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[6.0] "A fun but fine pre-show opening match, this was a good way to heat up the crowd before the main show"

[9.0] "NOAH's unconventional match style. While Ninja and Wolf aren't particularly adept at Hardcore matches, I can confidently say that they did an excellent job incorporating their signature Lucha style into the bout. They showcased a plethora of creativity, such as Wolf's steel chair attack ricocheting off the ropes and hitting himself. A subtle yet entertaining detail indeed!"

[7.0] "A real shame about the way this ended. This was looking like a great match as you would have expected with these two with some excellent mat wrestling, but unfortunately everything that came before was completely overshadowed by the near career ending accident where Owen botches a Piledriver on Austin and ends up breaking his neck. Thankfully Austin does come back from this, but he had to completely change his style and retired early."

[10.0] "With the benefit of hindsight, this was a great booking decision. I like this match better than WM XL just in terms of wrestling. All time match. Great nearfalls, the last 20 minutes smack. It was kinda fun to see Roman get the pin. The finish was perfect ngl. Definitely a 5 star match."

[9.0] "This was a well booked match. The heel/face dynamic was reversed here because Owen Hart was loved in the UK and the natural size vs technique style of the match played to the crowd reactions perfectly! Vader was surprisingly dynamic as a powerhouse style big man and his offense looked very effective where he was weakening Owen with some of the slams in the early part of the match and Owen somehow kicks out of the splash move from the second rope. Owen's technical style won the crowd over even more and although he was criticised for it on commentary he would repeatedly try to body slam Vader and got a huge reaction when he is successful with it after weakening him and he makes his big comeback. It was a very different style of match where you wasn't used to Owen wrestling from below like that because he was heel most of his career, but he was pretty damn good at it. The finish was a bit sudden where Vader wins with the slam and uses Owen's momentum against him, but this was still a really good match overall."

[0.0] "As an avid follower of OVW indie wrestling, I've witnessed countless talents rise to the occasion, captivating audiences with their charisma, athleticism, and unique personas. However, one wrestler who consistently fails to leave a lasting impression is none other than Jack Vaughn. Let's address the elephant in the room: Vaughn's performances are, frankly, uninspiring. His matches lack the energy and excitement that define the OVW experience. From sluggish movements to a noticeable lack of agility, Vaughn's in-ring presence fails to engage spectators on any level. It's as if he's moving through molasses, leaving viewers yearning for a spark that never ignites. But perhaps Vaughn's biggest downfall lies in his gimmickor lack thereof. In an industry fueled by larger-than-life characters and gripping storylines, Vaughn's persona falls flat. His gimmick, if you can even call it that, is forgettable at best and downright dull at worst. It's clear that he lacks the creativity and ingenuity needed to craft a persona that resonates with fans. Without a compelling character to rally behind, Vaughn's chances of ever earning a dedicated fanbase seem bleak."

[3.0] "This was a poor match, but considering Mark was actually hurt, they did the best they could to produce something entertaining, so I give them credit. The selling was fine, and they try and make the match have a 'wild' feel with all of the chairs and chair shots. It just really had no substance at all. The finish was definitely abrupt and left a lot to be desired, but again, you have to take circumstances into account. Not a match anyone needs to go out of their way to see, but there are worse matches out there. Especially considering the injury."

[10.0] "This match certainly doesn't hit for me the same way as some of the other matches involving these four have, especially in terms of Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa, due to the slower speed in comparison to something like Kobashi vs. Misawa in 2003. But I can't deny that this is an excellent match in terms of the chemistry and story telling between these four, with some absolutely beautiful spots here. Kobashi trying to protect Misawa from the pummeling of Akira and Toshiaki was great. The work on Kobashi's injured leg was great. A ton of fantastic selling. A fantastic tag team match, just don't expect it to go by fast, that's for sure."

[3.0] "A match that was pretty rough to watch as a Piper fan but it was fun to see him hold up the title at the end. I always thought Kenny's leg drop looked really good and after the match Dusty Rhodes made it seem like he was probably the better choice for being Flair's partner in this situation. 2 stars."

[6.0] "This wasn't bad but it never really kicked into full gear, and there wasn't as much made of the really great chemistry Bishamon have developed over the last year or two."

[5.0] "This match was fine, but it didn't really accomplish what I assume the intended purpose was. Booker wasn't really selling the prior attacks, but the announce team kept talking about how he was hurt from it, so it didn't line up. You'd expect this match to be about Booker selling the injury the entire time as a way to give Cody heat and let him control the match while giving Booker some comeback pops, but Booker controls the early match, and then Cody takes over. It's just a basic match that doesn't play out the way it should. Cody doesn't look particularly strong coming out of this, but it didn't hurt anyone either. A perfectly acceptable match, but not much more than that."

[6.0] "[3.0*] Decent enough match that disappointed me a little bit. It was the only match I watched from the show and I was expecting an absolute banger. I know the match was not bad and they picked things up a little bit on the ending stretch, but I was expecting more, ngl."

[9.0] "[4.5*] The best match of the week in my opinion, better than Naito vs Moxley, despite being less meaningful to me. People often put puroresu on an in-ring box, but this match had a lot of more important things than that. First of all, this is one of the biggest and best feuds in NOAH history, so the match had a shit ton of storytelling, drama, emotion, hidden messages and psychology, so much more than a spotfest or a nearfall fest, so the major thing about this bout was the story between then and Kenoh wanting Kaito to beat the shit out of him and prove that he is the next Ace, and that is what Kaito did. He started off in full intensity and almost won on the first minute with the Shining Wizard, and then kept control for a lot ot time. Kenoh regained control afterwards with all his experience and work outside of the ring, but at the end the hunger of Kaito was enough for him to pull it off. Phenomenal match."

[2.0] "I'm not completely blaming the talent for this because they clearly did not know how to work a triple threat match, but this match was a disaster to watch with the crowd absolutely hating it and doing whatever the hell they wanted. It's badly structured, some of the spots was just random and they go for pinfalls when the the third guy is standing right there. There's no flow or heat to the match whatsoever! There was an angle where Shawn Michaels and HHH take out Bulldog before the match, but would it not have made a lot more sense for it to happen DURING the match so we could actually have had a match with three guys connected to each other instead of just randomly inserting Savio Vega!"

[7.0] "The final suplex looked a little loose somehow, but pretty much all of the rest of this lived up to expectations. Good confidence from Fujita."

[9.0] "Great fast paced action, Manami just keep hitting Chikayo and driving her down, a great post ajw Manami match"

[4.0] "It's nothing offensively bad, but it's not been good watching LOD in a long winded feud with The Godwinns like this. It plays out like your standard tag match where the Godwinns cut off the ring and LOD wins quickly with the hot tag. The crowd was obviously strong for LOD."

[5.0] "Both of these guys are underrated, but this match was not as good as I'd hoped because The Patriot was clearly affected by the crowd booing him because of the pro-US gimmick and it showed in his performance. Some of Flash's offense was good and the match does pick up as it goes along but the match suffers because it is heatless with characters fans aren't invested in. It might have been a different story if The Patriot had embraced the heel reactions more."

[8.0] "I always thought Amazing Red was Rey Mysterio-lite. A.J. Styles was and is excellent to this day. This match was a ton of fun to watch. I certainly expect Amazing Red to be the winner of the match at all. Great match."

[8.0] "Really good match between two legends, Mariko submission game is very strong and Manami does a great job countering"

[6.0] "I don't remember this Divine Storm tag team until I started with TNA at the very beginning. I don't like them, but America's Most Wanted is excellent. This match was fun and is probably Divine Storm's best showing to date."

[10.0] "This match was fucking awesome. Were there a lot of spots? Sure. But, this match was very well executed and it showcased the talents of all three men. The ridiculous strength of Oba Femi, the versatility of Josh Briggs and Dijaks well, Dijak just rules in general. This was so much fun and the camera work to hide some of the near falls made this even better. Match of the night, and one of the matches of the year."

[4.0] "Technically, a fine match. I'm a big fan of Kid Kash, despite him never reaching the heights he could have, but I was over the Flying Elvis gimmick the minute it debuted and couldn't care less about Jose Estrada. There seemed to be a lack of cooperation between the two, which resulted in a clunky match."

[3.0] "The match does pick up for me when it gets to a normal tag match between Owen and Bulldog vs The Head Bangers and the other teams are eliminated and there's some decent work there. The crowd was hot for the ending when Austin screws Owen over. The match was very poor before the eliminations with hardly anything happening at all and having LOD eliminated first by DQ wasn't the most exciting thing in the world and really killed the crowd until the final moments."

[6.0] "I remember Mamaluke as a manager from the dying days of WCW. Jason Cross, I don't know anything about and the crowd didn't either, so they could have cared less about this match. The match was amateurish, but Jason Cross showed a lot of promise despite that."

[4.0] "Nothing special and somewhat clunky. The finish was sold well after outside interference which works well with Lita's heel character at this time. 2.5 stars at best."

[7.0] "A good match that was a good amount of fun with finish that made sense given the stipulation. The RKO on the chair for the finish looked really good and Bischoff screwing them over was a good way to have DX take the loss while still making them look strong. Solid 3.5 stars."

[5.0] "This one didn't do anything for me. Really weird pacing, and a lot of the action looked really slow. I wasn't interested in the challenger tournament, and I think they could have done a lot more to build Ryo Mizunami as a legitimate contender, but I thought her character didn't really fit with how serious Shida is."

[1.0] "Admittedly, early in his career, he wasn't exactly terrible, being one of those more mobile big men types, sorta like Earthquake, although he was still awkward in some areas. However, as soon as the late 90s rolled around, the guy became borderline immobile, barely being able to walk, couldn't run at all (simply only able to walk fast), and needing the ropes to help him get off the mat. Not to mention, his physique made it so it look like he would blow up at any moment, and things he was already awkward at (such as selling) was made even worse. I'll give him one point since he wasn't completely horrible in his first few years, but he's a pretty piss poor big man otherwise. Also, for the curious, it appears he isn't actually Haystacks Calhoun's actual son."

[4.0] "Mantasia had an eye catching gimmick to woo the kids and younger MCU demographic. But just didnt go far and wasnt intended to go farther. Battles with fellow peers of the slam Mike Starrs wrestling school such as Artemis Spencer, Matt XStatic and Daniel Adonis completing in All Star and ECCW were the small exposure that should got him booked more. Probably another life we all could contemplated for arm bands with his logo on them."

[0.0] "Like why would anyone say that to anyone in real life, and on TV. I get it didn't mean it but thats not fun. I feel bad for randy that he had to say that. No way i would say that about someones friend at all even for a million dollars. im not trying to be sensitive, but this is a hard thing to write about."

[5.0] "This one felt like Unagi saw the Aja Kong vs Dash match and made a call. Just go watch that one instead."

[6.0] "Two men who contributed to a generation of Memphis wrestling fans including lots of NWA local spot shows. Tojo sneaky as he came, Gypsy a man who couldnt even flinch pain. Two men archived Mid-America success winning their tag team championships 4 times. 1980 held its own among good tag teams like The Blonde Bombers, The Assassins, Chief n Chuy, the ever popular Fabulous Fargos & their biggest rivals who defeated them to keep their hair and take way their titles Ken Lucas and Dirty Dutch Mantell."

[5.0] "It didn't really play to their strengths like the crazy Wrestlemania street fight did, but the crowd was still hot for LOD and Ahmed and it's a decent storyline match where this was the end of the Nation of Domination for their first iteration where Crush and Savio Vega leave Faarooq to fend for himself as he is taken out with the Pearl River plunge."

[2.0] "Very bad filler episode of Raw. None of the matches here are any good and it's just a badly thrown together show with most of the matches filmed in South Africa where there was problems on commentary all night and two dark matches from last weeks Raw all while pretending like it was all happening live! They used the Apartheid flag to represent South Africa instead of the Rainbow Nation one which left a very bad taste in my mouth and Bret Hart's advertised appearance from last week doesn't happen as instead he gets a similar video package where he's now in Kuwait! Bret's great in it to be fair because new heel character is awesome and there is at least a good Stone Cold Steve Austin promo in the second half of the show. Mankind knocking out Vader with the Mandible Claw after their tag match also puts him over very strong going into a PPV match with the Undertaker!"

[0.0] "Extremely poor tease, added nothing to Randy Orton vs Rey Mysterio which would involve Kurt Angle in his final world championship match at Wrestlemania 22. Randy can do well by speaking like an elitist pain in the you know where but one thing is we know Eddie isnt in. How does it even make sense by burying Eddie like he was all but perfect because somehow he was. This storyline based from the royal rumble in 2006 was inspiring to hype up Wrestlemania in tribute of Eddie Guerrero, almost for not cause of a mad man with geeks from sports center cast coach. Sorry, awful promo on a hit and miss Smackdown."

[6.0] "Pretty heated storyline with this where the Godwinns turned heel seeking revenge on LOD for breaking Henry's neck. While it wasn't the best kind of match to watch from the technical side of things, I did like the in ring psychology with this with all of the offense from both teams targeting the neck are. LOD fight fire with fire with that controversial finish where they beat Henry with the spike piledriver."

[6.0] "I previously said that AEW was a very good promotion but i started to realize what's wrong with this company lately, they are good when it comes to wrestling and i aknowledge that they always produce good matches that everyone will talk about but i noticed that AEW isn't great when it comes to storytelling, the storylines are often basic and not really interesting, they produced some great storylines with Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, Adam Page...but it's mainly because some of them have creative control and know how to tell an interesting story, look at the Page vs Swerve feud for exemple, this is one of the best rivalry since a while and it shows that AEW has potential storytelling wise but this isn't well exploited because instead they do things that have a chance to create a buzz like huge surprises and matches but nothing more, they just want to create a buzz everywhere they go and sometimes it leads to ridiculous things like showing the footages of the backstage altercation between Jack Perry and CM Punk on TV which is completely foolish but we shouldn't be surprised because Tony Khan is an idiot who seems to not understand well what the business is all about, he looks just a fan with a lot of money booking a wrestling company and hides his lack of talent as a booker to do things that can create a buzz, not only within AEW but also the companies that AEW are in partnership with and speaking of partnership, i'am not against the fact that AEW works with other companies but the partnerships help just themselves, yeah they give expositions to NJPW for exemple but it doesn't necessarily mean that people will watch NJPW or Stardom because they saw some working from there wrestle in a AEW ring so this argument isn't particurly relevant, AEW took the talents of DDT, NJPW and TJPW, the compagnies that AEW work with and moreover, we have more chances to have a AEW wrestler winning a championship in one of those companies than a wrestler of one those companies winning a championship in AEW, look at Jon Moxley beating someone who never got the chance to have the run he deserves, Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and for what ? Creating buzz and more hype for Forbidden Door. Also what the fuck is this women's division ? There's a lot of talented women in the roster such as Willow Nightingale, Toni Storm, Mariah May, Riho, Shida and so on but the division is uninteresting because the booking is lame and they do nothing to bring interest to the division, and there's no excuse given the ROH Women's division is very good and that AEW and ROH have more or less the same roster, so there's no excuse here. AEW hasnt only flaws, they have had a lot of great stuff since the company has been created, it had the idea to be an alternative for wrestling fans and they suceeded in it, they propose us a more workrate based company and the big matches are often good but for me AEW is just that, sometimes they propose great storylines but it is rare now unfortunately."

[6.0] "A lot better than I expected. The crowd reactions was great for The Head Bangers though and the match is structured in a way that plays to it where the Boricuas do a good job in cutting the ring off and getting heat stuff in on Thrasher and fooled the referee multiple times before you get the hot tag with Miguel Perez ultimately costing the Boricuas the match."

[8.0] "A truly fantastic main event. Sami's entrance made it very obvious he was winning, but as the match went on, I found myself actually thinking Gable could pull it off. These 2 obviously have a lot of chemistry, and I think a the turn at the end made it even better, Hopefully this means Gable will finally get a title win. Give these two a long match on a PLE and they might be able to have a MOTY candidate."

[6.0] "A nice short pre-show match. Both of them are doing crisp moves and Goto's submissions look quite good."

[] "This was not a match. This was a felony. Unbelievable and inexcusable that they didn't put a stop to this at the very beginning..."

[6.0] "Threre were a handful of decent matches (Liger match, Nakamura match, the main event), but overall this was another non-exciting Dome show. The Young Generation Cup wasn't good."

[6.0] "This was actually pretty great which I was not expecting based on my knowledge of both guys through their TNA work. A match that clearly meant a lot to them, they both worked really hard and the rewards were pretty good. Douglas was really great at controlling the pace of the match, but Stevens was the star of the show here. He got juice early which always helps, but his selling performance was superb overall and the crowd certainly bought into it. Considering the cage wasn't the most stable his moonsault attempt off of the top of it was nuts, and the bounce wen he hit the mat made it look even better. Whilst far from the best match you will ever see this was a clear example of two guys working hard and getting the most out of a simple story by telling it in the most effective way possible."

[5.0] "Not the biggest fan of this match, which bums me out because I really wanted to like it. The start of the match is kind of slow, features some ok mat work as well. They move to the outside and start brawling which I think was really good and the table spot was great. The rest of the match is also ok.aside. I wasn't a fan of the whole slap sequence at first but I really did like each of their performances here and it really felt like they were trying to put one another down. The problem with the rest of the match to me is that it sort of ends kind of predictably, I would have liked a kickout from Giluila and then Tam pulling something out to put her down."

[7.0] "Quite good MMA style match up. Barnett is very snappy with everything he does. There ends up being quite a lot of variation between submissions, strikes and submissions."

[7.0] "Not as strong as other Hunter vs Foley matches, but it's still a pretty good match and the hot crowd reactions they got was great. It's a good even, back and forth contest with Chyna again paying dividends for Hunter at ringside where she would nail Foley with a powerslam on the floor with ease and was also crucial where she put Hunters leg on the bottom rope for a near fall just before the finish. There's a good pay off to Dude Love losing this match on Raw the following night. Hunter was looking more and more like a future main event star whenever he wrestled Foley."

[8.0] "Great match, very fast paced, everyone played their roles well, the Heavyweights looked strong and the juniors kept the pace up and sold very well."

[5.0] "While I generally enjoy Starlight Kid I'm not as high on HANAKO. The contrast in sizes made for a couple of interesting spots but rather than really pushing things I found SLK was slowing down and not really hitting the usual register she works within."

[7.0] "A struggle where each wrestler has to fight for the openings. Felt slightly more "realistic" than your average sports entertaining match. Explosive ending."

[7.0] "I hated this match, because it risked to destroy Ambrose's reputation after the end of the Shield, but it's a good conclusion of a feud with Bray that had nothing to tell even since Hell in a Cell 2014. (7/10)"

[] "6-7/10 (2023- 2024) NJPW's matches and ppvs of 2023 was lackluster. Too much of NJPW is Aew dominated. The quality of matches is lackluster , and they have completely screwed over TNA Wrestling. NJPW of America almost feels Indy Wrestling in a way. The wrestlers fall short of putting on a decent match . Pro Wrestling Noah of America/TNA would be a more successful fit for Axs TV , because after 2024 NJPW might be cancelled on the AXS Tv Network."

[8.0] "An absolutely wonderful TLC Match, and another demonstration of the fact that Dean Ambrose performes better as Title Chaser than as Title Champion. AJ Styles, as usual, made a majestic performance, and confirmed himself as the Super Star Of The Year in WWE in 2016. (8.5/10)"

[10.0] "Why are you reading reviews here? Better watch his classic matches and you will realize he's the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be. Greatest canadian wrestler of all time. No matter what."

[1.0] "This is a match with a concept so inherently flawed that it couldn't be anything other than bad, which is exactly what we get in execution. It reminds me a bit of the hardcore version of a casket match, in that the goal of the match is so one dimensional it makes everything that happens feel so irrelevant because there's really only one way to get a conclusion, satisfying or otherwise. There have been spots in other deathmathches where someone lands on tacks barefoot and it's usually a pretty cool spot, due to the shocking visual, but building an entire match around it is such a poorly thought out idea it baffles me how no one thought to stop it. The match starts with both guys carefully pacing around some tacks, moving slowly an gingerly and having a bad match as a result. This then continues for the entirety of the match except worse as both guys find it harder and harder to actually move. By the end both guys are constanltly walking on tacks and having to essentially no sell them in order to actually get to the finish. The worst part of this however, is the fact that the biggest spot of the match is a syringe to the throat rather than the feet, rendering the whole concept meaningless as well as boring which is some feat. To top off this lunacy, the match ends with a double foot stomp, which manages to be as illogical as it is underwhelming."

[8.0] "classy stuff from two good wrestlers, not perfect but at times surprisingly fast moving. Bockwinkel was a tremendous wrestler."

[5.0] "Second Raw in a row with a disappointing main event. The wrestling was mostly fine give or take with Owen v Patriot easily being the best match, the mini match being okay and feeling like Taka vs El Pantera deserved longer. Plus Shamrock gets to show his toughness when he bleeds internally against Faarooq, but still wins. The main eventers are still shining and the storylines where they're stopping Austin from wrestling and Owen has a restraining order on him is still bringing out some great character work. He gives Lawler the stunner this week and hilariously boots the crown out of the ring. There's not really any build to the One Night Only PPV other than Shawn's Grand Slam promo. Bret and Bulldog vs The Head Bangers in the main event just didn't click as much as I'd hoped and while it's not terrible or anything, was just boring and the finish was bad! The Pillman storyline where he dresses Marlena like a hooker is just awful!"

[5.0] "Something clearly lacking here, but not entirely sure what. Eaver was a favourite to win but was not giving off the kind of energy that was becoming of an underdog, myabe in part to the fact that he doesn't have many moments of true vulnerability during Moser's heat segments. I'm not too sure about that, but i am sure that i enjoyed the middle of this match with The Pastor busting out a load of randomly assorted bombs and the crowd irritatingly whistling Moser's theme tune. [3]"

[6.0] "In general it was a regular multi man match. We got to see Okada play the hits one last time in a New Japan ring, and for that it's worth watching."

[8.0] "great match, everyone was able to shine. nice pace and some awesome spots. This multi woman tag team are always nice to see."

[10.0] "Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood deeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaam GPOAT Greatest promo of all time"

[5.0] "He was good for the most part from 95 to 09, which seems like quite a long peak, but you have some really bad performances along the way there + he did not wrestle for entirety of 06 and only had 8 matches in 07. After the Rey feud he has really fallen off quite a bit and in the last decade or so has been an active detriment to the quality of work in companies he wrestled for. The less his AEW run is talked about the better, but let's just say he might be the worst wrestle in the world right now. Overall a very mixed bag of a wrestler."

[4.0] "Not a very good main event. Hart and Bulldog are good and it's interesting that in commentary they point out that they're not as well drilled as a team where they fail to cut off the Head Bangers making a tag etc. Head Bangers are weak Tag Team Champions especially compared to the other teams that held the gold that year and it showed. The finish was just lame where the match was restarted when Bulldog pins the wrong Head Banger and then just gets DQ'd immediately afterwards."

[6.0] "I think the Orange fatigue is finally setting in for me. I generally enjoy his matches and Reynolds is a good wrestler, but this was just kinda fine."

[8.0] "This main event starts in a good way already before the beginning, thanks to Sami Zayn's entrance, wonderful. Gable is an amazing athlete, he really is a wrestling machine and it's just a matter of time before he gets this championship. This is an other great match he is a part of, that's not a case. I really appreciated all the techincal phases, like the infinite exchange of grapples at the center of the ring. Gable took a tremendous bump after a German Suplex on the neck, it added more intensity at the match. Nice idea the focus on the left leg of Sami to connect the Ankle Lock, and at the same time loved Sami who struggles and hits his Helluva with that very injured leg. Chad's heel turn was good planned, as it was a shocking moment that destroyed Sami celebration in his own city, Montreal. Can't wait to see Gable on top."

[6.0] "Pete gets a lot of time to heel it up and batter Jack, to which Jack gets a little time to display how much of a fan favourite he is. I think that Pete's extended heat segment was a touch on the dry side but the finishing stretch laid to rest any qualms i had with those pieces of the contest. [3.25]"

[8.0] "[8.0] Total package. Cool character, great on the mic, awesome look and solid in the ring. Changes her look constantly. Very creative wrestler who is always a pleasure to watch."

[8.0] "I have a lot of fond memories watching TNA over the years. Tons of incredible talent in and out of the doors. Obviously there were a lot of problems and criticisms, but I have to give the total history of TNA an 8.0 It's a shame that they were the pariah of the IWC during their hottest eras. Wrestling fans missed out on some good matches if they were caught in the tribalism."

[0.0] "[0.0] Excellent conviction on the mic, but unremarkable/sloppy/botchy/slow in the ring, especially post-ROH. His offense looks entirely unathletic/uncoordinated. Looks more like a fan than a wrestler, with his street clothes and auto mechanic physique. Seems to be cartoonishly accident-prone in the twilight of his career. Indoctrinated his wife into retiring from her passion because he retired out of bitterness. Historic womanizer. Punk is the prototype for the theory that awful human beings make great babyfaces, because he has the entire wrestling world worked over right now. This guy is very similar to the Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan real life archetypes. One of his many promo crutches is invoking legend names like Piper or Funk so you subconsciously associate his starpower/legacy with theirs. 100% phony. He literally became everything he claimed he hated in the wrestling business. Massive sellout. Punk has had problems with numerous peers over the years, but everyone else is the problem and not him right? He knows this is his last chance, so it seems like he's keeping his narcissism in check...... for now."

[5.0] "I enjoyed this comedy match for what it was. Highlights were the matching outfits, trying and failing to flip Miyazaki, Hirota's failed dive and moonsault, Hibiscus Mii singing...there was a lot to smile about here. Even just the moment of them all sitting on the top rope together chatting was great. I love the pairing of Mashiro and Yoneyama."

[5.0] "If this had ended immediately after the barricade spot I would have had this a lot higher, but the match grinds to a complete halt after it and never picks up again. The opening 10 minutes are blistering, the infamous pizza cutter spot being the highlight, and there is a real sense of jeopardy around Moxley's title reign as he seems helpless to stop the violent path of destruction that Gage walks. The barricade spot is the crescendo as both guys take a sickening thud which probably should have been the finish, but for some reason we get another long time of Gage on offense, except this time with none of the same energy as before, and the match just has all the life sucked out of it. This period can basically be summed up by the excruciatingly long time it takes for them to set up a barbed wire board on a table, as they take what feels like a lifetime to work out that the board is too big to fit on the two chairs they wanted to place it across. The match also ends weirdly, as Gage kicks out of a brutal looking suplex through said contraption, only to immediately be pinned by a much weaker looking Hook & Ladder on a chair. A decent watch that could (and should) have been much better."

[9.0] "I would say this match starts off hot, then slows down for a bit, and then accelerates a lot in the last 10 or so minutes. Marufuji definitely got in more of the offense, and it was interesting to see how the crowd was seemingly behind both. But as someone who's not very familiar with Kento or AJPW in general, this was a highly entertaining match."

[7.0] "Normal contest, Andrade and Dom made a good impression. 6, but I raise to 7 for the Canadian Destroyer of Dom on the apron ring."

[8.0] "These two have great chemistry. The story of Kenoh pushing Kaito to his limit to bring the best out of him was great"

[7.0] "Nice TV match, exactly what you would expect from these two. While not their best, it's still a fun watch."

[] "One of the most over guys in WWE of the last 10 years from NXT to the Main Roster and arguably the best work of his career has been his Bloodline - Present as of writing run"

[6.0] "Ashley's flip elimination was pretty impressive considering it was her... sixth match? Also, the Mickie/Victoria elimination was good."

[7.0] "Good match. One of the best dominant heels in wrestling today takes on one of the best lovable underdog babyfaces in wrestling today, it's the perfect mesh of archetypes and styles and the entire story around the match(Gable, Sami's wife, etc) plays into the dynamic and enhances it. The match itself is very good, but I feel like there's a chunk missing. The match follows a very standard formula, which is a good thing because it works, with Sami getting an initial flurry, Gunter getting the cutoff and heat on Sami, some hope spots by Zayn before Gunter takes control again and starts punishing the babyface, leading to the commentators wondering if the match should be stopped. All of this is great and executed very well, but then the comeback just happens. Sami fires up, hits three moves and wins. I feel like this is missing a good 5 minutes were Sami slowly claws his way back into the match, and Gunther smacks him down a couple more times until the big climatic finish. Still very good, but it falls short of 'great' territory"

[10.0] "My favourite wrestler, ever since I first saw him I was blown away by his speed and toughness. He just doesn't give up, quick on his feet and hits like a train. He sells like no one else, makes his opponent look fantastic. Makes you believe he can win every fight and you'll cheer him on every time. For a man as stoic as the stone pitbull, he has a lot of charisma"

[6.0] "I feel the same way with this match as I do towards their other also highly acclaimed Wrestlemania match, and that is that its a solid match but nothing too special. I consider this one slightly worse as it suffers from the sin of having pretty predictable ladder spots."

[8.0] "Flair's blade job was absolutely class and his frantic panic screams were a real highlight. One of the best WWE gimmick matches from 2005."

[8.0] "I was so pleased with this match's progression. Sabre drops Flash on his neck with a lovely bump from the middle rope, after which Flash is put in a series of quick holds, emphasising the exposed weak point, but then Flash hits a babyface comeback where he nails a trio of topes to the floor. Here's what rose me from my 10PM haze though. After he twists too hard on a Standing Moonsault, countered by ZSJ into a Triangle Choke, Flash doesn't recover or unearth some energy from nowhere after having his neck worked over. He is softly overwhelmed but stays determined in the face of Sabre's ruthless tactfulness. The way Flash slowly and unsteadily goes through his offence is a major facet of what i liked about the match, aside from his speed and dynamic flips i found his diminished movement so captivating. Sabre honed in on the neck, got him to slow down and won with an immediate Referee's Decision. He demolished him! I also love that this match had a justified "Chain Wrestling Sequence Followed By Crowd Applause" opening. I love it when those are actually granted with purpose, this match being a qualifier for a WWE tournament. Incredible performances from each man. [4]"

[3.0] "Sheamus has still got it and also got his old theme back instead of a Def Rebel monstrosity. Other than that, this match is pretty unremarkable, I didn't care for Ivar after this match and the commercial breaks didn't help either. I would have probably preferred him to fight someone else or at least have a fully fleshed out match, but its not that damaging to Sheamus."

[8.0] "Very good match for the Intercontinental Championship. Sami gives Gable a title shot as a reward for helping him prepare for Gunther. Worth noting here is Sami's entrance, which was done in a long take where he came from outside the building and walked in through the crowd. It was awesome. As for the match, it was two great in-ring workers just going out there and doing their thing. Gable was more aggressive here than he usually is, knowing he might not get another chance. Gable targeted Sami's knee, who did a good job selling it to make his inevitable comeback victory more meaningful. Sami's wife being in the front row was a clue that something was going to happen. Sami was celebrating the win with her when Gable came up from behind and proceeded to attack him. It's a logical heel turn with plenty of story behind it. 8/10"

[7.0] "This match, the debut of the Villanos as a team in WCW, is much better than the action typical of Nitro in this time period."

[7.0] "Weird, I liked this one. Krule is a fun character and Warhorse's gimmick change was really needed. He took a great beating through all this. While the angle bookending the match was unnecessary I don't think it took away from the simple, effective action."

[8.0] "This was some really good stuff. Always knew these 2 would absolutely hoop in a match together and they delivered here. The match is mostly built around Chad targeting Sami's leg, which leads to a couple of great moments of selling from Sami and some very tense submission spots throughout the match. Sami's selling here was absolutely world class as it usually is, always favouring his leg on the smallest of things that add so much depth to this match. Whether it be running the ropes or transitioning into a waistlock, Sami is constantly selling his leg and it constantly allows Gable to take control of the match and get offense in. Gable here was great too. His leg work had a ton of viciousness to it, his performance here almost planting the seeds for his eventual heel turn after the match. It also felt like after losing most of his matches after the 3rd Gunther match, it felt like Chad was determined to win here, having counters for most of Sami's moves and even having counters for Sami's counters. He was always one step ahead in this match, but he couldn't overcome the sheer will and determination of Sami which eventually resulted in him losing. The heel turn after the match was also really well done. It's almost like seeing Sami celebrating with his family at ringside, something that he couldn't do after losing Gunther or at Wrestlemania after losing the gauntlet, made something snap inside of Chad resulting in him literally ripping Sami from his wife's arms and nailing him with a German. Overall this was an amazing match as predicted, with a brilliantly done heel turn after the match which pays off months of storytelling that has been done with Chad. ****"

[6.0] "Solid match for Sheamus return that made him still look strong against a heavy opponent. The Knee and Brogue looked nice. Wish there wasnt a commercial halfway through that killed momentum"

[10.0] "One of the best tag teams in England at the minute two young and upcoming Irish lads from Liverpool killing it anywhere they are in England"

[7.0] "After the unveiling of the newly designed WWE World Tag Team Championships, which look great, this triple threat match was arranged to find a number one contender. This was a good, fun TV match. For 10 minutes, they got in a lot of moves and kept things moving along. DIY picked up the win, which makes sense considering they have some history with Miz and R-Truth. 7/10"

[8.0] "Not a perfect match as there are a few botches but these women told a great story. I didn't expect that finish !"

[6.0] "I thought Fujita looked gassed, Jake was lame, and Kitamiya and Marafuji just went on autopilot. Now that that's out of the way... Go had great chemistry with both Oiwa and Wagner; indeed, his sequence with Wagner was so good that I think it should be Wagner's next title match. Unfortunately, it looks like they're going with Jake versus Go. Sugi was good, Oiwa was really good, and Wagner and Go were great."

[4.0] "I don't get why people are rating a completely mediocre 6 minute TV match an 8. Makes absolutely no sense to me. Action was fine, but with this being a 6 minute match with an ad break in the middle, there really wasn't any room to do anything special here. Jey eventually wins with the spear and Judgement Day beat him down after the match. This wasn't terrible, but there was basically nothing interesting going on in this match. **"

[6.0] "This was a good episode for all the moments not involving Vince Russo. We opened with the Match of the Night as Kid Kash defended his X-Division Title against Jason Cross. The Disciples of the New Church and Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger then had a good match. This was followed by another good match between America's Most Wanted and the Hot Shots. Raven then took on new X-Division member Julio Dinero in a great match. Jerry Lynn continued to defend the honor of the X-Division against Konnan's luchadores, this time against Juventud Guerrera. AJ Styles and the Sandman had a very good match, before we had a surprisingly watchable main event between the Harris Brothers and Dusty Rhodes and Vader."

[3.0] "Damo takes on Dante, putting the hurt on him with a load of Fit Finlay-like strikes but with a severe lack of oomph and drive in them. This whole match felt very unseasoned, don't sure what had each man holding back in a sense but it was a lot of naught. [2.5]"

[6.0] "Solid TV match. Sheamus makes his return after missing 8 months due to injury. He looked fine here, there's definitely some ring rust to shake off. Ivar put in another good performance. The crowd was into this as well. You got the 10 beats, the White Noise off the second rope and the Brogue Kick as Sheamus picks up a fairly easy win to get him back into the swing of things. 6/10"

[5.0] "Another completely middle of the road match for Andrade here. Andrade is a brilliant wrestler but so far since his return, he hasn't been given the time or the opponent to show off what he can really do. The action here was mostly fine. Andrade did his usual array of moves and Dom hit a very surprising Canadian Destroyer on the apron which was easily the highlight of the match. But overall, there wasn't a lot here. I'm hoping the tag match that got set up after this match will be a lot better. **3/4"

[6.0] "On the verge of being good but this was a bit too messy and the crowd were also pretty cold for this one until the end. Some cool spots from the Creeds and DIY in particular. Loved the moment where the Creeds somehow managed to pin all 4 members of each team at the same time, even if the spot itself was a bit mistimed. The finish was also cool, with Xavier hitting the elbow drop on one of the Creeds only for DIY to immediately hit him with their finish to get the win. Decent spotfest overall, but there were a ton of mistimings and it was pretty hard to keep track of who was even legal. Hoping that DIY win the tag belts next week because Miz and Truth have more than run their course as a team. ***1/4"

[7.0] "This was fairly good. Dinero made a good debut here, although the fact that Raven wasn't paired with an established X-Division star telegraphed the outcome."

[5.0] "This was about as good as it could be. If you want to get something out of an aging Dusty and Vader, the Harris Brothers are not the team to use. The fact that this wasn't actively bad is remarkable."