AEW Rampage Outcomes: Winners, Dwell Grades, Response and Highlights from Aug. 11
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Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
The August 11 episode of AEW Rampage noticed the continuation of the feud between Darby Allin and Mogul Embassy as the previous TNT champion battled “The Machine” Brian Cage in singles motion.
Worldwide champion Orange Cassidy defended towards Johnny TV within the evening’s different foremost occasion whereas Ring of Honor World Tag Crew champions Aussie Open noticed motion and Sky Blue battled Saraya for the proper to advance to All In and a shot on the AEW World Girls’s Championship.
Match Card
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- AEW Worldwide Championship Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Johnny TV
- Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage
- Winner Goes to All In: Skye Blue vs. Saraya
- ROH Tag Crew champions Aussie Open in motion
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Introduced for Rampage are the next:
Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage
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- Allin because the small, fearless babyface towards the large bruiser Cage is a system that may at all times work. Allin out-wrestling Cage and scoring the win off an inside bundle was an excellent end, proof of his capability to beat the onslaught of any opponent and rating a come-from-behind victory from out of nowhere.
- Luchasaurus attacked Allin after the match, a reminder of the facet feud happening between them that began two weeks earlier on Collision. All whereas Christian Cage watched from backstage.
- Britt Baker vowed to defeat The Bunny on Dynamite this Wednesday throughout a backstage phase and money her ticket to All In for the AEW World Girls’s Championship.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Darby Allin dealt a blow to The Mogul Embassy to kick off this week’s present, defeating “The Machine” Brian Cage and constructing momentum towards All In and the Coffin Match with Sting towards AR Fox and Swerve Strickland.
The celebration was short-lived as Luchasaurus attacked, a lot to the delight of Christian Cage, who watched the beating from the backstage space.
Allin, like his buddy CM Punk on Collision, is within the midst of a number of ongoing storylines, two of which have been on show right here. The match with Cage was actually sturdy and showcased the chemistry between them.
The beating by the hands of the masked massive man continued his pursuit of the TNT Championship that he’s as synonymous with as anybody.
A competitor as over as anybody in AEW, showcasing his in-ring creativity whereas placing over the ferocity and energy of his rivals, was a strong method to kick off this week’s present and ensure the face-painted antihero remained on the forefront of the promotion.
Outcome
Allin defeated Cage
Grade
B+
Prime Moments and Takeaways
AEW Worldwide Championship Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Johnny TV
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- Yuta joined the commentary crew and is clearly the man that’s being positioned to problem Cassidy subsequent. The thought of him being the man to finish Freshly Squeezed’s reign is just not one this author is keen to entertain. As a result of it might be ridiculous and improper, most as a result of that win must be saved for somebody who can truly profit from it.
- “What’s taking you so lengthy? Get to this ring so I can punch your face in,” Cassidy ordered Yuta.
- Yuta mentioned he desires to take the one factor that’s vital to Cassidy: his title, subsequent week, in Nashville.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
AEW Worldwide champion Orange Cassidy defended towards Johnny TV within the evening’s second match, the latter accompanied to the squared circle by Harley Cameron, QT Marshall and Aaron Solo.
The match was considerably disappointing given the energy of Cassidy’s title defenses over the past six months, nevertheless it was high-quality sufficient for what it was. Contemplating it was secondary to the post-match verbal change between Freshly Squeezed and Wheeler Yuta of The Blackpool Fight Membership.
That match can have some excited however the prospect of Wheeler being the one to dethrone Cassidy, as a part of BCC’s restoration efforts following their loss in Blood & Guts, is just not significantly interesting.
Yuta nonetheless has some work to do from a personality perspective to essentially obtain the extent of success that displays his in-ring capability.
Outcome
Cassidy defeated TV
Grade
C+
Prime Moments and Takeways
Aussie Open vs. Outrunners
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- The bodily depth of Aussie Open units them aside from different groups on the roster, and particularly from MJF and Cole.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
On the heels of a problem issued by Adam Cole and MJF for the Ring of Honor World Tag Crew Championship on the All In: Zero Hour preshow, Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher of Aussie Open battled Fact Magnum and Turbo Floyd of The Outrunners.
The underdogs weren’t capable of outrun something Davis and Fletcher threw at them because the ROH champs rolled to victory with Coriolis.
After the match, they accepted Cole and MJF’s problem for a match in Wembley on August 27.
This was a profitable phase that highlighted the bodily dominance and chemistry between Fletcher and Davis and offered a style of what the world champion and his finest buddy are in retailer for at Zero Hour.
Outcome
Aussie Open defeated The Outrunners
Grade
A
Prime Moments and Takeaways
Winner Goes to All In: Saraya vs. Skye Blue
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- Storm’s new Marilyn Monroe-esque look and unhinged character are improbable and instantly set her aside from The Outcasts, proving she actually doesn’t must be part of the faction at this level.
- Blue is rising extra assured with each passing week and it’s exhibiting in her physique language and the way in which she carries herself. She is the way forward for this ladies’s division.
- Storm pulled Saraya out of the way in which of a senton off the ring apron and the babyface crashed to the ground beneath.
- A late distraction by Storm and Soho, together with spraypaint to the eyes, price Blue the title because the second-generation heel earned her method to All In.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Saraya cashed her ticket to Wembley Stadium in London for All In with a win over Skye Blue in Friday evening’s foremost occasion.
The bout noticed the Brit earn a shot at Hikaru Shida’s AEW World Girls’s Championship with the assistance of Ruby Soho and Toni Storm, who offered a distraction on the proper time and equipped the spraypaint vital for Saraya to select up the win.
It was a aggressive match that highlighted Blue as a plucky underdog and allowed Saraya to get some ring time, one thing that has been sorely missing for one in all wrestling’s extra influential ladies of her era.
We might see Saraya and Storm do battle in London and given the latest character shift for the latter, that’s in all probability to be anticipated, particularly since she hardly resembles the Outcasts she shares the group with at this level.
Outcome
Saraya defeated Blue
Grade
C+
Prime Moments and Takeaways
General Grade
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Rampage is oftentimes a present that’s simply…there.
It’s the C-show and a platform for the decrease card storylines in AEW.
With so many massive occasions upcoming, the corporate should make the most of its tv time to its benefit and it did so with this broadcast.
We bought new developments in Darby Allin’s battles with everybody, a problem for a title match between Orange Cassidy and Wheeler Yuta, the acceptance of one other by Aussie Open, and the newest qualifier for the four-way ladies’s title match.
On a present that’s typically inconsequential, issues truly occurred right here, serving to this broadcast stand out in methods Rampage might not at all times.
General Grade: B
