David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga

[7.0] "About what you'd expect from these two. Good but nothing too special. Tama brought the aggression you'd hope and I liked him jumping Finlay. The match was a tad by the numbers but achieved what it needed to. ***1/2"

[5.0] "Just boring. We have seen way too many outside interferences, shenanigans and arena fighting in this event. So the beginning was not very unique plus after being tired from fighting outside, the two men looked sluggish through the rest of this mediocre match."

[7.0] "I've enjoyed all three of their matches this year because they just have a really good energy together. The heat makes up for the very good but not outstanding ringwork and has the crowd chants to elevate them. The crowd brawl in the beginning was well done enough for me to actually enjoy it instead of wishing it was over like most this tournament. There was some decent leg work from Finlay to gain the advantage but in the end Tama managed to escape with a roll-up to finally get a win over the man who took his championship. Maybe this will lead to a title match after the G1 which will probably be just as good but, I don't think we need it for the 4th time this year. ***3/4"

[7.0] "Good match but the sequence outside of the ring took definetely too much time. At least, there weren't any interventions which is always good when it comes to Bullet Club members. Tama's getting better and better in the ring and Finlay usually delivers, so we got a good show. It also extends their story and therefore, we'll get their next match for the NEVER title, which hopefully will be better than their Dontaku match that sucked. ***1/4*"

[7.0] "Definitely a good encounter. Tama's selling of the knee was a little "meh" during the end of the match but apart from that everything was good: they told a good story and they delivered very good action, and even the post match was coherent with the story told."

[6.0] "Some problems here, Tama forgetting the selling of the knee was not good to see, Finlay did a good match but the ending totally bad."

[7.0] "Better than their 25 minute borefest for sure. Japanese fans love Tama even if I don't so good for him."

[8.0] "A good continuity of their last match at Wrestling Dontaku. I preferred the Dontaku match but it was still great. Tama Tonga tried to get revenge but in the end Finlay showed he is still the more savage of the two. It looked like he was going to beat him up really bad again but Tama managed to get a roll up win."

"Miles better than their last match. Enjoyed the spirited crowd brawling and everything in the ring looked good from both guys. Great match."

[8.0] "I preferred their previous match in which Finlay literally murdered Tonga but this one was fine too and this time Tonga picked up the win. Good bout. ***3/4"

[8.0] "Way better than their previous encounter, thanks to the fact that it was Tama marking the pace, saving us from another snorefest in which Finlay doesn't look as aggressive, intense, or dangerous as he aims to be. Fine storytelling too, Tama gets revenge but his chance to advance diminishes, while Finlay remains in his way to be the leader of the block."

[8.0] "Another good match between Tonga and Finlay right here that I really enjoyed from start to finish as much as I'd enjoyed their encounter in the New Japan Cup earlier this year which was very qualitative too, their Wrestling Dontaku was a little less so but I was far from hating it like many, so I think they really develop a good chemistry tgoether and this match ruled hard. A good story around Tonga's leg, an interesting start to the match, solid heat from Finlay and crazy comebacks from Tonga who had the crowd in the palm of his hand, leading up to this abrupt ending. I love their chemistry."