4 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage (Sept 29 - Results & Review)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Best The Hardys Have Looked

The Acclaimed Brother Zay
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Time to report something smashing: Friday's opening Trios Title bout was the best Matt and Jeff Hardy have looked on TV in a long, long time. The brothers are nowhere near where they used to be physically, obviously, but that doesn't mean they don't work hard or know when to pick their spots.

The Hardys got it spot on (ahem) this week.

Both let Brother Zay take most of the bumps from The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn, but interspersed that arse kicking with some fun moments of their own. Gunn and Matt performing duelling "Delete" and "Suck It" gestures was top banter, for example. That got the live crowd onside immediately.

The Acclaimed and "Daddy Ass" roll on as champs, and Rampage got a nice open challenge match out of it. That's win-win for everybody involved. It'd be a minor miracle if The Acclaimed's follow up Trios Title defence on WrestleDream's pre-show tops this.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out 5 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Rampage: Grand Slam (Sept 22 - Results & Review) and 10 Rubbish WWE Singles Runs You Totally Don’t Remember!

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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.