AEW Rampage 6/2/23 Results and Review

This is the first time I’m reviewing AEW, so that’s something to consider. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it certainly was an interesting night. Let’s see what happened overall, and review the results.

El Hijo Del Vikingo defeated Dralistico, and Komander in the AAA Mega Title 3 Way Match

If you’re a fan of lucha libre, then you’re going to love this match. I loved it, I’m a big fan of lucha style, and these 3 threw down some amazing moments. They threw around some flying moves, and it was fun to see each one respond, and reverse some of the moves. This is the second match I’ve seen from Vikingo and it was incredible, he is truly one of the best in the business. This was an absolute stunner to open AEW Rampage, wow.

Backstage we got an interview with Jeff Jarrett and his crew. Mark Briscoe came out at one point, and argued with Jay Lethal. Aubrey Edwards came out too, and started choking Karen Jarrett! Fun little interview segment.

Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Action Andretti in the NJPW World Television Title Match

Zack Sabre Jr. is slowly becoming one of my favorite wrestlers. He has a way of putting together some amazing technical moments, it’s just fun. He can control a lot of the match from a wrist lock to a power move, and it was up front in this match. Andretti, I’ve never seen before, and he tried to quicken the pace of the match, but Zack Sabre Jr. kept reversing things.

Willow Nightingale defeated Emi Sakura in the NJPW Strong Women’s Title Match

A solid back and forth affair occurred here. Willow showed off her strength, and Emi was quick and hit a lot of chops, and slaps. The chops were loud, and the crowd was into this one. I was impressed by Emi here, as she wasn’t just letting the champ run her over. That’s not to say that Willow didn’t mount some offense, she threw down some interesting moments, and this match was very fun to watch.

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Lee Moriarty in the ROH Pure Title Match

I’ve never seen a ROH pure title match, but this was interesting. There’s a lot of rules that need to be followed to go forward with this one, and it was interesting to see a pure wrestling match. These guys just did pure wrestling, with a bit of back and forth throughout. I thought that the match was good overall. Shibata won this fight, because it was a great  one, and wow, what a win.

Overall Thoughts

AEW once again delivers a wrestling only program, and this time all title matches. I was impressed with the flow, and the work from each competitor. I didn’t find anything really wrong with tonight, and really loved to watch the matches. This was a great hour of programming, and really was pure wrestling with little filler, and no major story line continuation, with the exception of the small interview segment that pushed another story. Other than that, this was a great show, and fun night of wrestling, I loved it.

WWE Smackdown 6/2/23 Results and Review

Another week, another Smackdown goes down in history, and it looked like a sold out crowd to me. This week’s show had some highlights, and some low lights as well, and here is what I thought about the ongoing stories.

Austin Theory and Pretty Deadly defeated The Brawling Brutes in a six man tag match

This was a lot of fun, with a great deal of back and forth, as well as trio moves. The crowd was into it, and were even chanting Sheamus at one point. I was impressed with how much fun this was overall. Lots of back and forth, lots of reversals, and some great finishing moments. Austin Theory impresses and Pretty Deadly is also great, I loved the Brutes too, good stuff, great opener if you ask me.

The OC defeated Hit Row in a tag match

Under 3 minutes is all you get from this, and honestly, it wasn’t that good. Yeah, it had the OC and had AJ styles out there, and there was a few good moves, but without a longer showing, I just got bored. I don’t know why they have such boring, short matches sometimes, but I guess that’s WWE for you.

Zelina Vega defeated Lacey Evans in a money in the bank qualifying match

This wasn’t great. Less than 3 minutes, and mostly a beat down on Vega before her comeback and the victory. I love Evans, but she is not getting much of a push anymore. Before this, I was the Grayson Waller show, which I hated.

La Knight defeated Montez Ford in a money in the bank qualifying match

This was a fun match, with some good back and forth between the two. La Knight got a lot of reaction, and Ford also got that too. The crowd was definitely torn, split down the middle in terms of reaction. It was a good match, and even though it was under 10 minutes, La Knight goes over. Good match.

The Bloodline Explodes

After the matches, we had a Bloodline story explosion. It featured Solo hitting Jimmy with a spike, and that’s it. Roman doesn’t accept the Usos now. The show ended there, I went to bed.

Overall Thoughts

Ok, so this was a par for the course type of show. It was ok at best, and it pushed the Bloodline story a little. The matches were ok, with only a couple being really worth checking out, which is the opener and the men’s qualifying match. Other than that, this show was a bit on the boring side. I just didn’t really get into it.