including submission holds and finishers (which both Roode and Aries went back-and-forth in countering), using underhanded tactics behind the referee's back such as hitting Aries below the waist and clocking him over the head with the title belt, all to no avail. In the end, Roode went for the Pay Off on Aries, who countered it into a fast unsuccessful roll up. Roode charged after Aries in the corner as Aries moved out the way and tried to roll up Roode, who avoided it. Up to the finish, while Roode was still trying to get up, Aries landed a kick to Roode's chest and followed up with the Brainbuster in the middle of the ring. Aries proceeded to successfully pin Roode, igniting an uproarious celebration and bringing Roode's 256-day title reign to a halt. Reception Destination X was given mainly positive reviews from critics. Matt Bishop of the SLAM! Sports section of the Canadian Online Explorer rated the entire event an 8 out of 10, which was relatively the same as last year's. Bishop, who thought of the show as fantastic, spoke on the main attraction of the night that surrounded Aries-Roode for the World Title, "Red and white colored confetti comes down through the sky in the Impact Zone as Aries celebrates one of the most improbable world title wins in professional wrestling history." He rated matches between 4-10 with the lowest going to Ion-Cassanova which was given 4 out of 10 and highest credited to the Angle-Joe match getting 8 out of 10, the Styles-Daniels encounter that received 9 out of 10, and the Roode-Aries main event that was rewarded 10 out of 10. 411 Mania wrestling section writer Colin Rinehart rewarded the event 9 out of 10, which was higher than last year's event that got 8 out of 10. Rinehart expressed his feelings that the company has invested effort into making Destination X a solid annual PPV and showcased its strongest points by bringing in young motivated talent, employing good booking decisions, and building coherent, long-term angles and stars. He also praised the action as "absolutely stellar wrestling" and the main event as "one of the flat out best wrestling matches I've seen all year with a fresh, over young face going over in the main event." Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter chipped in his thoughts saying, "The second half of this show was