Rampage. AEW

AEW Rampage Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights From March 8

Doc-Chris Mueller

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage and recap of AEW Rampage on March 8.

We're still in the post-Revolution week, but AEW has already started moving forward with some new and existing feuds.

Here is the advertised card from Friday's show:

Let's take a look at what happened on Friday's episode of Rampage.

Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta vs. Butcher and Kip Sabian

Orange Cassidy. AEW

Rampage opened with Cassidy and Beretta making their entrance for the opening bout, but Sabian and Butcher were already at ringside.

Beretta made the mistake of trying to trade strikes with The Butcher early on, so he switched gears and tried to use his speed to avoid the big man.

OC and Sabian had a more evenly matched exchange, but Sabian had a clear power advantage. He focused all of his offense on Cassidy's injured back, which was heavily taped due to the injuries he's been accumulating.

This was a pretty standard AEW tag match. It had good energy, a couple of fun spots, a bit too much of all four men in the ring with no repercussions, and a predictable outcome.

Beretta and Cassidy got the win and celebrated with Chuck Taylor after it was over with a group hug.

Result: Cassidy and Beretta defeated Sabian and Butcher

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

Robyn Renegade vs. Julia Hart

Rampage. AEW

Robyn had to go solo without her twin sister Charlett this week but got a big opportunity when she faced Hart for the TBS Championship.

This was a short match designed to give Hart a pretty decisive victory. It wasn't quite a squash, but it wasn't exactly competitive.

Result: Hart defeated Robyn

Grade: C

Notable Moments and Observations

Action Andretti vs. Penta El Zero Miedo

Rampage. AEW

Two high-flyers who were part of a great trios match on Rampage a couple of months ago met for a singles bout when Andretti took on Penta.

Jericho did a lot to put Andretti over on commentary as he and the former AEW tag team champion fought in and out of the ring.

This was as high-energy and frenetic as you would expect. Andretti is one of the most agile young performers in AEW and Penta is a skilled veteran who can probably carry anyone to a decent match, so with a dance partner like Andretti, he was able to let loose and do some cool stuff.

Penta secured the win with his trademark package piledriver to end a fun bout that had the crowd on its feet.

Result: Penta defeated Andretti

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

Private Party vs. Top Flight vs. Komander and Bryan Keith

Rampage. AEW

This week's main event was a continuation of the feud between Private Party and Top Flight, but this time Keith and Komander were added as a third.

While Keith and Komander may have felt like a random addition to this match, they definitely added to the action in a positive way.

Private Party were the clear heels, so Top Flight would sometimes with with Komander and The Bounty Hunter for brief spurts before going back to being opponents.

As expected, there was a lot of chaos and moments when it became hard to remember which competitors were legal, but we also got plenty of multi-man spots that showed off everyone's talent.

Darius Martin scored the victory with a nice ripcord powerbomb on Komander. Andretti joined them in the ring to celebrate.

Result: Top Flight defeated Private Party, Komander and Keith

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

The Final Word

Friday's Rampage was an entertaining hour of pro wrestling, but it wasn't exactly noteworthy for anything that happened.

We don't need title changes and big moments on every program, but there should always be more of an incentive to watch than solely the promise of a decent match or two.

Rampage is the C-show due to only being an hour long and airing at a later hour than Dynamite of Collision, but if AEW wants it to succeed, it needs to start feeling like it did during the first few months.

Rampage was where CM Punk debuted. We used to get big matches and important moments, but it feels like it's been months since anything memorable happened besides Ruby Soho and Angelo Parker finally going on a date.

Considering Friday was International Women's Day, it was even more noticeable how little ring time the women got this week.

The other three matches were all entertaining in their own way, but this week's show as a whole is unlikely to stand out.

Grade: C+

   

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