BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, Togi Makabe & YOH

[6.0] "Like other matches at this event this match is just meh, did like YOH pinning Hiromu at the end though."

[7.0] "Besides the opening stuff with Taguchi I thought this was really good. Shota looked like a star and YOH showed some good fire in his encounter with Hiromu. ***1/2"

[6.0] "This match was satisfactory because it was sound work and good action. Kind of forgettable though if I'm being honest. Pinning a new champ one day after he won the belt it is an odd choice, but maybe I just don't get it so I won't let it affect my rating."

[6.0] "Decent fight that even if it wasn't a big deal at least entertains you, but come on, not much else. The way things are."

[6.0] "This Umino/Naito storyline is one of the most intriguing things going on in New Japan at the moment in my opinion, and I'm always interested in seeing them interact. Umino and Naito did have a sequence together in here at one stage and it was entertaining stuff with Umino getting his fair share of offence. The match overall had the usual Taguchi comedy mixed in with some solid wrestling and storyline advancement. Not a match you need to go out of your way to watch or anything, but it hit the beats it needed to and was fine for a mid-card bout. YOH continues to look good and they seemed to be teasing matches with Hiromu, which should be fun"

[7.0] "Oh Taguchi. Man's just there to have his dick crushed. Great stuff with Naito and Shota, as well as Yoh and Takahashi. Commentary bigging up Yoh being invigorated by his partnership with Rush, so hopefully Rush comes back after healing up."

[6.0] "The Umino and Naito exchanges were intriguing and that feud has a lot of potential. YOH getting the big pinfall over Hiromu was well done, he showed some fire in the ring. Makabe and SANADA didn't do much here."

[6.0] "A decent match that sets up two matches I want to see. Shota Umino vs Tetsuya Naito and YOH vs Hiromu Takahashi. I was hoping YOH would be the first the challenge Hiromu. Makabe & Taguchi were fine in this. LIJ was typical LIJ, going half speed in a multi-man match."

[6.0] "I noticed that Togi Makabe & Ryusuke Taguchi completely ignored Shota Umino as he made his entrance, also Taguchi was completely ignoring Shota, as Shota was playing along with his act, while he was playing around with LIJ's entrance. When have you ever seen Taguchi ignoring someone who is willing to play along with his act. Because I have never seen Ryusuke Taguchi do that. That is because the veterans do not respect him. They know that his push is undeserving, he has not worked his way up the ranks to earn a damn thing, he is not ready, it's political bullshit, and they do not support him. Shota will get embarrassed by the genius troll known as Tetsuya Naito when they fight."