[2.0] "This was really bad, Edge should not be in the main event of PPVS in 2025 and the Christian cash in made it even worse. Mox did not do good either this was just a total mess and a terrible way to end this great show. (1.25*)"
[2.0] "This rating has nothing to do with the result of the match or the failed cash in. This match SUCKED from the moment it started til it finished. One of the most idiotic things that I see happening a lot these days is 2 guys standing there and taking turn to either slap each other, punch each other, chop each other, etc. These 2 decided to start this match by doing this stupid thing where they just take turns and hit each other with forearms. One guy hits the other guy with his forearm, then just stand there like an absolute idiot waiting for the other guy to hit him back. This makes NO SENSE! They start the match with this dumb sequence and do it forever too. And then they proceed to have the most dead main event I've seen in a long long time while the crowd is put to sleep and reacts to nothing! The match is so bad that Edge can't even take Mox's finisher the right way and botches a freakin DDT! Everything about this match sucked, from the beginning to the end. *"
[0.0] "The worst part isn't even the match. It's how they buried Christian cage after months of good work because old Adam can't take a pin. The match was slow, boring, and uninspiring. This wasn't the best time for AEW."
[2.0] "rewatched this match for shots and giggles since I was there and only watched it in person. avoided it on rewatch. but now I was just wondering if I was too harsh. man I was not harsh enough. with some retrospect, it makes this match feel worse. my goodness grandpa edge. lets take out the death riders in gnarly ass ways but then have a safe and boring wrestling match then get protected. if youre going that route, leave the fucking screwy finish out cause it looked bad. I was there in person and I remember edge standing in the ring. I dint even notice swerve attacking Mox, I just wanted to leave and dipped. killed the hype for the night and rewatching is giving me flashbacks. my goodness and they somehow fucked up Christians aura to protect edge. just brutal stuff all around that will be forgotten or remembered for the wrong reasons. glad they got the memo in the rematch as that was MILES better than what they gave here and actually made me jealous they didnt do it at the ppv (greedy I know lol)"
[0.0] "[DUD] From My Wording, This Match Is ASS. This Match Reminds Me Of The Series Matches Between Scott Steiner & Triple H In 2003. I Heard Meltzer Saying This Was A Technical Match But OH SHUT UP YOU. Just Say This Match IS Worse Then Cole Vs Jericho At DON 2023."
[1.0] "Lmao, cagematch wants me to explain why this match is a 1/10. Okay. It's not entirely Cope's fault, in my opinion. Moxley, unfortunately, had a really bad start of the year, and Christian's cash-in was genuinely just sad. Really depressing match."
[3.0] "Wow, going back to watch this match in retrospect, it is night and day how much the Death Riders story has improved now compared to back then. The match itself is fine, technically solid, no botches, but it suffers from the same downfall as Orton vs Trips at Mania 25 in that it was the complete opposite of what fans wanted to see. The previous three matches had been geniune back to back MOTY contenders, but this main event ground all of that excitement to a halt. A super slow and grinding match capping off a stone cold, repetitive angle. Really poorly booked, and the fact they sacrified an intriguing Christian Cage storyline for this snoozer of a match is just the cherry on the shit sundae."
[4.0] "My opinion on this compared to the majority of the community feels weird, because I feel like its an unpopular opinion even though I don't actually like the match. For the most part, a relatively standard match with a handful of exciting parts, but sluggish and unremarkable for the most part. But I actually genuinely enjoy the ending a good amount. It brought some much needed life into the crowd, and was a good way to show Christian's arrogance and hatred for Copeland blinding him while also showing Moxley's tenacity. And being real, neither Copeland or Christian should have been world champion. Still, doesn't change how the majority of the match is slow and unexciting. Christian really should have just cashed in midway through the match instead of the very end in order to spice things up."
[3.0] "A rare AEW main event misfire. Say what you want about AEW but their main events always deliver. This one is a total dud. Which is a shame because I like both of these guys. Copeland who is without doubt past his peak (By a long way) But I will always like seeing him because when I first got into wrestling he was in the Brood and if you told me back then that him and Christian would still be at it 26 years later I would have laughed. Unfortunately time has caught up with him and seeing him in the main event challenging for the world title in 2025 reminds me of when Foley won the world title in TNA in 2009. He had his time. Let him just have fun matches instead of important ones. Moxley is divisive. You either detest him or love him, I fall into loving him cause he is the nearest to Funk and Foley we have today. This was the point where many people turned against his title reign. Thankfully he was able to steer it to a brilliant conclusion but this is about as uninteresting a match these two could have had. The crowd are dead. I think after sitting through May/Toni. Kenny/Takeshita and Ospreay/Fletcher the crowd were knackered and this slow lumbering match certainly didn't help them wake up. Its just a very dull match. But made worse by a total wet fart of an ending with Christian cashing in his casino contract and then getting choked out right away by Moxley is probably the worst booking Tony Khan has ever done. It was Vince level bullshit. Christian looked like a fool and it was a waste of that contract. A major shame they totally fluffed this. Because this PPV is superb but this was a total dud. Easily the worst AEW main event of a PPV."
[5.0] "They start off the match with one of the most ridiculously long strike exchanges I've ever seen. I will not call Edge Cope. Christian cashes in just to lose his opportunity in a matter of seconds. He was made to look like a clown."
[5.0] "So it seems like they didn't have any real idea of what the conclusion was for Christian when he won "The Contract". I guess they saw an opportunity here to play it out. My problem is that they could have done so much more with it. Why not have the story that Edge is about to win the title so Christian uses it to screw Cope (Man, I really dislike having to call him that). Have some teases about it. This just fell flat and it could have been so much more. Moxley was a great champion when they needed him but the roster is so full right now there is no need for it. This story just isn't working right now either."
[3.0] "Someone tell me what the fuck the point of this was. Long, drawn-out match that finally started to get going around 20 minutes in, then caps off with one of the most absurdly stupid finishes I've ever seen AEW pull off, let alone in the main event of a PPV. [*.5]"
[0.0] "There was NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING redeeming about this match. First of all, Cope is straight up horrible. Slow, boring, cant attack well, cant bump well. Mox worked slow and tried generating heat but all it did was make everyone sleep. And then there's Christian. I absolutely hate the money in the bank gimmick so it being used here made this match so much worse eventhough it made the crowd heat up a bit. A genuine, pathetic waste of time. Mariah/Toni should've main evented."
[6.0] "I was more into this than most, it seems. However, it wasn't great, unfortunately. I understand the reasoning behind this being the main event, in that it's two of AEW's biggest names fighting for the Men's World Title. However, the way this turned out just flat-out proved that the match with the far better story going in, Mariah May versus Toni Storm, should have gotten this spot. I love Cope and Moxley, but this just wasn't nearly as good as it should have been."
[9.0] "Alright here we go. I am VERY aware that I am in the small small small minority in loving this match but I just can't help myself. First off I'm from Cinci and love Mox. Moxley starts by making his way from the crowd with his phenomenal music and signature crowd walk, but somethings off this time. He's a hound without a pack. Moxley reminds me of a feral animal in his entrance. He's a beast backed into a corner strutting to the ring without his usual back-up. From the way he maneuvers through the crowd reminding me of Ishii in his demeanor to the way he protects the briefcase like a baby as he works through the crowd, and even to Moxley being surrounded by the reach or fans while the commentators commentate that he's claustrophobic and the walls are closing in. This sequence really invested me in the subtler side of this match. Cope is also a perfect babyface for MOX with the crowd singing his song and his neck being a prime target. I liked that they were comfortable with slowing the pace down early with their brawling fists to ground the audience. This isn't gunna be a sprint, it's gonna be a slow painful crawl through hell. Moxley is amazing here giving in my opinion his best beatdown since Wrestledream.(Which I had the pleasure of attending giving me some more emotional investment in this match.) I'll give in that there was a 5-ish minute stretch in the 2nd act that dragged. I found Moxley saying "I'm gonna break his f*cking neck" to be pretty good as well. When Wheeler walked to the ring his continued uncomfortableness with his actions was stricken across his face. The save from Jay White and his accidental betrayal of Cope was done really well I thought, and the action as Cope and Mox came to the tail end of their brawl was really really good. Cope botched a paradigm shift pretty bad but wtv. When Cope finally gains the upper hand and finishes his trifecta of spears I fully believed(in awe) that Cope was winning the title. And then Christian screwed him. I was on my feet from the mysterious invader pulling the ref out of the ring to the eventual finish. I have a firm belief that is a match can move me enough emotionally to move me physically than it's something truly special. I adored the way the cash-in was done, it gave the audience every reason to believe that Christian was gunna steal it from under Mox's nose. Christian almost getting the pin while being choked out by Mox was awesome and the crowd was electric at this point. Moxley won and scrambled out of the ring. It was cheap, scrawny, and faithless. This animal had walked into the wolf's den alone and escaped. The way Moxley clings on desperately to the title briefcase and spends a minute collecting himself on the outside is great. This match transitioned him from a dominant king with an army to a desperate dog protecting it's bone. I'll continue to adore this match regardless of other's thoughts and I hope that some can also find a lot of damn good wrestling here too."
[0.0] "This is match is a mistake and a whole shame for one of the best ppv of the year for AEW, the ending is awful, Cage did not deserve what happened on that night, and just wow ig this is one of the worst match ever on a PPV for this belt"
[0.0] "a match that should've never have happened cope challenging for your top title in the year 2025 is a disgrace to all the talented wrestlers you have on your roster Christain cashing in his All In gault win only so copeland doesn't take the pin was the most laughable part of the match and such waste of a unique concept"
[2.0] "Just an incredibly heatless match. Theres a version of this match that is good (probably the one they have in a street fight on Dynamite) but they decided to have the opposite. A long drawn out boring match. Theres a certain level of performance expected when youre in the main event and when you put on such a stinker, after an otherwise great ppv, thats why I have to give it a 2"
[1.0] "A truly horrible main event. Easily one of AEW's worst main events, possibly the worst. No one wants this, and you can tell by the completely dead crowd. The action in the ring doesn't help at all. It's a lifeless bout where the inring action is completely lifeless. It's incredibly boring, frustrating and overall horrible match. Looking back in hindsight this is Mox's worst defense by a clear margin. 0.5/5"
[1.0] "Good god, I genuinely forgot how poorly managed this main event was. Perhaps is just feels bad because the card was one of the strongest in the company's history but this main event is relatively either boring or downright bad. All we deserve from one of the worst world title feuds of the year."
[2.0] "What a fantastic PPV this was with multiple great matches yet sadly this was the main event, Mox and Cope really hurt what could have been an incredible night & to make matters worse they had Christian get inserted just to take the pin? This match was a mess from start to finish"
[0.0] "This match up single-handedly ruined this pay-per-view from being considered the greatest AEW pay-per-view of all time in my opinion. Why the hell would you have John Moxley who isn't a good wrestler during this run face a 53-year-old cope? And they wasted Christion's cash and right here when it could've led to a Luchasaurus turn. again this is just awful."
[6.0] "Hopes were low going into this but it was mostly about the shenanigans for me. The AEW main event scene has become weirdly isolated from the rest of the product in this way during Moxley's reign, where the best of the in-ring product is elsewhere on the card and the main event scene is mainly renowned for being chaotic and something of a clusterfuck. I appreciate the difference between heat as a result of hating something and being worked, while still thinking people were worked somewhat by outcomes like this. I guess I had an emotional reaction in the opposite direction as I didn't want the belt on either Cope or Christian, so this worked for me. It helps to read Moxley as a sort of comedy character at times, which he does often comes across like, albeit clearly unintentionally. As an overall package this wasn't special, but it was just fine."
[4.0] "I like Moxley's current heel character more than most, but this just stunk. Entirely based around Moxley's heel heat segments in which Cope's babyface comebacks are weak and struggle to really liven the pace of the match, even during the finishing stretch. Once the ref bumps start this match completely falls apart. Christian cashes-in his contract which predictably goes nowhere as they're never going to make this guy champ, which makes the whole storyline feel like a waste of time."
[6.0] "**3/4 (5.5/10) Sad! Abso-f****ng-lutely sad! Now, Mox/Cope was not a match that conveyed a league of incompetency, and I only began watching AEW in the last year so I'm not the one to tell you if it was the worst main-event in AEW ppv history. But: I would say it was the worst AEW main event that I had ever seen, which isn't necessarily a bad trait since the match felt like a serviceable WWE TV match, and they did the best they could with a crowd that was ready to leave after the previous match. I remember watching the main event and telling those who stuck the whole show through that I was burnt the f**k out as the opening bell rang. Then, there was the overbookingness to the final battle! And Christian cashing it in on Edge, and only edge, even though he's not the champion? Christian was too smart to do something like that. I don't know if this is all on Tony, because word on the street is that Moxley has creative control on his booking, but also, and I had not realized it till this week, Edge hasn't put anyone over since he's joined AEW, aside from Christian, which was also under odd circumstances. Something's cooking, but I don't know if I like the smell of what's in the oven. Hopefully Mox and Edge can redeem themselves in their street-fight rematch during next week's DYNAMITE."
[0.0] "Whoever gave this match a 9 and 10 genuinely needs help. This was garbage lol it gets a fat ZERO from me. Wanna know why I gave this a zero? Crowd was dead, Toni vs Mariah should've main evented over this based off their story and Mox kept doing Bloodsport nonsense plus having Yuta come in ? Come on man this match was garbage. Omg I didn't even mention Christian failing his cash in. Yeah this was cheeks."
[1.0] "Yeah this sucked on all fronts. The crowd was dead. Moxley did his "I am tough and I do not sell" schtick and Cope was old man Edge (which is fine). Wheeler Yuta is never going to be a thing AEW so stop thinking that he will. Jay White was there. The crowd came alive at the Christian appearance and then they died a horrible death at the end of the horribly booked shitshow."
[4.0] "This match was very weak and fell far below expectations, especially considering you had two big names like Moxley and Cope sharing the ring. The final part of the match got a bit better with the interference from Yuta and Jay White. Christian should have left this pay-per-view as champion. The cash-in made no sense at all. He should have won at that moment when Mox was trying to finish him and he started pinning Cope. If the match had ended there with Christian winning, the pay-per-view would have had a much more emotional and satisfying ending."
[7.0] "One of the worst things about the rating system on this website is how main events will get trolled because people dislike the booking. People end up rating the match emotionally because they are unhappy with the outcome as opposed to evaluating the match. This match was very okay. It wasn't great. It was satisfactory. If it wasn't the main event for a title, I doubt anyone would really complain about the cope versus moxley segment. Two good veteran wrestlers getting physical and dirty with each other. This is not worthy of a 3.12. shame on you guys"
[8.0] "Insane that this is rated so low. It's a precise, well-worked match with a methodical opening 10 minutes to allow the crowd to cool down from what they'd just seen in the previous 3 matches. It escalates perfectly to a thrilling crescendo. Is it a masterpiece? No. Should it have main evented? Also no. But it is a quality main event match that's mainly being slammed by people in their feelings. Guess what? Mox is working you. You are supposed to hate him and want his reign to end! That's the point! This was good."
[2.0] "This just sucked. My God, it was obviously the worst match on the card coming in, yet they still had to Main Event it. Bad idea from the start. But after this card and the matches which were phenomenal, it wasn't just merely a snoozefest, it was an insult. I really like Mox, but not the Death Riders gimmick. Some of his matches can be very good to great. He obviously excels with violence and deathmatches. Cope? I don't have the affinity a lot of others have as I mostly missed his EDGE run in WWE. He's old and while he's still in great shape and can still move, I don't find his matches very interesting, and he also is best with the extreme stuff - TLC, plunder, violence. So, what do the two of them do together after that INSANE card? Slow, grappling, boring, crap. Don't get me wrong, I can get into that match, but not here, and not with these two. Wrong booking in the wrong spot. So, yeah, it wasn't just slow, it was boring. The crowd was NOT feeling it. The wrestlers and AEW knew it as evidenced by the "street fight" plunder match on Dynamite that was 10x better and had the most insane spot ever seen on TV (Spike [board with nails] literally stuck in Mox's back). Anyway, the only part I DID like about this match was the Christian Cage run-in/cash-in. I would have been happy if they allowed the spot be the finish where Mox had Cage in a sleeper (? ), but Cage, but his one outstretched hand on a prone Cope for a count of "1-2...". Never seen that before and would have been a fun and interesting finish. Instead, the count stopped at 2, Mox pulled Cage away and made him pass out or tap (can't remember which). NOBODY liked this. Crowd went from quiet to booing. As bad as it gets. Death Riders continue. They set up Swerve taking out Mox at the very end of the show, but it was all for naught as Mox prevailed again at Dynasty PPV."
[5.0] "Quite obviously, this should have not been the main event. It really should've been the Toni Storm vs. Mariah May Hollywood Ending match, with this going right behind it as a palette cleanser after Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher. Pacing wise, this really shouldn't have ended the show, especially because you knew that Moxley was going to win here. I spent most of the time expecting the eventual Christian cash in, which thankfully did happen at the end of it. The ending seemed rushed, but honestly maybe it isn't, since it seems like the past several Mox main events have ended in this sort of fashion. At least the Christian cash in made sense. Overall, this match was quite decent, just a couple dings in its score due to its very nature. Again, it shouldn't have been the main event, you already knew Moxley was going to win, and it was the usual shenanigans. It's understandable why people aren't happy with this match, especially after such a great card, but I disagree that it's *that* bad."
[2.0] "This match absolutely sucked. I love Edge/Cope and I Love Mox but Come on... it was too slow at first. I started multitasking whilst watching this I was that bored. Then the death riders came out (like everyone expected) I will say that briefcase shot Jay white accidentally gave cope looked brutal and Christian cashed in and I actually thought that was the only good part of the match, I was on the edge of my seat (no pun intended) But Mox still fucking retained. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE CASH IN IF HE WAS JUST GOING TO LOSE. I Think there was one segment after this with Christian and now they are doing nothing with it. I think even if they gave Christian a month or 2 month reign just to lose to swerve I would've been fine with it but no let's just have Mox put on shit matches every PPV and we will be fine. The only somewhat redeeming factor is that once Mox loses the win of whoever beats him will feel so much better. 2/10"
[5.0] "Edge is my favorite wrestler of all time, but even I admit that this was bad. He and Moxley probably just have no chemistry, the first part of the match was boring and too drawn out, and then... Then the overbooking started. And it had a chance to end well, but Christian's cash-in was another great opportunity that Tony Khan missed. As a result, Christian became just a bargaining chip so that Cope would still look legitimate even though he lost. It wasn't worth it... **1/2"
[2.0] "Tony. What the hell was this? You had 3 of the greatest matches in AEW history precede this, and put.. whatever this is as your main event? They've continued this reign of terror and have ruined, in my opinion, the BEST way for them to take the belt off of him, after SEVEN MONTHS OF TEASING A CASHIN. CHRISTIAN FINALLY DOES IT AND THEY MAKE HIM TAKE THE FALL. WHY? THE MOST FRESH MAN PASSES OUT. HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE. Somehow they're making me HATE Moxley and I wish I didn't, as I have loved Mox for years! Just so drawn out and annoying. This reign of terror is just.. bad. I don't get it. Should've took it off Mox (and probably on Christian). 2/10, and the only bad thing on the card.."
[1.0] "This absolutely sucked, like really bad. Nothing about this was entertaining or fun to watch, one man who's the dullest wrestler on the planet (Mox) and one who has taken only a few pins since his return to wrestling 5 years ago. The finish was terrible, Christian cashing in was a great idea, but having Mox interrupt and make him tap out was just borderline stupid.. The only bad thing about this entire PPV."
[7.0] "I didn't think it was that bad. At least as people are making it out to be which has more to do with the overall Death Rider Storyline then the match itself (in my opinion, not a mind-reader). Anyway the match was well worked and I didn't the crowd was dead like I read online. I do agree with the fact that the finish sucked and made Christian look like a loser but that's my only real complain [***1/2]"
[8.0] "This definitely should not have main evented the show, but on it's own, it was a perfectly nice match. A bit slow at times, but that's to be expected with Copeland in 2025. I thought the ending few minutes were really fun and even though it was expected, the few near falls at the end genuinely had me thinking Moxley was about to lose the championship. The Christian Cage portion of the match (as in, 2 minutes or so) was probably the best way they could have done the cash-in that wasn't waiting for Moxley to lose the championship in a few months and having him cash in on Darby or Swerve or someone else, so I didn't personally think it was a waste."
[2.0] "One of the most uninspired main event in AEW's history. The first 20 minutes are boring, the ref bump and all the overbooking is useless (this is exactly why I don't like overbooking most of the time) and Christian Cage cash-in doesn't add anything to the mix. The story was, the build-up was bad too, and Christian looked like a f'n loser. Yeah this is a disaster and it's an euphemism."
[2.0] "This is by far the worst main event in AEW PPV history, Horrible offense by Cope, and they made Christian cash in just to take the fall to set up a rematch, overall this was a very disappointing match-up with Moxley trying to beat the washed allegations, however Cope is just not an AEW guy and can't wrestle an AEW style match because this was absolutely terrible."
[0.0] "This is the worst main event in AEW history without a doubt to old washed guys who barely have chemistry I almost fell asleep during this and also the worst cash-in in wrestling history Christian cage with his contract it made 0 sense why didn't Nick Wayne & Kip Sabain help him literally makes no sense smh"
[0.0] "This match doesn't have one enjoyable moment. Following such a fantastic card with an absolute stinker of a main event is the most 2000 WCW move ever. The one opportunity you have to save it, you have Moxley choke out Christian without any meaningful build to the moment. I'm a Mox fan, but this Deathriders run is not working at all, all the way from his promos to his matches. Take the belt off of him as soon as possible before the company falls further."
[5.0] "There were three major issues to be addressed in this match; one, the pacing of this match which was a hollow version of what fans expected. Two, the lack of intensity that was present in the buildup. And three, the usage of Christian's cash-in. All these red herrings combined in the most unfortunate situation to drag down the valiant efforts by Mox & Cope throughout this rivalry, making the Death Riders moniker work. It wasn't the worst of AEW, but rather another massive letdown despite having two of the top stars in the promotion going at it, and that's why I was concerned till the go-home week about this match. Either Mox should've definitively defeated Cope without the cash-in or Christian should've swerved cleanly with his cash-in like All In '23. Letting either of those options falter was a big miss before the pacing & stipulation issues. I pray that Swerve will be built as the biggest threat that Mox couldn't overcome and make him pay for his mistakes. 2.5 out of 5 stars!"
[1.0] "Awful choice for the main event. The story was ice cold, the crowd was drained after three great matches, and the pacing was really slow. They completely wasted Christian's cash-in--this felt like if Seth had failed his cash-in at WM31. This was probably the worst main event in AEW history."
[4.0] "I'd rate this a 4. Easily the worst match of the night (though it wasn't completely terrible - just a much slower style to everything else on the card and jarring after the spot heavy cage match) and an ending that felt flat after what was an otherwise excellent PPV. The Death Riders angle has dragged on too long without direction and even if it's been done to potentially set the seeds for a Copeland/Cage tag team reunion down the line, the failed cash-in after barely a minute made Christian Cage holding that contract for months feel a complete waste of time. If this hadn't main evented it wouldn't have been such a downer. It could have gone on second to last (with the Women's Championship match as the main event) and still effectively done the Swerve Strickland call out."
[3.0] "I don't hate this match; I just don't think it should have been the main event. These two slowed down the pace to a crawl, which clashes hard with the AEW product. The Christian Cage cash in wasn't bad, I actually really liked how Christian was crawling for the pin rather than crawling for the ropes. But as a PPV finish, it was really unsatisfying. I think I'd be much more forgiving of this match if it was in between Ospreay vs Feltcher and what should have been the main event, Storm vs May as a pace breaker in between two fast paced violent matches."
[0.0] "Probably the worst AEW PPV main event ever.... Everything is bad and uninteresting, from the execution to the Cash-in and the finish, nothing is good here.... I' m so disappointed bc of the names involved in, but nothing's good, and it comes after three absolute BANGERS...."
[1.0] "Awful main event. The worst PPV main event in AEW history.Waiting for Darby Allin, that stop this shitty title reign, and make AEW title great again. Christian's case passed away and i enjoy this. To late giving title in patriarchy, to late for Christian"
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