AEW Rampage 11/22/2024

AEW Rampage 11/22/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/aew-rampage-11152024.html

I will not be covering the opener, sadly. Mina and Mariah won.

We have an official weigh-in for QT Marshall vs AJ. Lexy is hosting it. There's two ring girls there and a big banner for each wrestler. QT makes his return to AEW TV. AJ comes out with Big Justice but no Rizzler. AJ comes out to his "We Bring The Boom" song.

QT gets on the mic and says enough with the booms. QT says he brings the doom. He said he told AJ he didn't have it 20 years ago and still doesn't have it now. AJ says QT told him he's been waiting 20 years to get him in the ring. AJ says he's been wanting to get him in the ring since he tossed the double chunk chocolate chip cookies. AJ says he wants someone special to ring the bell when he powerbooms QT. He then says it'll be The Rizzler. Rizzler gets a big pop but doesn't come out.

QT weighs in at 229lbs. AJ weighs in at 550lbs somehow. Lexy and AJ are confused by this. QT says that's probably why they call him Big Boom AJ and says he should lay off the cookies. Big Justice says he rigged the scale and says it won't matter when his dad brings the boom Saturday night. QT goes to hit AJ and gets hit. QT cutters AJ then slides out of the ring.

Thoughts: They did what they could here and The Costco guys got some of their taglines in. I'm not sure what rigging the scale accomplished. You could tell some of the crowd didn't know these guys and didn't react because of it.

We get a video on the tag title match at Full Gear. Private Party says they will leave Full Gear as tag champs.

Juice Robinson vs The Butcher

Butcher interrupts Juice as he makes his entrance. They roll on the ropes. Juice side headlocks Butch. Butch shoulders him over. Butch hits a big lariat. Butch is pulled down face first on the buckles then Juice hits corner punches.

Juice bites Butch on the head and is sent over the top. Butch backdrops Juice on the rails. We go to PiP break and return. Juice atomic drops Butch then headbutts him. Juice leg lariats him.

Juice hits punches then ddt's Butch. Juice sentons Butch for 2. Butch hits a nice lariat on Juice for 2. Juice rolls up Butch for 2. Butch is tripped into the buckles then Juice cannonballs him. Juice hits punches and Butch half-nelson backbreakers him. Butch powerslams him for 2.

Juice hits a big punch then hits a ddt. Juice then gets the win.

Thoughts: This wasn't that great. The crowd wasn't too into it and it just never picked up. Juice is much better as a heel as well.

Lexy interviews Thunder Rosa. She says she's excited for the all lucha Rampage next week. She talks in spanish. She says she hasn't had a lucha in a while but will have an open challenge for a luchadora. Harley Cameron walks in with a Hologram mask. She talks like a robot and says she is Harleygram. She says she accepts the open challenge. Rosa says she looks like the wrestler she beat weeks ago. Harley says it does not compute. Rosa says she will jank her cord and shut her up. Harley talks without the accent, says "danger, danger" and backs off.

Thoughts: Harley was entertaining as usual here. She has to wear that mask in the match. 

We get a Ricochet video. He says he had his eyes on the International Title and says Takeshita cost him the title multiple times. He says they will do this one more time at Full Gear.

The Conglomeration (Tomohiro Ishii, Rocky Romero and Mark Briscoe) vs The Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds and Evil Uno)

Silver shoulders Mark over. They trade armdrags and Silver legsweeps him. They then stand off. Mark tries a crane kick then they each do kung fu poses at each other. Uno nails Mark from behind. Mark takes a sandwich lariat then is ddt'd by Uno for 2.

Mark forearms him off the buckles. Rocky gets in and hits Uno. Rocky hits corner lariats then lariats Alex over. Uno hits an end of days on Rocky. We go to PiP break and return.

Uno takes a boot off a corner charge. Mark tags in. Mark hits shots on Uno and Alex. Mark spinning forearms Alex then hits shots on Uno and Silver. Mark back pele kicks Silver. Mark uranages Uno for 2. Mark takes a superkick then a piledriver for 2. Ishii gets tagged in. He forearms Alex and Uno over. Ishii germans Alex. Silve hits chest kicks on Ishii and Ishii chops back. Silver germans him and Ishii no sells it. Mark lariats Alex over the top. Rock gives Mark a chair to jump off of. Rocky flying headscissors Alex off the steps and takes a facekick from Uno. Mark tope con hilos off the chair onto Uno.

Ishii sliding lariats Alex then brainbusters him for the win.

Thoughts: I was really surprised to see Alex go down to a brainbuster. The Dark Order were back to being heels here after being faces for the last month. Why? Who knows. The match could have been better and didn't really get that much time. It was about average.

We then get a November Rain Full Gear music video to close the show. I would have aired this before the main.

Overall thoughts: It was a very weak edition of Rampage. The show is getting cancelled and they no longer care. It was especially weak considering there is no Collision this week, so more talent should have been available to put on this one. There were only 3 matches on this which is a low amount for Rampage. I only saw 2 of them and didn't think they were that great. Harley Cameron was the highlight of this. I would not recommend this and would give it a 3 out of 10.