0. World Pro Wrestling Inter-Promotional Match: Wataru Inoue, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & Tama Tonga vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Jado & Gedo
0. World Pro Wrestling Invitation Match: Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kenny Omega & Taichi
1. IWGP Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (c) vs. James Storm & Robert Roode vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man
2. Jushin Thunder Liger & Héctor Garza vs. La Sombra & Máscara Dorada
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka
4. NJPW/TNA Greatest Showcase: Toru Yano vs. Rob Van Dam
5. Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
7. NJPW vs. NOAH I: Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama
8. TNA World Heavyweight Title: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
9. NJPW vs. NOAH II: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Go Shiozaki
10. Togi Makabe vs. Masato Tanaka
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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0. This was clipped. Not enough was shown to judge. Looked like a by the numbers 8-man "get everyone involved" deal. Tama Tonga looks bad ass now.
0. This was a good tag, but these participants deserved better than a dark match.
1. This was better than I thought it would be, considering I am not a fan of any of the 6 men involved. OK.
2. Good, but too short. A Sombra/Liger feud is coming, which makes me giddy, and it should make you giddy, too.
3. This match was shockingly good. Great brawl, kept short, great storytelling.
4. Awful. This was a bad matchup on paper, and RVD mailed it in. Yano stinks.
5. I'm not a big Nagata fan. Pass.
6. Masterpiece. Not a match of the year because it was too short, but it continued the great storytelling of Devitt v Ibushi. Will Ibushi ever get the big win?
7. It was pretty easy to see who was getting pinned in this one. It was ok, but the obvious finish also ended up making the other NOAH v NJPW finish obvious.
8. Garbage. Jeff Hardy is a worthless loser.
9. This match rocked, but once the NOAH side won the tag match, you just knew Nakamura was going over. Thats my onle gripe.
10. Pretty good brawl, Tanaka always delivers. Im not a Makabe fan, but he was good here.
11. A FUCKING CLASSIC. I haven't read the reviews yet, but HOLY SHIT DID I LOVE THIS. Kojima came through big time, and Tanahashi is always the man. I mark out when the jap announcer says HIEEE FLYEEE FLOOOW!!!
Overall, a mixed bag. The worst matches involved TNA talent. Surprise, surprise. At least when Team 3D & MCMG & Kurt Angle come to New Japan, they give a shit and work hard. RVD, and especially Hardy, embarrassed TNA. RVD I can give a slight pass, because it was a bad stylistic matchup. But Hardy was AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL, and I felt bad for Naito who tried hard and deserved better in his biggest match. Hardy didnt even know his name at the presser. Fuckin bum.
Go out of your way to watch Devitt/Ibushi and Kojima/Tanahashi. The Liger/Garza vs Sombra/Dorada was fun, too.
What did you guys think?