Last three matches brought the average up but this was the weakest AEW PPV this year.
Enjoyed Christian Vs Copeland and Mox/Eddie a lot.
Julia/Abadon should've hit but it just didn't hit.
8 man tags have to be really special to be any good. They both felt like TV filler.
Stat/Willow was awkward and botchy.
Storm/Riho was entertaining enough but I've already forgotten it.
Swerve/Rhodes was unnecessary and Dustin had 100% too much offense. Bookers/wrestlers have got to stop letting every match turn into a photo-finish just so both guys can get their shyt in. They weren't in Texas or anywhere Rhodes related, so the only story worth telling was Swerve's ruthlessness and disgust at having his time wasted with such lowly opposition. Beat Rhodes down, do the cinder block and arm-break spots, send him home in an ambulance and let Swerve cut a promo. It's not rocket science.
Main Event was solid as hell but for some reason the finish was really awkward. I guess they were trying to bait the crowd into thinking the arm would stay up third time like it always does, but when it didn't the refs reaction made it feel like a botch.
Devil reveal - why not do it to decide the match?! Adam Cole is the right choice for Devil and assuming Fish and O'Reilly are otherwise engaged still The Kingdom are fine as his crew but it felt inconsequential when Max had already lost the BBB. The story of the match was really Max's pride, trying to skin the cat and trying to lift Joe that lost him the belt, not anything the Devil did.
AEW have been hitting hard for months and always does on PPV, hopefully this is a one off - it doesn't compute that they can put on such a mediocre show as this right now.
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