[6.0] "Nothing really special on this show, and I would say Norman Smiley vs Takada was the best match overall. Miyato vs Anjo (***1/2) - A decent opener but some slow parts dragged it down. Naito vs Nakano (**3/4) - A weird squash match that seemingly flirted with being a shoot. Takada vs Smiley (***3/4) - Entertaining match, although Smiley should have been showcased a bit more here. Yamazaki vs Maeda (***3/4) - Nice main event, but the first few minutes didn't flow as well as the last few minutes did."

[6.0] "Good but ultimately missable show. Shigeo Miyato once again impresses in his match. Shame that he just never translated to a main eventer because he has the quality and the fans like him. He and Anjo have the longest match of the show and make the most of it, having the match of the night. Nakano totally destroys the 17 year old Naito and sends him packing out of the promotion and not to be seen for years. Fun 2 minutes if you're into young boy beatdowns. Takada vs Smiley had a nice clash of styles in their grappling. For six minutes, it was pretty fun. The main event was the same only it was 10 minutes long. Yamazaki had a sound strategy but was snuffed out before it was completed."

[5.0] "Probably the least noteworthy UWF show up to this point. I'm not sure what the story is with Nakano vs. Naito but it left a bad taste in my mouth. Nakano is nasty here and seems to intentionally hurt Naito, who never appeared for UWF again and vanishes from wrestling for a decade. Takada vs. Smiley is surprisingly poor too. Smiley debuted against Yamazaki in a great match in June and you can tell the fans see him as a credible fighter. Despite appearing in only two matches up to this point he was voted the 5th best foreign wrestler in Japan in a reader's poll run by the popular baseball magazine Sha. Yet for some reason he's asked to job to Takada in 7 minutes, and Takada isn't convincing at all. The main event between Maeda and Yamazaki is surely worth a watch, though they had a better match earlier in the year. For me this show only served to emphasise that Yamazaki is the true MVP of '88 UWF, and Takada was wildly overrated."