4 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Rampage (June 30)

Downs...

3. This Is It For The Acclaimed?

Matt Hardy The Acclaimed Billy Gunn
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Anthony Bowens and Billy Gunn sprinted out to save Matt Hardy, Brother Zay and Ethan Page from QTV's Johnny TV, QT Marshall and Harley Cameron. Read that again. This wasn't some three-on-one kicking for Matt, or something like that - it ended up being 5v3 in favour of the babyfaces.

That's a bit random.

AEW has dropped the ball with The Acclaimed in 2023. They're less of a big deal than they were before winning the Tag-Team Titles, and that's just downright concerning. How is it possible to take a hot act, put gold on them, then fudge their booking so badly they're involved in background noise like this?!

Excalibur and Tony Schiavone tried to call QTV cowards for running away now they no longer had the numbers edge, but...they didn't have a clear numbers advantage to begin with. This was all rather messy, and a sorry excuse to play The Acclaimed's music for a weak pop.

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