Allie vs. Leva Bates

[2.0] "This match really did nothing at all, not much here really looked good and the librarian gimmick absolutely bombed in front of this crowd (would've in front of 99% of crowds)"

[3.0] ""This gimmick sucks" - That one guy in the audience before the match started. This stupid librarian gimmick plus having Brandi Rhodes watching from backstage made the result a foregone conclusion. Fairly average wrestling that really killed a crowd that was excited during the opening match."

[6.0] "6.0 -- Leva Bates and Peter Avalon had a long entrance bit that went on forever and revolved heavily around shushing the crowd, which may be why Allie got such a big pop when she was introduced, along with a random but amusing "Hooked on Phonics" chant. The match itself had a few standout moments, most notably Allie getting Irish-whipped into the corner and springboarding off the second rope into a splash on Leva Bates, which was excellent, and later her sliding elbow strike in the corner, another clear highlight. The finish came when Peter Avalon tried to throw a book to Leva, missed, and it landed with Allie, who tossed it back; Leva caught the book but then got her foot caught and super-kicked, giving Allie the win. This wasn't horrible, but it definitely felt lacking, and you could tell because the live crowd started trying to entertain themselves with weird chants. A small thing I really liked was Leva beating down Allie in the corner, the ref telling her to get out, and Leva responding with an exaggerated "oh, out of the corner? " before blasting Allie with a forearm--good heel shit. As a character, Leva has something, though I think she could commit more visually to the gimmick. Allie was easily the bright spot of the match, with solid strikes throughout, while Leva had a decent near-fall sequence with a pedigree followed immediately by another cover that also only got two."

[4.0] "Feel like this is one of those bad matches people like to pretend was the worst thing that ever happened. 2 stars"

[4.0] "The match is mediocre, but I don't think the gimmick is too bad. It just needs a little more work and a little less shussh. In-ring quality: 0.25/4. Stakes: 0.5/2. Justification: 0.5/1. Place on card: 0.75/1. Suspense: 1/1. Bonus/malus: none. Total: 4/10. Match seen on AEW Plus."

[3.0] "Both these women can wrestle, but they sure don't show it here. This is just terrible wrestling showcasing Bates' awful gimmick, while Peter Avalon tries to be relevant on the outside."

[3.0] "Gonna give this a three just for Allie, but lord this was a slog. The librarian stuff was painful, I think the Bucks or Cody came up with that gimmick? idk but just awful stuff with the shushing and the weird interplay between Leva and Peter Avalon."

[3.0] "This wasn't great or anything but I didn't think it was awful. This match was as much a gimmick showcase as it was a match and I didn't hate the Librarian stuff as much as some people. It's so weird going back and seeing Allie at the start of AEW and thinking how she'll become the Bunny. Allie gets the win here, gaining some momentum leading up to her match with Brandi Rhodes."

[5.0] "Almost a comedy segment with a little of not so bad wrestling. But with a terrible pace. I don't know what they plan to do with Allie but she really needs to train herself."

[1.0] "They had the possibility to do a simple comedy match but why they needed this lenght and why was it so sloooooooow. There is a problem at the start of the production of this match."

[2.0] "It was so boring. It's not that what they did was badly executed, it's just that the pacing was just off and they did nothing particularly notable to make me invested"

[3.0] "It was not a great match, it was slow and not dynamic at all. But I still think that the "1/2*" is a bit abused. This match would have deserved this rating if the crowd was completely out of the match, but not at all. It wasn't totally invested, but there were some reactions. But for the first ever single match in the women's division, it was a miss. [*]"

[8.0] "I actually recall this being pretty good, I suppose neither women is a workrate demon or anything but both have a great grasp of character and that goes a long way for me, this was enjoyable."

[3.0] "This match wasn't that great. Leva Bates and Allile both aren't the greatest women's wrestlers in the world currently but had there time in which they were some of the better women's wrestlers at one time, that said, at this point this match was not an example of that"