Masato Tanaka vs Fujita Hayato, Zero-ONE 2/17
Good match not without its flaws. They worked the vet vs young lion story well and it was fairly stiff. Unfortunatly they wasted too much time on pointless armwork which was quickly forgotten about, and there were one or two shitty transitions like Tanaka's suplex no-sell. I didn't buy Hayato getting the upset, but he had Tanaka in trouble and got some token nearfalls, and he put up a good fight, so he came out looking pretty legit.
Daisuke Sekimoto vs KAMIKAZE, Zero-ONE 2/17
This wasn't terrible but wasn't really good either. Most of it was pretty dull, though KAMIKAZE's unique style mixed it a bit from Sekimoto's usual offering, but then it also went about 5 kickouts too many and even the crowd in attendence didn't give a shit.
Shinjiro Ohtani vs Hikaru Sato, Zero-ONE 2/17
Boring match. Ohtani is past it, which makes me sad, and Sato brought nothing outside one or two nifty submission counters.
Prince Devitt vs Taka Michinoku, NJ 2/20
I wanted to like this for Taka, but I'd be lying if I said this was above average. Taka can still go, and he did work hard and brought a fair bit to the table, but good lord, Devitt is just sooooo vanilla and bland. He lacks any bite and isn't engaging in any way at all. If he was in the US he'd just be abother generic indy workrate drone.
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