[7.0] "Sympathisch Eröffnung von Jim - again. Opener ist ganz flüssig und die beiden Herren machen das unterhaltsam. Johnson und Eaver können da nicht ganz mithalten, sind aber auch von den Umständen gebeutelt. "Trent's going to Mania! " Seine WWE-Story funktioniert auch als naiver Face wunderbar. Schöne Comedy mal wieder und im Match finden die Drei rechtzeitig zur Ernsthaftigkeit zurück. Die Story im World Title-Picture bekommt dann doch noch etwas Tiefe. Im Ring funktioniert passabel, das Aftermath ist interessant. TK nehme ich aber schwierig als Contender wahr und auch Brooks kommt nur über den Buddy-Bonus an diesen Spot. So baut man Banks nicht auf! Auch die Damen kommen mit einer Dreieckgeschichte daher. Jinny ist verletzt, suchte sich Millie als Vertretung aus. Und nun war auch die verletzt. Mit Chakara sprang dann leider die schwächste der drei Paarungen heraus, immerhin bringt sie ganz charmantes Heel-Work auf's Parkett. Frau Samuels tut der Division auch gut. Eddie Dennis ist immer noch mächtig sauer und hat einen ganz ordentlichen Auftritt, um Andrews ins schlechte Licht zu rücken. Das klappt zwar nicht, aber das Match ist auch dank Havoc und Haskins immerhin ordentlich. Doug Williams hatte seine Zeit, 2018 muss ich ihn nicht mehr sehen, auch wenn das hier immer noch ordentlich ist. Was Frau Haskins da herumtreibt, interessiert mich nicht sonderlich. Gegensätzliche Gefühle löst das Main Event aus. Die Ringkampf-Partner gönnen sich gar nichts und liefern eines der härtesten reinen Wrestling-Matches der letzten Jahre. Die Chops sind brutal, die Intensität ist absurd hoch. Thatcher zeigt endlich mal wieder, was er als Gesamtpaket alles kann, wenn auch WALTER hier ein dankbarer Gegner ist, an dem man sich gut aufreiben kann. Starkes Match (****œ) und ein guter Abschluss für einen ordentlichen Event, dem ein zweites, gutes Match aber gut zu Gesicht gestanden hätte."

[7.0] "Dark Tag was decent (**), but it could have been far better. Ridgeway vs. Omari (**œ) was imho nothing special and with no interesting peak. Roy Johnson vs. William Eaver (**) was ok, and unlucky Eaver got injured. The Three Way Match (***œ) was quite funny and also nice to see. The PROGRESS World Title Match was a solid one but didn't excel (***). The PROGRESS Women's Title Match (*œ) was quite bad, one of the worst matches I've seen of Toni Storm. The Tag Team Match (**œ) was a solid one but with a pretty obvious outcome. Webster vs. Williams (***œ) was a very positive suprise as I didn't expect it at high level The PROGRESS Atlas Title Match (****Ÿ) was a wonderful match, one of the best ever done in Progress imho."

[6.0] "Die ersten zwar Matches waren schlecht **, Sabre vs Brookes vs Seven war das was ich mir vorgestellt hatte *** 1/2, Banks vs Cooper war in Ordnung *** 1/4, Storm vs Chakara war ok ** 1/2, Tag Match war eher so da ** 3/4, Webster vs Williams war okay ** 1/2 und der Main Event war Exzellent und rettet die Show **** 1/2. Toller Clash zwischen den Ringkampf Kollegen."

[7.0] "Ridgeway vs. Omari was fine, although I expected more from this two. Very robotic outing w/ flat structuring - it started and ended on the same speed (**Ÿ). Johnson vs. Eaver was an ok match until the Pastor's injury. Hope he'll be all right (**). Sabre Jr. vs. Seven vs. Brookes was a lot of fun. They went for comedy mostly, and excelled at it a lot, especially Trent. Hope he will do more singles work in PROGRESS going forward (***œ). Banks vs. Cooper was pretty good but just like w/ the 1st match, I expected a bit more (***Œ). Storm vs. Chakara was meh (*Ÿ). Havoc/Haskins vs. Andrews/Jones was solid and good story development for Andrews-Dennis feud (***). Webster vs. Williams was good (***œ). WALTER vs. Thatcher was fucking bonkers, just incredible. I don't have myself enough proper words to describe it moments after seeing it. Easy MOTY so far for me, better than everything I saw this year (and it's goddamn incredible year so far) and the best match in PROGRESS' history (*****). A soild show w/ must-see, classic main event."

[6.0] "Chris Ridgeway -vs- Omari - (Natural Progression Series V - Qualifying) [**], Roy Johnson -vs- William Eaver [* 1/4] God, what a bump Eaver took to the floor! Zack Sabre Jr. -vs- Chris Brookes -vs- Trent Seven [** 3/4] Trent Seven got to be my favorite comedy guy in wrestling! He? s so damn casual about it. And in his weird mentality he thought he could hang with ace technicians ZSJ & Brookes? ! Fun watching it go wrong all the time! Travis Banks (c) -vs- TK Cooper - (PROGRESS Title) [** 1/2] At times this really sparkled! But it strangely died down for stretches too. Difficult to fully get into with that flow, and then Chris Brookes came out and it became a distraction affair. Toni Storm (c) -vs- Chakara - (PROGRESS Women's Title) [* 1/2], Jimmy Havoc & Mark Haskins -vs- Danny Jones & Mark Andrews [** 1/2] Danny Jones is much more at home in good old UK than he was in Japan. He? s still trying to find an original character which is why he? s ripped-off Balor? s demon character. Morgan Webster -vs- Doug Williams [** 1/4], WALTER (c) -vs- Timothy Thatcher - (PROGRESS Atlas Title) [*** 3/4] Amazingly brutal! WALTER was simply ruthless towards his tag partner! Inhumane punishment. Thatcher body looked completely battered. Sick stuff! A little too reliant on the stiffness, as they sure could have done something more interesting for the early portion of the fight. But nonetheless, the climax, the entire scenario - incredible!"

[8.0] "Good show, not astoundingly consistent like some Chapters but the triple threat and TK/Travis were both very good, otherwise a little quiet, Eaver's tumble was truly frightening and it was a pity Toni v Millie didn't happen - having seen the match at Pro-Wrestling:EVE a few weeks ago it was great and it would've been lovely to see it in the Ballroom. I would say elsewhere in the card the crowd were a little quieter than usual and that some Grizzled Young Veterans could have spiced things up in that regard. But all this can be swept aside after THAT main event, Jim is calling it his favourite match in company history and it's easy to see why. An absolutely astonishing battle. Wonderful stuff. Must see for the main event alone."

[7.0] "This show was paced very well but was a little marred by injury. Opener was solid and crowd pleasing (** 1/2). Pastor and Big Wavy were building something but once Eaver took a tumble it all went south, it was a freak accident but it didn't help the match at all (**). The triple threat was a lot of fun but Trent's antics before and during made it less than what it could've been. I love Seven but his face persona takes nothing seriously and pulls all the attention off anyone else around him, which is a shame because the returning ZSJ should've got a much better response than he did (*** 1/4). The PROGRESS world title match had plenty of callbacks to Banks' last defence, as well as reminders of TK's injury, and it built much better than Brookes/Banks did on the last Chapter show (***). The aftermath was interesting and should make for some enjoyable angles going forward. Jinny's promo before Storm's title defence was great and the angle after it almost made up for the disappointment of not getting to see Toni face off with Millie McKenzie, the match with Chakara itself was solid but nothing special (** 1/2). The tag match was all story line and having Eddie Dennis there to cut a promo beforehand and to add to the commentary table was an excellent idea, good match only elevated by the extra's they added into it (*** 1/2). Williams/Webster was a very good match and the little wrinkle at the end is an intriguing one (*** 1/2). The main event was astonishing! Just two big dudes throwing bombs and each other. Absolutely excellent and essential viewing for any and all wrestling fans. Great stuff (*****)."