Mai Sakurai vs. Momo Watanabe

[4.0] "Heh. Mai was not very good at all around this time. I remember dreading her matches. All she really did here was spam a boot to the face multiple times. I ended up feeling bad for Momo. Mais presentation isnt very good either. Her theme is bad and her gear didnt seem to fit her as a person. Im glad she ended up joining DDM down the line."

[6.0] "This was a pretty one-sided match, I can barely remember any offense Sakurai had, which I liked because Momo is obviously the superior performer and she did show that here, as she also carried Sakurai."

[3.0] "Sakurai is very green, and every her match she proves this fact. She's just terribly boring to watch. I cannot feel her charisma or character, so she doesn't have anything yet. So this is the worst acquisition recently."

[6.0] "OK match. Mai Sakurai did well, but got beaten seriously. Momo welcomed her to Stardom very unpleasant way."

[5.0] "It was an average match, Momo Watanabe did what she could to carry Mai Sakurai and even if she arrived to carry her, I thought Utami Hayashishita did a bit better in the previous show. Overall it's okay, but Mai Sakurai is not good in the ring, and this match is another proof of it. **3/4"

[3.0] "Really don't understand this recent acquisitions by STARDOM. Just like Unagi and Mina, Mai Sakurai arrives already in her 30's with a serious lack in wrestling ability. But unlike Unagi and Mina, Mai has almost no experience (she had like 20-25 matches). and really lacks the fundamentals so STARDOM fans are going to have A LOT of patience with her until she becomes decent. This match went on for too long (nearly 9 minutes), Momo should have been dominant and beat her in less than 5. The point of these series is to see her improvement so it makes a lot more sense to start with a quick defeat and end in a match where she goes 10/12 minutes against a strong opponent. I understand the idea of trying to showcase Mai but the truth is, there is still nothing to showcase and the longer the match, the more exposed she gets."

[3.0] "This was an awful match. I understand Mai Sakurai has very little experience but here she looked like somebody from the crowd who had been given a 30 minute crash course in wrestling fundamentals. Plainly put she was terrible: she has no business being in anything more than openers getting beaten by Hanan and Lady C until she shows signs of improvement. But since she's in the Cosmic Angels I fear they'll strap a rocket to her and give us another Unagi Sayaka... guess there's a price to pay for having Syuri and Giulia onboard."

[6.0] "It was a fine match. I didn? t expected Sakurai to get so much offenses and put Momo in so much trouble for that long, but at least she got to show way more of her abilities in this match than in the one against Unagi. Momo was great like always, doing the best she can when she? s in control or not."

[4.0] "Definitely the worst match of the show. Sakurai looks incredibly green, very, very inexperienced, as if she came to wrestling the day before yesterday. Momo looks weird when she's angry. Yes, I understand, she is the oldest, but all the same, Momo always looks like a gray mouse that does not want to stand out, and in this match she is so angry. Well, I'll note that even Momo didn't show anything when young. Her kicks didn't look hard or anything like that. I remember Sakurai herself only by the fact that she barely performed Momo Powerslam. She definitely needs to do more with her in-ring performance. **"

[6.0] "There were two possibilities when this match was booked: Either Mai would get dominated or Momo would make her look competitive and surprisingly good. It turned out to be the latter. Mai looked fairly crisp and Momo was great. This was match was definitely better and more competitive than expected."

[6.0] "Fun little undercard match between Watanabe and Sakurai right here, I see Momo again and she's still as good as the last time I saw her in action, even if it was far from being her best match because I have the impression that this match was all about showcasing Mai Sakurai than anything else. The latter had time to show some good things and I found her convincing in what she did to be honest, I discovered her in this match because I had never heard of her before and I must say that she's a good wrestler even if she's pretty basic alongside Stardom's top stars. Both of them delivered a solid match without being incredible, just a small match without doing too much to keep the good rhythm of the show with the right winner."

[6.0] "Mai Sakurai is way too soft & too feminine to be giving a killer who has "Final Boss" potential like Momo Watanabe that much trouble, but it is what it is. Momo carried her, and made her look good anyway, as we all know that Momo is one of the best female workers that can be found anywhere on planet Earth. Momo made this match good. Rating for this match: ***"

[6.0] "For what it was, it was fine. Mai is green as grass, but it's normal given her very low experience, and Momo carried her through a decent match but nothing more. ***"