Ben-K

[8.0] "Ben-K was pushed as a monster powerhouse similar to Cyber Kong or Magnitude Kishiwada back in the early days of Dragon Gate. Sadly he's floundered a bit since the initial push and an underwhelming Dream Gate run. Part of the challenge was his poor booking - as a face booked against the long standing faces of the company too soon rather than the obvious rivals in RED following their booting of him previously. I'd hoped his real life friend Keisuke Okuda would have continued to team against the similarly beefy Z-Brats team of Shun Skywalker and Diamante but a falling out lead to Okuda leaving Dragon Gate. Part of the popular Big-Ben team with Big R Shimizu previously and part of both the super group MaxiMuM and main heel unit RED, he's had to reinvent himself again in Gold Class and show some personality. Hopefully as he's still part of the big 6 new stars Dragon Gate intend to push, he'll continue to develop."

[8.0] "Ben-K's title win at Kobe World in 2019 marked the start of the generational change we're currently witnessing. His character and style were (and still is) an interesting contrast to what Dragongate wrestlers usually are, and hopes were high for Dragongate's future leader. His title run was satisfactory, but ever since he lost the title he had found himself in an awkward position on the card. After his concussion sustained at Final Gate 2020, all momentum Ben-K had stopped up completely, and I was even doubting that Ben-K would ever be considered a contender for the Dream Gate championship again. Thankfully ever since he's been spouting out chiki-chiki's on the mic he found a new himself. The silent powerhouse that he once suddenly turned into one of the best talkers in DG, and his run in Gold Class has been nothing but great. And considering the fact that he's only 31, we still have a lot to see from this revitalized Ben-K, and I wouldn't be surprised if he picked up the Dream Gate at least once more before his wrestling days come to an end."

[9.0] "Still early in his career, but Ben-K's powerhouse style is a fun contrast to most of the wrestlers in DG, similar to how Shingo was before him. He's not a finished article imo since he's still like five years in to his career, but he has all the potential to be among the world's best wrestlers once he puts it all together."

[8.0] "Ben-K is a beast. The dude is only 5ft9 but still an absolute powerhouse. Not only is his offence fantastically explosive, but his selling and bumping are great too. He was great as a cocky but entertainingly aggressive heel, and he now excels as a hype babyface monster. I was honestly a bit disappointed in his first Dream Gate run, since I thought his defences ranged from good to very good but were never great or outstanding. I figured he was still just getting used to playing the top guy, but then DG shocked us by having Ben-K put Doi over, and Ben-K ended up being on the backburner for the whole of 2020. He admittedly got his redemption chance at Final Gate against Skywalker, and that's when Ben-K's years of great selling came back to bite him (though obviously through no fault of his own), as Skywalker ended up IRL knocking him out and no-one realised because they all figured that was just Ben-K's natural awesome selling. Now it's unknown when Ben-K will return, but he wasn't meant to have been hurt too significantly from the match with Skywalker, so I hope he can return and once again become a prominent member of the DG roster. I don't know if Ben-K can ever reach the heights I hope for him to achieve, since I really only think he's had a handful of great matches, but he's also had many, many very good performances in matches that were otherwise merely "decent" or "just good", so I definitely see potential in him one day becoming someone I can truly consider a top guy. He showed sparks of it when he was Dream Gate champion, and maybe he'll show even more by the time he finally recaptures the title."

[9.0] "Ben-K is a wrestler with a lot of potential, he manages to combine his strength and speed in a very good way, his matches are always good, and he is always evolving, and he still has a very good Spear, he is the future of Dragon Gate along with Kzy and Skywalker."

[8.0] "So, here he is - the new face of Dragon Gate. Is he deserve this spot? Is he good enough? Absolutely yes! I kinda grow on him for last half-year, so now I actualy see a top star in Ben-K. He is your classic cool-looking hard-hitting silent samurai dude. Yes, he is not a great speaker, but his amotions during matches... they are not great either, but he still fit his samurai gimmick pretty well. For me Ben-K is not modern day Mochi, Yoshino, Yamato, Doi or any other DG main-event-player, but more like modern day Hirooki Goto. Is it good or bad? For me - good, cuz Ben has way more talent, than Goto in my eyes. Like this guy"

[9.0] "Very good worker, Ben-K has a good look, good mic-skills and great ring-skills. He trully is one of the future stars that Dragon Gate has to offer, I can see him replacing Shingo Takagi and being one of the Aces of Dragon Gate."