AEW Rampage live results: Homecoming

Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida hosts this week’s AEW Rampage Homecoming episode. 

Swerve Strickland will face Matt Sydal on the show. Strickland was involved in a promo segment on this week’s Dynamite where he was established as one of three top contenders to World Champion Samoa Joe’s title. 

AEW Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston will defend his title on the show against ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta. Yuta’s title will not be on the line in the match. Kingston won the Continental Classic finals at Worlds End last month to earn the Continental Crown.

In a women’s division contest, former Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida faces Queen Aminata. 

In a six-man tag team contest, The Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Evil Uno will face “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, “Cool Hand Ang” Angelo Parker, and Jake Hager. 

This week’s Rampage was taped Wednesday night. Spoilers from the show are available here. 

Taped in Jacksonville, Florida. 

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross were on commentary. 

Eddie Kingston defeated ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta to retain the Continental Crown (17:13)

Excalibur stressed on commentary a few times that all three of Kingston’s championships (New Japan Strong, ROH World, and AEW Continental) were on the line in this match.

Both these men made their AEW debut’s in Daily’s Place during the pandemic, so it really is a homecoming for them. Very good mat work from both men to start. Kingston used a rope break to get out of a front facelock, and Yuta kicked him in the head. This fired Kingston up, but Yuta dumped him to the floor and then him with a tope. Back in the ring, Yuta hit a high crossbody for a one count.

Yuta missed a dive in the corner, and Kingston battered him with machine gun chops. Yuta came back and started working on Kingston’s arm, yanking him down to the mat by the arm. Yuta battered him outside, send him arm-first into the ring barricade, dropkicking him in the arm and stomping on his arm.

Back in the ring, Yuta stretched Kingston with a surfboard. Kingston powered out, but Yuta came back right away with a dropkick.

Yuta kept working over Kingston’s arm during a split-screen break. After the break, Yuta did like a code breaker to Kingston’s arm for a near fall. Yuta got too cocky for his own good with some kicks, and Kingston got a brief flurry on offense before Yuta went back to the arm to take him down. Yuta slapped Kingston, who came back with an arm capture suplex. Kingston missed a charge in the corner, but caught Yuta with an exploder suplex and both men were down.

Kingston caught Yuta with a knee and drove him down with a DDT for a near fall. Kingston’s selling of the arm was next level, as was Yuta’s psychology to constantly get after the arm. Kingston would throw a chop, then sell the pain in the arm. Kingston set up Yuta for a superplex, but Yuta countered with a diving DDT out of the corner for a near fall.

Yuta hit the hammer and tong elbows, then went for a juji gatame. He transitioned that into the Disamerher, but Kingston escaped. Yuta caught Kingston with a german suplex for another close near fall. Kingston hit an enziguri, but Yuta caught Kingston with an Angle slam. Yuta came off the top with a frog splash for another near fall.

Yuta locked in a double writstlock. Kingston powered up and backed Yuta into the ropes for a break. More kicks to the arm, but Kingston backhanded Yuta and dropped him with a Saito suplex. Kingston hit the spinning backfist, but Yuta didn’t go down! Kingston hit a half-and-half suplex, then the northern lights bomb to get the pinfall.

What. A. Match. I’m disappointed the crowd wasn’t nearly as into as I was; but it was a late, cold night for them.

– Rene Paquette interviewed the Hardy Boys and Mark Briscoe. Jeff Hardy bragged about Rampage beating Collision in the ratings. Why? Matt Hardy wants to win the Trios title with Mark, and Jeff made Mark an honorary Hardy with a Hardy boys chain. I’m not entirely sure Briscoe knows what to think of all this. 

Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana & The Mogul Embassy) defeated Matt Sydal (4:30)

Everything about Swerve exudes superstar.

Sydal caught Strickland with a step-up rana, but Strickland did a handstand out of the move and landed on his feet. Strickland dominated Sydal. He hit a diving elbow into the back of Sydal’s shoulders, then picked him up in a torture rack and dropped down to his knees. Swerve caught him with an inverted backbreaker. Sydal blocked a kick and hit an air raid crash for a near fall. Strickland hit a rolling flatliner and vertical suplex. Sydal tried a casadora into a cradle, but Strickland overpowered him, then dropped him with the JML Driver for the pinfall. 

This was exactly what it needed to be.

– Private Party challenged any two of Top Flight and Action Andretti for a tag match. Whatever happens, Andretti will be well-hydrated for it. 

Hikaru Shida defeated Queen Aminada (6:50)

These two matched up 13 months ago on Rampage. Aminada debuted in Daily’s Place, and Shida is another pandemic-era Daily’s Place star. Aminada hit a hip attack and a sliding boot in the corner.

After the break, Shida and Aminada exchanged kicks to each other’s back. Shida hit a dragon screw legwhip. Aminada hit a headbutt and a german suplex, but Shida came back with a short arm lariat. Aminada escaped a suplex attempt and hit a sliding knee strike for another near fall. Aminada went for a double stomp off the top, but Shida rolled out of the way and hit a falcon arrow. Shida hit the Katana spinning kick and got the pinfall. 

Shida made Aminada look like a million bucks here. Shida and Aminada shared an embrace after the match. 

– Saraya showed Ruby Soho footage of Harely Cameron kissing Angelo Parker. And on Ruby’s birthday no less! When Angleo Parker showed up with a birthday cake, Soho shoved it in his face! Rene Paquette called Parker a naughty name, and once the ladies left the footage (that had been paused on the kiss) showed Parker pushing Cameron away and screaming in disgust.

Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds (w/ -1) defeated Jake Hager, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker (10:24)

In one of the greatest continuity bits ever, Parker came out for the match with his face covered in icing. The Dark Order and -1 were huge babyfaces here. Hager was wearing a giant gold chain. Reynolds tagged in a hit a pair of back elbows on Menard. Parker came in and Uno caught him with a german suplex. The Dark Order hit Menard with a series of avalanche clotheslines in the corner.

During the break, Hager and his partners triple teamed Reynolds on the floor. But once the break was over, Reynolds got the hot tag and the Dark Order took over. Uno hit a top rope swanton bomb on Parker for a near fall. Silver caught Parker with kicks against the ropes. Silver hit Parker with a gamingiri and took out Hager and Menard. The Dark Order hit the pendulum powerbomb on Parker for a near fall.

Menard and Parker hit a double DDT on Reynolds, and Hager came in with Hager Bomb for two. Hager locked in the ankle lock, but -1 pulled out Jake Hager’s hat for the distraction. “Tony, he loves that hat!” Uno took out Menard and Parker with a double clothesline on the floor while Hager got the hat back. But, Silver and Reynolds double-teamed Hager with the gamingiri into the rolling forearm into the enziguri into the stunner into the german suplex into the jackknife cover for the three count. 

This was the perfect comedy match and a great way to end a fun show!