In a rematch from nearly two weeks ago, the Young Bucks & Hangman Page will take on Dark Order on tonight's 100th episode of AEW Rampage.
Page, Matt & Nick Jackson defeated John Silver, Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno on last week's Dynamite but the Dark Order declined to help Page and the Bucks in a post-match attack from the Blackpool Combat Club.
The show will feature two matches in the eight-team Blind Eliminator tournament with the two winning teams moving onto next Wednesday's semifinals on Dynamite.
In one, Jeff Jarrett & Matt Hardy will team for the first time since 2011 in Impact Wrestling as they face Jericho Appreciation Society's Daniel Garcia & Sammy Guevara. In the other, Brian Cage & Big Bill will team for the first time ever against Matt Sydal & Trent Beretta.
Former AEW Women's Champion Hikaru Shida will face Marina Shafir for the second time ever.
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Taped in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it's Rampage 100!
Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, and Chris Jericho were on commentary.
The Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno) defeated The Young Bucks & Adam Page (12:54).
There was no follow-up from the end of Dynamite Wednesday and how it led to this match.
Matt and Page hit a pair of dives early on the floor. In the ring, Matt Jackson gave Reynolds the locomotion Northern Lights suplex. Page followed that up with the powerbomb into the Bucks corner, who added a pair of enziguris to the back of Reynolds's head. Ricky Business from the Bucks got two. Uno pulled the ropes open on Matt Jackson, and he fell to the floor and took a beating from Uno and Silver on the outside.
Silver caught Matt Jackson with a brainbuster for a near fall during the split-screen break. After the split-screen break, Jackson fought out of a back superplex attempt and dove onto Uno and Silver on the floor. He got the hot tag to Page. Page slipped on a springboard lariat attempt, but managed to still hit Uno with a lariat. Page gave Silvera fallaway slam and hit a plancha on Reynolds on the floor.
Page hit a top rope lariat on Reynolds for a near fall. Uno hit Page with a boot on the apron, and Sliver and Reynolds caught Page to set the move up again. But, the Young Bucks took them out with superkicks. Page gave Uno a boot to the floor, and then two followed that up with a shooting star press to the floor while the Bucks held Uno. Back in the ring, Page hit Reynolds with a lariat and Matt Jackson came off the top with an elbow for two.
The Bucks went for the Meltzer Driver, but Reynolds escaped. Silver and Reynolds tried to set up Matt for their rapid-fire finish, but Nick broke that up. The Bucks hit the Meltzer Diver on Reynolds for two. Tags were made on both sides to Page and Uno. Uno hit a boot, but Page came back with a lariat. Silver caught Page with a german suplex, but the Bucks ran in with superkicks for everybody.
The Bucks held Uno open for the Buckshot Lariat, but Silver and Reynolds kept Page from hitting the move. The Bucks took them out with dives to the floor. Page went for the Buckshot, but Uno pulled the ref in the way. Then, Konosuke Takeshita came out of the crowd to distract the referee. Uno hit Page with a low blow, and Claudio Castignoli ran in with an uppercut. Uno rolled up Page for the upset pin.
After the match, the Dark Order were more than happy to get out of the way of Castignoli and Takeshita, who entered the ring with steel chairs. Kenny Omega ran in with his own chair to chase off the BCC.
– A QTV segment recapping their recent successes. Harley Cameron still thinks she and Anthony Bowens will make a great couple, and Johnny TV kicked a perfectly good MP3 player into the trash to show how much he hates the Acclaimed’s music. He couldn’t just delete the tracks?
Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia vs. Matt Hardy & Jeff Jarrett (w/ Jarrett’s Oddities) to advance in the Blind Eliminator Tournament (7:38 aired).
Guevara came to the ring slapping hands with the crowd like a babyface. The winners of this match will face the Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin pairing on Dynamite Wednesday.
Hardy and Garcia started the match with a dance vs. “Delete!” off. There was a dueling chant for Karen Jarrett. Some of the fans loved her, and some did not.
Jarrett gave Guevara a hiptoss and then did the Fargo Strut. Guevara came back with a dropkick that sent Jarrett to the floor. Guevara went for a dive on Jarrett, but Jarrett pulled Jay Lethal in the way and he took the bump.
After a commercial, Hardy sent Garcia headfirst into all of the turnbuckles in one corner of the ring. A pull up-sit out powerbomb from Hardy got a near fall. Hardy hit a splash mountain out of the corner for another near fall. Hardy went for the Twist of Fate, but Garcia escaped and got the tag to Guevara.
Sonjay Dutt distracted the referee, and Lethal slid Jarrett’s guitar into the ring for Hardy. Hardy kicked it away, then walked into the GTH from Guevara. Garcia got the blind tag and got the pin, sending his team to the semi-finals.
After the match, Jarrett’s crew jumped Matt Hardy. Brother Zay tried to make the save, but he was overwhelmed and disposed of by Satnam Singh. Ethan Page ran in and evened the odds up enough to chase the heels away. I hope this is a genuine turn from Page.
Hikaru Shida defeated “The Problem” Marina Shafir (3:31)
Jericho put over Shafir as one of Ronda Rousey’s “Four Horsewomen.” Shafir dumped Shida out of a torture rack for a near fall. Shida came back with a series of forearms and a sliding knee for a near fall. Shida missed a dropkick off the top. Sharif went for an ankle lock, but Shida escaped, hit a kick, and landed the falcon arrow for another near fall. Katana kick got Shida the pinfall.
– Renee Paquette interviewed Kris Statlander, who has already defended her TBS title six times. Statlander is “the defeater of the undefeated,” which she and Paquette believe would make a really good t-shirt. Statlander ends with, “Kris Stat is where it’s at.” I think that would also make a very good shirt!
Big Bill & Brian Cage defeated Trent Beretta & Matt Sydal to advance in the Blind Eliminator Tournament. (12:24)
The winners here will face MJF and Adam Cole on Dynamite Wednesday, where I hope everyone will continue to learn about friendship from Max and Cole.
Beretta sent Big Bill to the floor with a leverage move over the ropes. Beretta tried to follow him out with a dive, but Bill caught him and chokeslammed him onto the ring apron. Bill slammed him back-first into the ring post, then tossed him to the floor. Bill played up his cocky heel persona and it was great.
During the split-screen break, Cage and Bill took turns tossing Beretta around the ring. Once the commercial ended, Beretta hit Cage with a spinning DDT and got the hot tag to Sydal. Sydal took Cage down with a series of kicks. Cage hit a kick of his own and went for the Drill Claw, but Sydal countered it into a hurricanrana for a near fall.
Sydal cut off Bill when he tried to interfere, and Beretta ran to hold Bill open for a kneedrop off the top from Sydal. Beretta followed up with a sliding kneedrop. Then Cage floored them both with a double lariat.
The fight went to the floor, and Cage tossed Sydal into the crowd. Beretta hit Cage with a spear, and Sydal came off the barricade with a meteora on Big Bill.
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Back in the ring, Beretta and Sydal came off the top rope on Bill and Cage, but Bill hit Beretta with a black hole slam and Cage hit Sydal with a jackhammer. They went for a double pin but only got two. Cage and Bill accidentally clotheslined each other, and Beretta hit Bill with a half-and-half. Sydal came off the top with a meteora, but Cage caught him and tossed him into the turnbuckles. Cage set up Sydal for a powerbomb off the top, but Beretta popped up and German suplexed Page off the top rope! Beretta followed up with a piledriver, and Sydal came off the top with a meteora on Cage for another near fall.
Sydal and Beretta gave Bill a double superkick, but Bill shrugged it off and gave them a double clothesline. Cage and Bill fished off Sydal with an awesome double-team move: Cage held up Sydal for a powerbomb, and Bill killed him with a stiff lariat to get the pinfall.
Bill and Cage will now face MJF & Adam Cole in the semi-finals of the Blind Eliminator Tournament.
This was a great main event.
Final Thoughts: There was more star power in the opening match than in the last month of Rampage. They should do that more often. If you DVR'd this show, it's worth checking out.