Junta Miyawaki vs. Kai Fujimura

[6.0] "Slightly better than their last encounter, but it still feels that intensity this rivalry generates in tag matches does not translate to their singles encounters. Fujimura winning was unexpected and it's interesting what does that mean for Miyawaki's next steps."

[5.0] "This wasn't offensively bad or anything but it was pretty brief and felt fairly flat. Not essential viewing by any means."

[7.0] "A fine match stricken by not getting enough minutes to fully construct itself, the ending was abrupt and rematch would be better."

[4.0] "Was a bit surprising to see Fujimura getting the win here, was a decent match but not a lot to see either."

[3.0] "Somehow this match made both wrestlers look worse than they were coming into it. I guess it's one of those rare situations where 'bad' would be better than 'agressively average'. Action never clicked, the crowd never got into it (though they popped for the finish) and overall it came across as a totally forgettable match with no stakes or consequences attached to it."

[6.0] "A good way to start a tournament is with a match between two feisty outsiders. Here they slightly switched roles, after all, Kai usually uses his pressure to attack, forcing more experienced opponents to defend themselves from his energetic attacks, and Junta often works from the opponent. Here Miyawaki demonstrated a good attack and confident dominance, he fought well and in the end Fujimura got his chance, but I did not expect that this would eventually lead to his victory. Still, Miyawaki looked like a logical winner of the tournament."