Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

[7.0] "When Ishii and Inamura were in the ring, this was absolute fireworks! The crowd was super into the Ishii / Kitamiya spots too!"

[6.0] "Gentleman's three for me here for what was a pretty solid six-man. I really enjoyed Ishii squaring off with Kitamiya and particularly Inamura - I wish NOAH would do more with the latter. ***"

[6.0] "Fun match. Good spots. Audience was in to it. Bishamon clearly lead this match. Big meat slapping from Ishii and Inamura was a highlight. I just love he's like a warm blanket for my wrestle fandom."

[6.0] "One of the matches with the most potential ended up being one of the shortest. Still decent but wanted more. Someone save Inamura from NOAH, he deserves better."

[7.0] "Big meaty men slapping meat. A lot of fun for an opening match and didnt out stay its welcome too. Another win for NJPW over NOAH."

[6.0] "A fun six man (official) opening sprint match. Lots of heavy hitters in this one, Ishii really shined, mixing it up with Yoshiki Inamura. Probably a skippable match if you're short on time, but it's short enough and has enough action to not feel like a waste of time."

[7.0] "The fact that Ishii entered under the theme of Bishamon, and didn't start the match, immediately entering into an altercation with Kitamiya and Inamura, made me laugh a lot, the hierarchy of CHAOS is sometimes so absurd. But in general, I liked how Kitamiya worked with everyone, he was a monster, and it was clear how much he invested in every action, definitely the MVP of this match. Ishii's moments with Inamura and Kitamiya, as expected, were good, and the audience reacted to them accordingly, no matter how frequent accusations of monotony against Pitbull, he knows how to make the crowd scream, even if it's the beginning of the event. The ending, in my opinion, is too fast, but it is not surprising when we are talking about three champions in one team at once (***1/2)."