SANADA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku

[5.0] "A tag match with a specific reason only: the buildup of Taichi vs SANADA. Decent tag team action, with personal interactions."

[5.0] "Of course the focus was building Taichi vs SANADA and the match did that right. Other than that, the ending was absolutely lacking of any shock and it was by far the weakest match of the show up to this point. Just something truly forgettable. **1/2"

[5.0] "It's just an average match. The focus was on building Taichi and SANADA as expected. I thought both Michinoku and Ishimori could have done more here but understand that they weren't the focus of the match."

[5.0] "straight down the middle match with some decent brawling at the start but didn't really get going at any point, looking forward to SANADA and Taichi down the line"

[4.0] "A fairly low-key match, with the main focus being SANADA ramping up his antagonism of Taichi. Also a quiet match from Taiji Ishimori."

[5.0] "Lots of walk and brawl to begin with before the action settles into. comfortable pace in the ring. Sanada is in full on troll mode with that T he is wearing. As has been mentioned, felt a bit tame considering recent history - I suppose this show is a glorified house show so it is to be expected."

[6.0] "Solid match. It just felt a bit too peacfull concidering everything that happened between J5G and Sanada. But maybe NJPW safes all the hate for a "bigger" match. Either way I'm excited for theire next encounter. This match was a solid preview, but also nothing really speciall"