[7.0] "On this Korakuen Hall show there were very few formulaic/copy-paste matches that dominated first half of this tournament, which automatically made this one of the best shows in the entire tournament imo. If you're cherry-picking, watch Iwatani vs. Suzuki and Hazuki vs. Iida, two great matches. Shirakawa vs. Sourei and Sera vs. AZM are also worth your time. SAKI finally looked like was finally able to spread her wings in a match against Saki Kashima, Syuri took Momo Kohgo's best shot, quickly turned things around and forced Kohgo to tap out. Natsupoi vs. Hanan was a nice little opener, Hayashishita quickly defeated Sakurai in a one-sided match, and Nakano vs. Sayaka was a 'Tam Nakano match', in a bad/boring way."
[6.0] "The worst Stardom's Korakuen Hall show of the year. I will completely forget all matches except Mina's in an hour. There were good signs here, but the distribution of time was also very strange. They gave 10 minutes to Tam and Unagi and just 5 minutes to Risa and Azumi, who could have made a more thoughtful match."
[8.0] "I don't think this show is one of the weakest, on the contrary, all the matches were consistently good, and a few really stand out raises it higher than 7. Mina-Sourei and Mayu-Suzu are the best matches of the day."
[7.0] "*Rating is for tournament matches only* For a good deal of this show, the quality between matches varied dramatically which made it jarring viewing. It did however have enough quality where it counted to be good. It could have done with the card being structured differently though."
[7.0] "I agree that this was the weakest Korakuen card from the 5STAR this year, but with matches like Iida/Hazuki, Sera/AZM, and Iwatani/Suzuki, this was still well worth the watch."
[7.0] "Definitely the weakest of the three Korakuen Grand Prix shows, but it was on a Monday and the card was lesser, but the crowd was still hot even if they didn't have the full sellout. Hazuki/Iida, Nakano/Unagi, and Suzu/Mayu were the standouts."
[7.0] "Korakuen Grand Prix shows just don't miss. This wasn't stacked like the other Korakuen shows during this tournament have been, but it did have two matches that were must-see on paper. Surprisingly enough, those two matches weren't the ones that stole the show for me. The opening two matches were fun, but Mina vs. Ami blew me away. They killed it and I got really invested in the final stretch. They told a really good story and I think it might be my favorite singles match from each of them. Saki vs. SAKI was alright with some comedy and a good second half, but Iida vs. HZK was excellent, and felt like a blur between an intense training session and important tournament match. Utami/Mai had a surprising angle with the roses, was a good, short match, had the right result and a fitting aftermath. Syuri/Kohgo was an extended squash but solid nonetheless. Risa and AZM's match was surprisingly funny, but also really good and I wish they got more time to work with. I loved how intense and hate-filled Tam vs. Unagi was, since they're faction-mates who are really close, but also have some differences. This was surreal and some didn't like it, but I thought it was awesome. I had lofty expectations for Mayu/Suzu, and it had an excellent second half, but I still feel like they can do a lot better if given more time to work with. The headbutts were a bit much, but the aftermath was hilarious. It was a 7.5/10 show, but Cagematch doesn't allow half-points, and an 8 feels too high even though there were a few matches that feel worthy of that rating. I'll reluctantly give it a 7, but do know that pretty much the whole show is worth checking out, and there are some matches that will take you by surprise."
[7.0] "The weakest Korakuen card on paper ended up being the worst Korakuen show in this 5STAR. But that's not a bad thing because I thought the show was still good, just not great. Suzu vs Mayu, Iida vs Hazuki and Mina vs Ami are all worth the watch."
