Opinion: Match & Show Ratings for March 1 to March 7

Welcome to TPWW’s Emperor Smeat’s Match and Show Ratings for the week of March 1st to March 7th.

Match and show star ratings (out of 5):
WWE
WWE RAW (Mar. 2)
* RAW Tag Team Championship – Street Profits vs. Seth Rollins & Murphy (c) – 3.5
* 24/7 Championship – Ricochet vs. Riddick Moss – 2.0
* Karl Anderson vs. Aleister Black – 1.0 (Squash)
* Luke Gallows vs. Aleister Black – 1.0
* AJ Styles vs. Aleister Black – 1.0 (Squash)
* Liv Morgan vs. Ruby Riott – 1.0
* Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler – 2.0
* Rey Mysterio & Humberto Carrillo vs. Angel Garza & Andrade – 3.5
Overall – 2.0
Best – RAW Tag Team Championship match. Worst – Morgan vs. Riott match.
Show Notes – Opening segment and Tag title match were very good. Ricochet’s booking recently has been terrible. Rowan’s mystery cage payoff was dumb. Mysterio & Carillo vs. Garza & Andrade was very good. Randy Orton’s promo was great but Beth Phoenix’s acting was somewhat bad. RAW itself was dull outside of the first and last 30 minutes.

NXT (Mar. 4)
* Steel Cage match – Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai – 3.0
* #1 Contender’s for NXT Women’s Championship Ladder Match Qualifier – Shotzi Blackheart vs. Chelsea Green – 2.0
* Undisputed Era vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch – 3.0
* Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs. Austin Theory – 3.0
* Steel Cage match – Velveteen Dream vs. Roderick Strong – 3.5
Overall – 3.5
Best – Johnny Gargano’s interview segment. Worst – Blackheart vs. Green match.
* Show Notes – Nox vs. Kai cage match was good despite the oddly booked cage escape spots. Undisputed Era vs. Lorcan & Burch was pretty good. Scott vs. Theory was good despite the slow start. Johnny Gargano interview segment was great. Dream vs. Strong cage match was very good and better than their previous match. This week’s episode was very good overall.

NXT UK (Mar. 5)
* Travis Banks vs. Alexander Wolfe – 3.0
* Saxon Huxley vs. Ridge Holland – 1.0 (Squash)
* Isla Dawn vs. Aoife Valkyrie – 1.5
* NXT United Kingdom Championship – Dave Mastiff vs. WALTER (c) – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – NXT United Kingdom Championship match. Worst – Dawn vs. Valkyrie match.
Show Notes – NXT UK Championship match was very good big man style bout while the rest of this week’s episode was decent to good overall.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Mar. 6)
* Naomi & Lacey Evans vs. Bayley & Sasha Banks – 2.0
* Sheamus vs. Apollo Crews – 1.5 (Squash)
* Carmella & Dana Brooke vs. Fire & Desire (Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose) – 1.5
* Tag Team Gauntlet match – Heavy Machinery vs. New Day vs. Lucha House Party vs. The Usos vs. Miz & Morrison vs. Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler – 3.0
* Overall – 2.0
* Best – Tag Team Gauntlet match. Worst – Majority of the first hour of the show.
* Show Notes – Moment of Bliss segment was a big waste of time. Feels like they went backwards with the Otis and Mandy storyline tonight in terms of Mandy dumping Otis and being on-screen with Ziggler. Tag Gauntlet match was pretty good overall despite the flat ending. SmackDown itself was a very skippable go-home show for Elimination Chamber.

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AEW
AEW Dark (Mar. 3)
* Yuka Sakazaki & Riho vs. Penelope Fore & Britt Baker – 3.0
* Overall – 2.5
* Show Notes – Women’s tag team match was pretty good. Dark itself was decent despite the very short length and being mainly just a Revolution highlight show.

AEW Dynamite (Mar. 4)
* SCU & Colt Cabana vs. Dark Order – 3.0
* Big Swole vs. “The Librarian” Leva Bates – 1.5 (Squash)
* Chuck Taylor vs. PAC – 3.0
* QT Marshall vs. Jake Hager – 1.5 (Squash)
* Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin & Jon Moxley – 3.5
* Overall – 3.5
* Best – Jericho & Guevara vs. Allin & Moxley match. Worst – Lack of Lance Archer’s debut.
* Show Notes – Opening promo segment and SCU & Cabana vs. Dark Order were good. Jake “The Snake” Robert’s surprise appearance and promo were great. Hager vs. Marshall was decent but the post-match brawl was good. Jericho & Guevara vs. Allin & Moxley was very good. Dynamite was enjoyable overall despite the weaker than usual in-ring action.

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Week awards:

• Best match of the week – Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin & Jon Moxley (AEW Dynamite)
• Worst match of the week – Liv Morgan vs. Ruby Riott (WWE RAW)
• Best show of the week – AEW Dynamite
• Worst show of the week – WWE Friday Night SmackDown