Rampage wasn't as much entertaining than past showing because of the holiday but they didn't disappoint with the match card. The Trio's Battle Royale was good to watch could have been better if we saw some crazy eliminations or saves. Could have also seen more action from certain wrestlers like Angelico and Chuck Taylor. The TBS eliminator could have been saved for AEW Dark because this type of matches (Squash) shouldn't be on TV because they are short and waste of time. The tag team match to end the show was entertaining to see especially Billy Gunn and Jeff Jarret.
Tonight, we will see a championship eliminator match as Jade Cargill takes on Vertvixen and we will hear from Wardlow. Plus, we will see Anthony Bowens and Daddy Ass take on Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. We will see a three-man battle royale where the winner wins the match and 300,000 dollars in cash and we will also hear from Ortiz and Kingston.
GOOD $300,000 3-man Battle Royale
The match starts off with team Best Friends taking on the team of Rush, Preston Vance and Dralistico, plus the team of Kip Sabian, Butcher and The Blade. After hitting the spin buster on Chuck Taylor, Preston eliminates Chuck and now Best Friends are one person short. As the match goes on, a new trio’s team enters and it the Blackpool Combat Club of Claudio, Moxley and Yuta. The match continues with no eliminations since Chuck Taylor but we have a new trio’s team entering and its Dark Order’s own John Silver, Evil Uno and Alex Renolds. Blade tries to clothesline Cassidy over the rope but Cassidy ducks under, connects with a superman punch and eliminates The Blade but after he did, Kip Sabian from behind eliminates Cassidy and then Trend being the only team member left eliminates Kip Sabian. After the eliminations, a new team enters the ring, Luther, Angelico and Serpentico. Trent eliminates Angelico after entering the ring. John Silver eliminates Dralistico and after that Silver turns around where Rush connects with a strong elbow show to the head and eliminates Silver. After Evil Uno chopped Rush on the chest, Moxley hits a cutter on Evil Uno and eliminates him. Claudio eliminates Luther. A new team enters the ring, Josh Woods, Tony Nese and Ari Daivari. Yuta eliminates Alex Renolds. Rush eliminates Wheeler Yuta. Preston Vance eliminates Serpentico. AR Fox, Dante Martin and Darius Martin have entered the Battle Royale. Claudio eliminates Ari Daivari. Moxley eliminates Preston Vance. Dante eliminates Josh Woods and Darius eliminates Tony Nese. Trent eliminates Butcher with a side piledriver, and Rush eliminates Trent. Claudio eliminates Rush and Moxley eliminates AR Fox, which leave Moxley/Claudio and Dante/Darius Martin left in this match. After a brawl was about to start, Hangman Adam Page comes out and attacks Moxley as security tries to separate them, it gave Dante an opportunity to eliminate Moxley. Top Flight for the win, Dante eliminates Claudio to win the $300,000 prize.
Results: AR Fox and Top Flight
Hector’s Star Rating: 3.0 Stars
SQUASH Jade Cargill vs VertVixen (Championship eliminator)
The match starts off with a grapple lock up and with Jade’s power shoves Vertvixen to the ground face first. Throughout the match, Jade has been dominating her opponent with some elbow shots to the face and then taunts here with some push-up where the fans counted. To finish off her opponent, she connects with a super kick and gets the win after connecting with a running pump kick.
GOOD Anthony Bowens/Billy Gunn vs Jay Lethal/Jeff Jarrett
Lethal attempted the figure four but Bowens countered with an inside cradle. Bowens connected with a thrust kick. Daddy Ass tagged in, as did Jeff Jarrett. Daddy Ass was taken off his feet from a back elbow. Jarrett strutted across the ring but turned around to a hard clothesline from Billy Gunn. Lethal jumped off the top rope looking for a double sledge, but Billy countered it and tagged in Bowens. They dropped a double elbow on Lethal for a near fall. Lethal nailed Bowens with the Lethal Combination. Double J tagged in and started to stomp on Bowens. Jarrett grabbed Bowens with the Stroke in the center of the ring! Billy sent Jeff flying to the outside. Sonjay smashed Billy with a low blow while the ref was distracted. Lethal took advantage and seized the opportunity to hit the Lethal Injection on Daddy Ass! Lethal scored the pin on Daddy Ass!
Results: Jay Lethal/Jeff Jarrett def. Billy Gunn/Anthony Bowens
Hector’s Star Rating: 3.0 Stars
Overall…..
Rampage wasn’t as much entertaining than past showing because of the holiday but they didn’t disappoint with the match card. The Trio’s Battle Royale was good to watch could have been better if we saw some crazy eliminations or saves. Could have also seen more action from certain wrestlers like Angelico and Chuck Taylor. The TBS eliminator could have been saved for AEW Dark because this type of matches (Squash) shouldn’t be on TV because they are short and waste of time. The tag team match to end the show was entertaining to see especially Billy Gunn and Jeff Jarret.
Matches: .25/1 Stars
Show Structure: .50/1 Stars
Atmosphere…: .25/1 Stars
Storytelling: .50/1 Stars
Production/Theme: .50/1 Stars
Overall Rating. 2/5 Stars
Feature Photo Credit: allelitewrestling.com
