AEW Rampage live results: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. The Butcher
AEW Rampage returns to its usual 10 p.m. Eastern time slot tonight with five matches announced for the card.
Penta El Zero Miedo will face The Butcher in one-on-one action. Penta dropped a TNT title ladder match qualifier to Konosuke Takeshita on last week’s Rampage. The Butcher’s last victory came in December 2023 in Ring of Honor, as he has lost nine in a row in AEW and ROH since.
Before challenging Toni Storm for the Women’s World title at Forbidden Door, Mina Shirakawa will take on Serena Deeb on tonight’s episode.
Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona of Gates of Agony/Cage of Agony will face Private Party’s Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy in tag team action.
The Acclaimed’s Max Caster and Anthony Bowens will take on two enhancement talents in another tag team bout.
In the trios division, Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn of The Bang Bang Gang will be in action in another enhancement match.
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Penta El Zero Miedo defeated The Butcher
The show opened with Excalibur, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, and Tony Schiavone at the commentary desk and Penta’s entrance, with Butcher already in the ring.
Fans chanted “Zero Miedo” as Butcher and Penta got into a shoving match. Butcher took down Penta after the Zero Miedo taunt. Penta responded with a thrust kick, but Butcher regained the advantage.
Penta avoided a Butcher attack in the corner and hit a running stalling dropkick on him. That got a near fall. Butcher rolled to the outside an avoided a dive attempt by Penta. Butcher ran into Alex Abrahantes on the outside, which gave him an opening to take over in the match.
Butcher hit Penta with a hard clothesline in the corner and continued the attack as we went to a short 90-second picture-in-picture break.
We returned to full-screen action with Butcher attacking Penta’s arm. Penta recovered and hit two consecutive Slingblades on Butcher for the near-fall. Penta climbed up to the top and looked for a splash, but Butcher dodged and got the diving crossbody. Near-fall for Butcher.
Penta connected with a Backstabber in the corner after he avoided a running attack from Butcher. As both men tried to get back up, Butcher made it to his feet first and landed the half-nelson backbreaker. Penta fought back and lifted Butcher for the Fear Factor and the victory.
A decent opener on Rampage. Some parts felt off, but it was still an enjoyable match to kick off the night. Look for Penta to be a favorite for the TNT Championship Ladder Match.
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– Chris Jericho made his way to ringside, with Bryan Keith and Big Bill in tow. He approached the commentary table and gave Matt Menard some pointers on commentary, advising him to keep his head up while calling the action before leaving. Menard didn’t seemed too pleased with the advice, and Bryan Keith confronted him before leaving.
The Acclaimed defeated Hunter Grey & Parviz
Anthony Bowens’ pre-match rap riffed on their opponents, as he called them “John Nord wannabes”.
The action quickly broke down as Bowens and Grey were the legal men in the ring. Bowens slammed Grey onto the mat before he climbed to the top rope for the Mic Drop elbow and the easy victory.
Not much really to say about this one. Just a short squash to give the Acclaimed another win on the record as they look set to take on the EVPs, Matthew & Nicholas Jackson for the AEW Tag Titles.
– We went backstage to Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo, Shane Taylor, and Lee Moriarty), who made some remarks towards Top Flight & Action Andretti.
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The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defeated Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy)
Kaun and Kassidy started off in the match as Kassidy took out Liona on the apron with a guillotine. Quen tagged in as Private Party looked to get the early advantage. Kassidy with the dive to the outside, but Liona ran through him as we went to picture-in-picture.
We returned to action with Kassidy leaping off the top rope with a dive that took both Kaun and Liona on the outside. Kassidy threw Kaun back into the ring and hit a senton atomico for the near-fall.
Quen got tagged in and Private Party’s attempt at a double team was foiled by the sheer strength of Kaun. Gates of Agony sandwiched Quen with a dual lariat, but Kassidy broke up the count.
Liona tried for a corner splash, but Quen avoided it and tagged in Kassidy. Consecutive 450 and Shooting Star splashes by Quen and Kassidy on Liona, but that didn’t get it done.
Kaun and Liona took over and put an end to the match with a modified double team powerbomb on Kassidy.
Fantastic match that helped put both teams over. Private Party’s high-flying offense meshed really well with the more hard-hitting style that Gates of Agony bring to the table.
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– A “Picture of a Champion” vignette set the stage for “Timeless” Toni Storm’s match against Lady Frost on tomorrow’s Collision.
Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn) defeated Caleb Crush, Chris Wilde, and Tyler Payne
The Gunn brothers tagged each other into the match before Robinson got the tag. Robinson went to town on the enhancement talent by himself. Corner cannonball, followed by The Juice is Loose by Robinson got the win for the Bang Bang Gang.
Post-match, Jay White took the mic and boasted about how the Bang Bang Gang was now back at full strength. White talked about how Juice Robinson’s return gave him an idea, he officially named Robinson as “one corner” of the unified AEW Trios Champions, as he and the Gunns placed all their belts on Robinson. And if we weren’t down with that, they had two words for us: “Guns Up”.
It’s wonderful to see Juice Robinson back as part of the Bang Bang Gang. He just brings an unreal energy to the group that was sorely missed.
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Mina Shirakawa defeated Serena Deeb
Shirakawa got the crowd to chant for her to start the match before she locked up with Deeb in the middle of the ring. Deeb got the better of Shirakawa in the lockup before she applied the Paradise Lock on her. Deeb followed that up with a dropkick to the back of the prone Shirakawa.
Shirakawa fought back and began to work on Deeb’s leg with repeated elbow drops. Deeb caught Shirakawa with a kick in the corner, as she then dropped her across the middle rope to gain control of the match as it headed into picture-in-picture.
Rampage’s main event continued with Deeb in control, right up until Shirakawa hit a kick to the head of Deeb. In the middle of the ring, Deeb and Shirakawa exchanged blow after blow before Shirakawa got a hard elbow strike to stun Deeb.
Shirakawa with the enzuigiri and a falling neckbreaker helped keep things in hand for her. From the top rope, Shirakawa drove her knee right into the head and shoulder of Deeb for the near-fall.
Standing switch exchange between Deeb and Shirakawa ended with Deeb flooring her foe with a German suplex and a vicious haymaker, but that only got a two-count.
Deeb’s attempt at the Deeb-tox countered into a rollup pin by Shirakawa. The Stardom star followed that up with a figure-four in the middle of the ring on Deeb. Both women began to strike each other with blows as Deeb managed to roll out of the ring to escape Shirakawa’s hold.
Deeb hit a dragon screw on Shirakawa’s hurt leg, followed by a powerbomb. As Shirakawa kicked out, Deeb trapped her into a stretch muffler. Shirakawa countered that into a pinfall attempt. Deeb tried again for the Deeb-tox, but Shirakawa reversed that into her own finishing move for the one, two, three and the win.
Mariah May ran down to the ring after the match and celebrated with Shirakawa as “Timeless” Toni Storm appeared on the ramp. Storm marched down to the ring as May tried to broker some sort of a truce between Storm and Shirakawa. The handshake is accepted begrudgingly as both Storm and Shirakawa parted the ropes for May to leave. Rampage went off the air with Storm and Shirakawa both trying to head up the ramp with May.
I enjoyed this main event. As a primer on Mina Shirakawa for those who aren’t well-versed in Stardom wrestling, it did its purpose to put her over as a credible threat to Toni Storm’s AEW Womens’ World Championship. I thought Deeb played her part well in this match and was able to give Shirakawa a good fight for Rampage’s main event. The post-match action with May, Shirakawa, and Storm continues what’s been an interesting storyline between the three and whatever happens at Forbidden Door should be one to watch, especially as it relates to the greater story of May’s All About Eve-inspired story with Storm.
All in all, nothing too groundbreaking on tonight’s edition of Rampage, but as always, the hour goes by so fast and things manage to stay entertaining enough that nothing really overstays its welcome. The Shirakawa vs. Deeb main event match is worth seeking out.
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Tomorrow Night on AEW Collision (6/08/24)
- Toni Storm vs. Lady Frost
- Kyle O’Reilly vs. Orange Cassidy
- FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta