Overall rating: ★★★●★☆☆
This show seemed to exist only to kill some time. Basically nothing happened. It didn't even live up to its name. It got all the way to the main event before I realised "wait a minute; isn't this supposed to be Extreme Rules?" The only no-DQ match before that was the triple threat, and it was just a normal triple threat. No one used weapons or anything. I wasn't expecting AEW-style barbed wire and blood, but I expected something.
Overall rating: ★★★●☆☆☆
On the one hand, I want to give this show more credit because I wasn't really in the mood for it, so that certainly brought the score down. But on the other hand, how much credit do they deserve when they insist on trying to make me watch guys who were fired from WWE for assaulting their girlfriends and general arseholery? Do you know how many professional wrestlers there are in America who haven't been arrested for domestic violence? Hire some of them instead.
Overall rating: ★★★●★☆☆
A couple of pretty good matches and nothing that wasn't worth watching if you have the time - except maybe the Pure Championship, but that one might be worth watching just for how unusual it was. But nothing that I'd say to go out of your way for either.
Overall rating: ★★★●☆☆☆
Obviously the big news from this show were the three additions to the cast (remember when they said there were maybe ten people at most at WWE they'd want to hire if they became available? How many are we up to now?) but I find them rather a mixed bag. I like all three, but... one's a woman so there's not much chance she'll get a better shot here than she got at WWE; one's someone that I know a lot of people love but I guess I got back into wrestling a little bit late to really get on board when that hype train left the station; and one's absolutely fantastic, but I'm a little concerned about the way he'll be used and whether he'll really get the opportunity to shine that he had before. So I'm cautious at this stage. I'd like them to do well, but I often find myself wishing that AEW was better than it is.
