1 Up & 5 Downs From AEW Rampage (Aug 19)

by Jamie Kennedy

Up...

1. Maximising Their Minutes

Penelope Ford Athena
AEW

Only one 'Up' this week.

Athena and Penelope Ford didn't have a lot of time to work with, and AEW gave them the dreaded picture-in-picture treatment, but both women worked hard and squeezed a lot in. It'd be sweet to see them go rematch style with a few more minutes too, because there's obvious chemistry there.

This lonely positive slips into the 'Ups' on hard graft alone. Ford deserves way more than she gets (All Elite can't be blamed for her injury layoff, to be fair), so hopefully she'll become a major presence on programming going forwards. Then, there was that post-match stuff involving Jade Cargill and her 'Baddies'.

Cargill smashed up Athena's wings with a sledgehammer, then cracked her babyface challenger in the ribs and posed with the TBS Title. Everything about the match/segment was solid and told a good story. Nobody can argue with that.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out 10 Wrestlers WWE Shouldn't Rehire and 3 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Rampage (Aug 12)!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.