[7.0] "A standard good match to showcase the X-Division. Despite Joe outweighing both of his opponents, he wasn't that slow. The local Japanese crowd was definitely into Joe, and he got the biggest reaction of anyone at the PPV. ***1/2"
[7.0] "This was a very good match. Curious thing about this match was that Samoa Joe wasn't even the X-Division Champion. Low Ki was the champion but the match hadn't aired yet on television. That was the reason why we didn't get title matches for TNA Championship and TNA Tag Team Championship. Why we got this, my guess is the card was weak and they knew they needed something to excite the fans. This was easily the best match of the night, with all 3 men going all out with the action. I liked that Kaz Hayashi was included, having spent time in WCW back in the day as part of the Jung Dragons. He added some variety in this match. ***3/4"
[8.0] "Korakuen Hall is into Samoa Joe and he responds accordingly, producing his most spirited performance in quite some time. All three lads are on their game here though, pushing a serious pace and maximising their runtime for what's easily the match of the night. Hayashi and Ki trade some thunderous chops along the way, mixing it up with Joe yet never undercutting his status as The Big Man. Ki is still comically explosive at this point, which is insane considering well, everything. Speaking of such, this entire deal captures a whole lot of "what could've been, " pretty much standing alone as a match befitting this setting. It's awesome, and in terms of quality, Joe's last stand as a TNA grappler. ***3/4"
[5.0] "Unfortunately, I can't find anything of lasting value here that would justify a classification in the higher points regions. The match is a mixture of a slap-festival and TV quality with few highlights, garnished with a few smaller impacts, which are not delivered in a particularly demanding way. The audience in Tokyo is looking forward to a reunion with Low Ki and a visit from Samo Joe, and then there's such a pale routine. That's a bit of a shame."
[8.0] "Excellent all-action hard-hitting three-way match right here to represent the X-Division in the best way in Japan, Samoa Joe was very over right here and I was surprised by that even though it was obviously deserved, but yeah - he was so popular, it put a smile on my face. The action was brutal, stiff, totally the kind of match that Japanese audiences were looking for and came to see at the time. The whole show was bad but I think with this match they at least got their money's worth, so that's a positive."
[6.0] "It was an okay match to me with a good finish, I expected better with these three very good wrestlers I think. Even if the finish is cool, the beginning of the match is very random for a BfG match. ***1/4"
[5.0] "Auch hier nur fünf Punkte von mir, mehr oder weniger nur ein "Standard Match" ohne besondere Qualitäten, nichts was in meinen Augen eine Empfehlung wert wäre. Ein netter Kampf mehr jedoch nicht."
[9.0] "Hard hitting contest, fun to see match up between Low ki, Kaz Hayashi and Samoan Joe because all three have hard hitting style and these make this match more entertaining.. No doubt, match of the night from BOG 2014."
[7.0] "Wenn man sich von Bound For Glory 2014 ein Match angucken möchte, dann ganz klar dieses hier. Leider bekam es nur knapp 10 Minuten und hätte eigentlich noch 5 weitere Minuten mehr vertragen. Hayashi kam mir im Match ein wenig zu kurz und wirkte zeitweise überflüssig."
[6.0] "War für mich Match of the Night und ging fast ins gut. Mir hat hier Hayashi gestört auch wenn er nicht schlecht war. ich wollte mehr Low Ki vs Joe sehen um wieder an die ROH Zeit erinnert zu werden. Auch war das wieder ein Match dem man viel zu wenig Zeit gab. Ein großer Kritikpunkt beim PPV die Matches die mir gefielen bekamen viel zu wenig Zeit, typisch TNA (**3/4)."
