[4.0] "Dreadful, the worst major show NJPW has run since at least 2016. The fact that every big match featured someone from Bullet Club is not a coincidence (Ishimori innocent, but that gimmick match was never going to work)."
[1.0] "Ein unglaublich Schlechter NJPW New Beginning Event. Wenn das wirklich die Zukunft ist wo NJPW hin möchte, dann sieht die Zukunft aber ganz ganz Schwarz aus. Nach einem fantastischen Wrestle Kingdom Event und einem guten bis Soliden New Years Dash Event, macht New Japan hier alles Falsch was man falsch machen kann. Und zwar stell man das House Of Tourture unglaublich stark da. Das ist absolut nicht mein Geschmack an Wrestling, wenn immer und immer wieder Member der Gruppierung in Matches eingreifen und es so dargestellt wird, als würde keiner der offiziellen dies mitbekommen. Also wenn das wirklich der Plan von Gedos Booking für die Zukunft ist, dann wird keiner mehr in naher Zukunft gerne NJPW gucken. Grade jetzt wo Will Ospreay und Kazuchika Okada NJPW verlassen werden, muss man grade jetzt die Junge Generation (Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji, sowie auch Yuya Uemura) bis in den Main Event Pushen um neue Stars zu kreieren. Aber was macht man stattdessen? Man Pusht das HoT. Absolut unverständlich wenn man so viele starke Talente im Roster hat. Ich fand hier fast jedes aber auch wirklich fast jedes Match hier absolut schwach. Die Show Bekommt von mir 1 einzigen Punkt aber auch nur aus dem Grund, weil das United Empire und der Bullet Club wenigstens etwas Solides auf die Beine Stellen konnten (***1/4)."
[4.0] "The worst NJPW 'big' show I've seen since I started following in 2018. An embarrassingly poor KOPW match along with a tonne of uninspired, 'Road To' level effort matches made for a truly tedious watch. The New Beginning show in Nagoya last year was almost as terrible. 4/10"
[4.0] "Puuuh, das war echt nicht gut, vor allem hinten raus. Eine der schwächsten New Japan Shows seit längerer Zeit. Die Under- und Midcard ist typisch New Japan und in Ordnung, da die kommenden Matches ein wenig aufgegriffen werden. Ishimori vs. GOK war noch okay aber nichts Ganzes und nicht Hallbes. Teilweise Rundenkampf, teilweise normales Match, teilweise Comedy und teilweise Bootcamp. Funktioniert dann auch nur teilweise aber immerhin konnte ich den Pausen zwischen den Runden was abgewinnen, da ich selber Calisthenics betreibe und auch regelmäßig HIIT Workouts mache. GOD vs. Chase Owens & KENTA fand ich dann leider schrecklich langweilig, das Match hat mir echt gar nichts gegeben. War jetzt nicht schlecht aber einfach langweilig. Total dumm auch, dass es hier nur um die Strong Tag Titel ging und die IWGP Titel später bei der Tour nochmal verteidigt werden. EVIL vs. Tama Tonga ist dann ein typischer House of Torture Main Event und daher leider nicht so geil als Farewell für Tama Tonga. War solide aber da hätte man sich auch was besseres einfallen lassen können. Schön aber dennoch, dass man Tama dieses letzte Match gegeben haben, da er ja wirklich lange bei New Japan war und ich fast seine gesamte Karriere dort mitverfolgt habe."
[4.0] "If this is how NJPW will be in 2024 count me out. One of the dullest shows I've ever seen them do. The KOPW title needs to be retired if it gives us matches like this. The only solid story right now is United Empire vs War Dogs."
[1.0] "Katsuya Murashima vs Shoma Kato: An average young lions match that ended in a time limit draw, which for young lions is not unusual [**]. Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi vs Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma: I did not like this match, Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma tried to make this match watchable but it did not work [DUD]. Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney & Gabe Kidd vs Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, HENARE, Jeff Cobb & TJP: A decent 5 on 5 match as the feud is building up nicely, with solid action from bell to bell but could have been better though [**3/4]. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs El Desperado & Master Wato: Not a bad preview for El Desperado vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, but it wasn't purticularly good either, could have missed this one out to be honest [*]. Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe & Tomohiro Ishii: Average eight man tag team match, ZSJ getting the win by submitting veteran Togi Makabe was good to see on ZSJ's road to facing Bryan Danielson next month [**3/4]. DOUKI, SANADA, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura vs BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji: This was an average multi man match with a preview of a few upcoming matches later in the tour, the action was just below solid [**]. Great O-Khan vs Taiji Ishimori: This match was goofy to say the least, with the unique stipulation, I did not get the stipulation and the ending was confusing when GOK collapsed on top of the title belt and won it, i mean seriously [DUD]. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs Chase Owens & KENTA: Been ELP's and Hikuleo's weakest title defense, did not get that invested into it to be honest, KENTA looked like he did not care and Chase Owens is not ideally for long matches, it went on about 10 minutes longer than it should have, and the quality of the action was not there to be honest [*]. EVIL vs Tama Tonga: This was not a match, it was only 2 minutes long, HOT got involved which led to Shota Umino and a few others coming out and ended in a brawl which caused a no contest [DUD]. EVIL vs Tama Tonga [2]: Did not like this match either, mainly due to HOT's antics which led to EVIL winning the title, should have had a different match for the final singles match in NJPW for Tama Tonga, 14 years he has given to NJPW and this is how they fucking book him to go out with someone like EVIL [DUD]"
[5.0] "Overall this felt like a below average New Beginning Show. Granted i'm not the biggest fan of House of Torture or Chase Owens so that probably doesn't help. the UE vs Bullet Club match was match of the night for me. For the feature matches, O-Khan vs Ishimori was a unique challenge, and the commentary team being confused at how the match works and the finish made me enjoy it more lol. GoD vs Bullet Club wasn't that good. ELP isn't good enough to carry 3 others to a good 20 minute match. and Tama's final match was oddly fitting considering how much interference his matches use to have when he was in Bullet Club."
[6.0] "Your enjoyment of this show is going to be proportional to your tolerance of House of Torture shenanigans. Nothing in this show was bad, but there was a lot of mediocre, particularly the two main events. Bolstered by some good multi-man tag action and Tama Tonga's emotional farewell."
[6.0] "An overall decent show to start the whole new beginning tour. The undercard was as good as New Japan used us and despite the last three matches are really divisive I actually liked 2 out of three of them. Also they built a lot for next matches. **3/4"
[3.0] "At first, I was thinking if I should watch the Nagoya show or not. Judging by the card, seems that it would not be a good event to remember. Anyway, I just gave it a watch and it was disappointing as of speak. What are the Nagoya fans doing to deserve this event. Although it's a regular event, at least not make it bad. Well, still here are my ratings: Umino/Honma vs Narita/Yujiro, underwhelming, (*1/2), United Empire vs Wardogs 10-man tag, alright match, (**3/4), SHO/Kanemaru vs Despy/Master Wato, underwhelming, (*3/4), Okada/Tanahashi/Ishii/Makabe vs TMDK, alright match, (**3/4), LIJ vs Just 5 Guys 10-man tag, decent match, (***), Ishimori vs O-Khan, my review on the matchguide, (*), Hikuleo/ELP vs KENTA/Owens, my review on the matchguide, (***) and Tama vs EVIL, my review on the matchguide, (**). No MOTN on this event as I think they don't deserve to have the MOTN. Only good points on this event are Okada returning to ring after the match to bid farewell to the Nagoya crowd and Tama Tonga's farewell speech. The rest are forgettable."
[4.0] "New Japan Serie an guten Shows in 2024 reißt in Nagoya. Das beste Match war War Dogs vs. Empire. Der Rest war viel Comedy (KOPW), langweilig (Tag Title) oder overbooking (Main Event)."
