Lee Moriarty vs. Wheeler Yuta

[7.0] "Throws away its last minute to do some schtick but I can forgive that because these are my fucking boys! I don't care that the crowd was quiet the whole time. I choose to believe it was because of the intense atmosphere. Real fucking graps! Acts as a very cool setup to the title match where both guys are on a pretty even playing field while also existing as an awesome exhibition. ***3/4"

[8.0] "I assume they'll have a match at Death Before Dishonor after this time limit draw, and this was a great build-up for it. For me, this is one of the best ~10 minute matches of the year as both wrestlers decided to make it count, they did a bunch of fresh sequences and counters without wasting any time which naturally led to the last minute where it became clear that at this time these two are equals, and they'll need another match and more time to settle the score."

[6.0] "decent 10 minute match - draw makes sense to lead to a match on the PPV. - good technically and looking forward to the rematch."

[6.0] "A good back and forth and it's good to see a Proving Ground match yelding a different type of result, hope their match on the PPV is good enough. Although I feel like Yuta's keeping it, unless Tony plans to move him up the card."

[5.0] "A match that would mean more if the Pure title hadnt been completely ignored for the last near six months while Yuta held it with no reference to him. Hopefully Moriarty wins it from him at the PPV and ends an otherwise extremely underwhelming title reign that was prolonged by an injury that sidelined the title for about six months that was largely ignored."

[7.0] "Sweet technical bout that whets your appetite for the title match where there will be a winner. This is the payoff to all those Proving Grounds matches."

[7.0] "This is my type of wrestling. These two guys just had a really good back and forth of smart transitions and strikes that didn't look overchoreographed. Things like Moriarty spending a rope break on the 12-6 elbows, just made sense and added desperation to the sequence while making the elbows feel even more dangerous. The chain grappling at the beginning felt raw and they worked it at a pace that let things breathe without dragging things out because of the time limit. MOTN and has me very excited for a rematch in the near future. ***1/2"