Opinion: Match & Show Ratings for October 27 to November 2nd

Welcome to the debut edition of TPWW’s Emperor Smeat’s Match and Show Ratings for the week of October 27th to November 2nd.

Ratings methodology:

• The criteria being used is a star system ranging from 0 to 5 stars with half star increments. 0 stars being the lowest and meaning the match was terrible to watch. 5 stars being the highest and meaning the match was very great to watch.
• A 3 star match is considered as average and the starting score for every match, which then moves in either direction based on quality and entertainment. A match that ends in a 3 star rating means it remained around average but was still enjoyable overall.
• A No Rating means only some and not the whole show was watched, which is required for an overall star rating.
• The overall rating includes everything else that happened and my general mood during the show.
• Some shows will only have an overall rating and best/worst for matches listed due to their shorter length and watching them in a casual viewing.
• Best and Worst category is simply what I felt was the best match or moment of a show and what was the worst or weakest as well.

Match and show ratings:
WWE
WWE RAW (OCT. 27)
* Kairi Sane vs. Becky Lynch – 3.5
* Buddy Murphy vs. R-Truth – 1
* Ricochet vs. Drew McIntyre – 4
* The Vikings Raiders vs. The Chicago Cubs – 1
* Andrade vs. Sin Cara – 2
* Charlotte Flair & Natalya vs. The IIconics – 1
* Falls Count Anywhere match – Rowan vs. Seth Rollins – 3
* AJ Styles vs. Humberto Carrillo – 3
Overall – 2.5
Best – Ricochet vs. Drew McIntyre match. Worst – The Divorce Court segment.

WWE NXT (OCT. 30)
* Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae – 3.5
* Shane Thorne vs. Bronson Reed – 3
* WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox vs. The Kabuki Warriors (c) – 4
* Tyler Bate vs. Cameron Grimes – 2.5
* Keith Lee & Matt Riddle vs. Undisputed Era – 3.5
Overall – 4
Best – Women’s brawl and Women’s War Games announcement. Worst – Tyler Bate vs. Cameron Grimes match.

WWE CROWN JEWEL (OCT. 31)
* Universal Championship match – Cain Velasquez vs. Brock Lesnar – 1
* Team Hogan vs. Team Flair – 3.5
* Universal Championship Falls Count Anywhere match – “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins – 2
Overall – No Rating

WWE NXT UK (OCT. 31)
Overall – 3
Best – “Bomber” Dave Mastiff vs. “The Irish Ace” Jordan Devlin match. Worst – “Big Wavy” Roy Johnson vs. Joseph Connors match.

WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN (NOV. 1)
* SmackDown Women’s Championship – Nikki Cross vs. Bayley – 3.5
* The Miz vs. Tommaso Ciampa – 3
* Fire & Desire vs. Rhea Ripley & Tegan – 1
* NXT Championship – Daniel Bryan vs. Adam Cole – 4
Overall – 4
Best – NXT’s invasion of SmackDown. Worst – Paul Heyman’s promo and Brock “quitting” SmackDown segment.

WWE 205 LIVE (NOV. 1)
Overall – 2
Best – Raul Mendoza vs Lio Rush match. Worst – Isaiah Swerve Scott vs. Ariya Daivari match.

AEW
AEW DARK (OCT. 29)
* QT Marshall & “The Librarian” Peter Avalon vs. Sonny Kiss & Dustin Rhodes – 3
* Penelope Ford vs. Sadie Gibbs vs. Allie vs. Emi Sakura – 3
* Jimmy Havoc vs. Jack Evans vs. Darby Allin – 3.5
Overall – 3.5
Best – Undesirable To Undeniable interview of MJF. Worst – The poorly made edits during the women’s four-way match.

AEW DYNAMITE (OCT. 30)
* Sammy Guevara vs. “Hangman” Adam Page – 3
* Shanna vs. Hikaru Shida – 3.5
* Alex Reynolds, John Silver, & QT Marshall vs. Best Friends & Orange Cassidy – 3.5
* The Hybrid 2 & Kip Sabian vs. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega – 3.5
* AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament finals – Lucha Bros vs. SCU – 4
Overall – 4
Best – Jon Moxley’s unhinged promo. Worst – Rushed introductions for the AEW Tag Team Championship tournament finals due to the lack of enough remaining TV time.

Week awards:

• Best match of the week – Daniel Bryan vs. Adam Cole
• Worst match of the week – Buddy Murphy vs. R-Truth
• Best show of the week – WWE SmackDown
• Worst show of the week – WWE 205 Live

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