Combat Toyoda vs. Yumiko Hotta

[9.0] "This is a great tournament bout filled with tension and drama to spice things up. And this is filled with brutal strikes and sneaky attacks making for a great watch."

[6.0] "Apparently this tournament was to decide the strongest women's wrestler in Japan, but was Combat Toyoda really considered strong? No disrespect, but I didn't get that impression from her. She was a surprisingly orthodox wrestler despite her radical appearance and relied heavily on rest holds, especially when Yumiko Hotta got the upper hand with kicks. Hotta was wrestling at a breakneck pace while Toyoda was slow and sober. However, they did manage to create some strong near-falls at the end."

[7.0] "Hotta was vicious bully in this and their work finally woke up the crowd as we get to the business end of the card (only four hours to go! ), bit a screwy finish but that's what you occasionally get in promotion vs promotion matches."

[8.0] "A very good match with an awful finish clearly designed for political reasons. Really good start with an excellent exchange of kicks. Settled down into a boring mat contest rolling around on the mat but the final few minutes were excellent with a heap of action and near falls perhaps too many in the end. The finish occurred when the referee tried to stop Hotta from kicking ass as she delivered a flurry of kicks the referee continuesly tries to move Hotta even grabbing her to get off Toyoda this allows Toyoda to recover and win with the German suplex."

[7.0] "The tournament's here! Good match with a decent amount of heat. The long rest hold / submission moves periods kept the interest up due to the trash talking and the character work, while the ending was quite nice. Its only drawback was that it had way too many false finishes, while Hotta's kicks were the main highlight."

[9.0] "This match fucking rules. Hotta's kicks are so damn legit, and I honestly thought she was going to do it, but Toyoda got to her. She was fucking enraged and careless by the end of it all, and unfortunately the ending makes perfect sense in that regard."

[9.0] "Great match that could have been a 10 but for the slightly screwy finish and a rare, unfortunate slip from Hotta towards the end. Overall this was super good though, these two beat the hell out of each other."

[7.0] "This had lots of fun near falls, but a lot of it was quite sloppy, and besides the near falls, there wasn't a whole lot of substance beyond that besides really stiff kicks. Also, I didn't love the ending. It made Combat look weak. ***3/4"

[10.0] "One of my absolute favourite matches, boy oh boy this was insane, tremendously worked early on, with the match picking up the pace extremely well, captivating finish. **** 3/4"