Abadon & Thunder Rosa vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue

[4.0] "[2.0*] Very sloppy action. The match itself was pretty boring, slow and botchy. However, it is pretty nice to see Thunder Rosa back. She is a legit star and main eventer for the division."

[4.0] "I don't consider this a bad match, but it was close. I was really excited with Thunder Rosa entrance and return to the ring, and that's all... it's awesome to see her back, truly a star, but the match was considerably below average, I was expecting more due to the interesting build - {**}"

[7.0] "A fun match with solid action, good spots, and some really solid synergy between Skye Blue and Julia. A good way to build up to Julia vs Abadon at World's End, as well as a good return for Thunder Rosa after over a year out of action."

[5.0] "Julia & Skye have come into their own as talents very, very quickly and look like cornerstones of the division going forward. Thunder Rosa has a reputation that precedes and includes AEW and is a former world champ returning from injury. Abadon...is good walking around like a zombie. Look, I think Abadon is a really great character worker but they've done basically done nothing and progressed little their entire AEW career (best Abadon matches are the goofy Halloween street fights with Britt & Shida), and AEW knows that too, which is why this match was built around Rosa's hot tag, but then Abadon is still getting a PPV title shot because I guess the TBS champ is spooky and Abadon's the spookiest gimmick they've got. House of Black do a good job building the heat and Rosa's hot tag is good enough given her obvious ring rust but this seems like an odd way to bring her back (especially since she did a run-in from the Spanish announce desk last week after a LONG absence from the ring to set this up). **1/2"

[6.0] "Abadon mostly just got beaten on here in service of the big Thunder Rosa tag in pop. Kinda weird given that they have a PPV match coming up with Julia. But it was nice to see Thunder Rosa back. I do love the pairing of Julia and Skye, they're quite an alluring pair and seem to work well enough as a team."

[6.0] "Solid match. The main focus of this match was clearly Thunder Rosa in her first match in approximately a year and a half. Rosa looked pretty good in this one and the other women all seemed alright but nothing special."

[4.0] "[2.75*] It was really cool to see Thunder Ros returning to the ring after over a year and a half. The match itself was solid and didn't have much action or emotion."

[4.0] "This was a slow and by the numbers affair, clearly designed to give thunder rosa an easy first match back and bag her a win."

[5.0] "Julia Hart and Skye Blue complement each other as a duo and have a great entrance look. In the ring neither are TV ready honestly but Hart has made good progress this year. Pairing Thunder Rosa with Abadon is a real head scratcher, especially as a means to reintroduce her after such a long time away from the ring. They got through the match fine and achieved what they were going for **1/2"

[6.0] "A pretty solid tag team affair, I think before a championship match I wouldve like to seen more from Abadon in terms of getting offence in and not be so worked over. But Rosa, albeit a seemingly random addition, looked good on her return, and is probably well set up to feud with Blue/Hart pairing beyond Worlds End. I think this was a great showcase for the new pairing of Blue and Hart, their presentation is great and they have good team chemistry!"

[6.0] "Nothing too crazy really. Good to see Rosa back in the ring and moving well, looks like she hasn't lost much of a step. Interested to see where this Blue/Hart alliance goes."