KUSHIDA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

[9.0] "Surprised this match didn't get much love. This was an absolutely technical masterpiece here between 2 great technical wrestlers and 2 of the best in the world today. Love the mat wrestling early and the limb work. Both tried to outwrestle each other by using their own submissions. I do agree it went a bit too long but overall i still enjoy this match a lot."

[9.0] "Great match! Two wizards on the mat, doing their thing, Sabre applying his new heelish attitude and KUSHIDA showing he can keep up with a guy who is acknowledged as a technical master."

[6.0] "This felt like a special match but in my opinion it was just largely solid altogether. Great display of technique, armwork and legwork by both of them, however it lacked of intensity and the right reception from an almost-dead crowd for the most time. As a technical wrestling match, it's textbook for sure. *** - ***1/4"

[9.0] "Two of the best technical wrestlers in the world just putting on a clinic. This match was pretty much just Zack and KUSH doing some down and dirty mat, chain and technical wrestling. Sure the match was long and somewhat slow paced, but it belt to a great and intense finish. I will just say that as great as this match was, I think they can do something even better, ****1/2."

[8.0] "A match that went long with many submissions but really knew how to pace itself, which is a huge contrast to the aimless wankfests Sabre has had with Scurll. In this KUSHIDA in particular helped keep the matwork fresh and varied throughout the 27 minutes this match had, of which a large majority was technical wrestling. Sabre came into this pretty freshly heel after joining Suzuki-Gun, and he started showing some aggression and focus that I felt he lacked previously. The only real problem I had with this match is that while the matwork was interesting the whole time, there was no real sense of escalation outside of the debut of that gnarly top rope hoverboard lock setup from KUSHIDA that established it during his redemption arc between WK & Dominion. Still, a very nice title match with KUSHIDA showing off just how skilled he is. ***3/4"