[5.0] "Sad that they couldn't generate more fanfare on such a big show. Plenty of matches that could have been something, but the will do give something back didn't seem to be there on this day. They'd had much smaller shows better and with more of an effort then this. Disappointing. Only curiosity is to see Kurt Angle wrestle for New Japan. Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito -vs- Takashi Uwano & Mitsuhide Hirasawa [* 1/4], Tiger Mask & Dick Togo & Taka Michinoku & El Samurai -vs- Jushin Liger & Shuji Kondo & Gedo & Jado [**], Riki Choshu & Takashi Iizuka -vs- Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii [* 1/4], Shiro Koshinaka -vs- Manabu Nakanishi [* 1/2], Shinsuke Nakamura -vs- Togi Makabe [* 3/4], Hiroyoshi Tenzan & TARU -vs- Masahiro Chono & Milano Collection AT [* 1/2] Minoru (c) -vs- Wataru Inoue - (IWGP Junior Title) [**] Kurt Angle & Yuji Nagata -vs- Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko [** 1/4] The shows main attraction! Kurt Angle making his NJPW debut! The Olympic hero teaming with a former champion amateur wrestler Nagata. And what more fitting against two former WWE. Don't expect fireworks. It was mainly a presentation of the American superstar who just did what he always do. Nagata got the chant from the fans, which might tell you that Angle, who's been one of the major US stars this decade, doesn't mean too much for the NJPW fans. Angle got a okay response doing a bunch of weak-mans Germans and popping up to save his team here and there. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) -vs- Koji Kanemoto - (IWGP Title) [** 3/4]"