The King Of Swing Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 If Rampage has proven anything it's Emi's worth. She's great in her current role of dragging the best out of people.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted April 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2023 ? Moxley/Daniels - Solid (if unspectacular) with a simple story told throughout. Not the sort of balls-to-wall opener weāre perhaps used to seeing for Rampage but an easy watch all the same.Ā ? Julia Hart/Keira Hogan - A much improved outing from Hart and a good contrast from the awful match with Anna Jay a couple of weeks ago. Much more intense, much more physical and much better execution. The fact that Hogan brought the physicality element too forced Hart to bring out more of that evil personality they are trying to convey through the selling, the evil looks of disdain, etc. As much as the possibility of a rematch worries me, the post-match brawl with Anna Jay was also well executed here and you got a much better sense of the hatred they had for one another. Good stuff.Ā ? 8-Man - Still enjoying the dynamic that this is bringing as a result of winning the affections of Mark Briscoe. Some fun spots here and even a slight sense of jeopardy at the end - I thought the Varsity Athletes might pick up the surprise win as a result of the tensions across the ring. Again, nothing groundbreaking in terms of the action but in terms of the story it was all good stuff. Automatic thumbs up for Double J and the combined Fargo-strutting! ? Vikingo/Dralisitico - Iām a massive Vikingo fan and I also like Dralistico, but the execution felt very off and there were some quite unnecessary risks taken here. They tried to slow the pace down and while that might work in the context of a longer match, for a Rampage main event with a limited timeslot Iām not sure they were able to tell the story they wanted to tell here. Some mesmerising spots still, but for a better Vikingo match this week, go back and watch his ROH bout with Gringo Loco.Ā ? Firm Deletion - Stokely was funny with his little cameo, otherwise the Hardys could barely string a sentence together between them. Imagine having Hook as a side character in all of this. Delete indeed.Ā Overall - A bang average Rampage this week in all honesty. Though there are still some items with a thumbs up, the whole show was entirely skippable in truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted April 24, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 24, 2023 āI think the smartest thing for me to do is retireā¦FROM SCREWING UP!ā Jeff Hardy there, doing a LOL fake-out switcheroo about his long history of drunk driving. Washed up dickhead. Fuck off, Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarlettChad Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Wouldn't worry, he'll be arrested next week probably. Man's learned nothing. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted April 24, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 24, 2023 "Arena Mexico, a place where wrestling matches have been taking place continuously since 1956." That's a hell of a long show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted April 29, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 29, 2023 ? White/Robinson vs Spears/Starkz - Solid, physical start to proceedings. Nothing to go out of your way to see, however. It still feels like White is wasted in this role and he should have come in at the top of the card.Ā ? Wheeler/Lethal - Perhaps ran a tad too long and the crowd werenāt particularly invested, but thereās a Jeff Jarrett sighting and it continues the intrigue around the affections of Mark Briscoe, so thereās that. Match itself was perfectly acceptable.Ā ? Rhodes/Lee squash - Match itself was pointless and the staredown with Swerve and co at the end feels a few weeks too late for me to get my testes tingling in anticipation at revisiting that rivalry.Ā ? Anna Jay/Ashely D'Amboise - Too long, too boring. Crap brawl between Anna Jay and Julia Hart post-match too - same problem as their match a couple of weeks back, zero believable intensity. Skip.Ā ? Firm bollocks - Rubbish. Imagine wasting rare words from Hook on this shite, or even his presence in this angle generally. More terrible Hardy acting too. This is going to be such a massive chore next week.Ā ? Acclaimed squash - I love The Acclaimed but this was a total waste of time for all involved.Ā ? Tay Conti scolds Sammy - Speaking of terrible acting, deary me. I get the sentiment of what they were going for, but this didn't land.Ā ? Fat Andrew Tate (same lad from Dynamite) in the front row. Pipe down and piss off.Ā Overall - A lacklustre episode this week. The opening and closing matches were fine, but nothing worth going out of your way to see. There were meaningless squashes, some awful promos and hardly anything g else to pique oneās interest. The show is already lurking into meaningless b-show territory. Soon, it'll be time to bin it off and go full steam ahead with Collision.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted April 29, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 29, 2023 I thought Anna Jay did a whole lot better this week. Otherwise a spot on summary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 That was hard to sit through.Ā The Firm or The Mogul Embassy, which sucks more?Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted April 29, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 29, 2023 The Four Pillars promo from last week being the worst thing in the history of AEW? Matt Hardy: āHold my beer.ā Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Poor Hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted April 30, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, Fatty Facesitter said: The show is already lurking into meaningless b-show territory. Soon, it'll be time to bin it off and go full steam ahead with Collision.Ā It'll be basically Dark once Collision starts. They could save it though. I would use it to just book weird, intriguing and bonkers matches you'd never see on the main storyline driven shows, completely ignore babyface/heel divides, bring in old stars for one shots, random dream matches, intentional style clashes, international talent. Film a bunch of mad skits inbetween matches with Danhausen, RJ City, Renee, John Silver etc. Just go nuts with it, have fun.Ā Samoe Joe vs Rush? Sounds sick, put in on Rampage. Bandido vs Eddie Kingston, Jeff Jarrett vs Dustin Rhodes, bring in Rob Van Dam for a one shot against Sammy Guevara, Danhuasen vs Shibata, FTR vs MCMG, LA Park vs Jon Moxley, Luchasaurus vs HOOK, triple threat of Rey Fenix/Vikingo/Kommander? Why the fuck not this is Rampage! Edited April 30, 2023 by LaGoosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, LaGoosh said: It'll be basically Dark once Collision starts. They could save it though. I would use it to just book weird, intriguing and bonkers matches you'd never see on the main storyline driven shows, completely ignore babyface/heel divides, bring in old stars for one shots, random dream matches, intentional style clashes, international talent. Film a bunch of mad skits inbetween matches with Danhausen, RJ City, Renee, John Silver etc. Just go nuts with it, have fun.Ā Samoe Joe vs Rush? Sounds sick, put in on Rampage. Bandido vs Eddie Kingston, Jeff Jarrett vs Dustin Rhodes, bring in Rob Van Dam for a one shot against Sammy Guevara, Danhuasen vs Shibata, FTR vs MCMG, LA Park vs Jon Moxley, Luchasaurus vs HOOK, triple threat of Rey Fenix/Vikingo/Kommander? Why the fuck not this is Rampage! Rampage being the time it is (usually) on should be aiming for the post pub crowd. Have comedy and flippy shit that either make you laugh or you watch outta amazement. The bow legged hardys aināt itĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted April 30, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2023 That Hardys/Firm skit was indeed utterly dreadful, but it did have one nugget of gold buried in the pile of shite - Stokely threatening to turn all the lights on at the Hardy Compound and run their electricity bill up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted May 6, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 6, 2023 Not a bad show. Brisco/Vincent went on a few minutes too long really. And the Hardy compound stuff was mostly silly fun, but the initial day becomes night stuff did irritate me, a step too far in my suspension of disbelief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Version1.0 Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) Ā Ā Edited May 6, 2023 by Version1.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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