Another strong Juice big match performance! The dude has been impressive all year long so far, with strong performances against Cody, Goto & now Shibata. Loved Shibata's work over his arm, and then when it was time for Juice to get some of his shit in, he starts to throw these really great looking punches & chops. Loved those. And then Shibata cuts him off with a brilliant looking strike. From there on, the match kicks into the finishing gear and it was remained really damn good till the end. ***3/4

I felt this was pretty pedestrian from Shibata, but Juice is always good with the fire despite the match being essentially an empty arena contest with how dead the crowd was for them. Finishes in the Cup have been real good the setups for the PK kick is great again here. ***