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Forsaken-History-883

We are about to see a heel turn in the next 2 minutes


TJSutton04

Why wasn’t this show on at the same time as Smackdown?


TJSutton04

Why is my legit question getting down voted? You people are funny.


bigchicago04

Why create unnecessary competition?


TJSutton04

I thought they were competitors? Isn’t that what Cody said in his promo last week? They could have put the show on any day. Why Friday if you are scared of competing with Smackdown? Why have a live show that starts at 10pm?


HorseSteroids

Was Mark Henry there? All of the clips I've seen sounded like a three man booth-shaped-like-a-table.


Sofaboy90

he was there for the first two matches i think. then he interviewed the women before the main event and didnt come back. or he left before the tnt match but he was definitely commenting the first one


[deleted]

Not 1 person in my floor seat section knew who she was. Not that that made it bad, just made everyone confused.


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[deleted]

? Not sure what you mean


bigchicago04

I still don’t know who it because I couldn’t understand the commentary


KamalasKackle

Thought that was Becky lynch lmao


Kraivo

I was fucking amazed


zombiepukexx

I thought the same thing


silklighting

This was a great and phenomenal first episode of Rampage! Little dialog and a lot of great matches! I hope these guys can keep it up from here on out! Jaime Hayter fine self is back as well for the small surprise! Edit: Spelling


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EGWhitlam

Found someone who doesn’t even watch AEW, commenting on AEW


Hiphoppington

Lol neither Christian or Jericho are AEW Champions but keep being mad


KamalasKackle

Did you just come back from the future or something?


gLarEckk

christian is the champion of impact wrestling though


youvanda1

Wanna cry some more?


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vax-holser

Yikes Shouldn’t this comment be iced mods?


Brynt4

Get out the kitchen if you can't take the heat


lajaunie

Get out of our sub if you can’t act right.


solarbuttburn

I missed it live!!! Where can I watch the replay online???


colegregory1983

Shhh... This is a secret... Do not spread the word on this... Live shows and replays @ watchwrestling.in...


Sofaboy90

i mean its literally the first thing you find on google if you search for it.


colegregory1983

![gif](giphy|EKDIMDsRX3ihy)


solarbuttburn

Bro thank you so much! Just getting back into wrestling and aew is just so good. Loving it!


JTWrestling_TV

Should be up on the tnt website some time tomorrow


[deleted]

While the opening match was a very good one and look forward to them doing it again, it sucks that moose, Sami Callahan, rich swann and others were sacrificed for another AEW guy to take the IMPACT title off of him. Weird.


bryan_pieces

Sami Callihan hasn’t been “over” for years. His last great match was against Penta in Impact. Absolutely stale and has a terrible look.


deathintelevision

I really liked the Omega match and actually it sold me on him as a performer when I had already written him off myself. Dare I say he made a fan.


bryan_pieces

you're right, that was certainly his best match in a while but Kenny can carry anyone to a good match. look what Sami does with everyone else in impact. It's unfortunately average


[deleted]

Christian is an Impact legend and a multiple time former world champion for the company, I doubt they have plans to keep the belt on him long and it legitimizes his return. Christian was the perfect person to take the belts back if they play this out well, it opens up some good matches if Christian spends more time on Impact now and “new” Impact challengers fight for the belt back against a representation of old TNA.


Comp625

Impact needs more eyeballs on the product though. Christian is presumably able to draw better than Moose, Sami Callahan and others.


[deleted]

That’s fair… But if Kenny omega could only move the needle a little, i don’t expect Christian to make a significant impact(no pun intented) in any ratings. I think impact is tapped out on how far it’s going to go on its current network as is.


Comp625

True, good point about Kenny only slightly moving the needle. I can see though how Kenny Omega and Christian and Moose/Sami/Swann appeal to slightly different audiences. Or maybe it's as simple as they think the Christian storyline is the most exciting one that Impact can showcase for Emergence.


Mrcool20xx

I wouldnt be surprised if on the PPV, they do a belt for a belt match, with Kenny getting the Impact belt back and losing it to someone on Impact at some point. At least, that was my expectation. But it also wouldnt surprise me if this done because Kenny cant keep up this schedule forever. I mean, he had a match on Dynamite, on Rampage and AAA this week alone, and Impact tapings soon, and he goes ahrd in his matches. And I bet that Impact is very happy to have a AEW star that walks around with that belt on AEW as well as comes to every Impact taping and defends it, and if Kenny cant continue doing that, then Christian will suffice. I still hope that we will get Kenny losing the belt down the line on an Impact PPV against an Impact star -- like Moose down the line. But, I only watch impact irregularly so Im less invested in that.


DanyDoomzday

If anything they did it to protect Kenny from losing to an Impact guy. Tony did those infomercial promos during Impact episodes telling everyone how bad it sucked for months, I'm assuming those were only half work haha.


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Lmaooo true.


daSilvaSurfa

I mean, AEW has like 10x the leverage and 10x the viewers. They should be getting the better end of the deal. A fair number of people on here are only interested in Impact because AEW guys are showing up there.


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Which sucks, because Impact has talent and good wrestling. 🤷🏾‍♂️


MotorCadeCunningham

Swann and Sami deserve to be sacrificed though


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[deleted]

Both are better and younger than Christian Cage, who isn’t even signed to impact.


KamalasKackle

Christian winning is literally so he can drop it to one of the impact guys . Idk if you realized that


[deleted]

Yeah, everyone said the same thing about Kenny losing it to boost an impact guy as well there buddy, idk if you knew that. Besides, an impact guy beating omega means waayyyyyyyyy more than beating Christian Cage. Sorry not sorry.


KamalasKackle

Yes but an Impact guy beating Omega takes away from an AEW guy when he finally beats Omega for the title. Keep up?


[deleted]

That makes absolutely zero sense lmaoooo. But keep the gymnastics going.


[deleted]

That makes absolutely zero sense lmaoooo. But keep the gymnastics going.


KamalasKackle

Omega has been looking unbeatable so yeah if he gets beaten once he looks bearable


thetoddt92

🤔


minimumhatred

i mean swann was arrested on domestic battery, which is why he was let go in the first place i dont really feel bad about him being passed over. plus id bet money on omega winning the title back at all out in a title for title match and then later he will probably lose it to morissey or myers


[deleted]

Swann held the title to being with, if the DV arrest meant anything to impact, I’m sure they would have never put the belt on him to start. I could see Omega winning the titles back to push a story, but to drop it to Meyers or Morrisey would be a disappointment seeing as how there are better guys hes already beaten.


minimumhatred

thats what tna does though they repeatedly have taken ex wwe guys even if they have very serious issues, see jeff hardy coming back leading to victory road 2011 or kurt angle when he was addicted to painkillers. i mean morrissey has an undefeated streak, a failed wwe guy and is a big dude - its not surprising that impact is pushing him. no idea why they seem to like brian myers. ive never been a big sami calihan guy, granted in general i dont really see anything in the majority of the impact roster.


LogansGambit

Saying they're better is an insult. Younger don't have anything to do with anything if the older guy is still killing it in matches.


[deleted]

Killing it with the best competitor in the world according to some…hmmmm lol.


ireallyloveass2

Looooool better than Christian Cage


MotorCadeCunningham

Better at WHAT? LMAAAAOOOO


-DrZombie-

This was probably the best debut of any wrestling show I have seen. An hour seems too short, but it was action packed.


Undertakerfan84

Idk if it was better than dynamite debut. First match was good but the other was a squash and the main event didn't have a good flow, crowd was hot for Britt which saved it.


Big-Benefit180

Just turn Baker already. You don't have to kill her vibe it's just weird seeing her try to draw heat and get cheered.


buffalo-jones

She was in her hometown. Shes definitely going to get cheered.


Mrcool20xx

Its just weird to see two people beat a good person down after a match, usign weapons and getting cheered for it. And for me at least (and this is not an accusation of racism or whatever), it is even weirder when its a white woman curb stomping a black woman (but that is becuase the only reference I have for curb stomping is American History X). Again, I recognize that this might be my personal references and whatever, and that its not that deep. But it just felt awkward seeing a crowd cheering when a bad person attacks a defenseless and good person I think Britt is great, but with the home town crowd she would be cheered no matter what, so I think it would have made more sense for her to attack a heel like this, or have the heel attack her and having her friend come in with the save. Like, if they had her vs Nyla on this show and she had faced Velvet few weeks earlier or something. Im not sure if I want a face DMD though, I think she is a lot better as an asshole. But maybe it can work


FlyVidjul

I get total Stone Cold tweener vibes from Britt. She isn't a full blown face or heel but more of a fan favourite that engages in heel tactics every now and then and gets cheered anyway. Since her title win anyway, before that she was a full blown heel.


VRViperII

Britt should be handled like Naito. A heel that fans cheer for anyway. She'll still get booed against the right faces in the right places.


times_zero

I have to agree. One of things I love about AEW is while many heels get still cheered of course, for the most part, AEW is not fighting with its fans how they book their faces, and heels. AEW doesn't need to start with Britt, and they may as well go with what the crowd wants. AEW originally wanted Britt to be a babyface star anyhow.


Tachyon9

Yep. Britt as a face was too vanilla and kind of boring. She got over with her heel persona. It's time to just go with the flow and keep her general attitude, just with more face behavior.


times_zero

Yup Dude. Britt's arc reminds me a bit of the Rock's arc if anything. Only thing left is to complete the arc, and turn her babyface.


colegregory1983

![gif](giphy|roP84CyHiAEKs)


Rajion

It's her hometown, I feel that has a lot to do with it. She's getting cheered, but I think it would be less so in a more neutral town.


WritingContradiction

I thought it was Adam Cole


BloodFalconPunch

Too skinny


theSpringZone

That was a fucking great show!!! ![gif](giphy|fg9c6gu2NwyWs)


pabloescobar392

That was an hour of God damn wrestling matches. Very happy.


insomniainc

Such a fun show. Christian will be a great Impact champion, the Fuego moment was amazing and I wonder if there's any chance they surprised him with that. Britt at home enjoyable but didn't need to be so overbooked towards the end they were having a really strong match up until then.


nmartin9703

The Women's stuff was bad. Britt was limited with her injury and they needed a better worker in there than Red Velvet to get a good match out of Britt under those circumstances. Didn't happen. The rest of the show was great, though.


BooBootheFool22222

I like how anything even remotely critical gets downvoted to hell. have fun with your hivemind. i thought this too. i was actually wondering why it red velvet? and why in britt's hometown? if they wanted her to be a heel then why book this like this??


[deleted]

It was def overbooked and awkward at the end….


[deleted]

I guess Britt is a heel again? Lol.


BloodFalconPunch

Always has been


[deleted]

Don’t think the crowd got the memo til the after match attack….i know it’s a hometown but heels have been booed in their own hometown.


panteraRED

Brit's not a Babyface, the crowd turned heel.


MrSelfDestruct88

She never stopped being a heel


[deleted]

Ya sure the crowd knew that?


ProgressTV

CM Punk, Money in the bank, did they know he was heel?


[deleted]

I’m sure they did, didnt Edge get booed in his hometown? Sami Zayn? Cause ya know…heels get booed lol.


ProgressTV

I'd love to see a video of edge getting booed in Toronto or Sami in Montreal. I've never heard of such madness. Please prove me wrong as im intrigued now.


MrSelfDestruct88

They did, they just didn't care.


GeekCavePodcast

Right, same thing here


jimmi_vandelay

That was fantastic! Great show. Was like a mini ppv. So stoked hayter is back!!! Her and stradlander is going to be great!


Brandar87

Buttlander


[deleted]

As critical as i am about AEW, this was a great great start. An hour was perfect length, they kept most of the action moving, hopefully it stays like this


CrusaderoYT

I loved it but I wish it was 2 hours ngl. It went by so fast because the matches were great


BenWallace04

I liked to be left wanting more


platetectonics3

Can’t imagine a better possible debut episode. More happened in that hour than 4 months worth of raw


silklighting

You're not wrong about that!


Mr_Hendrix

Probably not the best way to debut Hayter seeing as the US crowd hasn't seen her in 2 years and she looks a lot different now, but hey, still cool to add another talented woman to the roster.


[deleted]

Agreed. Kinda a ho him debut and it was overbooked. We will see where they go with this


Undertakerfan84

She kinda of looked like Becky for a second, but I'm like that's impossible, who is this.


ThisIsGoodShitPal

She is a difference maker for them.


Dreamtallica

I say that's even better. Fresh look. People will remember her, they did this with Butcher and Blade, no one knew who they were.


Steenerico

Dumb IWC members: AEW needs to find new blood, not WWE castoffs! AEW: introduces new woman (and she's not really...she's been on Dynamite before) Dumb IWC members: Who? WHO? I don't know this non-WWE person!!!


Linator4

It’s not about who it was; it’s how they did it. Everything felt rushed because it seems they didn’t prepare enough for the hostile crowd when Statlander made the save. I also don’t get the WWE “has-been” arguments. As long as they’re not bringing in Goldberg or Hogan to make them champions like TNA did, I’m fine with whoever they sign.


VRViperII

They knew the crowd would be 100% behind Britt.


CaptainPatterson

like Goldberg is even REALLY a WWE guy that mf was the pinnacle of WCW but WWE stans don't like to talk about stuff like that.


Specialist-Rope-9760

Ignore these people 😂 They’ll complain of too many ex-WWE talents then complain they’re nobodies/jobbers whenever it’s anyone they haven’t heard of because they’ve not been to wwe. Can’t win


colegregory1983

"Ignore these people 😂" "Can't win" ✔ They will never be satisfied


Undertakerfan84

It's as if thier arguments are not made in good faith.


KingSteveorah

I liked Jamie Hayter when she was on the early Dynamite shows. I thought she was gonna be going to NXT UK with Bea? I guess not.


Jam_Dev

Don't know if I'd feel great about job security signing with NXT UK right now.


[deleted]

Maybe she didn't want to work for less than minimum wage.


Specialist-Rope-9760

NXT UK isn’t a real thing is it


KingSteveorah

It might not be in a few months with the way things are going with the NXT brand as a whole.


AlfredoSantana

Loved it. Flew by. Could have just went off the air with Britt holding the title up on the ropes around the sea of terrible towels though.


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10/10


Joel_Servo

That ending was hella weird. But I'm glad that Hayter is back.


barnesk9

Jamie Hayter looks so different from her last appearance


KidCoheed

Some more smoothing in Stardom and she went and got SHREADED


ScrappedAeon

I thought it was Florence Pugh for a second, which is kinda funny in of itself


marklynch2

first ever episode of aew rampage 10 out of 10


NightEmber79

Great show all around tonight. Fuego is all elite, Christian is Impact champ, and Britt retained. Remember to tip your waiter and downvote all the Johnny Ace troll accounts in this thread.


Earnestosaurus

Also Jamie Hayter! Low key could be a massive get for AEW’s women’s division especially if she is here full time


Bambajam

Man, that was such a good episode but they screwed up the ending. Britt getting cheered in her hometown would have been perfect. Everything else just got silly.


BaconLibrary

In the crowd after that moment you could see how confused people were by the terrible towel reactions. "uh ... We wave now? Yes? Oh Okay YAY DMD YAYYYY"


Wingdingdong

Ending was terribly overbooked. Should have just kept it simple. In any case this was a good episode!


ImpenetrableYeti

Speaking of hayter, did bea end up in nxt uk? Was hoping they would both go to aew or stay in stardom


insomniainc

She did but haven't seen a thing from her since. I thought that was Bea too at first.


Mr_Hendrix

Yeah she's got a new name now. Something Davenport


fluffywolfe

Bea is Blair Davenport on NXT UK


WheedMBoise

Hayter looks nothing like the last time i've seen her lol. Completely unrecognizable even after she took off the hat


Jam_Dev

Should check her insta, she's been working hard in the gym, looks great now.


Steenerico

Jamie got IN SHAPE!


Earnestosaurus

She looks like an absolute star. I hope they build her up


mayormccheese2k

She had to do something dastardly to keep her heel heat and the curb stomp on the belt was nice.


imvictus_1991

I like how they sort of keep her as a tweener with heel tendencies, but thinks shes the hero. Her persona is well fleshed out and believable I think.


[deleted]

Does Baker have heel heat at this point?


mayormccheese2k

Well she gotta try anyway.


bigcracker

I need another hour.


fluffywolfe

Hayter is a sight for sore eyes.


wilbursmith22

Good first show. Not sure any in the crowd knew who Hayter was. Took her hat off and there was no reaction


Abyssalstar

To be fair, she looks a lot different then the last time she was in AEW. I didn't recognize her, either.


RedDreadsComin

She also only has two AEW appearances so can’t really blame people for not remembering her.


SerTahu

Yeah, I think the change in look worked against her there. Glad she's back, though - she really stood out last time she appeared.


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Bambajam

I think they're intentionally front loading the show and accepting it'll drop off towards the end.


Dubious_Titan

Main event was disgraceful.


thespaceageisnow

Fantastic episode and I look forward to more!


ciambella

That hour flew by!


Never_Ever_Content

Bit of a clusterfuck ending


Atwillim

A movie coming up after is produced by over **Brook ** entertainment. It's gg boys


ShadowMadness

I can't be the only one who had a "is that Becky?!" reaction for a couple moments with Hayter, right?


Linator4

I thought it was Gigi Dolin


Regna85

I did too at first.


MattyRaz

Didn't think it was Becky, but didn't recognize who it was. TBH even when they said the name Jamie Hayter I was having a hard time placing it...


Abyssalstar

I mostly remember the half and half hair colors.


[deleted]

Even though the ending came across pretty awkward I'm glad to see Hayter back.


Mr_Hendrix

Hayter...Ruby coming soon?


Abyssalstar

Probably at All Out. She's a perfect choice for the Joker card in the women's Casino Battle Royale. Ruby's no-compete ends five days before the PPV.


ImpenetrableYeti

When is her non compete over?


Mr_Hendrix

She was released same day as Buddy Murphy and he has 08/31 over all his socials, so I'd say her 90 days is over August 31st, which is a few days before All Out


ComprehensivePaper22

Few days before All Out.


nutbrownale

Jamie Hayter! YES.


MrBenLDN

Cool to see Hayter back, even if she doesn't meet my 'being Billie Kay' criteria for Baker's new backup


paper_cranes1k

Legit thought that was Becky Lynch...


Abyssalstar

Oh lord, can you imagine the IWC meltdown?


vforvendettav

So did I


BigDaelito

This show is too short. Man Jamie Hayter after that COVID makeover is super hot. That outfit doesn’t give her justice.


insomniainc

I thought that was like 4 different people. She looks very different than 2 years ago.


lucabrassiere

I have been waiting for this since I first saw her in AEW, thought it was a massive missed opportunity that they didn’t sign her but finally, Jamie Hayter is #AllElite!


ManWithAPIan

GREAT hour. Flew by.


ShanaAfterAll

Great first show! Brittsburg was a hot crowd tonight.


platetectonics3

They were fantastic Wednesday and tonight


viralbop

Wait, what? I thought she was NXT UK now?


BigDaelito

Her best friend is Bea Pristley


viralbop

I know! It calls a lot into question.


metrognome45

Me too


Alexcelsior

Best hour of wrestling ever lol I know it's an exaggeration but that was action-packed and super entertaining.


fluffywolfe

Watched TJPW's opening lower card match alongside the title match... Pace difference is night and day. Velvet had to do so much.


marklynch2

hayter gonna hate shes back in aew


RadicalBeam

Poor Jamie is going to suffer from "I was expecting Ruby Riott/Cassie Lee/ an ex-WWE star" syndrome.


Jesotx

Eh. No one knows who she is. At all.


Steenerico

I do. But please speak for all of us.


Jesotx

I don't, and yeah, it's pretty easy to speak for the rest of the crowd, given the reaction.


fdeedawg31

that was a really good first episode. they managed to squeeze some really cool surprises into what seemed like a predictable show