CIMA, El Lindaman, T-Hawk & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask

[6.0] "We rarely ever get to see good multiman matches these days. This ruled and was carried by the sheer charisma of everyone expect T-Hawk. The Tana/Fujinami and Okada/Fujinami exchanges were great. Even though I love to talk about how much of a charisma vacuum T-Hawk is, he was easily the MVP here. His interactions with Kojima ruled and I really hope he gets a big singles match in New Japan down the line."

[7.0] "That was a superb multiman before the Cup final. STRONGHEARTS didn't hide their joy to wrestle alongside Fujinami as The Dragon still had this presence at fucking 66. Okada, Tanahashi, Kojima and The Tiger was an odd pairing but they displayed a good performance. Maybe, Fujinami's presence added something to do, they want to impress him. Funny one, that was smooth for sure. Everybody shined here, surely CIMA's boys."

[8.0] "Love a fun multi-man tag match and this delivered as one. The booking of StrongHearts in New Japan over the last month has been a pleasant surprise and all three shone in this big match, especially T-Hawk. He got a great near-fall on Okada during the finishing stretch. Fujinami was a really fun addition and the crowd loved everything he did with Tanahashi and Okada. Tiger Mask was a bit of a non-factor, though, obviously."

[8.0] "Really good, Stronghearts excel in multi-man matches, and having Fujinami come in to do signature spots with Okada and Tanahashi really popped the crowd. Well structured, another good use of a legend, and just an all around fun tag match. I recommend if you want a good tag match with a legend thrown in."

[8.0] "I didn't expect this one to be this good, but it was. There was just a load of action and fun spots. Fujinami & #STRONGHEARTS were really fun together, and I liked what Tanahashi did with Fujinami too. Last few minutes had a load of action, and T-Hawk almost upsetting Okada was really cool. I recommend this match, it's one that doesn't make sense on the card but absolutely delivers for no reason. [****]"

[7.0] "This was surprisingly really fun. I really like Stronghearts and I am glad they got this big of a stage to show off what they can do, and alongside one of NJPW's legends no less. I really felt that although the wrestling may not have been amazing, Okada putting over T-hawk like that and showing off all this talent in the ring at the same time definitely left me satisifed. ***1/2"

[7.0] "My god, they almost pinned Okada. Special match, that was as special as promised, that NOAH crew have been capable of show all of their wrestling abilities trough all the tournament, it would be great to see them make more interactions like this, maybe with real chances for winning belts. T-Hawk did great too, top player of the match. [***3/4]"

[7.0] "To be honest, I have never seen Tatsumi Fujinami in the ring and he is even now very good. He was able to attract me to watch this match. STRONGHEARTS are cool guys, I hope they will fight for the titles among the trio. Tiger Mask also did a good job. I was satisfied."

[7.0] "All right, I was very interested in this and it doesn't disappoint me. Good spots, good showcase for GLEAT."

[7.0] "This match was awesome. STRONG HEARTS have been great in NJPW and I hope they continue to work NJPW shows. Okada and Fujinami locking up was an awesome sight to see, and I bit hard on T-hawk's near fall over Okada."

[8.0] "God bless Osaka, they were going insane for everything in this match, which took this from a fun encounter to a borderline great bout. They loved Fujinami, and he was moving remarkably well for someone his age. It was pretty funny to see 5'3'' Lindaman standing next to 6'3" Okada."

[6.0] "Great use of Fujinami as the limited veteran. SHs built up his starting the match. Lots of good individual spots, but it was all about the drama. Fujinami taking bumps, including TM's suicide dive, was very cool."