[3.0] "As someone who was there live, I cannot tell you how much the twats yelling "HARDCORE COUNTRY" the entire time ruined this match. I had managed to forget about it until I came to rating this show. The actually match was really nothing special either."
[2.0] "By no fault of the women in the ring this match was a dud. Unfortunately a small portion of the audience took it upon themselves to repeatedly sing "hardcore country! " for the entire fifteen minutes. It's a shame because having Mickie James there really could have shun a light on some of the other talent but it ended up working to their detriment. Not that it is her fault though she did seem to actively encourage the chants at first and, once even she had clearly gotten sick of it, didn't seem to do much to get them to stop. Which, if anyone had the power to do, it was probably her. Damn shame that a small group of fans decided to ruin this one for everyone else."
[3.0] "Ok, the audience was too cringe with their Hardcore Country chants that only repeated the same thing, they give me a bad aura of the show, many empty holes, notorious botches, I have counted at least 5 scandalous botches, on top of that they give me that absurd ending, so much Fart time for that ending, but as such, it is not a terrible match, good chemistry was noted and good technique and submission segments, but little else."
[5.0] "The crowd totally hijacked this match. Well, it wasn't all of the crowd, but ultimately it was the only thing worth notice from a match that wasn't bad, just didn't have any real interest beyond seeing Mickie James live. First time seeing Alex Windsor and Hyan and I hope I get to see them in the future without the drunk fans trying to be the protagonists. (**1/2)"
[5.0] "This was in the death slot following the Jacobs and Ishii match. It was pretty bang average and we had the added bonus of some fans chanting the same thing over and over again. There isn't a huge amount of top level talent in British womens wrestling overall so lots of work to do to get it back to previous levels."
[6.0] "Solid match but the few idiots in the crowd made it unenjoyable! Why do you need to make the show about yourself? If you chant the whole show and most of the times no one joins in because your chants are cringe you need to stop. Start reading the room. Or never come back, please."
[6.0] "This match is a little hard to rate because the match itself didn't seem bad at all but it got memed on. What affected it was a few drunk guys in the audience chanting "Hardcore Country" throughout the entire match. They were trying to start things up with various theme songs during Ishii vs Jacobs but they really found their opportunity with Mickie James. Then you'd get pockets of fans around the arena joining in for a few seconds before they realised it was more of a meme, but I think some of those fans were genuinley chanting to support James. She was definitely over. I have to admit, the chanting got so ridiculous that I did find myself laughing at one point. Mickie was a pro in dealing with it but the match kind of got away from the performers through no fault of their own. It might look better on TV. The match itself seemed to have a good flow and might be a point higher when I watch it back. Just a little hard to get into it when you're sat right in the middle of hardcore country."
[7.0] "This was the other match on the card that majorly suffered from the crowds lack of investment. The Hardcore country chants were fun for about 15 seconds and they persisted through the whole match. Alex does something? Hardcore Country. Hyan does something? Hardcore Country. Mickey takes offence? Hardcore Country. Mickey delivers offence? Hardcore Country. What do you even do with that as a worker? 60% of the crowd was too busy huffing their own farts to react to the match in any way. I was super excited for this match, and they did what they could in the ring, but the crowd were intolerable"
[5.0] "This was a decent match with a weird atmosphere. First, it was not helped having to follow Ishii v Jacobs. Second, Mickie James unfortunately attracted a group of fans to the show with the vocabulary of exactly two words and proceed to chant them for damn near the entirety of the match. **/12"
[6.0] "The crowd chanted 'Hardcore Country' for 2/3rds of the match, interestingly enough it was happening for an entirety of first half and for a couple of minutes before the finish. It made me wonder - I guess the fans want to react for women's matches and get involved, but maybe they have nothing to sink their teeth into (Hyan wasn't super over as a babyface for that crowd) or every crowd is different and school of thought about women's pro-wrestling is different everywhere? There was a lot more questions than answers overall for me, and I think there's gonna be another obnoxious round of discourse about what fans actually want to see in women's pro-wrestling in 2023. They worked hard and did enough to make this an interesting 3-way, so even though the finish was 'heel stole it' dogshit, it was a thought-provoking match in a positive way."
[6.0] "Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, but Mickie James, even at the age of 43, was the best wrestler in this match by a mile. This match was always going to have a tough job following up the Ishii/Jacobs match, but I think overall, the women held their own. This match wasn't amazing by any means, but all three women worked hard and put together a solid three way match."
[6.0] "A decent match that was completely deflated by the crowd screaming Hardcore Country over and over and over again. Mickie and Hyan looked great, the action was dynamic and there were a few great spots but the finish was a bit underwhelming and the crowd were exhausting. Sat right in front of a few of the loudest chants and my god, it was distracting."
"Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country Hardcore Country"
[7.0] "Quite fun. Mickie James was so over, it was crazy. Not Ospreay levels but more then Shibata. She did have a real star aura about her, and she worked well with the other two. I always enjoy Hyan, and Windsor was cool to see as a heel. The ending was deflating though and it could have been a bit better. Still makes excited for the future of the women's division."
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