6 Ups & 0 Downs From AEW Rampage: Championship Friday (June 2)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The Variety

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Time for someone to eat humble pie yet again.

This Rampage review series has sometimes been sprinkled with bitch after bitch about non-AEW belts being defended on All Elite programming. Whilst it is true that many matches don't cut it or make that third-party stuff worthwhile, all four presented on Friday night definitely did. Only a fool would argue with the quality on offer.

Every single match had something unique to say, and they were all given enough time to kick into a higher gear. Also, and this isn't something that happens weekly, the ad breaks didn't knacker proceedings. Perhaps that's because there wasn't one unnecessary short squash in sight on the hour-long broadcast.

This is the kind of thrilling, competitive and superb professional wrestling that Tony Khan's promotion is capable of gifting to fans. Was it a night of earth-shattering title switches and surprises? Hell no, but it was still must-see from a nuts and bolts perspective.

You've got to sit back and admire variety when it's this good.

What did you think of this week's AEW Rampage? For more like this, check out 3 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Rampage (May 26) and 10 New Directions For AEW After Double Or Nothing 2023!

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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.