5 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Rampage (Nov 18)

More House Of Black goodness; Aubrey Edwards gets laid out; AEW sprints through a "dream match".

by Jamie Kennedy
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Eddie Kingston was like a kid at Christmas when he was trading strikes with Japanese legend Jun Akiyama on Full Gear's 'go home' episode of AEW Rampage. That was in a tag bout, so one can only imagine what Eddie will be like when he gets Jun one-on-one during the pre-show before Saturday's pay-per-view.

The excitement was visible and lovely, but AEW had to go and spoil the moment by slavishly submitting to the absolute worst thing about Rampage: TNT's pesky picture-in-picture ads. Oh yes, this article will never stop whinging about that when it ruins a match that's supposed to be historic and super-important, which this was.

What about the rest of the show though?

It was a mixed bag. Hook looked the best he ever has in-ring, Ricky Starks got some underdog babyface spotlight and Aubrey Edwards even took a bump Earl Hebner would be proud of, but there was bad stuff too. Namely, some really uninteresting feuds and a proper production snafu.

Here's all the good and bad from Tony Khan's last creative stop off before Full Gear.

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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.