4 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage (April 5 - Results & Review)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. A Multi-Man With Selling!

Action Andretti Daniel Garcia
AEW

OK, so it's uncommon for AEW's multi-man matches to have this much selling in them. Normally, wrestlers ignore selling in favour of bouncing around like invincible characters in a video game, but not here. Action Andretti sold his knee pretty well during the main event four way, and that should be encouraged.

See?! Selling counts.

Andretti tried to keep leaning on his high-flying style whilst injured, and that ultimately cost him. Plus, Daniel Garcia looked like a real opportunist for spotting Action's bad wheel and exploiting it for the victory. His win got a respectable pop from the live crowd too. People really dig Danny.

Being brutally honest, things got even better once Bryan Keith and Komander were eliminated. That's not meant as damning criticism of either man; there was just more juice in Andretti vs. Garcia one-on-one, especially once Action's selling became the bout's most prominent plot point.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out WWE WrestleMania 40: 20 Things That Must Happen and WWE WrestleMania 40: 20 Nightmares That Could Come True!

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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.