Kiera Hogan vs. Toni Storm

[8.0] "A magnificent match between two top competitors. Toni's character work shined brightly starting off with a script handoff to Hogan. Hogan immediately turned the script down and proceeded with her game plan. Hogan's game plan was to target the hips and glutes to weaken Toni's hip attack, primarily through strikes. The match was hard-hitting with Toni taking over on the outside. Hogan was faster in-ring and looked to be on the way to a win until Toni reversed Hogan and proceeded to bite her glutes. Toni's running hip attack and piledriver are a deadly combo."

[6.0] "Another case of a solid match that builds the "Timeless" Toni Storm character. I'm really loving this gimmick for Storm and I continue to be intrigued to see where it goes. I particularly enjoyed her handing everyone, including Hogan, a script as she came out to the ring and when the match started."

[4.0] "This Timeless gimmick has been treading on thin ice for a little while now and it may have gone a little too far out to come back recently. It's going a little too far into meme territory, which means it'll likely be milked far beyond being dry. This match felt like a Taguchi match. I like Taguchi but he's booked as the guy who can turn it up and surprise people, not as one of the top stars in the division who you're supposed to take seriously. I kind of admire the commitment to the bit from Storm but we're at the point now where it feels like we're seeing a showcase for the gimmick rather than a match, which means one of the better wrestlers in the division could be hamstrung by her own gimmick."

[4.0] "This sort of stuff just isn't for me - or at least not when it's featured in the spot on the card Toni currently occupies - and by the sounds of the Utah crowd I'm not alone in that. In theory I like some elements of the Timeless concept, but if it's going to yield "comedy" shtick like this in ring, rather than the sort of match we know Storm can have, it's going to continue to get diminishing returns."

[7.0] "I love Toni's new gimmick, with the close ups and throwing to commercials, and bants with the referee. Lots of ass based offense as well, some of which felt more like doing it for the memes than any sort of genuine match structure. But there's a place for light hearted meme stuff as well, especially mixed with some of the harder hitting moments, so I can't complain too much."

[0.0] "It's wild how this Toni Storm gimmick caught on with the internet and now the result of that is them cramming every idea they can come up with into all of her matches all of the time. Increasingly feeling like this gimmick is less about making good TV and more just an excuse for producers and internet fans to pat themselves on the back for jokes. Always a success!"

[9.0] "When I saw this booked, in my head the match played out like this, but I never thought they'd actually DO that. But I guess one shouldn't underestimate Timeless Toni. This entire match is about ass. Kiera chops Toni right on the ass a good ten times during this match, Toni chops Kiera's ass a few times (as well as the titty slaps), they each hip attack each other in the face at full speed several times, Toni bites? eats? Kiera's ass to set up a killer german suplex, there was a BANZAI DROP, and the running hip attack to Strong Zero finish after the closeup is still an awesome combo even if the closeup screwed up its queue. While silly it makes since as these two use their ass as a weapon often, so why not work it over? Combine that with the interconnecting offense just being well-worked and the bit at the beginning with the scripts and this was top-notch TV wrestling. Danielson vs Fletcher was the workrate side of the coin, this was the sports entertainment side of the coin, and I loved it. ****+"

[8.0] "Yet again, Toni hits it out of the park with not only her character work, but with how she's adapted her already-great wrestling to the character. I hope this shows that Kiera Hogan could be a player and should be on Collision regularly. She was fun as a face here with her reaction to the butt bite and slapping Toni's when she was stuck in the ropes, and we've seen what she can do as a heel back when she was paired with Jade. I think putting people like her, Diamante, and Mercedes Martinez on Collision more often has been good for the show and the women's division as a whole."

[6.0] "Another excellent perfomance by "Timeless" Toni Storm here against Kiera Hogan. The action was enjoyable with lots of funny moments. The "ass slaps" by Hogan were very fun and the ending was great. Hogan delivered a solid perfomance and shined. Toni is one of the best things going on in Aew right now and I hope that she wins the title soon because she deserves it. 6/10 - 3.25*/5*"

[7.0] "A match that quite clearly went off script... "Timeless" Toni Storm's self written script, that is. This was a match clearly designed for a certain subsection of the online community, but executed in a way that most people found it entertaining too - although Diamante wasn't happy about a certain thing Storm did to her girlfriend's backside. It was the next step up from the Dynamite match with Skye Blue, and long may the Timeless One reign over us."