Friday, April 1, 2022

Friday Rasslin

AEW Rampage

-Commentators:  Excalibur, "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz, "The Influencer" Chris Jericho, & "Absolute" Ricky Starks.
-The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson)(w/ Brandon Cutler) d. Top Flight("Air Wolf" Darius Martin & "Angél Dorado" Dante Martin); Matt pinned Darius after he and Nick hit the BTE-Trigger(double short-arm pump knees) (10:51).
-The House Of Black(Malakai Black, Brody King, & Buddy Matthews) d. Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, & Fuego Del Sol(w/ Dark Order) when Black pinned Fuego after the Black Mass(spinning kick) (7:18).
-Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Qualifier:  Jamie Hayter(w/ Rebel) d. Skye Blue with a windup short-arm lariat (5:39).
-"Limitless" Keith Lee d. "Powerhouse" Will Hobbs despite Ricky Starks attempting to interfere, leading to Shane "Swerve" Strickland fighting him off; the referee was occupied with the fight on the floor, so he missed Hobbs having a visual fall on Lee with the spinebuster.  That moment of distraction led to Lee winning with the Big Bang Catastrophe(fireman's-carry Jackhammer) (10:58).  Starks drove Swerve through the timekeeper's table with the Roshambeau(sitout Dominator) and Hobbs took out Lee with a chair, then Hobbs speared Lee through a table in the corner.
-Added to Dynamite:  Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs.  The Young Bucks for the AAA Tag Team Titles, plus Christian Cage vs. Adam Cole.

WWE Smackdown

-Commentators:  Michael Cole & Pat McAfee.
-"Madcap" Riddick Moss(w/ "Happy" Baron Corbin) won the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.  Eliminations:  Akira Tozawa by "The Archer Of Infamy" Damian Priest, Reggie Thomas by Priest, "R-Truth" Ron Killings by Priest, "The Modern-Day Maharajah" Jinder Mahal by The Viking Raiders(Ivar Hanson & Erik Rowe), "T-Bar" Dominik Dijakovic by Shelton Benjamin, Drew Gulak by Moss, Cedric Alexander by Apollo Crews, Benjamin by Commander Azeez, Mansoor El-Shehail by Tommaso Ciampa, Crews by the Viking Raiders, Ivar by Azeez, Erik by Azeez & Dilsher Shanky, Azeez and Shanky by several wrestlers, Priest by U.S. Champion "The Prince" Finn Bálor, Ciampa by NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler & "The Glorious" Robert Roode, Roode & Ziggler by Moss, and Bálor by Moss (7:11).
-Ricochet won a triple threat match with Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo to retain the Intercontinental Title when he pinned Humberto after the Recoil(Codebreaker) (7:54 aired).
-"The Boss" Sasha Banks & Naomi Night d. Women's Tag Team Champions Queen Zelina Vega & Carmella Van Damme(non-title) when Naomi pinned Zelina with the split-legged moonsault (3:28).  "The Nightmare" Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, "The Queen Of Spades" Shayna Baszler, & Natalya Neidhart watched the match from ringside.
-Rick Boogs(w/ Shinsuke Nakamura) vs. Smackdown Tag Team Champion Jimmy Uso(w/ Jey Uso) ended in a no-contest when "All Day" Austin Theory came out to antagonize Pat McAfee, leading to U.S. Champion "The Prince" Finn Bálor comes out to fight with him; that fight ended up in the ring and the referee threw the match out (3:08).
-"All Day" Austin Theory & Smackdown Tag Team Champions Jimmy & Jey Uso d. U.S. Champion "The Prince" Finn Bálor, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Rick Boogs when Theory pinned Bálor after the A.T.L.(TKO onto the knee) (joined in progress; 8:24 aired).

WWE Level Up

-Commentators:  Sudu Shah & Nigel McGuinness.
-Xyon Quinn d. Dante Chen after the flying forearm (4:48).
-Kayden Carter(w/ Kacy Catanzaro) d. Tatum Paxley with a Death Valley Driver into a legdrop (6:03).
-Damon Kemp d. "Mr. Mayhem" James Drake(w/ "Liverpool's #1" Zack Gibson) via rollup after "The Epitome Of Excellence" Edris Enofe & Malik Blade came out to stop Gibson from interfering (6:22).

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