[7.0] "Honestly quite a refreshing pre-show from AEW where they aren't essentially having an episode of Rampage leading into the ppv. Bowens getting a big reaction, Fox once again proving why he needs to be utilized more. Not sure this 2 match pre-show will stick, but one can hope lol."
[6.0] "Das Trios Match war natürlich das MOTN der Show. Meinen Geschmack hat es auf jeden Fall getroffen. Gute schnelle Action zwischen den beiden Teams und am Ende holt Wayne den Sieg. Das passte alles schon sehr gut zusammen hier. Könnte ich mir noch mehrmals anschauen in der Konstellation. Ich glaube ich hätte Bowens ohne Gunn zurück in die Shows gebracht. Die Rückkehr war auf jeden Fall sehr umjubelt und ich bin auch froh das er wieder da ist. Caster hat er schnell abgefertigt und jetzt muss er alleine schwimmen. Match meh, Rückkehr war gut gemacht."
[7.0] "Entertaining first match, crowd showed support for AR Fox. Caster got people going before a strong intro and pop for Bowens. Hosts not shown in arena, but still a fun time."
[3.0] "Well it's weird there was only one real match in the Zero-Hour and although the second match featured Bowens squashing Caster which could be interesting that didn't even last 1 minute. There should have been something more in terms of in ring action. *1/2"
[4.0] "Why weren't there more matches. This might be the most limited match card in the buy in for AEW. AR Fox was insanely good. Would love to see him more frequently on the main shows. Still don't agree with the breakup of The Acclaimed. Immediately there after, both felt like jobber. Well one already is."
[3.0] "12 minutes of wrestling on a 90 minute show. I can understand wanting to avoid burn out but I think there was room to put one or two of the PPVs matches on here so that the buffer between the pre-show and the PPV would have made the PPV a little more manageable. Bowens had a big return but he came back on the pre-show to crush the biggest jobber in the company. What did he gain?"
[6.0] "Not trying to be too harsh, but this was probably the weakest zero hour AEW has put on. Nothing against the wrestlers, but it was really only like 12 minutes of wrestling. Cool trios match between Nick Wayne & Cru against Top Flight & AR Fox, but the second match was 40 second squash match."
[5.0] "In my opinion this just felt like your normal pre show. Anthony Bowens return was good and all, aswell as the trios tag. But in my opinion nothing was must watch. Yes what we got was good but it's just simply that, their wasn't anything I could really dig my teeth into."
[8.0] "The trios match was great. Bowens answering Max's challenge was expected but was also incredibly well done. Bowens looks like a star with this new presentation and I could see him in the TNT Title picture this year. Because of these two things alone, this was a very good preshow."
[6.0] "the tag team match was so good! enjoyed it very much, especially AR Fox's performance! we saw another squash match between Caster and his opponent but honestly, I expected more matches from this pre-show! Komander and Hologram are the ones who I really wanted to see here! this was good but they can still make the Zero hour shows much better by taking it more seriously,"
[7.0] "actually pretty good zero hour, the six man tag was really good for an zero hour match. good spots. the max caster open challenge? was a fun watch too. but they could have done a real match instead of the short knockout."
[7.0] "Das war eine solide Zero Hour. Das Six Man Tag Team Match wusste zu gefallen und auch das zweite Match war durch das drumherum mit dem neuen Theme von Anthony Bowens interessant. Für meinen Geschmack hätte es aber ruhig noch ein weiteres, etwas längeres Match geben können, um die Zero Hour mit mehr Wrestling zu füllen."
[7.0] "Pretty much exactly what you could want out of a pre-show. Fun six man and a quickie after some local heel heat (Ben Simmons boathouse row jersey is an incredible touch even all these years later.) I'm not a regular AEW watcher but Bowens seemed very over and has a lot pf physical charisma, def would like to see more of him."
[7.0] "I didn't listen to the zero hour - just watched the matches. The opening trios match was very solid - AR Fox is very innovative, please push him to the moon. The open challenge was great, Bowens got a massive pop and hopefully has a singles title in his future."
[8.0] "Good match between Top Flight and Nick Wayne & CRU. Hoping to see more development for Wayne. I was not a big fan of the Max Caster open challenges, showing him as a total jobber. However, it was great to see Bowens, as we were all waiting for this face-to-face. I would have left this for a special Dynamite show (like in two weeks), but still was a great crowd reaction and Bowens looked nice. Hope he can have a deserved singles push."
