[5.0] "The quality was really changing with every match. It had some good stuff, but also a lot of mediocre matches that felt WWF-ish. The opener for example got The Honky Tonk Man there and even though it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, it still wasn't the wrestling classic. Then Pretty Wonderful vs Stars and Stripes thankfully was as good as their last Fall Brawl match, but then we were back to bullshit with Dave Sullivan playing his stupid, imbecile gimmick. Dustin vs Arn was alright, although it lacked more hatred between both guys, Duggan vs Austin was single-handedly carried by Steve's phenomenal performance, Vader had another decent match with Boss Man, but it was getting stale at that point and The Nasties vs Funk & Buck was all about a very good character work from heels especially. And then the main event delivered and they once again produced a big fight feeling, while also adding some very nicely executed chaos in the final minutes. The crowd loved it and was loud from start to finish, plus the aftermath with Brutus turning on Hogan was a nice way to set up the world champion's next feud."

[4.0] "Yeah, this is a rough watch. Basically watch Terry Funk be Terry Funk, Anderson/Rhodes and main event for historical purposes and avoid the rest like the plague. The Sulivans match made absolutely zero sense and was borderline offensive and the old men are very firmly entrenched up and down the card. Thanks Hogan."

[6.0] "If not for the main event, this would have been a waste of time. Hogan and Flair put on a great show, but Honky Tonk Man? Dave Sullivan? There were still some issues to be worked out with this company before they'd hit it big."

[5.0] "Two decent matches, an entertaining but flawed main event, and a lot of rubbish. It wasn't helped by most of the matches being brawls and far too similar to each other, and with too many of the wrestlers being past their peaks. If you enjoy Hogan you'll enjot the main event, but there's not much to recommend the show as a whole."

[6.0] "As big, overblown (and overbooked) Hogan main events go, the Hogan vs Flair match here was pretty fun. There was also a good tag match in Nasties vs Funk/Buck, which ended with a funny but believable and memorable comedy spot (the piledriver on the pumpkin), a pretty good Dustin Rhodes vs Arn Anderson bout, a decent enough US Title match in Duggan vs Austin (and a promo where Austin showed a hint of the future Stone Cold persona), and an OK Tag Title match with Pretty Wonderful vs Stars & Stripes. Not an iconic Halloween Havoc, but an OK show in its own right."

[7.0] "Overall good show. Badd vs. Honky Tonk Man just dragged on without nothing particular interesting happening. Pretty Wonderful vs. Stars and Stripes was decent with title change. Sullivan match was just boring and bad. Dustin vs. Arn was good, great chemistry between those two, should have gone a bit longer though. Duggan vs. Austin was bad and one of WCW's "fuck you" to Austin. Vader vs. Guardian Angel was OK. Nasty Boys vs. Buck & Funk was not that great. However the main event was really good with a hyped and loud crowd that made the match flow perfectly. Putting Flair's retirement on the line for the match really made it seem important, and use of the steel cage made the match sense. Overall a pretty OK show, mostly the main event."

[3.0] "Not a particularly good show, it has a few moments but not much. Opening match is horrible, HTM spends most of the match applying a rest hold, all to build up a badly executed draw. Endless videos about Hulk Hogan and his ridiculous storylines. The tag title match is actually pretty good, but the Sullivan match is truly one of the worst I have ever seen. Arn/Dustin is a great match, thank goodness, they do what they can to turn the show around. Unfortunately Austin/Duggan is another horrible match, not even Austin can get anything worthwhile out of Duggan. Vader/Angle is actually pretty fantastic, massive hoss battle, so that's one last good point in the favor of the show. Tag match is not that good, lots of gross Nasty stuff with armpits and whatever. Main event is not horrible but not very good at all, insanely overbooked and mostly centered around Hogan no selling and making Flair look like a joke. After the main event we get the pitiful reveal of "Brother Bruti" as Hogan's next main antagonist. A few worthwhile matches but a whole ton of crap too on this show."

[5.0] "Disappoiting, there was the potential for a strong event but many things got wrong. Once again this is the triumph of the old era, it's a back to '80s feelings that did not work in 1994. Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair isn't bad and it's the right main event, but most of the stuff isn't enjoyable. Even Vader vs Bossman isn't remarcable, Sting is out of the card, Steve Austin is near the end of his days in WCW."

[3.0] "Hogan permeates the show. Unfortunately so do his friends. Honky Tonk Man, Dave Sullivan (kill me), Jim Duggan, The Big Boss Man (AKA The Guardian Angel), and The Nasty Boys are all on this show. WCW is becoming the WWF, about five years too late. Not good."

[4.0] "I was very disappointed with the mediocre wrestling throughout the majority of Halloween Havoc 94. Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin for the United States title ended in an over the top rope DQ, stupid. I didn't really care for the TV title match either between Johnny B. Badd and Honky Tonk Man. That match ended in a time limit draw, stupid. Not just that but the aftermath was pretty lame on Honky Tonk Man's part. I liked the spot at the end of the Nasty Boys vs. Bunkhouse Buck & Terry Funk match where one of the Nasty Boys did a piledriver on Funk through their pumpkin. Unfortunately any time you put Vader and Boss Man in a match against each other back then, you weren't going to get a very good match out of them. The Sullivans match is not even worth going over. The only matches I liked watching were the tag title match, Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson, and the steel cage match between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Rhodes vs. Anderson was a pretty good wrestling match with a good finish by Dustin getting the quick pin and a good aftermath that made sense with Anderson attacking Rhodes afterwards. The steel cage match between Hogan and Flair during the first half of it was good too and could've been a better match if the psychology made sense towards the finish which unfortunately I felt didn't, but I thought the aftermath of the match with Brutus Beefcake turning on Hogan with the help of Earthquake & Kevin Sullivan and Sting coming out for the save kind of made up for it."

[3.0] "The last three matches were good but the rest left a lot to be desired. The Sullivans and the Tag Team Championship match were especially horrible."