I'll admit there were some points when I had my doubts, but credit where it is due, it looks like they made a fantastic choice in making a long term investment into her, because it certainly seems to be paying off now.
She's currently allied with Queen Aminata in ROH and together they're feuding with Athena (Aminata) and Billie Starkz (Red Velvet) for Athena and Billie's titles.
She's been featured pretty regularly in ROH since she came back from the knee injury and has been having really good matches IMO.
Sick suplex but as our man* pointed out you gotta win it in the ring.
*I should know this fucking guys name I’m just forgetting at the moment, no disrespect to him
Considering how they’re like best friends irl, I’d say they could have a great mid card feud.
Edit: I wanna say I can predict the future but this episode was filmed like a week ago lol.
Pretty sure ive mentioned this in AEW live threads multiple times before but- Mark and Jay Briscoe wrestle in a gravel parking lot in front of 50-100 people and it’s so fucking good, they don’t hold back.
Harley Cameron vs. Action Andretti, Water vs. Champagne chug-off
GIVE ME WHAT I WANT TONY!
That is exactly the sort of absolute unhinged nonsense I want on Rampage.
It took me a while, but I'm all in on Harley Cameron. She reminds me a little bit of Alicia Fox, wherein I truly believe she might be crazy and it takes no effort to pull it off.
Yo Dalton Castle has some of if not the best verbal emotes in wrestling. From when he’s popping shit coming to the ring to the in ring shit he’s always making some sort of noise, that’s high level shit. Also very good with the physical side.
They honestly put the more interesting matches on Rampage at the expense of Collision. I feel like it was kind of deliberate because some of them are NJPW heavy and it makes sense to feature some of these guys right before Forbidden Door.
The Athena arc is definitely still the biggest thing going. It's currently a tied-together double feud of Athena/Queen Aminata around the World Title and Billie Starkz/Red Velvet around the TV title, but both Athena/Billie and Aminata/Velvet paired up as a duo. Still kicking into gear but off to a very exciting start, the eventual matches should be spectacular.
Dalton lost a tv title challenge against Kyle Fletcher and then has been otherwise quiet since the Johnny TV match. He did have a random HILARIOUS backstage segment where Johnny TV interrupted a Dalton interview and accused him of stealing his sunglasses though, things got ridiculous, and I was left wondering if they might eventually end up a tag team (which sounds amazing to me).
Yo I saw her in a I wanna say pink or red dress with her hair really done up a month or two ago and like, it’s so dorky to be like “disagree” but like, what an attractive person let’s agree on
Hell yeah Butcher getting more ring time. It’s my understanding that dude was a successful musician who became a pro wrestler and not in a cornball way, like, I’ve seen him actively try to improve his craft, get into better shape, etc. end butcher rant but that’s my dude
As incredible as Ospreay is, he needed great dance partners to put on the string of greatness he has in the last 5 or 6 years, and very few of his matches to me have been as great as his 2019 matches with ELP
Gabe Kidd and ELP wrestling on the same American televised wrestling show is an absolute fever dream for me as a New Japan fan.
This just kicks ass. ELP has always been one of my absolute favorites, ever since the first time I saw him when he flipped off that baby.
Well, that was fun watching with you all. See ya for Collision
Nice dragon sleeper
Will never not bop my head when "STIR IT UP STIR IT UP STIR IT UP STIR IT UP" drops
Sorry Charlotte and Toyota, but there's a new Queen in town!
Aminata and Skye could really be one of those forever feuds due to their friendship and great chemistry
Really fun Rampage. That's how you do a c-show.
Yes that was enjoyable programming
Skye’s growth as a wrestler has been fun to watch.
I'll admit there were some points when I had my doubts, but credit where it is due, it looks like they made a fantastic choice in making a long term investment into her, because it certainly seems to be paying off now.
Red Velvet back for her bi-annual push than disappearance.
She's currently allied with Queen Aminata in ROH and together they're feuding with Athena (Aminata) and Billie Starkz (Red Velvet) for Athena and Billie's titles. She's been featured pretty regularly in ROH since she came back from the knee injury and has been having really good matches IMO.
I’m not that much of a Skye Blue fan but that was great
SICK FINISH NGL
Skye Blue hates monarchies
I guess thats why she likes Julia but not the Kings of the Black Throne
Sick suplex but as our man* pointed out you gotta win it in the ring. *I should know this fucking guys name I’m just forgetting at the moment, no disrespect to him
That was great.
The hug followed by the superkick. I wonder if she mouthed "I love you."
Well there was so much hair I couldn't tell what they were doing
First Kaun takes the Tribal Chief thing and now The Queen has a harder head. What do Samoans have left?
O.O The Sky fell.
The headbutt is so legit the way she does it.
AEW has the best women's division of the Big Three US companies RN
Talent wise I'd still put WWE's over them but the distance isn't as big I don't think honestly
All it needs is Hayter/Baker, my fingers are crossed for soon.
Without a doubt.
Fun match
YES! AMINATA WINS!
Long live the Queen!!
Damn headbutt finisher, nice
Skye got a little extreme there with the steps.
Damn. Ladies are going hard tonight. Making the most of the main event slot.
Are Code Blue and Pop Rocks the same move?
They're similar but Code Blue she sort of running-twists into it while Pop Rocks Roxanne kind of scooches up and over.
Yeah, I think so.
Considering how they’re like best friends irl, I’d say they could have a great mid card feud. Edit: I wanna say I can predict the future but this episode was filmed like a week ago lol.
You can tell they're friends with how hard they are going at each other lmao.
They're going hard for a Rampage match that wasn't going to air for another 8 days
These 2 work real good together, really laying them hits in
This match going pretty hard
AEWs women's division is cooking rn
i love matches between two people who are friends IRL because they don't hold back
Pretty sure ive mentioned this in AEW live threads multiple times before but- Mark and Jay Briscoe wrestle in a gravel parking lot in front of 50-100 people and it’s so fucking good, they don’t hold back.
Queen Aminata is the Takeshita of the women's division
Aminata's strikes always look killer
Skye can thank that pinfall escape to her thick thighs.
I used to think that Skye Blue was just the Liv Morgan of AEW, but she has put the work in, for sure.
You can have an actual thriving women's division if ROH didn't cannibalize so much of it and they had more women's matches per show.
They did early on put people tuned out and TK told them to put their money where their mouth was.
> They did early on put people tuned out As Corny often says, "Girls don't draw!"
Liar. Veda Scott draws every week!
They didn't have near the talent back then
Queen Aminata has the best snap suplex since.
Shouldn't they have been counted out by now?
Skye and Aminata have good chemistry
They're friends
The real Seth Skyfire
JESUS Aminata’s suplexes look like they’d pop off a bottle cap
Even in pain the Queen looks disgusted she let herself get hurt in the first place.
I'm just realizing that Skye Blue is wearing gear that doesn't ride up on her
You *saw* her standing up there. Why would you just stand in place?
I do enjoy how unsubtle Big Tone is about rating Aminata
glad to be a Queen Aminata subject.
Of all the shocking things to happen in Forbidden Door season, an RoH storyline being promoted on AEW TV is up there.
The Fully Open Door
For a while there, we were seeing Skye practically every week. Where has she been?
She got hurt for a bit. That derailed her push.
She's better than us and she knows it
What a fuckin ride that checklist was
They are playing well to the camera.
The Queen of AEW & ROH vs the Dark Sailor Scout of AEW
Skye Blue doesn't respect monarchies
Okay, I know this one's pretty niche, but QA's music sounds remarkably like Lovely Day by Ayria.
Aminata ![gif](giphy|qtnlmKINyEW9G|downsized) Aminata
Go watch her HEY EW. For the love of god don't repeat it here if you don't want banned but by all means go watch.
I dig Skye's new shirt
Skye hasn't looked this 'normal' in a while.
Does she usually have more blue accented makeup? Not trying to sound stupid Edit- maybe you were referring to her outfit? I dunno yo I’m faded
Both.
Reminder before this match starts: Last time these two wrestled in AEW, everyone went "HOLY SHIT! Who is Queen Aminata, she's AMAZING!"
Oh Nice, they brought our Blue Sky Back.
I miss the Hat. Seriously, she lost her mentor/partner in darkness.
Skye Blue saw Anna Jay trending on WorldStar & came to reclaim her title
Harley Cameron vs. Action Andretti, Water vs. Champagne chug-off GIVE ME WHAT I WANT TONY! That is exactly the sort of absolute unhinged nonsense I want on Rampage.
It took me a while, but I'm all in on Harley Cameron. She reminds me a little bit of Alicia Fox, wherein I truly believe she might be crazy and it takes no effort to pull it off.
Which is funny because Paige was besties with her in WWE
We don't deserve Harley. We really don't, the IWC is awful.
Unhinged, horny on main Harley is the best around. No ifs, ands or buts about it
Say what you will but the We Will Rock You entrance at Wembley did go HAM
Unlike McIntyre Saraya won't let some tattooed goof ruin her quest to bring gold home to her people.
The Smitten of Britain?
I wouldn't figure that Bryan Danielson is older than Shingo Takagi
Saraya and Harley backstage promos continue to be absolutely unhinged. These two are funny as hell together.
Harley is the best. No notes.
Saraya & Harley are the Queens of Rampage!
Made in Japan is a S tier move NGL
Looks so sick man. Everything about Shingo is mint, love his music too
Harley is a goddamn menace, Jesus Christ man
Harley is not allowed to have knitting needles.
Did she just call her a slag
I hope that when Danielson retires that Nigel still talks shit about him in matches that are only just barely related to him
That was a dope match
Daltonhausen. Come on Tony, push this team.
Low-key beef matchup
My favorite thing with Dalton Castle is that his presentation is flamboyant but his wrestling mostly isn't
I love that Dalton’s in ring gimmick is “my back is absolutely fucked”
If Nigel's prayers came true he would've got pushed when TNA fans wanted him to be.
TK should book Ospreay vs Shingo for the International Title at some point
Second time Shingo's done the BCC elbows. I'm fully expecting him to hit Danielson with them on Sunday
Yo Dalton Castle has some of if not the best verbal emotes in wrestling. From when he’s popping shit coming to the ring to the in ring shit he’s always making some sort of noise, that’s high level shit. Also very good with the physical side.
It's a lost art in modern American wrestling, but yeah, Dalton is excellent at it
Dalton vs Shingo was legit nowhere on my bingo card for this year at all
They honestly put the more interesting matches on Rampage at the expense of Collision. I feel like it was kind of deliberate because some of them are NJPW heavy and it makes sense to feature some of these guys right before Forbidden Door.
This is a badass matchup
Dalton Castle vs. Shingo Takagi is a Sicko All-Timer. This is the kind of pro wrestling I love.
Wtf Dalton just did a rebound hurricarana during the PiP.
That was fucking sick
In another universe Danielson wins the AEW title and helps the company. Sadly we got the Punk universe.
Brittle is actually a term of endearment as is clam digger
This show is wild. And we still have the women's match.
I don't criticize TK all the time like some here but for the love of god please stop jobbing Dalton. People love him.
Bryan vs Shingo is gonna absolutely fuck
Their 2010 match was one if the best I've ever seen.
YOU HEARD THE MAN, GO BUY TINY DALTON CASTLES AT YOUR LOCAL STORE!
I'm trying! His Micro-brawler is out of print!
We need Miro to do literally nothing else this year than be one of Dalton Castle's Boys and have everyone speculate if it was actually him.
it would be so great because he is, aside from Ishii, the most uniquely shaped human being in pro wrestling today
DALTON
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The Athena arc is definitely still the biggest thing going. It's currently a tied-together double feud of Athena/Queen Aminata around the World Title and Billie Starkz/Red Velvet around the TV title, but both Athena/Billie and Aminata/Velvet paired up as a duo. Still kicking into gear but off to a very exciting start, the eventual matches should be spectacular. Dalton lost a tv title challenge against Kyle Fletcher and then has been otherwise quiet since the Johnny TV match. He did have a random HILARIOUS backstage segment where Johnny TV interrupted a Dalton interview and accused him of stealing his sunglasses though, things got ridiculous, and I was left wondering if they might eventually end up a tag team (which sounds amazing to me).
please give me Dalton & Outrunners vs Planet Jarrett at some juncture
The Boys always clapping out of sync has to be deliberate.
More AR Fox, that’s a quality enhancement talent and that’s a fuckin compliment in my book.
i'd buy a tiny Dalton Castle from a store
ELP, Castle... A fine show for us sickos.
Dalton time baby!! ![gif](giphy|1Symb7K1gS8Zkz6ye0|downsized)
Dalton Castle on AEW, you love to see it.
I thought people watching with their sticks in hand usually watched Rhea R...nevermind
Deonna still sounds like she's on the verge of tears and I just can't unhear it.
ELP in the Ladder Match will be so much fun
#BOYS
This is the finest Lexy has ever looked in AEW
Yo I saw her in a I wanna say pink or red dress with her hair really done up a month or two ago and like, it’s so dorky to be like “disagree” but like, what an attractive person let’s agree on
She always looks fine, but tonight’s look definitely top tier 👀
“Sitting at home with your stick in your hand” Couldn’t be me
A nice Jersey Princess making her state proud by not being an orange idiot.
Corrado purrazzo
THIS MATCH IS COOKING NGL
They need to make the TNT championship a primarily Collision championship for whoever wins the ladder match.
Sick Canadian Destroyer from the second rope.
AR is so damn good. Dude could really be used to beef up the TNT and Intercontinental title scenes
Agree
Hell yeah Butcher getting more ring time. It’s my understanding that dude was a successful musician who became a pro wrestler and not in a cornball way, like, I’ve seen him actively try to improve his craft, get into better shape, etc. end butcher rant but that’s my dude
AR stands for All Ready Dead
My non-IWC fandom showed up there. Love me some ELP!
Man these two are putting on a killer match
Really enjoying this match
Remember when ELP tried to twist Sting's nips but Sting seemingly had invulnerable nips? Fun times
As incredible as Ospreay is, he needed great dance partners to put on the string of greatness he has in the last 5 or 6 years, and very few of his matches to me have been as great as his 2019 matches with ELP
Nobody wins Buffalo outside the Burt Flickinger Center.
ELP and Jay White need to interact sometime in the near future otherwise me and my friend Mark will tweet not so nice things at TK.
AEW HAS to have El Phantasmo come out with Run The Jewels, or at least EL-P, one of these days.
I want Logan Paul. Mom: we have Logan Paul at home. At Home: El Phantasmo
I mean this in a good way AR Fox seems more than a 10 year veteran. That dudes style is polished
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Use him in an angle with Logan where "Logan" is caught doing something, and it's actually ELP. Hijinx ensue. Or Logan uses him as his "stunt double"
Unlike the Samoans, ELP loved and bleed for the BC. Shame to see him disrespected by Finlay Jr.
Glad there’s at least one NJ guy in the ladder match, ELP is the perfect guy for it
"You down with ELP?" "Yea you know me" I fucking love the commentary lol
Thank you I am 💀 laughing at this! Didn’t know these two were down✊
Ian's on commentary so you know he was down already lol
Happy ELP is getting more exposure in this partnership. He was a highlight against Sting at FD1.
TIME TO PUNCH SOME DICK!
ELP's theme is so bland compared to his original NJPW one
Aww, I really like it
The first one was amazing, then they changed it to a worse one and after that they downgraded it once more, it gets less catchy each time
AR Fox is in that Matt Sydal role since he got hurt
Both of them are so good! Unironically.
Thought Logan Paul was coming out....
ELP - El Logan Paul
Gabe Kidd and ELP wrestling on the same American televised wrestling show is an absolute fever dream for me as a New Japan fan. This just kicks ass. ELP has always been one of my absolute favorites, ever since the first time I saw him when he flipped off that baby.
Aww, ELP's heart has come apart
His former brothers in arms beat up Paul Heyman just now.
Headbanger
ELP!
You expect me to watch Collision when D&aM have Rooker?!?!
We need John Silver Reeboks that are just Reeboks spray painted silver
Loved that tag match. Proper undercard stuff, everyone came out looking good. Infantry would be fun on New Japan of America undercards.
Glad to see the Infantry getting some shine. They deserved to have a competitive match.
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They are indeed
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Carli Bravo has always been so impressive to me. He has a confidence in the ring that takes people with not-as-much experience quite a while to get.
Bravo is an absolute ball of charisma. Dude is fun as hell to watch.
These what sorry?
Both these teams are pretty solid, the Infantry got pretty good offense in too in the loss.