Hiromu Takahashi vs. Shoma Kato

[4.0] "Essentially Takahashi was there to kick Kato's ass in the opener without giving him much offence; seeing a Young Lion getting near to defeat a Jr. main-eventer would have been great but at the end of the day it's probably just no time yet for Shoma, for now at least. **"

[4.0] "I haven't been especially high on Kato over the last few months of YL matches and there wasn't anything here which really moved the needle."

[4.0] "This was a pretty boring match, though that was to be expected given the involvement of a young lion."

[5.0] "I thought this was decent enough for a Kickoff show with a fun hiromu surprise to get him on the card. It's passable, certainly not bad"

[3.0] "Shoma in LIJ in few years? Match was boring and in those six minutes nothing happened. Nearly only submission and nothing special. **1/2"