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Jungle Boy is the real deal, for sure. Could have done without the run ins for the Hardy/Christian feud but I liked seeing everyone intersect again. Was pretty much a one-match show but it was still a breezy watch. I agree that nothing in this Pinnacle feud is sinking in though. At least show SOME recaps to get over what these two factions are doing to each other.

I assumed the first Rampage show would be main evented by Britt beating Thunder Rosa

You never want to see anyone lose their jobs but I’d love a Breezango indie run.

France have been booked so strongly recently, someone going over on them could make them a star

I do wonder where MJF goes after he beats Jericho in the blow off. Both single champs are heels (unless they pull the trigger on Jungle Boy which, I’m not against) and a feud with Sammy is a situation where neither should really be losing.

Jericho loves doing his feuds in 3s. I assume the Pinnacle win the third match but where do you go from War Games and Stadium Stampede? Also, how hard would it have been to debut Andrade after Omega beats Jungle Boy next week? The crowd would do wild and you immediately sow the seeds for the Omega/Andrade match. And it’s way more exciting than him just walking out

That Andrade debut was so flat, my word. Why debut him on a Friday night show? He’s the perfect guy to build vignettes with and then build to his debut. AEW really can’t do debuts right at all.

Somewhere, Tony Khan’s eyes just lit up.

Fuck yeah, Sting. I popped big for that whole sequence; Scorpio's facials were great

Match needs a Rebel crutch shot to heat it up.

Well, that was certainly a booking decision. The KO blow in the figure four would have been a star-making finish

I hope Ogogo cuts an anti-America promo on the dog

I like how Jungle Boy is always in the final two or four of every AEW battle royal. When he wins one, it'll be huge. Ha! Told you

I'm on board with Lio Rush coming in. Roster is getting super stacked

Totally should have give Moxley and Kingston the straps. I guess Britt winning the title is going to be the big title change of the night.

Moxley/Kingston's entrance was up there. This face in peril segment with Kingston is going to be an all-timer

Same here. Hopefully this show isn’t too long to avoid any possible burnout.

It’s going to be great to see how the previous years booking has worked with crowds. Obviously this show was always going to be hot but Page and Darby had superstar pops in recent days

Brian Cage out here looking like the guy from 90s PC game Bioforge

Deeb is outrageously good. Her having work rate NWA title matches could well be a highlight of Rampage

Hope it’s a good one for you, MoS. Psyched for when they can tour the UK so I can cheer on national hero, Tony Ogogo. The last couple of weeks of Dynamite have actually had me hyped for this. With the fans back and able to respond to some of these guys for the first time, AEW feels really hot.

Jonathan Pearce has history commentating on those robots kicking the shit out of each other and then, as an added plus, I won’t have to listen to him on Match of the Day anymore.

Good work if you can get it. Ink a deal, be anywhere less than what Vince demands on whatever whim he’s feeling this morning and take the severance money to go back to a sane company.

Whatever it is, they need to sort it because if it’s stopping any of Bryan, Joe or Andrade coming in, then it’s costing them all a fortune. Quite literally. I don’t even love Omega but I’d be down for Omega vs any of them

In lighter news, Miro as TNT champ means that they’re probably going to do the Miro/Sabian match for the title and if that’s not an 8 second squash then I might boycott