4 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Rampage (24 May - Results & Review)

2. Erm…Referee?

This was bad.

Rick Knox merely admonished Rush for choking the life out of Isiah Kassidy with a cable on the floor around ringside. Erm...what? A five count won't cut it there, ref. You're supposed to enforce the rules, and Rush was using a weapon to literally choke his opponent. That's an automatic DQ, surely?!

Even the commentators were puzzled by everything going on. Schiavone meekly offered: "...but you got the five count, right?". Well, yeah, but not for something as vicious and illegal as choking someone on the floor with a damn cable. Knox didn't even continue his count to threaten Rush with a disqualification.

Man, the standard of refereeing in this company is downright dreadful sometimes. Refs come across as inept, lazy and completely powerless. If heels don't get DQ'd for things like this, then what's the point in having rules at all? Horrible, horrible moment in the show.