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[10.0] "I remember how random it was to pair them up, but man, did it work. Not a single bad match on their resume as a team. The run was quite short yet excellent and memorable for NXT fans. Baron has been rejuvenated and Bron is ready for the main roster more than ever before. These two benefited from this big time"

[8.0] "Excellent trilogy. This one is the worst match they have had given the ads and their general performance yet still very good. Axiom and Frazer got the win eventually and they are ready to take over as Tag Team champs. Bron and Baron time as a team is over and Bron leaves the NXT. What a run it was! Great match and a tremendous way to finish Bron's NXT run"

[] "Booked to perfection. From the ~25-30 minutes of solid wrestling between Cody and Roman, to the last ~5-10 minutes of Codys Avengers assembling, to the emotional payoff of Finishing the Story, this is one that will live forever for me. Bravo WWE, this is everything pro wrestling / sports entertainment can be."

[7.0] "Honestly the perfect midcarder, throw him in the ring with anyone and youll get an alright match, seems to be taking will to filling the role Dolph Ziggler had for years."

[10.0] "The Firefly Funhouse expanded wildly on what wrestling is and can be, and the fact that it came out of WWE of all places is both an incredible testament to how much good will there was for Bray's creativity and how aware the promotion was that it needed something new. There's a lot to critique and dissect in regards to The Fiend, Lord knows people have, but I think here, in this moment, Bray started something beautiful and fully, perfectly realized."

[7.0] "This was a really fun brawl. Hansen always comes across as unhinged, and Luger is very good at being explosive when the moment calls for it. Lame and unnecessarily complicated finish, but everything prior to that was really good and delivered on the wild feeling that you'd hope to see from a Bull Rope match."

[8.0] "My first match with a DDT subscription was with Toru and I'm really, really impressed with the amount of charisma he's able to bring into the traditional "big man" role. I'm giving him a 7 for now because I don't think it's fair for me to gush immediately off of the back of one match, but I'm going to actively seek out more work from him after how much I enjoyed his first match. I am expecting this number to go up. EDIT: Yeah I love this guy, lmao. Hard hitter when he needs to be serious and excellent sort of... old man who was a former bancho vibes when he's doing comedy. I can't get enough of him."

[6.0] "This match was a lot of fun and the crowd got into it as well. I don't know anything about Active Advance Pro Wrestling beyond what was mentioned by commentary, but Ayato Yoshida was really impressive here."

[6.0] "A really decent match with a nicely implemented story around Benoit's black eye. He goes aggressively against Angle, but he intelligently exposes his injury throughout the whole match with him using the referee's finger to poke Chris being the best example of that."

[4.0] "In your house continues its streak of below par PPV's. Venis/Jarrett is a solid opening match that picks up some speed by the end with Double J playing the heel role with ease as always. Don't know why Venis wasn't wrestling someone from Kai En Tai though since they were feuding (6/10) D'Lo/Xpac is another decent undercard match with the high speed style of X pac making Brown's power moves look killer. Title should've been on the line (6/10) Funk/Bradshaw vs Scorpio/Faarooq is a nothing match with some sloppy sequences all just building to Bradshaw turning heel. Would've been better if he teamed with Funk for a bit longer before it (4/10) Henry/Vader is pretty rough with a botched slam early on and just power moves without much interest. Vader was somehow still over despite the awful booking but this was awful (2/10) DOA/LOD is just what you would expect from these teams at this time. A few decen moments from Animal a whole lot of nothing from their opponents and the finish making the Road Warriors look dumb. Also Paul Ellering was there for some reason (3/10) The Dungeon match is an interesting change of pace with Owen and Shamrock being intese but its very short to be much of anything (5/10) Rock/Triple H is MOTN. the 30 minutes do feel pretty long at times but they do their best to try and keep excitement with the interference and signature spots (7/10) The bikini contest that gets hyped all over the show happens next and its just Attitude Era fanservice nonsense that shouldn't be wasting time. The Main Event is a decent brawl with Foley taking a few killer bumps and Austin bringing the spedd during moments. Crowd is into it as always and its mostly enjoyable. It does make it feel like the Tag Title don't really matter when they're just props for other singles feuds"

[8.0] "This was a really good mostly mat-based bout, which comes off as a no surprise given the wrestlers in the match. Makabe vs. Thatcher is always a hit."

[10.0] "ROH may be a shell of a shell at this point, but when they put on a PPV there are always some gems to find, and this Supercard of Honor was no exception. The main event was a gritty, bloody fight between Kingston and Mark Briscoe, naturally with the shadow of the dearly departed Jay watching over the match. I greatly appreciated the pure violence of this, Kingston may regard Mark as a friend but when it comes to a fight Kingston will hold nothing back, viciously bloodying Mark early in the match. Kingston's arms were so bloodslicked at one point it looked like he'd been working in a butcher shop, that's my kind of vibe for a match. Great strikes, great throws, great bumps, some really good selling from Kingston in particular as always, and always that feeling of a tough fight full of pride. My only slight critique is at 24 minutes it felt just a tad long, could have trimmed a bit, but I appreciate they want to show just how badly you have to beat down Kingston to take a title from him. Great fun here."

[9.0] "What a solid promo, a frustrated Drew McIntyre after getting screwed over by CM Punk at WrestleMania XL."

[6.0] "The good part: it was a better show than the average these days, thanks to some surprises and nice matches. Also, it was a so much better RAW after Mania than last year. The bad part: it was quite a mid RAW after Mania show. The only surprise that truly hyped me was having one of the best wrestlers in the world and one of the two best wrestlers in WWE today, Ilja Dragunov debuting in one of the best glorified squashes I've ever seen. That speaks volumes of how great both Ilja and Shinsuke Nakamura are, and I can't even imagine what a real all out match between both men would be. Some of the time given to the Awesome Truth match should've been given to this match and I'm sure it would've been one of the best of the year so far. Repeating the same move with the women was so lazy. It was good to see Roxanne, but there was no creativity there. At least that match served to keep developing the story of Indi and Candice (so good for a low-card story). John Cena entering the handicap match was made obvious by WWE, and I think, just like WrestleMania, that he should've appeared earlier. The opening segment was too much for me. Cody Rhodes did good, but The Rock's delivery of a pretty good promo with no silliness on his behalf and setting a future 1 on 1 match with Cody was so bad and boring. The eternal silences, the neverending interruptions to let the people react (it's ok to let the people express themselves, but he just kept killing the vibe over and over and he looked like he never could end a sentence). And sorry, but I strongly dislike how they're making something that's already big, epic and great by itself look bigger so forcibly (I never see any other World Champion in WWE be treated like Cody Rhodes. Austin, Cena, Hogan, Bryan... When did they get that much pomp and circumstance for winning a Title? They never needed it and their moments felt iconic by itself). We got some new stories began like Gable vs Sami (I'm really hyped for that. The match can be great, but the potential feud could've be even greater), and some random stuff like Jade squashing Chelsea Green because they have to present Jade as a big star instead of letting her show with a more organic booking. Drew McIntyre once again killing it on the mic and his feud with CM Punk getting hotter, a nice main event... Show was enjoyable for the 3 hours, and despite some issues, it was better than usual. I actually felt that sense of re-start and freshness. Let's see if this is actually going to be a new era."

[8.0] "The Punjabi Prison match was kind of uneven, but the main event was something! Yoshihiko is my new favorite wrestler. I stayed up late to watch this live and it was quite an experience. So many ebbs and flows, I really appreciate the comedic aspects and callbacks. It's a good break from super serious wrestling, and a compliment to the variety of entertainment that GCW provides."

[4.0] "There weren't any hot tags nor any story really. Show and Rikishi were over at least, but the fans wanted to chant for tables anyway. Dudleyz aren't the best workers in the world and they don't know how to have a proper Tag Team Match, so they couldn't even lead this as a heel team. Nothing spectacular."

[7.0] "I been excited to see Jay Malachi on WWE TV. And he didn't disappoint whatsoever this kid can go and the fact he's only nineteen years of age is crazy. I see this kid as a future WWE NXT North American Champion but overall this kid is amazing can't wait to see his career play out in WWE."

[5.0] "The action was fast and pretty enjoyable, but it wouldn't hurt if they established who the babyface and who the heel was, so the crowd wouldn't bo so torn apart, plus there was a weird decision to get rid of Faarooq so early, since the bout wasn't even that long anyway. Overall it wasn't bad, just forgettable."

[7.0] "As this match was going by I was telling myself how this was another overrated match inflated by who the winner was, but things started going better and every wrestler (except Jey. Sorry, the guy bores me in the ring) put on a bit more effort to make this stand out as a number one contender's match (which lacked some star power to be a match with World Title implications. But I think it's safe to say the World Title as of now is more like the IWGP Global Title is to NJPW, an upper-carder Title). Match with good flow, an organic evolution going from less to more and a remarkable finish with CM Punk once again costing Drew McIntyre the World Title. They brought in a table to give the match a bigger feeling, as well as Ricochet doing the spot of the match with a spectacular 450 to Bronson Reed on the announce table. I thought they were going for a rematch between Priest and Drew, but maybe they'll save that for Glasgow, and since Jey is so over with the crowd at least that will please people, but it's not a match that hypes me that much. Nice Main Event for the show, a bit underwhelming perhaps for being RAW after Mania, but notable anyways (*** 1/2)"

[7.0] "Fun, high-energy main event with some of Gatoh Move's best talent. The early comedy stuff wasn't my favorite, but it got more intense and focused as it went, and my investment went way up."

[7.0] "Another fantastic match from The Radicalz. Malenko and Saturn know how heel teams should work and they do it flawlessly. The babyfaces were over, while the heels were getting angry at each other, we had a great hot tag from Grandmaster and the crowd's reactions were loud as hell. Very short, but it doesn't matter when you can get the fans going like that."

[5.0] "Short comedy match that never really got going. Was funny in places but that's about it. Raku really going for it with a pillow as a foreign object was probably the highlight.a"

[] "Shlak is one of the most overrated deathmatch wrestlers in the business. He brings an aura of chaos, but that is about all he has to offer. Not much talent mediocre promos nothing special at all. He is a guy fueled entirely by booze, steroids & CTE. There are much better deathmatch wrestlers out there. He does not live up to the hype."

[7.0] "Short match with some nice spots that I thought was a lot of fun. Very much a brawl. SDL looked better than usual here."

[5.0] "Short decent match. Crowd was very into it which helped. Dark Sheik seemed to be having a lot of fun wrestling as a heel for a change."

[10.0] "This was "sports entertainment" in its best. The first half is solid wrestling, while the second half is interference+cameos, but that made it even better. So much fun. One of the best matches ever and a historic moment in wrestling. I hope Cody feuds with Randy after this."

[9.0] "It was one of those promos that cheered up the viewers while being simple and short and went viral. Drew is really great in everything and is the best and most entertaining wrestler in WWE."

[7.0] "He's very athletic. I've watched a bunch of his matches, from Walter, to Omega, to Dunn. One thing that some of these guys do that makes it hard for me to put them up there at the top is no-selling. There's too many instances where he gets hit, puts his head down, and when whoever he's facing runs to the ropes it's like he never got hit at all and he charges them. I've been a wrestling fan since Hogan and Warrior and Rude and King Haku. If big hits don't register, I immediately think "this is fake". Years later today, I grew up obviously and I know it's all fake, but don't try to convince me it's real by doing fake things like no-selling. If you want the audience to buy your "work", sell like it's real."

[4.0] "I suppose this was at least tolerable by 90s Freebirds standards, but they simply are not good at all by this stage in their careers. Ricky and Tommy are no Ricky and Robert, too. They're fine, but the same level of chemistry is obviously just not there. Watchable, but not very interesting at all."

[5.0] "This was a perfectly acceptable match. I'm not exactly a fan of either of these teams but they put in fine performances here."

[10.0] "The standout match from night one for me, and honestly what a win for Sami. It's not the world title I hoped for, but beating Gunther's historic reign was incredible. Gunther played the heel perfectly, Sami did everything he could and spectacularly must have won over any haters."

[8.0] "This was a great match, the stakes were high, and it payed off. Given that Frazer and Axiom have won the NXT Tag titles, I think this means that Bron will go up to SmackDown."

[6.0] "This was an ambitious match to book. It almost worked but it was kind of messy. It would have been better served if there was only two teams involved there was just too many wrestlers in there for it to be effective."

[6.0] "I wanted to like this match so much more. The work was good & I very much like both guys. But this got very frustrating & went a bit too long. The finish was predictable once Missy Hyatt was put in Janelas corner. This could have been very good or great, but it was just okay."

[6.0] "I'm surprised to see such low ratings here. I didn't exactly think it would be an incredible match but it delivered competently for sure. Maybe I could have expected a *little* more from this bloodline adjacent match but lowest on the whole card is super harsh!"

[10.0] "My favourite match and one of the best bouts in wrestling history. The story of Shibata and the top title is forbidden love, this match was set in 2014 but Okada said to Shibata one thing, you need to win the NJ Cup to challenge for the World title. 3 years later Shibata won the NJ Cup against Bad Luck Fale and finally, Shibata fought for the second time for the IWGP heavyweight title, his first match for that title was in 2004! . The story is very good and the match bff, is perfect. Okada put a master performance against a Shibata who perfectly is a top 10 best perfomances in a ring. He tried in every way, submissions, hard hitting moves but Okada knew the moment to attack, he need to counter in the perfect moment and as we can see, the rainmakers were devastating. Is a match which i can see 500 times because every time you learn something. Shibata almost die with this match but finally he could back and now is still fighting, what a warrior. *****"

[9.0] "This was an excellent TLC match with both John and Edge giving stellar performances. Despite some pretty obvious spot setups, the spots looked awesome and the finish with Cena hitting an Fu on Edge off the ladder through 2 tables, was especially incredible. ****1/2"

[6.0] "A good Raw but a rather average post-Mania Raw. We're obviously going for a Cody/Rock for next Wrestlemania. That would be exceptional. Priest vs Jey I hope it's not for Backlash, this match has no place in a PPV. Punk/Drew is gold, we'll have to book it well."

[6.0] "Not quite to the level of the previous match, but still a good one with lots of nice technical wrestling and the mixing of wrestling styles."

[2.0] "I don't know what happened here, but I don't think Johnny or Josh Barnett were satisfied with the ending. Sad that this was the main event, but I'm curious to see Johnny in this environment again."

[7.0] "Check Shimatani is good, and often entertains me in GLEAT. I would like to see him more often and in bigger spots."

[8.0] "Probably it is not the best match of their trilogy, but still was a really enjoyable effort made by both teams. Great chemistry between all the wrestlers here evolved. Good decision to give the titles to Axiom & Frazer. Probably it would have been better in the PLE in front of more people. I know that Breakker is going to be pushed as solo, but I would like to see a bit more of the WolfDogs in Smackdown. Regarding the winners... Axiom is just amazing, he is so freaking good. And all the history with Frazer has made this one of the most interesting tags in NXT. Not very fan of the post-match with The Final Testament, but the match itself had really good action and pace."

[9.0] "This was absolutely wild. There's much chaos that's hard to follow when watching this out of order, but even so it's a banger of a match. Best watched as an appetizer to the 5 star Hokuto vs Satomura match from April 2001."

[10.0] "This match is an all time classic, and it is one of the best in njpw history. The feel in this match was something special, this match was very hard hitting. that infamous headbutt looked so brutal. Cant believe Shibata had brain damage because of that and calapsed backstage. Its good he can still westle but this match was insane. *****"

[6.0] "Very solid action in this match. Doi played the heel and Aoyagi was the high-flying crowd favourite."

[4.0] "Utterly boring. It felt more like a grappling match than a wrestling one. And the crowd was dead. Just when they started to wake up, the match abruptly ended."

[9.0] "Finally got around to watching this match, and it's clear I should have sooner. This match was fantastic, the chemistry that Strickland and Wayne have is unparalleled. It would be a ten if only for the fact that it was a tad bit slow in the beginning for my liking. Whilst not necessarily a part of the rating, I found that the crowd was super hot, too, which helps with watching longer matches such as this one. All in all, fantastic, I cannot wait to see this matchup again."

[8.0] "I actually liked this match and found it very good these two have great chemistry .I really enjoyed this match apart from the finish, Flair bumps around alot and sells well for sting here. The crowd is hot and Sting and Flair work the crowd really well The match ends in a no contest which was frustrating"

[9.0] "What a night Wrestlemania Sunday was. From start to finish the card flow was amazing. And no match on the card felt like it couldve been left off the card. A feeling I had with some matches on night 1. And nothing in pro wrestling in a while has felt so emotional and amazing like that main event. Absolute perfection."

[9.0] "Now this night felt more like a Wrestlemania as opposed to Night 1. Seth vs Drew was a good way to open the show and give the fans something to react to. The angle afterward was good too. The 6 man was boring not going into detail on that, Styles/Knight the crowd was a good piece of business heck of a performance from AJ. Orton/Owens/Paul was really good. Iyo/Bayley was fantastic and most importantly Cody got to finish the story. Thumbs up from me"

[2.0] "Johnny Powers remains one of the worst wrestlers I've ever seen. His offense has no speed or snap to it whatsoever. Unlike his match with Inoki he seems to decide to not sell at all instead of overselling. Absolutely pointless double juice for the last minute followed by Powers no-selling the finish. Inoki needs to stop calling this man back for tours. He's just the drizzling shits."

[8.0] "The presence of Shayna Baszler with braids was a seemingly minor detail but of paramount importance. The tension was palpable from the outset and intensified as the match progressed. Masha Slamovich's counters were impressive, and Shayna Baszler seemed like an animal toying with its prey until she got annoyed and decided to end the match."

[7.0] "A good Raw after Mania. FINALLY! Of course, anything would beat last years Raw after Maina. Not a perfect show, but I think things will be settled even more after the draft. Highlight's on the show would be the Cody and Rock segment and the main event."

[8.0] "It was fantastic! The long-awaited indy clash between the two was a gigantic success. Plenty of refs at WWE but above all a sort of remake of WrestleMania's FINISH YOUR STORY I jumped in and loved the fight, the entertainment. ***3/4"

[3.0] "A really bad main event, and a good reason why Big Show should definitely NOT be in the world title picture in 2013. The crowd didn't seem behind him at all, and they were more interested in Daniel Bryan, who wasn't even present. The crowd lit up a little after the match when John Cena appeared, but this was just really boring overall."

[8.0] "This match could have been a 'complete' wrestling match if it had been a bit longer or if the ending hadn't come so abruptly, but that's precisely the essence of Bloodsport."

[8.0] "It's crazy that this is the first time these two fought each other. This is a fantastic wrestling match, plenty of superb technical moves and holds, plenty of good strikes and the crowd love it from the off. It rightly gets a standing ovation from the crowd at the end. The perfect match to highlight Shimmer on the debut show."

[] "Maika vs Hanan 6.5/10 , May vs AZM 6/10 , Tora vs Sourei 7/10 , Starlight vs Natsupoi 6.5/10 , Utami vs Mina 6.5/10 , Momo vs Mirai 6.5/10 , Syuri vs Suzu 7/10 , Giulia vs Saori 9/10 , Tam Nakano vs Saya 8/10"

[] "He is pretty good, wish he would come back to WWE along with Y2J, Daniel Bryan, Big Show and the Hardys. That era of WWE was pretty good!"

[6.0] "Minoru Suzuki is the last wrestler on this card that I expected to introduce comedic moments into his match, but he did. Suzuki felt very comfortable here, like a fish in water. His opponent, on the other hand, didn't impress me at all. Neither his mat wrestling, which he overdid, nor his striking was anything to praise."

[9.0] "First time that the second night was better than the first in this two-night WrestleMania era. All title matches were good to great (including a classic), two dull matches, but nothing that ruined the great night it was. Seth vs. Drew: as short as this match was and it was a finisher fest, it worked well, in addition to the entire post-match segment of Drew and Punk leading to Priest's cash in, the night started off really well (****1/4) . Pride vs. Testament: the most uninteresting match in terms of booking of both nights, it was the weakest of the night, the heels should have won, but at least the callbacks to the Dudley Boyz raised the crowd (**1/2). Knight vs. Styles: the megastar isn't the best performer in the world and AJ is no longer at his prime so we couldn't expect much from here, they did the basics and it worked, LA came out on top (***). Paul vs. Owens vs. Orton: the dynamic of Randy and KO against Logan Paul was sensational, WWE rarely disappoints in triple threat matches on the biggest stage and this time was no exception (***1/2). Sky vs. Bayley: even though Iyo's reign was very poorly booked, at least this match did justice to her talent, coupled with a good story (***3/4). Roman vs. Cody: nonsense, overbooking, low pace, but it still worked, the story was finished and a classic was made. MOTN (****1/2). Final rating for both nights (8/10)"

[2.0] "Dreadfully boring. Twenty minutes of them rolling around doing nothing. Roop gets a shoot crucifix pin on Inoki and has his shoulders down for about eleven seconds but the referee doesn't count it. Pointless, storyless dreck. Most interesting thing is Boris Malenko smoking a full Cuban at ringside."

[8.0] "A very old school match to end William Regal's career. Cesaro did a great job as the powerhouse heel. In the end, even he didn't want to put Regal down for good, but he had to. Powerful storytelling and amazing selling from both guys. You don't see many matches like this around this time, but it's a welcome change of pace."

[4.0] "It was a good match apart from the ending. Although it made sense for the story, I think the finish was bad and, in my opinion, it ruined a good match."

[] "First match 6/10, second match 5.5/10, third match 5.5/10, then there's a good AJ Styles interview with Mike Tenay."

[5.0] "The very definition of a forgettable, storyless but competently worked match. The only "story" here is that HAYATA is difficult to work with on a team, which, considering that's been the "story" of every match he's been in with every revolving partner he's been assigned in 2024, has lost any scrap of interest it could have. As far as the match itself, it was fun, but Inaba/Miyawaki were generally more engaging and unified, and Taniguchi was a far larger joy to watch than his partner."

[7.0] "This seemed to be more of a worked shoot than anything else on this card, which obviously added a touch of authenticity and quality to the match. However, I didn't like that they overdid the headbutts, and the ending was a bit anticlimactic, even for this type of show."

[8.0] "Awesome tag team match! Smoother than last Saturdays match because I didnt see any botches. Frazer and Axiom work well together, but Corbin and Breakker have been even more impressive having instant chemistry the moment they were put together. Their tag team timing is great (good ode to the Steiner Brothers too). One little detail I liked was Breakker looking legitamately concerned at hitting his Spear on Corbin when he said woahhh are you okay."

[8.0] "While their 1/23/24 match is their best in my opinion, this was another very good match between both teams perhaps slightly below their PLE match. Frazer and Axiom are overdue for more of a win and this is a nice way of getting them one. With Brons run in NXT having seemingly concluded, he had a good one to go out in after a really strong run over the last two and a half years. 7.5-8"

[6.0] "Decent enough developmental match between two women who are not looking out of place on TV (I can see Brinleys character being a bit divisive though). Theyre giving Jaida Parker wins. I just hope they give the rest of OTM a bit of a push too. I get that part of her allure is her booty, but the finish looked a bit weak."

[7.0] "While I had it in the back of my mind that Lola Vice would get involved (because they teased the program last week), Perez announcing shes going to the main roster does add a bit of doubt on her title defenses at a meta level. Good match nonetheless between two professionals."

[6.0] "Good match to open the show. Both wrestlers did well, but I'd especially like to highlight Charlie Haas who, despite having only just started, is already an excellent wrestler and I think he did better than Edge in this match. The match itself could have lasted longer and could have had a better ending than it did. If that had happened, I think Charlie Haas would have come out of the match much stronger than he actually did."

[7.0] "Sweet Jesus that was sweet! Je'Von Evans lived up to the hype and then some. Vic was really laying it on thick that this guy was good, and he was. Innovative lucha stuff. Nice looking dropkick. That finisher looked very cool too. This guy does have the potential to do big things in WWE. Side note, Scrypts had one of his better in ring performances too. The problem with him is it always looks like hes performing instead of fighting. Here his offense looked good and he sold well to the young upstart."

[6.0] "Decent enough match to add more heat between the two pairs. Away from the match, it seems like they are doing a lot of different production techniques on NXT. They are laying it on thick of it being a new era (which I assume is coming from WWE stressing that this is the Triple H Era of WWE). The production things are noticeable."

[8.0] "Solid and focused episode of NXT with some programs closing up, and others starting. NXT might be in for a bit of a roster shakeup soon with the WWE Draft coming up and Avas presence next to Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce on Raw signifying that Raw and Smackdown are in for come callups."

[] "how best to end 1316 days of reign? top overbooking and a sequel announced with all the references in this match. 2 extraordinary wrestlers and an incredible champion ending"

[4.0] "She did good in her break out tournament match but that was about it. Her matches after that show that she's green and her new finishers are horrible. She should return to using the flatliner slam. Im happy that she was put in a group where she can improve (and obviously in time outshine her group bc my god are they a bunch of jobbers...) Plus she seem to already have a promising feud they can milk off in the long term with that Italian girl with the horrendous accent. UP: Here after her last match... I mean cmone hip strike as a finisher, girl i dont wanna give you a 3... Do a ddt or something, the kelly kelly bulldog ddt k2... Like get a grip"

[5.0] "The Funkster gimmick is hilarious, seriously TNA should have done it. Alan Funk looks like Hogan and can imitate him really well. Pierre Ouellet looked strong, with some cool powermoves and dives off the top rope. But in the end the funkster wins with a piledriver into the leg drop. Really funny stuff."

[8.0] "A good follow-up from Stand and Deliver with a big title change, Roxanne Perez making her first title defence, and matches being set up for just before the WWE Draft, where NXT has the potential to be mined for draft picks this time around. Trick Williams in particular has two huge matches coming up where at the end of them, he'll either be NXT Champion or off to RAW or SmackDown."

[10.0] "Now... this was sports entertainment... and ya know sometimes... by god do I love sports entertainemnt."

[4.0] "The York Foundation gimmick is very silly, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find it endearing. They put a clock up on the screen to see if Wallstreet's win time matches the prediction that Alexandra York's system has come up with, which I thought was pretty funny. The match itself is typical Mike Rotunda - technically sound, but ultimately more bland than anything else."

[6.0] "Night 1 of Mania 40 was fine. Generally pretty solid matches but only one or two that felt great. Ultimately, my big issue with the show is that it felt like it was missing that big, grand feel that Mania should have. Only match that had that was the main event."

[7.0] "It wasn't a bad match, but already at that time Billie was better than Nick Wayne. Billie felt more confident somehow. Nick had some good moves, but they were slow and crooked. I can't put it higher than ***1/2, but the potential is good."

[1.0] "Painfully weak match. A heated brother vs brother storyline in which family have been torn apart and there was absolutely no heat to it whatsoever. Considering these giys have spoken about wanting this match for years it is just a embarassment that this is what they done with it."

[8.0] "I thought Axiom and Frazer would have won the titles on the PLE in front of a big crowd, but the decision was made for them to win the titles on TV instead. Maybe I could see them wanting to make Bron Breakker look dominant in front of fans who'll see him on SmackDown going forward. This was as good as the PLE match, and the right call as the WolfDogs don't need the titles, and Breakker needs to move on."

[6.0] "This is much likely a watered-down WM Night 1 show, I guess the exhaustion of watching a 2-night Mania comes into effect the Night 2 has arrived. As usual, Night 1 always stands tall against the Night 2 of Mania. I guess WWE needs to reduce it back to a one-day WM show. But overall, it is not a bad show. The sudden appearance by John Cena and Undertaker is amazing, fitting for its 40th anniversary. Anyway, here are my ratings for this event: Rollins vs McIntyre, my review on the matchguide, (***3/4), Priest vs McIntyre, don't like how they ruined McIntyre's WM moment, (not rated due to the match being only 7 seconds), The Pride vs Final Testament, a dull match only to be saved by a nostalgia due to Philly and Bubba Ray, (*1/4), Styles vs Knight, an alright match, (***1/4), Logan vs KO vs Orton, my review on the matchguide, (***3/4), Bayley vs IYO, my review on the matchguide, MOTN (****1/2) and Cody vs Reigns, my review on the matchguide, (****). Seeing Cody finally finishes the story is such a satisfaction. The mid-match run-ins may consider to be the top 10 greatest WrestleMania moments of all time. The post-match celebration reminiscent to Bret Hart's victory 30 years ago at WM, simply touching and memorable. My negatives are Stephanie McMahon welcoming the fans, the Philly Street Fight and Snoop Dogg's segment."

[4.0] "Ladder matches really have lost that special feeling, in WWE at least. Whereas a ladder match used to be one of those rare matches that felt dangerous and you'd see some career best stunts, they now feel oversaturated in the company. We see them often enough that they mean less and less and it is getting harder to do something original. With this match in particular I felt like it lacked story and felt more like twelve people stumbling from spot to spot. I already have forgotten everything about the match other than the broken ladder."

[5.0] "A match featuring two women who might enter the upcoming NXT Women's North American Championship tournament. Jaida Parker is a bit further along her development curve than Brinley Reece is, so probably the right call to put her over."

[1.0] "As the previous inmate said, this was an auto-booker random tag team match, I can't find better definition. It's just a filler and nobody looked good with this match. Stevie Ray hit a couple of punches and some powermoves. The rest did some dancing and their usual moves. Brian Christopher almost fell when he was going to hit the hip hop drop."

[6.0] "Superb GCW-rule team combat that adds intensity to the fight. The Fatu duo is brilliant, raw and violent, not to mention the mid-air spike that is just WHOA from Zilla. I love the duo"

[3.0] "This was probably saved by being short, because it was pretty awkward while it lasted. Muta and Saito were fine, but 'The Royal Family' didn't look great at all. The idea of having so many different styles represented in the tournament is interesting, but in practice it just resulted in a bunch of matches where the competitors don't mix very well."

[8.0] "An intriguing matchup, as both have enough experience to adapt to this style. And that's exactly what happened, everything was controlled, and it felt like watching a real fight. Plus, Nemeth's heel antics added an extra layer to the match."

[7.0] "Surprised with the overall rating getting higher but in my opinion, this match was a letdown from their Night 1 main event. It is still a good program on its own by WWE means if you added the run-ins later on. One major problem is this is a Bloodline Rules match. I expect blood, I expect weapons, I expect wreaking havoc, I expect fighting all over the place, I expect thrashing the ring, I expect of all what they did every single time, a Bloodline interference, and yet they couldn't provide that until like the last 10 minutes. Reigns doing the usual schtick, having like a 30 second timeout before delivering an offense. Rhodes, showing heroic defiance, pitting himself as the underdog. Rhodes trying his very best to deliver the maximum amount of damage to Reigns knowing that this is possibly his last chance for a title shot. I just really hate the spamming finishers that they practiced most of the matches in WWE. WWE should stop with the spamming finishers, it's like they are killing their most protected move and just use it as a regular move. The true highlight of this match is the run-ins by the Bloodline, followed by John Cena, The Rock, Shield version of Seth Rollins and Undertaker. Cody Rhodes going for like 12-15th Cross Rhodes to finally score a victory, ending this ridiculously and exhaustingly long reign of Roman Reigns. The post celebration is very touching as his family and the roster with mostly baby faces joining him to the ring. The announcer Samantha Irvin trembled with tears upon calling Cody the winner is very sweet and cute though. The run-ins and the post-match victory is what makes this match. Without all of those, it is just a regular old and dull match. 4-star for the match, 5-star for the moment. ****"

[0.0] "It's as bad as the other match they had on the previous WWA show, but this had more botches, for example the dive off the ladder, that Teo totally missed. I don't like this kind of matches, as the Little People are treated like a joke. Hopefully, this will be the last."

[7.0] "Just another typical three-way match for WWE. Let the two teams fight whilst the other one takes a rest, well I'm not surprised with that. But there is no denying that the match is good but not 4-star level good. Good to see Zayn giving words of encouragement to KO just like he did to him last night. Anyway, it is just cliche to see Orton and KO attacking their common enemy since both guys utterly cannot stand Logan. Good touch to see who takes the pin, and that drew the conflict between the two. The sneak attempt of the RKO solidified their conflict and started to attack one another until Paul delivering a Buckshot Lariat on both men. Logan Paul doing the Swanton followed-up by a Standing Frog Splash is a cool sequence. I just hope Orton use the punt on Logan Paul so that we could have a new US champion. Logan's US title reign have been overstayed its welcome. A match that ends with a typical closing stretch with KO pop-up Powerbomb Logan and KO Stunner Orton, followed by Orton's RKO, then Logan attacking RKO to take out of the equation and finally Logan performing a Frog Splash for the victory. I don't like the result as I expect KO to win the US title, but I hope they could take Logan's US title reign out soon. ***3/4"

[4.0] "This wasn't great at all but Snoop Dogg made it entertaining in his own batshit way. WrestleMania XL Night Two Drew vs Seth - *** 1/4 Philadelphia Street Fight - ** LA vs AJ - *** 1/2 US Title 3 Way - **** Iyo vs Bayley - **** 1/4 Roman vs Cody - **** 3/4"

[3.0] "Somebody behind-the-scened was clearly struggling with Misterio's name here - he was listed as 'Rey Misteric' both during the pre-match as well as during his entrance, and even the commentators are caught up in the confusion as JR initially calls him by that name as well. Very smooth. Anyway, the match was an interesting mix of styles for early 90s WCW, but it honestly just resulted in a pretty awkward match where it seemed like the two teams were struggling to get on the same page, and the crowd didn't really seem sure of what to make of it all, either. Konnan in particular looked rough. It was at least interesting watching them try to figure things out, but it wasn't very good."

[9.0] "This was some 2006 ROH American Dragon magic, with Danielson clearly having a blast conducting the Arena Mexico cathedral choir. Match itself had an '80s travelling World champ vs. territory's top face vibe, which is always a joy. Only real downside was that Panther seemed to fade away in the late stages, sketchily applying a couple of half-baked submissions before getting cleanly outwitted ****1/2"

[4.0] "Fairly uninteresting opener here. Some standard tag stuff and none of it is really outright bad, it's just dull. Scorpio doesn't do anything cool unfortunately, and he's the only good wrestler in this match at this time. The heel team really adds nothing here."

[9.0] "This had your typical Shiozaki/Sugi start of Shiozaki absolutely tearing Sugi's chest to shreds with sickeningly stiff chops. Once things spill to the outside the newly turned heel Sugi takes control with two neckbreakers on the exposed floor and batters Shiozaki with a chair. Shiozaki sells a slow beatdown for awhile then attempts his signature jumping lariat but Sugi catches him midair with a knee. We get to the mid-level signature move trading and Shiozaki's selling is masterful throughout this one. Shiozaki makes a comeback and has one of the scarier landings to a dive that I've seen. His body landed entirely on the exposed floor and his head hit the guardrail. We get the really big bombs and strikes after that. More sick chops, knees, power moves, lariats, etc. Sugiura absolutely destroys Shiozaki with sick palm strikes to the face. Shiozaki fires back with a quick lariat and some type of wrist-clutch driver for a nearfall. Shiozaki's sellling is just incredible at this point. Very Kobashi-esque, some of the best selling I've seen in modern puro. One more lariat gets Shiozaki the win. This isn't better than their 2018 masterclass and probably not better than their 2010 and 2011 big matches, but you can't not have a great match between these two. ****1/4"