Bobby Lashley, Dean Ambrose & Drew McIntyre vs. Finn Balor, John Cena & Seth Rollins

[7.0] "Very cool six-man tag team match between all these great workers who had all the ingredients in their hands to start the year in the best way possible as it was the first RAW match of 2019 and they clearly gave it their all to make it enjoyable, people saying it was too long make me laugh a little bit as they're the same ones who complain when the WWE offers content that is way too short so we're not going to say no to seeing them give twenty minutes of match time to all these great performers. The match was nothing relatively special but it was perfectly solid for what it was and I was never bored, Cena worked well during the match and was dominated by the heels for a long time. Bálor was fun too, and Rollins got one of the best hot-tags I've seen in a long time, the crowd literally erupted when he entered the match. The idea of him getting his team to win made sense as there was a project around him and the promotion wanted to build him up as the top babyface in the company. Good action and star power, it reminded me a lot of the multi-man tag matches the company liked to give us from outta nowhere during the Attitude Era and I liked that."

[4.0] "This was a 35-minute segment that should have been half the time. Cena and McIntyre wasted time on words that did not mean much before transitioning sloppily into a match that didn't get going until Rollins got into the ring for the final five minutes. Despite all the talent involved, this just fell flat, dragging out a combination of a bland promo segment and a 10-minutes-too-long contest."

[8.0] "A very fast-paced, high impact match between six of the top workers in the company. Everyone put on great performances and the finish was well-timed and executed. It also helped advance the storyline of a motivated Seth Rollins which would play into later booking in January."

[7.0] "It was pretty predictable that Rollins would pin Ambrose in this match to earn a title rematch for himself. The match itself was pretty good, although a bit long. ***1/2."

[5.0] "It is a watchable weekly match, nothing more. Seth Rollins is the best of the six men and shows his impact maneuvers in order to impress Triple H to obtain the title shot for the Intercontinental Championship. Other men do their job decently. ***"