AEW Rampage live results: Lio Rush vs. Komander II

A rematch from last week’s AEW Rampage is the featured bout on this week’s edition as Lio Rush faces Komander.

Komander won the match last week as Rush looks to even the score tonight.

In a three-way tag team contest, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven of The Undisputed Kingdom take on John Silver & Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order, plus The Infantry’s Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo who recently aligned with Shane Taylor Promotions.

Former AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida will face Viva Van. This is Shida’s first appearance since September while Van remains winless in 13 AEW matches.

Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) will team against JD Drake & Beef. Top Flight will also be in action on Saturday’s Collision against The Outrunners in a Full Gear four-way contenders series matchup.

This week’s Rampage episode was taped this past Wednesday in Manchester, New Hampshire. Spoilers from the show are available here.

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Taped in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Tony Schivaone, Excalibur & Matt Menard were on commentary.

Hikaru Shida defeated Viva Van (5:20)

This match feeks like it should be the six minute match in the middle of the show where four minutes are wrestled during the picture-in-picture break. It’s started out like they were wrestling in quicksand. Shida hit a dropkick off the middle rope and got a reaction from the crowd. Shida got a running knee strike for a near fall. She went for a katana kick, but Van avoided it. Van tried a crossbody off the top, but  Shida rolled through for a near fall. Van set up what looked like an attempt at a One Wing Angle, but Shida countered that into a cradle for a near fall. Shida caught Van with a hook kick, then dumped Van with a Falcon Arrow to get a pinfall. 

– Renee Paquette interviewed Harley Cameron, who recapped her year. Before she could say what her plans will be going forward, Paquette had to end the interview because they were out of time.

Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds) and The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo) (w/ Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty and Trish Adora) in a three-way (9:31)

The Undisputed Kingdom got a babyface pop. Reynolds was sporting the DDP Memorial rib tape. Reynolds hurt himself delivering a splash on Charlie Bravo. Taven got a tag and caught Bravo with a dropkick. Dean caught Bennett with a cutter against the ring apron, and the Infantry beat on Bennett around ringside. 

Ater a split-screen break, The Infantry continued to double-team Bennett in their corner. Bennett caught Bravo with a spinebuster, then tagged in John Silver. Silver suplexed Dean and delivered a straight jacket back stabber. Taven got the hot tag and took out both members of the Dark Order. Taven hit everyone but Silver with a moonsault off the middle rope to the floor. Taven went to the top, but Dean pushed him to the mat. 

Dean buried a knee into Reynolds’ injured ribs. Reynolds went for a rolling elbow strike on Taven, but fell victim to a pop up uppercut. Taven and Bennett finished Reynolds off with a powerbomb/cutter combo to get the pinfall. 

After the match, Brian Cage came down the aisle to taunt the Undisputed Kingdom, which allowed his partner Lance Archer to blindside Bennett and Taven. Cage and Archer left the Undisputed Kingdom lying. 

– Lexi Nair interviewed Roderick Strong about how his buddies were getting beaten in the ring, but Jake Roberts interrupted. Roberts told Strong to leave The Beast Mortos alone, and this leads to a match between Mortos and Roderick Strong on Collision tomorrow night.

– During the last match, it was announced that Dr. Britt Baker will be on Dynamite this week.

– Another vignette for Deonna Purrazzo & Tyra Valkyrie, “The Vendetta.” 

Top Flight (w/ Leila Grey and Action Andretti) defeated  JD Drake & Beef (7:13 aired)

I thought Drake and Beef were babyfaces? Anyway, Private Party were scouting potential future challengers by watching this match backstage. 

Drake and Beef double-teamed Darius during the split-screen break. After the break, Dante got the hot tag and flew around attacking Drake, hitting him with a springboard senton and a flying splash for a near fall. Drake spun Dante around with a lariat for a near fall. Beef splashed Dante into the ropes, and Drake pput Dante down with a spinebuster. Darius broke up an attempt at a top rope splash from Beef, and took out Drake with a spinning DDT on the floor. Darius and Dante caught Beef with a double-team DDT to get the pinfall. 

After the match, the Top Flight and Drake and Beef respected the Code of Honor and shook hands after the match.

Lio Rush defeated  Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) (12:08)

Now that Komander doesn’t have a bigger match on the horizon, it was time for Rush to get his win back. This match started with a hand shake. Lots of face-paced mat work to start. Rush blocked a cazadora and turned it into an arm drag. Komander offered Rush a handshake again, and this was meant with a punch and forearms. Rush caught Komander from behind with a lariat to the back of the head.  Rush hit a backdrop suplex for a near fall. Komander rolled to the floor. Rush followed him out and hit a Asai Moonsault, springing off the bottom rope. 

Komander hit a standing moonsault. He hit Rush with an enziguri. Rush rolled to the ring apron. Komander went for a back stabber on the ring apron, but Rush blocked it. Rush hit Komander with a tope suicida. Back in the ring, Rush hit a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Rush went to the top, but Komander rolled out of the way. Komander went for an Alabama Slam, but Rush countered it with an F5 for a near fall. Rush missed a dive off the top and Komander suplexed him into the corner. 

Komander hit a top rope moonsault for two. Rush dodged a shooting star press, and Rush caught Komander with an enziguri and a bottom rope springboard stunner. Rush came off the top with the frog splash and got the pinfall. Excalibur teased a rubber match.

Opening with basically a squash really set a down tone for the show.