Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinjiro Otani & Yuya Aoki

[6.0] "I really have no clue what other people were seeing that I wasn't. This just seemed to me like a perfectly enjoyable but nothing outrageous tag match."

[8.0] "If all this and more are what I could expect from the Astronauts nearly every single time they wrestle then we might have my new favorite tag team. This was a crazy strikefest and it was only 14 minutes. Otani and Abe stiffed the shit out of each other and even made me laugh with facewash spot. Aoki was incredibly fiery as he stood up to Nomura and refused to go down without a hard fight. Abe and Nomura are so goddamn charismatic it's amazing. ****"

[10.0] "Please dear gods of wrestling give us more of this and less 40 minute-long borefests filled with no selling and shitty finishes."

[10.0] "Perhaps my second favorite tag team match this year, between Nautilus vs. Eruption from DDT and Golden Aces vs. Dangerous Tekkers from NJPW. It revealed a great story between Abe and Otani, who were ready to forget about their opponents, just to hit each other and just in every possible way to piss off during the match. This manifested itself repeatedly, constantly made me laugh, but at the same time it didn't prevent me from taking the mood of these two seriously. Nomura and Aoki were not superfluous and also developed their relationship, so, for example, for Yuya it became a matter of honor to defeat Takuya and even Shinjiro, who wanted to help, received a harsh but understandable refusal. The whole match is a high-class storytelling and brilliant wrestling, which doesn't allow you to get distracted for a second. A lot of emotions from everyone and no scripts. Seeing this, you want to refer to the classics of tag team matches, but at the same time you realize that they are similar only in their high level. If the tag team division of all Japanese promotions was as good as it was 30 years ago, it would clearly be a great consolidation of the new gold standard. An amazing match, an amazing aura and an amazing result (****3/4)."

[10.0] "Brutal, Absolutely Incredible Match, Otani Still Can Shine, Great Performance By All The Three Young Boys Too, 5 Stars And One Of The Best Tag Team Matches Of The Year"

[8.0] "My god the slaps and strikes in this match were next level, wasn't expecting this to be so great ****1/4."

[9.0] "Had high hopes for this and it absolutely delivered. Much like Kikuta vs Okabayashi, this match used every second wisely, but it felt much more substantial. Aoki continues his run as 2020's most improved and one of the best wrestlers around. A real slapfest with lots of energy throughout and one of my favorite tag matches of the year. My only real complaint is I would have loved to see more Aoki/Otani matches. If only Saikyu was round robin this year."