[5.0] "Von Silver vs. Sabian vs. Zay hatte ich mir ein bisschen mehr erwartet, insgesamt war es aber okay. Silver als Sieger geht in Ordnung, dadurch wird die Dark Order auch nicht relevanter. Schöne Spots waren vorhanden, auch Spannung war durchaus anwesend, da alle 3 als Übergangsgegner funktionieren würden. Trotzdem fühlte sich das Ganze holprig an und Chemie wollte nicht wirklich aufkommen."
[4.0] "[2.0*] Very nothing match. It had 0 importance because no one deserved the first contendership in the first place. Zay got pinned and then received a title shot for Dynamite, what kind of booking this is? There is a very good video called The Problem With AEWs Overprotective Booking and Tony should watch. 2.25*."
[5.0] "Okayes Match.Das wirkte leider recht zerfasert ohne wirklichen Matchfluss.Mit 7 Minuten aber auch recht kurz gehalten.Leider hat es das Match nicht geschafft, das man sich auf das Titlematch freut und das Ende wirkte auch sehr plötzlich, auch wenn der Wums hatte, richtig glaubwürdig fand ich es nicht. **1/4"
[4.0] "It seems that a match with the participation of three wrestlers should be good, especially since I would not call these three straight mediocre and hopeless guys, but something clearly went wrong. It was downright boring. The pace constantly sagged, especially during the dull part of the heal teaming, and the faces comeback was not given much time. Usually in such a fight the real action starts towards the end, but that wasnt the case here either. I can't even explain what exactly went wrong with the guys. As I said above, I consider all three of them talented and their problem now is only in status, because everyone is doing who knows what. The choice of the winner is pleasing, because Silver Cassady looks interesting, and besides, we have already seen this, even on PPV. So it's probably a win-win option."
[5.0] "this match wasn't terrible in quality, but felt like nothing to me, because it was just pointless! the story is between Moxley and Cassidy, and not these three guys. John Silver has been doing good in the tag team matches, so it was a bad booking, because the other two guys don't deserve the #1 Contendership for this title either. it just had few good spots by Silver and nothing else. (**1/2)"
[6.0] "For me, Kassidy was the star of this match. I feel like his match pacing and selling has improved so much while Quen has been out. I'm cautiously optimistic that they can be a big part of the tag division once he's healthy again. Silver's strikes looked decent in this match, and Kip Sabian did a decent job of keeping the match layout going in a coherent way (especially because a few spots were more telegraphed than I think they would've wanted). With all of that said, I thought this was a perfectly satisfactory outing but the commercials really killed this match's momentum for me."
[5.0] "Nothing particularly spectacular here or worth going out of your way to see but it is a perfectly acceptable by the numbers triple threat match that's neither bad or great. John Silver was probably the right choice to win he's the best of the three in ring."
[4.0] "Dieses Match war in Ordnung. Ich habe da nichts daran auszusetzen, aber es war leider auch kaum wirklich spannend. John Silver hat ungewöhnlich wenig fürs Publikum getan. Kip Sabian fand ich hier überflüssig. Kassidy mit 2 Spots und dann wars auch schon vorbei."
[6.0] "I thought this was a fun match with lots going on. Three guys who don't really get much chance to show what they can do, outside of small parts of 6 man tag team matches and stuff like that. I also didn't know who was going to win. So it felt fresh and different to what we usually get."
[4.0] "Not a bad little three-way to follow up the exciting opener. Three long time AEW guys that never really connected with me in the ring and only having 7 minutes, this had no chance of being memorable. A lot of the match was Sabian and Silver trying to form an alliance against Kassidy that immediately falls apart. There was also a bit too much of a guy hitting a move and then spending to much time trying to get the crowd back. There was a good spot with Silver picking Sabian over his head and throwing him into Kassidy before hitting a German suplex. The mat h finished shortly after with Silver hitting Kassidy with a punt while he was attempting a pinfall on Sabian. I can't say this match did much for me or get me excited for an OC/ John Silver match but, it was short and watchable. **1/4"
[4.0] "An OK match to set up Orange and Silver for Battle of the Belts. Of the three, Silver is the one I would have liked to win most and it serves well with trying to make Dark Order more of a threat again. It also helps that Silver and Orange have shown to have good chemistry together both in AEW and prior. Kip and Isiah both felt a bit out of place here to me with how low both are typically on the card especially when it was for a title shot. Match could have used more time to have elevated both of them."
