Arn Anderson vs. Steve Austin

[6.0] "Fun piece of work from Steve Austin and Arn Anderson, in the first round of the G1 Climax, and actually the first match of the tournament, very cool to watch Steve wrestling in Japan, and also very rare, considering the path of his career... but this match was nice, a short but good technical showcase, with cool transitions and a very smooth pace. The ending was up to the mark, and made the crowd react, after some cool punches and a great lariat, Austin won the match and advanced to the next round - {**3/4}"

[10.0] "It may be difficult to understand because it uses a translation function. Hiroshi Tanahashi's favorite match when he was a fan. The only of two great wrestlers? single match. Although it is short, you can enjoy the techniques of these two people. I wanted to see a rematch on PPV."

[6.0] "A technically solid but underwhelming match with little crowd reaction. Some nice sequences from Austin, but it lacked intensity and felt forgettable overall."

[5.0] "Good solid match by those two great wrestlers but there is no reactions from the crowd and it hurts the match."

[6.0] "This was an okay match and I was surprised at how Austin was moving. The technical stuff at ge beginning was solid, but there were too many restholds in the match imo. The ending sequence was good."

[4.0] "Considering the talent level of both men in this match, I found this really disappointing. They have some technical back and forth, there's nothing really to it. It's also quite short and they never get a chance to ramp up the intensity to the next level."

[6.0] "Not a bad start to the first ever G1 Climax but it didn't really hold anything special and other than seeing Austin do moves I've never seen him do before I don't remember much from this match. No stunners also removes points"