AEW Rampage live results: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Rey Fenix
Powerhouse Hobbs will defend the TNT title for the first time as he faces Rey Fenix on Friday's St. Patrick's Day Slam edition of AEW Rampage.
Fenix answered Hobbs' open challenge on Wednesday after Hobbs defeated Wardlow for the title last week.
The show will air late on Friday night following NCAA men's basketball tournament coverage on TNT.
Days after debuting on Dynamite in a staredown with TBS Champion Jade Cargill, Taya Valkyrie will make her promotional in-ring debut against Ava Lawless.
After the events of Wednesday's Trios title match main event, the House of Black's Brody King will take on Daniel Garcia of the Jericho Appreciation Society in their first-ever singles meeting.
Matt Menard & Angelo Parker of the JAS will take on the returning Bollywood Boyz as Parker & Menard look ahead to a future match with The Acclaimed. Both teams wrestled several times against each other in WWE NXT.
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Taped in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, it's St. Patrick's Day Slam!
Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight were on commentary.
Rampage airing 2 hours later than usual after Jungle Boy kinda buried the show on Dynmaite isn't the best look.
Powerhouse Hobbs (w/QT Marshall & the "QTV Crew") vs. Rey Fenix (w/ Alex Abrahantes) for the TNT Championship (about 14:00)
The “QTV crew” was Aaron Solo in a powder blue blazer, and the unidentified girl from the QTV segment on Wednesday was taking a video of the match with her cell phone. Fenix took to the air early and knocked Hobbs off his feet with a quebrada. Hobbs caught Fenix with an overcomplicated powerslam for a near fall. On the floor, Hobbs whipped Fenix into the ringside barricade. Back in the ring, Hobbs whipped Fenix into the turnbuckle and stepped on his throat. Hobbs hit a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Hobbs clamped on a nerve hold while the match went to break.
After the break, Fenix fought out of the nerve hold with kicks. Fenix tried to run the ropes, but Hobbs yanked him into a powerslam for a near fall. Fenix tried for a german suplex, but Hobbs elbowed out of it. Fenix hit the german suplex on the second attempt and got a near fall. Fenix hit a cutter for a near fall. Fenix walked across the top rope and hit a plack kick on Hobbs, but Hobbs came back and pounced Fenix into the corner. Hobbs hit the spinebuster for another near fall. Fenix hit a pair of hook kicks and both men were down.
Fenix recovered first and hit the frog splash for a near fall. Fenix hit three superkicks and tried for another rolling cutter, but Hobbs caught him with a spinebuster. Hobbs then hit the Town Business and got the pinfall.
After the match, QT Marshall gave Abrahantes the Diamond Cutter.
– Adam Cole cut a prmo about his return match on March 29th. His opponent is still unknown.
– Stu Grayson cut a promo from the hospital where Evil Uno was recovering from the concussion, suffered at the hands of Jon Moxley. Grayson is back in AEW and he challenged Jon Moxley for Dynamite Wednesday.
Taya Valkyrie defeated Ava Lawless (1:17)
Valkyrie won after an ugly spear and her version of the Jaded Slam. After the match, Jade Cargill and her entourage took notes on Valkyrie.
– A vignette of Matt Hardy & Ethan Page trained Stokley Hathaway for his match next week against Hook.
Matt Menard & Angelo Parker defeated The Bollywood Boyz (5:41 aired)
During the match, it’s announced that Powerhouse Hobbs will defend his TNT Title against Christopher Daniels at the house show in Troy, Ohio tomorrow night.
Practically the whole match took place during the split screen break. After the break, one of the Bollywood Boys got the hot tag, but was quickly finished off with a double-team implant DDT.
– Don Callis greeted Konosuke Takeshita with flowers and a Japanese drummer when he arrived at the Winnipeg airport.
– A 30 second video package hyped up Wednesday’s match between Kenny Omega and El Hilo Del Vikingo.
On Dynmiate Wednesday:
Jon Moxley v. Stu Grayson Toni Storm v. Skye BlueThe Gunn Club v. Top Flight for the World Tag TitlesHook v. Stokley Hathaway Kenny Omega v. El Hilo Del Vikinko
Daniel Garcia (w/ Chris Jericho) defeated Brody King (w/ Julia Hart) (12:22)
Garcia kept running away from King, until Garcia caught King with a dropkick to the knee. King caught Garcia with an avalanche in the corner and a hard chop, and Garcia dropped to the floor to flirt with Julia Hart. She was unimpressed, and King whipped Garcia into the ringaside barricades. King set up on a chair and hit a crossbody. Garcia tripped up King and sent him headfirst into the ring stairs.
After a commercial break (during which Garcia dominated), King hit a black hole slam and a piledriver for a pair of near falls. King chopped Garica so hard in the corner that even Jericho was selling them. King hit a cannonball in the corner for a near fall. Garcia countered another piledriver attempt by clipping King’s leg, then went for a sleeper. King escaped and hit a discus lariat. Garcia escaped a gonzo bomb and Garica went for a Bost… er, Walls of Jericho to pop the crowd. Garcia forced a rope break. Jericho popped King with his bat behind the ref’s back, and Garcia locked in a Dragon Sleeper to get the KO victory.
Final Thoughts:
This show felt two hours long, and not in a good way.