AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs. Gaia Hox & Jun Masaoka

[8.0] "This match was tremendous. Hox and Masaoka reminded me of when I first started watching Japanese wrestling, seeing guys from the New Japan tag junior heavyweight division doing stuff I had never seen before. They were stiff and reckless and really brought their A-game against the champions. I think the finish also calls for a rematch, and I hope it happens."

[7.0] "Was not expecting this match to be as good as it is. Everybody delivers here, but there's a particular emphasis on Miyawaki with Masaoka serving as his big hurdle in this match. I was previously not very interested in this title reign, what with the rocky botched start to the reign that resulted in a real knockout and a so-so first defence. This defence was different though. Miyawaki impressed me a lot, not only with his godly German suplexes, but also with the way he controlled the already hot crowd."

[8.0] "I liked this match more than the previous Amamiya title match, because F-SWAG were great provocateurs and I think their heel work was underrated here. They were meaner than HAYATA and YO-HEY, and as a team they were also better and worked better together and sometimes upped the tempo or threw hard kicks. AMAKUSA was the one who responded aggressively and used his athleticism, but the main hero here was Miyawaki, who feels most comfortable as a face and pleases the audience. I think his survival was not overly drawn out and his attempts to fight back worked to his advantage. In the end, it turns out to be a short, moderately fast and emotional light heavyweight tag match. Title defenses like these prove that Amamiya did not win the titles in vain."

[7.0] "The work was good and crisp, and the right guys leave with a nice defense. Junta appears to be taking advantage of this opportunity and I liked the call-out after the match."

[6.0] "This was a decent if not great sprint with a lot of heeling, and succeeded in giving some shine to Miyawaki."

[7.0] "That looked like a nice defense titles against heels that will cheat to win but Amakusa and Miyawaki overcome this and win it, nice babyfaces match from them/"

[6.0] "Here the idea was to present Miyawaki as a fresh, young babyface who can impress, show good fire, weather the storm, fight back and ultimately win the match for his team. It's interesting that he called Los Golpeadores presumably for a big Ryogoku show, the most important thing though that the crowd was interested in seeing that."

[7.0] "This is the first time I have seen F-Swag in action and I quite enjoyed them! Proper mean heels combined with speed and athleticism, akin to the likes of SUWA. F-Swag cheated throughout this matchup with outside interference, vicious trouble teaming and just generally brutal offence. AMAKUSA and Miyawaki also did brilliant work and showed that they can be even greater than the sum of their incredible parts. Junta got the win with a roll-up after surviving some brutal double team moves and this was a really great fun first defence. Worth a watch even if it ran a bit short to be anything spectacular."