The Tuwaiq Trophy match was criticized for its length and twist ending, with some critics comparing the finish to Shane McMahon's panned win of the WWE World Cup at the Crown Jewel event in 2018, which also took place in Saudi Arabia. "Pro Wrestling Dot Net" called the match "ridiculous". "411mania" also compared it to the WWE World Cup by stating that "[WWE] killed another Saudi special match with a winner that wasn't even involved."; they gave the match a 1/5 rating, stating "this was bad, long for the sake of being long".