‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Sept 27th 2024)
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of AEW: Rampage! This week’s show emanated from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre and featured Tony Schiavone and Matt Menard on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: The House of Black (Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews) def. Lio Rush & Action Andretti
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Lio rocked Black with a stunner, but Black bounced back with a kick. Black dodged a kick with a Matrix style move, keeping up with Lio’s fast speed. Andretti tagged in and ate a kick from Buddy. Lio had to hold Action back as his temper got the better of him. Buddy blasted Lio with a rising knee strike, knocking Lio out of the ring. Action grabbed Buddy’s leg and Lio rocketed out of the ring with a tope suicida. Action connected with a flying forearm to Buddy Matthews. Action and Malakai knocked one another down, both going for running cross body presses. Lio and Buddy tagged in. Lio spiked Buddy with a poison rana and then a bottom rope springboard cutter! Malakai got a blind tag and rocked Rush with a spinning back elbow. Lio climbed to the top rope, but Action grabbed a blind tag. Lio was confused, since he might have had the match in the bag. They argued and in the interim, Black shoved Action, knocking him back into Rush. Lio Rush was knocked off his top rope perch, falling to the arena floor. Black walloped Action with a spinning back fist and picked up the pinfall victory.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: Anna Jay def. Robyn Renegade
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Anna clobbered Robyn with three knees to the midsection. Anna Jay chopped Robyn in the corner and followed up with a heel kick. Robyn rocked Anna Jay with an elbow strike. Anna nailed Robyn with a beautiful neck breaker. Anna Jay pinned Robyn after a Gory Bomb!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #3: Konosuke Takeshita def. Angelico
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Takeshita and Angelico traded strikes in the center of the ring. Angelico connected with a big boot to Takeshita’s face. Angelico shoved Takeshita into the steel ring post. Back in the ring Takeshita rallied back with a Takeshita Line. Angelico fired up with forearm shots to Takeshita. Angelico cradled Takeshita for a near fall! Angelico took down Takeshita with a drop toe hold and locked on a submission. Takeshita crawled to reach the ropes, forcing the ref to break the hold. Takeshita raked Angelico’s eyes, but Angelico was there with a kick to Takeshita’s head. Angelico backdropped Takeshita from the turnbuckles. Angelico jumped off the ropes but got nailed with a stiff strike. Takeshita planted Angelico with the Raging Fire and scored his eighth win in nine matches!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #4: The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) def. Ryan Clancy & TJ Crawford
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Clancy got some air and dropkicked Caster. Bowens tagged in and he and Caster used tandem offense on Clancy. Crawford came in but Bowens blasted him with a thrust kick. Bowens planted Clancy with the Arrival. Caster hit the Mic Drop. They brought Crawford in, hit a tandem finisher on him and picked up the win.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: Willow Nightingale def. Taya Valkyrie
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Taya grounded and pounded Willow, taking Willow off her game with a punch to the mouth. Willow got to her feet and fired back. Willow cartwheeled out of the corner and body slammed Taya. Willow hit a running crossbody and covered Taya for a two-count. Willow hit a shotgun dropkick off the second turnbuckle. Willow followed up with a running cannonball dive off the apron to Taya on the arena floor. Back in the ring, Taya walloped Willow with a dropkick, trying to show up Willow. Willow clubbed Taya with a running lariat. Willow was mounting a comeback. Willow splashed Taya in the corner and then cracked Taya with a pump kick. Willow planted Taya with a spinebuster for a near fall. Taya dodged a dropkick from Willow. Taya battered Willow with a kick, a lariat, and then a running knee strike in the turnbuckles. She covered Willow but Willow kicked out at the two-count. Taya countered a running powerbomb attempt with a thrust kick to Willow. Taya climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Willow met her up there and superplexed Taya! Willow next Taya into next week with the pounce. Willow nailed Taya with the gut wrench powerbomb and earned the pinfall victory!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
Another OK show this week. With some good but not great matches…I guess with the rumours that Rampage will be no more after the new WBD deal, maybe this show is going into a holding pattern? At least we got a decent main event featuring everyone’s favourite women’s division wrestler, Willow Nightingale! we got Anna Jay in action this week too, unfortunately in a squash match, but at least it did show off the obvious skills she learnt on her sojourn to Japan. Overall an improvement on last week but still not up to previous episodes.
