According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Federline was well received backstage.

The fight was chosen as the 2006 Fight of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

This led to a 60-minute time limit draw, and is regarded as the greatest 60 minute bout in wrestling history by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The match reached critical acclaim, being given a near-perfect rating from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named this the best overall show of 2007.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter had a recall poll to remove him from their Hall of Fame but was under the 60% needed to do so.

Feedback from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the event a score of somewhere between a thumbs in the middle to a thumbs up.

In late 2008, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that the number of pay-per-view purchasers for the event was believed to be 55,000.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter listed Victory Road as the worst major wrestling show of 2011.

The bout won Wrestling Observer Newsletter's "Fight of the Year" category for 1998.