ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO & YOH

[7.0] "This was on its way to being GREAT until the finishing stretch. This match had an interesting hook to it because of ACH's injured ribs. SHO and YOH worked like a veteran tag team as they worked over ACH's ribs with dropkicks, submissions and quick combinations. ACH's selling was excellent and his comebacks were full of explosivity. Full credit to the man because he never stopped selling the ribs and he did all the little things right (struggled to attempt pins, slow to combine his offense with Taguchi's). Great performance by him. The main problem was how the match felt disorganized by the end of it. They peaked quite a bit before the finish. The crowd reactions were dwindling and the match just suddenly ended after a few nothing special exchanges. ***1/2"

[7.0] "A really good finals, wasn't the best match of the tournament but it was really good. ACH gave a great performance despite suffering from his ribs and RPG-3K took advantage of that throughout the match to pick up the win. Was really cool to see RPG-3K being the first team to win this tournament as champions and them vs. The Bucks at the Dome should be a awesome match. ***1/2"

"The match is extremely boring and dull. I find it a bit too fast. I can't stand Sho and Yoh, they are extremely effeminate and ridiculous. I feel no animosity between the two teams. I don't find the spots good at all. There's a lack of storytelling. The work on the ribs sucks, Rocky Romero is a good manager but he doesn't save the day here."

[5.0] "SHO & YOH -vs- Ryusuke Taguchi & ACH – (Super Jr. Tag Tournament – Final) [** 1/4] This big arena wasn’t intimate enough to get any steam in this Super Jr. Tag Tournament Final. Had a story of ACH’s ribs, but felt like they were going in slow motion and timing was a little bit off get the feel of it. Still it’s a nice builder for Rappongi 3K before their real trial…. against the Young Bucks. Tokyo Dome!"

[7.0] "The finals was really good. ACH was easily the star of the match here as the story focused around his injured ribs and his selling was on point. SHO & YOH won the match which gave them the big accolade of being the first junior tag champs to win the junior tag tournament but I have not yet been sold on Roppongi 3K yet. (***1/4)"

[6.0] "Going into this match ACH was legit suffering a lot from his ribs, so Ive gotta give credit to the man hes earned my respect in this tournament alone from the last two matches, but that being said his chemistry with Taguchi isn't quite at the level as Ricochets (though they are growing as a unit). The work around was handled well but it was definitely my least favorite showing from Sho & Yoh since their return, though it was also the best showing from Taguchi in the tournament so it kinda evens out. The 450 splash was a surprise to see given ACH's condition, but the dudes a trooper. *** 1/2 seems like a reasonable rating to me. The Young Bucks came out after the match and declared themselves challengers to the jr tag tournament winners & champs Sho & Yoh for WK. In spite of my dislike for the Young Bucks that ought to be a great match."

[5.0] "I felt like this match could have been a lot better. The whole idea of SHO and YOH working over ACH's ribs was nice but they could have done so much more with it. Had Taguchi have to act as a valiant hero sticking it out in the match knowing that if he tagged ACH in SHO and YOH would just target the ribs again so he had to stay in the match and endure the punishment and pain. I also felt the performance in the ring was a bit lackluster. After watching both teams matches from power struggle day 10 I feel like neither did anything to make this match feel special in the way of story telling. Overall it was an average match from both teams."

[8.0] "Very good match here. ACH's selling was excellent. Story was good, too. SHO and YOH continued to work over ACH's ribs. And ACH answered by hitting chops at YOH's chest. I love how ACH couldn't hit super 69 with taguchi immediately because his ribs were hurt. SHO and YOH continued to have an impressive match. I like it."

[7.0] "Pretty good match, this may have gone a bit long because of the dwindling crowd reaction towards the end, despite the finish being the greatest part of the match. 3K haven't reached their potential yet and it showed here, in-ring they're fine, other than that they need crowds to start caring about them, this wasn't great. As for Super 69, Taguchi was fine, not his best showing but he did fine and I really liked ACH's selling. Sure the rib work was slightly excessive as it made up the bulk of the first half of the match but at least it led to something which was ACH's delayed pin after the 450. The rib work was great, in-ring work was more than fine, just a pretty good match all round. (***3/4)"

[7.0] "Really good Jr Tag Leage finals with 3K impressing yet again. You can tell by the weaker crowd reactions to 3K that they still don't have that significant crowd connection just yet, but on the positive side 3K has really spiced up the junior scene ever since returning. ACH also looked very impressive in this match especially with his selling, so I hope he sticks around longer. 3K won of course in the end which is huge, and it looks like we're getting 3K vs the Young Bucks at the Dome which should be fantastic, ****."

[8.0] "This was a very good, borderline great tag match. Everybody gave impressive performances; SHO & YOH ruled with their work over the ribs of ACH & their quick combinations were really fun to watch, Taguchi was a really great hot tag, but GODDAMN the star of this bout was definitely ACH - he put on such a great performance, his selling of the injured ribs of his was superb & he brought the fire, he brought the charisma, he brought the right amount of emotion. Terrific stuff by him. Overall I think this would've been better had it been shaved off a bit, because in the end it did drag a bit, but yeah, a really damn good match. ***3/4"