[2.0] "Oof. After Several great matches on the show all the momentum gets temporarily halted with this one. It was far too short and only really focused on the outcasts story. Saraya shouldn't be a world champion and it felt like for the sake of a cheap hometown pop."
[4.0] "It's tough to see the downfall of Britt, especially when Storm and Britt are sacrificed for Saraya and the hometown advantage. The match itself seemed disjointed to me and I'm just not sold on Saraya and never have been. Her style is certainly not close to graceful, and Storm really had to carry most of this match."
[3.0] "Saraya winning was questionable for sure but on as a match this isn't good either. There was hardly any real action and no interesting spots. The one good thing about this match was the dynamic between Toni and Saraya"
[7.0] "Look, having Saraya get her home country win probably wasn't the best booking decision in the long run but the finish aside I thought this match was fun as fuck. Britt Baker and Hikaru Shida get a good showing and disrupt the dysfunctional Outcasts. Story of the match however was Saraya and Toni Storm absolutely stealing the show. Toni was still in the infancy of her Timeless gimmick here and Saraya still saw herself as the leader of the Outcasts so their inevitable break up is joy to watch. Both trying to get the pin and miscommunicating tandem offense, both play being confused at the others actions so well. Biggest pop of the match was Storm accidentally striking Saraya's mother on the outside which Mother Saraya sold really well and hammered in the split of the Outcasts. This match wasn't a technical masterpiece and hindsight says maybe Toni Storm should've won this but I thought it was really fun"
[4.0] "Sloppy match to be real. Didn't agree with Saraya winning, and the Outcast story didn't really mesh too well. In-ring action was whatever, but never got too invested in this. [**]"
[5.0] "Storm is a star here, Saraya looked mid but gets the homefield win, Britt hits a brutal stomp on Toni, Shida doesnt do much not much else to say Toni gets kicked out of outcast i think"
[5.0] "I popped so hard when saw this live at Wembley. Sadly, rewatching it doesn't have the oompah I thought it did. Storm is the star here and leads throughout. Still nice Saraya got her moment at a Wembley."
[8.0] "Toni Storm stole the show in this one, great drama. Match even had me convinced they were giving the belt to Britt for a while there, such was the execution and my own markdom. Would have like to see a longer match, with Shida getting more offence in, but all round it wasn't bad for a four-way, especially as was quite story-driven for a multi-participant match. Saraya winning here was fine for me, especially as they gave up on forcing the narrative of her being a babyface a long time ago. It was a nice moment at Wembley for her, and the involvement of her family gave it that big show feel. It also gives us an open storyline continuation that can go a in few directions, especially as there are doubts as to how long Saraya would be able to hold the belt"
[6.0] "So short but surprisingly not bad given 2 of the contestants are beyond saving in-ring wise. Some storytelling bits here and there and yeah it's fine for what it is. Saraya winning and then doing absolutely nothing during her reigns is still hilarious."
[4.0] "As an Englishman who was there live, I hated this finish. My entire section booed Saraya and her damn family during her entrance, because most of the English fans don't like her. A good chunk of the crowd cheered just because she was English, but anyone who knows of her family probably didn't. Worst part was Shida came in as a popular champion and lost the title for no damn reason. Then wins it back weeks later, because Saraya can't wrestle anymore. The hell was the point. Best part of the match was Shida's entrance and standing on the turnbuckle with the sings behind her. Was damn well magical. She deserves so much better. Oh and the damn audacity to have her come out to Queen, when you didn't book Emi Sakura on the show. That pissed me right off, atleast Emi was treated like the legend she is at EVE the day before."
[6.0] "Man that ending left me stumped. Other than that this match was fine i guess, saraya gets her moment in her home country, cool. **3/4 or *** i think"
[5.0] "Saraya getting her moment in the UK is a great idea but given her performances in AEW up to this point idk if it was all that deserved. Quite sloppy given everything, but some great stuff from Toni Storm in particular focusing on the breakup of her and Sarayas group."
[4.0] "It's a fine four way match, it teased Toni Storm quitting The Outcasts, but Shida was playing transitional champion, all four women could've done a bit more than what they did here and although it was great for Saraya to win the title in a hometown crowd, all the hype was already gone from her."
[3.0] "I'm glad Saraya got her moment in London. She deserved her moment purely based on her contributions to women's wrestling but I had really hoped the match would be better. Despite the slew of stories, they focused on the Saraya vs Toni Storm feud. Boy did that backfire, because those two have terrible chemistry together. I wish they had given the spotlight to Shida in this match because she has proven she can work with all three other women in this match."
[4.0] "[2.0*] I really did not think it was this bad. I mean, in-ring wise, The Acclaimed vs House Of Black was clearly worse, the thing is that the winner of this match is someone highly hated online. I absolutely do not like Saraya and I hated that she won, but the match itself was not bad and was not the worst of the night in my opinion."
[5.0] "The first mediocre match of the show, but still not a bad one. This was a great divider that made the show feel like a packed crowd stadium one, with special entrances and theme songs, it was a very nice experience. Saraya winning the gold in London was very special - {**1/2}"
[5.0] "Easily the weakest match on the card. The only thing that saves this match is the home crowd win for Saraya, which was a really nice moment for someone who thought their career was over and faced a lot of personal issues over the years. While obviously past her prime due to the ring rust, Saraya's whole life has been in this business so her psychology can pull her through. The infighting between the Outcasts also had it's moments, with Storm hitting Saraya's mom making her flip a switch being the highlight. The biggest negative of this match was the other two competitors in this being a complete afterthought, and one of them is the reigning world champion. Shida deserved better only winning the belt a few weeks earlier, although I am still glad they made the switch here. The finish was the best part of the match, with Bake having Shida locked in the Lockjaw only for Saraya to use spray paint on Storm and hit the Rampage for the 3. This was all about the feel good moment, for better and worse. **3/4"
[1.0] "This was terrible and by far the worst match on the show you have 3 decent workers in the match and then add saraya and it knocks all the quality down but it made sense giving her the home town win despite the match being awful there was a few ok moments in the match with the tension between saraya and toni storm and then toni storm hitting sarayas mother and the curb stomp from a britt baker on toni storm but that's literally it a very dissapointing womens match on AEW biggest show so overall 1/10"
[6.0] "This match was nothing remarkable; it was pretty short, but everyone got a chance to shine here. I enjoyed the conflicts between Toni Storm and Saraya leading up to Toni branching off from The Outcasts. At the time, I was pretty upset about Shida being a mere transitional champion and they gave the championship to Saraya. Almost one year on, I'm not too bothered about it. I don't remember a single defense from hers. Anyway, this match was okay. You'd hope for more though given the circumstances of this show."
[5.0] "Just an okay little match. Putting Saraya over made sense considering she was wrestling in her home country, but her title reign was a flop in hindsight."
[6.0] "The trend continues here of the women having the shortest match on the show. With that said, I think these four tried making the best out of the amount of time that they had. Of course, that Stomp from Britt to Toni was the highlight of the match. Aside from that, Saraya winning the title in England with her family there was a cool moment, despite her current in-ring work not being the absolute greatest."
[6.0] "This wasnt exactly the best match ever but it is pretty enjoyable considering the time the four were given. Saraya cutting Shidas reign short for a cheap pop was not the right choice. The action was actually decent and the story between Saraya and Toni was compelling enough. Britt was here basically just because."
[6.0] "A decent match with a predictable outcome where Saraya got the title win in her home country. The finish was good since Baker was busy working on Shida, allowing Saraya to use the spray paint on Storm to win. It was a feel good moment. The subsequent reign, well let's just not talk about that..."
[2.0] "No, no, no, no, no. It was made for the cheap pop of the local winning, nothing else can explain this utter disaster. Curt short the Shida reign its a shame that lead to the absolute nothing of Saraya (short) reign. Even with the Jamie Hayter injury a Hikaru Shida-Toni Storm could have saved the day."
[7.0] "I definetly enjoyed this match a whole lot more than others. I loved the entrances for the women and that stomp from Britt is one of the most memorable moments of the weekend for me."
[6.0] "There's no rigid reason to despise this match so much except for the time length. It's one of the key aspects that acts as a red flag in AEW's progress which has started to resolve with a character-driven champion and a few better matches right now. All women had ample time to shine and more offense was packed in to keep engaged. The Outcasts finally broke up which pushed things to a complimentary prize for Saraya in her hometown. I still don't get the actual reason for the group's formation other than "Hey, we're ex-WWE stars and could make a difference being together! " Did they create any? Nope! 3 out of 5 stars!"
[2.0] "I hate this match so much, the only reason to watch this one again is to see the beginning of the Timeless Toni Storm character. I hate Saraya, she's a shitty wrestler and a worst person, one of the most overrated of all time imo. The fact that like 3 minutes of this 8 minute match is taken up by a shitty angle blows since this was the only women's match on the card, though the AEW women's division has been so much better since this match thankfully. I really hope Jamie Hayter is back for next year's All In because I don't want to sit in that stadium having everyone around me rooting for Saraya again."
[6.0] "People saying this match was an utter disgrace are being disingenuous. The match was quite short but the action within the match was actually quite solid with everyone looking quite good, with obviously Shida and Toni looking looking great but Britt in-ring looked quite solid considering how she's looked over the past couple weeks and even Saraya looked solid. The match was quite fun showing the rapid implosion of the Outcasts once Toni clocked Saraya's mom. Saraya sneakily pinning Toni to win the belt was, in my opinion, the best finish that would give Saraya her hometown pop while letting Shida look like a credible challenger since she wasn't pinned which is good for All Out. Could it have been better and longer, yes that goes without saying but it was by no means an absolute travesty like some people seem to believe The score for this match may be retroactively lowered 3-4 points depending on how All Out goes"
[6.0] "This was a decent match, mostly the cool off match for the fans. The action was decent and I liked Saraya and Toni fighting over getting the win. Paige came out to We Will Rock You for a cheap pop and won the title all because this was in her home town"
[5.0] "I was really hoping that TK would do the right thing and not give the title to Saraya just to get a cheap pop in her homecountry but he did. He give the title to one of the worst wrestlers on the roster. Nothing against Saraya but her best days are behind here. The match itself wasn't even bad, there were good sequences and the split of the Outcasts was well done but Saraya's win dragged the match down a lot. Toni Storm and Hikaru Shida had just transitional reigns, they both deserved better. Now I'm sure that the division (that was showing some sings of life) will once again fell off because Saraya is just not good enoguh to be a world champion. Worst match of the show. 5/10 - 2.5*/5*"
[5.0] "I didn't enjoy it that much! looks like the Women's title is just being passing around. to be honest, AEW's women division is not as good as WWE, so i don't expect that much from them. I saw a few good moves and moments, and this is why i'm giving 5 and not lower than that. (**3/4)"
"Oof that ending. The crowd didn't even pop for Saraya winning, she's that anti-charismatic now. Match was pretty good though despite that. The curb stomp spot went hard and the match was put together well. Concise, if a bit too short given other matches went too long."
[2.0] "It's a shame that Jamie couldn't get cleared, becuase Jamie winning back the title here in a rematch with Toni would be better than this match that has an absolute stupid justifaction about a tradition of the Women's Title being contested in 4-Ways, that's not a tradition, that just f#cking lazy, Toni and Shida deserved better than havin short unremakable reigns, if they just give the title to Saraya because it was London, that's bad imo, it hurts the division when the worst wrestler in the division is your champion"
[4.0] "Worst match on the show. Plus, the winner is a joke. Saraya hasn't been on her best side since joining AEW, and she only won because of the country where the event was held. I understand that it's UK and Saraya comes from here, but giving her a belt for this title is a joke."
[7.0] "I know this match gets a lot of hate, but I kinda liked it. Saraya getting a big win in her home country was a nice moment, and while on the short side the match never felt like it went on too long or too short. Maybe people don't like the fact that Shida JUST won the belt, and it does feel like they should have just skipped over that title change, but still, the match did it's job just fine."
[5.0] "Probably the second best match of the night which says it all about the PPV. It was all about Saraya who worked her ass off, as she wanted to prove something in front of the fellow Britons. The spot with her mother was great and her acting was very good too, but then the stuff with Ruby happened. She ran out to calm Saraya and Toni down, just to get slapped and immidately leave the arena - all that happened in like a minute. Awful. Apart from that it was okay, nothing offensive and it was a nice moment for the new champion."
[2.0] "This was just horrible. Does AEW hate their women's division? A cringeworthy match with an equally cringeworthy result. Shida was just put aside after such a short title reign and didn't really do anything in this match though she was the most adequate looking out of all these four (and is the best in general). Shame"
[4.0] "This match felt like convincing evidence that TK gave up on figuring out a way to use the Outcasts and Saraya storyline as anything but a device to get some pops in England. With her injury and all, it makes sense to focus on character work, but it's been a one note sort of drama since the initial turn. Really not much to say about the wrestling itself except that amid everything else on the card, the quality wasn't up to par. The best spot in this was the Bull's Angelito followed by the facestomp. Apart from that moment, there was very little else I felt hadn't been done in the past months of dreary TV matches. I thought the finish was the worst of the night, absolutely ridiculous."
[5.0] "The booking is very divisive. On one hand, it's a wonderful moment for Saraya winning the gold in front of Wembley Stadium but I tend to think that her in-ring abilities and the awful Outcasts stable go against her reign before it even began and Shida was just a transition, I'm really disappointed. The match itself is correct, nothing to see and is really short. On the other hand, I'm really really glad Toni Storm breaks up with the Outcasts, her title reign is bad just because of the awful booking she got."
[0.0] "Saraya who has been awful since she joined AEW, terrible in ring work, terrible promos and toxic behaviour on social media is given the title by Tony Khan just for the cheap pop in Wembley. People give WWE crap for bad promotional tactics but this was a shocker from Tony Khan, poor Hikaru Shida is given a nothing title reign just to lose to someone who can't work anymore and just be part of the storyline of the Outcasts breaking up which is a storyline somehow less interesting than the Outcasts badly spray painting people in their terrible feuds. Worst match of the night by a mile with only 1 good worker and something that tarnished an otherwise very good show. Oh well gotta get that cheap pop I guess, so much for being the more moral company."
[1.0] "Wow this was rough. Shida's title reign gets used as a plot device to set seeds for a Saraya/Toni Storm feud which no one wants as Saraya is completely cooked at this point and despite being 17 years younger than Trish Stratus she moves like she's 17 years older. Shida is the only one who can work in the match and got wasted in not having a one on one match. Toni Storm is at least doing good character work so her being singles is fine but the match up between her and Saraya is going to be rather poor."
[8.0] "A fantastic sprint of a match that had even higher potential if it went longer than 8 minutes. Loved the story through this match and there were some really really killer spots, it just couldve been an all time AEW Womens match if the pomp and circumstance of the entrances was reflected in the time the match was given"
[6.0] "Predictable result but fun match. Saraya deserved to have her moment and the dynamic with Storm was really entertaining. Baker and Shida were good enough. I would've like to have more women matches on the show, but at least the only one they had delivered. (**3/4)"
[1.0] "This was Saraya vs. Toni with Britt and Shida thrown in because most of the women in this match can't work a singles at all. So much focus on the Outcasts breaking up. Could not give less of a shit. Just a complete waste of time to do the most overused and boring tropes in the service of a group who have never been over at any point. Shida, the champ, didn't even exist in this match, she just came out smiling in her entrance looking like an idiot and lost. Just an embarrassing display of a women's division."
[7.0] "i kind of actually liked this match a lot of cool spots from the curb stomp to Toni accidentally decking Saraya's mom to the finish. I don't get the crybabies complaining about Saraya winning it feels like these are the same people who whine about talent not being utilized and when the women's division finally gets something a little fresh they complain."
[3.0] "How bad it was. And absolutely at all stages. The first is the absence of any eyeliner, because the conditional Baker in this match looked frankly superfluous, but they could have somehow done so that she was there in her place. The second is the choice of the winner, and this is bad under any conditions, although it is clear why this was done. If you really wanted to give the title to Saraya in her homeland, then you would bring it to the plot so that it looks beautiful, and do not do it as slurredly as possible and right in the middle of the match. Saraya herself does not look like a good champion in 2023 under any circumstances. And finally, the very quality of the match, which could at least somehow smooth the impression, but no, because it wasnt very good here either."
[3.0] "Wow! What a disappointment for the only women's match on the card. This division continues to sink. Saraya winning the belt is not helping the situation especially because Shida wasn't given the time for a full run. The match felt like it went 5 minutes not 8, if it wasn't for Britt and Toni this match was likely a 2 for me. Not excited for where Saraya's reign is headed."
[6.0] "It was too short but it was not bad at all. The entrances were great the four ladies looked like absolute stars, the in ring works was not stellar but it was good (special mention to the amazing curb stomp), they told a story it was not just moves, and we got a feel good moment with Saraya winning the belt in his home country after all she went through."
[5.0] "I thought this was ok but not great .Another very weak build, plus odd to give Toni Storm a whole new character out of nowhere just before the event. Didn't get too invested in the Outcasts drama, except to hope that the stable breaks up, the idea was not bad but they've been dead in the water. Anyway, Shida looked best and I hope she wins it back quickly, since Saraya was not too impressive in my opinion."
[5.0] "Not bad but not good either. No woman really came off with any shine or momentum from this for me. I thought the whole thing with Toni Storm accidentally hitting Saraya's mum somehow meaning that she deserved to be beaten up and sprayed in the face came off as so unrealistic and melodramatic. Saraya winning is fine but it definitely didn't have the pop they hoped it would, I just don't think anyone really cares. **3/4"
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