DOMINION

Hirooki Goto vs. Michael Elgin vs. Taichi

This felt very awkward for most of the time w/ no flow whatsoever, but after the striking sequence between Elgin & Goto, which ended up with Goto headbutting Elgin's shoulder, the match really picked up. Taichi was awesome with his always sneaky heel work & Elgin's offense managed to go from pretty shitty to very good & energetic. OK match. **

EVIL & SANADA vs. The Young Bucks

Lovely pacing from start to finish, great energy & some pretty damn good psychology w/ Nick's foot. Really good, borderline great match. ***3/4

Cody, Hangman Page & Marty Scurll vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Liger & Rey Mysterio Jr.

TANA. LIGER. REY REY. What a TEAM! This was such a lovely time. ***1/2

Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi

Everything between the explosive start & the Triangle spot was pretty dull, and I was ready to call the match a big disappointment, but after that Triangle spot they went absolutely nuts. Superb stuff from that point on till the finish. If only the full package didn't have that needless, slow mid-section. ***1/4

Tetsuya Naito vs. Chris Jericho 

Loved the chaotic start w/ Jericho jumping Naito right away, going crazy with the trashtalk, putting Naito through tables, picking up cameras (just like at WK) & all. Eventually the match lost it's unique feel of a chaotic fight though, as it drifted into more of a "normal" wrestling match with Jericho working on top & Naito fighting from underneath - I still enjoyed it quite a bit, but it never reached "more-than-just-good" -levels for me. Jericho did a very good job portraying his character, and just like at WK, I'd say he was the star of the match, easily. Naito certainly isn't at his best when fighting from underneath, but Jericho's top on work was very good against him - just wish his comebacks would've been better, and not so robotic. ***

Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega 

The first fall was legitimately great. Great sense of struggle, urgency & physicality. The offense of both men looked VIOLENT. The greatness continued in the first moments of the 2nd fall with Okada putting on that tremendous cocky face of his, showing how proud he is of getting that first fall. Omega showcased great desperation, all the while selling the fatigue of the 1st fall big time. At some point during the 2nd fall though, the match lost all of the urgency & that great character dynamic of it. Started to drag like I feared (& honestly expected) - basically lost all interest in the thing. There was a few cool moments after that, like Kenny doing the Styles Clash & Ibushi telling him to go for the Phoenix Splash. Other than those 2 moments though, the action wasn't any interesting whatsoever. Kudos to them for going over an hour, but what they did confirmed what I already was pretty damn sure of; Kazuchika Okada & Kenny Omega certainly aren't Ric Flair's, Bryan Danielson's or Trevor Lee's. **1/4