5 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Rampage (Feb 4)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Then A Sweet Main Event

Jay Lethal Ricky Starks
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Both men followed up on their good promo work by delivering one heck of a headliner.

Lethal might've just reminded Tony Khan what he has on his hands. The former TNA and ROH stalwart should be doing way more on Dynamite and Rampage than he is, and he might be called upon more often after this banger - Jay and Ricky Starks somehow made that lowly FTW Title seem like a huge deal.

Starks is also someone who's fully deserving of bigger things in the future. His smooth counter on that Lethal Injection (into his Roshambo) for the finish was picture-perfect. Several wrestlers have already tweeted out .GIFs of that sequence, which tells you how slick it was.

If you're short on time, then skip everything else AEW presented this week and watch two things: CM Punk vs. MJF from Dynamite and Lethal vs. Starks from Rampage. Both matches nailed what they were going for. Top quality wrasslin' is top quality wrasslin'!

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out 10 New Directions For WWE After Royal Rumble 2022 and 4 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage: Beach Break (Jan 28)!

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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.