[8.0] "Insgesamt eine gute Show mit einem fantastischen Main Event. Shirakawa gegen Robbie war vollkommen ok als Match. Robbie ist ja mit einem leicht abgewandelten Gimmick unterwegs. Das Match war ok und micht hat es unterhalten. Da geht aber bei beiden noch mehr. Das Tag Team TItelmatch hat mir gefallen. Gutes, technisches Titelmatch. Viel Wrestling mit Submissions und Holds. Hat gut gepaßt zwischen den beiden Teams. Der Four Way war ganz nett. Hätte hier lieber jemand anders gesehen als Gegner aber sonst ok. Rush gegen Hechicero war ein gutes Match. Das die beiden so gut miteinander harmonieren hätte ich nicht vermutet aber das war wirklich ein guter Stilclash. Nettes Tag Team Match danach mit 2 Teams die man wohl nicht so häufig sehen wird. Fand ich aber gut. Match hat mich für die 10 Minuten auch gut unterhalten. Kidd und Oiwa haben es dann etwas härter gehen lassen. Viele Strikes im Match aber war gut. Das Trios Match war in Ordnung. Nettes Match um den Tokyo Dome weiter aufzubauen. TMDK natürlich auch gut over bei der Crowd in Kalifornien. Ich fand es gut. Das Tag Team Match danach war aber noch ein ganzes Stück besser. Perry und Takeshita haben gut miteinander funktioniert. MOTN ist aber der Main Event. Das war wirklich fantastisch. Ein Match um zu sehen warum es gut ist das Mone nicht mehr bei WWE ist. Starkes Match von beiden Wrestlerinnen. Gut gebookt, geworkt und einfach nur spannend. Tolles Match, tolles Ende der Show."
[8.0] "Das war ein wirklich guter Event, das eigentlich keine lowlights hatte. Das Niveau war gleichbleibend hoch. Der Main Event war groß und klares Match of the Night. Man hat die Länge des Events grundsätzlich gemerkt, aber schlecht war hier wirklich gar nichts"
[7.0] "A fantastic main event surrounded largely by a solid, if not underwhelming, undercard. Mercedes Vs Hazuki was fantastic. The tag title / Hechicero Vs Rush / Tag Semi main were all good. (7/10)"
[9.0] "A breeze to watch and a potential MOTY for the main event, I enjoyed all matches no bad matches, some surprises along the way. Mina Shirakawa vs Johnnie Robbie: A fine match to open the PPV with, did what it needed to by getting the crowd ready for the rest of the PPV, Mina winning was never in doubt, Robbie looked decent despite being out of the ring for the best part of a year [**1/2]. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs vs James Drake & Zack Gibson: WCWC finally win the tag team titles in NJPW Strong even though they have been the cornerstones of NJPW USA since the beginning, a really good tag team match that I enjoyed more than I thought I would do [***3/4]. TJP vs Clark Connors vs Kosei Fujita vs KUSHIDA: A decent solo four way match ahead of their tag team title four way match at WK19, they all had their chance to have their moment within the match, could have had Fujita or KUSHIDA win but they had TJP win which was not the right booking decision [***]. Hechicero vs Lio Rush: A fun match to watch, these two had great chemistry, wish that they went longer to be honest as felt they did not have enough time [***3/4]. Jakob Austin Young & Templario vs Hiromu Takahashi & Titan: Cool match which was carried mostly by Templario and Titan who had great exchanges and sequences, JAY and Hiromu did little which was actually not a bad idea, good first match for Templario within United Empire [***1/2]. Gabe Kidd vs Ryohei Oiwa: Not a bad match if im honest, the interference actually worked in the match's favour, would like to have seen Oiwa win but Kidd getting the win was alright too I suppose [***1/2]. Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr vs Fred Rosser, Shota Umino & Tom Lawlor: Another decent preview of ZSJ and Umino ahead of WK19, Lawlor sold the moves quite well especially the piledriver at the end of the match, solid action throughout, quite enjoyed watching it [***3/4]. Jack Perry & Konosuke Takeshita vs Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji: Takagi and Takeshita preview for WK19 was based on solid exchanges but Perry and Tsuji preview for Wrestle Dynasty did not seem that interesting, for the most part it was fine but it did lack something [**3/4]. Mercedes Mone vs Hazuki: What a main event match! Mone proved she may be the GOAT women's wrestler, Hazuki had a star making singles performance here, the crowd was into it throughout and one of the best women's matches of 2024 if not the best match of the year for any women's division [*****]"
[8.0] "A long but overall good show with an hell of a main-event, a lot of build-up for the near future and quite literally no bad matches. Some stuff didn't seen necessary to be put here but other than that NJPW quite delivered with this one, best US event in months. ***3/4"
[7.0] "Very solid show, nothing bad and for some a potential MOTY candidate in the main event though I didn't agree it was great to that extent. The US shows this year have delivered. 7.5/10"
[7.0] "A very solid show with an amazing undercard, a little lacking midcard and a fantastic main-event. Crowd was alive and engaged. But, NJPW has to fix their equipment, especially for shows in America. The audio was awful, my laptop's mic would probably do a better job here. If the crowd was too loud - audio went nuclear, same with the announcer tried to raise their voice. It was the biggest downside of the show."
[7.0] "This was a breeze of a card with no bad matchups, and some exceptional highlights including a MOTYC in the main event. Really fun throughout and well worth a watch!"
[8.0] "This was a solid event(much better than their last NJPW Strong event) and made me looking forward to Wrestle Kingdom & Wrestle Dynasty! Some of the MOTN were Hechicero vs. Lio Rush, Gabe Kidd vs. Ryohei Oiwa, and the Main Event; majority of the matches were good and had a fun time watching it!"
[8.0] "I haven't been overly impressed by wrestling lately, but this show snapped me out of it. Amazing main event between Mone and Hazuki, but most everything else was great, too. Oddly enough, this show pumped me up for the Dome shows more than any show in Japan has."
[6.0] "Solid show to bridge the gap further to Wrestle Kingdom and Wrestle Dynasty. Main event was very good in the best of the night with a few more enjoyable matches such as KUSHIDA/TJP/Conners/Fujita, Hechicero/Lio Rush, and Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry/Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji. The rest was pretty solid but the length of the show did drag at points for me. Not bad still. 6.5"
[8.0] "This was a great NJPW event as usual with amazing long matches. Not a single match was bad not a single match dragged it was amazing. The reason why its not ten out of ten because it didnt have enough stars in it and not a lot of matches that we wanted."
