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[6.0] "Big win for Climax Jump. Fuminori Abe really gets the best out of Ryuma Sekimo. This is a good step forward for the young tag team."

[2.0] "This was maybeee decent during the blue impact days? for a while? not important ​so much though. today it is hard to justify why this belt should even exist ."

[5.0] "Not lett​ing Xia do jack shit and giving the title to Indi Hartwell is the exact type of shit that makes me just. Oh god dont start another tna rant lol. Anyways, there's a ton of great names who've brpught this belt recognition over the years via excellent storylines, matches, this thing was main event worthy for years. Still can be, but it isn't synonomous with any sorta excellence either. The division has been in a bad way for years."

[8.0] "Really liked it. Very unlike anything I've seen from AJPW in this era. Quick and acrobatic and short and intense; what you may call "real graps" or something idk. A really good match to study for me. The one spot that didn't go as planned was very quickly taken advantage by the opponent, and that's what it is all about. [7.5]"

[10.0] "I'm praying his free agency decision doesn't end him but Leon as it stands is maybe one of the most complete package wrestlers tgere's ever been. Guy has it all, and then some. A great decision was made in letting him wear the crown in TNA, let's hope he runs with what he's given as he always has because he could be a generational champ if all goes well."

[6.0] "Without Miyuki Takase this would have been pretty much nothing, but her charisma turned it kind of entertaining and fun."

[4.0] "I get why people may rate this higher, as the work itself was probably better than where I'm at on⁠ it, but wow the atmosphere is just impossible to overcome. In any other setting I'd probably enjoy this but as it stands it's barely passable. Unbelievably bad crowd."

[5.0] "This was a more reigned in episode which helped at about an hour and 22 minutes. Some decent wrestling with the Paris match with Jordan Oliver/Rocky Romero and the WJCT Studios with Mark Davis/Ortiz being the two best of the show. There was at least some weekly progression with them hyping Deonna/Emi Sakura for the following week. Many acts continue to still feel as if they are running in place which continues to hinder the promotion. The prospect of a women's tag team division is also not very promising when they already struggle to effectively showcase the three titles/divisions that they have for the women already."

[9.0] "This match was so, so good until the last minute. The curse of the double count out non-finish haunts us once more. That said, the rest of this match was absolutely superb. Best singles bout I've ever seen outta Kerry Von Erich, easily, and one where he shows some real range as well. Jumbo Tsuruta was his usual all-timer self and all of the stuff involving him being ​a cocksure bastard and him struggling with the Iron Claw was magic. I just wish it had a clean finish."

[6.0] "A pretty solid match between Mark Davis and Ortiz. An effective Goliath/David pairing with Davis smashing Ortiz in a match where the result was never in doubt. Davis did deliver a particularly rough looking powerbomb on the apron on Ortiz during the match. Mark Davis continues to be hyped as undefeated in ROH at 14-0 but nothing has come of it yet with him getting some revenge here for the Don Callis Family following Kingston p⁠inning Trent on the previous show. 5.5-6"

[9.0] "Awesome sprint based around Nakaj4.96ima destroying Roderick's leg that stays very high energy throughout"

[8.0] "Started watching since they got the tsn deal but I watch thru myaew. great promotion with so much potential, I really think they could be number 3 in wrestling. The northern show really made me believe with the production and everything. Hoping there's a season two but I haven't seen any announcements."

[10.0] "Seeing this dudes growth over the last few years has been so cool to witness. He's evolved into a straight up superstar and absolutely excels in every department - charisma, inring, promos. He has it all! I'm very very very surprised hes not signed to one of the juggernauts. Unless he's signed to aew and they haven't announced it but if not then someone grab this man! For those new to his work check out title vs title vs Grayson. his matches with the champions grail against evil uno and rich swan​... And most recently his match with andrade el idolo."

[4.0] "He's a good hand to have as an enhancement talent but he really needs to work on his body. That's really holding him back, if he gets in good shape and cut his hair and revamps his look then I think he could have a chance but if nothing changes then enhancement talent is what he will be"

[8.0] "Big fan of swanny! He can work with so many different wrestlers and he's just such a pure baby face. I don't think he's ever been heel to my knowledge but as a baby face he definitely is one of the best we have in today's industry!"

[9.0] "A thriller of a main event. Wrestling isn't complicated when you keep it simple: the main thing, the main thing. Very happy Sami finally won his first world title in the WWE. It should have happened two years ago, but at least now we know this won't get dragged on forever since he is now a 2x WWE champion. How we got here was quite frustrating tho, but since it led to this, I can't be too mad about that. Cody's best performance in quite some time, and boy, he needed this. Haven't liked how he has approached his stuff post Mania 41 till now, so this was quite refreshing seeing a match of his be relatively clean and not too tropey. Gunther was Gunther, another rock-solid outing from him displaying his dominance and brute force, but it's kind of a shame he ended up getting dragged into this if he wasn't going to end up winning the belt. He will be ok tho, but it's gonna be interesting to see what's next for him. Sami Zayn was the babyface in this match. This was his 10th try at winning a world title at the time, and I really liked how the commentary team built this narrative up throughout the match. The storytelling in this match was incredible. Gunther trying to get Sami Zayn out of the way so he can focus on Cody and finally beat him, Cody doing his best to delay the inevitable, Sami Zayn scratching and clawing his way at another chance to finally win the big one. I remember people complaining about the finish, but to me it made perfect sense, when you factor in how Sami Zayn got the match, and the fact that he was "never" supposed to win the big one or even be in this position to begin with. You also gotta remember that Sami Zayn just lost a chance at winning the WWE title in Saudi several months ago too, so there was real doubt that if he lost again, who knows if he would ever get a chance at winning the title ever again. It came out of nowhere, so the way he won it via roll-up was built up like a huge shocker; it reminded me of when Darby beat Cody for the TNT title. Cody has also been prone to losing title matches this way, so the finish wasn't worrisome to me whatsoever. Cody and Gunther underestimated Sami from the very beginning, and in the end, the man they overlooked the most was the one standing tall with the championship in a country that loved him. One of Dusty's fabled kids finishing his story against Dusty's actual kid was a nice touch too. A match saver and match stealer on a pretty bland show up until the main event. This was awesome. Everyone played their roles brilliantly, and this match ended up being one of WWE's best matches of the year. ****1/2"

[5.0] "A fine match between Billie Starkz and Hyan. Billie continues to feel around the same spot as she has for some time. A bit of a surprising result but one that has felt due in giving someone else any kind of opportunity to elevate themselves up the card. I continue to be very over Athena and Billie Starkz drama. Athena seemed to want Hyan for MIT after the match."

[4.0] "Would've been more fine if the person leading the heel heat was Ancham, and she did get it started and it was fine, but with all these rookies and Sato and Himiko on the other end it was destined to be like 10+ minutes of holds, cheating, and other stuff that saps the energy from the match. And the underdog rookies aren't gonna win either, so it's kind of a 13+ minute squash."

[5.0] "A comical match with Aaron/Griff/Nick continuing to try to steal moves from more successful trios (in this case Adam Page, Bandido and Brody King. Decent action while it lasted. MxM feel as if they are being pushed more a​s fan-favorites and could be a trio to challenge Lethal Twist in the future."

[] "Very little fanfare for how significant a moment it is. Some get fireworks at 'Mania, Bret got a Primetime taping in Saskatoon"

[5.0] "A fine match between Adam Priest and Alex Zayne. Alex never wins in the Tony Khan ROH to the point that they still have to reference him beating Bandido in Sinclair ROH in early 2020 alm​ost seven years ago. Adam Priest feels unclear on his dynamic at the moment despite being talented. A fine win for him here in-between regularly losing on AEW TV. Fine but without much reason for investment as neither have much going on in the promotion."

[4.0] "I really didn't like this. It felt like allot of spinning the wheels until the big spots and the set ups were taking too long. I really had to suspend disbelief during the climax of the match with Evans having more then ample time to simply win the match and instead playing with ladders. I like allot of the wrestlers involved and Im happy they let Penta win. But the Ambulance spot I felt was too much and contrived."

[7.0] "Very impressed with this. After the first 5 minutes I thought I wasn't gonna be a fan of this at all. But I genuinely really had fun with this match. With its was about 8 minutes shorter but still go​d match good story. (***3/4)"

[5.0] "I doubted Debbie Keitel could pull it off but she did it, this was a solid and fine 15 minute time limit draw. Satan told Inoue to book a 15-minute Time Limit Draw for Fiony and God put this challenge on Debbie Keitel to see if she could handle it. Fiony has some stiff strikes that flash every once in a while but she's awkward doing most stuff. She has a solid dropkick too, and also did a meteora and a scuffed Bank Statement including the hand stomp spot. Keitel maintained control most of the match and dared Fiony to fight back but varied up the heat to avoid making it boring."

[8.0] "Given the high rating and the names involved (Spark Rush and Hazuki), I'm surprised this match didn't click for me. Obviously, the match is good, but given the level these women usually deliver (especially Sareee on her shows), this was "just" a good match [****]."

[4.0] "A rough match to watch live. allot of issues and messy spots and felt like it could fall apart at any moment. I can see a good match somewhere in the make up of it but unfortunately you could see the seams. moves eith​er looked over choreographed or very tentative. A number of the high spots simply went wrong. Entertaining but perhaps not for the right reasons"

[4.0] "Pretty mid match, It's fun watching Nozaki bully a rookie but th3.38e match didn't really click, it was just there"

[8.0] "Not normally a fan of Roman or his matches, going into this it was the match I was least looking forward to but it managed to be the best match of the night. a few issues with a slow start and a few too many false finishes. I would have preferred a Knight victory but overall very good match."

[7.0] "As is often the case with this type of match, it's a shame they didn't use a split-screen view. It's great when everyone ends up in the ring together, but otherwise, the constant cutting between individual one-on-one exchanges means you end up missing a lot of the action. The women were trading blows, which was fantastic. I really liked Cassidy's giant swing. The tribute to PAC, featuring his empty chair, was a touching touch."

[9.0] "This match is insane, it's certainly one of the best six-man tag matches to ever happen in the US, a very strong contender for that honor, and it's just an absolutely fun and heated affair, part of the legendary Midnight Express vs RnR Express feud, and the addition of Ernie Ladd and Jim Duggan was really cool, completely changed the dynam​ic and increased a lot of elements to the bout. The crowd was incredibly hot as always in Houston, those guys are really loud, and they were invested and reaction to everything here, it was a tag match based on heat and feelings, just like southern tag bouts usually are. Ernie Ladd is huge and every time he was put down the crowd went nuts, that was fantastic, and the babyface team was on fire in the beginning of the match, they were very electric, but the entire thing as a whole was filled with awesome moments, very well wrestled and with awesome bits. The beginning featured a house show style, and I loved the team work to pin Jim Duggan there, everything was really fun and enjoyable to watch, Duggan had an awesome performance as well, and it was incredible when he cleaned the ring and hit his pose. Morton suffered a severe work there at the end, he was isolated and bleeding, and the team of MX and Ladd combined pretty well their offense to punish the guy. The finish is also great, with a little revenge there, because Cornette was about to use the chloroform spray once again, just like he did two weeks ago to make the MX the new champions, but this time it completely backfired and Morton used the spray on Eaton to win the match, fantastic - {****1/2}"

[5.0] "Comedy wrestler, Rookie and a wrestler that works well with just a few wrestlers, a bad opening match"

[5.0] "Somewhere on the level of their match for the Moxley's belt. I understand that Will is very fond of repeating what has already worked, but here is a very clear example that it does not always work successfully.9.6 There's a lot of bad drama here. Will breaks off contact with the Riders at the beginning, but during the match he doesn't show any particular aggression towards Moxley, and John himself works quite casually. Interventions are somewhere on the same level, and they also do not occur at the moment of the highest tension. As in the case of Omega, Will decided to lie down, endure the first half, while Jon slowly dominated and I don't care about this, because I know, that any work on Will's something will be in the trash at the second half. Yeah, second half Ospreay arrange his favorite 50/50 bombing techniques, but here it comes to some kind of absurdity. At least John won the last match by dropping Will's neck on everything he could, but here he lost after champion being hit with a briefcase, after a stomp, after a full Death Ride. It looked ridiculous, to be honest, and the end, where Moxley gives up, resigns himself, almost smiles and turns to Osprey, is such a tasteless CINEMA moment that I just don't have more words."

[7.0] "Paced very well and executed with precision but structurally I didn't really connect fully with this one. Yamato controlling most of the match in this slow and methodical technical display was entertaining as it put Kzy on the back foot out 4.53the gate. Kzy had moments of compelling comebacks but most were futile and majority of the match remained in Yamato's control. I think my main issue stems from Kzy's final overcoming of Yamato's ring generalship just felt a bit unearned because of how one sided the match was. I just didn't find Kzy's underdog comeback in the end all that believable I guess"

[6.0] "Closing sequence of trading rollups between Umesaki and Anna was good, the traded chops and forearms between Amikura and Ozaki was good, everything else was about solid to good. Shorter for more urgency might've been better."

[8.0] "[8, 50/10, 0] A really great match. It's hard-hitting from start to finish and features some great moments; that spot where Danielson sits in a meditative pose every time he takes a chop or a kick from Daniel Garcia is simply fantastic. It is a truly great match."

[] "Very good work. Flair knows how to work the Japanese style but keeps some of his gimmicks through an exciting contest."

[7.0] "I was expecting either something more daring, maybe a new classic for this kind of match, or a repetition of the same tropes, in the end it's neither one nor the other, although rather closer to the second, because there was nothing really new here, but in general here there are enough of their own, precisely their own moments, and they don't look bad, nothing special, just a good enough and entertaining ladder match for our time."

[7.0] "This is exactly the format of a trio match that you can expect from this company, nevertheless, it looks somewhat refreshing how New Level is integrated into this style, and Creed and King stand out especially as an interesting pair of rivals who even had some story during the match. Usually, everyone remembers Swerve and Page story in the match, but I really didn't like their interaction, and here I'm talking more about these constant evil looks. It just looks very secondary after last⁠ year's All In."

[7.0] "This was a really good exhibition to prove both Nick Jackson and Rey Fenix can work as singles stars. Really enjoyed the psychology and how they both had to approach things differently with their styles."

[6.0] "For me, it was somewhere on the level of their previous All In match. I don't consider that match to be anything special or important, BUT it was quite competent and working, just like this match, but no matter how paradoxical it was, the same factor of not the greatest expressiveness plays a negative role here. The girls perfectly wove hardcore into their usual brawling, nothing fundamental changed during the match and the structure, but I just saw these subjects, these moments more than once. It may not be as similar to other hardcore AEW-style matches, but one way or another it causes a persistent feeling of deja vu. They are not creative, but at the same time they are not Rina Yamashita or Risa Sera, they are not ready to bleed heavily and put their whole soul into it. I understand them, I'm just saying that hardcore, on the other hand, doesn't take me for its physical component, so in the end, this addition to their previous match simply doesn't give them significant bonuses in my eyes."

[2.0] "Coming off of RAW #1728 where Sol Ruca defended her IC title against Raquel. It was a lackluster match thanks to Raquel, who moves like she's underwater, can't sell or hit her spots, and has no charisma or crowd connection. They are running a rematch on RAW #1731. Why? She did nothing to make Sol look better. God, Raquel as a champion would be so dull and dismal. Update: It's October and 3 months into her reign, Raquel has made exactly one defense of her IC title on Smackdown ​-- a rematch with Sol Ruca in July. WWE is booking her terribly, but if they had real faith in her she would be wrestling on TV."

[9.0] "The best match on the show. Okada, as always, acts very competently to make his opponent shine brightly, and damn it, Chiampa doesn't even need a reason to shine, and here's such a gift. He looked like a star here who could defeat a ma⁠n of Kazuchika's level and Kazuchika addmit it near the end, and his family in ringside only added points to him from the audience and turned the Sicilian maniac into the hero of the day, and the moment with his daughter, who asks permission from her mother and shows two middle fingers to Okada, is almost the highlight of the whole show. They used every trick in their arsenal extremely skillfully, for example using of dropkicks and knee strikes looked different each time and had a different effect. I'll say it again, watching Tomasso transform into such a charming underdog was unforgettable. I hope that his work and the fire in his eyes will soon be appreciated."

[5.0] "To be honest, I feel sorry for the girls. They were in an extremely stupid situation. The previous match ended with an injury, and then Dani Luna makes her debut, and listen, I don't want to say anything bad about her. I've seen her before and she's quite a talented girl, but how reasonable is it to give a debut to a girl who is known mostly in Britain on a fairly large PPV in USA. Chicago just didn't give a damn and I can't blame them. Otherwise, it's a normal match, a match at the TBS title level. I just want to point out that Persephone's positioning in AEW is now paradoxically better than in CMLL. She's still a villain, but at least she uses punches and power moves that she's good at, rather than just running away from a fight. Luna is also showing herself well, she is a tough and smart girl, they built a strong match together, which was sometimes spoiled by Britt, who tried too hard to draw attention to her person. Nevertheless, the match is a little pale despite the hard work of the participants, and Dani's performance as a debutante, designed to show her strengths, is also not entirely successful because we already have the third British woman who hits, make lariats and hard throws, while, with all due respect to Luna, Jamie and Alex are better. than she is."

[6.0] "A pretty solid match for the time allotted between Jordan Oliver and Rocky Romero. They did not have a lot of time but they did maximize the time that they had. The Paris crowd did help here with a clear dynamic between the two as well as the right result. 5.5-6"

[6.0] "A little d​isappointed in the match and the ending. Vader dominants most of the match which makes Fujinamis count out victory feel quite hollow. Understand they needed tk protect Vader but i wasnt a fan of the count out - especially after a fsirly minor bump. There's some good, hard hitting brawling but also quite a lot of rest holds. The crowd and atmosphere seem great though."

[10.0] "Incredible match, Oiwa and Tsuji had such good chemistry together, building off the2.32 basics mastery Oiwa and Uemura did in the G1 final. Shame it'll be followed up Omega making faces but AEW reigns supreme over all."

[8.0] "In my recent vuewings this belt hasn't felt as important as it ought to, however the lineage here is exc​ellent. I liked Hammerstone, and I feel like it had to have been great in the hands of Kojima, Awesome, Low Ki, and Swerve/Shane, but I wasn't around for much of that eta and can't speak to it. Always surprises me with how this things booked, that, it does carry such prestige and luster."

[4.0] "The Paris crowd was the main bit of note here. Serpentico continues to be an underrated wrestler that is booked at the bottom in AEW/ROH. It was nice that he got some reception from the crowd here. There was zero reason to expect a different result. Hook continues to be uninteresting in AEW/ROH as he has felt in the same spot for years with little differentiation."

[] "This match will go without rating, because I don't like and don't really want to rate a match that ended prematurely due to injury. To be honest, it wasn't needed here, Borden was just here to show him to the general public and they might have continued to watch him on Dynamite, but the match itself was just cliched and uninteresting. Knight and Fletcher are just not a team, at least not yet, their dominance over Darby was rather boring, and Steven, although he looks like a superstar, still needs to train, because he greener than grass. I hope everything will work out and AEW will invest even more in his trainings for future matches and moments."

[7.0] "Very good match but expected just a little more and needed more selling at the end. Little fast to pin/kickout on a couple moves. Ospreay has improved at selling moves/"injuries" but this match felt like he reverted to his old habits a bit."

[10.0] "BOMBOCLAAT! He proved himself as one of the best singles & tag wrestlers. Very charismatic, his gimmick both has aura and is funny at the same time, and his in-ring work is very impressive while still being early into his career."

[7.0] "Not the best bout these two had⁠ together, but you simply cannot go wrong with Ric Flair and Harley Race. These two dudes just work wonders with one another."

[10.0] "Gresham makes a great choice to come back from the stroke that changed his life. I hope he doesn't have to go through this anymore, and good luck to him. Commentators have repeated 100 times that Fuminori Abe is a dream match for Jonathan, and in a sense it was obvious. He enjoyed every second he spent in the ring. They both have great wrestling habits and watching any stage of the match is incredibly exciting. Fuminori can sometimes behave stupidly, and Gresham even plays along with him a couple of times, which only makes the situation funnier, but over time Jonathan becomes more brutal, and Fuminori is no stranger to working from below. Gresham tactically chooses Abe's leg to work with, and Abe tries to protect it in every possible way and offset the Octopus's success. They are very good at telling this story using quite effective methods. Gresham is not very creative in terms of his attack set, but he adjusts his approach to his opponent and that's why his F4L looks so dangerous. Abe sometimes defends himself very beautifully, his retaliatory ankle lock translated into German suplex was cool. Plus, the selling of the leg was pretty good at the right moments, and the match itself was built in such a way as to weave the sore leg there neatly and efficiently. I liked the ending, where Gresham got fed up with Fuminori's behavior and they started beating each other up, and in the end Jonathan just started driving Abe's knee into the canvas until the referee stopped the fight by his decision, and it turned out that Gresham was shown to be very dangerous, and Fuminori remained a fighter until the end."

[3.0] "Unimportant for how long they've managed to exist, hav​e spawned some names but never any big moments for said names, not many highlights of this promotions run and everytime I've given it a shot its fell flat. Boring, ineffectual. I believe the potential has always been there but its forever been untapped. The big names they have aren't good enough to wrestle anywhere else, as is right now. And they haven't tapped into any of the potential one would think they'd have. It's a shame and it makes me sad."

[5.0] "This is a fun average match, with a lot of worth because it's a title change, and the Midnight Express took back the tag team titles after Cornette used a rag with chloroform to make Gibson sleep and won the match for the MX. The entire thing was pretty solid as always, with some frenetic sequences, and the ending stretch was super electric as well, I've really liked that moment where Morton put his body on top of Gibson to protect him from the dive. After the bout Cornette ripped the 50.000 dollar paycheck that was placed as a bounty for the match, and explained his actions - {**1/2}"

[10.0] "I love sprints, and I appreciate sprints, especially in today's world, because it's an almost lost art of telling a complete story and doing it well in a short time. Now we are gradually moving away from big timings and matches of 35+ minutes have ceased to be commonplace, but this still has not become a classic, but it should be. If there was a MOTY award for matches of less than 15 minutes, then I would give it to this match without question. On his anniversary, Yoshimura literally revives Zeus, his teacher, who performs much less often, especially in single matches and they just try to kill each other. Absurdly, one of the details of the match that attracted me is that Naomi and Zeus are not working at the same pace, but it only benefits because Zeus is a striker and a provocateur. He is charged, he is energetic, he breaks Yoshimura's pace, even when he is sitting on a chair and about to start moving, Zeus flies in and imposes his rules. In a short period of time at the beginning, they were able to bring tension, tension, and more tension. One moment with a power struggle on hands was extremely vivid. How Zeus was confident in his abilities, how aggressively he dominated at the beginning and how filigreed Yoshimura returned, showing his grin. Well, the audacity, he dared to consider himself ready to kick his teacher's ass, and this led to a segment of absolute chaos behind the ring, where people did not have time to run in panic while the wrestlers walked between the rows and threw chops at each other, sometimes throwing back chairs. They picked up the pace in the ring and then moved on to the brutal chopfest. In theory, it was intended to show the resilience of Yoshimura, and although the moment when the grimace of pain turns into a smile and Naomi removes the stripes is true gold, I still want to pay attention to the resilience of Zeus. Naomi plastered his chest with every chop and his chest looked creepy at the end of the fight, although he struck less, while the teacher steadfastly withstood it all and remained the most terrifying figure who does not fall under the onslaught of a student. What I'm talking about, I often write that wrestlers "bumped into each other" and although they often really go all out, it's more of a turn of phrase, but not in the case of this couple, who just crashed heads in the heat of the fight. If you make sense of all of the above and reduce it to something simple, then I love this match because it's just badass wrestlers fighting here. It's a very fine line and they're right where they need to be and I enjoy watching badass wrestlers do badass things and it's something magical, it captures on some deep subconscious level. Osaka rules!"

[8.0] "A year ago, Slater became X-Division Champion, and what a journey it has been since then. Here, he becomes ​the youngest TNA Champion in the company's history. Nemeth threw everything he had at him--Skull-Crushing Finale, Danger Zone, superkick, Rough Ryder--but Slater kicked out every time."

[10.0] "Fraxiom must have murdered Triple H's family members, because what the fuck is their booking in WWE. Fraxiom is so sexy but Triple H doesn't see it, maybe he hates Axiom's mask or Nathan Frazer's long luscious hair. Please go to AEW, NJPW, or if we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel TNA because you could be so much better in those promotions"

[7.0] "One of th​e best episodes of NXT in a while. A couple of really good matches one of which was great. Episode let down slightly by the usual clunky backstage segments and a dreadful Wren Sinclair in ring promo. Nice teaser for Danhausen at the end of the show."

[6.0] "A solid match between Conan Lycan and Timothy Thatcher after Conan was awarded a WWE ID Contract on the previous week's WWE EVOLVE. Thatcher did do his ground game well while Conan fought from underneath with his power and agility. A notable resu2.56lt in that Thatcher seems to win his appearances against ID names but Conan got the win here after a Stormbreaker."

[9.0] "Man this was damn solid. I love the whole presentation of 946. This was the 1st time the viewers got to see them work as a unit. OTM quickly proved how they weren't being fully used in NXT. Royce Keys can do solid work and is the rightful leader. Jaida Parker diving off the barricade onto the Usos was a great spot. Loved the no finish and Carmelo Hayes joining the group. Time to ⁠shine kid!"

[7.0] "They did a really good job of getting Scorpio over here. His stock had taken a hit over the previous few months, and the reaction was mixed at first, but as the match progressed, the fans got behind him and genuinely wanted to see him win the title. Meanwhile Windham built some strong, sustained heat, setting up Scorpio's comeback and the false finishes very well and the whole bout flowed really nicely."

[10.0] "Well, let's add another match of the year candidate for Chad Gable. His matches with El Grande, Penta, Re​y Mysterio and Dragon Lee have all been bangers. Rey Fenix wouldn't be the exception. This was a great, quick paced 18 minute match. Every spot was fantastic. I loved the angle slam in the match. Rey Fenix sold that like a beauty. These two demonstrated how the IC championship is the working man's title and will always deliver solid and great matches."

[9.0] "The first hour of this raw was ok. Nothing special. I really liked Penta's opening promo. But Rey/Big Cass and Roxanne/Chelsea didn't leave me to excited but then the second hour hit. Chad Gable is the b​est in-ring Wrestler and his match with Rey Fenix was spectacular. Then the main event. 946 whole presentation has been stellar. The brawl of a tag match against the bloodline was solid. Then my guy Carmelo Hayes joins 946. Raw is awesome and war again."

[4.0] "The guy is just not good at anything its really sad. I thought his title reign was okay, it was better than Jey Usos but in general he is the most bland and mediocre wrestler I have ever seen. Only tolerable part of this guy was when he was under Edge at the start of judgement day and the Puerto Rico match against Bad Bunny"

[7.0] "A pretty enjoyable match between Richard Adonis and Sam Taylor. Both fought at an urgent pace in the later stages of the match with a nice dynamic between the two. They did get a lot into their match given the duration. The show did not have the largest crowd but they did get the fans there into the match. Medusa's Ga​ze would get Richard the win with Timothy Thatcher awarding Richard a WWE ID contract after the match. 6.5-7"

[9.0] "What a match. It was wrestled at a frantic, breakneck speed yet the basics never suffered. There were plenty of well executed transitions, reversals and counters through out, heart in mouth near falls towards the end and the rules of tag team wrestling were adher1.34ed to for the vast majority of the match. Possibly the best Fed tag match I've seen all year."

[10.0] "I'm a strange person, so I don't hesitate when I see someone forcing Masaaki Mochizuki to wrestle on the mats in 2026. I can understand people's disappointment, but based on my experience watching the Tenryu Project, for some reason this is exactly what I was waiting for, quite simple wrestling, still well thought out and elegant, but it doesn't really challenge you when watching, although these days it's something to look at. I was waiting for Yano to do his weird stuff again, and he did it. I would say that in fact, this antagonism of Masaaki and Keita's approach played ​into the hands of the match, and although it is strange, it has its own charm. And it's still a dream match. I think a younger Mochizuki would have used a lot more kicks, but I really liked that they left those kicks as his most important weapon to some extent, and to be honest, I saw enough Mochizuki matches, but here his kicks felt different and he invested in every punch and strike. His wrestling was also quite good, I was even surprised that in some places he could look so confident against Yano's background. Keita is still a good old provocateur who drags his opponent to the canvas with all his spades and implements his winning plan there. I liked that Keita never fully solved Mochizuki's riddle, but the veteran was able to find the necessary keys to victory. Keita tried to work with his neck, it was creative as usual with all these transitions and how naturally Yano connects it all into a single whole. He tried to unexpectedly roll up the challenger, tried to beat him up, and I liked this fight in a British phone booth at the end, where both fighters tried to intercept the fight at very close range. In general, for the first time in two months, I was so immersed in watching the match, noticing the details and decisions that the wrestlers make. It's not Yano's or Mochizuki's best work even in recent years, but in my eyes it's still that kind of mesmerizing chess game from Keita, where his opponent could compete with him."

[6.0] "A good triple th​reat match between Ric Flair and Sting and Lex Luger but it was so long that was the problem of the match. ***.25"

[2.0] "Highly overrated and I have never taken his booking seriously, especially when he would often book matches into a time limit draw which is very repetitive. I'm only giving him a 2 because Stardom wouldn't be a thing without him and will say that. He's such a massive carny too often lying about attendance figures with Marigold and fat shamed Utami and it's no wonder why she left and went back to Stardom because of him and people are following her footsteps too. Will never forgive him for all the bullshit he has done and is just a "Yes Man""

[6.0] "This was Davey Richards answering an open challenge for Ariel Dominguez. Both meshed up well with their styles. I did feel like the match had another gear to get into but it did not quite get to that point. Davey got the win with a Gotch Style Piledriver. A nice show of respect for Ariel after the match. I would not have minded a bit more time for this. 6-6.5"

[7.0] "It's a damn shame that this was Cole and Nakamura's only 1v1 match together, and it's even more of a shame it was only a TV match. But this was a damn good one."

[8.0] "This match is not perfect at all, and I probably can't fully call it a good one, but it captured me and made me love Sangre even more. I liked his match against Musashi, it was just a well-balanced and well-played title fight with an emphasis on chops, and here there was something more unique, albeit with some reservations. Although I was surprised at the beginning when the wrestlers showed such an energetic and cool segment with simple grappling and a couple of elegant and ingenious reverse techniques, which we will see later. In my opinion, Marukan is a man without talent, but at the same time he has the necessary skills to work efficiently and, I assume, with a fairly bright head, at least he tried to get out of the situation with Sangre's eye beautifully, and I really liked the spontaneity and vivacity of this decision, and the Softman kept it in his head for a long time. He showed some more cool grappling techniques and I would say that the reversals in this match looked good from him, emphasizing the confrontation of experience and athleticism. Sangre, on the other hand, did well, he was in bandages and also had eye problems, but his skills are at a very high level. In my opinion, he skillfully diluted the simple and slow dominance of Marukan with his sharp attacks, and some of his retaliatory actions looked bold, fully consistent with his character. I liked many of the moments, starting from the targeting of Sangre's eye, some of the reversals and the vivacity of the wrestlers in their actions, but at the same time, the pace was really too slow in places and there was nothing to be done about it, because it was related to Sangre's eye, but also Marukan himself sometimes slowed down the match beyond measure and it was clear that his skills is at a fairly average level. There were some rough edges in his technique, and sometimes it has the desired effect, but sometimes it's just not the best moment."

[7.0] "I thought that this was a pretty good match. Top Tier's domination was pretty long and not that interesting wrestling-wise, but built up well for Chainsaw hot tag. Unfortunately, that hot tag didn't last too long and we got some overbooking for the finish, which is fine, I still liked the match."

[5.0] "Everyone has their bad days, and wrestlers have their bad matches, unfortunately Mizuki Watase has a such match in his title reign. I have nothing against SUSHI, especially in tag battles, but he is not material for a big serious fight. I was missing something really memorable, something that would give their match an identity, but it was just a fairly slow fight without any clear idea, it's annoying. They went back and forth, a couple of times Mizuki tried to do something, but SUSHI was just SUSHI and he just went with the flow in this fight. A few of his moves looked cool and pretty tough, but for me, the highlight had nothing to do with the match at all. Mizuki just found a SUSHI fan and it was really funny, but nothing more."

[6.0] "A pr​etty entertaining mixed tag team match for the time allotted to the four. Bear and KC had some nice exchanges while the dynamic between Bear and Gabby was apparent. Effective dynamic between the four with Gabby continuing to stand out with some of her explosiveness. Brian Myers and Frankie Kazarian also brought some laughs to commentary during the match. I would not have minded more time for this. 5.5-6"

[7.0] "To be found on their weekly tv show. This was a great tag team match. Fun stuff with a bleeding Kengo Kimura who later won the match. ***3/4"

[4.0] "An average TV match that carried very little heat and lasted a bit too long. Sugers' positioning was slightly off at times and Angels' attempts to generate heel heat at about 3 or 4 minutes in faile​d miserably."

[10.0] "If you thought this show couldn't get any more enjoyable, you were wrong. Cause this match was even more hilarious than the others. Wrestling can be whatever you want it to be. TJPW will constantly remind you of that. Don't ever forget it. If a match makes me feel happy for​ as long as this one did, it's a 10/10, no matter what."

[6.0] "I had no clue this match ever happened, but when reviewing the Monster's Ball match from this PPV by eyes opened wide at this match being the opener. Like anyone who has ever watched this match says, could've used more time. But both Liger and Joe got their stuff in. The ref kinda botched the end, Liger went limp and it took him like 5 seconds to realize.Like anyone who has ever watched this match says, could've used more time. But both Liger and Joe got their stuff in. The ref kinda botched the end, Liger went limp and it took him like 5 seconds to realize."

[9.0] "I love that the local public just let Eita do whatever he wants. He had already performed some of his old tricks at the beginning, which are usually perceived as not quite clean, but the crowd was delighted. Bane felt his opponent perfectly, so their big match was quite a success, all their sequences were clean and powerful, and I think Eita really benefited from the experience of the DRAGONGATE. Besides the fact that it was a successful big match, it was a real celebration for Eita. He applied a large number of his techniques and even those that he had not done for a long time. There was a place for references, and how nice it is that Eita invested in all this as well as in that Tope Con Hilo when he flew away to the audience. They reacted to his every move, and he continued and continued to keep the crowd on high fire. Great audience feeling and extremely correct actions. With the increasing pace at the end, they added drama even for me, a person who knew the result in advance and this is almost an indicator of how successfully the wrestlers played their cards."

[5.0] "A ⁠fine match here between Mr. Elegance and Nick Rodriguez. Nick displayed some nice athleticism and showed some nice fire while Elegance was an effective foil for him. BDE ended Elegance's winning streak on the preceding Impact so this was a way for him to get back on track."

[9.0] "Always a fan of wrestling shows taking place in obscure places. So this automatically peaked my interest, paid th⁠at with Teej being the best promotion at producing comedy, it's a match made in heaven, and this entire show was unbelievable fun due to that."

[2.0] "This was a tedious match between two tedious wrestlers. It really did not need 9 minutes. Crowd seemed bored for the most part."

[7.0] "It was an ordinary, in a sense, a tag fight in the Sendai Girls. It's quite well structured, but there were a couple of details that captivated me. The segment with the Mizunami's chops at the beginning was very cool, in general, this time she used them even more than usual and, as always, was the main force of her team. It's nice that after a while Manami tried to take over Aniki's passion. It seems to me that this detail worked well for their teamwork and the match in general, where Manami also conducted chops, further pissing off Iwata. Takase was funny in some places, her exchange of blows with Ryo was quite strong, but in my opinion something was m4.20issing, but she and Mika managed to torment Manami well. Iwata was generally the main character of the entire match, at first suffering from chops, she attacked with more viciousness and in the end threw her entire arsenal at Manami, while she could only try to survive."

[2.0] "Other than the main event this show sucked and sucked hard. First of all why are all the backstage segments shot like an episode of GTV from the Attitude Era or one of those reality shows where they sneak in on the conversation? Whoever decided that bullshit should be exiled to a faraway island. Why the fuck is Jeff Hardy a heel? Who looks at Jeff and say this guy should be a top heel? Oh wait I forgot. Bischoff and Hogan are running this shitshow. Next question: Why is Jeff Jarrett obsessed with MMA? That's a dumb gimmick. I also see that they copied the booking of the Attitude Era with the Corporation but call it Immortal? I hope the next episode is better. And congrats to Tara and Mickie because they saved this from being a disaster. Oh one more question. Who the fuck splits up the Dudley Boyz excuse me Team 3D?"

[10.0] "[4.75*] Beautiful. There's a concept me and my friends kinda created called "The Oiwa Effect". This effect consists in the desire of watching and talking more and more about wrestling, given the new layers these New Japan kids are creating. We used Oiwa here but it could've been Tsuji or Uemura too, which are currently my Top 3 best male wrestlers on earth. Before the rise of these guys, I was kinda tired of today's wrestling world. But they reignited my fire. This match alongside the G1 Final and many other of their matches are just a new type of wrestling. It's a new formula that uses classic attributes, meshed-up with the modern wrestling of today. They have classic, "Nick Bockwinkel" elements consisting of the absolute highest level of wrestling fundamentals such as the basic moves, the selling and stuff like that, they have the modern New Japan Epic formula elements, specially during the ending stretches... it's a whole new mix. It's something I've never seen before exactly like *that* but it's such a complete joy to watch. In this specific match, I fell in love with Tsuji's rib-work. When we see limb-work focused matches they're usually on the legs or arms, but I loved how he changed his strategy given he has signature moves that target the opponent's ribs. Oiwa's selling was also perfect, it was incredibly consistent and believable, creating drama and adding to the psychology. This is why I say they're masters of the basics. These are all basic wrestling concepts, with the difference that they apply them with such a perfection instead of letting them just "be there". Oiwa's work with the Headlock and his focus on Tsuji's arm was also excellent. This was a chess game between two perfectionist strategists, and I had an incredible joy watching this 35-min masterpiece. For the last 10 minutes, they kept the ground work but added the dramatic elements of 2010's epics between Tana, Okada and all of these guys. Match had some amazing heart stopping false finishes that made me scream. The finish came at the exact right time and although I really wanted Oiwa to win, inside kayfabe Tsuji had the best strategy and performance. He just was the better man. Impeccable classic bout."

[5.0] "[2.5*] Thank God this match was what it was lol. I wouldn't be able to fucking stand another unnecessary 20+ minute match that is overly long and ""epic"" just for the sake of it. This was a pretty damn decent palate cleanser before the absolutely legendary Main Event and I'm GLAD by that. Short and sweet, cool limb-work by Robbie, nice crowd work by YOH... nothing wrong about this one. Wasn't bold, wasn't tiring, just a perfectly fine standard match to rest the crowd a bit before the IWGP Title Match. I liked it."

[6.0] "The crowd were hot for this but it was slightly too indie for me. Mini Vikingo and Star Boy Charlie flipped their way through the match but whilst looking damn impressive, their offence didn't look threaten at all. The Vanities kept match together and on point..... they really are growing on me this bunch."

[3.0] "Psychic wears an orange jumpsuit with his face painted white and a hair net. I'm not sure I fully understand the gimmick, but either way I found it to be annoying. He seemed to be suffering from dementia more than anything else, I didn't see any indication that he's psychic. I cannot believe this went eight minutes.. It felt more like twenty with how often Psychic would wonder around the ring trying to figure out how to get back in. The work was fine I guess, there's some nice lucha inspired sequences, but I was begging for this to be over. Not the best representation of Michi3.49noku Pro. (1.5*)"

[8.0] "One of the best "Car Crash" matches in histo⁠ry. And out of all the crazy spots Jeff Hardy has done in 25+ years, this might be the craziest. No clue how he actually landed on Abyss without missing, and he could've died in a multitude of ways if it went wrong"

[5.0] "A decent match. Should have been a bit better looking at the time this was given. Brainbuster for the win. **3/4"

[5.0] "Alright episode. Not much going on match-wise, some decent enough squashes. Good promos from Roddy Piper and a good Piper' Pit segment with Savage as well. Enjoyable episode."

[8.0] "Kinda shocked how low the rating on this match is. I thought it was a pretty fun sub-10 minute brawl. I'm not a fan of the traditional Texas Death rules but they're also only relevant right at the start and right at the end of this match so they're pretty inoffensive."

[6.0] "I thought this was a decent women's main event for two reasons: 1. For the year this took place in that's impressive that women are main eventing. Two legends like Victoria and Mickie James deserve it. 2. The fact that this is a steel cage match. While I believe this should've been on a bigger stage I'll take what I can get. Alas it's not like early 10's TNA made great booking decisions."

[9.0] "One of the most, if not the most, innovative Hell in a Cell match during this yearly dogshit HIAC PPV era. These dudes came out the gates guns blazing and killed it."

[6.0] "Solid match, nothing too special and nothing terrible ? Cena had the entrance of all entrances during this though, my goodness, they need to bring that back for someone else ?"

[6.0] "It seemed to me that the match really lacked some kind of fire. Kato and ISHIN, in my opinion, are quite convincing villains, I like watching the segments with their dominance, but here they did not show enough bloodthirstiness or disrespect towards their rivals, I would say that they fulfilled the necessary minimum for big heel champions. The veterans, for their part, also didn't do anything special, Genki and Kanda don't seem like a wrestlers, who have one more great performance in their pocket, but I'm sure they're capable of more, than that. Despite all of the above, the heart of the match was pumping blood regularly, using the absolute base, but a very good, strong base, which was enough for relative success. Again, moments with the rules of AJPW, some of the tricks of the veterans were organized extremely well, Hariguchi transformed the final segment into his performance of the underdog. Gajadokuro sometimes went through All Asia champions very painfully and looked like they should, so the match was just average, no more, no less."

[5.0] "A main event that was going along effectively. Tony continues to have nice⁠ bursts of power when he wants to. The ending felt a bit underwhelming for me seeing Myles get distracted by a cameraman that would turn out to be Tavion Heights. 5-5.5"

[9.0] "WWE and TKO have ruined my brain so bad that I thought this was a strap match sponsored by White Castle ? I thought this would be Human Monies on a pole bad (maybe a bit better because it's Vader & Sting), but this exceeded my expectations so much. Just fucking look at Vader near the end of the match. This doesn't include the nasty ass bloody welts on his back. Dudes a fucking trooper. Most people blade, Vader gets his back and ear busted open the hard way The violence is great, the stipulation kinda takes away from it, but they make it work best they can by not going for the corners to often and actually wrestling. The ending kinda sucked too, Sting broke Vader's momentum the same way 10 minutes before."