{"id":134168,"date":"2022-02-28T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=134168"},"modified":"2022-02-28T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:59:55","slug":"aew-rampage-hits-misses-2-25-hook-fine-in-brawl-main-event-shines-scorpio-sky-speaks-again-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/02\/28\/aew-rampage-hits-misses-2-25-hook-fine-in-brawl-main-event-shines-scorpio-sky-speaks-again-more\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW RAMPAGE HITS &#038; MISSES 2\/25: Hook fine in brawl, main event shines, Scorpio Sky speaks again, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-285205494\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>Sammy Guevara defeated Andrade El Idolo to retain the TNT Championship: MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good match, but it never really felt like it had high stakes. In addition, they cut right to it at the beginning of the show. I\u2019m not an old fan, but I\u2019d really like for the champion to have an entrance. Title defenses need a good set up instead of just cutting to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Matt Hardy attack Sammy before Darby Allin and Sting came to the rescue. I presume this sets up a tag match for the PPV?<\/p>\n<p><strong>QT Marshall\/Hook Segment: MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>QT Marshall came out and starting berating Taz and Hook. He claimed that he was the one who created Hook.<\/p>\n<p>While this was a good promo overall, why did they wait until now to reference the fact that he is a QT Marshall trainee? That is the sort of thing you plan in advance of a feud like this. Inserting it midway just doesn\u2019t feel organic.<\/p>\n<p>Hook then came out and laid out a bunch of QT\u2019s students while QT stood at a distance. This was fine for what it was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men of the Year Backstage Promo: HIT<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2943097564\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>We FINALLY heard from Scorpio Sky again. It felt like they were looking away from him after building his rightful title opportunity up for many weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not getting a title shot soon, but a chance to qualify for the Face of the Revolution ladder match. Sky was right to point out that he deserves better given his record, but I guess that\u2019s what we are stuck with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wardlow vs. Nick Comoroto: HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the type of match where you can afford to put long commercial breaks. We got to see the hot beginning and end, without suffering through a lumbering middle. Comoroto has improved, but he\u2019s still not good enough for a lengthy match, and I don\u2019t think Wardlow can carry him to a good match either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Match Promo by Spears: HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the match, Aaron Solow tried attacking but Wardlow caught him and attempted to deliver the powerbomb. However, Spears interfered by hitting Solow with a chair while he was in powerbomb position. This angered Wardlow and Spears cut a promo to try and calm him down.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this was a great, smarmy promo. While there was some meta moments like \u201cgetting over\u201d which I found eye-rolling, and would usually tank a promo in my eyes, most of it was good. It makes sense for Spears to express denial of the popularity of the powerbomb and ask Wardlow to tone it down. He\u2019s essentially gas lighting him. A villainous group wouldn\u2019t want the muscle of their gang to develop his own identity. Wardlow is getting increasingly upset, and it will reach a boiling point soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Deeb defeated Kayla Sparks in \u201cThe Professor\u2019s 5-Minute Challenge\u201d: HIT<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-285932054\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>This was good. If people didn\u2019t see Deeb as someone who is \u201cjust there to work with the girls and help them improve,\u201d she\u2019d be as big a star as Baker. I hope these challenges are a way of building her up for a consistent run on top. I\u2019d also love to see Deeb as a female member of Bryan Danielson\u2019s new faction. She would fit right in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Britt Baker-Thunder Rosa Contract Signing: MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This started out good with Baker referencing their Lights Out match and acknowledging that Rosa won but it was Baker who came out a bigger star. But then it veered into talk of action figures and the \u201cwomen\u2019s revolution,\u201d and Rosa seeing herself as the face of it. Wasn\u2019t that a corporate buzzword WWE used when they were finally shifting course from the Divas era? I know AEW had to and still needs to invest more in women\u2019s scouting and the building of stars, and probably representation at the commentary desk as well, but Thunder Rosa, the wrestling character, doesn\u2019t talk about the state of women\u2019s wrestling her promos all that much. She just goes after people and beats them up. So, what reality is Baker drawing from? I don\u2019t mind heels making things up sometimes, but this didn\u2019t feel like it was intended to be a bold-faced lie so much as her spin on a morsel of truth. The only problem is, I can\u2019t remember that morsel of truth despite watching AEW television every week for nearly two years.<\/p>\n<p>Baker also addressed Rosa\u2019s obsessive championship aspirations, which is great to do in theory, but Rosa hasn\u2019t exactly been on a path to capture the Women\u2019s Championship recently. Her sights only turned to Baker in the last two-three weeks, and she hasn\u2019t really mentioned the championship so much as she just wants to hurt Baker for hiring Martinez to screw her out of the TBS championship (which itself made no sense, but I\u2019ve talked about it in a previous column). This feud has skipped so many chapters it\u2019s difficult to keep track. Baker is referring too many \u201cnothings.\u201d Good delivery, poor content.<\/p>\n<p>As far as Rosa goes, she said one forgettable line at the beginning and quickly got lost in the post-segment brawl. In the end, it was Martinez who put Hayter through a table, while Rosa posed with the belt.<\/p>\n<p>This was a decent but underwhelming segment overall. I feel the same way about the feud in general. It had the potential to be legendary and industry-defining, on the level of Lynch-Rousey, but sadly, I don\u2019t think it even has the internal consistency of Ripley-Gonzalez from NXT last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Event Promo: MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was surprisingly entertaining, but it slightly defined down the main event worthiness of the match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orange Cassidy defeated Anthony Bowens to earn a spot in the Face of the Revolution ladder match: HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fine main event with lots of \u201csports entertainment.\u201d If Vince McMahon needlessly shuns the \u201cpro wrestling label,\u201d this is an example of how Tony Khan\/some AEW wrestlers are in complete denial of the \u201csports entertainment\u201d nature of their show. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s bad, but you can hardly tell the difference in genre sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>I wish the TNT championship match swapped places with this match, but it\u2019s not a big deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commentary was fine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall Show: MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This episode was so fast-paced and jam-packed that it\u2019s difficult for anything to stick. The Baker-Rosa contract signing was underwhelming, but everything else at least did its job. Decent show.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/02\/25\/2-25-aew-rampage-tv-report-guevara-vs-andrade-for-the-tnt-title-bowens-vs-cassidy-baker-and-rosa-contract-signing-wardlow-in-action-deebs-5-minute-challenge\/\">2\/25 AEW RAMPAGE TV REPORT: Guevara vs. Andrade for the TNT Title, Bowens vs. Cassidy, Baker and Rosa Contract Signing, Wardlow in action, Deeb\u2019s 5-minute Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3491405858\"><div id=\"pwtor-4008635237\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sammy Guevara defeated Andrade El Idolo to retain the TNT Championship: MINOR HIT Good match, but it never really felt like it had high stakes. In addition, they cut right to it at the beginning <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/02\/28\/aew-rampage-hits-misses-2-25-hook-fine-in-brawl-main-event-shines-scorpio-sky-speaks-again-more\/\" title=\"AEW RAMPAGE HITS &#038; MISSES 2\/25: Hook fine in brawl, main event shines, Scorpio Sky speaks again, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":129970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,28,27],"tags":[6121,6558,6120],"class_list":["post-134168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists","tag-aew","tag-aew-rampage","tag-all-elite-wrestling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-17-at-2.54.09-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134169,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134168\/revisions\/134169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}