Adam Pearce vs. Frankie Kazarian

[7.0] "This is getting a bit higher score because of the year that these guys were doing these spot. Spots that we still see over 20 years later."

[5.0] "A decent street fight that improved the longer it went on. The beginning was just hitting each other with random strange objects including a football helmet. Then Jason Allgood interfered giving a crutch to Adam Pearce which was later used in a spot I really liked where Kazarian leg dropped it into Pearce for a low blow. After we had some actual wrestling before going back to weapons and interference from Babi Slymm and Hardkore Kidd, aligning himself with Pearce. The match finished with thumbtacks and Pearce coming off the top rope to pin Kaz and crown the second PWG champion"

[6.0] "It was a fun brawl. I liked the comedy in it, specially all the shenanigans with the american football helmet and the spear. The problem was the overbooking, there was not much sense of having Jason Allgood, Hardkore Kidd and Baby Slim and in a way it hurt the outcome and for me killed the heat in a way. Another cool spots was Adam Pearce using the chain to scape of the Tazzmission or how he crashed Kazarian against a wood post. And when Kazarian put a crutch on a chair and used it to crutch Pearce. In the Pearce pours thumbtacks on the mat and goes to the top rope to hit a superplex. Kazarian counters and goes for a Flux Capacitator, but Hardkore Kidd tooks him out and allows Pearce to hit a drog splash to win the match. Good brawl, but the overbooking hurts the rating."

[6.0] "I liked this match as a heated brawl, and while I didn't personally care for the comedy spots mid-match, I understand this is a part of PWG (for better or worse), I thought the match was good overall. It just felt out of place in this match that has been built for months now and is supposed to be this big, violent grudge match for the PWG Title. The shoehorning in of Hardkore Kidd and Babi Slymm was also just a drag and distraction from what should have been a big moment for PWG, and ended up feeling somewhat inconsequential."

[5.0] "The match had a lot of overbooking, gratuitous yet mild weaponry, and interference that cancelled each other wqithout much logic behind it, a lot of things holding back the quality. Still, it was a decent wrestling match, with brawling to signify the heating up of the short rivalry, a nice aggressive streak despite the odd chemistry and the notable changing of the belt, which gives it some significance and insures it remains in middle-tier quality."

[7.0] "It's a shame we don't get to see the end of the match, because this had been built up well over the last few shows. Kazarian is over as a babyface champion, and Pearce has done some good heel work leading up to this. The match itself (from what you can watch) is a very fun match that definitely doesn't take itself too seriously and that's not a bad thing. This combined with the commentary makes the match more entertaining and attitudes like this helped shape PWG into what it would be."

[6.0] "Well, this gets cut off before the end of the match on the Highspots Network, so it's hard to judge that. Before that, though, there's some decent work but a lot of bullshit that distracts from it. The commentary also distracts from the match - maybe this was just a buildup throughout the show of their style of commentary, which was a lot of extraneous jokes that aged pretty horribly."