[6.0] "Of the Wednesday evening alternatives this is easily the less reliable in providing its audience with at least one substitive in-ring offering per show. That being said, I thought this episode, outside Aliyah/B Kay, set itself a nice pace and there were sprinkles of fine mic-work done by S Joe, M James and especially TM61 in which their believable team camraderie and Shane's charisma shined. Oh, and Asuka... nodding her head, mouth agape in approval sold her anticipation. Did Aries big-time WWE into signing Thea? What is it with WWE and the lack of youth in their managers? Does one need an AARP to be the 'talking stick' for intimidators b/c outside the initial rub Ellering can bring to 'The Authors of Pain, ' an energy more along-the-line of a P Heyman circa Samoan Swat Team era or a Louis J. Pinder type, the real one is just adequate, manager of AAW's Kongo Kong would far improve the urgency of their presentation. The Asian dudes are there to fill quotas; same with Noah as he's there to make sure someone is related, not necessarily blood, to The Samoans. 5. 75"

[6.0] "DIY/Lun & Bin - Ok Opener (**1/4), Kay/Aliyah (-) , Potjes/Dillinger - Squash, Asuka/Trinidad -Squash - Ibushi & Perkins/Ali & Dorado - Good Match (***1/4), That was an Acceptable Show"

[6.0] "Good show this week - Tian Bing looked like he can do something down the line, he's already better than HoHo Lun. The lower card women have something to work with now, looking forward to seeing what they get at Takeover. The Roode/Dillinger feud advanced pretty nicely. Asuka/Mickie should be really good at Takeover, if Mickie can tap into her Trish feud mentality, that would make it even better. And the main event here was very good, always fun to see Kota Ibushi on a WWE-branded programme."