[9.0] "It might have been even better if it was for the tag titles, but in hindsight, that would have just given Verne an excuse to meddle with the finish and ruin one of the best tag team matches I've ever seen. Maybe it's a hot take, but this bout was far better than anything I've ever watched from The Rock 'n' Roll Express - Marty and Shawn were exactly what I always imagined Ricky and Robert should be. The structure was absolutely phenomenal, with the babyfaces dominating the heels while oozing charisma, making the crowd louder with every passing minute. Rose and Somers were incredible - their bumps were fantastic, and they were so easy to hate. Sherri was also outstanding at ringside, even getting a drink thrown at her. The blood added so much to the match, everyone's crimson mask looked perfect and most importantly, they showed Verne just how great a pop you can get for a finish when you don't try to overcomplicate everything."
[7.0] "Really great match in the feud of these two teams that has been going on for months at this point. Proves that The Midnight Rockers are more than able to beat the champs given no outside interference, but I have no idea what the post match was. During the match they say it's for the AWA Tag Titles, The Rockers win, and Rose & Somers walk out with the belts. Seems par for the course tonight to have a great match with a terrible finish. AWA is committing suicide with its booking."
[7.0] "It's 1986 and a double cagematch isn't all that common. This makes the performance of the participants in this long-term AWA feud all the more solid. The match plays to the strengths of the Rockers and is therefore much less even than many other clashes between these parties in the current calendar year, and thus also has a certain rubber character. If you draw a line under this, the Rockers deserved to win at the end of a juicy match."
[7.0] "It's a bit of a mess, but a cage match should be chaotic. Plenty of blood. Plenty of violence and plenty of carnage. The heels flopped all over the ring for the Rockers and made them look awesome. Michaels does most of the work on the Rockers side, which wouldn't really change for the years ahead!"
[8.0] "Buddy & Doug vs. The Mignight Rockers war eine sehr brutale AWA Tag Team Fehde. Leider sind Buddy & Doug schon Jahre verstorben. Das war ein richtig blutiges Tag Team Steel Cage Match (***1/2)."
[8.0] "A classic slow paced cage match where it was surprisingly mostly one-on-one, with at least one member of both tag teams bleeding. Doug Sommers was doing the heavy lifting by carrying his team for this match. Also, props to Sherri after having a drink thrown on her back by a fan and still carrying on with her job."
[7.0] "25/12/86 Brawl In St Paul AWA. Nearly a squash match, but no title for the Midnight Rockers. Michaels and Jannetty really got the crowd going. Very good cage match and the best match on the card, but not spectacular, solid and a very good finish from the set up for the pin to the aftermath. Some of the colour was a bit lazy how it happened. The star of the show was down to the psychotic screaming of Sherri Martel who bumped this up to a solid 7*."
[9.0] "Really good match. I wasn? t sure about the tag team cage match stipulation because it looks like it could get too overcrowded but it worked well. Tons of blood. Violent. All the trimmings. The post match beatdown was top-notch. ****1/4"
