3/29/24 AEW Rampage Recap
The opening credits roll. Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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Match #1 – Singles Match: Dustin Rhodes vs. The Butcher
They lock up a few times, and then Rhodes takes Butcher down. Butcher comes right back, but Rhodes applies a side-headlock. Rhodes takes Butcher down and gets a two count, and then takes him down with an arm-drag. Rhodes applies a wrist-lock, but Butcher comes back a stomps on Rhodes’s foot a few times. Rhodes comes back with a low-bridge and drops Butcher with a clothesline on the outside. Rhodes drops Butcher with a dragon-screw leg-whip and gets back into the ring. Butcher comes back to the apron and pulls Rhodes’s arm down over the top rope. Butcher works over Rhodes’s arm, but Rhodes comes back with a right hand. Butcher kicks Rhodes into the corner, and then slams him shoulder-first into the top turnbuckle. Butcher delivers a shoulder tackle that sends Rhodes to the outside, and then slams his hand down onto the ring steps.
Butcher slams Rhodes’s shoulder into the ring post, and then pulls Rhodes into the ring post and kicks him in the arm. Rhodes gets back into the ring and works him over in the corner. Butcher delivers a back-breaker and follows Rhodes to the floor as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Rhodes drops Butcher with a Code Red and goes for the cover, but Butcher kicks out at two. They exchange kicks and shots, and then Butcher delivers headbutts to Rhodes’s arm. Butcher sends Rhodes off the ropes, but Rhodes comes back with a pair if lariats. Rhodes delivers the drop down uppercut and follows with a series of right hands in the corner. Rhodes delivers a power slam and goes for the cover, but Butcher kicks out again. Butcher ducks a clothesline and drops Rhodes with an arm-drag. Butcher applies a cross-face submission, but Rhodes gets to the ropes. Butcher stomps on Rhodes and sends him off the ropes, but Rhodes ducks and delivers Cross Rhodes. Rhodes delivers the Final Reckoning and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Dustin Rhodes
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Jay White and The Gunns arrive for the family dinner, which is at Billy Gunn’s house. They walk in, and White starts shoving stuff off the counters with a baseball bat. The Gunns throw some stuff in the trash as White says they are just there to check on Billy because no one has heard from him since they beat him down. White says there are no pictures of Anthony Bowens and Max Caster in the house, and then says he and The Gunns are going to take the AEW World Trios Championship from The Acclaimed. White goes to swing the baseball bat at the television, but Billy arrives through the front door. White and The Gunns run out of the house as Billy goes after them.
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The video package for the upcoming match between Best Friends and The Young Bucks airs. The match will take place on next Wednesday’s Dynamite, and will be a quarterfinal match in the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
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Match #2 – Singles Match: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Rose
Purrazzo backs Rose into the corner, but they have a clean break. They lock up, and Purrazzo takes Rose down with a side-headlock take down. Rose gets to her feet and backs Purrazzo into the corner. Rose delivers a few shots, but Purrazzo comes back and slams her down. Purrazzo works over Rose’s arm, and then begins some joint manipulation. Purrazzo takes Rose down and wrenches back on her arm again. Purrazzo goes for the cover, but Rose kicks out. Purrazzo applies a top wrist-lock, but Rose comes back with forearm shots into the ropes. Purrazzo comes back with a Russian leg-sweep and goes for the cover, but Rose kicks out again. Purrazzo delivers a few chops and sends her into the corner. Rose comes back with a back elbow and follows with a few kicks. Purrazzo ducks the last one and delivers a pump kick of her own. Purrazzo delivers an elbow strike and kicks Rose in the face again. Purrazzo locks in Venus De Milo and Rose taps out.
Winner: Deonna Purrazzo
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The video package for the upcoming match between Bryan Danielson and Will Ospreay airs. The match will take place on Sunday, April 21st at Dynasty.
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Toni Storm cuts a promo before the next match. Storm says she has some devastating news and says she is unable to compete due an injured hamstring. Storm says Mariah May will take her place and asks May if she is ready. May says she is, and Storm says to get on with the show.
Match #3 – Singles Match: Mariah May (w/Luther and Toni Storm) vs. Nikita
They lock up and May sends Nikita off the ropes and drops her with a shoulder tackle. Nikita comes back with an arm-drag, but May comes back and slams her down by her hair. May delivers a dropkick and follows with a spinning side slam. May sends Nikita to the outside as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, May is still in control, but Nikita comes back with a right hand. May delivers aright of her own, but Nikita runs the ropes and drops May with a clothesline. Nikita delivers elbow strikes and chops May into the corner. Nikita delivers a corner clothesline and follows with a bulldog for a two count. May comes back with a headbutt and goes for the cover, but Nikita kicks out. May delivers the hip attack in the corner and follows with Mayday for the pin fall.
Winner: Mariah May
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Lexy Nair interviews Zack Knight and Harley Cameron. Knight talks about Angelo Parker and says he is in his head. Knight says he already knows he has Parker beat, but Parker runs in and delivers a few shots to Knight. Knight fights back, but Parker hits him a few times with a lead pipe. Knight gets away, and then Parker sees Ruby Soho and drops the pipe. Soho says she brought Parker into this, but asked him to not go looking for a fight. Soho kisses Parker, and then says she can’t be here for this.
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Match #4 – AEW International Championship Eliminator Match: Roderick Strong (w/Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) vs. Matt Menard
Strong takes Menard down, but Menard comes back and they lock up. Strong takes Menard down again, and then applies a wrist-lock. Strong slaps Menard on the head a few times, but Menard comes back with a few shots to send Strong to the outside. Menard follows him out and delivers shots against the barricade. Menard gets Strong on the apron, but Taven and Bennett distract him. Strong delivers a few shots in the ring, but Menard back back with a back elbow and follows with a diving shoulder tackle as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Strong has Menard in a headlock. Menard fights to his feet, but Strong kicks him in the face and stomps on him. Strong applies a camel clutch, but Menard gets to his feet and delivers a series of right hands. Menard follows with a few clotheslines, and then delivers more right hands in the corner. Menard slams Strong down and goes for the cover, but Strong kicks out at two. Strong comes back with a back-body drop, but Menard gets a roll-up for a two count. Strong comes back with a rib-breaker and goes for the cover, but Menard kicks out. Menard comes back and applies a Boston crab, but Strong gets to the ropes as Taven and Bennett get on the apron. Menard almost sends Strong into Taven, and then delivers a cutter for a two count as Strong gets his foot on the rope. Menard knocks Taven and Bennett off the arpon, but Strong delivers a knee strike and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Roderick Strong
-After the match, Taven and Bennett attack Menard as Strong gets a chair in the ring. Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta come to the ring to make the save. Taven and Bennett get taken out as Strong ducks out of the ring with the title belt. Beretta and Cassidy share a hug, but then The Young Bucks rush the ring and drop them with low blows. The Bucks deliver EVP Triggers to Beretta and Cassidy and leave them lying as the show comes to a close.
