[8.0] "It was a good enough event.The matches of Hontai against War Dogs, TMDK and the second against H.o.T was good enough.That event was the start of some wrestlers prepare for their upcoming big matches before G1 and for those they don't have to prepare for the tournament.Also we had the debut of another Young Lion and the debut of Jay in Japan."

[5.0] "This show was absolutely useless and it needn't to be streamed tbh. On the other side it was really quick at least. **1/2"

[6.0] "The new young lions match was a decent showing. The last 2 6 man tag matches are pretty good. Not a bad overall show to start a tour"

[8.0] "Der erste Tag der NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 bekommt von mir, 8 starke Punkte. Zu vier Guide Einträge jeweils dort mehr."

[4.0] "Uneventful tour show where the first half of the card felt too over heavy on House of Torture matches"

[6.0] "Solid card with good young lion action followed by decent HoT matches capped off with three very fun preview matches"