5 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Rampage (Nov 4)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. An All-Energy Tag & Angle

Jamie Hayter Britt Baker Toni Storm
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Last week, Tay Melo and Madison Rayne had a stinker of a match that never really got going. The good news? Rayne bounced back on Friday to team with Skye Blue and work a tidy little tag bout opposite Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker. It was an engaging watch from start to finish.

Hayter, who challenges Toni Storm for the Interim Women's Title at Full Gear, was also handed the win and that was the right call. AEW even managed to squeeze in some more drama with Storm post-match. Everything was really slick and well-worked - the match clicked, and the post-match angle built towards a pay-per-view showdown.

That's all anyone can really ask for.

Wrestling Hayter is exactly the kind of match Toni needs, and the Blue/Rayne tandem didn't look like total losers in defeat either. Being frank, AEW could do a lot worse than set up a women's tag division soon-ish. They've got a lot of female workers who shine in tags more than they do in singles.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out 10 Wrestlers Who Don’t Need WWE Or AEW and WWE Crown Jewel 2022: 10 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.