AEW Rampage Notes: Young Bucks defeat Aussie Open, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match added to Dynamite

February 24, 2023 John Kleinchester NEWS, Show Reports
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February 24, 2023

Footprint Center – Phoenix, AZ

By: John Kleinchester

Rampage began immediately with The Young Bucks taking on Aussie Open. The foursome had a competitive match in front of a hot crowd. At one point the lights went out and came back on allowing Aussie Open to hit the Coriolis for a big near fall. The Young Bucks recovered and scored the win with the BTE Trigger. After the match, the lights went out again; this time, all four House of Black members surrounded the ring. As they were about to enter the ring, the lights went out again and the foursome disappeared. 

Lexi Nair interviewed Best Friends about them having another shot to get into the Revolution Tag Team title match next week on Dynamite in the Casino Battle Royale. Big Bill & Lee Moriarty jumped them and left them laying with The Gunns laughing and coaxing them on.

After the break, Orange Cassidy and Danhausen were checking on Best Friends and Bryce Remsburg informed them it was The Gunns, Big Bill, and Lee Moriarty. The announce team focused on whether or not Best Friends would still be able to compete this week on Dynamite.

Next up was Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm which saw Saraya distracting Willow allowing Storm to hit the Storm Zero for the win. After the match, Saraya and Storm were about to use the spray paint on Willow when Ruby Soho ran out and chased them off. Jamie Hayter and Dr. Britt Baker intercepted them on the entrance ramp and the four brawled into the back leaving Ruby to raise Willow’s hand in the ring.

An Acclaimed interview from last Wednesday after Dynamite was shown with The Acclaimed being jumped by Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh. 

A video package highlighting Jade Cargill was shown where she said “your favorite should be begging me for a match”. 

Next out was the returning Lance Archer and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Archer decimated Bryce Saturn and won with a lariat in under two minutes. 

A promo package was shown with Dustin Rhodes and Keith Lee challenging Swerve Stickland and the Mogul Affiliates for a match at the Cow Palace in San Francisco next week.

The Firm backstage interview video was shown where Stokely Hathaway announced that Matt Hardy would be taking on Hook this week on Dynamite. Matt and Isiah Kassidy coyly added that if Hook somehow beats Hardy, he would not only get a match against Stokely but The Firm would be banned from ringside and the match would be no DQ as well. The announce team added that this match would be for the FTW Championship as well.

The main event saw Sammy Guevara defeating Action Andretti via GTH after Daniel Garcia clotheslined Andretti off the ropes behind the referee’s back. 

Announced for Dynamite Next Week in San Francisco, CA:

  • Face of the Revolution Ladder Match: Action Andretti, Sammy Guevara, Konosuke Takeshita, Ortiz, Komander, Powerhouse Hobbs, Eddie Kingston, AR Fox (with Samoa Joe on commentary)
  • All-Atlantic Championship: Orange Cassidy vs. Big Bill
  • FTW Championship: Hook vs. Matt Hardy
  • Chris Jericho vs. “Pretty” Peter Avalon
  • Toni Storm vs. Riho

AEW Rampage Results:

  • The Young Bucks over Aussie Open in 16:14
  • Toni Storm over Willow Nightingale in 7:59
  • Lance Archer over Bryce Saturn in 1:47
  • Sammy Guevara over Action Andretti in 10:07
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