AEW Rampage Results
November 4, 2022
Jim Whalen Boardwalk (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Results by: Jerome Wilen of Wrestleview.com
We go live to the Jim Whalen Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey with Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Jim Ross and WWE Hall of Famer Mike Tyson on commentary.
Mike Tyson is introduced to a big ovation from the Atlantic City Crowd. We go to a video package of Shibata past history of a head injury where the doctors said he may not be able to wrestle again.
Shibata comes out to a good ovation. Orange Cassidy comes out with Best Friends and Danhausen to a huge ovation.
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
The bell rings and here we go. Shibata looks intense. Cassidy has his hands in his pockets as Shibata gets Cassidy in a headlock take down. Now Cassidy has Shibata in a headlock. Shibata gets out of the headlock. Shibata goes to the floor and Cassidy dives onto Shibata who on the floor. Cassidy sends Shibata into the guard rail. Shibata comes back with a big boot on Cassidy and tosses Cassidy into the guard rail. Shibata rolls back into the ring, but then rolls back to the floor as the fight is on now on the floor. Both men roll back into the ring as we go to a commercial break.
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Back from the break Cassidy puts his hands in is pockets and hits a drop kick on Shibata in the corner. Shibata grabs Cassidy foot and takes him down with a heel trip. Shibata stops on Cassidy and then mocks Cassidy and kicks him in the face. Cassidy stands up looking angry, then sits down in the ring. Shibata then sits down in front of Shibata. Both men mock each other until Shibata hits Cassidy across the jaw. Cassidy is down in the corner. Shibata hits Cassidy with a running drop kick and then goes for the pin, but only gets a two! Cassidy then picks up Shibata with a suplex, but Shibata comes back and lands on his feet as both men then take each other down as they exchanged palm strikes. Cassidy then kicks Shibata in the chest, but Shibata comes back with a big leaping elbow strike to take Cassidy down. Shibata has Cassidy locked up with an abdominal stretch. Cassidy falls back and gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Shibata picks up Cassidy, but he counters by dropping Shibata. Shibata comes back and hits a death valley driver on Cassidy. Shibata attempts a stunner on Cassidy, but Cassidy counters with a beach break and goes for the pin, but Shibata kicks out at two! Cassidy hits an Orange Punch but Shibata comes back, but Cassidy counters and hits a second orange punch for the win!
WINNER AND STILL AEW ALL-ATLANTIC CHAMPION: ORANGE CASSIDY
After the match both men shake hands as Cassidy puts sunglasses on Shibata. Mike Tyson leaves the commentary table as he was only a guest for the first match.
We go to a backstage with Lexi Nair talking to Toni Storm. Storm tells Jamie Hayter she will need to take responsibility for her actions, especially at Full Gear.
Jerome’s thoughts: The opening match was typical Orange Cassidy comedy. Both men worked a good match. Cassidy is over with the fans. The upper deck of the venue is either empty or has scattered fans. The lighting in the upper level is very dark. Tyson was not bad on commentary.
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Back from the break Lexi Nair is backstage with BCC. Claudio says he draws the line when Chris Jericho attacks commentators. Bryan Danielson then says he brought prestige to the ROH title and asks Jericho for one more opportunity and tells Jericho he will stomp his face. William Regal then says for Jericho to make his choice.
Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter vs. Madison Rayne & Skye Blue
The bell rings and Hayter who is locked up with Rayne, is sent to the corner where Blue is able to tag in. Hayter charges after Blue who moves out of the way. Blue takes down Hayter and goes for the pin, but only gets a two. Hayter picks up Blue and drops her on the ropes. Hayter then runs over and knocks Rayne off the apron as we go to a commercial break.
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Back from the break, Blue hits Hayter with a thrust kick. Baker is tagged in and then Blue tags in Rayne. Rayne then hits a cutter on Baker. Rayne covers Baker, but only gets a two. Hayter comes in and nails Rayne, followed by Blue from behind who takes down Hayter. Baker hits a rip cord elbow strike on Blue. Rayne then nails Baker and she goes down. Bayter then nails a rip cord lariat on Rayne and gets the pin.
WINNERS BY PINFALL: BRITT BAKER AND JAMIE HAYTER
After the match, Baker grabs a mic and talks about redefining what a bully is and trash talks Toni Storm. Rebel comes down but Storm takes her out. Storm then takes out Baker. Storm enters the ring and beats on Hayter. Storm puts Hayter into a Texas Clover Leaf. Baker then nails Storm with a blindside shot to head. Baker picks up Hayter and hands her the interim Women’s title as they trash talk Storm who is out. Hayter then kisses the title.
Jerome’s thoughts: Bathroom break match. Baker is better than this and it seems like she was just tossed into this to further the build for Hayter vs. Storm at Full Gear.
We go to a backstage with Tony Schiavone interviewing Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara. Schiavone tells Jericho to quit attacking commentators. Jericho says he doesn’t think the BCC doesn’t like each and he says he will take both Bryan Danielson and Claudio and then challenges BCC to a four way with himself and Guevara. He then tells Guevara in the end he will do the right thing and leaves. Guevara looks perplexed.
Ricky Starks is introduced. He is in the ring with a mic as the fans begin to chant his name. He says he sees every week online, people want to see him. He says that the people knows he can deliver and he is good and that he can do the pose. He then says he likes the people too. He then says in the new tournament there are six questions people want to know and he has answer to one of them and that he entering himself into the Eliminator Championship Tournament. He then said he will make sure he holds AEW on his bareback. He says he will walk out of Full Gear the new number one contender for the AEW Championship. He says that he respects Jon Moxley. He then says what would happen if he faced MJF and that he is Ricky Freakin’s Starks.
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Jerome’s thoughts: The crowd seemed engaged but still seems mostly flat. I don’t know if its what looks like an upper level empty venue or booking for tonight’s show that isn’t very exciting.
Back from the break, Tony Schiavone is with Sammy Guevara who doesn’t want to talk about the prior interview with Jericho. He said when he worked at Subway, he watched Bryan Danielson and challenges him to a two out of three falls match for Dynamite.
We go backstage with Mark Henry interviewing The Embassy and WarJoe. Wardlow dares Powerhouse Hobbs to attack him from behind again and then walks off.
AEW TNT Champion Wardlow and ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe (WardJoe) vs. The Gates of Agony (Kaun & Toa Liona w/ Prince Nana)
The rings and as Warldow goes after The Gates of Agony, they retreat to the outside. Kaun in back in the ring and slaps Wardlow, who comes back and nails him with a clothesline. Wardlow tags in Joe. Kaun then tags in Liona. Joe and Liona lock up. Joe comes back with punches to the face and Liona goes down. He comes back and nails Joe with kicks to the ribs. Joe then comes back hits Liona with a leaping kick. Leona comes back and bites the ear of Joe. He hold his ear and gets nailed by Kaun.
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Back from the break attempts to fight off Kaun. Joe takes down Kaun and gets the tag on Wardlow who comes in and tosses Kaun. Liona comes in and Wardlow grabs him and nails him with a German Suplex. Wardlow then spikes Kuan and covers him, but Liona breaks up the pin. On the outside Joe has Liona in a sleeper on the outside. Prince Nana then jumps on the apron as Wardlow nails him. Kuan then attempts to hit Wardlow, but he counters and picks up Kuan and drops him with four powerbombs and then covers Kuan with his boot to get the pin.
WINNERS BY PINFALL: WARDJOE
After the match, Powerhouse Hobbs music hits as Hobbs trash talks Wardlow from the ramp. Warldow pushes Joe out of the way to. Hobbs makes it clear he wants the TNT Championship as the show goes off the air.
Jerome’s thoughts: For a live show, this certainly lacked any pizzazz. The crowd seemed mostly flat throughout the night. Last week’s show was much better. Tonight’s show felt like a glorified episode of Dark. Tony Khan need to yes do more live episodes of Rampage, but if he keeps booking it like he did tonight, the ratings will still stay very low.
Tony Khan needs to turn over the booking and creative to someone he can trust, or get extra help. It’s showing he is obviously getting burned out and needs a break from the booking and storyline writing.