[5.0] "This was a bit of a rough episode. There's nothing awful here, but everything was pretty boring. Jimmy Havoc took on Brandon Cutler in a dull opening match based around Havoc's addiction to the staple gun. Shawn Spears then beat Sonny Kiss in a short match that still managed to be the best match of the night. Finally, Proud-N-Powerful beat the worst lineup of The Jurassic Express in an unexciting main event."

[4.0] "A decent, but not overly enjoyable episode of AEW Dark. This is not one you really need to hunt down, unless you're a freak like me who likes to watch as much wrestling as possible. My favourite match here was actually Shawn Spears vs Sonny Kiss; it was short but effective, and it was nice to see a more aggressive Spears. Nyla Rose was guest commentator here and it was great; honestly the most entertaining part of the show. I did not enjoy Jimmy Havoc vs Brandon Cutler; it was my least favourite part of the show."

[4.0] "A pretty decent episode, it probably would have been better if the Sonny Kiss vs Shawn Spears match would have lasted a little longer. But other than that, it was pretty decent, for a show with a below average rating."

[5.0] "One of the weaker editions of Dark, though not bad. Nyla Rose had a few funny lines on commentary but she probably won't be a regular contributor. The best match was PnP vs. Jurassic Express, but I'd much rather see Stunt at ringside instead of Luchasaurus."

[7.0] "Havoc showed doubters that he can wrestle and he did this while staying in character. Cutler was a good opponent for him to show his skills. Spears is just too "WWE" and does absolutely nothing interesting, there's nothing original about anything he does and lined up alongside these indy stars he is just plain dull. The tag match was worked well as the small men fought valiantly to inflict some damage on the savages. The fight at the end was superb and Marko's destroyer brilliant. The Jurassic Express vignette in the forest was genius, more please!"

[7.0] "Solid episode. Havoc/Cutler was alright, Cutler's best showing so far, Spears/Kiss was the weak link while PNP vs the Jurassic Express was decent, with a really nice suplex segment and another feud in the making with Luchasaurus and Swagger/Hagar."

[7.0] "A solid set of dark matches, with the standout being the main event and the brawl that followed. Personally I would have preferred one more match over all the Dynamite recap that we got, ideally a women's match. There was no Undesirable to Undeniable segment this week, which was disappointing; last week's profile of Shanna increased her popularity significantly, and there are a number of other wrestlers on the roster who could use the same treatment. Nyla Rose was fantastic on commentary, however. I'm really liking this trend of letting the more charismatic wrestlers show off their talking skills on commentary, since we don't get to see this side of these wrestlers very often with promos being as rare as they are."