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I realize I'm late on the topic, BUT.....
First let me say that I haven't watched any wrestling outside the US for quite some time, probably 8 years or so and this event totally got me hyped to catch up on NJPW and Noah. It was refreshing to see the wrestling take center stage. I'm so used to seeing 20 backstage segments that I don't give two fucks about and JR even mentioned the pacing of the show during the broadcast, I loved it.
1) Nakamura vs Ibushi by far but I have to give a strong honorable mention to the NEVER open weight match.
2) Watched it in English. I've always liked Striker on commentary, so I loved hearing him call another big event that you could tell he was really excited for. JR was a bit out of his element and you could definitely tell, but seemed to get into a grove towards the end of the night. It's always good to hear JR call a match. On a side note; some english subtitles on the english broadcast would be nice.
3) I loved the show. The opening tag match set the tone and was exactly what I would expect from those guys. There were vignettes, but nothing that went on too long and no painfully dull backstage segments to sit through. Each match brought something different, and as I said, it made me want to get back into Japanese wrestling.
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