‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Oct 4th 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 Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh and featured Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Matt Menard on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Katsuyori Shibata & Private Party (Zay & Marq Quen) def. The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) & Jack Perry
The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Shibata mounted Perry and went for an arm bar. Perry got his boot on the rope, forcing the ref to break the hold. Private Party went to work on the Bucks. Jack Perry jumped in, but Shibata walloped him with a flying boot. Private Party went over the top rope, taking out the Bucks on the arena floor. The Bucks turned Zay inside out with an assisted sliced bread and then a running knee strike. Jack Perry went for a buckle bomb, but Zay escaped. The Bucks inadvertently kicked Perry. Quen tagged in and cleaned house on the Bucks. Quen took them down with a double hurracanrana. Quen flipped from the top turnbuckle and wiped out the Bucks on the arena floor. Matthew planted Quen with a super falcon arrow for a near fall. Jack Perry tagged in and ate a kick from Quen. Shibata grabbed a tag, but Perry dropkicked him. Shibata came back with a kick of his own. Shibata hammered Perry in the corner with elbow strikes. Shibata clobbered Perry with a high kick to Perry’s jaw. Shibata was looking for the PK, but Nicholas grabbed Shibata’s ankle. Shibata managed to score with the PK anyway! The Bucks superkicked Shibata and then Zay. Quen was invited to a triple superkick party from the Bucks and Perry. Zay planted Perry with a destroyer. Shibata seized the opportunity and dropkicked Perry in the corner. Private Party nailed Perry with Gin & Juice and went for the cover, but the Bucks broke it up. Matthew countered the Silly String with a double Northern Lights. The Bucks drilled Zay with an EVP Trigger. The Bucks were looking for the TK Driver, but Zay pulled Nicholas off the apron. Quen rolled up Matthew and pinned him!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Queen Aminata def. Harley Cameron
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Queen Aminata sent Harley down with a mat return. Harley fired back with a series of kicks. Queen Aminata followed up with a running kick to Cameron. Harley took the fight to Queen Aminata, connecting with a running knee strike. Harley splashed Queen Aminata in the corner. Harley hit a roundhouse on Aminata. Queen Aminata swept out Harley’s leg on the ring apron. Queen Aminata walloped Harley with a lariat, good for a near fall. Queen Aminata nailed Harley with a back breaker and then the brain drain headbutt to score the pinfall victory!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: Kamille def. Zoey Lynn
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Kamille speared Zoey! Kamille planted Zoey with an inverted neck breaker and pinned Zoey in a display of utter dominance.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #4: The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly) def. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
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Orange Cassidy played mind games with Big Bill until The Redwood had enough and tagged out to Bryan Keith. The Bad Apple slapped Kyle in the face. The Conglomeration got Keith and Bill stacked up against the barricade and dished out kicks to both men. Keith leveled Orange with an exploder suplex. Keith hit Kyle with a German Suplex and grabbed a tag to Big Bill. Big Bill splashed Kyle and Orange in the corner. Big Bill blasted Orange with a bossman slam. The Conglomeration used tandem offense on Big Bill, and then Orange pulped Bryan Keith with a DDT for a near fall. Bryan Keith walloped Orange with an avalanche exploder! Keith and Kyle traded forearms. Kyle applied an ankle lock on Keith. Chris Jericho sprinted to the ring and distracted the referee. Rocky Romero, the newest member of the Conglomeration, pulled Jericho down from the apron. Big Bill booted Rocky in the head. Orange Cassidy crashed into Big Bill with an elbow suicida through the ropes. Orange and Kyle hit the high-low on Bryan Keith and then Kyle picked up the pinfall victory!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
Another OK show this week, with some good but not great matches… And after weeks of speculation being confirmed the same day as this episode of Rampage – that the show will be no more after the new WBD deal – all AEW can do is put out the final episodes of 2024 and make sure the audience is having fun and not every match, I’m guessing, will push stories forward. I’m hoping that the “end” of Rampage will give the show a new lease of life, after all, with nothing to lose why not give it your all?
