Hideki Suzuki vs. Kento Miyahara

[5.0] "Although this picked up towards the end, this was dull as absolute dishwater for the first 10 minutes plus. The crowd, who are usually red hot for Miyohara were pretty flat as we got slow, ambling Hideki Suzuki grappling. The right man won but this wasn't good."

[7.0] "This match could have been better than it ended up being, but I thought the work they did when they were on was very good. Unfortunately there were some moments where the action died down and my interest waned. The single hard cam production also hurt my enjoyment a little, but not super badly."

[6.0] "On the paper this sounds like a banger but this was a bit underwhelming for a Miyahara vs Suzuki despite the fact it was pretty good. Hideki Suzuki spent most of his time on top and his work wasn't really exciting, I know he's not a flashy worker but he wasn't as interesting as usual but Kento Miyahara's selling was the highlight of this match, he sold everything so well and made Hideki look like a killer. The finishing stretch was pretty good and there was some solid suspense but the match hasn't really reached the second gear - ***1/4"

[7.0] "Even a cool technical match, despite the fact that it was a bit boring here and there. But overall, the match is rather recommendable."

[7.0] "On paper this was an interesting match-up that could result in a unique match, but neither wrestler decided to bother trying to reinvent the wheel. Instead everything went as expected - Suzuki tried to ruin Miyahara's day in many different ways that Suzuki usually does, but eventually Miyahara made a big comeback, hit a Shutdown German Suplex and got the pin. ***1/4"

[8.0] "Very good first time match between these two. Hideki had a lot of control early building to a strong comeback from Kento. With a bit more time in the closing stretch, I think it could have hit a higher level possibly but it was still very good. 7.5-8"