[6.0] "This show was above average overall. Undercard had nothing worth watching (including the abysmal "comedy" match), but the top 5 were all decent-to-good, this show just lacked a true top-end, high quality match."

[6.0] "Dragon Gate pendeln sich zurück im höhergelegten Durchschnitt ein, obgleich das einzig den beiden Hauptkämpfen zuzurechnen gewesen ist. Ohne jene ging man mit Show in Richtung der sieben Punkte, so jedoch riss man das Mauerwerk der Midcard ohne Grund ein. Natürlich muss man aber auch der Undercard einen leichten Vorwurf machen, abgesehen vom Opening Tag Match ging in den darauffolgenden zwei Darbietungen nicht viel zu holen. Für mich persönlich zählte GOLD CLASS vs. Natural Vibes sofort zu den Highlights, **1/4 bei ansteigender Tendenz. Konträr dazu das Multi Man Tag und der Owarai Gate Titelkampf, ** um den Dreh bzw. 1/2* im Fall von Takako Yoshida's Titelverteidigung. Mit dem Mochizuki Dojo Captain's Fall Match begann schlussendlich aber das Prunkstück vom Gate Of Bayside, *** bei ansteigender Tendenz. Ein beeindruckender Einstand der Neuauflage der Gruppierung, in dem alle wunderbar miteinander harmonierten und Masaaki Mochizuki als Legionär der Matchstory einen würdigen Kick verlieh, Z-Brats dazu ein geeignet-überlegener Gegner. KAI vs. Tanaka und der Triangle Gate Titelkampf sortierten sich drumherum ein, *** bzw. ***1/4 um den Dreh im Fall von PARADOX vs. D'Courage. Für einen Throwaway Brawl gefiel das Hardcore Match ganz gut, Masato Tanaka im Gegensatz zu seinen Einsätzen in Amerika hinzu ein bisschen fokussierter, Susumu Yokosuka sowieso im Saft und so waren dessen Sequenzen mit Dragon Kid's Schüler Dragon Dia ein netter Throwback im darauffolgenden Trios Match, ein temporeicher Austausch zwei toller Zusammensetzungen. Jeglichen Goodwill warf man mit obig angesprochenen Main Events anschließend jedoch weg, **3/4 je. Im Twin Gate Titelkampf punkteten ein paar der temporeichen Sequenzen noch, YAMATO Dream Gate Titelverteidigung über fast 24 Minuten hingegen leider furchtbar langweilig anzusehen."

[8.0] "Good show even with some negative things, for me the last 5 matches of the show is truly watchable and fun in their own ways, also there is a lot of special stuff in the show so overall I think it's good, I can see why if you don't give it that highly rating."

[7.0] "As a DG fan for the past 7 years, this show felt flat to me. There were still good matches, like KAI x Tanaka, MinoLee x Jacky & Riiita, as well as J x YAMATO, but nothing really made me go wow! I will say to those who are new to the company, don't give up on it because of Gate of Bayside '25. Also, someone who loves the kind of humour Dragongate does, I too, wasn't big on the Owarai Gate match. I don't want this or need this."

[6.0] "I don't usually watch Dragon Gate, but I wanted to see Strong Machine J challenge for the title. This show was alright. The English commentary team was bad. Wish.com Chris Charlton who couldn't keep up with translating and the other guy who seemed to be asleep for most of it. I actually like the concept of the Open The Owarai Gate Title but this match was not a good comedy match. Crowd seemed pretty dead to it too. None of the matches really stood out to me actually. The main event was meh. Strong Machine J was presented well only to lose and YAMATO call out all the top young talent to say they're shit? Ok. I still had fun with this however it isn't something I'd tell someone else to watch."

"Unfortunately thought this show did not really serve as a great onboarding point for a newbie like myself. Trios and tag title matches were good (very good, even! ) but that was some atrocious comedy, and while having English-language commentary is a plus, it often felt like it was just a couple guys just talking over the event rather than calling the action. While I get the reasoning behind the main event, it fell *extremely* flat for me, really did not enjoy it much at all. While I'll probably give them a shot again at some point in the future, I think I'm gonna need to give it some time before I try again."

"I gave this a shot hoping that it'd be a good starting point for Dragon Gate, and was a little disappointed. I agree with the previous comment that the venue felt very low-energy, which didn't help. I did really enjoy the Open the Triangle Gate and Open the Twin Gate matches and felt like that was "what I was coming to Dragon Gate for." The main was a bit weird because of the choice to have Yamato take so much punishment for the first 20 minutes - it really detracted from what seemed like it was supposed to be an undercard story for Strong Machine J, and made it far too obvious that Yamato would be retaining after taking so much punishment early on. The commentary did a good job explaining that this was because of how much damage Yamato had taken in recent matches, but it still didn't seem like a good match structure for this match. Tanaka vs KAI was fun plunder, the undercard tags were fine, and the less said about the Owarai Gate match, the better. Takashi Yoshida made me feel bad for how much I've disliked Danshoku Dieno in the past - turns out that that kind of comedy can be so much worse than Dieno ever is."

[7.0] "As a fairly new fan of Dragon Gate, I can't provide a lot of context for this show. I thought it was pretty solid overall, albeit never remarkably great. The undercard was on the weaker side, but the Triangle Gate title match and Dream Gate title match main event were both solid. English comms did a good job at providing context for a new viewer such as myself. It looks like they drew a nice attendance, but I thought the architecture of this venue dissipated some of the crowd's energy because the space is so large and brightly lit. Overall, it was a fun show but I wouldn't endorse it as essential viewing unless you're already a well-established fan of an individual or team on the card."