Festus vs. The Undertaker

[3.0] "I thought this match was stupid, I mean why was prime Taker even fighting Festus in the first place. Then I thought that it was just gonna be a squash match but no, Festus really went toe to toe with the Undertaker. From an in ring perspective, it wasn't anything crazy and the psychology of the match was also bad"

[6.0] "What a fascinating match. A real testament to the power of late 2000s Undertaker, the Smackdown Ace. When someone tells you he was never good, tell them to watch this. But that should not discredit the performance of Gallows here, who matches Taker blow for blow, and keeps pace with him, and in no way lets the gimmick restrain anything he does. In fact, it perfectly suits what they do. He's not afraid of what the Undertaker is, as he's not aware of it, so he goes straight at him, with a simple, smashmouth style. It's physical, it's hard hitting, and at times it kinda feels like it's going to wander off the rails with how committed Gallows is; at one moment it looks like Taker nearly double legs him to slow him down. But a charming and enjoyable hidden gem, probably the best ever Luke Gallows singles performance. ***1/4"

[7.0] "Surprisingly good, with outright clobbering making up much of this. Festus is given a lot of space here and all things considered, does an admirable job with that opportunity, giving Undertaker an awful lot to sell. This quickly sports a pretty engaging edge, leaning on brawling and big lad offence for an underrated triumph. ***1/4"

[7.0] "Listen this match kinda kicked ass. A really good main event with two charactera that shockingly shared the ring together, but I'm glad they did. Jesse cut a pre match promo backstage for Festus and then bwfore the match we had to watch Teddy Lomg ruining Vickie's fantasy of being cucked in a room with her and Edge as Teddy said Holla Playa I'm out of here. Good back and forth at the start of the match slowly leading to Takee getting the advantage and then winning the match with Hell's Gate. Fun tv match everyone needs to watch once. 3.25/5 Stars"

[7.0] "Great character work by both Festus and The Undertaker. They were able to make Festus look like a competent wrestler. Also, really good strikes by Festus during he match. I feel like this match is kind of a hidden gem in terms of storytelling. (***1/2)"

[6.0] "It was a surprisingly good match from Festus, Undertaker was a different beast in 07-08, I really enjoy watching his stuff."

[7.0] "Nice match, Festus looked really strong and made Undertaker effort to defeat him. Also they pkayed well with both gimmicks."

[5.0] "Decent stuff despite Gallows being pretty nothing typically in terms of ring-work. That's mostly because Undertaker is pretty good at the hoss big guy brawling style, as well as the fact that they paced this well around Taker being the far better wrestler but Festus consistently having stuff to pull out of the bag to keep in the game. It mostly stays to a pretty basic style and the two don't go overboard at any point here in terms of workrate, it more or less functions around the two getting in their shit in the ten minutes or so that they have. Gallows is competent and can't do a whole lot, but he can throw a good punch and he builds up well to his comebacks, as well as teasing some near falls that do cause the crowd to bite. Finish is basic as we get a ref bump, Taker eats a bicycle kick before doing his usual "deadman rise" spot and slapping on a Hell's Gate (they didn't have a name for it yet so Cole just calls it "the submission hold" great name for it). I thought Jesse at ringside sold the whole thing well as he's just pleading for his mate to escape, and as soon as the ref calls it off he's right in the ring and selling the terror of his opponent by essentially cowering on the KO'd body of Gallows. Other than that I don't really see the whole mythical status this has as a "great" match, it just was better than average for Gallows who's average is.....well not great by any means. It's a decent hoss brawl but firmly carried by Undertaker."

[7.0] "Damn this was surprisingly good i mean no one would have expected this match to be as good as it was. Undertaker was at his peak and Festus ( current Luke Gallows) was at his early work. It had a nice brawling and some action, probably one of Gallows best work ***1/2"