Remember the legendary days of New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom shows where there were three or four back-to-back awesome, match-of-the-year contenders? And sometimes the matches just got better and better? Yeah, those days are long gone, but this show had a three match stretch that was incredible. Toni Storm beat Mariah May for the women's title in a "Hollywood Ending" bloodbath match. It was the best women's match in AEW history. I still remember both women breaking bottles of champagne in buckets and taping the shards of glass to their hands to use on their opponent. Insanity. Right after that, Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takeshita had a ***1/2 star match. Right after that, Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher had the best match of the year that took place in a steel cage. The actual PPV even started with a ***1/2 star match between MJF and 'Hangman' Adam Page that had the crowd going crazy. The other good match on the show was Ricochet vs. Swerve Strickland. Every match on the show wasn't great of course, and the main event was weak. Still, that three match stretch of greatness was a sight to behold. To have a PPV with three ***1/2 star matches and one **** star match is truly rare. This was, like the glory days of New Japan, legendary.
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