Former UFC star Junior dos Santos made his AEW debut on the latest episode of AEW Rampage

Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos accompanied by the American Top Team made his in-ring debut on AEW Rampage.

JDS, alongside Men of the Year – Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page, took on the Inner Circle.

Dos Santos marked his arrival with a barrage of strikes on Chris Jericho. The match saw a lot of action, and at one point JDS was put through a table by Jack Hager of Inner Circle.

In the end, with the help of distraction from ATT’s Paige VanZant, Jorge Masvidal (another ATT member) executed his trademark flying knee on Jericho, who ended up getting pinned.

Inner Circle were irate and left fuming after their defeat.

Twitter not convinced with Junior dos Santos’ punches

Junior dos Santos might have ruled the UFC back in his heydays, but his punches in his pro-wrestling debut were nowhere close to convincing – at least that is what the wrestling community felt.

Here are a few Twitter reactions to JDS’s AEW debut:

Carlos Felipe who co-headlines tomorrow’s UFC event against American Top Team member Andrei Arlovski was all eyes.

Carlos Felipe (@CarlosBoiMMA) is in the UFC co-main event tomorrow night against Andrei Arlovski. But right now he’s in front of the TV supporting his countryman Junior dos Santos. #AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/I3VUQLrfZV

— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) October 16, 2021

JDS’ punches were the topic of discussion:

I know he can do some serious damage and is probably scared of hurting someone, but his punches look sooooo bad.

— Mike Forbes (@MikeForbes101) October 16, 2021

Not bad for his first match

— jermaine jones (@jermaine611) October 16, 2021

JDS needs to lay them strikes in

— alebingus (@skangdaddyflexx) October 16, 2021

He did way better than this guy! pic.twitter.com/IPqJ86Vv5U

— D (@d_dawg34) October 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/TTV_GlennyCee/status/1449220451884957700

Jericho's gotta be like "another MMA dude who doesn't know how to do this yet, great."

— Carson Cunningham (@Carson_OKC) October 16, 2021

JDS isn't great but let him actually train and not be rushed.

I can see a cage fight with Hager on a future Dynamite very soon. Give him time

— Cody Ryan (@CodyRyan511) October 16, 2021

Holy if u told me I'd be watching Dos Santos vs Y2J anywhere on any platform like 10 yrs ago I'd call you crazy 😂😂 that's something else

— @PayDayMMA (@NPScores) October 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/Bamer2323/status/1449206486844936193

Love it! So glad to see these MMA/pro wrestling crossovers

— Vick 📅 (@Vicksburgh) October 16, 2021

Dan fuckin Lambert.

The best heel in wrestling.

— Cody Ryan (@CodyRyan511) October 16, 2021

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