Dragon Dia & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

[2.0] "This was essentially an all-antics match, with there being not much to the wrestling part. SHO was back on his shenanigans and Kanemaru did a decent job of the limb work. Dia also looked decent and Taguchi acted a fool. Just horrid."

[4.0] "House of Torture B-Team does House of Torture shenanigans while Taguchi acts a fool. Not bad enough to hate, but bland enough to not care about."

[7.0] "I love those two teams, so I'm happy their encounter delivered. Look at Taguchi cosplaying as Terryman, what a hero! Dia on Dia's forehead just stands for Dia I suppose, so no Kinnikuman reference here. Match was fun and final minutes were excelent. Shame to see Skateboard Bros. losing by their own signature attribute, but that's Trick Or Torture for them. ***1/2"

[3.0] "The usual HOT dreck plus Taguchi in full goofball form. Dia was sidelined for most of this; nothing to see here."

[5.0] "A lot of comedy here between HOT and Taguchi, but this is the most unoffensive tour from HOT in a long time. Some decent energy throughout as the Skateboard Bros get good babyface response from the crowd. **1/2"

[4.0] "A normal HoT match without anything remarkable, it was slow paced as usual and of course at the end YOH and Kanemaru got the win. Luckly they still kept the level of cheating low but the wrestling wasn't really anything to be praised. It ahs to he said that this one has the less star Power of evere single match in the league. **1/4"

[7.0] "I thought this was pretty solid considering you know what's gonna happen with kanemaru and sho in the fold. Dia and Taguchis tag team offense is so crisp and i prefer this goofy offense to some of the other teams boring serious offense. All in all pretty solid to me."

[6.0] "House of Torture figured out how to make their formula work in mid-card matches like this one, and this time SHO did a good job making babyfaces look good before Kanemaru helped him to cheat and win."

[5.0] "Typical house of torture antics and bullshit with the slim bright spot being dragon Dia, otherwise unnotable and nothing"

[5.0] "Don't let Taguchi and HOT's antics distract you from what was a pretty good showing for Dragon Dia here."

[5.0] "There's some really good work from Dragon Dia in this match, but otherwise it's Taguchi antics and HOT tactics"

[4.0] "This actually started pretty solid, the comedy stayed light and it was a basic but enjoyable heel vs face matchup. Dragon Dia looks really good and I would love to see more of him in New Japan with some better booking. There is something really enjoyable about watching this very basic good guy vs bad guy wrestling and parts of this bout were just really endearing, but overall this was a bit of a miss for me, enjoyable but really nothing special or worth seeking out. SHO got the win with the package piledriver on Taguchi."