5 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Rampage (Oct 13 - Results & Review)
It was nice of AEW to take a break from Tony Khan meltdowns and focus on wrestling!
Once you've finished reading this week's SmackDown review, fire Tony Khan a message to see what he thought of the show. The AEW boss was surely hyper-analysing every single second, because he's seemingly obsessed with WWE. Those online meltdowns this past week were something else, weren't they?
At least Rampage didn't open with some on-screen attempted takedown of John Cena and The Undertaker. Nobody needs a mid-1990s Vince McMahon-esque 'Cena Nuff vs. The Ratingstaker', or something like that. "Huckster" vs. "Nacho Man" 2K23 wouldn't have been necessary.
The good news is that Tony focused on All Elite's product (not WWE's) during Friday's episode. A little ROH content was spliced in, but that's OK. Most of the matches were fun, a few storylines got furthered, and none other than Paul Wight rocked behind the commentary desk for good measure.
Downsides came in the form of a slight missed opportunity in the women's division, and a rather confusing decision involving heated rivals that just didn't need to happen. Generally, Rampage was a good time though, and that's all anyone can ask from AEW's 'C' show these days.
Here's all the good and bad!