Mina Shirakawa vs. MIRAI

[5.0] "This match was somewhat boring in my opinion, on one hand because of MIRAI who continues to impress me less and less with another uninpsired performance since joining Stardom and on the other hand it just felt like barely anything was happening until the last few minutes, which were fine. On top of that, Mina's character work was kinda cringe here, which hurts to say since I really like her usually"

[5.0] "I didn't understand a little why it ended like that and in general the match is more like a warm-up before their future meetings in the same ring. There were bright moments, where without them, but the whole picture could not be achieved in my opinion."

[4.0] "This didn't feel like a Cinderella match given it dragged. Ladies, y'all got 10 minutes, don't waste time laying around! That being said, if this is how Mina would work as a heel I want a Mina heel run because her strikes were noticeably more stiff on this match and I loved it. The rest was filler. This could have been a under 5 minute match but they dragged it out for whatever reason."

[5.0] "Mina makes-up for whatever technical acumen and athletic prowess she may lack w/ her passionate spirit and clear capacity to have fun. This was a pretty-good struggle and quality booking as I had no idea how this would end. If there's someone who aspired to be a Cinderella it would be someone like Shirakawa who, although blessed w/ plenty of sexuality w/ her generous curves, is not built like how the character is drawn. Yet she-so-much wants to be over like the unnoticed jewel Miss Cinderella is. MIRAI was fine, but she doesn't connect, or has-yet-to-connect, like Mina. 2 2/3"

[6.0] "I like this Bloody Angel alternative persona of Mina; it is kind of like Finn Balor's Demon. The only difference being she has lost both times it has appeared lol. The story was interesting; Mina seemed to have given Mirai a gift while they were in TJPW from what I can understand. But new MIRAI destroyed it in front of her; sending Mina into her crazy, dark character again."

[7.0] "Underrated match. Mina's dark side is incredible, and she added personality and storytelling thanks to this. Her interactions with Mirai were interesting, and Mirai finally looked like she is positioned. For me it was the best Mirai's singles match and one of the best matches with her participation in Stardom in general. Shirakawa was a personality queen as always."

[4.0] "Really didn't like this one. Dark Mina is great until she actually starts wrestling as everything she does in this character is clunky and awkward."

[5.0] "Pretty standard stuff for these two, which is fine, but it was one of the longer matches on the card and didn't really justify it."

[5.0] "I don't really know what to fully think of this match. I wasn't a fan of what Shirakawa did, her psychopath stuff is really lame. MIRAI on the other hand really carried this match. Had good action from MIRAI's end, but I'm not a fan of Shirakawa's stuff and the long ringside area moments. [***]"

[6.0] "There was a lot I liked about this. Mina went psycho after Mirai tore up her gift at the press conference, and her entrance here was so fitting. She was not playing around in this match. She was serious, calculated and psychotic. It was on pace to be my favorite Mirai match as a result, because it was actually different. Then Mirai won anyway, which was the least interesting option, and it ruined the vibe. Even though Mirai was always going to win, and the win made even more sense at the end of the show, I was pretty bummed when Mina lost. It's still a lot of fun and worthy of at least a 6 though."

[6.0] "The broken Mina stuff was bordeline cringe but when they actually started, you know, wrestling each other, it was quite decent. Result was never in doubt"

[5.0] ""Bloody Angel" Mina Shirakawa is back and we all love to see it! The build to the match was pretty funny and made sense, and the match itself was very cool and entertaining, Shirakawa really looked dangerous and gave a hard time to MIRAI, who had to eliminate Mina over the top ropes. ***1/4"