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Ospreay vs. Fletcher was insane.
And somehow Okada vs. Ospreay topped it.
Mone has found her groove in AEW, and Statlander is a perfect partner for her. Another great match between the two.
Kenny’s back, and I’m so glad. He’s been sorely missed the last year.
I dug the main event for what it was, which was a fast paced brawl with big moves.
Not hot on FTR, but happy with a Copeland / Mox program to keep the title picture busy until we get the inevitable Darby / Moxley match.
I think Kenny and Copeland returning will hopefully provide a nice boost of energy for the program moving forward, with its MAX debut and a new year.
Fun show overall. That said, I’m so over Adam Cole and the Undisputed Kingdom.
Andrew from Cape Breton
Another one of AEW’s all timers. Incredible show from top to bottom. The Continental Classic was such a great concept and I’m glad they are making it a yearly event. With AEW solely focusing on Dynamite and Collision going forward, I wonder if AEW could have the belts be brand specific. It would be similar to a brand split, but feuds and angles revolving around titles could be show specific. I mention this because this has been the most over Okada has felt since joining AEW. From slapping Ricochet’s bald head to having an epic with Will Ospreay, it felt like Okada was more of a top guy than Jon Moxley was. Both Mox and Okada had New Japan style main events, the main difference is that Mox’s felt a House of Torture main event.
Mercedes had another epic and she’s definitely making up for some earlier bad matches and questionable creative. Most of the matches were incredible and I would say this is another in the line of great AEW pay per views.
Brian in New Jersey.
Worlds End a year ago had the reveal of the Undisputed Kingdom. Worlds End tonight had the returns of Kenny Omega and Adam Copeland, so I’d say that’s a step up. I enjoyed the PPV. Only an eight-match main card and it still felt as full a card as any previous AEW PPV. I thought Ospreay had two tremendous matches with Fletcher and Okada, the main event delivered on what it was offering, and Mercedes Mone and Kris Statlander are two-for-two on great PPV matches, both women on a roll now.
I’m seeing some mixed reactions online but I think it’s hard to view a PPV which began with Fletcher/Ospreay, included another worthy chapter in the Okada/Ospreay feud, and had another equally great yet entirely stylistically different match in Mercedes/Stat as anything other than a success. AEW isn’t perfect right now - the 4-man felt like a generic TV main and Cole/MJF are just twiddling their thumbs in purgatory - but there’s a whole lot to like. I’m not sure which I’m more excited about: the official return of a fully armed and operational Mercedes Mone, or the promise of Omega/Okada 5. For whatever it’s worth, I had no plans on going to Texas but that tease makes it a 50/50 proposition. Happy New Year’s, guys!
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Darren from Melbourne…FL
I was live tonight at the show. Got there early to see the whole zero hour. Arena looked packed though it doesn’t hold that many in the first place. Crowd was pretty hot from the get go with the first Toni Storm match onward. I was prepared for a 5 hour marathon but I think the pacing and match placement really helped keep the crowd engaged. I thought it was a solid show overall even though not much actually happened in the grand scheme of things. I didn’t get the feeling of the show dragging or of the extra bloat and it did end a little bit early as well. Overall Orlando does a good job showing up when AEW comes to town and considering the WWE was running a house show at the same time at the Kia Center in Orlando.
Osprey is the most over of anyone but Copeland and FTR were a close second.
Great job as usual especially with the Christmas show.
Jake from the Windy City
Enjoyable show all-in-all. Cannot say otherwise with the Okada-Ospreay masterpiece and Mone-Statlander barnburner. Formatting and pacing much more to my taste with the WCW style three or four on-cameras, couple of backstage interviews letting things breathe for a bit. Hopefully they keep it going like this.
If Kenny is healthy to wrestle more in the new year, I want to see him and Copeland battle it out rather soon. That is probably the one dream match for me I haven’t seen. I will say I marked out for both of their returns tonight on my socials. And Kenny himself, his presence was SURELY missed in AEW over this past year. He was that one missing piece in my AEW fandom and I’m really happy he’s back in the regular fold.
And thanks for the incredible Christmas show again, eight hours left me wanting more! Happy New Year soon!
Jordan from the Bronx
Fun show overall, with the action delivering the usual AEW PPV quality. I was just not pleased with the booking of the show overall. Mone/Statlander was great, but it felt kind of sloppy on how they got to the match. Swerve needed something on the show, but I felt mostly underwhelmed with him picking on Ricochet, following his great moment with Lashley recently. And that main event… That was just a lot.
Copeland and FTR standing tall as Team AEW against Moxley just doesn’t feel right. I don’t have much interest in seeing Copeland fighting for a world title, especially with Christian hovering. It doesn’t feel like that moves AEW forward. I hope that I’m wrong, but I just don’t understand why Darby or Ospreay or Swerve aren’t in his spot.