AEW Rampage - Episode #5
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Tonight's Card

Singles Match
Andrade El Idolo vs. PAC

Trios Match
Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter, Rebel
vs.
Kris Statlander, Riho, Ruby Soho

Singles Match
Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Max Caster

Interview w/ Darby Allin & Sting

Obviously the match worth tuning into, would be between Andrade El Idolo and “The Bastard” PAC, a match that should have taken place at All Out, but was postponed until tonight. I’m hundred percent expecting this to be a banger of a match and will no doubt be the match of the night.

The other two matches should be alright I guess, but that's not why I’m watching tonight’s episode of Rampage.

I look forward to watching the Pac/Andrade match at 3 am tonight, gonna be great. Hopefully Hayter manages to have a good match this week.

I can't watch in real time because I'm working a late shift tonight but I'll for sure watch Andrade vs PAC as soon as I can.

Ra.pahe kicking off with Andrade/PAC, I'm surprised this isn't the main-event.

What a match between Andrade/PAC, not surprised by the ending, as it keeps PAC looking strong.

Poor Chavo Guerrero, though he did have it coming.

Really Tully saying Sting likes playing the numbers game? Was that not a Four Horsemen thing to do? I guess they gotta add some story to Darby Allin/Shawn Spears.

Andrade/PAC was good, but it would be nice if we stopped calling everything the biggest/best/greatest match/moment/show in decades. I thought some of the spots had too much set-up, and the heat for the match suffered from the build-up. Stakes were low, and the grudge wasn’t really built between them. Great athletic showcase, and a damn good match though.

Todd , you musn't be familiar with Tony Schiavone



Another enjoyable AEW show, I just enjoy the shit out of almost every show. Good match from Pac/Andrade. Hayter didn't fuck up, so yay her. And we had a feel good hometown ending. Good shit. 

The split screen Mark Henry pre main event interview is growing on me. Excalibur was definitely missed this week. 

PAC vs Andrade was real good, had a very lucha feel to it with a lot of high spots, but without the no-selling and feel of obvious choreography. Also had its fair share of brawling. Finish was standard heel stuff but I liked how Andrade was insulted at Chavo helping him to win. A heel with some integrity. I like it.

Rest of the show was fine. Pillman Jr. is still clearly very green, and that match was average at best, but I do appreciate that AEW is changing it up and giving the occasional main event slot to lower card guys.

My favorite Andrade match to date. Thank you, Pac.

Pac vs Andrade was great. I liked that they offset the explosive/high risk spots with a decent amount of downtime so it didn't feel like too much. Andrade is obviously absolutely sensational and it's a bit unfortunate that his run so far hasn't really got going. Hopefully with Chavo getting written off(?) he can build a bit of momentum, that partnership seemed completely unnecessary from the get go. As Emperor said, the finish played nicely into his gimmick of being a classy/refined heel.

I thought this during Dynamite, but Tony Khan is being so clever building up huge hometown heroes across the country. Vince has shit on fans for so long, it's easy money for AEW. They have Punk in Chicago, Britt in Pittsburgh, Mox and Pillman in Cinci - you're basically guaranteeing hot crowds all over the place.