Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama

[9.0] "Kawada's long-awaited return after his eye injury reunites the greatest team in history; the Holy Demon Army. NO FEAR, as new dominant forces, want to overthrow and replace them. However, Taue throws them around. When Kawada tags in, NO FEAR quickly begin targeting his eye injury. Takayama & Omori brutally kick the eye. The best moment was Taue stepping on Takayama and Omori's eyes to avenge what was done to his partner. NO FEAR believes they have phased out HDA. Excellent storytelling, eye targeting and tag team psychology. ****"

[6.0] "Cut by about 7 minutes. Taue basically starts off this by completely merking NO FEAR at their own game, rushing Takayama down with a very early Nodowa Otoshi before booting Omori out when he tries to interfere. Crowd go nuts for both this and Kawada merely getting tagged in afterwards and having a explosive sequence with Takayama, ending in a huge boot to the face and a Gamengiri. We also get a double Stretch Plum by the Demon Army performed on the pair after Takayama tries to break one up on his tag partner, which was a cool spot. Eventually they take over with some dirty rakes to the eye using their hands and the ropes. We get some good follow-up work as Takayama focuses on Kawada's face with the same rakes when he can't take over with his normal strikes, which occurs until Kawada is able to escape and tag in Taue. He tries to hold off the duo again but gets caught with a nasty knee to the gut, allowing Omori to take out Kawada by raking his face again. Taue gets hit with some typical double team moves for near falls until we get a cut to Kawada and Takayama brawling again, which ends in him being floored with a Gamengiri before then clipping to Omori heading in to focus in on Kawada's face before he just powers out of it and starts clapping the crap out of him. Omori dodges a repeat Gamengiri and responds with a big Axe Bomber and follow-up knee drop for a near fall. Taue comes in for the rescue with big chops but gets overwhelmed and thrown outside. There's a good false finish tease as Omori arms a second Bomber attempt but Kawada gets a big burst and runs through the pair with some great strikes, ending in a lariat. Great cutoff spot as Kawada tries to end things with his pinning powerbomb but Omori just resists long enough for Takayama to rake the eyes again, allowing the duo to finally take control proper. Taue tries to get back in but NO FEAR are immensely organised, hitting Dangerous K with a Bomber and Takayama leg drop for the win, covering for the other man while hitting their big bombs. This seemed to be another well done match between the four, which isn't surprising given they worked pretty well together all in all. Takayama is still a bit clumsy in areas but he holds his own, it's just that Taue is a lot more versatile when it comes to doing big man stuff alongside some good agility and pace, even if he's slowed down a lot since his early 90's days. Kawada's selling of the face is strong throughout and he makes sure to showcase it as a sustained and annoying way to hold him off, even if he does power out of it in places. All in all, pretty decent from what's left and a definitive sign that the Demon Army had more than enough gas in the tank for a good few more years as a unit: they are still (incredibly! ) over."