Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi

[6.0] "They didn't give much away here but did a good job in building anticipation for their title match which I am looking forward to"

[6.0] "A bit disappointed that they didn't do more considering the talent involved, although I get that they're saving it for the Higuchi-Akiyama title match. Still would have loved to see an extended Akiyama vs. Sakaguchi portion in this match."

[5.0] "For what it was this match was good but it was short and ending on a count out was a let down. The exchange between Higuchi and Akiyama was interesting and I cant wait to see that again."

[5.0] "This one disappointed me. The action was OK until the point the match suddenly came to an end. I didn't expect a double count-out in this fight. It was not a pleasant surprise..."

[6.0] "Solid fight that mostly just promoted the future epic bout between two titans - Akyama and Higuchi. And it sure was done properly. Jun sells Kazusada's Iron Claw so nicely, it instantly drew back some points of relevancy of this deadly move. I'm really hyped for the KO-D match. ***1/4"

[7.0] "This is a very good form of development of confrontations, because of which I love old-school wrestling and similar booking. If everything was fine in their past interaction, except that it wasn't enough, and the rest of the tag team match was pretty boring, then now they were the central characters and just tore each other apart. Higuchi's forehead is a real weapon, and despite the lack of serious achievements in the wrestler, Akiyama should be wary and come up with tactics that will allow him to defend the championship. Amazing development, nice mini-match (***1/2)."

[7.0] "Very good tag team match, even with the poor finish, this protege the match between Akiyama and Higuchi and I don't think someone should have been pinned here. Akiyama and Higuchi had awesome exchanges, especially outside of the ring, I am hyped for their match. ***1/4"

[7.0] "A mat h that did it? s job of building up the fixture title match between Higuchi and Akiyama making them both look strong that match should be amazing"

[4.0] "Did what it needed to in 7 minutes: Higuchi smacked Makoto around to show he's a worthy challenger for Akiyama. He also took a full blown post to the dome to show he's pure meat head. Weirdly abrupt but it didn't need to go longer."