AEW Rampage live results: Takeshita vs. Komander

Konosuke Takeshita faces Komander on tonight’s AEW Rampage. 

In Takeshita’s first match since dropping a bout to Will Ospreay at Revolution earlier this month, the star returns to the ring against Komander in the lone singles match on tonight’s episode. 

Three more matches are also set for tonight’s show.

AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm will team with Mariah May against two enhancement talents on tonight’s episode. 

Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta of Best Friends will take on The Dark Order’s Evil Uno & John Silver in tag team action on this evening’s show.

In a trios match, Top Flight’s Darius Martin, Dante Martin & Action Andretti will face AEW International Champion Roderick Strong & ROH World Tag Team Champions Mike Bennett & Matt Taven of The Undisputed Kingdom. 

This week’s Rampage episode was taped Wednesday night in Boston at TD Garden. Spoilers from the show are available here.

Taped in Bo$$ton, Ma$$achu$ett$.

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Chris Jericho were on commentary. On the outset, Tony offered condolences to the family of Jackie Crockett, who passed away this week. 

Trent Beretta & Orange Cassidy (w/ Chuck Taylor) defeated Evil Uno & John Silver (9:45)

The two guys from Dark Order, who have been a team since literally the first AEW show, are, according to Excalibur, going to “play spoiler” to Trent & Cassidy, who started teaming last week. I mean I know it’s not THIS iteration of the Dark Order that debuted 5 years ago but I still kinda feel the Dark Order should be the favorites here.

Anyway, this was all comedy. Beretta dropped Uno with a back suplex for a near fall. Cassidy went for a move off the top, but Silver pressed him out of the corner and slammed him. Beretta caught Silver with a standing meteora. Cassidy caught Uno with a Slumdog Millionaire, but Uno came back with Everything is Evil for a near fall.

After a split-screen break, Beretta got the tag and hit a bunch of suplexes on his opponents. Beretta went for a Strong Zero, but Uno caught Beretta with a boot and turned the move into a code red for the near fall. On the floor, Silver caught Taylor with a senton, Beretta caught Silver with a spear, Uno came off the top with a cannonball onto Beretta and Cassidy dove in with a DDT on Uno.

Back in the ring, Uno took out Cassidy with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Silver and Uno combined for their own version of the Wombo Combo for another near fall. Silver tried for a piledriver on Silver, but Cassidy dove in with an Orange Punch. Beretta rolled Silver into the Strong Zero while Cassidy took out Uno with an Orange Punch, and Beretta got the pinfall.

– A vignette of the Righteous, Vincent and Dutch, digging graves. 

– Saraya and Harley Cameron screamed and Zack Knight, and Knight beat up two randoms backstage. Angelo Parker jumped in with a solid right, and the fight was broken up by backstage officials.

Mariah May (as Toni Storm Classic) & “Timeless” Toni Storm (w/ Luther) vs. Kayla Sparks & LMK

Timeless Toni asked the fans to turn off all cellular devices during the show, then jumped her opponents before the bell. Storm debuted a new version of the hip attack (I think), where she just thrusted her bum into her opponent, sitting on the bat. Mariah hit LMK with a spinning side slam to pop the crowd. Storm dumped each of her opponents with a release German suplex. Sparks got a classic hip attack from both the Tonis, then Storm finished off Skarps with the stuff piledriver. Storm hit LMK with one more hip attack while Mariah collected the pinfall.

After the match, Deonna Purrazzo came out with her new tag team partner… Thunder Rosa. “She’s back!” exclaimed Jericho, who I guess doesn’t watch Collision. Rosa and Purrazzo ran Toni and May off. 

– Queen Aminata (undefeated in Ring of Honor) cut a promo on Red Velvet ahead of their Ring of Honor Women’s TV title tournament match next Thursday.

AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament Brackets:

Young Bucks v. Private Party

Undisputed Kingdom v. the winners of Best Friends v. The Don Callis Family (Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher)

Ricky Starks & Big Bill v. Top Flight

FTR v. the winners of Infantry & House of Black (Brody King & Buddy Matthews)

That’s it??? This promotion has a hundred teams and we’re getting 10 of them in this tournament.  LAME.

Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Don Callis) defeated Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) (8:32 aired)

Takeshita flipped Komander over with a German suplex, then worked him over with a chinlock into the split screen break. During the split-screen break they worked in that awesome new AEW commercial which features Adam Copeland, Mercedes Mone & Julia Hart working out.

After the break, Komader walked the ropes and hit Takeshita with a moonsault on the floor. Back in the ring, Komander hit a springboard hurricanrana into a cradle for a near fall. Takeshita caught Komander coming into the corner and threw him literally halfway across the ring. Komander sprung off the ropes and into a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Takeshita leveled Komander with a forearm. Takeshita went for a last ride powerbomb, but Komander countered that into a code red for a near fall. Komander went to the top, Takeshita tried to catch him with a superpelx, but Komader escaped and hit a destroyer for a near fall. Komader went for a shooting star press off the ropes, but Takeshita got his knees up. Takeshita hit a pop-up powerbomb, a running knee, and a spinning falcon arrow to get the pinfall. Tremendous stuff here. I can’t believe this was the match they decided to cut into with a full-screen commercial break.

– “The Professor” Serena Deeb (w/ the Mountie’s hat) cut a promo where she vowed to become champion. 

Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven v. Top Flight & Action Andretti

I caught a little bit of ROH last night. For the life of me I can’t figure out why Maria Bennett-Kanellis is wasting her time with Griff Garrison on that show and not part of the Undisputed Kingdom.

Strong jumped Andretti before the bell to start. Taven hit a nice–looking dropkick on Andretti for a near fall. Darius Martin got the tag and flew all over the ring against Taven. Darius fought off both Bennett and Taven two against one, then tagged in his brother Darius.

Back in the ring, Taven tripped up Darius and Bennett hit a rolling forearm. Strong got the tag and got caught with an atomic drop and a dropkick. Andretti got the tag and had a nice exchange with Strong. Andretti caught him with a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Andretti took Taven & Bennett out with a back handspring elbow, then caught Strong with a spinning kick. Top Flight and Andretti took out their opponents with dives on the floor. 

During the split-screen break, The Undisputed Kingdom got the advantage.

After the break, Darius hit a Lionsault (Jericho wants royalties) and got the tag to his brother. Dante hit Bennett with a crossbody for a near fall. Darius caught Bennet with a flatliner, and Andretti came off the top with a springboard 450. Andretti sprung off the ropes and into a kick from Bennett for a near fall. Andretti got out of a spike piledriver attempt and rolled up Bennett for a near fall. Taven dove off the top and into a superkick from Andretti. He caught Strong with a superkick as well.

Darius & Andretti with for a double suplex on Bennett, but Strong ran in and hit them both with a high knee. Andretti got caught with a spike piledriver from Bennett & Taven, then suffered the End of Heartache from Strong. Strong got the pinfall.

This was good stuff.

Final Thoughts:

The Acclaimed. The Gunn Club. Some version of Penta & either Komander or PAC. The Righteous (who were featured on this show). The Gates of Agony (who always look great). Jericho and Hook (why not?). Or the Jarrett/Lethal combination. Add them and it’s a lot more fun as a sixteen team tournament. And where are Claudio and Moxley, who beat FTR at Revolution two weeks ago?!?

Next week, Rampage airs live after Dynamite.