[6.0] "Good last match for both guys with Mike D playing the spoiler role. He's had a great tournament and really raised his stock and Ayabe continues to slowly improve. ***1/4"
[6.0] "It picked up towards the end but it also ended very abruptly before anything seriously good could come out of this match, nothing bad just fine."
[6.0] "Mike D was visibly hobbled during this which hurt the match at points as he couldn't really run to make significant impact. Otherwise the match was perfectly fine and the Mike D win popped the fans which helped. Ayabe was mostly in control and was OK but as always with him there were definitely times where I was frustrated by an obvious lack of spite in his offence. ***"
[7.0] "Mike D really had an excellent tournament. Congratulations to him for his first participation in the Champion Carnival, and this match was truly great, reflecting his tournament performance."
