HANAKO vs. Rian

[5.0] "Pretty sad at how underwhelming this was considering their highly enjoyable singles match in December of last year. Felt like this match should've happened BEFORE that match. Maybe it was just one of those days for both performers."

"I'll never understand why Hanako isn't booked like a Bozilla or Megan Bayne. I love Rian, but surely they aren't supposed to be on the same level, right? Nine minutes to beat Rian in an average match."

[7.0] "We all knew Rian was doomed since we saw the announcement of the blocks but despite her obviously losing it was a pretty okay match with both women showing some great stuff. I'm also surprised how it took HANAKO almost 10 minutes to defeat Rian but i'm glad it wasn't a squash. ***, 25"

[6.0] "Fun size mismatch in this one, not the biggest fan of Rian's stomp-based offence, but at least here it makes a bit more sense because it's about all she can reach of Hanako, who got to use her size to full effect to really ragdoll Rian around. A lot of hard hitting slams and power moves in this, peaking with the powerbomb for the finish, which looked fantastic. Rian got some rollups in but Hanako felt on top for most of this. Fun match."

[5.0] "Rian's foot work works in context here, as it's her trying to take down the much larger HANAKO. Sadly, it wasn't sold at all. I guess it just wasn't enough, as HANAKO also gets the win."

[4.0] "A disappointing follow-up that struggled to maintain the momentum of the opener. The action remained watchable, but the pace was rather flat and there were not enough memorable exchanges to make the match particularly engaging. A noticeable step down in quality."

[6.0] "Old-fashioned big wrestler throws small wrestler around until they make a mistake that the small wrestler capitalizes on. Nice wrinkle to Rian's toe stomping offense is she can credibly match with big forearms, it makes up for the size difference and the potential dissonance of the big wrestler selling to soft forearms. Good tournament match although there were sloppy bits (like Rian forgetting to launch for her running knee and sorta just running into HANAKO) and soft strikes from HANAKO that kept it from being better."

[6.0] "Pretty nice match, got more time than expected. Rian had a few nice reversals, but overall it wasn't very interesting because there's not much she could do to shock the giant."