Atsushi Kotoge vs. Dralistico

[7.0] "Good highflying spot fest. It was a little spot heavy and not enough focus on a story, but it was entertaining enough. Dralisticos springboard codebreaker was really nice and he wins with the Tiger Driver. ***1/4"

[6.0] "Very solid, fast-paced action from both guys. The match was mainly focused on making Dralistico look good in his NOAH debut, which they succeeded at. ***.5"

[4.0] "It's fast paced and that's about it. There was nothing else to hold attention other than a decently OK jump over the barricade."

[8.0] "Really enjoyed the fast-paced action. Both wrestlers seemed to fit really well and that chemistry really boosted the match for me. Kotoge as per usual is the best junior in NOAH an Dralistico shows he can go too. Hope to see him come back soon or in AEW."

[5.0] "I like Kotoge and usually he is able to show good singles match, and I still remember his fight against Xtreme Tiger, but this time I didn't enjoy it at all. Not very impressive spots and sequences. Some of them were fine, but in general this match is just a snoozefest."

[7.0] "Some really good high flying and fast paced action. Really hope that Dralistico is here to stay based on this performance."

[7.0] "Other than a few slip ups I enjoyed this match. The fast paced style was nice and I'm a fan of Dralistico, when Kotoge cut him off with the baseball slide was nice. Overall good match which sets Dralistico up for what is hopefully a fun Japan run."

[6.0] "Gonna rant a bit about Dralistico in here, but first of all, match was decent, Dralistico is competent, maybe even good, but he looked off, couple strikes didn't land, jumped too low a lot, Kotoge did his job fine, biggest problem with the match itself was how often Dralistico kept making the people clap, maybe, they would be cheering had he done well in the match, the worse one of these is right before his jump over the barricade, it was a cool jump and people would've clapped after, that's the match, now my problems with Dralistico, which sorta tie into the match, I'm guessing NOAH wanted to book Dragon Lee, who pushed for his brother, they were gonna bring them in as a tag but Lee goes to WWE and we get Dralistico alone. Dralistico is very lucky, and while good, the most important factors of his career are being given a huge name which he could not live up to, but still had to be pushed nicely because of how big the Mistico name is, and his family, brother of Dragon Lee and Rush, two of my favorites, they are great, very charismatic and amazing wrestlers, which gave them both a big ego (especially in Mexico), Dralistico has the ego without the talent, not very charismatic as you can see by how often he made the fans clap and chant, and while a good worker, far from his brothers and the original Mistico, I much would've like NOAH to bring in someone like Arez or Aramis, there's a big pool of wrestlers in Mexico who are much better and unique, be AAA, IWRG or independent."

[7.0] "Some clunky moments but i like dralistico alot and kotoge is dependable just a very solid match that i wouldnt go out of my way for"

[7.0] "Interesting debut for the former dragon lee and a very dominant match. Let's see what he does in Noah moving forward in an ever meet junior field."

[7.0] "A fun debut for Darlistico, I have not seen too much of him before, but he looked good in this and I think he is a good addition to Noah's Junior Heavyweight division. The match had some good high flying and Kotoge had some good strikes, particuarly the bicycle kicks from Kotoge. ***."