[2026-04-04-NJPW] OSKAR & Yuto-Ice vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.

[Scarletlikesounds]

For my money Yuto-Ice has the best performance of anyone all year so far full-stop. And honestly I think it's up there for single match performance of the decade. This man has singlehandedly revived the meaning of fighting spirit for me. His selling of the arm here made me feel the weight of everything, and the sheer emotion he gets out of it is just nuclear. And tbf, that doesn't happen without an incredible Oiwa performance as well, who really sells the hatred of it all and makes it feel like a genuine battle. None of this is to detract from some solid OSKAR and ZSJ bits at the beginning but I'd say the beginning is like a 7/10 match that kicks into a 10/10 match when the arm "dislocates". Yuto-Ice suddenly feels like the unlikely frontrunner to replace Tanahashi, if such a thing is possible. Let's Get High! Big Up!