Antonio Honda vs. Jun Akiyama

[5.0] "Every now and then Honda, entertaining comedian that he is, will pull out a hard hitting old-school match out from under his leotard and I really was kind of hoping today, with Akiyama in the ring and with two really strong matches prior to them, that he'd do it here too. Alas, it's a more paint-by-the-numbers Honda comedy match, which, is fine! Entertaining! I laughed! I've also seen this a lot before and pretty much everything (except the figure four spot, that was truly inspired) was so routine that it fell a little flat for me. It's not bad. It's neither man's best. It's merely the middle of the card."

[7.0] "This was more competitive than what I was expecting. It's been nearly 5 years since Akiyama became part of DDT, he really knows how to handle the comedy x drama part of the gig. Honda is always goofy, but always engaging underdog, you just can't not get hyped when he strikes the legend with Dusty-style elbows and applies Figure Four. Anton can do it one day. ***1/2"