Chris Jericho vs. EVIL

[6.0] "Somewhat good main event. The action was alright and both guys were decent. It went over 20 minutes."

[7.0] "Much better than could be expected, though nothing to notable to come out of it other than it was nice to see Jericho work with an under card New Japan guy in his run rather than stick to strictly the main eventers."

[6.0] "This was surprisingly good. Much better than I thought it would've been and far better than the Jericho/Naito match. The start had some bland brawling but once they began laying into each other a bit more and throwing some sequences, this really picked up. The winner was never in doubt, neither was the aftermath too. Good title defence by Jericho and solid main event. ***"

[6.0] "I'm still not a big fan of Jericho's modern NJPW matches but I have to say this was probably the match I enjoyed the most so far. I think a large part of that is the fact that unlike with Naito and Omega I don't feel like EVIL's talent is being wasted here and he just seems to fit into a hardcore style match better."

[8.0] "For all the criticism that Jericho's title reign gets, he still knows how to bring it in a big match. I for one am glad a NJPW main event in 2018 didn't go 30+ minutes, so that was refreshing. The chemistry between both men was surprisingly really good as well. I could've done without the finisher kick outs, but Jericho still won the match with the Walls which was great. Alternative finishers is something I wish New Japan would use more of. Not a MOTYC by any means, but still a unique encounter that paid off, ****1/4."