AEW Rampage 1/13/2023

AEW Rampage 1/13/2023

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/aew-rampage-172023.html

AEW TNT Title - Darby Allin vs Juice Robinson

Darby took a brutal back body drop over the top rope and nearly did a header on the apron. Darby was then thrown into the rails and steps and Juice got a little more in before Darby hit a top rope coffin drop and won it. This was very slow and tame by Darby's standards and I have to assume he got injured over the last week due to how tame this was.

Sting came out after.

Powerhouse Hobbs says the phoenix rose from the ashes, but he took its head and is spreading the ashes over everyone he hurts in AEW. Like usual, I liked this segment and wished everyone did more of these.

The Acclaimed came out for their Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony. They had to do this twice as Max messed his rap up, though they only aired the 2nd take here. They went to put their hands in the wet cement then The Gunn's came out. They said they aren't stars and are only popular because they stole their dad from them. They said they deserve a Walk of Fame instead. Billy agreed and said they could then the Gunn's had their pants pulled down and had their butts pushed into the cement.

Mogul Affiliates were interviewed. Swerve had some rappers with him and said they would be the most violent, gruesome group we've ever seen in 2023.

The House of Black vs Ortiz and Eddie Kingston

Ortiz went even with strikes with Brody early then Eddie got in and demanded Malakai Black come in too. Eddie hit a big chop on Black then they each missed on spinning shots and sat down and talked trash with each other. We went to PiP break and returned with Brody hitting a cannonball in the corner on Eddie. Eddie and Ortiz argued during the break over a tag and Eddie hit a major german on Brody, dropping him on his head. Eddie passed over tagging in Ortiz then Eddie hit an exploder on Black for 2.

Black hit a nice jumping knee then knee'd Ortiz as he jumped off the top. Eddie hit a backdrop and a lariat for 2. Brody was knocked out of the ring off a uraken then Buddy Matthews and Julia Hart ran down to interfere. Julia interrupted Eddie and was almost hit with a chair. Ortiz stepped in and yelled at him over nearly hitting him then Black spin kicked Eddie. Black pushed out Ortiz and got the win.

Nothing wrong with this. They went for the story of Ortiz/Eddie having issues and furthered that here. Buddy grabbed Ortiz after then Black touched him and told him he did good.

Jade Cargill was interviewed with Leila Gray. She said Red Velvet was jealous that Leila was better. Jade said she's coming up on her 50th win and will get it without Red Velvet.

Paul Walter Hauser, a Golden Globe winner, came out with Renee in the ring. He said he loves wrestling and put his heart and soul into acting. He said if he has the chance, he always bypasses Connecticut (WWE) for Jacksonville (AEW), because in AEW, you never know what's gonna happen. Danhausen then came out. He said he won an award too - the #1 merchandise seller in AEW. He said he wasn't given a trophy though and wanted Paul's trophy. Paul asked if this award should be named Golden Globehausen then Jeff Jarrett and his crew came out.

Paul told JJ this is his turf and they aren't in Memphis. He said JJ looks like a woman who owns a Crunch Fitness and never plays his guitar. He then said his friends dressed like they were ready for a homeschool prom. Paul was then hit and then got nailed with a guitar. Lethal then took the Golden Globe and went to hit Danhausen with it when Best Friends came out. 

Ruby, Willow, Tay and Anna talked trash to each other. Tay said she lived the streets in Brazil and Anna talked about choking the Bunny with barbed wire. Ruby said they would end this.

There was no pre-match interview with Mark Henry.

Streetfight - Anna Jay and Tay Melo vs Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale

TayJay were jumped during their entrances and beaten up on the stage. Ruby was rolled down the ramp then Tay went into the rails while Ruby was sent into the apron and post. Ruby had her head banged off the table/ringbell then was thrown into the stairs. Willow and Tay both hit their heads off the top rope and Ruby had her head put in a trash can. Tay then double stomped the trash can from the apron, busting Ruby open.

We went to PiP break and we had 2x2 rows of chairs. The girls forearmed each other while sitting them and Willow was superkicked out of the chair. Willow hit trash can shots on Anna then was nailed hard with a blindside forearm. Tay hit Willow with a kendo stick and then Willow took a gori special onto a trash can. Tay got barbed wire then Anna did a barbed wire sleeper on Willow. Ruby hit Anna in the head with a chain then Tay hit her with a trash lid.

We had a tower of doom spot with Tay getting landed on and everyone falling on chairs. The spot made no sense as Willow  got her own partner suplexed. Anna got busted open and took a botched throw into the bottom rope. Tay hit Willow with a chair then took a spinebuster. Willow cannonballed a trash lid into Anna for 2. Anna then took a sick death valley driver on the apron.

Willow and Anna fought on the ramp then Anna was powerbombed off the ramp onto the floor after the table was missed. Tay hit a gotch-style pileriver off the apron through a table on Ruby but of course, it was only worth 2. Tay brought out thumbtacks and Ruby threw a handful of tacks into Tay's face. Tay then took a blade runner into the tacks for the Ruby Soho victory.

What do you even say about this? It was violent and stiff. The girls did their usual screwing up with Anna nearly getting killed off the ramp powerbomb to the floor and Ruby hurting herself off of a kick on the floor. We had stuff that made no sense like Willow powerbombing her own partner out of the tower of doom spot and we had some horribly bad selling with apron death valley drivers and Ruby not being finished with a piledriver through a table. And we had lots of Tay Melo booty creepshots. It kept my attention, but this could have been done better and a lot more safely.

Overall thoughts: This was quite a diverse show. Juice/Darby was slow and un-Darbylike. The House of Black tag made sense and told a story and the girls streetfight was a lot of different things. I also did like the Gunns segment. Definitely make sure to check out the main.