Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura

[3.0] "After a first few minutes Tank and Hank simply ran out of ideas, and as a result they killed the crowd in record time. They did a few 'cool' moves here and there to wake them up for a moment, which I don't think was enough to help them get over as babyfaces. There was a ref bump, there was a chair shot by Sugiura (but not by 'The Chairman' Kitamiya), the crowd didn't care too much about those either. Hopefully this is a V0 reign that ends on 1/1 show, but the fact that these titles changed hands gives me a bad feeling."

[6.0] "An underwhelming, but a pretty decent match. The pace was good, some sloppiness apparent, but they did recover well. I did not expect Hank & Tank to win the titles, but at least Kitamiya did not eat the pin. Maruken being potential challengers is quite interesting."

[2.0] "Why are two NXT talents now running around with the GHC Tag Team Championships? A thoroughly poor performance from the new champs, and a confusing result that will only serve to drag down these belts if this initial match is anything to go by. Even a rock solid worker like Sugi wasn't able to help this one."

[4.0] "I dont think running everywhere around the ring make a good match, and Hank & Tank mostly did that. They have some decent tag moves but the match never get too fancy."

[6.0] "Nothing special, but Hank and Tank are energetic and get over with the crowd. Decent stretches of action, but you could tell not everyone was on the same page the entire time. I wouldn't put the belts on the NXT squad, but NOAH did and got an enjoyable match out of it."

[6.0] "Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura was a really good tag match good action and I liked the pace that they had in the match."

[5.0] "A controversial match that rather leaves me disappointed. It didn't work as planned for me, I really wanted Kitty and Sugiura to leave with the titles, but we have what we have. Yes, Hank and Tank have energy and they generally convey it by their actions, but at the same time they are not so careful and in a hurry a lot, which leads to botches like in the corner. This match left me with the feeling of not a big title fight, but rather a random tag team match on NXT, which was just somewhat delayed and two Japanese were invited, telling them to work not so hard. From the point of view of the booking, I am absolutely unhappy with this, this year the tag titles were just hot potatoes that have no value, it's a shame by the way for titles with that history."