)
They replayed Hobbs slamming Paul Wight on the car hood a few weeks ago. Keep doing that to get him over as a monster.
The heels wiped out the enhancement talents, with Hobbs getting the legal pinfall.
– After the match, Callis took the mic and promised to continue dominating AEW until Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho have nowhere to have.
– Earlier tonight, Prince Nana hired JD Drake and Anthony Henry to team with Brian Cage tonight. Nana paid them off “to do the job tonight.” I love shoot comments that aren’t meant to be shoot comments.
Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida & Skye Blue defeated Saraya, Ruby Soho & Anna Jay
Anna Jay turned on Ruby Soho, and now Saraya is forcing them to team up because she hates that Soho is dating Jeff Parker. And Statlander and Blue don’t like each other because they each feel the other cost them the TBS championship at Full Gear.
Blue and Statlander kept blind-tagging themselves in, until Shida got sick of that and blind-tagged herself in. She dropped Saraya out of a torture rack and then suplexed Soho on top of Saraya for a near fall.
After a break, Jay saved Saraya from a pin from Statlander. Jay and Saraya are functioning much better as a team, with Soho as the odd woman out. Statlander escaped a Queenslayer, and Shida caught Saraya with a jumping knee. Jay hit Statlander with a flatliner, but Statlander pulled Jay into a superkick from Soho. Statlander then set up Soho for the Code Blue from Skye Blue, who got the pinfall. The heels argued their way to the back while the faces celebrated in the ring.
– A recap of the Round 2 of the Continental Classic from Dynamite, with a preview of the Blue League matches tomorrow.
Penta El Zero Miedo, El Hijo del Vikingo & Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated JD Drake, Anthony Henry, & Brian Cage (11:13)
If they’re really serious about pushing the Workhorsemen (Henry and Drake) they could have Flair endorse them or something.
During this match, it was announced that Tony Storm will face Skye Blue for the AEW World Women’s title on Dynamite Wednesday.
Vikingo took out Henry with an implosion rana out of the corner. Drake got the tag and opened himself up for some chops from Vikingo. Vikingo came back with a chop and belly to belly suplex. Vikingo came back with a tijeras. Komader hit a springboard dropkick on Cage. The Luchadors went for a triple dive on the floor, but Vikingo got caught in the ropes somehow (it was barely on camera) and Drake caught him against the apron.
The heels worked over Komander in the corner during the split-screen break. Drake hit a nice-looking slingshot senton into the ring. Drake missed a Vader bomb on Komander, who tagged Vikingo. Vikingo came in with a springboard dropkick, but Henry caught him with a pair of neck twists. Cage got the tag and gave Vikingo an overhead fallaway slam.
Penta got the hot tag tag and caught Cage with a slingblade. Penta hit a sloppy double-ddt on the Workhorsemen. Komander came off the top with a missile dropkcik on Drake, and Penta lauched Henry into a dropkick from Vikingo.
Komander hit Cage with a lung blower, held him for a stomp from Vikingo, and then let him go for Penta to hit a top rope stomp for a near fall. Komader tried a springboard into the ring on Cage, who took him out with a shoulder block. Cage monkeyflipped Komader into a powerbomb from Drake.
Vikingo caught Cage with a springboard DDT, but Henry hit a stuff piledriver. Penta took out Henry with the Made in Japan.
After a miscommunication, Cage floored Henry with a clothesline. Cage left the match, and Penta hit the Fear Factor on Henry. Komander hit a shooting star press, and then Vikingo hit a 630 senton to get the pinfall on Henry.
There were some sloppy spots, but this was okay.
Final Thoughts:
Also announced for Dynamite during the main event were the following Gold Leauge matches: Jon Moxley v. Rush, Swerve Strickland v. Mark Briscoe, and Jay White v. Jay Lethal.