Dieter Schwartz vs. Tetsuya Naito

[2.0] "Dude, come on. Naito is done. He needs significant time off for health or to figure out something that can be done without knees. Even a few years ago Naito had some great matches, but lately he's been exposed even when working with quality opponents (Moxley, Kenoh, etc.). Schwartz seems very cool but he's not as explosive or charismatic to cover up the faults."

[4.0] "The match had a nice story but Schwartz isnt a really workrate guy and Naito cant carry a match now, a bit awkward but could have been way worst i think"

[4.0] "Definitely the weakest match of the opening round. Naito matches rely on a lot of work from an opponent these days, he's here for his name value in the tournament. Fingers crossed the plan is not for him to go to the finals"

[3.0] "Well, it's safe to say that not everything 'connected' here. 2026 Naito matches are largely dependant on his opponent's efforts and whilst Dieter looked alright, these two had bang average chemistry and that certainly didn't help this match. Very strangely paced match, too. Neither man went for anything big, at all, Naito hits one destino, kick out, one more and this is over. I'm glad this went under ten minutes and what we got wasn't... horrible, but the chemistry was off and Dieter wasn't interesting enough on offence to redeem this. *3/4."