5 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Rampage: Fyter Fest Week One (July 15)

2. A Cracking Little Showcase

If you're only going to watch one match from Rampage, make it the ROH World Title humdinger between Jonathan Gresham and Lee Moriarty. Things started off on the front foot when Moriarty begrudgingly adhered to the 'Code Of Honor' handshake rule before grounding Gresham and raining down elbows.

That was a hot start.

Caprice Coleman on commentary jumped in to remind viewers that Jonathan had left Moriarty high and dry in a tag bout last week, hence the anger from Lee. Then, Coleman expertly set about the task of explaining that Gresham's chin is a weakness Lee might try to exploit. He offered superb analysis.

No, there was never really any threat of Moriarty taking the ROH strap, but this was a fine way to get Gresham and the ROH Title on AEW TV; they got there with some simple set up, had a tidy match then lined up the champ's next challenger...