AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita vs. HANAKO, Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama

[9.0] "This match has an appearance from 'Great Saya' and not 'Botching Too Often Saya' which contributes to it being a fantastic main event that again shows that one sleeps on Stardom's house show matches at their peril. Boasts numerous awesome moments such as Maika kicking a jumping Saya, an absolutely gorgeous moment timed to perfection where Saya ducks under a genuine clothesline going straight for her face and AZM doing a sequence of moves at literal light speed simply because she can. And it's nice to see AZM and Mina pairing off here too as they've been butting heads in very recent matches. l love the lower card players in this match as well so it was brilliant to see people such as HANAKO and Miyu step up to the plate (Miyu also shows how tough she is by taking some really nasty bumps). The pace is frantic, the bumps are big, the duration perfect and it's all topped off by a heated crowd and excellent near falls. Great stuff."

[6.0] "This was presented as the most important match on the show, but it certainly didn't hit the mark it wanted to hit. Amasaki got the pin because she's from Kyoto which was nice, but Maika/Kamitani interactrions against didn't sell me on the importance of their title match, Tsukiyama's kick-outs became annoying a long time ago and nobody really raised their stock. AZM as per usual was really good, every time she was in there action was much more fun compared to times when she wasn't."

[9.0] "Waka, my kick out queen, the pretty damn fun, a great way to build to the Red Belt title match and a pretty good showing from Miyu and Waka"

[10.0] "I figured I would like this, but it ended up even higher than my expectations! First of all it is in the gorgeous KBS Hall in Kyoto, which was the most incredible stain glass window as the backdrop for the hard cam. Bonus points already right here. But even better, this match featured not only some of the best in Stardom, but also showed me folks I hardly knew and made a fan of those as well! I know I love AZM, Utami, Shirakawa, Maika, and the like, but here I was exposed to the towering (relatively, at 6 foot she dwarfed the other wrestlers) Hanako, who did an awesome job, and Amasaki I thought was just there to take a beating but she had an incredible late match surge and won me over so much that I bought in fully when she got the win for her team. The pace of this in the back half was crazy, awesome work by all involved."

[9.0] "Miyu in Kyoto show main even is always a stellar perfomance. This should be an axiom at this point. An my only complaint is that they didn't give Miyu and HANAKO to end the match as two Kyoto talent. Instead they chose Waka, which lost the intrigue, because Miyu defeated Waka two years ago in the same arena. But wrestling-wise it was great, and of course not only because of Amasaki. Mina-AZM I mentioned two shows before, was even better now. And my favorite part is how cleverly Mina and Maika targeted Kamitani's hand. 4.25*"

[7.0] "Much of this match was just a blur of moves back and forth. The one thread of dominance and damage was the repeated targeting of Amasaki as the obvious weak link fall girl for her team, and they delivered a satisfying payoff to that throughline ***1/2"

[8.0] "Great match with some really strong interactions between Saya and Maika. A really intense hard hitting brawl where those two formed the centerpiece. It has a strong opening and finish."

[7.0] "This was better than i expected and this match was really good, even the least good wrestlers of the match did their job well. Nice story around Saya Kamitani's arm with Maika and her new friend Mina Shirakawa working on it, the work was interesting and Saya Kamitani sold it well. There was so many great exchanges in this match, even Waka Tsukiyama and Miyu Amasaki toward the end which surprised me a lot given Waka Tsukiyama is not a good wrestler at all usually but she seems to improve, speaking of improvement, Miyu Amasaki and HANAKO are improving match per match, they have so much potential - ***1/2"

[10.0] "The start of the match turned out to be amazing and immediately set the pace for the rest of the match. Shirakawa, who departs from the usual pattern by starting to work on her opponent's hands to aggravate her injury, is a brilliant narrative, and overall both stables competed as if this was the most important tag team match in their careers, and it's really interesting to see how EXV immediately want to assert themselves, trying their best, and the work between Shirakawa and Azumi was the most revealing in this regard. Hanako and Amasaki didn't lower the bar after that, and I think they did too much work for their experience. For a moment, it seemed to me that Amasaki and Tsukiyama would lower the overall level of splendor in the final, and partially they did, but they fought so desperately for victory, and QQ helped Miyu win it so grandiosely (Azumi's spot is crazy) that I will still risk giving it a full 10. A really phenomenal and very rare match for small shows (****3/4)."

[9.0] "Maika's limbwork on Saya's arm was impressive, and Shirakawa was glad to help her being more experienced in tactics. Azumi's part with Mina was just amazing, High Speed Bomb Girl seemed to be even faster than usual, but Mina used great counterattacks against her. Kyoto girls Amasaki and Hanako also showed a cool chemustry with a real desire to win in a hometown. The team part in the finishing stretch was not so exciting, but wow, I didn't expect to see such a great battle of determination between Miyu and Waka, their chemistry is not something that you're waiting in the match, but not now. Unexpectedly wonderful match, felt like everyone here was at the big show."