Adam Page, Kenny Omega, Matt Hardy, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara & Santana

[6.0] "I know a 6.0 is a little harsh, but to be honest, I'm not crazy about this match. It wasn't bad by any means, and for pandemic era wrestling, it did it's job. And there were certainly entertaining moments. But, it's hard for me to say that this type of silliness works with me when it largely doesn't. I would've wanted this match to be more violent, or more like the Anarchy in the Arena matches we see later on. This match isn't bad, I appreciate what AEW and all the performers were trying to do with it, but it was just too silly for me to say that I'd want to watch this again. It didn't help that the promo package before it acted like they were going in seriously and with real stakes - clearly, that wasn't the case in the actual match. It's alright, don't regret watching and I'm not offended by its existence. Just not really my flavor in wrestling, even when it comes to goofy wrestling."

[7.0] "Still very fun and inventive, and still the best cinematic match of all time, but man does this format sucks. There's a lot of pandemic era wrestling that i love, but one thing i'll never miss is the concept of cinematic wrestling. Completely spoils this medium of what makes it unique and vibrant."

[2.0] "this is not my thing at all but no hate to those that it is. I like the later AEW "anarchy" style matches but this was just beyond dumb to me. I will give it a slight pass because covid era Wrestling was very strange in general, but this is the parts of AEW that I do not resonate with. silly spotfests, bad comedy antics, weird timing throughout (I thought Kenny especially stunk in this match.) Need to fill out the character limits now, so will just say that I thought Hangman riding out his wonderful, handsome steed was a fun part of chasing around sammy. I hate being in that "Cornette Camp" but he was on it here IMO"

[9.0] "This is kind of impossible to rate as a match but that doesnt change the fact that i found this to be incredibly entertaining. This is filled with so many great comedic moments which only work as well as they do because of how committed to the bit everyone is and how everyone's performance here matches the absurdity of the stuff happening around them. The Matt Hardy pool stuff would not work in any other context but both he and Santana and Ortiz put in such fittingly over the top performances that it actually ends up being quite funny. In terms of individual performances i thought Sammy surprisingly stole the show here. Im not a fan of his usually as i find his wrestling and character work to be a bit grating but in this context he genuinely adds some great stooge humour to every moment he's a part of. Whether it be him being chased down by Hangman on a horse or by Kenny and Hardy in a golf cart or the shot of him regaining consciousness after being sprayed with the sprinkler or the ongoing bit of him being hit with the locomotion Northern Lights suplex across the entire length of the field, he's a part of a lot of the best moments of this match and he enhances them a lot by being genuinely funny. In terms of action it is just a lot of walking and brawling with a few cool dives interspersed between courtesy of the Bucks. The only consistently great part of the match action wise was the stuff between Hager and Hangman who engage in a pretty well choreographed bar fight, but if you're looking for a great wrestling match you wont find it here. Despite that though, there is still a lot of enjoyment to be found here even 6 years after the fact. Some sections do run a little long but overall, i thought this was a very well put together, creative and most importantly entertaining piece of pro wrestling stupidity that was one of the best things to come out of the strange world of pandemic era wrestling. ****1/2"

[8.0] "This match was so stupid that I loved it. It was just goofy wrestling done in a good way. That Matt Hardy, Santana, and Ortiz feud was ridiculous that it had be dying. I loved the fight between Hager and Page at the bar. After Omega and Page are done kicking Jake's ass, they had a drink together, but Omega had milk instead, that was funny as hell for some reason to me. Jericho putting on that traffic cone and doing that weird ass laugh caught me off guard and had me dying. Page coming in all drunk just spraying a white line on Jericho was so random I couldn't help but laugh. Bro, I had a fun time with this match. The ending with Kenny killing Aammy with that One Winged Angle was amazing and a great way to end this amazing match. {wrote on 15.09.2025}"

[10.0] "I'm torn between a 9 and a 10 on this one, but the sheer number of brilliant bits (the horse! the bar fight! the return of the golf cart! Matt Hardy in the pool! that One Winged Angel to finish off the match! ) juuuuuuust pushes it up to a 10 for me. I might change my mind later, but regardless, this is a blast."

[10.0] "Such a gem. Matt Hardy's placement in the match & all the different dynamics really were amazing. Probably the best piece of pro wrestling to come out of the pandemic era. It was structured beautifully & shines a light on each & every competitor"

[4.0] "I don't undress why it's that high, it's a comedy segment that sometimes not even that fun, I really hated Matt hardy in that match and it just felt so silly, inner circle side looked weak except Jake hager maybe that made sense in 2020 but today I don't understand why he is that strong, there's some spots that actually looked Cool and the horse chasing Sammy was actually funny but other than that nothing deserve that appreciation that match have."

[7.0] "It's a fun match that's a bit weird to watch in 2025. Jake Hager was really protected in his exchanges with Hangman and Omega and Matt Hardy had the better of both Santana and Ortiz, none of this makes any sense in 2025 but I guess it did in 2020. Hangman Page was also a very different version of his character which is strange to see. The amount of actual wrestling was minimal but in a covid era and in a card full of normal matches, it's fine, so, for what it was, this was a fun and harmless match."

[9.0] "Starts off weak but once everybody breaks off it becomes so much better. Great comedy wrestling from everybody involved and also has impressive wrestling. Matt vs Nick Jackson on BTE was 100 percent a test match to see if they could pull something of this caliber off."

[7.0] "Good fun bullshit match that fit for the time, doesn't hold up nearly as well nowadays but I still enjoyed this for what it was. The Hangman/Omega/Hager part of this match was especially fun, but there are some cringeworthy moments upon rewatch. Difficult to rate compared to actual matches but it was some good fun"

[7.0] "I really liked this match at the time because it was something new that had never been done before but watching it back has taken off the rose tinted glasses a bit. It's still definitely enjoyable but it's a little too stupid for me. I still like the match and it's still pretty original but there were a couple things too silly for me"

[8.0] "It's a little hard to compare this to a more traditional wrestling match, but it is incredibly entertaining nonetheless. 4.25 stars"

[10.0] "Man, the pandemic was a wild ass time. Watching this match in 2025 brings back some weird memories, but this is still an insane amount of fun. There's so much to love here... Hangman chasing Sammy on a horse, Hangman's bar fight with Jake Hager, the whole Matt Hardy vs. Santana/Ortiz bit in the pool, Matt Jackson suplexing Sammy across the entire length of the football field, Jericho's Judas Effect on the Jacksonville Jaguars mascot... I could go on and on. The whole thing was just absurd and completely over the top, and I loved absolutely every second of it. Probably the best thing to come out of the Covid era. *****"

[9.0] "This is one of the most ridiculous and bizarre matches I've ever seen. Is this a bad thing? No way. This here is fantastic. One of the only matches that would only work during the pandemic and will always be a record of something super fun and original. If today we have Anarchy In The Arena, thank this match for paving the road with such boldness and crazy. We have several gems in this match such as Hangman's charcter work, Jake Hager in the best performance of his career, Broken Matt always being something that entertains us and Jericho with some super comical spots and the match also closes with the biggest One Winged Angel ever, we can't evaluate this as a normal match, so I'm not going to put a star rating here."

[10.0] "One of the coolest, funniest, and at the same time most attractive matches you can see is definitely this one. There is no special explanation for it, you just have to watch it. I must say that you will not get bored at all while watching the match because it was really well-written."

[10.0] "The one true highlight of the pandemic era was that this exists only because of it. I cannot have that much fun watching a match and not give it a 10. A match that is still so much fun to this day. A match that is truly unique. Just an absolute blast watching this. The Inner Circle jerseys, Sammy running from the horse, the moonsault of the post, the 100 yard Northern Lights. The bar fight was so sick, especially the Buckshot off of Kennys back. Sammy getting chased by the golf cart again with Bryce running beside had me dying. All of Matt Hardys antics. This match was done to entertain and that's exactly what it did. Everyone had some moments in this and I was just smiling the whole time whether I was watching it now or back in 2020."

[10.0] "Just as brilliant as the first time I watched it. The first Stadium Stampede is easily THE best thing to come out of the pandemic era and one of the best things AEW has ever done. In some ways, I'm sad that era is over since insanely creative stuff like this isn't really feasible in wrestling anymore. I love everything about this match - Hangman on the horse, Matt in the pool, the hundred yard Northern Lights, the line marker, THE BAR SCENE. Pure fun to watch. It also seems to be a match that helped a lot of people during the pandemic, so I appreciate it even more for that. Best part of the whole thing for me has to be the bar sequence with Kenny, Hangman and Hager. Even on a rewatch, I was dying laughing throughout it. And of course, I have to mention the finish, which had Kenny hitting the most massive One-Winged Angel in history on Sammy to win the match. From top to bottom, an amazing experience and the kind of match that makes me love wrestling that much more. *****"

[2.0] "So for context, Im watching this for the first time four years after it aired and have 0 knowledge of how well this resonated with people during the pandemic, but man watching this now after thinking about all the potential the Elite/Inner Circle feud had I kinda hated this. Theres ten people here, youd think thered be some kind of story progression or character development for any of them, but for over half an hour, all of that has been paused in favour of a silly spotfest. Im not entirely against silly spotfests, but after an angle this hot has been built, there needs to be some kind of pay off and there just wasnt. The only character moments I can think of all involve Hangman at the bar (easily the highlight of the match) and the only spot that really impressed me was the One Winged Angel that ended the match, everything else was too cartoony and didnt have the weight or brutality necessary to pay off the feud. Sorry guys, not for me at all this one."

[10.0] "Watching this match in May of 2020 was a true blessing because at the time the world had shut down and we were forced to stay home. Personally it was a sad time for my life but then for 33 minutes I was able to forget about it. This match made me forget about what was going outside and I was able to have fun for the first time in a very long time. This was the perfect match at the perfect time. It was a modern day classic, one of the best matches I had ever seen up to that point. But after over 4 years with the pandemic now gone, did this match hold on to the curse of time? Yes, it fucking does. After 4 years is still makes laugh and entertains like it was the first time. A timeless classic, that's what this match is. Whenever you're bored and you have a good 30 minutes of free time, watch this match and you won't regret it as every single second is going to be worth it. So much stuff happened here: Matt Hardy changing gimmick every time he'd be underwater. The whole bar fight with Hangman and Hager. Jericho hitting the Jacksonville Jaguars mascot with a judas effect and then challenging the call of the referee after a nearfall. Matt suplexed Sammy through the whole field to hit a touchdown however he got penalty for his celebration so he superkicked the referee. See how fucking crazy that sounds? And there's still plenty of stuff like this. This match is one of funniest things I've ever seen in my life, let alone wrestling. Whoever didn't find this match funny probably has problems with feelings. This was a total blast, a once in a lifetime spectacle that will never be duplicated. *****"

[10.0] "I had an absolute blast when I watched this live and since then I've revisited this match twice. I love it every time! Part of the reason for me is because this was right in the middle of the pandemic and no one knew when live event would continue and this match made me forget about that. The whole ppv was actually really good but this was a pure rollercoaster ride. I wouldn't want this type of thing regularly and since the pandemic is over there's no reason to do it. It did what it set out to do which was be entertaining."

[7.0] "A Fun Match that utilises the Fact they Wrestle at a Stadium that at the Time was Completely Empty. The Storytelling isn't that Great Aside from Adam Page just going to the Bar, he was the only that Made it Interesting. The Inner Circle as a Stable still feel thrown together to me & I'm not massive Fans of Them though I do think that they should've won here to Help Continue Sowing the Division between Page & the rest of the Elite. In Ring Work is Creative & Entertaining but nothing Mind Blowing expect for the Finishing Spot with Omega & Guevara. I also thought the Matt Hardy changing Characters in the Pool was Cool. This Match is definitely a Unique Match that I'd probably Embrace more if I watched it at the Time"

[5.0] "Remove Matt Hardy from this match in any capacity and my rating for this match skyrockets. Jericho's side does have some rather poor workers and Jericho himself being quite annoying at times, but that was fine, literally nameless jobbers could have been in their spots and it would have been watchable because The Elite are a blast to watch in a setting like this. But Hardy's presence in my opinion really took away from it, spent way too much time on his sluggish and quite unfunny segment. Most of the rest of this match is fine aside from the start which is kinda of boring and the rest of Hardy's appearance, however this match does have a really great bar fight."

[0.0] "I thought I'd maybe actually like this because I did really enjoy the first Anarchy In The Arena match between Blackpool Combat Club and Jericho Appreciation Society. However, this reminded me more of the second Anarchy In The Arena match between the Blackpool Combat Club and Elite that in my opinion wasn't nearly as good. This kinda just feels like a compilation of what everyone thought would be cool spots with a lot of directionless brawling in between while everyone waits for their turn to do a big spot. Its always been weird to me that Kenny Omega is in so many of these kinds of matches because they really don't fit his wrestling style at all. The whole drawn out Matt Hardy segment in the pool is easily one of the worst thing's the company has ever put to video."

[10.0] "A "cinematic" match done right. Pure insanity that uses its location excellently for moments that are simply not possible in a normal arena. It's the perfect example of the limitations of the pandemic being turned into creativity. It's got big spots and even some fourth wall breaking for good measure. Frankly, if you hate this match, all I gotta say is: lighten up."

[9.0] "Probably my favorite cinematic match of all time, slow pacing at the beginning but the "individual characters arcs" they had throughout were very good and entertaining. It was a funny and messy brawl with a couple of impressive spots wrinkled in. The one winged angel from the top was insane and a good way of ending the match."

[4.0] "Not a fan of whatever-you-call-this-type-of-match, but these guys did do a really strong version of it. All the guys involved and all the different "scenes" made it drag and feel way too long, despite some entertaining segments. It was funny but I would much rather have seen these teams square off in the ring, funny is not really what I'm looking for in a huge PPV blowoff match like this. I wouldn't mind seeing more matches like this in the future because it did manage to be entertaining--but not as the main event of a tentpole show."

[10.0] "It's a shame that the following year one sucked and probably we will never see this stipulation done like this again because this match was absolutely fantastic: funny, messy, stupid, nonsense and over the top, a lot of things that people hate about wrestling but that I love. A lot of crazy stuff happened in this match from Matt Hardy changing his gimmick everytime he got underwater to Matt Jackson hitting his signature nothern light suplexes through the entire field of football stadium. A beautiful dream to escape from the reality of Covid-19 and still to this very day it's one of the funniest thingw that I have ever seen. 10/10 - 5*/5*"

[10.0] "This set the bar so high for cinematic matches and the subsequent Stadium Stampede matches and I don't think anything has come even close. This was so unique, funny and filled with great action that it's probably never going to be topped."

"I honestly have no idea how to rate this, but it was one of my favorite things that I have ever watched. Adam Page entering on a horse. Matt Hardy transforming into different versions of himself while posing under water. Ortiz being afraid of getting into a three-foot pool because he doesn't know how to swim. Adam Page and Jake Hager having a genuinely great bar fight, with Kenny Omega bringing in the reinforcements to make Hager look like more of a monster than he has at any other point in his career. The Locomotive Northern Lights Suplexes that spanned 100 yards. Nick Jackson running the steps to hit a Splash through a table. And Page using the line-marker on Chris Jericho to render him effectively out of the match. Even Sammy Guevara with his premature celebration, thus leading to another wild chase with a golf cart and one of the craziest finishing spots I can remember. Part of me says five stars, part of me says it's impossible to rate this match. For now, no rating, but damn I loved this."

[6.0] "I recently rewatched both Stampede matches back to back and it has severly lowered my opinion of the first one while raising my opinion of the second one. This one felt more like an attitude era brawl which I was personally never a fan of, while the second Stadium Stampede felt more like a cinematic match which I find better and more enjoyable. I did really like the drowning of Matt Hardy sequence and the medic Matt parts but everything else felt like a generic backstage brawl."

"We are in an era where you are looking for as many styles of matches on a card as possible. This style was perfect for the time. They haven't been able to find a way to work a cinematic match into a live crowd broadcast. Which is a shame, becasue it allows for so much creativity. It allows wrestlers to bigger spots more safely, with cuts. It allows for ridiculous exagerations of moves that don't force the wrestlers to get hurt while still telling that story. Even as we have moved past the pandemic era, this match holds up extremely well and is a joy to watch."

[10.0] "Possibly the most undiluted joy I've ever experienced watching a match, this was so zany and so much fun, with some truly awesome character beats thrown throughout as well. Fantastic product of its time."

[0.0] "Not a wrestling match, pure and simple. I don't even actively dislike it, I just feel nothing because it is not a wrestling match. Is it so far removed from what I consider to be professional wrestling and the reasons I watch and enjoy it, that I can't rate it anything other than a 0/10. It fails at telling a story through the framing device of a combat sport, which is the point of pro wrestling for me. If you like it, more power to you, but to me this is a embarrassment to any wrestling company, let alone as the main event of a PPV"

[4.0] "They could have had a cinematic match like the boneyard Match that happened at Wrestlemania where the entire thing felt like a fight but was still very tight in storytelling, Instead what we have here is Chaotic randomness with unfunny gags and meaningless sequences that ultimately didn't contribute anything towards the conclusion of the matches. The silliness also brought down the Otherwise serious moments in the match though there were only few and far between them to count. Ultimate the cinematic Gimmick only worked for the boneyard Match and since then it has been an inter failure in execution. Match Rating - **"

[10.0] "What can you say, just insane fun. It happened in the perfect time as it was a welcome break from reality, that said, i never want to see this gimmick match again. The one the following year sucked."

[10.0] "Top tier use of pandemic making you do different things. This match was hilarious from start to finish. So many great moments in this match with Hangman on the horse, Omega and Hangman at the bar and the water being like the lake of reincarnation. The use of every part of the football field was amazing. This was using the pandemic restrictions to do things that you would not normally, and it works perfectly."

[7.0] "I mean its good fun but I think some stuff is a bit silly and you cant have a critically acclaimed wrestling match in this style"

[10.0] "This match is so entertaining and is just so much fun this is a classic that everyone needs to watch at least once. *****"

[10.0] "When I think of AEW this match instantly comes to my head. Easily one of the best pandemic era wrestling matches and another brilliant idea from Jericho. It? s silly, but loveable."

[7.0] "its ok, i like some stuff but a little to silly to me but in general it work for the time that was made"

[7.0] "I wasn't watching AEW at the time (and the pre-match video didn't do an all-encompassing job of catching me up), so my view may be a reflection of a lack of background knowledge on the stories that existed at the time. That said, it just felt scattered to me. I had heard great things, but left disappointed. I actually enjoyed the MITB cinematic match quite a bit more, but I have a greater familiarity with those characters, so it's completely possible that my foreknowledge factored into my enjoyment."

[8.0] "Loved this. This felt like something out of DDT. It had aspects of a wrestling match, but this was a huge brawl which told a hilarious story. Listing some of the great spots is difficult because I enjoyed most of them. Loved the bar fight with Omega/Page and Hager, the 100 Yard Northern Lights suplexes, Rick Knox getting hit with a Superkick like he's in his PWG days, Jericho's fight with Aubrey, Jericho doing the witch laugh and getting hit with a Superkick, Jericho hitting the mascot with the Judas Effect, and that awesome finish with Omega hitting Sammy with a V-Trigger and a massive OWA. This was the spectacle of spectacles during the COVID-Era."

[10.0] "Honestly, watching this live might've been the happiest I've ever been watching pro wrestling. Such a fun match."

[7.0] "I appreciate the intent of giving us a fun match during a depressing time, but I was kind of bored for a lot. Kind of dragged on. Some fun was had, but it just nor for me."

[10.0] "This is a clear reply to the cinematic approach of wrestling matches from AEW. WWE gave us a scintillating experience in the Boneyard Match while AEW went to the polar opposite route and gave us a hilariously hectic brawl all over the TIAA Bank Field. From the entrance of Hangman and his time in the bar, Matt Hardy's reincarnations, Sammy facing karma in the golf cart, Matt's 100-yard Northern Lights suplex rally and Jericho messing with Aubrey as always - this is high level entertainment. By any means necessary, cinematic matches are surely hard to rate but I follow the letter grading for segments and cinematic matches like this. Same grade for this one with the Boneyard spectacle ; an A+"

[10.0] "The best cinematic match of the pandemic era. Watch the Gatoh move stream alongside this match. It's wild."

[7.0] "When I first watched it, I loved it and still think it was a great idea and production considering this was at the beginning of the pandemic. However, I didn't enjoy this match as much when watched it for the 2nd time. Some stuuf were pretty ridiculous and at some points the match was boring."

[9.0] "I don't watch wrestling anymore, but I've heard about AEW and this was my sort of introduction to the promotion. And, boy, did they deliver! This was really fun. The reason why I decided to watch this was the intriguing concept. I'm fully rooting for wrestling promotions that are trying to innovate the basic idea of a wrestling match. Just like TNA did with Ultimate X or Matt Hardy's Final Deletion, AEW did it with Stadium Stampede. Kinda cool that Matt Hardy is the one who puts post-modernistic spins on modern pro wrestling. It wasn't as groundbreaking as X-Division matches or the cinematic universe of the Hardys, because it's basically falls count anywhere at the stadium, but the idea to go all out on a stadium is great. Maybe this match lacked a few bigger spots and by the end it turned more into a comedic farce, but still it was so freaking hilarious to watch. The pool/bar sequences are pure gold, plus some solid wrestling action from everyone involved. Also, good to hear JR commentating again with so much wit. Good ass job!"

[10.0] "This was funny for sure but it also had some great straight up action. The weakest bits were from Matt Hardy who ironically popularized this kind of match."