[8.0] "The main event was great, as matches between Okada and Suzuki usually are, but they were slightly outshone by EVIL and Tanahashi, with Tanahashi having a great night and EVIL able to keep up. The rest of the tournament matches were average to good, Fale and Elgin had a poor match because of, well, you know the score by now."
[5.0] "Mit Omega/Ishii und Ibushi/Naito ist der Tease in der Undercard auf dem Papier zwar sehr fein, aber so richtig zünden will er auch nicht. Geht aber deutlich schlimmer, wie der Opener beweist. Oder leider auch das erste G1-Match. Das Firing Squad-Booking ruiniert das nächste Match. Irre, wie konsequent man da immer ist. Nur ärgerlich, dass sich das Booking über alle Tage so stark ähnelt. Sehr lahm. Page bringt halt Spaß und Makabe bringt seine Physis ein, daraus entsteht für micht nichts Empfehlenswertes. (***) Schon schwierig, mit White das nächste eigenwillige Booking im Block zu haben. Das macht den A Block auch weiterhin etwas zäh. Mit YOSHI-HASHI gibt es die typische Heel/Face-Konstellation, die besonders White schon nutzen kann, aber berechenbares Showcase-Match, welches man schnell vergessen hat. (**½) Tanahashi und EVIL haben gute Ansätze, liefern eine ganz gute Chemie und bauen ihr Match linear aber ordentlich auf Solide Nummer. (***) Die beste Paarung des A-Blocks gibt es am 7. Tag. Suzuki und Okada hatten eines der Highlights 2017 mit ihrem Draw (****½), der für mich das zweitbeste Match des B-Blocks 2017 war. Jetzt war es etwas zu viel des Klischees. Suzuki spielt seine Rolle wie immer. Böse und intensiv, aber Okada hat zuletzt bewiesen, dass er nicht der strahlender Superheld sein muss, aber wird hier dennoch so eingesetzt. Das sieht in Teilen zu einfach aus und fühlt sich nicht richtig an. (***½) Der gute Abschluss kann einen durchschnittlichen 13. Tag des G1 aber auch nicht retten."
[6.0] "Falls es einen Tag gibt, an dem sich die Wrestler etwas zurückgehalten haben, war es wohl dieser. Dennoch aber eine solide Show. Elgin vs. Fale hat mich wegen der erneuten Eingriffe einfach nur noch gernervt, Page vs. Makabe und White vs. YH waren solide, Evil vs. Tanahashi ganz nett und der Main Event ganz gut."
[7.0] "Just another meh A-block show that blended with the rest. Elgin vs Fale was on it's way towards being something decent till the overdone BCOG shit happened, *. Page and Makabe was decent, but Page getting his first win was great, ***1/4. Jay vs YOSHI could've been something decent, but it ended up just being a match, ***. I really liked Tanahashi vs EVIL as it showed what they can do in a shorter match which makes me hopeful for an eventual bigger match down the line, ****. Okada and Suzuki didn't nearly have as good of a match as they did in the last two years, but for what they did it was still a pretty good match, ****1/4."
[7.0] "Fale/Elgin was on it's way of becoming a borderline great match, but then the BCOG interference gimmick kicked in; I have actually really liked most of the interference stuff by the Tongans in this G1, but here it ended up taking away from the awesome match Big Mike & Big Fale were having - overall still a very enjoyable, good one though (***1/4), Hangman/Makabe was surprisingly very solid! Just good, fun, slugfest'ish action from start to finish (***), Switchblade/YOSHI-HASHI was, unsurprisingly, the weakest match of the night - just as uncharismatic, dull, heatless & boring as it looked on paper (*), Tanahashi/EVIL gets the MOTN honors here; really good work on top by EVIL & a masterful performance fighting from underneath by Tana (***3/4), Okada/MiSu was a tale of two performers for me - I absolutely LOVED everything that MiSu did; forearms, knees & submissions, hell yeah! But then on the other hand, every time Okada got on the offense, I got annoyed. Overall though the match had enough of Minoru Suzuki badassery for me to call it good, but definitely prefer the Draw in the Downpour from this year (***). All in all, a very solid night for tourney action! Just one match that wasn't good or better."
[7.0] "Fale/Elgin: ***1/4. Before all the mishegoss, this was probably Fale's best performance of the tournament. He was good, Elgin is a good opponent for him after all. Elgin may be my MVP of A block. He's been the unsung hero of A block. Makabe/Page: ***1/3. Nice match. Page looked good. YH/Jay White: ***. This had some problems. Too much abuse of the referee, and an apathetic crowd. Good, but that's it. EVIL/Tana: ***3/4. Very good. Crowd was mute, but even still this was very good. Okada/Suzuki: ****1/3. What a magnificent match. This was like watching a human chess match. Everything meant something. The end was a little flat, but this nothing short of great. Show was good, but the crowd was not. Main event was excellent."
[6.0] "Pretty dull night. Elgin/Fale was fine ***. Makabe/Page was pretty good ***1/4. White/Hashi was pretty good ***1/4. Tana/EVIL was really good ***3/4. Okada/Suzuki was great, although a bit under their matches from last year ****1/4. Overall some good stuff and a great main event, but as a whole it was rather skippable"
[5.0] "Elgin vs Fale ** 3/4, Hangman vs Makabe ***. White vs Hashi *** 1/4, Tana vs EVIL *** 1/2 und Okada vs MiSu **** 1/4. Insgesamt war das bis dato die mit abstand schwächste Show im diesjährigen G1. Der Main Event war ziemlich stark, aber trotzdem weit hinter dem MiSu vs Okada Niveau. Co Main Event war zu kurz und der rest der Show war allein von der Ansetzung her nicht so dolle."
[6.0] "Suzuki und Okada liefern sich zwar ein tolles Match, kommen aber nicht an ihre letzten beiden Matches heran. EVIL/Tanahashi & Hangman/Makabe waren ebenfalls gut."
[6.0] "Easily the worst day of the G1 so far. Fale/Elgin was boring (**), Makabe/Page was decent (***1/4), White/YOSHI-HASHI, was pretty good, White continues to be a despicable bastard, and YOSHI continues to show fire (***1/2), Tanahashi/EVIL was pretty good, loved the finisher steal at the end (***3/4), Okada/Suzuki was great but a huge disappointment considering their previous work (****). Overall it really seems like G1 burnout has set in, hopefully the next show can pull us out of it."
