[6.0] "Some solidly fun stuff on this episode. Eddie vs. Bossman is a weird dream match for me honestly, not nearly enough time of course but super fun. Rock is just so over. Fun to watch the beginning of the Trish vs. Lita feud."

[5.0] "This felt like a filler episode of SmackDown instead of a go home show for one of the at the time 'big 5' PPV events where the KOTR build was mostly bad because of how messy the card looked. There's another long Regime promo to start the show which did at least have some funny Vince McMahon has gone insane moments where the main event he set up was the same six man tag match happening at the PPV, only this ended up as a giant handicap match. The wrestling is mostly average with some decent stuff here and there and Rikishi vs Benoit had a nice surprise title change, but not a lot really stands out as must see. The Lawler match isn't good at all, but he does get a great reaction from his home fans as he finally becomes a face in coming to The Kat's aid. The Dudleys have been losing in this feud with DX at pretty much every turn at this point and no, putting Tony Chimmel through a table does not make up for how they are repeatedly being booked! The Briscoe vs Patterson stuff is just hideous TV and it's booked as an evening gown match for PPV because we really wanted to be paying for that!"

[5.0] "Like Raw, this was below the standard set for the rest of the KOTR build, as this was completely a placeholder show with little happening outside of Rikishi winning the IC title and the announcement of the hardcore evening gown match, which is among the worst of the Attitude Era. The main event was a bit of a mess as it was basically a 12 on 3 handicap match and Eddie couldn't pin Bossman clean?"

[6.0] "A good show before KOTR. Rikishi won the IC title which was nice. Main event of the PPV doesn? t seem promising."

[6.0] "This was a fine show before the king of the ring PPV. Everything that happens on the show is just simply bang average. Rikishi winning the IC title was cool tho."

[6.0] "This was only ok. The matches are largely average and there aren't many memorable segments. It's not helped by the fact that the six-man PPV main event is hardly a brilliant match for them to have to promote."