[4.0] "Not exactly a hot show, but the debuts for the RO&D stable saved the day. Also interesting in a storyline way was the Smith and Misawa squashes. Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata -vs- Masao Inoue & Mitsuo Momota [*], Takuma Sano & Junji Izumida -vs- Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi [*], Kotaro Suzuki -vs- Ted DiBiase Jr. [* 1/4], Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura -vs- Ricky Marvin & Eddie Edwards [* 1/2], Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio & Yoshinobu Kanemaru -vs- KENTA & Akitoshi Saito & Taiji Ishimori [**], Bison Smith -vs- Ippei Ota & Akihiko Ito - (Handicap) [* 1/4] The Bison Show! Getting to squash two of NOAH's rookies throwing them around like they were nothing. He continued to trash Ota after the bell which caused Misawa, who was watching at ringside, to show some rare emotion. This might not have been a great match, but it made a very clear point. Smith's a monster and he wants Misawa. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa -vs- Akira Taue & Shuhei Taniguchi [3/4*] Well, since Smith got to win a squash then it's only fair that Misawa does too. Flat finish and a bad crowd reaction. D-Lo Brown & Buchanan & Taka Michinoku -vs- Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone & Go Shiosaki [** 1/2] Taka back with his old RO&D group that he split with last year and has feuded with until earlier this year when AJPW stopped using D-Lo & Buchanan. Not exactly following the AJPW storyline, but what the hell, they might bring new interest to the boring gaijin side of NOAH's roster. KAZMA was also apart of this version of RO&D. Watching Morishima go to work on the former WWE superstars was quite a sight. Then again I'm going to love anything involving Morishima beating people up. The Americans where good at bumping around for the native NOAH guys, but this was RO&D's introduction match so there was a lot of bumping around in return. And good fun it was!"