Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida vs. Ayako Hamada & Hikaru

[5.0] "This was potentially going to be great, but you can very easily notice the odd one out here. I'm not gonna diss Hikaru; someone has to take the beatings here; but she's miles off these three and the match doesn't even try to pretend otherwise, she's basically set up to fail. Yoshida throws her around on the mat and Kong doesn't have to sweat much to throw her around. Speaking of Kong, this was a bit of a day off for her. Lots of goofing off, just not really taking anyone seriously until way at the end. She gets hit with the worst spear probably ever from Hikaru at one point and just flops over to take some crappy forearms, lame. She has some better exchanges with Yoshida who's more generous with her bumping and selling alongside some stronger work around Yoshida trying to crank her head off with whatever she can grab on. I hoped that Hamada's work was going to be a lot stronger, but she was very reliant on weapon spots and spamming the exact same spinning kick for offence which was also a shame. Her trying to outstrike Kong barely looked convincing. She did attempt a chair-mounted moonsault at one point before Kong just blasted her away with her legs lol. The usual Kong in danger routine near the end with some double-team antics before she inevitably pushes though and wins with a second rope elbow + two Uraken shots on Hamada to finish things up. Kinda felt like a typical B-show outing with everyone just doing stuff until the end. Hamada looked shockingly lazy and Hikaru was just mostly a super weak link. Yoshida and co were noticeably putting in a bit more into this but it just never clicked for me."