Liv Morgan vs. Nia Jax

[0.0] "Horrible. Nia Jax is just not good at processional wrestling. The match is short enough but half of it is whether Tiffany decides to cash in or not which kills any momentum the match had in the first place."

[6.0] "Pre shenanigans, I thought the match was doing just fine. They lose the plot a bit towards the final stretch with not only Raquel getting involved, but Dom too. They had a much better match earlier in the year. **3/4"

[2.0] "Yeah no this match is pretty bad. Nia Jax is already an unfortunate wrestler and Liv is not that good enough to carry Nia to a decent match. It's about what you expect from 2020's Nia Jax. Plus, with somehow Judgement Day interferences and a cash-in tease, this is pretty bad. *.75"

[6.0] "Thought this was actually a decent match for Liv and Nia. While Livs cronies ruined it, it didn't affect it to much in my opinion. Tiffys acting is absolutely hilarious and i enjoy hers and Nias interactions. The marks on this site just have to shit on anything and everything. Not everything has to be all flips to be a decent match"

[6.0] "This site is ruled by monkeys, it's hilarious the fact that this match has a so bad valutation while it's sufficient. They made a honest job and also the interference made by Tiffany Stratton, Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez were acceptable. (6/10)"

[4.0] "This match (already not meaning anything) was already bad enough, the interferences were interesting but the entire thing was anticlimatic."

[1.0] "The actual in ring work between both Liv and Nia was awful anyway, but it was all the shenanigans outside the ring with Raquel, Dirty Dom and Tiffany Stratton debating on who to cash in her MITB contract on. Just another botchy and awfully overbooked mess from both women's world champions."

[4.0] "Just as things were continuously getting better, we get this match. This was definitely my least-anticipated match going into the show, and it didn't really do anything to invalidate that opinion, unfortunately. Jax just rarely does it for me in the ring and, as much as I like Morgan, I knew she wouldn't be the one to pull Jax up to a good match. I'm still really hoping Jax loses the Women's Title soon."

[1.0] "In-ring action here (though it was perfectly competent and not anything embarassing) served as filler before interferences from Stratton, Dominik and Rodriguez and the crowd was into all of it, I guess that's the state of women's pro-wrestling in WWE these days - even when the gimmick is an attempt to do a 'super fight' or whatever analogue of that WWE can create, it's all about clown fiesta and a funny finish."

[5.0] "If the low ratings are because of the same shenanigans being replayed over and over again, then I get it, but the match as a whole was, surprisingly, much better than I expected. Before Tiffany's way too early appearance, I was really, really surprised in a good way with how good Nia and Liv were performing together, considering earlier this year they had an stinker of a match and neither one of them are really good workers, but they were motivated for this one and they put on the best in-ring work of the night so far, yes I said that. Liv's Satellite DDT on Nia was superb, Nia sold that incredibly well. Nia's Samoan Drop were picture perfect, the pacing was quick and dynamic, very little to non sloppiness whatsoever. No Bloodline, no Rollins, no Reed, no 4 way tag, this is the best worked match of the night so far, but all that went to shit when they had to replay the same two movies we've been seeing since May. Tiff trying to cash-in, we don't know on who, we don't know if she's going for Nia or it's some sort of swerve to help her, and on the other side, Dom causing referee distractions and Raquel attacking Liv's opponent. Same old crap in order to protect the credibility of Nia (which would've been much more easier by not doing this Crown Jewel Titles stupidity) (** 3/4)"

[7.0] "Nah, it wasn't that bad, I thought that it was a pretty good match. A lot of overbooking for such a short match and not all of Liv's offense looked particularly good on Nia (especially the finish of the match lacked impact because Jax's bump on "Oblivion" was lackluster), but still it was generally good with some nice moments from both Liv Morgan and Nia Jax."

[2.0] "This match was just terrible, it only got 8 minuets which was good, but these women had zero chemistry and did not work well together at all. I was also disappointed to see Tiffany not cash in because that would be the only thing to make that match better. Overall just horrible match that I will not re-watch."

[3.0] "This match was not that great. I mean that's easy to say, but having two heels going at it in the positions they are where Liv looks super weak most of the time and Nia looks dominant unless she gets distracted. Tiffany coming out was good for the story on Smackdown they're telling, but then the interference with Dominik and Raquel just made this a whole lot of moving parts that muddied the waters and furthered a lot of stories without really doing the best job of messing with the in ring quality for that fact."

[1.0] "Maybe the worst PPV match of the year? Absolutely nothing interesting going on in the ring, and all the overbooked nonsense around it there to cover up the fact theres nothing interesting happening in the ring was silly and made absolutely no sense. Can Tiffy hurry up and cash in already because without Rhea this womens division is really suffering."

[4.0] "About what you would expect from this kind of dynamic, where its heel versus heel but one heel is a bully and the other is cunning and a cheat. Nia Jax and Liv Morgan actually had a really good match on Raw earlier this year, so that did give me some hope and while theyre chemistry maybe wasnt as good on this night just because of such a different dynamic, they still delivered in what was an entertaining match. My only real gripe is the inclusion of Tiffany Stratton. Not so much that her inclusion was unnecessary, as it provided the one genuine story thread going into this that made me very intrigued, but because I spent the majority of the match just waiting to see what would happen involving Stratton rather than the actual content of the match. Beyond this, I also would have liked to see the cash in happen on this night, but then I guess that would have muddied the waters on who would be the Crown Jewel champion and all that, which I really dont think anyone outside of Saudi Arabian officials cared about. Regardless, this was still fun and all three women are great performers and with the inclusion of Dirty Dom and Raquel Rodriguez, there was more than enough here to be entertaining, but most of it existed outside of the match structure. (**)"

[3.0] "An absolute disappointment to me of a match. You have a perfect opportunity to have Tiffany cash-in and spark a Mania worthy feud between her and Nia, but instead you repeat the exact same thing we have seen on weekly television, drag something that doesn't need to be dragged, and continue to decrease any kind of threat or credibility that Stratton might have had at some point. I get not cashing in on Nia, but Liv was down and out multiple points in this match, and would give us the ability to continue the JD storyline without keeping the belt captive on Liv. As for actual in ring work, they started out doing really good and I was getting my hopes up, and the match turned into the normal Judgement Day fest that it always does right when it was getting good."

[3.0] "Overbooked mess, unfortunately. The story of Tiff coming out and then being scared off the cash in is getting boring to me; hopefully the crowd will still care when/if she stands up to Nia and takes the Championship from her. I would've had thought the better result here would have been Nia winning, since she is supposed to be dominant whereas Liv is meant to be scared of people like Rhea."

[6.0] "It was not that bad. I think Liv and Nia have significantly improved to the point where if they're on a card I'll think hey that's gonna be a solid match. This match was solid enough .I love seeing any sort of Tiffy so I'm a little biased but still its overhated"

[3.0] "Definitely the worst match of the night. The shenanigans were insane. While the in-ring action before that was not terrible, it's still kinda painful. Both wrestler were'nt known for their skill but still a hard match to watch."

[7.0] "I personally liked this match for how long it was. Both champs are great and Im super happy that Liv became the first champion and well deserved. I just felt a little underwhelmed. But people are hating this match for actually no reason. Both got great moments here."

[3.0] "Really, really, overbooked, and after the whole interruption by Tiffany I feel like her not cashing in just makes it all the more useless and meaningless. Inside the ring it wasn't great either, and it surprises me how the two champions can't put on a decent match against each other to the point where this is the booking decision considered the most wise."

[2.0] "god this just absolutely reeked. Just legit nothing good about this match at all. Sloppy as hell no good moves or spots. Best part was tiffy coming out and teasing a cash in AGAIN. They need to speed this cash in up because i need nia as far away of the womens title as possible. 1.25 stars"

[3.0] "The introduction of Liv Morgan into the main event scene is one of the worst booking decisions made in a long while. They can't wrestle, cut a promo, or even make the David vs. Goliath matchup with the underrated Nia Jax interesting. Compare this with Lyra v Nia and you'll really notice how the issues with Liv's game."

[0.0] "Neither one of them can wrestle. I know for a portion of the WWE fanbase weekly shows and PLEs could just be 3 hours of talking and segments and they'd be happy. Luckily that's not how the business works. That said, Jax and Morgan have also never been good at their scripted promos. They always sound like they're reading cue cards. This match was abysmal and offered nothing to fans who about what happens in the ring."

[5.0] "A huge disappointment due to shameful and lazy booking. 8min of match really? It's disrespect. We almost feel that the match was built in panic. The cash-in teaser comes too soon. Raquel is useless, her return is a failure and I'm disappointed, she's only built like Liv's rag doll and she literally gets her face broken very easily by Nia. The finisher of the match is a repeat of several Liv's matches and visually it wasn't great and credible."

[2.0] "Just horrible, and it's not even Nia's fault. The whole "Liv Morgan always wins by cheating but always gets overpowered by a solo Rhea Ripley" trope is really ruining most of the women's booking in WWE at this time."

[5.0] "Felt bad for the grapplers here, momentarily threatening to overcome an incredibly challenging situation. This is not only an all-heel matchup, but one where the more pronounced character is greatly outsized. To make matters worse, Liv is still finding herself as an in-ring heel, forcing her to sporadically work babyface here. To my surprise though, I actually thought that adjustment was working quite well, with the meat of this match exceeding expectations. They have some nice ideas and Morgan's bumping is enough to keep things moving. Unfortunately, much of their good work is undone by the messy finish, showing very little faith in the talent's work. That's a shame, as they'd have landed far more favourably without the bells and whistles. **1/4"

[0.0] "This was okay... for the first 3 minutes or so. Morgan struggles to overcome the size difference, there was a nice spot with Jax completely no-selling a diving foot stomp from the woman half her size. Stratton runs in to tease cashing in and Jax gets mad at that, Dom and Rogriguez come out to prevent her. The overbooking of all the Morgan matches is atrocious from an in-ring standpoint and the storyline isn't "Cinema" like the braindead zombies will scream from the rooftops. DUD"

[2.0] "[1.0*] Another fucking stinker by Liv, it has been a common reoccurrence on her current run. Before the run in the match had some interesting stuff like that Tornado DDT from Liv or the Samoan Drops from Nia, but it was just on a small part of the match. The majority was fucking dumb and childish with some pretty bad cash-in teasing drama. Not everything is long-term storytelling, sometimes it is just boring and dragged down, like this Tiffy x Nia story. The acting was comically poor and the ending was awful. Terrible match lol."

[3.0] "This match wasn't that good. Nia Jax is just not good in the ring. Tiffany Stratton came out and attempted to cash in like 3 times. Dominik Mysterio & Raquel Rodriguez HAD to be there. The action also was not that good, and it was just not a good match. Liv Morgan was the right decision to win. Hopefully, Tiffany Stratton cashes in, because I don't know how much longer I can watch Nia Jax with that championship. It still wasn't the worst match on the show, but it still was bad. This match is probably a 3/10. 3/10."

[5.0] "Mid match, not bad though.I really think they should have pulled the trigger on Tiffy but they didn't once again and it's getting on my nerves now.It is getting a bit boring though, this Dom helping Liv to win getting very repetitive, I think that's 3 or 4 times Dom or Raquel have been Livs little helpers.I think the perfect way to cash in was tonight and she's cashing in on Nia winning, then also becoming Women's Crown Jewel champion because she was apart of the match and she pinned one of the world champions.Or maybe another way is Tiffy winning Nias women's title then doing the women's crown jewel title match on Raw on Riyadh.Anyways, back to the match, mid, probably too short and frustrating because of Tiffy not cashing in but I can't change this because I'm not a creative writer.So overall mid."

[1.0] "An all-time bad match here between Liv and Nia, this was dumb as hell, had an awful result, and despite some interesting ring work before Tiffany Stratton came out, this was completely worthless. I don't understand the run in here, the match was for the Crown Jewel title or whatever that is, and Tiffy was there teasing a cash-in, but for which title? I know this has easy explanation but I'm irreducible on this, the timing was awful, and it ruined the match. Everything that came after the terrible angle between Stratton and the girls sucked, a lot of shenanigans and rubbish there, a total waste of time - {1/2*}"

[3.0] "Why is every Liv Morgan match somehow the worst Liv Morgan match Ive ever seen? I expected nothing from this match and somehow it delivered less. A cripplingly disappointing match delivered with the grace and skill of comedy jobbers on their second day of training. To make matters worse it was laughably over booked with seemingly Pauls whole contact list called to run in and interfere. They HAVE to get the belt off of Liv, and that makes me sad because I think she really cares."

"[3.0] The build-up to this match has been messy as hell, and that's down to women not being given enough TV time! It feels like they've shoved all the main women's storylines together, and it really damaged this match. It felt rushed as hell - what's with the avalanche Samoan Drop basically 3 minutes into the match? - and there was so much outside fuckery - Judgement Day interference, yet ANOTHER cash-in tease (can Tiffany just do it already? ) and pretty much the same finish we see in all of Liv's latest matches. Commentary sold Liv going after Nia's leg, but there was zero payoff -- everything just felt so frustratingly sloppy, rushed and overbooked."

[5.0] "[2.5 Stars] Honestly, I expected worse. I really don't like the 2 wrestlers and was expecting a pitiful match, but apart from the overbooking, the in-ring was decent. I think I could even have put in 3 Stars if the crowd had been in full force, but unfortunately it was non-existent. It was mid [**.5]."

[5.0] "A rather messy match, with little in-ring action given Stratton's very quick arrival and the start of some questionable overbooking, but which allowed Liv to win the belt made of dirty money. I've got nothing against overbooking, and the cinematography around the briefcase is quite effective, but the fact that it overshadows the match so much is rather annoying, especially as we go round in circles a lot in terms of angles. In-ring quality: 1/4. Stakes: 1.5/2. Justification: 1/1. Suspense: 1/1. Place on the card: 1/1. Bonus/Malus: Overbooking poorly organized and too premature: -0.5. Total: 5.25/10. Match seen on WWE Network."

[2.0] "I wanted this to be better than all of the dooming it got while it was being built but... there was just nothing here. The Will She/Won't She with Tiffany & the briefcase didn't even create any excitement or drama because Raquel was right there to instantly snuff it out. Liv winning was the right choice to further that angle with Nia and Tiffany on SmackDown [despite the half-assed way it was played out here], but that's really the only 'positive' thing I can say about this."

[2.0] "I don't know but Liv Morgan matches have been horrid for a while. I really thought maybe this could be good but this was the worst match on the whole show. I was shocked that Liv Morgan won. But the match itself wasn't good like nothing happened that was major outside of Tiffany Stratton teasing and teasing and continue to tease & question if she wants to cash it in but she didn't but she was the reason why Nia Jax lost as she cost her the match. The seeds are being planted for a Tiffany Stratton face run and cashing in on Nia Jax I expect it to happen at Survivor Series in Vancouver, Canada in a few weeks."

[0.0] "This is insulting, you could do so much better in a showcase of champions for your womens division than these two who are each some of the worst workers on the roster. No, Nia Jax has not gotten any better people have just lowered their standards for some reason. Liv Morgans offense looks awful and this thing was overbooked to complete nausea."

"[4.0] Unfortunately, I knew this match would not deliver. Liv still cannot win without any inteferences. Dominik is still involved in women's business. Raquel...sigh. Nia was working in this match, albeit sloppily. Another failed Tiffany cash-in, which would have likely helped the overall match. I hope we get to see Liv win a match on her own during her reign. It appears there is a Liv versus IYO match coming up. I pray this is not an overbooked match, or it will likely go the same way Liv's other matches have gone."

[1.0] "[0.5*] Man. Are the woman's championship/world championship pictures just this bleak right now? Our top 2 champions don't know how to wrestle each other? I mean look. The production and love given into this math was really lacking. 3 minutes into the snoozefest, here come the interferences that lasted the rest of the damn match. I was more interested in that than the actual match. Dominik and Raquel do Judgement Day shenanigans that has been happening since August and Tiffany still being undecisive about cashing in after WWE teased a double-title win cash-in. Nia has a very limited in-ring arsenal and I feel like Liv traded with the devil some of her in-ring prowess for better character work. Nothing memorable at all from this match. Liv winning felt deserved because her character work is still improving at a really high level."

[0.0] "I hated this match for plenty of reasons - firstly i'm just not a big fan of either liv or nia and also the outside interference was just so predictable as usual carbon copy of romans bloodline matches - tiffany should've cashed in here and i pray to god neither liv or nia walk into mania as champions"

[2.0] "Liv Morgan, and Nia Jax, together at last! Two rancid storylines combine to go down the throat as pleasingly as a cup of warm vomit. Nia's still not as good as Triple H thinks she is, so her offence is time-limited, up until the obligatory cash-in drama - which, given this was a Champion vs. Champion match for a third "belt", was more confusing than anything. Not the worst match by either champion during their current reigns, but it was still horrible, and serves more of an indictment of WWE's booking of the women's division in 2024 more than anything else."

[2.0] "Very uninteresting match. Of course the women got significantly less time then the men but you can not complain too much because this was overbooked and below standards for a PPV even a Saudi one. Tiffany's teased cash ins are losing the effectiveness, and Judgement Day interfering at will hurt the match. Wrestling was a little sloppy but nothing terrible."

[2.0] "This was bad. A sloppy match where barely anything happened and had yet another failed cash in by Tiffany. They've done this same thing multiple times. At some point they're going to have to get on with the story as it's been dragging on for way too long. Raquel and Dom got involved. Liv wins, nobody cares. 2/10"

[6.0] "I dont think it was bad. I do find the constant teasing of Tiffany cashing to start to become really repetitive but other than that, no big complaints, just what I was expecting. I did like a counter that Nia did to one of Live move where she turned it into a samoan drop"

[4.0] "These two were actually doing some good work when it came to the wrestling (that Samoan Drop counter Jax did was cool) but the MITB stuff really made this devolve into a bunch of nonsense all just to make it believable that Liv could beat Nia."

[3.0] "I didnt go into this expecting much, since I think both of these two leave a lot to be desired in the ring. And even in the beginning, weve got missteps and miscommunications, though we do get a nice samoan drop from Nia. Pretty early on we get Tiffy time and not long after that Raquel is out there to run interference. Are we ever gonna see this cash-in? Dom and Raquel give the assist and this matchup is thankfully pretty short and mostly story."

[1.0] "I thought this match absolutely sucked, it was sloppy, plodding and poorly plotted out prior to the parade of run ins. So if it was a 3 at best before the run ins, the laughable OTT run ins from Tiffany (twice), Raquel and Dominik turned this bad match into an overacted farce with no drama and an incredible flat finish. One of the worst WWE matches of the year."

[8.0] "I don't understand the hashtag towards this match. It was a lot of fun. Ddex showed her dominance and Liv showed her cunning. And the interference just added to the emotion of the match. I liked it"