AKIRA & Scott Norton vs. Masahito Kakihara & Yuji Nagata

[6.0] "This was a really solid tag bout where surprisingly AKIRA and Kakihara completely stole the show. Norton was past his prime here but still performed well as a big monster to overcome and Nagata played a good foil to Norton. The AKIRA vs Kakihara stretches were just great and really livened up this match. Kakihara got the win over AKIRA with an STO while Nagata dealt with Norton on the outside and this was really solid, very fun watch overall."

[7.0] "Came for Nagata vs. Norton, stayed for Kakihara vs. AKIRA. At first I thought that one nice opening stretch is all we gonna get from juniors here, as two heavyweights are far bigger stars, but those midgets did deliver! Of course, Nagata's strikes and Norton's tank nature were good too, but I really dig how well Kakihara & AKIRA pair worked that night, now I want to find their only singles match from 2003. ***1/2"