AEW Rampage 5/1/2024

AEW Rampage 5/1/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/aew-rampage-4272024.html

NOTE - This show ran over it's allotted time, so I had to download it to see the end. I wish AEW wouldn't do this.

Kenny Omega is stretched out due to the attack from The Elite. FTR help him then The Elite attack FTR. Dax is sent into a rail. One of The Bucks says they love him but it's just business. They say we gotta change the world then knock the stretcher over. 

Jay White vs Dante Martin

Dante runs at him and forearms him. Dante chips him outside and Jay chops him inside. Dante flips over his back then headscissors him over. Dante knocks him off the apron then topes him. Dante flips off the apron and jumping knees Jay. Dante goes for the springboard and is tripped, falling throat first on the ropes. We go to PiP break and return.

Dante hits a dropkick and chops him. Dante springboard crossbodies him for 2. Dante lariats Jay over the top then they go back in. Jay uranages him. Jay hits chops then Dante hits forearms and chops back. Jay eye rakes Dante then double springboard moonsaults Jay for 2.

Jay does a suplex then hits a blade runner. Jay picks up the win.

I have no idea what they are doing with Jay. They keep putting him in these long matches with midcarders where the midcarder gets a ton of offense in before Jay wins. This did not help Jay at all and only made him look like the midcarder he currently is.

Jay holds up Dante's hand after then hits a high angle death rider ddt. Darius and Action Andretti then back Jay off.

Deonna Purrazzo is interviewed. She is asked why she attacked Rosa. She asks when enough is enough. She said she's been at this 12 years and is a 5x world champ. She said it's about time the locker room feels her. She said they can make it personal if Rosa wants. She says she hopes you never find out what happens when you make it personal with a Jersey girl.

Rush does a taped video. He said his family has dominated lucha and said he is the first ever Mexican to become ROH champ. He said he's the most hated man in Mexico. He says he wants respect to his name and is the toro blanco.

Renee interviews Big Bill. Bill says he believes he has all the tools to get to the top. He said he is missing the proper guidance and thinks Jericho's the guy to help him. He says Jericho will take him to the promised land. He asks him to teach him. Jericho walks in. He says Shibata is a great wrestler and said he was able to retain his title against him. Jericho said Bill is right and said he would love to bring him into The Jericho Vortex if he will have him. Bill says he won't regret it. Bill says he won't let him down. Jericho does a cheesy wave to the crowd and says he will be a champ for a long time to come. 

Swerve Strickland does a video. He said Christian chose to tag with him at Wembley because he knows the kind of man he is. He said he's about to remind him who he is. He said they will have a talk and he won't be alone next time.

Kyle O'Reilly vs Rocky Romero

They lock up and stand off after some amateur wrestling. Kyle wristlocks him. Rocky tries to roll through it but is thrown back. Rocky misses a dropkick, ducks a kick and they stand off. Kyle walks over Rocky's back. Rocky jumping hurricanrana's him and goes for the armbar. Kyle turns it into an ankle lock. Rocky ropes him into the rails. Kyle catches him and hits a falcon arrow into an armbar on the floor.

We go to PiP break and return. They trade kicks to the body.  Kyle and Rocky trade forearms. Rocky jumping knees Kyle then Kyle rebound lariats him. Rocky is put up top then Rocky hits a shiranui off the top for 2. Kyle hit a knee to the body, an axe kick and a forearm. Kyle goes for the kimura then Rocky armbars him. Rocky rolls onto him for a pin attempt. Kyle takes a backslide for 2.

Rocky kimura's Kyle then Kyle rolls him up and wins it.

It was a straight, no frills wrestling match here. It was fine but not the most exciting thing ever.

Saraya and Harley Cameron are interviewed. Saraya says Mariah May's perfroamnce was disastrous. Harley calls Toni Storm "Tiny Storm". Saraya says losers breed losers. I think Harley challenges Toni to a match on Dynamite.

This wasn't good.

Roderick Strong, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett are interviewed. Taven talks about Strong being neckstrong. Strong says Will Ospreay better resurrect the tiger driver '91 as he is dealing with The Messiah. He saysWill will fall to The Messiah of The Backbreaker.

TBS Title - Manitoba Massacre - Willow Nightingale (c) vs Skye Blue

Willow hits her with a trash can lid to start. Skye is thrown into the rails then Willow lariats her over them. Willow clubs on Skye's back then Skye's head is banged off the hockey boards. They fight in the crowd and Willow's head is banged off the top of the rail. Skye jumps off the rails and is hit with a chair for 2.

Skye is put in a chair. Willow chops her. Skye moves and Willow cannonballs the chair.

Willow hits her with a trash can lid. Skye then hits her with it. They go back inside. Skye foot chokes her and is busted open. Willow slams Skye on an unfolded chair and throws more chairs in. Skye superkicks Willow then Willow pounces her on the floor. Skye throws a chair at Willow's head then superkicks her.

Skye pulls thumbtacks out and pours them in the ring. Skye throws a chair at Willow's head then Willow fisherman suplexes Skye and herself into the tacks. Skye is slammed onto a chair. Willow top rope moonsaults but lands only on chairs as Skye moved.

Skye pulls out a barbed wire board and puts it on a table. Willow hits a wild doctor bomb off the apron onto a barbed wire table and Willow wins it.

It was a good hardcore match with the two going into tacks, landing on chairs and going through a barbed wire table. They showed a lot of aggression here and Skye bled which made it seem more brutal. The finish was really brutal looking with Skye really landing hard on the table.

Overall thoughts: There were only 3 matches here. Jay/Dante went look and got Jay under as he couldn't put the midcarder away easy. Rocky/Kyle was a pure wrestling match and the main was a brutal hardcore match. It was good overall.