I believe its his presentation that delivers. If you allow the spectator not only examine some of the rings, but even allow them to do the linking as well before they even get a chance to question it, your home free. I admired Mr. Messados presentation of allowing them to be part of the magic not once but twice.

It's great, the spectator routine you technically get them involves 4 times. That's the great part about routining, you don't give them the chance to question, and if they do you can move on. Reminds me of knowing a retention pass, you can do a great retention pass but it gives all the red flags if you don't have a routine to incorporate that retention/shuttle pass into.

I think its a fresh looking classic routine for modern audiences
I can finally see myself performing the rings which I thought they were not my kind of thing for a long time
Lesson learned : old classics can still work well if we eliminate the cheese a little bit