Tama Tonga vs. Toru Yano
Solid stuff with Tama being a nasty bastard to Yano, who tries to straight up, cleanly, wrestle him. Far from the best stuff that Yano had during his tournament run, but very easy-to-watch stuff. **
Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson
A very enjoyable & solid match. Nice work on the arm by Juice (good continuity from the Goto/ZSJ match) & some very good selling by both men. ***1/4
SANADA vs. Tomohiro Ishii
A pretty intriguing styles clash on paper, and it ended up being a good match. Fun counters all the way through. ***1/4
Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
An absolutely tremendous match. Loved Zack being so pissed off at Naito for some reason; he really sold his sense of dislike towards him brilliantly. Even more brutal than usual with some of his work over him. Naito was really great too, with his mind games, trying to irritate Zack even more so than he already is - some awesome work on the neck too during his comebacks, and Zack sold it greatly; great spot in that when he went for the Manjigatame, he couldn't apply it fully, because of the damage Naito had done to his neck. The best of the 3 matches they've had against each other so far. ****1/4
Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi
As expected, the Golden Lovers absolutely brutalized each other in an athletic, vicious back and forth match. Enjoyed it as much as their 2012 DDT meeting. ***3/4
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