Watched until the main when I conked out.
Opener was a good time that got fun the later it went, but is most certainly not my type of match. Way too much Young Bucks control early on, as I find them an incredibly boring team in control of a match. Things really picked up once they finally got Ricochet and Sydal involved, and no part of me will ever be able to dislike them since they are arguably the most graceful high flyers who feel like they still have tons of impact I've ever seen. Last 5 minutes was fun for a spot running contest, but wasn't fond of the finish.
Briscoes/Yano winning made me smile, though the match wasn't anything to write home about.
I hate the Lethal Combination so damned much. Elgin feels much better in New Japan then he feels on the US Indys. He manages to feel like a big deal there were as he just feels like he's trying too hard to be a big deal in the states. I'm still not crazy high on him as a wrestler, but understand why he's getting over.
Enjoyed KUSHIDA/Omega a lot in the late game. KUSHIDA feels like the obvious pick for Junior Ace for New Japan, they just need to run with it.
Tag Title Match was probably the least shitty Makabe has looked from what I've seen, and Honma is still a really fun. Anderson and Gallowes feel like a good team that are incredibly repetitive if I had to guess as a non watcher.
Lotsa bitching about Goto/Naito in places. I liked it just fine, and liked the finish. Naito feels like he's got some really cool shit going around him, but isn't a complete act yet. Goto seems like a title challenger right now, so giving him the win makes sense.
So here's the thing with Ishii/Shibata. I'm generally not a fan of "lets go out there and hit each other as hard as we fucking can" matches. It's largely what turned me off RoH circa Nigel/Danielson series. That said, if there are any two guys that are really good at the "Dick Measuring" style of wrestling, Shibata and Ishii are most likely 1 and 2. I find it very compelling and lost myself in the match, and I felt they sold when they needed to sell to buy that these guys are trying incredibly damn hard to prove they are the tougher man. So yeah, I enjoyed the hell out of this, even if I'm note huge on Ishii style of matches.
Nakamura/Styles was really fucking good. I would put more thought into it but I was kinda wearing down strongly in the finishing stretch. Nak's charisma caries so damned well in big matches.
