[8.0] "A solid night of women's tournament action with some really unique match ups thanks to the inclusion of Mariko Yoshida for the second tournament in a row and the first ever clash between Cheerleader Melissa and Sara Del Rey. The two Yoshida matches are expected highlights just to see her work her magic against solid opponents and looking like a dominating force going into the finals, particularly her more even match with Knox which is a fun technical back and forth. But really everyone in this tournament shines and the entire tournament is very much more a grounded style of work rate than one may initially expect, but I quite enjoyed it for that. The real standout though is Melissa Vs. Del Rey and the Broadway they go on which really shows a great amount of struggle and heart to it. However the event on the whole isn't perfect with some matches being competent but not barn burners like others, which is fine for first round matches and they're far from bad, just not as revving my engines in hype as other match ups. But it does provide a nice ramp up as the tournament goes as the night eventually reaches the crescendo of Hailey inserting herself into the tournament to further terrorize her rival in Mickie and have a No Disqualification, bloody affair. The real problems I have with this event on the whole is with the commentary and with the booking, as well as the editing. First off the commentary the whole tournament night here is terrible. It's either very snarky or just not well conveyed and thought out at all and at times can even get a bit offensive (if you watch the Mickie Vs. Hauley match you'll know what I'm talking about), along with that the booking of the tournament overall is quite confounding, mainly in how Roland Alexander interjects himself throughout with matches like the Melissa and Del Rey match when it gets thrown out and the Hailey and Mickie match where now he's suddenly okay hosting a No Disqualification match after throwing such a fit and can't seem to decide if he's a heel authority figure or a face and any time he's involved it sort of just ruins the mood of the night. Also the editing in the recording for this show is very odd if it's how I watched it on DVD. It is not presented in the correct order and yet the commentary is kept live and thus they talk about matches that have happened live but not yet on their recording multiple times and it just leaves me confused why you would decide to do such. So yes, an overall great to amazing show for showing the growth of American women's wrestling that was happening around this time in the indie scene and very technically focused but marred down by some just being a bit standard in the first rounds with the rookie talent and the poor booking and presentation at times really marring what it great in ring work going on that grated on me."