Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Luis Mante

[6.0] "A great way to establish Mante by having win clean over the champion. Kiyomiya brought his usual level of effort here and did not take it easy which made what Mante did even more legitimate. They had a pretty back and forth contest with Mante relying on a lot of bigger and riskier moves to gain the advantage. Kaito is not going to take many more losses the rest of the way and they made the right call with this being one of them and maybe the only."

[6.0] "There were some fun moments in this match, but they just kinda abandoned a lot of the work they were doing in the first half by the second half of the match. If they had been more consistent in that regard, I think this had the potential to be a much greater match."

[8.0] "Luis with an amazing attire and start with the excellent dive outside on Kaito. The match was very good. It is no secret that Luis is an amazing wrestler. The ending came sudden and the fans also werent in that finish but I am glad for Luis. ****"

[5.0] "Kaito is once again welcome to establish a visitor as a believable competitor. The match had some crazy spots, but the structure didn't work for me at all. This should not have been the main event, and not this long. Actually Kaito should not have lost at all to a visitor."

[6.0] "Solid outing from these two. Thought the limb work from both got kind of abandoned by the latter half of the match, which is a shame. Especially for Mante, who relies on that leg strength for all of his big moves. Some real good stuff in here though, the Frankensteiner spot in particular was fantastic."

[3.0] "I thought this was pretty bad. All the limb work was dropped, Kaito was no selling piledrivers, and there was way too many kickouts. The match was boring even before it got too ridiculous. Because of that, an upset win that could've been a shock was more of a "Kaito Lost, I guess." Still looking forward to Mante's shorter matches, I think those could be great. 1.5 Stars."

[8.0] "This was a great match with lots of intensity and great execution. Luis really showed out in this one with great character integration while showing off some of his best stuff. Kaito is still one of the best in Japan and he was no different in this match, getting the crowd behind him with ease and making his opponent look like a star too."

[7.0] "Great hot start with the dive to the outside by Luis, and a great focus on weakening Kaito's shoulder. The match was very competitive with Mante hitting some really nice original moves and Kaito hitting one of his best standing shining wizards I've seen as well as that great hurricanrana reversal. A good main event for night one of the tournament, setting up a good story going forward with Mante pinning the champion."