[6.0] "I don't think there was anything really that bad about this show but there weren't any matches I thought really stood out either. There's really no reason a Ring of Honor show should go as long as this one did. My MOTN was the Survival of the fittest match."

[8.0] "The Moriarty vs McGuinness Iron Man was the single best match, and along with the three women's title matches (Athena vs Persephone, Velvet vs Mone and Purazzo vs Starkz) were probably collectively the best-of-show, but it was roundly a pretty strong event; the Survival of the Fittest World Title match was also great fun, and everything else was at least on the positive side of things. Whatever might be said about the TK-era ROH brand's presentation or momentum, the actual PPV events have pretty roundly overdelivered on their own build with lots of quality wrestling, and this was no exception."

[8.0] "One of the best ROH shows of the year. The last two matches both being spectacular. This motivated me to watch more ROH."

[9.0] "This was another fantastic and must-see ROH PPV. From beginning to end, the event was exciting, never felt long or drawn out, and delivered a whole lot of excellent matches, with everything being at least very good. ROH PPVs truly never miss, and this was easily one of the best ROH shows of the year, highlighted by the incredible double main event, with the last two matches both being absolutely spectacular."

[7.0] "As usual, ROH fails to deliver competent stories across the divisions, but the in-ring quality enhanced the PPV experience. It wasn't the best since the rebranding, but a strong show. 7.5 out of 10 points!"

[8.0] "Yeah, probably 8+, but Pure Rules really isn't my favorite and we got 31+ minutes of what everyone is saying was a GREAT match between Moriarty and McGuiness. I watched it, but I lose interest in those tbh. (I don't think I loved the multiple pins at the very end of that, but again, I had lost interest before that.) Even the Women's Pure which opened the show didn't grab me a ton since I'm not crazy about what I've seen from Deonna (but I do really like Billie). However, once we get past those first two matches, it's mostly up my alley and very good. Highlights for me are Mercedes-Red Velvet, Athena-Persephone, and the 6-way that Bandido retained on. Eddie-Woods could have been on TV. And the Tag Team title match was mediocre, which is odd since Beast and Priest are both excellent in their own right. Similarly, the 6-man title match felt like a TV match or filler despite having GREAT talent in it! I was hoping Ricochet-Castle was going to be one of the best matches, but it was more "very good" than "great". ROH would benefit from (a lot of things, but) having any crossover (read: AEW) talent that is on the PPVs go and build for at least two weeks on ROH tv. Specifically, either have Ricochet appear a few times on ROH leading to it OR have Dalton Castle appear a few times on AEW tv a few times. Just having these matches booked out of nowhere (a backstage segment with Dalton is all we got I believe) isn't enough. Anyway, this is probably the 4th straight ROH ppv I've watched after never watching them before. Tony Khan makes sure these are excellent and worth the $ (although you need a subscription for these) just like the AEW ppvs."

[7.0] "ROH's PPV was quite competent, but below the two great ones we had this year. Again, Bandido took the MOTN, but the highlight of the night was Red Velvet with her unexpected victory in a great match against Mercedes Moné. Deonna vs. Billie: I thought Starkz would win, regardless of the result, a very competent match [***1/4]. Lee vs. Nigel: overrated. Review on matchguide [***]. Moné vs. Velvet: most memorable match of the night [****]. Sammy/Mortos vs. Priest/Billington: I really wanted to see the Gen Z British Bulldogs with the title, a shame they keep insisting on Sammy Guevara, at least Mortos got the pin [***3/4]. Eddie vs. Woods: zero need for this match to be on the card [**3/4]. STP vs. SkyFlight [***1/2]. Ricochet vs. Castle: great first title defense for Ricochet [***3/4]. Survival Of The Fittest: I would have preferred to see Bandido vs Blake in a singles match, but I'll never complain about seeing Bandido and Hechicero facing off. MOTN. It's a shame they ended it with a roll-up (something frequent on this card) [****1/4]. Athena vs Persephone: the nearfall in the final part of the match was very good, it's a shame that nobody imagined seeing the Mexican beat the eternal champion at this point in the game [***3/4]. Final score 7/10."

[10.0] "ROH always has an epic show Nigel vs Lee was epic they better have Nigel win the third match. If they ever do it. This show had shocking moments."

[8.0] "A great PPV for ROH, I would say my second favourite ROH PPV in 2025 behind Death Before Dishonor, some good/great matches. Deonna Purrazzo vs Billie Starkz: A strong match to end the tournament and crown the first Women's Pure champion, Deonna targeted the limbs of Starkz which was a good idea which ultimately won her the title, Starkz did get some momentum but it got cut short, overall a solid opening match [***1/4]. Lee Moriarty vs Nigel McGuinness: For just over 30 minutes (after the match went into sudden death overtime) two incredible technical wrestlers had a technical masterclass in an Ironman match, both went all out however it did feel a tiny bit slow at times and Moriarty winning did seem a surprise as was rooting for McGuinness [****1/2]. Red Velvet vs Mercedes Mone: Another good match between these two, I'd say on par with their match on Collision a few weeks ago in Boston, Velvet winning the title back was a surprise [***3/4]. Sammy Guevara & The Beast Mortos vs Adam Priest & Tommy Billington: Weakest match on the card in my opinion as Guevara and Mortos did resort to cheating to win and Hechicero getting involved was not needed, Billington and Priest did try and have a decent showing [**3/4]. Eddie Kingston vs Josh Woods: Kingston got momentum ahead of challenging Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship at Dynamite: Winter Is Coming, the match was on the card to get Kingston the win in what was a half decent match [***]. Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean vs Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Scorpio Sky: Solid trios match that was better than I expected to be, both teams had a solid back and forth match, Leila Grey and Trish Adora getting into the ring during the match and fighting made it more interesting [***1/2]. Ricochet vs Dalton Castle: Surprised that Castle had as much of a decent showing and stepped up in this one against Ricochet, the match had solid action and Castle almost pinned Ricochet which had me on the edge of my seat, but Ricochet winning was kind of obvious [***3/4]. Bandido vs Blake Christian vs Hechicero vs Komander vs Sammy Guevara vs The Beast Mortos: One of the better Survival Of The Fittest matches ROH has showcased, Bandido got the win which not only was surprising to see but also the right call, the 5 challengers did what they needed to do and it is easily watchable throughout, some fast paced action which made it more interesting [****3/4]. Athena vs Persephone: A hard hitting action filled main event match, one of the best singles showings of Persephone I have seen and both had a great match and could have done with 5 minutes cut off the time which would have made this match better in quality, definitely worth watching [****1/4]"

[7.0] "A pretty great shown from ROH. I dont think its the best show they've ever done under the TK administration but this was still pretty strong regardless. Some great highlights here like the Iron Man match between Lee and Nigel which was the best of the night for me and an unexpectedly fantastic match between Mercedes and Red Velvet. There's a few other highlights here like the main event and Ricochet/Dalton as well as a few middling to solid matches at the show's midpoint which was definitely the weakest portion of the card. The only match i didnt like here was the ROH world title match which i thought was an absolute mess and especially disappointing given Bandido's usually high hit rate. Overall though, this was a very good show outside of that match and featured a decent amount of great wrestling up and down the card. MOTN - Lee Moriarty vs. Nigel McGuinness"

[10.0] "Such a long and wrestling-packed PPV that I had to watch it over two days! And obviously there are matches I want to rewatch. there are more than 3 matches that i considerar great wrestling performances For those who doubt this era of Roh and yearn for the past: They don't know what they're missing and are clinging to an inferior past. 2025 roh is the shit"

[6.0] "A very promising start followed by an incredibly middling two hours. If you have to watch anything from this show, Nigel vs. Moriarty and Mone vs. Velvet are highly recommended. Everything else was just fine or okay, there was nothing incredibly bad on this show, it's a decent watch. But I kind of felt like after those two really good matches, I felt like I wasted my time."

[9.0] "ROH PPVs never miss. Incredible main event with Athena and Persephone. Athena is the best womens wrestler in the world right now. Nigel and Moriarty have incredible chemistry and put on another classic. Mercedes and Red was excellent. We finally got the beginning of the Mercedes crashout and Red Velvet looked amazing."

[7.0] "A show with some good highs that felt excessive at being nine matches with four hours (before including zero hour.) Along with Death Before Dishonor, this would be the best ROH show of the year. The main event and Nigel/Lee would be the best of the night for me with Mercedes/Red Velvet and Bandido's defense also being enjoyable. The wrestling is generally enjoyable but the booking and matchmaking continues to hold the promotion back from being more impactful especially with how the weekly show can be as inconsequential as it is. 6.5-7"

[9.0] "Another fantastic ROH ppv. This was exciting from beginning to end, with everything being at least very good with a whole lot of excellent matches. This never felt long to me or drawn out. ROH gets a lot of criticism for the weekly shows but these big ppv events are must see."

[9.0] "Wanted to rate this as a 9 and that's requiring a comment since I'm the first one to rate it a 9 so here is my comment."

[10.0] "This is easily the best ROH PPV under the Tony Khan era of Honor, holy moly, the first 3 matches of the card were unbelievably good, two FANTASTIC techincal scientific matches and then an absolutely fantastic 13 minutes of Mercedes and Velvet bumping like mad women, and the two main event matches were absolutely killer aswell, Bandido/Hechicero's part especially, what a show, a 10/10 no doubt about it."

[6.0] "The ppv started great with mercedes vs velvet and nigel vs moriarty being great matches that should have set the tone instead the latter half of this show proved to be a bitter disappointment and for me is one of the weaker tony khan roh ppvs."

[10.0] "The best roh show of the year by far exceeded even death before dishonour and supercard of honour no skippable match every match were either outstanding or very good or good or at best solid and decent except for two matches which were for the decades the roh world championship match and the masterpiece between nigel and moriarty truly this was one of the best roh ppvs in the recent history"

[6.0] "An enjoyable night of wrestling that I have been told was enhanced by me not having kept up with the weekly product. There is an uncanny sense that this is all non-canon, which makes it difficult to truly get emotionally invested, but in terms of an enjoyable night of wrestling, you certainly could find worse shows out there."

[7.0] "A very ordinary PPV, with no matches that could be considered for the "Match of the Year". The 30-minute Iron Man match was too long; I started feeling sleepy during the second half. They could have easily halved the match time and gone for a faster-paced match instead. The "Survival Of The Fittest Six Way Elimination Match" and the "ROH Women's World Title Match" are the ones worth watching."

[8.0] "Woah lol, I think these ratings are insanely overblown. Don't get me wrong it's a great show but imo a show can't be a 10 outta 10 if it has 2 just alright matches(those matches being Kingston/Woods and La Faccion Ingobernable/Preist and Billington. I feel like the Survival Of The Fittest match was lacking abit at the beginning but did get pretty damn good as it went on. The two womans matches this night are spectacular. Very good show"

[10.0] "This might have been the best ROH PPV in the Tony Khan era, so many great matches with some even catching me off guard. Unlike the recent struggle of AEW PPV's that go on way too long & have multiple matches go 20+ this card had great pacing & every match went the length it needed to go."

[10.0] "Balls to the wall action all night long. Not a miss on the card. There's no way you could have convinced me that Nigel McGuinness would be having near 5 star matches in 2025 a few years ago but he is. Shocked to see Mercedes lose as well. Really don't have a complaint."

[10.0] "This was such an impressive PPV. Didn't have the star power of past ROH PPVs in the Tony Khan era but this just proved to me again that Ring Of Honor *could* be a viable brand independent away from AEW if Tony would just give them an exclusive roster. Match of the night: Red Velvet vs Mercedes Moné. But I could see others saying the Iron Man Match or the main event. Very very good PPV."

[10.0] "ROH PPVs are always a great time and this show was no exception. I rarely feel as hyped going into them as I do for AEW ones, but they always deliver a great show. Athena-Persephone, Survival of the Fittest, Mercedes-Red Velvet and Nigel-Moriarty were all great matches. A nice opener with Deonna and Billie as well and I was very happy for Deonna getting the win. Well worth the ten dollars for Honor Club."

[10.0] "It always surprises me how ROH manage to have amazing events like this even if the management has so little interest towards the promotion. I really wish TK would pay more attention to ROH in 2026. Enough of the terrible weekly shows that nobody cares about. Please bring back the original format: 10-12 shows a year. No weekly shows. Just monthly events like Gabe's ROH used to have in the mid 2000s...when ROH was by far the best promotion in the world. Anyway, this Final Battle is great from the beginning to the end. Maybe couple of matches could have been removed from the card, but overall everyone performed well. Particular praise goes to the female division. 3 matches of absolute level."

[10.0] "Another Ring of Honor PPV that just doesn't disappoint at all. So many excellent high quality matches. Many of the matches also went on for a while but in a way that's welcome because they were genuinely geat matches with awesome spotws and psychology. I really loved the Lee Moriarty vs Nigel McGuinness match, I have never seen any kind of match like that before. I also really liked the main event, but every match was good to great. Dalton Castle also showed that he's still a solid wrestler even after his injury."

[10.0] "One of the best ROH shows of the year, and in the conversation for best shows period for 2025. They were firing on all cylinders this entire show, it was excellent - only weak spot for me was the ROH World Tag Team Championship match but it was fine and served it's purpose. The double main event really lived up to that, with the last two matches both being spectacular."

[10.0] "I really do not know how Tony Khan does it some times. The AEW PPV midas touch reaches down to Ring of Honor once again and provides us with a show that, quite frankly, rivals some of AEW's best shows in terms of quality. Obviously, the two ROH world champions in Athena and Bandido put out bangers like it's just another day at the office, but also, we get a technical spectacle even more spectacular than the four way before Forbidden Door, a marvellous Mercedes match giving Red Velvet a career best, and some solid tag team action that sees the Infantry and Sammy Guevara put on some of their best work. Billie Starkz staking her claim as the (hopefully very near) future of the sport. Dalton Castle reminding us why he used to be a ROH world champion. Even Eddie Kingston, who's been noticeably suffering from ring rust for a couple of months, had a brilliant showing tonight. Top to bottom, an amazing card."