DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA & SHO vs. El Desperado, Masatora Yasuda, Taichi & Yuya Uemura

[4.0] "2.25/5. Decent Road-To match here. Basic House of Torture antics, and Yasuda looked decent. Nothing else of note, really."

[5.0] "Typical HoT match. It was fine for an opener without much at stake. SHO is doing a Raven esque look and REN's new gear looks terrible. **1/2"

[5.0] "Pretty fun but way too short given the amount of participants in this match. It felt like Sanada and Taichi got almost no ring time which was disappointing seeing as how they are my favourites of each respective team."

[6.0] "Did not have "get catfished by SHO in a wig" on my bingo card for today. Aside from wondering for a couple seconds who the pretty lady with the long purple hair was and then recoiling in horror, this was a pretty fun opener. Even SANADA being present couldn't suck the enjoyment out of seeing Uemura and Narita go at it while wearing their respective Muto and Chono playsuits. That and - credit where it's due - DOUKI's finishing sequence was actually fairly impressive."