[6.0] "Pre-Show Tag Team Match: Nice preview action. Some interesting interactions for the wrestlers, lacked of some more speed, but still was interesting. Satisfactory match to open the show. [***]; Katsuhiko Nakajima VS Masa Kitamiya: Another satisfactory one here. Pretty strong encounter, kicking and punching at every moment of the match. Nakajima was pretty looking as the winner of the match since the beggining, and trutly it was. Satisfactory match. [***]; Masato Tanaka VS Anthony Greene: Wow, actually a pretty nice match. Greene made a great work trying that Tanaka could look powerful and as a real threat to the match. Both offenses were good, pretty tactic, efficient and full of speed. The end was a bit awkward, but still satisfactory. [***1/2]; Masakatsu Funaki VS Kinya Okada: Nice and different match. Poor Okada, just was there to be destroyed by Funaki. He seemed pretty strong and secure about his victory. Adequate match. [**1/2]; Masaaki Mochizuki VS Hideki Suzuki: Well, this one maybe lacked of some more emotion towards it. The leg selling of Suzuki was ok, but there were momentos of the match that wasn't so much beliavable. Mochizuki didn't do a great thing, mostly as a complement of the leg work towards Hideki. Adequate match. [**]; Daisuke Harada, Kai Fujimura & Seiki Yoshioka VS Alejandro, Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY: Okey match. Okey interactions. Filler match before continue with tournament battles. Adequate I suppose. [**]; Kaito Kiyomiya VS Jack Morris: Another okey one. Man, it's sad to see that they are not reaching the level fo wrestling they are used to have. Adequate match some good interactions but a sloppy end. [**]; Kenoh VS El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.: Finally one decent match here. These two here knew how to carry out their match, and ending with a nice finishing. Seeing Kenoh winning at the end was a surprise. Satisfactory match. [***1/2]; El Hijo del Santo, Naomichi Marufuji & Ultimo Dragon VS Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy: Actually, this was a satisfactory match for me. Obviosly their ring skills were not the best, but still the tryout to have this kind of shows and some nice spots at the end it'what finally gains the rate. Satisfactory match. [***]; Satoshi Kojima VS Takashi Sugiura: Another satisfactory one. There was needed some nice talent as Mr Kojima to elevate the level of the match. Takashi was a good complement to him. Satisfactory match. [***]; Kazuyuki Fujita VS Go Shiozaki: Nice match to close the event. Fujita looked massively dominant against the superhero Shiozaki, who almost stole the match. This battle also lets you the emotion to watch the next matches of the tournament. Good effort. Pretty satisfactory match. [***3/4]; Didn't liked most of the matches, however it is a good start for the tournament, hoping that they could increase the overall quality of wrestling. Satisfactory event. [***]"

[6.0] "The ambiguous beginning of the tournament, as such, I did not see any good matches that I would remember. The first and last tournament match eventually became the best on the show. It was all in the best traditions of NOAH. From the unexpected, this is a Jack Morris victory. I want more variety and fresh meetings on the mats."

[7.0] "My 8 Points are only based on the 3 tournament matches I watched on this show and nothing else, which is my plan for the N1 shows besides the tournament matches the rest is alot of filler to round out the cards. Best match of the 3 I watched was the main of Fujita and Go followed by Nakajima and Kitamiya lastly Kojima and Sugiura."

[3.0] "This is a complete failure. Two good matches, and a whole column of disgusting ones. All this is compounded by some terrible booking moves, such as the loss of Kiyomiya to an unknown debutant, and disappointing performances - it was strange to me to see such a terrifying performance from Wagner, who had always left the best impressions about himself before. The only reason I don't put 1 or 2 is a strong opener (not a tag team match), and a decent main event. But, otherwise..."

"It's a good show for me, surprised by the lost of kiyomiya, Fujita Vs Shiozaki it's the best match of the show. I will give a 3.75 overall for the show."

[5.0] "*Rating is for tournament matches only* A tepid night. The only thing that stood out was how underwhelming the top two matches were. A couple of decent matches elsewhere but everything else was average."

[6.0] "This show had its moments, majority of wrestlers on this show worked hard and there only very few bad matches, but the crowd so dead even by 'clap crowd' standards (whatever that means), that my excitement about following this tournament hasn't increased after this show was over."

[7.0] "In my opinion a good show. Some killer bouts and some low profile matches. The show, I repeat is good."

[8.0] "A really good show, The Opener and the Main Event were the best on the card and I highly recommend checking those out, the middle of the card didn't have much but there were some good matches and then there was the Kaito match that wasn't any good."

[5.0] "What an absolute snooze fest. Not the way this tournament should have kicked off. There were very few redeeming moments."