Dirk Mantooth

I saw the matches that Blasko put up, and I gotta say, the matches there seemed pretty sub-par for a PPV like this, let alone a new years dome show. Akiyama/Nakanishi was all right, but not exciting. GBH/3D was decent for what these guys were capable of (not that much for a Tokyo Dome show). MEM/GBH was short, uneventful, and pointless until Bernard spiked Angle AFTER the match (but that Hummer entrance was awesome). Misawa really showed his age in his match, and Suguira was seemingly not crazy about his match because it seemed like he was giving little opportunity for his opponents to do anything and he was barely selling to the point where Nakamura legit (I think) punched him in the face. As for the main event, they could have done the same match in a third of the time. I would need a calculator to count the number of dropkicks and dragon screws in that match, because it was so repetitive. All in all, the matches I saw (only the ones I listed here) were lacking drama and excitement. I hope the other matches I didn't see yet are better.

The odd Title win for 3D I think was caused by the exit of TenKoji before the match began. My guess is that the plan was for TenKoji to win the titles by pinning Makabe or Yano, but when TenKoji dropped out, 3D or TNA said "we're not jobbing, we've never lost in Japan". So NJPW probably just agreed to not start any arguments and since the GBH title reign was dragging along anyway.