HARASHIMA, Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya vs. Jun Akiyama, Keigo Nakamura & Shinya Aoki

[5.0] "The sole reason this undercard match exists is to promote Naya v. Akiyama later. They open the match and while Akiyama is obviously up their in age, I think both work a fast enough pace to make something interesting and hard hitting without exposing the elder legend too much. Other parts of this is far less in stakes and interest, and unfortunately, execution, as well. The normally smooth as better Nakamura and HARASHIMA have an extremely difficult time navigating a shoulder-climbing spot, and it is less of a compliment to either that Naya's next attacking section was far more exciting. Ishida and Aoki are barely in this, and one gets the sense this is never really a "team" match. An enjoyable enough time, despite this, and it does the job it set out to do well. Nakamura getting the win off his Question Mark quick was quite the nice surprise."

[5.0] "A solid enough match that never really escalated into something or even changed gears. Fine enough for an undercard match."

[5.0] "They have some interesting moments and all worked good, but it's feels just ok. It was simple match from undercard with some good wrestlers and Naya with Akiyama, who's tried to bring some fire in their future match in Sumo Hall."