3 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Rampage (April 22)

4. Dissing The Big Prize

Toni Storm Britt Baker Jamie Hayter Tony Schiavone
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Christ, what a nothing interview this was.

Tony Schiavone lined up Toni Storm, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter to put over the women's Owen Hart Foundation tournament and set up Storm vs. Hayter for the quarter finals. Did they? Well, yeah, but it was hardly exciting to watch. Worse, Toni sort of dissed the AEW Women's Title.

She asked Baker: "What have you ever done?" and added, "Do you know who I am? Where I've been?". That last line is the most egregious, because it almost seemed like a WWE nod and suggested that All Elite is actually beneath Toni. Oops.

Look, everybody knows that Storm will beat Hayter in the next round, but did they really need to make it so obvious that Toni vs. Britt will take place in the tourney too? At least keep some mystery, especially when that's a marquee, first-time-ever match.

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