Arn Anderson vs. Ric Flair

[6.0] "Shorter and nastier than their Fall Brawl bout. The brawling felt more like a friendship turned to enmity and Pillman's intervention mostly helped the story. Still, it was far from perfect. As memory serves, the hold-the-top-rope counter to the DDT had been used in the previous bout and repeating it didn't look great. The cameras were too close at the end and beating up a man under the bottom rope looked awkward. The story keeps chugging along and Pillman holding up the four fingers and "woo"ing must have raised a lot of blood pressure at the time, so even if it wasn't a classic there's no denying that the match was good business."

[7.0] "Even though a DQ finish to a main event is always disappointing, I actually thought the Pillman and Arn beat down was very effective to the storyline going on where nobody comes to Flair's aid because none of the faces trust him. The shorter run time than their Fall Brawl classic meant it was straight to the hard hitting stuff here and it was done well, especially with the bump Arn takes on the outside and theres call backs to the memorable moments in that match like Flair countering the DDT by holding the rope. He looked like getting revenge with the Figure Four locked in until Pillman frog splashes him for the DQ!"

[7.0] "Solid stuff for a Monday night TV match. Kept things ticking over story wise. Both took bumps on the outside. Just two pros told to go 8 minutes."

[5.0] "Although we managed to get eight minutes of action before this one is thrown out due to Brian Pillman interfering, this felt like they needed more time to create something more substantial. This is just here to continue the Flair/Arn storyline and to set up for the cage match the next week."

[5.0] "Weird scenario of cagematch not mentioning it being a DQ finish which is odd. So i was quite disappointed to not even see an interference finish but rather a DQ finish. Action was good but not long and not as good as it could of been. They were working an average tv match"

[6.0] "While I adore their Fall Brawl match, I couldn't quite recall this. It's honestly quite good, even without the time to climb beyond that. This basically operates as an energetic shootout, trading greatest hits without much room for intricacy in selling or structure. Flair takes most of it, bringing his usual intensity and keeping the people engaged. ***, a good match that again showcased their chemistry as foes."

[5.0] "I thought this was alright but I didn't like it as much as luger vs savage to say the least. There was some good chops by Flair and a nice back body drop by Arn. Flair hit a meh side suplex that I thought like kind of crap. Flair did his flying nothing that of course Arn countered. My favorite spot of the match was Arn going for a DDT but Flair held onto the ropes to counter the move, that was a sick counter in my opinion. Pillman attacked for a dq finish that put a damper on the match for me."

[5.0] "I don't even know what to say here... Ric Flair is good at any age, but double A.. But it would have been fine if the match hadn't ended so quickly. In general, I didn't like it... **1/2"

[5.0] "Basically a back and forth match. Brian Pillman shows up as the bout ends. Another average encounter."

[6.0] "A brilliant job was done in the ring, every action had an impetus for further development, and even Pillman's intervention was appropriate and did not upset."

[8.0] "Very good main event , they had really good chemistry. I would have enjoyed a clean finish, but the Pillman intervention at least made sense."

[9.0] "Another great match between these two, the interactions feel so heated as Arn reaches down into his gritty bag of tricks to get one up on the man he walked behind for so many years. I love how they go all out here, and in the larger context of the Sting and Pillman storyline it's even more interesting."