AEW Rampage Live Coverage - December 17th, 2021

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AEW Rampage

This Friday night, the CHAOS contingent aims to show The Elite quartet that no one is untouchable, not even them, and that no one gets away with threatening the van or Sue. Actions have consequences; on RAMPAGE, it may be time for The SuperKliq and “The Infamous” to experience them!


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– Commentators Excalibur, Taz & FTW Champion Ricky Starks welcome fans to AEW Rampage! We kick things off with an eight-man tag team match!

The Young Bucks, Adam Cole & Bobby Fish (w/Brandon Cutler) vs. Best Friends & Rocky Romero (w/Wheeler Yuta)

Chuck Taylor and Matt Jackson kick things off. Matt wastes no time with striking offense that sends Taylor to the corner. Taylor fires back with a back elbow and a standing sliced bread for a two-count on Matt. Here comes “The King of Sneaky Style” Rocky Romero and Bobby Fish. Romero connects a dropkick on Fish that flings him towards the corner. Romero tags in Orange Cassidy. Cassidy and Romero join forces with a clothesline takedown. And here comes Adam Cole, Bay Bay! Cole stalls and decides it’s not worth his time to face Cassidy, so he tags Nick Jackson instead.

Cassidy takes to the ropes with walks across the top rope with ease. Nick goes for a ride with an arm drag followed by a monkey flip. All hell breaks loose after that, as Cole and The Young Bucks outnumber Cassidy in the ring. The Super Elite fling Trent neck-first onto the apron. They head back into the ring to plant a triple superkick just as we head to picture-in-picture.

Bobby Fish returns and levels Cassidy with a plethora of strikes. Fish cuts the ring off from Cassidy. He connects a senton before tagging Matt Jackson back in.

We’re back to full screen. The Young Bucks, with combination offense, still can’t keep Cassidy from tagging the pinfall loss. Chuck Taylor and Rocky Romero drag The Bucks from out of the ring while Cole has Cassidy locked in a camel clutch. Cassidy escapes and looks for anyone on his team to take over. No one is on the apron. Cassidy eats a big running knee strike. Luckily, Trent returns to the apron to grab a tag. Trent charges in with a double clothesline on The Bucks, a seton on Cole and a spear on Brandon Culter. Despite all that ferocious offense, they’re still alive in this match after a near-fall count.

Nick Jackson sweeps Trent from off the top. His neck whiplashed onto the top turnbuckle. The Young Bucks connect a superkick, Cole with kneecap brainbuster and Fish with a dive still can’t keep Trent down, who kicks out at two. Fish hopes his avalanche falcon arrow will do the trick. Nope! Cassidy comes in and makes the save on Trent. Romero side steps with a heel kick and dive on Cole to the outside. In the ring, Matt eats an Orange Punch from Cassidy. Trent sends Fish down and out with Strong Zero to capture the pinfall victory!

Winners: Best Friends & Rocky Romero

– We return from the commercial break to hear what the returning Dan Lambert has to say.

– Back in from the break, we see Dan Lambert along with The Men of the Year -- "All Ego" Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky -- standing on each side of him.

The American Top Team founder goes on to bring up AEW President Tony Khan, claiming that he's in between worlds with everything he has going on in AEW and with the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL franchise that he owns.

Lambert then brings up Khan's promise to run AEW like a fan and make the company one where those who succeed and thrive do so based strictly on their own merit. He then mentions how that's not how things turned out as well.

After he rants for a bit longer, he is interrupted by Cody Rhodes. "The American Nightmare" quickly heads down to the ring. He gets inside the squared circle and approaches Lambert, Page and Sky, pausing for a moment to let the crowd react.

We see Cody reach out and snatch the microphone out of the hand of Lambert. Lambert quickly snatches it right back from the hands of Cody. A few seconds later, a big brawl breaks out and quickly the numbers disadvantage plays against Cody, as Page and Sky beat him down.

Dustin Rhodes sprints down to the ring and tries to lend a helping hand to his brother. Instead, he joins Cody on the mat getting attacked by The Men of the Year. Finally, Sammy Guevara runs down to make the save.

The TNT Champion heads to the top-rope and does a double jump moonsault onto Page and Sky. He clears the ring of the heels and stands tall as the crowd roars with approval in the background.

– In a taped video package, we hear from the four finalists (Ruby Soho, Nyla Rose, Jade Cargill and Thunder Rosa) before they do battle for a shot to become the inaugural TBS Women’s Champion.

Submission Match: Tay Conti (w/Anna Jay) vs. Penelope Ford (w/The Bunny)

Tay Conti charges down to the ring raining down lefts and rights on Penelope Ford. Conti locks in a kneebar on Ford. The Bunny helps Ford reach the ropes for a break. On the outside, Ford drives Conti into the ring post but slams her hand right into the ring post after Conti dodges a chop. Ford breaks free from a triangle choke. Ford locks Conti’s arm and leg up. Conti transitions with elbow shots.

Conti starts to wrench on Ford’s arm. The Bunny jumps up on the apron to distract Conti. Anna Jay heads on over to see what trick The Bunny has up her sleeve and tries to prevent any more distractions. Ford ensnares a dragon sleeper. Conti scoots to the ropes. Here come the pump kicks from Conti. Conti holds Ford in an arm catcher choke in the center of the ring. Ford has nowhere to go and decides to tap. Conti owns the submission victory.

Winner: Tay Conti

– As reported earlier today, AEW will begin the Owen Hart Cup Tournament in May. The men’s and women’s tournaments will conclude at AEW Double or Nothing.

– Next week, on the Christmas edition of AEW Rampage:

* Hook vs. Bear Bronson
* TNT Championship: Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Cody Rhodes

AEW World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero M & Rey Fenix) (w/Alex Abrahantes), Eddie Kingston, Santana & Ortiz vs. Daniel Garcia, The Acclaimed & 2point0

The fight spills all around the ring. Penta El Zero M and Max Caster establish order and head to the ring as the legal men. Caster fires up a right slugger, to which Penta answers back with a nasty chop. Penta tags in his brother Rey Fenix, and they kick Caster’s head in with a double superkick. Fenix looks for a cover. Caster kicks out at two. Fenix rocks Caster with an openhand chop in the corner before Ortiz propels in with a trip on Caster. Santana levels Anthony Bowens just as we head to picture-in-picture.

Eddie Kingston lights up Bowens’ chest with Satoshi Kojima-inspired machine gun chops in the corner. The 10-man brawl heads back to the outside.

Returning to full screen, Santana lands a double springboard moonsault on 2point0, just in time to make a tag to Penta. Penta carries over a slingblade and lets Rey Fenix go to work with a torpedo. Kingston takes care of Caster with a Saito suplex. Daniel Garcia sneaks in a pin on Kingston by grabbing his trunks. Garcia earns the main event victory for his team.

Winners: Daniel Garcia, The Acclaimed & 2point0

After the match, Jurassic Express comes in and saves Eddie Kingston. Once they take care of the heels, a tease is made between Jurassic Express and the Lucha Brothers on a possible AEW World Tag Team match.

Thanks for the LC :)