Greg Parks, PWTorch.com Contributor (7.0)

I think the women's division is at its highest point right now since the days of Gail Kim feuding with Awesome Kong. The matches on the show tonight seemed to really click for the most part (except that I couldn't stop thinking that Roxxi looked like MadTvV's Mo Collins). So did the men, too. I liked Dinero vs. Lethal, even though we still don't know enough about Dinero. I enjoyed the main event as well. The downside of the Angle vs. Morgan feud is that inevitably, one of them comes off looking incredibly dumb, depending on how you book it. If you can get over that though, I've enjoyed the feud for the most part, as well as Sting's involvement.

Hopefully, Cody Deaner loses at the PPV and disappears, but unfortunately, I feel like he's TNA's version of Hornswoggle: Get him on TV at all costs. The World Elite and the Main Event Mafia breaking up this early is just another product of Vince Russo's rushed TV writing. Homicide turning on Hernandez you could see coming. At least this means Homicide won't be a casualty of Hernandez's new-found push.

Curtis Shanks, PWTorch.com Contributor (6.5)

Did we really create the World Elite faction and align them with the Mafia only to have them split apart three weeks later? The WE faction has some potential, but they should have never been aligned with the Mafia in the first place. The stable could have worked as a mid-card heel group, but they will always be in the shadow of the Mafia. Homicide's inclusion into the group was a nice development, but I fear that means he will now be reduced to standing in the background along with the other members while Eric Young speaks.

I like the Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle storyline. Morgan just turned heel not too long ago, but it has been a smooth, drawn-out and believable turn back to babyface status. It is a little unrealistic for Angle to be the only one who doesn't understand Morgan's intentions. But I like the new Matt Morgan character, as it's about time for someone to stand up and play mind games with the Mafia and show some guts. I like Morgan and Angle, but the highlight of this show was the Guns on commentary. They're not for everyone, but they were funny in the time they were given and added some entertainment to some otherwise dull segments.

The mid-match opening was an interesting way to open the show, but it fell a little flat with me. There was just too much going on from the start, and I felt like I had catching up to do before I was even one minute into the show. I won't complain too much, as it was nice to see something different than recap video, show title, music video opening and pyro to open the show.

Daniel Wilkenfeld, PWTorch.com Contributor (7.5)

This is the first show in weeks I've really enjoyed. It suffered from some extremely serious time-management issues—Cody Deaner should not be getting three segments when you only have five minutes for Jay Lethal—but even the worst bits moved forward some legitimate project (e.g. Tara-Kong). The Homicide heel turn was too foreshadowed, but I guess that's better than it being too under-motivated. Moreover, I was very pleased to see it get the main event slot, once again treating Hernandez like a big deal. Both the main event and first women's tag matches were very enjoyable television as well.

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