[9.0] "DDT Sweet Dreams! 2020 : That match was really good and better than their D-oh match. The first part was Tanaka who worked on the left leg of Harashima and it was very fun, even Harashima worked on te lower back of Tanaka. And after that it was a huge slugfest, the strikes were awesome, every Sliding D were original and every near falls were awesome too. The 10 last minutes were all about that and it was so good. The counters were also great. (****1/4)"
[8.0] "Es ist schon unglaublich welches Tempo der gute Tanaka noch in seinem Alter gehen kann. Man merkt überhaupt nichts davon, dass seine großen Tage eigentlich schon einige Jahre her sind, denn er hats immer noch drauf. Mit Harashima hatte er hier natürlich auch einen dankbaren Gegenpart, weshalb wenig überraschend eines der besseren DDT Matches in diesem Jahr bei dieser Begegnung hervor kam. Vor allem die letzten Minuten waren stark und wurden gut vom Publikum getragen. **** (20)"
[9.0] "THIS MATCH KICKS ASS. ASS IS BRUISED FROM BEING KICKED SO HARD. Seriously, this was the first HARASHIMA match and wasn? t sure how well late 40? s Tanaka would fare in a main event title match, but fuck both of these men brought it. The opening moments of this match were pretty uneventful in typical puro main event fashion, but they made up for it pretty quickly by getting into some brutal looking leg work from Tanaka on HARASHIMA, which I wish would? ve had a bit more payoff, but not complaining too much about that. From there they went into some big spots and drama, old grizzled Tanaka chasing down HARASHIMA with chairs was great. Then that table spot, so much drama around it, with the teeter totter on the turnbuckle teasing a superplex to HARASHIMA? s eventual splash. The closing sequence was great as well, that kick-out at 1 was crazy, Tanaka just battering HARASHIMA was sliding forearms over and over was brutal, and the scramble to land a finisher before the other man could first was great. This will not be the last HARASHIMA match I see, what a performance. ****1/4+"
[10.0] "Masato Tanaka And Harashima, Two Of My Favourites And This Match Was Really Great As Expected From These Two, Excellent Story And Shocking Finish"
[7.0] "HARASHIMA (c) -vs- Masato Tanaka - (KO-D Openweight Title) [*** 1/2] Pure Tanaka set-up! And that's not a bad thing for main events like this. Definitely added a lot more ruthless aggression to a DDT match. Tanaka went all in on the exchanges. The guy it careless and goes the extra mile for big matches. Not that HARASHIMA can't go, for he did hang with the aggressive one in a impressive manner. And Sliding D's look murderous! The big show-ended they needed."
[8.0] "Ein Match, welches erstmal methodisch und mit der Bearbeitung und der damit verbundenen Zermürbung des Gegners beginnt. Bereits früh zeigt sich in dieser Phase, wie widerstandsfähig Tanaka ist und das sieht man dann auch besonders in der Phase, die dann folgt: Eine Serie von sich in den Finishbereich steigernden, stiffen Schlagabtäuschen, an deren Ende Tanaka das Match gewinnen. Es gab keine krassen Spots, die in Erinnerung bleiben oder eine besonders tiefgründige Matchstory aber das war ein insgesamt wirklich gutes Match, welches in meinen Augen 8 Punkte verdient."
[7.0] "I enjoyed this match a lot but its one of the more flawed HARASHIMA matches I've seen and I think some of the blame lies with Tanaka? s match structure. The opening exchanges were super generic and the lead off with the chairs into HARASHIMA? s leg seemed tacked on given it had not much barring on the match or HARASHIMA. There were too many strike exchanges as well, too many for the match? s own good. It gave the match a real stop/start feel. And HARASHIMA had one really egregiously bad no sell of the Sliding D as well. HOWEVER, I said that I still liked it. Tanaka brought it big time, doing all he could to stay on top of HARASHIMA, not going down to the Somato or the 450 Splash. Loved Tanaka pulling out all of his old tricks like his flash Sliding Ds, his big bombs. The table spot was extremely well done as well, with HARASHIMA fighting and struggling his way out of that predicament and then putting Tanaka through it himself. HARASHIMA did well to incorporate his style into Tanaka? s as well. ***1/4"
[9.0] "Kaum zu glauben das hier zwei Mitte vierzig übers gesamte Match so ein hohes Tempo halten können. Dieses Match stand ihrem Grand Prix Match in nix nach. Das war hier kompakter und unglaublich Stiff alleine die harten Strikes und Kicks lassen ein zusammenzucken. Das Finish hat man dann auch klasse erzählt . Auch wenn Tanakas Titelregentschaft von kurzer Dauer seinen wird, absolut verdient ihm hier den Sieg zugeben (****1/2)"
[9.0] "This match was really good. Both Tanaka and Harashima have had really good matches in the past year and this wasn't an exception. It is hard to say for me if the 15. 12. 2019 D-Ou GP match was better as it was quite longer, but it doesn't matter. Even as standalone match without the short background this was really good wrestling."
[8.0] "This was no doubt a great match, but it didn't quite hit the level I thought it could or would. I never really bought that Tanaka was winning until, well, he did."
