‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Oct 18th 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 SAP Center in San Jose, California and featured Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Matt Menard on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Mark Briscoe def. The Butcher
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Briscoe hit the Butcher with his redneck Kungfu. Mark Briscoe threw his body through the ropes and wiped out the Butcher on the arena floor. The Butcher steamrolled Briscoe with a running lariat for a near fall. Butcher and Briscoe traded chops. Butcher hit a release vertical suplex and then a leg drop. Briscoe drove Butcher down with three elbow strikes. Briscoe drilled Butcher with a Death Valley Driver. Mark Briscoe went for the Froggy Bow, but Butcher rolled out of the way. The Butcher nailed Briscoe with a back breaker and then a jackhammer, but Briscoe kicked out at the two-count! Briscoe rallied back with the Froggy Bow and scored the 1-2-3!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #2: Kyle O’Reilly def. Aaron Solo
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Kyle got a leg capture and then clobbered Solo with open palm strikes. Kyle kicked Solo across the upper chest. Kyle grounded and pounded Solo and followed up with a sliding knee strike to Solo’s spine. Solo served up an offensive flurry on Kyle. Kyle clobbered Solo with kicks and knee strikes, softening up Solo. Kyle applied a hanging guillotine and forced Aaron Solo to tap out!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #3: Anna Jay def. Trish Adora
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Anna Jay snap suplexed Trish. Trish fired back with an elbow strike. Anna connected with a dropkick. Anna yanked Trish off the top turnbuckle and followed up with a flipping neck breaker for a near fall. Trish rocked Anna with a German Suplex, but Anna kicked out at the two-count. Anna rallied back with a back stabber and then planted Trish face first, scoring the pin!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #4: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) def. MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor)
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Private Party showed off their highly effective tandem offense to Mason Madden. MxM Collection came back with double teamwork of their own on Marq Quen. MxM Collection used a neck breaker-powerbomb combo on Quen, but Kassidy jumped in to break up the pin attempt. Quen made the hot tag to Zay. Kassidy cleaned house on MxM Collection. Zay connected with a crossbody press to Mansoor for a near fall. Mansoor blocked the Silly String and countered with a Death Valley Driver into the corner on Zay. Marq Quen jumped in to break up the pin attempt. Private Party finally found the Silly String on Mason. Kassidy rocked Mansoor with a cutter! Private Party blasted Mansoor with More Bang For Your Bucks and pinned him!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
This week’s Rampage was a bit of a letdown, at least in terms of matches, but overall this episode felt like an improvement over last week – the show flowed a lot better and – best of all – no time wasted on squash matches! Thanks to that each match got a chance to breathe – even if, like the O’Reilly match. was merely a means to an end. But hey, like I said, it all worked well.
