AEW Rampage Results (9/2/22): Orange Cassidy & Best Friends vs. Hangman Page & The Dark Order

AEW Rampage
September 2, 2022
The NOW Arena
Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Commentary Team: (Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone)

Ring Announcers: Justin Roberts 

Transcription by Josh Lopez 

First Match: (66-23-2) Orange Cassidy & (33-12) Best Friends w/Danhausen vs. (55-19-1) Hangman Page & (16-11) The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) In A Semi-Final Round Match In The Inaugural AEW World Trios Championship Tournament 

Don Callis joins the commentary team for this match. Orange Cassidy and Hangman Page will start things off. Page gets distracted by Danhausen. The referee tells Danhausen to get out of the ring. Cassidy rolls Page over for a two count. Cassidy ducks a clothesline from Page. Page denies The Spinning DDT. Page goes for a Vertical Suplex, but Cassidy counters with The Sleeper Hold. Page with a snap mare escape. Cassidy drops down on the canvas. Cassidy leapfrogs over Page. Cassidy stops Page in his tracks. Pocket Pose. Cassidy dodges The Big Boot. Cassidy avoids The Sliding Lariat. That leads us to a quick standoff in the center of the ring. Beretta and Silver are tagged in. Best Friends starts brawling in the ring with Dark Order. Dosey Do Routine. Misfired Clotheslines. Best Friends Hug. Stereo Back Elbows. Dark Order gets sandwiched in the center of the ring. Sole Food/Half & Half Suplex Combination. Beretta puts Silver on the top turnbuckle. Cassidy tags himself. Cassidy goes for The Tower Of Doom, but Page gets in the way. Page pulls Best Friends off the ropes. Page carries Silver around the ring like a baby. Cassidy with lethargic kicks. Cassidy is playing mind games with Silver. Cassidy SuperKicks Silver. Page with The Big Boot. Taylor with a Rising Knee Strike. Reynolds follows that with a Running Boot. Beretta ducks a clothesline from Reynolds. Beretta hits The Tornado DDT.

Silver ducks a clothesline from Beretta. Silver with a Running Uppercut. Cassidy hooks the outside leg for a two count. Cassidy applies a front face lock. Beretta tags himself in. Beretta stomps on Silver’s back. Beretta tags in Taylor. Double Delayed Vertical Suplex for a two count. Taylor slams Silver’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Taylor tags in Cassidy. Cassidy applies a front face lock. Silver with a Counter Vertical Suplex. Silver tags in Page. Page with a straight right hand. Page kicks Beretta off the ring apron. Cassidy side steps Page into the turnbuckles. Page launches Taylor over the top rope. Page decks Cassidy with a back elbow smash. Page with a SpringBoard Clothesline. Assisted MoonSault to the outside. Page catches Cassidy in mid-air. Page with The Fallaway Slam. Page pops back on his feet. Page with The Slingshot Pescado. Best Friends Chokeslams Page through the time keeper’s table. Reynolds drops Cassidy with The Rolling Elbow for a two count. Reynolds clears the ring. Reynolds tags in Silver. Silver whips Cassidy across the ring. Cassidy holds onto the ropes. Cassidy launches Silver over the top rope. Silver with an Apron Enzuigiri. Silver with a Flying Cannonball Senton off the apron.

Silver follows that with a Running Uppercut. Cassidy ducks a clothesline from Silver. Cassidy goes for the backslide cover, but Silver lands back on his feet. Silver unloads a flurry of kicks. Silver goes for The BrainBuster, but Cassidy counters with The Stundog Millionaire. Silver with an Inside Out Lariat. Cassidy hits The Beach Break for a two count. Assisted Splash for a two count. Page tosses Best Friends out of the ring. Silver uses his feet to create separation. Silver tags in Page. Page rocks Cassidy with a forearm smash. Page lands The Orihara MoonSault. Page kicks Cassidy in the face. Beretta goes for The Avalanche German Suplex, but Page lands back on his feet. Page with Two Rolling Elbows. Page connects with The Dead Eye for a two count. Dark Order dumps Best Friends out of the ring. Simultaneous tag to Silver. Dark Order delivers their combination offense. Beretta Spears Page on the apron. Cassidy with an inside cradle for a two count. Cassidy puts Silver on the top turnbuckle. Taylor tags himself in. Taylor SuperKicks Reynolds. Best Friends nails Reynolds with Strong Zero on the floor. Taylor with The Awful Waffle for a two count. Taylor sends Page to the apron. Page kicks Taylor in the face. Taylor avoids The Buckshot Lariat. Cassidy delivers The Orange Punch. Taylor clotheslines Page over the top rope. Silver rolls Taylor over to pickup the victory.

Winner: (56-19-1) Hangman Page & (17-11) The Dark Order via Pinfall 

Second Match: (63-34) Fenix w/Alex Abrahantes vs. (2-4) Blake Christian 

Fenix sweeps out the legs of Christian. Christian blocks a boot from Fenix. Christian with a Spinning Wheel Kick. Christian reverses out of the irish whip from Fenix. Christian leapfrogs over Fenix. Christian drops down on the canvas. Christian dropkicks Fenix. Double Kip Up. Fenix blocks a boot from Christian. Fenix slaps Christian in the chest. Fenix with a Cazadora Arm-Drag. Fenix with a Spinning Back Kick.

Fenix applies a wrist lock. Chop Exchange. Fenix with The Lucha Libre Arm-Drag. Christian with a forearm smash. Fenix answers with an overhand chop. Christian sends Fenix to the ring apron. Christian with a Handspring Kick. Christian hits The Fosbury Flop. Christian rolls Fenix back into the ring. Christian plays to the crowd. Christian dives over Fenix. Fenix SuperKicks Christian. Fenix is lighting up Christian’s chest. Fenix with a Modified Knee Smash. Fenix connects with The Spike PileDriver to pickup the victory.

Winner: (64-34) Fenix via Pinfall 

Third Match: (48-29) Sammy Guevara & (57-11) Taynara Conti vs. (47-26) Ortiz & (38-6) Ruby Soho 

Sammy Guevara and Ortiz will start things off. Ortiz ducks a clothesline from Guevara. Ortiz punches Guevara in the back. Ortiz with a chop/forearm combination. Ortiz sends Guevara chest first into the turnbuckles. Ortiz with forearm shivers across the back of Guevara. Ortiz rams his forearm across Guevara’s face. Ortiz with clubbing crossfaces in the corner. Ortiz rakes the back of Guevara. Guevara clings onto the middle turnbuckle. Soho kicks Guevara in the chest. Soho blasts Conti with The PK. Ortiz HeadButts Guevara. Ortiz gets Guevara tied up in the ropes. Soho with clubbing mid-kicks behind the referee’s back. Conti pulls Soho off the ring apron. Conti throws Soho into the steel ring steps. Guevara sends Ortiz throat first into the middle rope. Conti puts the injured right hand of Soho in the ring stairs. Conti thrust kicks the ring stairs for added pressure. Guevara and Conti starts making out in the ring. Ortiz chops Guevara. Forearm Exchange. Guevara drives his knee into the midsection of Ortiz. Guevara is raining down haymakers. Guevara uses the top rope to choke Ortiz. Conti punches Ortiz in the back. Guevara applies a front face lock. Guevara tags in Conti.

Double Vertical Suplex. Conti tags in Guevara. Guevara poses for the crowd. Guevara kicks Ortiz in the chest. Guevara applies a rear chin lock. Guevara with a blistering chop. Guevara drives Ortiz back first into the turnbuckles. Guevara with two shoulder blocks. Guevara with an Apron Enzuigiri. Guevara dives over Ortiz. Ortiz Powerslams Guevara. Soho and Conti are tagged in. Soho Spears Conti. Soho with Two STO’s. Soho with clubbing headbutts. Soho blocks a boot from Conti. Soho with a knee lift. Conti tags in Ortiz. Guevara ducks a clothesline from Ortiz. Ortiz with an Inverted Atomic Drop. Ortiz clotheslines Guevara. Assisted Cazadora Splash. Ortiz with a Senton Splash for a two count. Ortiz tags in Soho. Guevara dumps Ortiz out of the ring. Guevara denies The Spinning DDT. Soho HeadButts Guevara. Conti nails Soho with The Assisted DDT for a two count. Guevara with a Step Up Enzuigiri. JAS goes for a Double Vertical Suplex, but Ortiz lands back on his feet. Ortiz with a Release German Suplex. Soho connects with The O’Connor Roll to pickup the victory. After the match, Ortiz and Soho poses with the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Titles.

Winner: (47-26) Ortiz & (39-6) Ruby Soho via Pinfall 

Updated Line Up For AEW All Out 2022 

Zero Hour

– Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii

– PAC (c) vs. Kip Sabian For The AEW All-Atlantic Championship

– Sammy Guevara & Taynara Conti (c) vs. Ortiz & Ruby Soho For The AAW World Mixed Tag Team Championship

– HOOK (c) vs. Angelo Parker w/Matt Menard For The FTW Championship

ALL OUT 2O22

– Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Jericho

– Keith Lee & Shane Strickland (c) vs. The Acclaimed For The AEW World Tag Team Championship

– Christian Cage vs. Jungle Boy

– Darby Allin, Sting, Miro vs. The House Of Black In A 6-Man Tag Team Match

– Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks w/Don Callis, Brandon Cutler and Michael Nakazawa vs. Hangman Page & The Dark Order For The Vacated AEW World Trios Championship

– Jade Cargill (c) w/Stokely Hathaway & Kiera Hogan vs. Athena For The AEW TBS Championship

– Claudio Castagnoli vs. Pentagon Jr vs. Fenix vs. Andrade El Idolo vs. Rush vs. Dante Martin vs. Wheeler Yuta vs. TBD The Casino Ladder Match

– Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs

– FTR & Wardlow vs. Jay Lethal & The Motor City Machine Guns In A 6-Man Tag Team Match

– Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Jamie Hayter In A Fatal Four Way Match For The Interim AEW Women’s World Championship

– Jon Moxley (c) vs. CM Punk For The Undisputed AEW World Championship

Fourth Match: (51-13) Ricky Starks vs. (46-45) QT Marshall w/The Factory 

Starks and Marshall are brawling all over The NOW Arena before the bell rings. Starks slams Marshall’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Starks is raining down haymakers in the corner. Starks is choking Marshall with his boot. Starks with a straight right hand. Marshall reverses out of the irish whip from Starks. Starks holds onto the ropes. Starks kicks Marshall in the chest. Marshall ducks a clothesline from Starks. Marshall with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Marshall with a Vertical Suplex. Marshall follows that with a Leg Drop for a two count. Marshall punches Starks. Marshall with three elbow drops. Marshall mocks Starks. Starks with a gut punch. Starks is throwing haymakers at Marshall. Marshall reverses out of the irish whip from Starks. Marshall scores the elbow knockdown. Marshall and Starks are trading back and forth shots. Starks with a knife edge chop. Marshall reverses out of the irish whip from Starks. Starks launches Marshall over the top rope. Second Haymaker Exchange.

Starks with The SuperPlex. Starks with rapid fire haymakers. Starks whips Marshall across the ring. Marshall drops Starks with a Handspring Enzuigiri. Starks with an Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex. Starks ducks a clothesline from Marshall. Starks hits The Satellite DDT for a two count. Starks gets distracted by The Factory. Starks knocks Aaron Solow off the ring apron. Marshall uses the middle rope for leverage for a two count. Starks clotheslines Marshall to the floor. Starks rolls Marshall back into the ring. Starks clotheslines Cole Karter. Starks whips Nick Comoroto into the steel ring steps. Marshall kicks the middle rope into the nether regions of Starks. Starks with the backslide cover for a two count. Starks ducks a clothesline from Marshall. Starks goes for The Spear, but Marshall counters with The Diamond Cutter for a two count. Starks denies The Cross Rhodes. Starks dives over Marshall. Starks Spears Marshall. Starks connects with The Roshambo to pickup the victory. After the match, Starks gets into a pull apart brawl with Powerhouse Hobbs to close the show.

Winner: (52-13) Ricky Starks via Pinfall 

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Author: Josh Lopez