Rampage was AEW's second weekly television show, following the premiere of Dynamite, and the second professional wrestling program to air on TNT since the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001.

With the premiere of Collision in June 2023 (which subsequently became AEW's secondary flagship program), and the cancellation of AEW's YouTube shows (Dark and Elevation), Rampage essentially succeeded the YouTube shows by focusing on younger and mid-to-low card talent.

The series came to an end on December 27, 2024, as the program was not included in AEW's media rights deal with Warner Bros.

During AEW's marquee event Double or Nothing on May 30, former WWE wrestler Mark Henry was announced to be a part of the Rampage commentary team as an analyst.

[6] AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan said that the commentary team would not always be all four men, as Henry would also have other roles on the show, such as doing interviews.

[13] It was initially announced that both Dynamite and Rampage would be moving to TNT's sister channel TBS, also owned by Warner, in January 2022.

Discovery, AEW added a third weekly program on Saturday nights called Collision, which premiered in June 2023 on TNT.

[36] On September 25, 2019, AEW announced an international streaming deal with FITE TV primarily for regions outside of the United States and Canada via the "AEW Plus" package, which included live streaming and replay access of Dynamite in simulcast with its U.S. airing.

[39][40] On July 6, 2021, Toonami (another Warner channel) announced a deal to air Rampage in France.

[41] On August 27, 2021, Sky Sport (owned by Comcast, which held rights to rival wrestling promotion WWE in the United States) and AEW announced that Rampage would air on Mondays nights in Italy.

[45] On October 22, 2020, AEW reached an agreement with the digital platform Pluto TV, broadcasting its repeat events (including past pay-per-views) with commentators in Spanish from Latin America.

[47] On September 30, 2022, it was announced that AEW would stop airing on Space in Latin America on October 1, with Brazil following on December 30.

Rampage began airing on Premier Sports in the Philippines in October 2021[53] On April 8, 2022, it was announced that as part of the AEW and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) working relationship that Rampage would air in Japan on NJPW World.