3 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage (April 27 - Results & Review)
AEW follows Collision with a bloody Rampage brawl, but did they get it the wrong way round?!
Another week, another Tony Khan dig at WWE.
This is problematic for AEW's roster. They're over here working tails off to produce epic matches on TV and pay-per-view alike, but the boss is on NFL programming grinning with a neck brace on and talking about the other company. That split focus is unwanted. Khan should've been promoting the three-hour block of twin Collision-into-Rampage telly he had coming up instead.
Collision, backed by Swerve Strickland's first World Title defence vs. Claudio Castagnoli, was a winner. Rampage couldn't possibly follow it, but AEW gamely tried to go a different route by exploding from the off with a bloody 'Parking Lot Brawl' between former Best Friends. That worked, and so did a fine women's bout. The main event though? Meh.
Tony probably got things the wrong way round on Saturday. That's examined here, but there's a lot of praise for some of the good things AEW presented too. Now, if only the boss would stop throwing out cheap jibes at other promotions and start concentrating on what's positive about his own company. As if, eh?
Here's everything good and bad from Rampage!