OZAWA vs. Yoshiki Inamura

[8.0] "Really good from both men! Inamura doesn't quite have that charismatic spark that I want to see but hes super super close, and OZAWA is so good dude. Like on paper I should hate Team 2000X just as much as I hate HOT but for some reason they just really work for me. And I was super pumped by the backslide finish."

[9.0] "It's just a piece of storytelling, pure and beautiful, wrapped in the packaging of the classic chemistry of a kind-hearted strongman and a nimble nasty villain. It seemed to me that these two had worked on the mistakes and, as a result, shortening the match time also benefited them. OZAWA still doesn't know what to do with Inamura, especially with his evil version, but so far his version of backslide from heaven is bearing fruit. There were more interesting interactions here than in their New Year's match, and the change in structure gave them a chance to breathe deeply and present their characters even more vividly. In terms of wrestling, they have also improved their chemistry a little bit, which is important, they have woven it much more into their entertainment interaction."

[7.0] "Could have gotten a higher rating from me if it wasn't for the usual Team 2000X shenanigans. It gets boring watching matches where they're involved because you always know what's coming."

[5.0] "5.5 - No one on earth can say Inamura isn't over anymore. He's become so likeable and never really changed much. They both have such good movesets, with Inamura showing more here. OZAWA didn't do heaps, and this had far too much of the most basic T2000X stuff."

[6.0] "Thirteen minutes isn't enough for this one. There's quite a few nice moments but they don't have too much time to chain everything together and as a result, this is fairly wishy-washy. Cool to see OZAWA finally pin Inamura though and I'd expect to see OZAWA vs Haste somewhere down the line. ***1/4."

[7.0] "A solid match, which, although a little weaker than the main event, the guys still managed to ignite not only the crowd but me as well."

[7.0] "Storytelling 8.5/10 / In-ring Quality 7.0/10 / Ring Psychology 8.0/10 / Crowd Reaction 6.5/10 / Charisma 7.5/10 / Pacing and Duration 6.5/10 / Originality 7.0/10 / Impact and Importance 8.5/10"

[5.0] "This one had lot of defects and good qualities at the same time, it was really short for the names involved, they told well the story of Inamura being dominant because they needed lots of interferences to just slow him down, but there were too many and I usually don't mind TEAM2000X interferences, but I would have preferred maybe 1 or 2 big interferences instead of 5 or 6 smaller ones. Also Ozawa and Inamura seem to have chemistry only for short bursts of action, they did some really good spots and cool counters but they had to run an interference between them because they had difficulties chaining them together. The crowd was hot for it and I liked Ozawa winning the same way he did with Naito, I liked this better than the New Year match."

[7.0] "Not the greatest match together, i think OZAWA will challenge again sooner than later for the GHC Heavyweight title."