NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship

[8.0] "I've really enjoyed Eddie Kingston's reign so far, it's delivered a lot of great matches so far. Sad the title's kinda been mistreated over the years though"

[6.0] "A bit too much spot waiting sometimes and it became a bit obvious. Trent felt like the natural winner the way this match was often structured around him. Cage proves himself a reliable hand here and I wanna see him and vikingo 1v1 just for the ragdoll shit."

[8.0] "Interesting set of champions and challengers, contested all over the United States as well in Japan. Exposure on some regular NJPW cards as well as the Impact Wrestling crossover and now AEW. Like all STRONG titles, it can feel a bit in limbo or without clear purpose but NJPW has prestige on its own. Tom Lawlor had the best run so far. I am a big KENTA fan so I was happy to see him get some reigns but probably would have been better for the title if he had held it for one continuous run. The emotional title victory for Eddie Kingston could be what defines this championship in the end but the recent ROH title match and defences on Rampage are helping to elevate it. Time will tell if it becomes secondary to the ROH commitments of Eddie or if it will remain as cherished as before."

[6.0] "Lawlor is a great champ and they have plenty of options for future matches, however they should book more around that title. That way it will feel more valuable since the potential is already there. EDIT: Looks like they're going to merge with ROH or they're dropping Strong. Either way it doesn't look good for the title and Rosser's run hasn't been very impressive either."

[6.0] "As of now, this championship has even a prestigious aura around it. Tom Lawlor did a good job, but it's too early to rate it in a complete way."

[7.0] "They made the title feel unimportant for a time having The US Heavyweight, NEVER Openweight and Will Ospreay fake championship all show up on STRONG at the same time. But now those are all gone and Tom Lawlor stands again alone as THE champion of the brand. Every defense has been good, and he carries himself like a star. I think it's about time for him to drop the title, but I am unsure of who should beat him."

[5.0] "I'd say Lawlor has done good work to establish the title, with good matches against the likes of Ren Narita and Chris Dickenson, however, this belt's presence is greatly diminished."

[5.0] "A.t.m the title is not a big deal, they should focus more on in it with building events/roads. There is not that importance of the Championship on every show. One defence each month is fair enough but the presence of the Champion is minimal. (On update)"