Anthony Greene vs. Jack Morris

[8.0] "Maybe I'm a sucker for a fight between friends because I thought this ruled. Morris and AG had a match that fit them perfectly, intertwining AG's first big opportunity and Morris' mortality of hurting someone he considers his brother. As the match built, the crowd got behind both of these guys, something they don't find themselves doing in their tag matches. Just great work from both guys and that's even considering I wasn't in love with Morris' inconsistent selling of the knee. But it was captivating to me, and like I said, maybe I'm just a big sucker. EDIT: Updating this one to 4 Stars."

[8.0] "Great match. Easily Morris (who has improved exponentially over the last year or so) best National title defense thus far & probably AGs most stand-out match since his arrival in NOAH. Both flourished in this match / spot."

[5.0] "On paper it should have been an interesting match, and Good Looking Guys really tried to show it. But I wasn't impressed. Ringside moves were soft, that moonsault from Morris felt like he became the blanket that covered Greene. Apron frog splash was impressive though. The ending was strange, they didn't need this stupid drama, because the tension never was so strong to justify the moment like this."

[8.0] "I wasnt sure what to expect from the partner vs partner dynamic. I think they both did a good job keeping it 50/50 in the match with a lot of big moves and spots that I thought were put together very well. I think the second half of the match was excellent and they had the crowd captivated till the very end. Probably this and the Junior tag were my favorite matches on the card. Interesting to see if the GLG dynamic changes or if this was just a one off."

[5.0] "So as other people said the story of this match is pretty simple: it's a match between friends. Nothing more than that and that's fine. But I still don't find any of those guys exciting and I still don't see anything great in Jack Morris. NOAH tries really hard to push this guy but while nothing in this match was bad, it was the average "let's put our shit in" match. I'm not trying to be mean to both of these guys, they're obviously trying hard but knowing about NOAH's history it's pretty sad to see that you just have to be an average wrestler with no character, no charisma, nothing really going for you but still hold one of the most important belt in the promotion. Props for not doing the very melodramatic "hit me, finish me" ending, this actually being a bait was good. So that's at least something I can say about that match. Other than that, you've most likely seen this a tons of times already, but done better elsewhere."

[7.0] "'Friendly competition' was the story here - first 2/3rds were about back-and-forth action where both wrestlers were upping the ante and taking more and more risks, but it really picked up when Greene baited Morris with the 'hit me with your finisher' spot - when matches end like that it's fucking stupid, but thankfully Greene reversed Morris' Running Knee attempt into a Single Leg Crab and the crowd actually got into the match, which led to hot ~5 minute finishing stretch full of near-falls. Morris won in the end, but I think both wrestlers were over with the crowd than they were before the match."