Buddy Matthews vs. Malakai Black

[7.0] "A solid match with a lot of back and forth and a few moments where they reference that they've had matches in the past without making the match all about their series in WWE's midcard. Some nearfalls, some reversals, generally smooth work. Nothing exceptional but they never dropped the pace. The crowd being utterly dead was a shame though; this wasn't amazing but there were some moments I'm surprised got no pops at all. ***1/4+"

[7.0] "This was a good bout even if they weren't helped at all by this dead crowd. They managed to put on a effective and strong contest as the story told was coherent. However, having a fucking silent crowd like this, that cut me out. They had to be crazy for it. Good showcase for both men."

[7.0] "Not amazing, but pretty good. Could do with more storytelling on the leg of Matthews. At least it felt like a breezy 20 minutes. ***1/2"

[9.0] "I am a big fan of both of them. They have amazing chemistry and know each other well and that can definitely be seen during their matches. I love the spots they did during this match, especially during the beginning of it. The finish was great also. This was also my favorite match between the two of them so far! Watching it live was a site to see!"

[7.0] "This was a good but not spectacular match. They certainly weren't helped by a dead crowd, or maybe the audio mixing was so bad you couldn't hear anything."

[9.0] "Really fantastic match I love both characters since their WWE release, both guys have really good chemistry and had really good matches in the past and I think this was their best one (****1/2) for me absolute banger"

[7.0] "A good match that was hurt by the completly dead crowd Buddy and Malakai wrestled in front of, it would have been better in front of no crowd. Despite it, these two have incredible chemistry and put on a good match, with crisp well excuted action. The match was a it's best when the pace was quick, and would have benifited from cutting some of the more methodical parts, since the atmoshpere really took me out of the action at times. There were also some cool callbacks to their history in WWE , altough it didn't do much for me since I wasn't invested in the company or their feud, at the time. Overall, it's a really good match, that should have been great and I hope they run it back in front of a crowd that's more exited to see them square up. [ * * * 3/4]"

[8.0] "I'll watch these two wrestle 100 times and never see a match that even approaches mediocre, then yet bad. So much chemistry between them."

[9.0] "Fantastic match between Black and Matthews here in what wasn't even their best encounter together because they've had better ones in WWE but I'm just glad to see that chemistry continue to be exploited and this fourth chapter between these two great wrestlers was clearly brilliant. I had very high expectations, I was afraid of being disappointed but in the end they were met and this is for me the best match of these two guys since they were released from their WWE contract, honestly Black still hasn't had a singles match of the level of this one in All Elite Wrestling until now and Matthews is finally getting more exposure. Great action, good wrestling and an interesting callback to their history together with Matthews trying to kick Black's eye out on the stairs, this was really good. Great move for WrestleCade who will inevitably attract people with this main event."