Opinion: Match & Show Ratings for November 22 to November 28

Welcome to TPWW’s Emperor Smeat’s Match and Show Ratings for the week of November 22nd to November 28st.

Match and show star ratings (out of 5):

WWE

WWE Survivor Series 2020 (November 22)
* Pre-show: 18-man Dual Brand Battle Royal – Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown – 2.0
* 5-on-5 Men’s Survivor Series Elimination match – Team Raw (AJ Styles, Riddle, Keith Lee, Braun Strowman, & Sheamus) vs. Team SmackDown (Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Otis, Seth Rollins, & King Corbin) – 3.0
* Champions vs. Champions Tag Team match – New Day (RAW) vs. Street Profits (SmackDown) – 3.0
* Champions vs. Champions match – Sami Zayn (Smackdown I.C.) vs. Bobby Lashley (RAW U.S.) – 1.5
* Champions vs. Champions Women’s match – Asuka (RAW) vs. Sasha Banks (SmackDown) – 3.5
* 5-on-5 Women’s Survivor Series Elimination match – Team Raw (Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Lacey Evans, Peyton Royce, & Lana) vs. Team SmackDown (Bayley, Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, & Natalya) – 1.5
* Champions vs. Champions match – Roman Reigns (SmackDown Universal) vs. Drew McIntyre (RAW WWE) – 3.5
Overall – 2.5
Best – Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre Champions vs. Champions match.
Worst – WWE’s horrendous booking of the Women’s Survivor Series Elimination match.
Show Notes – The Pre-show Battle Royal was one of the dullest ever in WWE. Lee’s new theme sounds way better than his previous one but still not as great as “Limitless”. Men’s Survivor Series match was good despite its very questionable booking. New Day’s Gears of War entrance attire was cool. New Day vs. Street Profits was pretty good despite being a bit too long. Zayn vs. Lashley was boring. Asuka vs. Banks was very good despite the anti-climatic ending. The Gobbledy Gooker 24/7 title stuff was dumb. Latter half of the Women’s Survivor Series match was one of the dumbest WWE booked matches in recent times. Reigns vs. McIntyre was very good despite the ending shenanigans. Undertaker’s retirement ceremony was nice, especially the Paul Bearer hologram tribute. Survivor Series was mostly above average but well below the quality of last year’s show.

WWE RAW (November 23)
* RAW Tag Team Championship – Hurt Business (Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander) vs. New Day (c) – 3.0
* #1 Contender for WWE Championship Qualifier – Riddle vs. Sheamus – 4.0
* RAW Women’s Championship match – Lana vs. Asuka (c) – 1.0
* WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Lana & Asuka vs. Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler (c) – 2.0
* #1 Contender for WWE Championship Qualifier – Keith Lee vs. Bobby Lashley – 3.0
* Nikki Cross vs. Alexa Bliss – 1.5
* #1 Contender for WWE Championship Qualifier – Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – Riddle vs. Sheamus match.
Worst – The booking of the endings of almost all of the matches tonight.
Show Notes – Opening Team RAW Men promo segment was nothing special. New Day and Hurt Business backstage segment was okay. Tag title match was pretty good despite the double countout botch killing its flow early on. Riddle vs. Sheamus was amazing and one of WWE’s best main roster matches this year. Lana and Asuka segment was okay. Firefly Fun House segment was lame. RAW Women’s title match was a huge waste of time. The WWE Shop segment was funny. Women’s Tag title match was mostly boring and not a fan of WWE’s recent handling of Asuka. Lee vs. Lashley was mostly good despite the lame DQ finish. Ending to the Cross vs. Bliss match was terrible. Styles vs. Orton was pretty good despite the lame Fiend shenanigans. This week’s episode was a mixed bag with the first half being good and the latter half being typical RAW style bad.

NXT (November 25)
* Candice LeRae vs. Ember Moon – 3.0
* Timothy Thatcher vs. KUSHIDA – 2.5
* Jake Atlas vs. Cameron Grimes – 2.5
* WarGames Advantage Ladder match – Kyle O’Reilly vs. Pete Dunne – 3.5
Overall – 3.0
Best – WarGames Advantage Ladder match.
Worst – The on-going Boa and Xia Li storyline.
Show Notes – Opening LeRae vs. Moon match was pretty good despite the shenanigans and Toni Storm’s very rushed post-match heel turn. Undisputed Era promo was decent. Team LeRae interview segment was also decent. Thatcher vs. KUSHIDA was a fine grapple based bout despite its sluggish first half and the questionable booking for its finish. Pat McAfee’s crew interview segment was okay. Kevin Owens antics were the only good thing about the KO Show segment. Finn Balor’s cat lines in his vignette were a bit cringey. Rhea Ripley and Women’s WarGames promo stuff and brawl was pretty good. Boa & Xia Li’s mystery figure storyline currently in the running for worst of the year in WWE. Grizzled Young Veterans staying in NXT instead of NXT UK is interesting. O’Reilly vs. Dunne was very good. This week’s episode felt more like a main roster show and not in a good way.

Friday Night SmackDown (November 27)
* Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler vs. The Street Profits – 3.0
* Sami Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan – 3.5
* Natalya vs. Bianca Belair – 2.0
* Murphy vs. King Corbin – 1.5
* Kevin Owens vs. Jey Uso – 3.0
Overall – 3.0
Best – Sami Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan match.
Worst – Murphy vs. King Corbin match and some of the very questionable booking throughout the show.
Show Notes – Opening Uso & Roman Reigns promo segment was very good, especially the verbal beatdown by Reigns. Poor Otis, got a vicious beating by Uso but on the bright side, no boring Corbin match to sit through. Roode & Ziggler vs. Street Profits was very good despite WWE’s lazy non-title booked finish. Daniel Bryan interview segment was good. Mysterio Family & Corbin segment was boring. Zayn vs. Bryan was very good despite the shenanigan-based ending. Natalya vs. Bianca was mostly decent despite the ending shenanigans. Murphy vs. Corbin was one of the oddest booked matches of the year in WWE. Big E, Apollo Crews, & Zayn segment was okay. Carmella promo & Sasha Banks brawl segment were fine. Owens vs. Uso was pretty good despite the lame DQ finish. This week’s episode was mostly good overall.

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AEW

AEW Dark (November 24)
* Vipress vs. Big Swole – 2.5
* Lee Johnson & Aaron Solow vs. Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) – 3.0
* Michael Nakazawa vs. Trent – 2.0
* Tesha Price vs. Red Velvet – 2.0
* VSK & Baron Black vs. Private Party – 2.5
* Rache Chanel vs. KiLynn King – 2.0
* Sammy Guevara vs. Marko Stunt – 3.0
* Dreamgirl Ellie vs. Penelope Ford – 1.5 (Squash)
* Lady Frost & “Bionic Beast” Jenna vs. Ivelisse and Diamante – 2.0
* Adam Priest vs. Brandon Cutler – 2.5
* KTB, Cezar Bononi, & Seth Gargis vs. The Gunn Club – 2.5
* Panda Express (Super Panada & Ultimo Panda) vs. Jurassic Express – 2.0
* Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr. vs. The Hybrid2 – 2.5
* Alex Chamberlain & Damian Fenrir vs. The Acclaimed – 2.5
* Alan “5” Angels vs. Matt Sydal – 3.0
* Fuego Del Sol vs. “Pretty” Peter Avalon – 2.0
* Triple Threat Tag Team match – Chaos Project vs. Dark Order (Stu Grayson & Evil Uno) vs. Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – Triple Threat tag team match.
Worst – The almost WWE RAW length runtime for the show.
Show Notes – Opening Vipress vs. Big Swole match was decent at best. Johnson & Solow vs. Dark Order was pretty good, especially the ending sequence. Leva Bates promo segment was decent. The abrupt camera cut during the Price vs. Velvet match was really odd. Shawn Spears interview segment was decent. Jake Roberts & Lance Archer promo segment was good. Guevara vs. Stunt and Guevara’s post-match promo were pretty good. Britt Baker’s Waiting Room segemnt was decent at best. Taz & Ricky Starks’ reactions whenever the Gunn Club shows up have been great. Another quality pre-match rap diss by Max Caster tonight. Angels vs. Sydal was pretty good. Avalon’s face after getting his first ever AEW win was funny. Triple Threat tag match was pretty good. This week’s episode was decent overall but also way too long in length.

AEW Dynamite (November 25)
* Hangman Adam Page vs. John Silver – 3.5
* Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Lee Johnson – 1.5 (Squash)
* Top Flight vs. The Hybrid2 – 4.0
* SCU vs. Jake Hager & Chris Jericho – 3.0
* AEW Women’s World Championship – Anna Jay vs. Hikaru Shida (c) – 3.0
* The Butcher & The Blade vs. Rey Fenix & PAC – 3.5
Overall – 4.0
Best – AEW World title contract signing segment.
Worst – The fake crowd audio being a bit overbearing at times.
Show Notes – Opening Page vs. Silver match was a very good. Evil Uno enticing Page to join Dark Order was good. Kenny Omega interview segment was arguably his best ever promo in AEW so far. Taz and Cody promo segment was very entertaining. Top Flight vs. Hybrid2 was amazing. AEW displaying sports-like team colors graphics early into Jericho’s tag match was interesting. Kip Sabian & Miro and Best Friends segment was a bit lame. Moxley beating up Omega during his obnoxious entrance routine was funny. AEW World title contract signing part deux was terrific. The pre-match hype video, AEW Women’s title match, and post-match Abadon stuff was pretty good. Team Taz promo segment was decent. Main event tag match and the post-match brawl with Lance Archer was very good. This week’s show was one of Dynamite’s best shows of the year.

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NJPW & OTHER

NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 Night 6 (November 22)
* Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima – 2.5
* World Tag League 2020 match – Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens vs. Shingo Takagi & SANADA – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. HenarACE – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. FinJuice – 3.5
* World Tag League 2020 match – Guerillas of Destiny vs. Dangerous Tekkers – 3.5
Overall – 3.0
Best – Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. FinJuice match.
Worst – Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima match.
Show Notes – Opening Honma & Kojima vs. Tsuji & Nagata match was fine. Fale & Owens vs. Takagi & SANADA was pretty good. Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. HenarACE was also pretty good. EVIL & Takahashi vs. Yano & Ishii was good despite the shenanigans at the end. Great-O-Khan & Cobb vs. FinJuice was very good. Guerillas of Destiny vs. Dangerous Tekkers was mostly very good. Night 6 of NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 was mostly enjoyable overall but also one of the weaker shows of the tournament so far.

NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 Night 7 (November 23)
* Gabriel Kidd & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima – 2.5
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – Yuya Uemura vs. Taiji Ishimori – 3.5
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – BUSHI vs. Robbie Eagles – 3.0
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – DOUKI vs. Hiromu Takahashi – 4.0
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – SHO vs. Ryusuke Taguchi – 3.0
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – El Desperado vs. Master Wato – 4.0
Overall – 4.0
Best – DOUKI vs. Hiromu Takahashi match.
Worst – Gabriel Kidd & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima match.
Show Notes – Opening Kidd & Nagata vs. Honma & Kojima match was decent. Uemura vs. Ishimori was very good and one of Uemura’s best matches of the Best of the Super Jrs. tournament so far. BUSHI vs. Eagles was pretty good. DOUKI vs. Takahashi was amazing and a good contender for match of the tournament. SHP vs. Taguchi was pretty good and laughed at Taguchi wearing red underwear for his exposed butt spots. Guess either him or NJPW got in trouble for doing the exposed butt routine one too many times. El Desperado vs. Wato was great despite the somewhat botched pinfall finish. Night 7 of NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 was one of the best tournament nights so far.

NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 Night 8 (November 24)
* Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima – 2.5
* World Tag League 2020 match – Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens vs. FinJuice – 2.5
* World Tag League 2020 match – EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi vs. HenarACE – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Guerillas of Destiny vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Dangerous Tekkers – 3.5
* World Tag League 2020 match – Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI – 3.5
Overall – 3.0
Best – Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Dangerous Tekkers match.
Worst – Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima match.
Show Notes – Opening Tsuji & Nagata vs. Honma & Kojima was okay but NJPW has run this same match layout routine one too many times now. Fale & Owens vs. FinJuice was decent despite the flat ending. EVIL & Takahashi vs. HenarACE was pretty good and was a bit surprised at Toa Henare scoring the pinfall win. Guerillas of Destiny vs. Yano & Ishii was good. Great-O-Khan & Cobb vs. Dangerous Tekkers was very good. Takagi & SANADA vs. Goto & YOSHI-HASHI was also very good. Night 8 of NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 was an entertaining show overall.

NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 Night 9 (November 25)
* Gabriel Kidd & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima – 2.5
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – Yuya Uemura vs. Hiromu Takahashi – 3.5
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – DOUKI vs. Master Wato – 3.0
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – BUSHI vs. Ryusuke Taguchi – 3.0
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – Robbie Eagles vs. Taiji Ishimori – 4.0
* Best of the Super Juniors 2020 match – SHO vs. El Desperado – 3.5
Overall – 3.5
Best – Robbie Eagles vs. Taiji Ishimori match.
Worst – Gabriel Kidd & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima match.
Show Notes – Opening Kidd & Nagata vs. Honma & Kojima was an alright bout. Uemura vs. Takahashi was very good and one of Uemura’s best matches of the Best of the Super Jrs. tournament so far. DOUKI vs. Wato was prety good despite some sloppy moments. BUSHI vs. Taguchi was pretty good and laughed at Taguchi going with the plumber’s crack tactic to keep his exposed butt routine streak active. Eagles vs. Ishimori was fantastic and worthy contender for match of the Best of the Super Jrs. tournament. SHO vs. El Desperado was very good despite the slowish first half of the match. El Desperado calling SHO a “stupid banana” after the match was funny. Night 9 of NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 was very enjoyable overall.

NJPW Strong (November 27)
* Logan Riegel vs. Clark Connors – 2.5
* Jordan Clearwater & Adrian Quest vs. ACH & Juice Robinson – 2.5
* Team Filthy (Danny Limelight, JR Kratos, Rust Taylor, & “Filthy” Tom Lawlor) vs. Fred Rosser, PJ Black, Rocky Romero, & Jeff Cobb – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – Team Filthy vs. Fred Rosser, PJ Black, Rocky Romero, & Jeff Cobb match.
Worst – Logan Riegel vs. Clark Connors match.
Show Notes – Opening Riegel vs. Connors match was decent despite its somewhat slow paced action. Clearwater & Quest vs. ACH & Robinson was decent as well. Eight-man tag team match was pretty good. This week’s episode was fine overall.

NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 Night 10 (November 28)
* Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima -2.5
* World Tag League 2020 match – Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens vs. HenarACE – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Dangerous Tekkers – 3.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. FinJuice – 4.0
* World Tag League 2020 match – Guerillas of Destiny vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI – 3.5
Overall – 3.5
Best – Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. FinJuice match.
Worst – Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima match.
Show Notes – Opening Tsuji & Nagata vs. Honma & Kojima match was decent. Great-O-Khan & Cobb vs. Yano & Ishii was fine. Bad Luck Fale & Owens vs. HenarACE was pretty good. EVIL & Takahashi vs. Dangerous Tekkers was a pretty good all heels style tag match and the ending sequence was wonderful. Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. FinJuice was amazing and was surprised at Finlay pinning Takagi. Guerillas of Destiny vs. Goto & YOSHI-HASHI was very good overall. Night 10 of NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 was very entertaining overall.

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Week awards:

• Best match of the week – TIE – #1 Contender for WWE Championship Qualifier – Riddle vs. Sheamus (WWE RAW) and World Tag League 2020 match – Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. FinJuice (NJPW World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors 2020 Night 10)
• Worst match of the week – RAW Women’s Championship match – Lana vs. Asuka (c) (WWE RAW)
• Best show of the week – AEW Dynamite
• Worst show of the week – AEW Dark