Dragon Lee vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

[9.0] "Such a stupid ending to a great match. I don't know why people said this was a technical match. I expected mat wrestling, but I got something else. Still pretty good. **** 1/2"

[7.0] "I don't think I was watching the same match as the WON. This was kind of slow and boring at times and I didn't really enjoy it all that much. And then Omos came out to dilute the ending."

[6.0] "A technical but boring match. It's not exactly honorable for two high fliers to have a tedious 17-minute match. There were some interesting moments, but they were spread too thinly across the running time. Vikingo was interesting to watch as a healer, but I can't say he handles it very well."

[7.0] "****1/4 Very good match, very good chemistry, they know each other and worked as expected, very good sequences, very good intensity, the match was going very well until the end, great pace, they managed the timing very well with Vikingo playing a great heel role and managing to put Dragon Lee over, normal ending, very forced and unnecessary, very classic AAA"

[6.0] "This is fun, but even when the work is very good it feels like something is missing with the way the match is structured. Both guys are super talented and there are some great spots but it's not always the most consistently entertaining match. The finish is fine but I'd like a match between these two to have a real ending stretch, and everything moved so slow going towards the finish. Pretty good match."

[6.0] "As athletically impressive this match was there was something off about it. A lot of the wrestling was very well paced and smooth and I like that El Hijo Del Vikingo has finally embraced his heel reception. I just found too many things contrived and convoluted. As amazing as it is and how good Dragon Lee has gotten at performing the spot, his suicide dive to the announce table isn't as exciting when Vikingo is shown lazily crawling on top of it moments before. The ending really sacked this match for me too, with Omos appearing amidst a ref bump to assist Vikingo in victory. Not a very exciting finish but it's made worse when Vikingo goes for the pin and the ref is still dead on the outside. It was like the ref missed his spot but when Omos goes outside to throw him back in he exits out the opposite side which takes even longer. Dragon Lee just has lie in the pin position for an extended period of time due to a poorly planned spot. Lame"

[8.0] "We saw the betrayal of Vikingo/Lee; this match was meant to settle their score. From the start, we saw the hatred between the two men, and then it was a festival of spots. Towards the end of the match, we saw a ref bump. Vikingo took advantage, trying to use a chair and then hitting a low blow. The ending is frustrating with Omos's interference. I hope Omos will be a bodyguard and not a wrestler. I wonder what will happen next with the faction and Lee. We could have AJ Styles come to Lee's aid. It would make sense since they're a tag team and there's a history to exploit between Styles and Omos."

[8.0] "This match will take your breath away. These are two of the best young luchadors in the world, and they put on a hell of a show. Vikingo has completely sold into his heel gimmick and it is working so well. My only issue with this was the interruption from Omos that took away Vikingo getting a clean win. Dragon Lee looked good in defeat, but I would've like to see him kick out after it took WAY too long to get the referee to count the pinfall after Omos' interference. Removing the Omos/Roldan stuff it was an absolutely awesome Lucha up to that point."

[7.0] "This was pretty patchy. The highlights were incredible, but they didn't flow together particularly well despite the molten atmosphere doing them plenty of favours ***1/2"

[9.0] "WWE seemingly bungled Vikingo badly enough that the crowd was fully turned on him, so a heel turn was really the only thing to do in order to salvage things. It's not a natural fit for him but at least he can use the heat he's already got. Booking aside, both of these guys are crazy talented and this was great stuff."

[8.0] "I am very pleased with El hijo del Vikingo's transformation. There are a lot of wrestlers who just show amazing matches, and, conditionally, if this match had taken place a year or a few years ago, it would have been a spectacular, but still, with a high degree of probability, a soulless spotfest. Now there is a story between the wrestlers, both have a motivation for why he should win, and the match focuses more on the emotional component, making the narrative in the ring more interesting. It wasn't non-stop action, the wrestlers were telling a story, there was selling, which was very unusual to see from Vikingo, and overall I really liked this slightly more methodical course of the match, similar to Vikingo's match against El Grande Americano a months ago. Dragon is an amazing talent, whose actions in the ring are very pleasant to watch. Pretty good match with a intriguing ending. 8 points."

[8.0] "The turn of El Hijo del Vikingo is the best told story in AAA right now, and what a match to go alongside it. Dragon Lee getting the run across both rosters that he deserved upon signing, and shining in defeat. Lots of great moments interlaced with meaningful fighting and logical flow. That said, the finish was a real let-down; Omos has done nothing to make me feel like he's a big deal besides be large, so this didn't land in the way I feel was intended. This took it down a peg in my books, but still a superb contest."

[9.0] "A Triple A match of the year contender for sure. These two ended up having insane levels of chemistery togheter and the result was some insanely smooth and crisp reversals and counter wrestling by both. Hope to see one more match between Lee and Vikingo down the road, with even more at stakes."

[7.0] "The match was good, not great, the ending didn't help the match at all, I'm glad to have Omos and Dorian forming a stable with El Hijo del Vikingo, who really needed to become a heel for a long time at this point. But the ending was a mess, and that really affected the match, and the note it could get"

[7.0] "Pretty awesome match with some fantastic chemistry between Vikingo and Dragon Lee. Turning Vikingo heel was the right move, because he has some NUCLEAR heat in AAA. Still, the ending is a real head-scratcher, with an overly long ref bump and an interference from ... Omos?"

[9.0] "A good match with an interesting storyline. The action in the ring was exactly what I expected. I like how Vikingo plays the villain; the guy literally has a new personality. It will be interesting to see what happens next, but I think this match isn't the end of their storyline, and it will take on a completely new look."

[8.0] "One of the best matches of the night and I expected nothing less. An insane spot where Dragon Lee dives through the ropes onto Vikingo on the announcers table. Some really good stuff here and an enjoyable match. Omos comes out while the ref is down and helps Vikingo get the win."