Opinion: Match & Show Ratings for November 3rd to November 9th

Welcome to TPWW’s Emperor Smeat’s Match and Show Ratings for the week of November 3rd to November 9th.

No specific matches or shows were recommended as the best and worst from the TPWW community but appreciate the general feedback given for last week’s debut article.

Match and show star ratings (out of 5):
WWE
WWE RAW (Nov. 4)
* Charlotte Flair & Natalya vs. The Kabuki Warriors – 2
* Buddy Murphy vs. Cedric Alexander – 3
* Andrade & Zelina Vega vs. Sin Cara & Carolina – 2
* Rusev vs. Drew McIntyre – 2
* The O.C. vs. Street Profits & Humberto Carrillo – 3
* The Viking Raiders vs. East Hampton Polo Boys – 1
* NXT Championship – Seth Rollins vs. Adam Cole (c) – 2.5
Overall – 2.5
Best – Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler face-to-face interview. Worst – Ending of the women’s tag team match.

WWE NXT (Nov. 6)
* Pete Dunne vs. Damian Priest – 3.5
* Taynara vs. Santana Garrett – 1.5
* Dakota Kai vs. Shayna Baszler – 3.5
* #1 Contender’s match for NXT Cruiserweight Championship – Tony Nese vs. Angel Garza – 3
* Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs. Dominik Dijakovic – 3.5
* The O.C. vs. Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, & Tommaso Ciampa – 3.5
Overall – 3.5
Best – The O.C. vs. Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, & Tommaso Ciampa match. Worst – Taynara vs. Santana Garrett match.

WWE NXT UK (Nov. 7)
Overall – 2.5
Best – Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews vs. Grizzled Young Veterans tag match. Worst – Joe Coffey vs. Tyson T-Bone match.

WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN (Nov. 8)
* SmackDown Tag Team Championship – The New Day vs. The Revival (c) – 2.5
* Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro vs. Shorty G & Ali – 3
* Sasha Banks vs. Nikki Cross – 2.5
* Fire & Desire vs. Carmella & Dana Brooke – 2
* King Corbin vs. Roman Reigns – 2.5
Overall – 2.5
Best – Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro vs. Shorty G & Ali match. Worst – King Corbon’s promo to start the show.

WWE 205 LIVE (Nov. 8)
Overall – 3
Best – Lio Rush vs. Raul Mendoza match. Worst – NXT ring crew being lazy with the ring area setup for 205 Live.

AEW
AEW DARK (Nov. 5)
* Shawn Spears vs. Michael Nakazawa – 2.5
* Mercedes Martinez & Big Swole vs. Sadie Gibbs & Allie – 3
* Jurassic Express vs. Joey Janela & Jimmy Havoc – 3.5
Overall – 3
Best – MJF’s guest commentary work. Worst – The production and editing botches during the women’s tag team match.

AEW DYNAMITE (Nov. 6)
* PAC vs. Trent – 3.5
* Bronze Medal match – Dark Order vs. Private Party – 3.5
* Jamie Hayter & Emi Sakura vs. Shanna & Riho – 4
* Brandon Cutler vs. Shawn Spears – 2
* “Hangman” Adam Page & Kenny Omega vs. Sammy Guevara & Chris Jericho – 3.5
Overall – 4
Best – Chris Jericho’s parody of last week’s Cody hype video. Worst – TNT airing split screen commercials during backstage segments.

AEW DARK (Nov. 8)
* Big Swole vs. Hikaru Shida – 3
* Shalandra Royal & Shazza McKenzie vs. “The Librarian” Leva Bates & Nyla Rose – 2
* Kip Sabian & The Hybrid 2 vs. CIMA & SCU – 3.5
Overall – 3
Best – Trios tag team match. Worst – Women’s tag team match.

AEW FULL GEAR (Nov. 9)
* Buy-In Pre-show – Bea Priestley vs. Britt Baker – 3
* The Young Bucks vs. Proud & Powerful – 4
* PAC vs “Hangman” Adam Page – 3.5
* Shawn Spears vs. Joey Janela – 2.5
* AEW World Tag Team Championship Triple Threat – Private Party vs. Lucha Bros vs. SCU (c) – 3.5
* AEW Women’s World Championship – Emi Sakura vs. Riho (c) – 3.5
* AEW World Championship – Cody vs. Chris Jericho (c) – 4
* Unsanctioned Lights Out – Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega – 4.5
Overall – 4
Best – Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega Unsanctioned match. Worst – Shawn Spears vs. Joey Janela match.

Various Wrestling
NJPW POWER STRUGGLE 2019 (Nov. 3)
* Yuya Uemura, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Clark Connors, TJP, Titan, & Volador Jr. – 3
* Robbie Eagles & Rocky Romero vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo – 3.5
* Shingo Takagi, SANADA, EVIL vs. Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki, & Zack Sabre Jr. – 3
* Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi – 3.5
* Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi – 4
* Super Junior Tag League 2019 Finals – El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) – 3.5
* NEVER Openweight Championship – Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA (c) – 3.5
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – BUSHI vs. Will Ospreay (c) – 4.5
* IWGP Intercontinental Championship – Hirooki Goto vs. Jay White (c) – 3.5
Overall – 4
Best – Hiromu Takahashi’s surprise return. Worst – Awkward last few minutes of the post-show promo segment between White, Naito, Ibushi, and Okada.

Week awards:

  • Best match of the week – Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega (AEW Full Gear)
  • Worst match of the week – The Viking Raiders vs. East Hampton Polo Boys (WWE RAW)
  • Best show of the week – NJPW Power Struggle
  • Worst show of the week – WWE Friday Night SamckDown

TPWW community, post your comments below on what was your favorite and least favorite match this past week and the same goes for wrestling shows. Match feedback and any feedback in general will be very appreciated.