Opinion: Match & Show Ratings for February 9 to February 15

Welcome to TPWW’s Emperor Smeat’s Match and Show Ratings for the week of February 9th to February 15th.

Match and show star ratings (out of 5):
WWE
WWE RAW (Feb. 10)
* RAW Women’s Championship – Asuka vs. Becky Lynch (c) – 4.0
* Mojo Rawley & Riddick Moss vs. Street Profits – 1.0 (Squash)
* Angel Garza vs. Cedric Alexander – 2.0
* Sarah Logan vs. Rhea Ripley – 1.0 (Squash)
* Bobby Lashley vs. Ricochet – 3.0
* Aleister Black vs. Akira Tozawa – 1.5 (Squash)
* Kevin Owens, The Viking Raiders, & Samoa Joe vs. AOP, Murphy, & Seth Rollins – 3.0
Overall – 3.0
Best – RAW Women’s Championship match. Worst – Mojo Rawley & Riddick Moss vs. Street Profits match.
Show Notes – Asuka vs. Becky was great. Shayna Baszler randomly deciding to be a vampire was dumb. MVP’s talk show segment with Drew McIntyre was good. Garza vs. Alexander match was decent but the booking for it was stupid. Charlotte’s on a roll these past few weeks with bland promo segments on RAW. The Randy Orton and Matt Hardy segment was very good. This week’s RAW was good overall despite all the filler.

NXT (Feb. 12)
* Roderick Strong vs. Bronson Reed – 2.5
* Candice LeRae vs. Dakota Kai – 3.0
* Johnny Gargano vs. Cameron Grimes – 3.5
* #1 Contender’s for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship match – Lio Rush vs. Angel Garza – 3.0
* Bianca Belair vs. Santana Garrett – 1.5 (Squash)
* Adam Cole vs. KUSHIDA – 3.0
Overall – 3.5
Best – The Broserweights video skits. Worst – Belair vs. Garrett match.
Show Notes – Roderick Strong’s opening promo was weak. Gargano vs. Grimes was very good overall. The Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic hype package with Mark Henry was pretty good. The Broserweights video skits were great tonight. Tommaso Ciampa’s promo was great. Cole vs. KUSHIDA was good despite its mostly flat action. This week’s NXT was good overall despite the weaker than usual in-ring action.

NXT UK (Feb. 13)
* Adife Valkyrie vs. Amale – 1.5 (Squash)
* “The Bomber” Dave Mastiff vs. Saxon Huxley – 2.0 (Squash)
* Amir Jordan vs. Joe Coffey – 2.0
* Gallus vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch – 3.0
Overall – 2.0
Best – Gallus vs. Lorcan & Burch match. Worst – Joe Coffey post-match promo.
Show Notes – Gallus vs. Lorcan & Burch was pretty good but this week’s episode was mostly dull overall.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Feb. 14)
* SmackDown Women’s Championship – Carmella vs. Bayley – 3.5
* 2-on-1 Handicap match – Sheamus vs. Apollo Crews & Shorty G – 2.0
* The Miz & John Morrison vs. Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – SmackDown Women’s Championship match. Worst – Hulk Hogan’s interview promos.
Show Notes – Bliss’ talk show segment was terrible. Carmella vs. Bayley was very good and way better than Bayley’s title match against Lacey Evans. Hulk Hogan’s interview segment was dull outside of the Firefly Fun House bit. The Sami Zayn and Elias concert stuff was very entertaining. Miz & Morrison vs. Reigns & Bryan was decent at best. SmackDown itself was decent but nothing that special overall.

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AEW
AEW Dark (Feb. 11)
* Shoko Nakajima vs. Riho – 3.5
* Jimmy Havoc vs. Sonny Kiss – 3.0
* Cassandra Golden vs. Hikaru Shida – 2.5
* Dark Order vs. Jurassic Express – 3.5
Overall – 3.0
Best – Dark Order vs. Jurassic Express match. Worst – Golden vs. Shida match.
Show Notes – Nakajima vs. Riho was very good overall. Dark Order vs. Jurassic Express was also very good. This week’s episode of Dark was very enjoyable overall.

AEW Dynamite (Feb. 12)
* AEW World Tag Team Championship – SCU vs. “Hangman” Adam Page & Kenny Omega (c) – 3.5
* Sammy Guevara vs. Dustin Rhodes – 3.0
* AEW Women’s World Championship – Nyla Rose vs. Riho (c) – 4.0
* MJF vs. Jungle Boy – 3.5
* Santana vs. Jon Moxley – 3.5
Overall – 4.0
Best– AEW Women’s World Championship match. Worst – Nyla Rose’s backstage celebration segment being inaudible because of the commercial break.
Show Notes – Tag Team title match was very good overall. The Darby Allin, Santana, and Britt Baker’s promo segments were very good to great. Women’s title match was great and somewhat surprised at the title change. MJF vs. Jungle Boy was very good overall. Santana vs. Moxley and post-match angle were very good. This week’s episode of Dynamite was very entertaining overall.

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Various Wrestling
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020 (Feb. 9)
* Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma, & Togi Makabe – 2.5
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. Roppongi 3K (c) – 3.5
* Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay, & Juice Robinson vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, & Guerillas of Destiny – 3.0
* Will Ospreay & Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi – 3.5
* SANADA vs. Jay White – 3.0
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Ryu Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi (c) – 5.0
* IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship – Minoru Suzuki vs. Jon Moxley (c) – 4.5
* IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Double Championship – KENTA vs. Tetsuya Naito (c) – 4.0
Overall – 4.5
Best – Ryu Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi match. Worst – Nagata, Kojima, Tenzan, & Nakanishi vs. Taguchi, Henare, Honma, & Makabe match.
Show Notes – IWGP Jr. Tag title match was very good. NJPW returning to MSG this summer is going to be great. Ospreay & Okada vs. Sabre Jr. & Taichi was very good. Lee vs. Takahashi was an amazingly great match. Moxley vs. Suzuki was a great brawl. KENTA vs. Naito started off slow but was very good in the end. New Beginning in Osaka was an amazing show.

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Week awards:

• Best match of the week – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Ryu Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi (c) (NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020)
• Worst match of the week – Mojo Rawley & Riddick Moss vs. Street Profits (WWE RAW)
• Best show of the week – NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
• Worst show of the week – WWE NXT UK