Sure, they left us hanging us with the explosion effect... and then conveniently zoomed in on the flying piece that left the stadium afterwards. It's like they're trying to hide their cake and eat it in front of everybody too.
Either way, I don't think we can really judge the strength of this gimmick based on this battle, especially since Phoenix was clearly spinning faster and they were using the Attack mode of Hell Salamander and Operate, and we all know how those suck. Way to rig the match, huh?
Interestingly enough, I don't think you're actually losing a significant amount of mass here when the outer edge flies off even with that small amount of metal on it, and that ring doesn't seem heavy enough to actually stay in the stadium for long should it not immediately fly out. On top of that, the revived Phoenix looks like it has a pretty good defensive edge that might help it avoid bursting a second time. This might actually work out well for our Phoenix friend.
Cincinnati-based Organizer, and owner of every single currently released TT Burst bey part in at least one color. Hard to think of anything I don't have from MFB either...