4 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage (March 15 - Results & Review)

3. A Closing Stretch Worth Seeing

Konosuke Takeshita Komander
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AEW threatened to wreck Konosuke Takeshita vs. Komander with a typically unwanted pic-in-pic intrusion just as things were cooking, but the closing stretch both worked more than made up for it. Komander got a few nice near falls in before the end, and Don Callis going crazy at ringside showed how worried he was that an upset was incoming.

One thing you can say about Takeshita is that he's really giving mid-match. It would've been relatively easy for him to dominate this bout and wipe the floor with someone lower down the food chain, but that isn't really his style. No, Konosuke likes the ebb and flow that comes with a competitive match, and that's a major plus.

Dude's going places, no doubt.

If you only check out a few minutes of Rampage action, then make it the closing portion to Konosuke vs. Komander. The fans around ringside were on the edge of their seats for everything this pair did for a reason. It'd be cracking to see a longer effort on Dynamite or Collision someday, actually.

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