1 Up & 6 Downs From AEW Rampage (Sept 30)

3. Why Do The Firm Care?!

Andrade El Idolo Ethan Page Stokely Hathaway
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Then, The Firm got involved for...some reason.

Ethan Page and Stokely Hathaway dropped by to tell Andrade that Matt Hardy has been doing some "contract tampering" with Private Party. Firstly, why do they give a sh*t? Second, this was a thinly-veiled excuse to get that contract tampering line in there.

Score another for the WWE nods on AEW TV. Yawn. It's boring now, and doesn't entertain anyone but Khan himself. Honestly, what is he even doing with segments like this one? Why shove your brand new heel faction in there as basic messengers for something they shouldn't care about?

Expect to be smacked over the head with this "contract tampering" stuff for a while. It's clearly the shiny new creative toy, one that makes those scripting these promos feel like they're in tune with folks on Twitter. This was absolutely avoidable.

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