AKIRA & First Tiger Mask vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Ultimo Dragon

[5.0] "This is a decent match that is unfortunately brought down by Sayama's well known diva-like attitude coming to surface, but we'll get to that when it comes. Liger and Tiger Mask have some decent exchanges with each other throughout here, through I've noticed that they don't really click well when it comes to sequences and have some somewhat iffy moments. Ultimo Dragon and AKIRA work a lot better: Ultimo in particular still is very fast on his feet and looks solid tagging with Liger, hitting some really agile offence before they hone in on AKIRA's legs for the good part of the middle portion. For what it's worth, they do have some nice limb working holds and manage to consistently tag in and out, making this section slower but not any less exciting, especially when the duo hit some double team stuff. Eventually AKIRA gets a comeback with a big jumping kick and tags in Tiger Mask. Here's where things get a bit iffy. Mask hits his usual kick combinations, but after a few, he seems to stomp his legs a few times uncharacteristically before going back to them. Liger counters a right leg kick with his knee, and Mask seems to sell at first before this noticeably becomes a bit more than that when he staggers over. Ultimo comes in and starts kicking it, but Tiger Mask clearly doesn't want him doing that and barely sells for him, only rolling out after a dropkick. He then bizarrely calls for a time-out.... in the middle of the match, mind you, ruining the pace completely. I've seen Tiger Mask sell injuries like these before, but he's not THIS good of a seller and would be making sure to get his shit in regardless of it playing a factor, so it definitely wasn't him working a injury angle or whatnot. Regardless, calling a time-out in a wrestling match and no selling your opponents because your knee hurts is some extreme unprofessionalism and soured the whole match afterwards. AKIRA thankfully covers for him by getting right back in the match and doing some fairly good underdog work in getting around the numbers advantage. He tags in Tiger Mask after a few minutes and he basically just spends the rest of the match on his back while the pair work over his bad leg. Ultimo lands a Asai DDT for the win. AKIRA does well in those very large shoes, getting in some great comeback offence while also selling for the other duo reliably well. Liger and Ultimo put in good performances, through Ultimo impressed me a lot more than Liger at this point in terms of just how smooth Ultimo was compared to him. They work a good dominating routine and even get some big heel heat when they go for Mask's bad leg. All in all, this could've been a lot better had the whole injury nonsense been handled better, but this is still a good performance with some solid action."