Dick Togo, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi vs. DOUKI, SANADA & TAKA Michinoku

[4.0] "Another Road To level match. No idea why this stuff needs to be on the big cards. The match itself was thankfully reasonably cleanly fought, it was just pretty boring and didn't really build at all on the SANADA and EVIL feud, just a continuation of what's been happening. Fine, just extremely forgettable. **1/4"

[6.0] "Guess I enjoyed this more than most. It was **3/4 but I am rounding up to a 6.0 due to Taka getting the pin on Dick Togo which was cool to see. Cant believe I have been watching these guys for nearly three decades now. The rest of the match was pretty forgettable although Douki always works hard."

[4.0] "The kindest thing I can say about this match is that the exchanges between Taka and Dick Togo were good and that Sanada is an absolute hunk. Other than that this was boring. It felt longer than it was and I could not believe it when the timekeeper announced it had gone 5 minutes."

[4.0] "I don't mind House of Torture when they are in the second match and lose in 8 minutes. This was the usual nothing shmoz with a ton of people in the ring at the same time. The EVIL/SANADA feud is doing nothing for me and with it being the main feud for Destuction, it is bringing down the entire tour. TAKA getting the pinfall on Togo was a nice treat because he never wins anymore. **"

[5.0] "As far as House of Torture shenanigans go, this wasn't too bad and was a surprisingly cleaner match. The ending with TAKA getting the win was fun. So the match was fine but as a preview for a World Championship match, this was pretty poor and didn't build anticipation."

[4.0] "By House of Torture standards this was positively squeaky clean, with only one garrote wire spot. Douki got most of the actual in ring shine here, though there wasn't much to write home about and certainly all the horseshit later on the card wiped away whatever good feeling this might have engendered."

[4.0] "Another generic match that screams ROAD TO - SHOW by every late. The only "outstanding" thing here is that finally TAKA pinned someone, that is also a sign of how much Takahashi is failing in HoT. The rest was more of the same of this two teams have done in their matches. **1/4"

[8.0] "I quite enjoy these fights between Just 5 Guys and House of Torture. It's all a question mark as to whether SANADA and his team will be able to get past the shenanignas of EVIL and his boys. It builds my hype for the main event of the next Destruction which will surely be very thrilling."