[8.0] "This was a fantastic sprint, an action-packed tournament match who was very short but rich in quality. I think the chemistry between Ali and Murphy is so strong and excellent that you can give them five minutes like this, they'll still come up with a very good match with some innovative stuff. Since it was so short they decided to do a condensed version of what they have done together in the past and it resulted in this very fun match-up which is another solid match to add to their catalog. What I like about the diversity of their matches is that they take place all over the place, they killed it on PPV, on 205 Live and even on SmackDown. That's cool for them and they always deliver so, big thumbs up."
[7.0] "Murphy hat einen Lauf und hier einen klarer Auftrag: Ali over bringen. Die Beiden hatten schon größere Matches, aber dennoch ist das hier eine sehr kurzweilige Nummer. Kratzt generell etwas zu sehr an der Oberfläche, aber Tempo, Moves & Co regeln den Unterhaltungsfaktor deutlich."
[8.0] "The third week in a row where Murphy has the match of the night. Ali and Murphy have amazing chemistry, anyone who has seen their trilogy in 205 live can attest to that. This was an introduction/a first glimpse of what these can do to the smackdown audience. It was quicker and more toned down than their previous encounters, but it still was a great match and is worth watching. Surprised with the result, even though both men deserved the win so I am ok with who advanced, at the same time it would be better if this was a semi final match."
[5.0] "Die solide Chemie zwischen beiden kennt man ja noch aus ihren Matches bei 205, wo es meiner Meinung nach auch bessere Partien zwischen diesen beiden talentierten Spotwrestlern gab. Auf diesem Niveau hier ist das dennoch ein akzeptables TV-Match mit dem unerwartet besseren Ende für Ali, obwohl Murphy besonders in den letzten Wochen gut zu überzeugen wusste. Nehme ich mal so mit, habe ich in drei Wochen aber auch bestimmt schon wieder vergessen."
[5.0] "During the match I knew it would be on the matchguide as Buddy and Ali seem to be the current fetish on here. It wasn't a good match, not even close. Murphy undid all the brilliant work against Roman and Bryan with a sloppy display, lots of hesitating between combinations and little flow to exchanges. It seems a lot of people imagined a match that simply did not happen. Booking Ali to win after getting Buddy so over seems odd."
[5.0] "I don't hate the match but making Murphy lose clean after he pin Daniel Bryan seems like a stupid decision. Also I am not too much into what Ali does."
[7.0] "It wasn't on the level of their epic 205 Live matchups but it was still a good match. The early commercial break brought down the flow of the match."
[9.0] "Great chemistry between these two wrestlers, Ali with the aerial manoeuvres and Murphy with the hard hitting offence, made both wrestlers look really good and a nice show of respect between the two at the end. Really enjoyed this"
[6.0] "Ok so first off they went to commercial during this match so WTF, second of all it was hella short and I mean yeah it was only an early round match up but I know they can have a fantastic match given the time. Great for a TV match but left a lot more to be desired for certainly."
[6.0] "Nothing comparable to what they did last year on 205 Live which was incredible. The match was clearly hurt by the fact that WWE did their commercials during the heat which is always a dumb idea. Murphy did all his trademarks which get over pretty easily with the WWE crowd but there was nothing more than a couple of trademarks traded between the two (except the headcissor DDT in the ropes). It was good. (***1/4)"
