3 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Rampage (Nov 5)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Setting It Up On Rampage

CM Punk Eddie Kingston
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The face-to-face gets a second 'Up' just for the platform it happened on too. Rampage hinged on this confrontation, and that meant it stood out as something impactful. Would that be the case on a jam-packed Dynamite? Maybe/maybe not, but it didn't hurt that Kingston and Punk had the floor to themselves on Friday.

They definitely made Rampage feel important.

Seeing a pull apart brawl erupt between stars like Punk and Kingston made this week's program must-see stuff. That's not something people will say about Rampage every single Friday, but AEW got it right this time. This showdown made Rampage the ideal accompaniment (or extension) to Dynamite, which is what it should be.

Nobody phoned it in, put it that way. This was one of the better verbal duels AEW has ever produced, and that's a credit to Kingston's fire and Punk's star power. These guys are brewing up something memorable. Hopefully, they deliver the goods come Full Gear.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out 10 Things We Learned From Jon Moxley On Talk Is Jericho and 4 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage (Oct 29)!

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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.