10 AEW Nightmares That Could Come True In 2023

3. Rampage Doesn’t Change

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Dynamite complement Rampage debuted with a bang in August 2021. CM Punk's debut made the 'B' show feel big time, and the broadcast did become home to some other fun moments, but there's been a visible slide in quality throughout 2022. Heading into 2023, Rampage should be worried.

The show has gone from lightning-fast hour to 60-minute slog. Unwanted squash matches and a dip towards Dark: Elevation fare has knackered the product, and those (admittedly hard to sidestep) picture-in-picture ad breaks are a weekly annoyance to fans everywhere. Change is needed in the new year, but what does that change look like?

In other words, how does TK squeeze more from Rampage?

That's up to him to figure out. This fan's biggest fear for the Friday night weekly is that it doesn't change at all and continues sucking wind on TNT. It's less "Dynamite complement" and more WWF Metal/Sunday Night Heat these days, and that's just not good enough.

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