[8.0] "NJPW Power Struggle 2026 in Hiroshima. Japan. Loved the show one of the best NJPW's Shows of recent memory. Gabe Kidd vs Taichi was phenomenal. Love the relationship between Kidd and Tanahashi and how he disrispect NJPW. Omega was outstanding against Tsuji and Oleg, my favorite match of the night. The storytelling of him pinning Tsuji is marvelous. Kenny is the best. Also the story between Newman and Ospreay is very well built. MJF challenging Oiwa was so funny as a promo. WrestleKingdom 21 is so stacket might go down as one of the best Tokyodome Shows ever. Tana is doing an amazing job with NJPW now, never fought he could pick the company up so much for how down it was in the last few years (just watched for AEW Forbidden Door in the last 3, 4 years and when WK was around lol)."

[3.0] "In terms of in-ring performances, this show was mostly just middling with some occasional lapses into the truly bad. However, what really sends this show into abysmal territory is the continued intrusion of AEW into NJPW's booking. Whatever happened to building the next generation of wrestlers? The next Wrestle Kingdom is shaping up to be a half-assed Forbidden Door."

[9.0] "An excellent show not without its flaws. I feel like a lot of the NJPW Vs. AEW build-ups have actually been quite good, and this show feels like the best they've done for that so far. A couple of matches could've done with a little more time, the three way and the tournament final, but it was mostly made up for by the main event being absolutely incredible and one of the best matches of the whole year. I understand that many aren't big fans of Gabe Kidd's recent antics in NJPW, but I personally feel like it's some of the best work of his career so far, and the main event of this show allowed him to shine, pulling every dirty and disrespectful trick you'd expect and then even more, including the post-match promo (which certainly adds to the overall match in my opinion)."

[7.0] "A good show, that suffers due to lacking any real focus. With Wrestle Kingdom so close, everything in this show feels the need to play second fiddle, and as a result feels very constricted and suffocated."

[6.0] "A weird one to rate, the booking for WK is definitely frustrating and this was a very predictable show but the three way was still a great sprint and Taichi has an awesome performance in the main. One of the weaker NJPW events this year but there is still stuff to enjoy"

[2.0] "Worst way to build the main matches for WrestleKingdom 21 and below avarage quality. I see what they are doing to have more international appeal but if this is the base at the Tokyo Dome at the very best we are only have longer matches and nothing else. In this show there is no real highlight and there is more than one month with only the tag league up next."

[5.0] "So, to be frank. The AEW vs NJPW stories *mostly* aren't doing fuck all for me. They feel forced, unearned and I'm honestly not excited for a lot of what's to come. That's not to say I think the AEW vs NJPW matches will suck. Most of them will probably be great, I just think chucking together a bunch of matches for WK based off a video or two, maybe a segment... that's lazy, no? It's a reoccurring theme throughout this one, that 'rivalry', so I did find it prudent to bring it up. Now, the matches themselves. Lots of bleghh here. One notably bad 'main' match, and it really did suck. The tag title match. What an insult to KOB & the tag division to book & work that shit like that. Left a sour taste in my mouth. The triple threat is fun. The main event is fucking awesome, featuring an all-timer of a performance from the always excellent Taichi. Certainly one of the better matches of the year. Must watch main event aside, this was just very average. **3/4."

[6.0] "A long PPV with several filler matches and really no great matches, it's very disappointing considering the event's card."

[7.0] "A weird build-up show that did what it needed to. After three matches of setup shenanigans, the last two were peak New Japan. You can't convince me Kenny Omega couldn't have done a one-v-one against Boltin. Robbie X had a great showing, but it was the other bald Brit, Gabe Kidd, who was performer of the night."

[9.0] "Ngl That Was Fcking Great Buildup for Wrestlekingdom , as a Standalone PPV I Would Rate it 7 But The Matches Were Great alongside the Buildup for WK Made it more standout , Death Riders Declaring War on NJPW , Kenny Pinning Tsuji , Gabb Kidd is a Great Heel in NJPW Bro Just Piledriver Tanahashi Chan Bro is Too Good AEW Bagged this Guy . The Separation of United Empire , Mistico Vacating NJPW Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles . A Great Show Overall"

[4.0] "This show did a whole lot for the build to wrestlekingdom. They may have forgotten they have to actually make this show good as well. Undercard was average as hell. Picked up really well for 2 matches (3-way and tag final). Back to awful with the annoying main event. I guess it's adequate cause I didn't hate my viewing experience or anything."

[8.0] "A good showing from NJPW for Power Struggle with some decent matches and setting up matches for Wrestle Kingdom. Aaron Wolf, KUUKAI & Master Wato vs Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay: For an opening match it was fine and did what it needed to and had the level of action of that would be expected, Wolf getting the win was good to see [**]. KUSHIDA, Masatora Yasuda & Mistico vs Daiki Nagai, Gedo & Titan: A fine house show standard match that got these guys on the card and did what it needed to do, the action was fine [**]. Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa vs Blake Christian & Lee Johnson: A decent enough undercard tag match that The Swirl had chemistry with the TMDK duo of Jackson and Oiwa, wished they had a bit more time as felt like they held back of what they could have done [**1/4]. Kazuma Sumi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Yuya Uemura vs DOUKI, Ren Narita, Shun Skywalker & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: A fine undercard multi man tag match even with HoT involved the match was watchable at least [**1/4]. Hyo, Shota Umino & YOH vs Dick Togo, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi: The weaker of the two HoT undercard tag matches and did not have much interest in this one, at least Hyo picked up the win [*1/2]. Jeff Cobb & Shingo Takagi vs Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta: Cobb pinning Yuta made sense so they could build Moxley versus Takagi at Wrestle Kingdom, the match was actually decent to watch and had some decent moments [***1/4]. OSKAR & Yuto-Ice vs Callum Newman & Will Ospreay: The DQ finish was surprising with Newman hitting OSKAR with a chair right in front of the referee, the action was solid enough and did what it needed to do as being for the IWGP Tag Team Titles and set up Newman versus Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom, of course this was not gonna be straightforward [***3/4]. Kenny Omega vs Boltin Oleg vs Yota Tsuji: A match that did not go as long as thought it would have as only went just under 13 minutes, the match was fine and got Omega the win by pinning the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tsuji, Oleg was fine and wished he would have won but the idea of a potential Tsuji versus Omega match at Wrestle Kingdom is fine with me [***1/2]. Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori vs Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles: Fast paced as would be expected and they did what they could within the 11 minutes they had, X and Ishimori winning was good to see, some decent action throughout [***1/4]. Gabe Kidd vs Taichi: HOLY SHIT! This match was crazy and was way better than I expected, they had a highly physical match that Taichi would persevere until he could not go any longer and got pinned by Kidd, they had such dramatic sequences and near falls and wished that Taichi would have won the title but Kidd deserved to win after being put through so much by Taichi [*****]"

[9.0] "Another fantastic show in what's been an incredible year, and following up on King of Pro Wrestling, this was an absolute banger. Great wrestling from top to bottom, with some really exciting developments in the Wrestle Kingdom feuds. I'm still pretty gutted that Wrestle Kingdom is turning into AEW vs. NJPW, but oh well. What a show. Thank you, New Japan, for continuing to deliver shows like this."