‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Dec 13th 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 T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO and featured Excalibur, Chris Jericho, and Matt Menard on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Matt Cardona def. Bryan Keith
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Cardona shoved Keith to the mat. Cardona cracked Keith with a clothesline. Keith left the ring, taking himself out of range, but Cardona slid through the ropes with a double boot strike. Cardona rocked Keith with a Russian leg sweep into the guardrail. Bryan Keith chomped down on Cardona’s head and then shoved Cardona off the apron. Cardona crashed into the steel ring steps. Bryan Keith booted Cardona on the side of the head with a big kick. Cardona came back with a jaw breaker after Keith was jaw jacking and taunting Cardona. Keith charged at Cardona with another boot, knocking Cardona off the apron to the arena floor. Cardona yanked Keith off the turnbuckles. Cardona bashed the Bad Apple with forearms. Cardona knocked Keith back down with a missile dropkick. Keith fired back with an STO for a near fall. Cardona wiped out Keith with a straitjacket. Cardona stunned Keith with the Radio Silence and pinned Keith!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: Toni Storm def. Harley Cameron
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Toni offered a handshake, but Harley took a side headlock instead. Toni dropkicked Harley and followed up with a kick to the midsection. Toni nailed Harley with a snap suplex. Harley hammered away at Toni, but Toni rallied back with a back breaker! Toni grounded and pounded Harley, raining down right hands! Toni hit a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall. Toni planted Harley with the Sky High. Toni smashed Harley with the hip attack and followed it up with the Storm Zero for the 1-2-3!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Deonna Purrazzo def. Shazza Mckenzie
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Deonna stomped a mudhole in Mckenzie in the corner. Shazza rolled up Deonna, looking for an upset, but Deonna quickly escaped. Deonna fired back with a short arm lariat. Deonna had Shazza tied up in the tree of woe and then speared Shazza. Deonna power bombed Shazza and then applied the Fujiwara arm bar, forcing Shazza to tap out!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #4: Powerhouse Hobbs & Mark Davis def. Konosuke Takeshita & Lance Archer
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Hobbs and Archer traded forearm strikes, neither man backing down. Hobbs punished Archer with strikes to the head! Davis tagged in and continued pounding Archer with right hands! Davis and Hobbs dished out lariats in the corner to Archer. Hobbs and Davis bulldozed Archer with a big shoulder tackle. They double suplexed Lance Archer, bringing him down hard! Takeshita kicked Davis from behind as Davis ran into the ropes. Takeshita splashed Davis with a senton. Takeshita nailed Davis with a vertical suplex. Davis rolled up Takeshita for a near fall. Hobbs grabbed a tag and delivered two consecutive lariats to Takeshita. “The Alpha” backed up Hobbs with an elbow strike. Takeshita rocked Hobbs with a power drive knee strike. Archer stomped down Davis. Hobbs brought down Takeshita and Archer with a double powerbomb from the turnbuckles. Takeshita smashed Hobbs with an elbow strike. Archer choke slammed Hobbs and covered him but Hobbs kicked out at the two-count! Davis pulled Takeshita out of the ring and rammed him into the barricade. Hobbs power slammed Archer! Hobbs planted Archer with a spine buster and scored the pinfall victory!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
A bit of a comedown for Rampage this week, mainly thanks to the lack of C2 matches – which have been keeping up the quality level of AEW programming in recent weeks. Unfortunately we got time wasted on a squash match, something I don’t really appreciate on ANY wrestling program, and even less so on a hour-long show! To be fair to this week’s show, the hour did fly by and the entire thing was a whole heap of fun despite a fall off in match quality!
