>Preshow
DESU, I wasn't paying close enough attention to those matches to rate them. I do feel like a 1-hour preshow with three matches is too much for a 4-hour PPV. I'd prefer them to run 1/2 hour of promo and then one or two matches, tops.
>AEW World Championship: Tanahashi vs. MJF(c)
****. Good opener. Tana is obviously not what he used to be, but that actually played to MJF's strengths, IMO.
>Punk vs. Kojima
****½ for the match itself, -½ for Phil Brooks being a douchebag.
>AEW International Championship: OC(c) vs. Shibata vs. Garcia vs. ZSJ
***½ Felt like it could have been better without Garcia. Hopefully we get the three-way they teased between the others down the line.
>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry vs. SANADA(c)
***. This match should never have been booked, IMO. JB isn't there yet. At least he finally turned heel afterward.
>BCC/Shota vs. Elite/Eddie/Ishii
*****. A clusterfuck, but a good one.
>AEW Women's World Championship Willow vs. Toni(c)
**. Willow sucks and I don't get why she was the choice to hold the NJ Strong women's title, even if it's just transitionally. Was TK not willing to lend Shida or Riho or even Emi to Gedo instead? Surely Stardom would rather have one of them facing Giulia than a fat, tatted up Afro-American who can't even cut a decent promo in English, let alone Japanese.
>IWGP US Championship: Ospreay
vs. Kenny(c)
******. Absolute kino.
>Sting/Darby/Naito vs. Jericho/Sammy/Suzuki
***½. I still want to see Sting vs. Jericho one-on-one.
>Danielson vs. Okada
***½ Could have been ****½ without the awkward and seemingly rushed ending (Were they short of time? Dish Network's program guide had the block going another hour, but it's been known to be wrong before).
Overall a solid show, even if the ending was a bit weak. I said after BD came out to Final Countdown that I already felt I'd gotten my money's worth. DESU, that was true after Omega and Ospreay, which is easily my MOTY so far.
