2 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Rampage: New Year's Smash (Dec 29 - Results & Review)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Some Much-Needed Context

Chris Jericho Sammy Guevara
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This guy wasn't a huge fan of Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara reuniting on Dynamite, because it feels like one of those 'been there, done that' scenarios. However, the face-to-face both worked on Rampage did a lot to move things in the right direction. It's proof that story beats require some explanation to hammer them home.

Guevara explained that living in Jericho's shadow is difficult, and that caused him to make a poor decision by turning on Chris to join the Don Callis Family. Jericho accepted that, and apologised too. The legend said he's guilty of being controlling, but has always wanted to see Sammy do well for himself.

That was a nice bit of justification from both.

The segment worked better than this fan expected when he heard Jericho would be broaching the subject on Friday. AEW takes some abuse for failing to contextualise sometimes, so nobody should be mad when they actually try to put a finer point on things.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more wrestling, check out 10 Trades WWE & AEW Must Make In 2024 and 10 AEW Nightmares That Could Come True In 2024!

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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.