AEW Rampage 2/25/2022

AEW Rampage 2/25/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/aew-rampage-2182022.html

AEW TNT Title - Sammy Guevara (c) vs Andrade El Idolo

No entrances here and the match starts immediately. They both do poses laying on the ropes. Sammy flips him off. He later backflips over him, dropkicks him and takes him outside. Andrade gets in and runs into Sammy for a spanish fly. They fight up top and Sammy goes up on top for a double springboard but gets pushed into the rail on the floor.

During the PiP break, Sammy is suplexed on the ramp. We return and Sammy hits a jumping knee. Andrade goes for a corner knee but ends up on the floor. Sammy then hits a wild tornillo and takes an awful landing. Andrade moves on a 450 and face kicks him. He then goes inside to outside and ddt's Sammy over the middle rope onto the apron. Andrade goes up top and takes an enzugiri then Sammy spanish flies him off the top.

They trade punches on their knees. A turnbuckle pad is taken off then Sammy is hiptossed into another buckle. Andrade's foot is on the rope on a pin attempt and the announcers argue whether Matt Hardy pushed it off or tried to push it more on. Sammy hits a superkick. They fight up top but Sammy drops down and legsweeps Andrade, making his head hit off the exposed steel. Sammy then hits his double springboard cutter and wins it.

They did too much here as usual and I hate when a spanish fly is not used as part of a finish. They did cool stuff, but there wasn't much logic or story to those spots.

Sammy gets nailed by Matt Hardy after then Darby Allin topes Matt super hard to stop him. Isaiah Kassidy gets trapped between Sting and Darby, then he gets punched by Sting and coffin dropped by Darby.

QT Marshall comes out complaining of disrespect. He took credit for Hook's succeess and said Hook needs to come and thank him. He threatened him then Hook came out. QT sent some students to attack him and they were all beaten up. One of the students declined to do so then Hook left.

Ethan Page, Sky and Dan Lambert did an interview. Dan said he wanted Sky to get a title shot then said he was told Sky could qualify for it. Sky didn't like it since he won the face of the revolution ladder match next week. He promised he would get sky a title shot.

Nick Comoroto vs Wardlow

No intros for this. Nick gutwrenches him to start then Wardlow kips up. Wardlow german's him then belly to belly's him. Nick goes for a corner splash and is thrown over the top. We then go to PiP break. Wardlow goes for a powerbomb but is driven back first into the steps.

They trade shots and Wardlow takes him down. They ground and pound each other then Nick hits a slam and an big elbow drop. Nick hits a big suplex. We return from break and Nick gorilla presses him with one hand, but Wardlow gets out and chokeslams him. Wardlow hits a powerbomb after he originally gets reversed then he hits 3 more for the win.

Aaron Solow tried to dive on Ardlow after but got caught. Spears hit Solow with a chair and accidentally hit Wardlow with it some. Shawn Spears said the powerbomb sympathy thing "wasn't getting over". He said Wardlow needs to get back to basics and says no more powerbombs. He then hugs him and says he has so much potential.

This was a good hoss fight and it was a shame it got cut off some by the break. It's also a shame that this was done randomly on Dynamite instead of some big match on a show.

Serena Deeb vs Kayla Sparks

This is Deeb's 5 minute challenge. She nails her with a lariat to start and hit some euro uppercuts. Deeb puts her in a gori special backbreaker over the top buckle, then wrenches on Kayla's neck as she is stuck there. Deeb punishes her leg and beats her with a tequila sunrise in a short squash.

Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker are doing a contract signing. Rosa says the people want a better champ and Britt says Rosa is only relevant when Britt is involved. Britt says she gained more from their No DQ match than Rosa did. She says Rosa will never be a pillar of AEW like she is and says she will never be the face of AEW. Britt says Rosa loves everything about her but hates herself because she will never be her. Britt signs the contract and Rosa dives over the table to nail her. Jamie Hayter then hits her and Mercedes Martinez hits Rebel outside.

Mercedes grabs Jamie by the hair and puts her through the table.

I liked this segment but Rosa did kind of come off a little bad here as everything Britt said was 100% correct and for jumping her for no reason.

Bowens and Cassidy did side by side promos. Caster said Bowens can't be outwrestled and said Cassidy isn't the face of the revolution, but the face of Ellen DeGeneres. Bowens said everyone loves the Acclaimed.

Face of the Revolution Ladder Match – Qualifying Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Anthony Bowens

Max Caster's rap was probably the lamest one he has ever done. OC then got the mic and then put the mic near his feet as he slow kicked Max.

Bowens took a dropkick to start, then OC said "word to your mother", then tope'd him. OC went for a hurricanrana and was smacked face first on the apron from the floor.

We went to a long PiP break and returned. OC did the Acclaimed handshake with Bowens then OC hit a crossbody. Max tripped OC and Bowens superkicked him. Bowens spun OC in circles and did a reverse buckingham drop.

OC hit a snap michinoku driver. OC did a nice corkscrew dive to the outside then came off the top and ddt'd Bowens. OC then did a rotation DDT for 2. Max threw the boombox in and Bowens rolled up OC. Max was going to attack OC on the outside then Danhausen snuck up on him. OC hit an orange punch on him then Bowens to win it.

There was just too much going on here with interference, Danhausen and a long commercial.

Overall thoughts: I liked the Comorto/Wardlow match and Britt was very good but she was too good for being a heel.