[8.0] "Consistently good Korakuen with an amazing closing drama. More wrestling promoters should study how to do cash-ins with so much tragedy and excitement behind them. Kaisei Takechi winning his first gold in wrestling would have been even better with Sumi winning his first KO-D Openweight belt, but I can wait."

[8.0] "wow, making not one but two cash-in, it made sense. The Hirata's title run was funny enough and surprisingly short, it could be show some serious stuff that he can be able to do, and I felt that the second cash-in could be shorter, so it kind loose the momentum at some point, and plus it showed how potential Sumi have. It's been a while that Ueno proved to be the guy who can carry the promotion, after Takeshita is pursuing big things, both in the States and especially the IWGP title, and having the title vs title match with Minoru, who as champion coming from outside it's been played well and believable as champion not so easy to defeat. Now it is the perfect time to go through."

[9.0] "A packed Korakuen proves Yoshihiko is a draw. This show really proved that Ueno should be the guy. He can do everything you ask of him, and I honestly think he and Higuchi are the only serious champion-level dudes right now, so now is the time to go on a long run with him. Have him beat Suzuki and either go on a double title run or have him vacate the Universal. Regardless, there's so many opponents and stories for him: Toy and Shunma in his group; Higuchi and MAO as serious challengers with history; even do the freelancer thing like you've got done with Suzuki and get some big names in for defenses (ideally, Naito and Go, but that's unrealistic; maybe Irie and KUSHIDA? ). He's the man, and I say go all the way for the next year-plus with Ueno on top."