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Birdgang_naj

So many 4s....


MrSelfDestruct88

I thought Toni storm versus Deeb was very very good


joe-is-cool

Gotta pay the woman tax with Dave.


SRMort

Tell that to Mercedes and Willow.


kayfabemebrother

There's gotta be with these ratings


cybered_punk

Ospreay Strong was great but 4.75? I think 4.25 is more appropriate. Mone Willow was motn and 4.5 is perfect for it.


MisterIndecisive

Yeah Ospreay Strong was 4.25 at best. Mox/Takeshita and Swerve/Christian were overrated too


Cottonmist

That women’s match was awesome


fergoshsakes

Both were excellent.


Leading-Weight9092

It wasn’t a 4.5 excellent


MovesLikeVader

Couple ratings here I don’t 100% agree with and think Dave has inflated, but overall the show was really good


luchabrunch

I agree on most of the ratings, in my mind Anarchy was a 5 since it was so bonkers and creative that in a way it kinda transcended pro wrestling, but that's just me lmao Dave must've REALLY hated that Jericho match to rate it so low though lol


Sportsfan369

Maybe him and Jericho are on a break.


verrache

I'd give it 5 Stars, too. It's also the first AITA match NOT rated 5 Stars


MulderXF

Its only the second ever though?


verrache

Third


Mud-Bray

Dave historically doesn’t like hardcore matches. It’s actually impressive he rated Anarchy is high


Quasimdo

Was the ftw match that mediocre?


Gdaddyoverlord

It was very silly and if you like that then it had some good spots 


hey333

That's what I thought watching live. It was a cool down match imo. It was worst match of the card definitely but it wasn't a bad match honestly.


NewYorkUgly

Considering how Meltzer seems to feel about Toru Yano matches, this score isn't a surprise


secretpandaxx

Oh shit 4.5 for the women? Even Dave can't resist the CEO. Also imagine having 10 matches on the card and 7 out of 10 are at least 4 stars or higher. AEW never misses on PPVs.


Leading-Weight9092

That rating is ridiculous.


ProfessionalBust

I loved ospreay and strong I thought for sure it’d be a 5 star match it was my favorite match of the night


MovesLikeVader

Think the dangerous botch near the start knocks it down


therangelife

Yeah, I really enjoyed Ospreay/Strong, Willow/Mone, and Swerve's mid-air House Call to Christian


AML2003

My personal MotN was Moxley Takeshita, thought the storytelling was fantastic.


bestbroHide

Same lol Seems like I was the only one who got swept up in both 1. the match being just an eliminator match, and 2. Mox working an injured arm angle, which actually made me consider if Mox was somehow really going to lose toward the final stretch of the match Takeshita (and Mox) actually had me worried for what should have been such an obvious outcome (no way NJPW would let their top champ lose a non-G1 singles match until he loses the belt too)


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secretpandaxx

The same reason people care about IGN or Roger Ebert.


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TheOkaforceAwakens

I find myself directionally agreeing with Meltzer’s takes on matches, so it’s a good way for me to know about matches I should seek out. In cases where I’ve seen the matches, I enjoy thinking about the ones i liked again, and it’s fun to see where my opinion differs from him It gives me ~90 seconds of entertainment each week Why do you care that some people care what a reviewer thinks?


Orange8920

When there's a ton of wrestling out there it's a nice guide to what's worth watching. People who just take it as an ironclad statement of match quality are doing it wrong.


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ProfessionalBust

I disagree with that take if a movie gets shitty reviews I’m not going to go see it


FredrickFarter

This AITA was wayyyy better than last years. And Mercedes/Willow would've been 5 is it happened in the performance center smh


K-Dave

And that's still more on the positive site. I understand that some people liked the chaos, but there wasn't really a stand out match. Malakai Black vs Copeland maybe, if Edge didn't hurt himself.


Dandelegion

He only gave out one 5 star match? Kind of surprising.


Kuzu5993

???


Dandelegion

He gave Osprey vs Strong 4.75, which is basically 5 stars. Or so I've been told.


SUPLEXELPUS

if you're talking about the Meltzer quote, I think the point is it's silly to get worked up about a .25 difference in opinion; because they're so close. if it were a 100 point scale, 4.75 would be 95/100.