[4.0] "The first PPV match with what would quickly become the New Age Outlaws. It started out pretty decently and really dropped the ball. It turned into a lot of rest holds, which is inexcusable in a multi man tag match. Bradshaw looked pretty strong but that was about it. Even the Outlaws, who this match was designed to get over, didn't look to great. Not an awful match, but mediocre work and pretty boring. It felt even longer than it was."
[3.0] "Only Vince McMahon would create a new team with a blackjack gimmick in 1997 and think it would get over. It just shows me he was creatively barren by 1997 and wouldn't admit it. Truthfully, Vince Russo may not have been the best creative head in the business, but he did save the WWF during this time. This was a bunch of (at the time) nobodies jammed into a match sandwich. And it was gross."
[2.0] "Truly a terrible match. There was no one in the match where I was excited when they got into the ring. Botches galore near the end with JBL kicking out too early, an awkward pumphandle slam attempt by James not working but because it was the finish, they just repeat the spot, and then Gunn clearly completely missing with that leg drop off the top. Terrible, terrible, terrible."
[3.0] "Can't believe this was 15 minutes. Literally nothing happened. Windham was really bad, but then again so were most all of the competitors. Always nice to see JBL's tache though."
[3.0] "It is depressing seeing Windham in this. It was painfully dull. The one bit of excitement was a Bradshaw hot tag and he promptly had a really crap elimination. Under no circumstances should you listen carefully to what the crowd are chanting."
[3.0] "New Age Outlaws was the only team there that had anything going for them. That instantly weakened the match for me and it was a boring Survivor Series tag match with quick eliminations and not much of a story going on. Bradshaw had some good moments when he makes the hot tag, but his elimination looked pretty bad. The outcome was very predictable here and while New Age Outlaws are obviously looking like future stars in the division, the work rate isn't very good."
[5.0] "It wasn't awful and was actually quite good when Outlaws were in the ring, as they were getting huge heat from the crowd, especially Billy. Nothing exceptional in terms of the in ring work, maybe apart for Bradshaw's hot tag, which was the best thing about the whole match. Decent opener, but it really lacked star power."
[5.0] "I thought this was a touch better than the usual fluff we'd get from the abysmal WWF tag division in 1997. Making their PPV debut as a team, the New Age Outlaws added some much-needed personality to the tag division. Perhaps it's the Texas crop top, but Billy Gunn got nuclear heat from the Montreal crowd. Bradshaw puts the effort in here and looks fired up for the limited time that he's in here before being rolled up and eliminated. Thrasher works over Phineas' arm and bites his fingers when the referee isn't looking. It's not long before all of Thrasher's teammates are eliminated and he has to take on the Outlaws by himself. There's nothing too memorable here. There's no storyline progression nor are there any big spots featured here, but this served as a decent enough opener."
[3.0] "A rather weak opener featuring guys that basically no one cared about outside of the New Age Outlaws. Road Dogg and Billy Gunn were good value for their presence, but again, that was about it. The Headbangers and Blackjacks' in-ring was fairly weak, so it's hard to focus that. Right team won, and right men survived."
[1.0] "This match is one of the many reasons people tend to just focus on the screwjob when discussing this card. Outside of the New Age Outlaws going over, nothing of value was gained when watching this for me."
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