Over the next eternity, I will be watching and reviewing all GAEA Japan events in order, starting with their debut show on April 15th, 1995. Visit the GAEA Japan Project page for a brief history of the promotion, the roster page, my favorite matches from the promotion, and the full list of all events reviewed. I will also be uploading my favorite match from each show so that everyone can enjoy it.

If you want to watch the GAEA Japan events I am reviewing, Mike Lorefice sells the complete seasons at a very reasonable price both via download and physical copy. Mike’s quebrada.net is one of the sites I’m using extensively to write these reviews, its a great resource for learning more about GAEA Japan and wrestling in general.

For their first event outside of Korakuen Hall, GAEA Japan kept it pretty simple as they opted to showcase their top rookies in the main event instead of having a big Chigusa Nagayo singles match. For this broadcast, they are showing less of the matches that took place on the show, but with far less clipping of the matches so we will get to see more of the action. Of the six matches on the event, only three made air. Here are the matches we will be watching:

• Bomber Hikari vs. Toshie Uematsu
• Candy Okutsu vs. KAORU
• Chigusa Nagayo, Meiko Satomura, and Sonoko Kato vs. Devil Masami, Tomoko Kuzumi, and Tomoko Miyaguchi

You can click on the wrestler’s names above to go straight to their profile on Joshi City. Hopefully since the matches will be less clipped they will have more of an impact than what we saw last week.

Bomber Hikari vs. Toshie Uematsu

Toshie dropkicks Bomber in the back before the match starts, another dropkick by Toshie but Bomber doesn’t go down. Bomber tries to sit on Toshie but Toshie moves, she goes for a crossbody but Bomber catches her and tosses Toshie to the mat. Bomber goes for a running body press but Toshie avoids it, side headlock takedowns by Toshie and she covers Bomber for two. Dropkick by Toshie, she goes off the ropes but Bomber hits a body block for a two count cover.Bomber charges Toshie in the corner but Toshie jumps over her and applies a cradle for two. Another cradle by Toshie gets a two count, she hits a Japanese Rolling Clutch but Bomber gets a shoulder up. Headscissors by Toshie and she hits a long series of dropkicks, maybe a dozen of them before covering Bomber for two. Toshie charges Bomber but Bomber catches her and puts Toshie on the top turnbuckle. Toshie goes for a missile dropkick but Bomber swats her away, military press slam by Bomber and she hits a top rope Reverse Splash for the three count! Bomber Hikari wins the match.

This was a good little sprint, it gave Toshie a chance to get some moves in while also putting over that Bomber is strong and can crush anyone at any point. GAEA Japan had no issues doing really short matches when the situation warranted it, its a rather common theme we have seen so far but I like it as not every pairing needs to go 10+ minutes. Not long enough to really get excited about but a fun watch.

Candy Okutsu vs. KAORU

We join this one in progress, as Candy has KAORU in a Scorpion Deathlock, but KAORU gets into the ropes. KAORU quickly rolls out of the ring but Candy goes out after her and stomps her, Candy throws KAORU into the guard rail a few times and scoop slams KAORU onto the floor. Candy slides KAORU back in and dropkicks her in the back, scoop slam by Candy and she puts KAORU in a crab hold. Candy then applies a Camel Clutch followed by a bodyscissors but KAORU manages to get out of it with a tummy claw, kicks by KAORU and she hits a vertical suplex. KAORU puts Candy in a Mexican Surfboard, she releases it after a moment and stomps on Candy’s back before covering her for two. Irish whip by KAORU to the corner but Candy springboards out of it with a triple jump crossbody. KAORU rolls through the crossbody, she goes up top as Candy tries to join her, but KAORU pushes her back to the mat. She goes for a diving body press but Candy rolls out of the way, cradle by Candy but it gets two. Candy connects with a series of running boots but KAORU blocks one and slaps Candy in the face. KAORU hits her own boots, scoop slam by KAORU and she goes up top, but Candy avoids the moonsault.

KAORU lands on her feet but Candy quickly hits a release German, roll-up by Candy but it gets two. Candy goes up top but KAORU joins her and armdrags Candy back down to the mat. La Magistral by KAORU, but Candy gets a shoulder up. Sidewalk Slam by KAORU and she hits a bridging fallaway slam, but Candy kicks out at two. KAORU picks up Candy but Candy slides away from her and hits a German suplex hold for a two count. Rolling Germans by Candy, but that gets a two count as well. Candy goes up top and hits a missile dropkick, she goes up again and hits a diving crossbody, but KAORU again kicks out. Candy runs up the corner but KAORU kicks her in the chest, KAORU goes up top but Candy quickly joins her and suplexes KAORU to the mat. Big boot by Candy as KAORU falls out of the ring, Candy charges the corner and hits a triple jump plancha down onto KAORU on the floor. Candy rolls KAORU back into the ring and goes up top, but KAORU dropkicks her in the stomach on her way down and Candy rolls out of the ring. KAORU goes out after her with a springboard plancha, she slides Candy back into the ring and hits a swandive missile dropkick to her back. Brainbuster by KAORU, she goes to the ropes and nails the swandive moonsault for the three count! KAORU is your winner.

We saw less than half of the match, but they showed enough of it that it was still enjoyable. Candy is just a ball of energy, she runs up the turnbuckles more than any wrestler I’ve ever seen and has great Germans. I love that KAORU so far in GAEA Japan is just finishing people emphatically, not just pinning people but giving them a series of moves that you know means they aren’t kicking out. A fun match between the two, wish we could have seen the whole thing but at least what they showed was really good.  Mildly Recommended

Chigusa Nagayo, Meiko Satomura, and Sonoko Kato vs. Devil Masami, Kuzumi, and Tomoko Miyaguchi

Miyaguchi and Kato start the match, they don’t get far before Masami and Nagayo get into the ring as things already seem to go off the rails, but the referee calms them down and everyone leaves except the legal wrestlers. We try again, stomps by Kato to Miyaguchi but Kuzumi grabs Kato from the apron and Miyaguchi dropkicks her. Miyaguchi stomps Kato and tags in Kuzumi, dropkick by Kuzumi and she hits another one before scoop slamming Kato for a two count. Kuzumi applies a headscissors but Kato gets out of it, Kato yanks on Kuzumi’s arm as Meiko comes into the ring to help too. Kato tags in Meiko and she keeps on Kuzumi’s arm, stomps by Meiko and she hits a dropkick. Another dropkick by Meiko, she picks up Kuzumi and applies a headlock, but Kuzumi quickly gets into the ropes. Kuzumi gets to her corner and tags in Masami, Meiko tries to dropkick her but Masami shrugs her off and knocks her into the corner. Meiko avoids Masami’s lariat and tries to dropkick Masami over, but Masami absorbs the blows. Cross armbreaker takedown by Meiko, but Masami lifts Meiko by the head and slams her to get out of it. Dropkick by Meiko and she applies an armlock, Masami rolls out of it but Nagayo comes in and kicks her from behind. Vertical suplex by Masami to Meiko, and she tags in Miyaguchi. Miyaguchi throws Meiko into the corner so that Nagayo can tag in, Miyaguchi connects with running kicks but Nagayo shrugs them off.

Samoan Drop by Miyaguchi, she goes for a kick but Nagayo catches it and slaps her. Nagayo tags in Kato, dropkicks by Kato and she hits a scoop slam for two. Miyaguchi tags in Kuzumi, who comes in the ring with a top rope ax handle to Kato’s arm. Masami kicks Kato’s arm from the apron, stomps by Kuzumi and she applies a short armbar. Kato quickly gets into the ropes, Kuzumi goes for an armbreaker but Kato mostly blocks it. Kuzumi tags in Masami, Masami continues on Kato’s arm while staring at Nagayo, but Meiko runs in to dropkick Masami, which allows Kato to get close enough to her corner to tag in Nagayo. Kicks by Nagayo to Masami, but Masami blocks one and puts Nagayo in the surfboard. Masami tags in Miyaguchi, Miyaguchi comes in the ring with a diving body press, picking up a two count. Miyaguchi stomps on Nagayo but Nagayo puts her in the sleeper, Kuzumi comes in to break it up but Nagayo flings her to the mat. Missile dropkick by Kato to Miyaguchi, Meiko then hits a diving shoulderblock before Nagayo covers Miyaguchi for two. Uppercut by Nagayo and she tags in Meiko, Meiko stomps on Miyaguchi’s leg before hitting a trio of jumping shoulderblocks for two. Cross armbreaker by Meiko, but Masami breaks it up with a leg drop. Nagayo runs in and kicks Miyaguchi as payback, but Miyaguchi manages to make the tag to Kuzumi. Meiko elbows Kuzumi in both corners before tagging in Kato, dropkicks by Kato to Kuzumi but Kuzumi rebounds out of the corner with a dropkick of her own for two.

Kuzumi tags in Masami, Masami tosses Kato over her head but its close enough to her corner that she tags in Nagayo. Masami promptly powerbombs Nagayo, she tags in Kuzumi but Kuzumi missile dropkicks Masami by accident. Kuzumi connects with a swandive dropkick attempt but trips on the ropes when she goes for a second one, Nagayo stomps on Kuzumi and kicks her in the head. Nagayo knocks Masami and Miyaguchi off the apron before throws Kuzumi into the corner, Masami comes in but Nagayo kicks her in the head. She goes for the Running Three but Masami gets away and puts her in the sleeper. Nagayo gets out of it and both wrestlers lariat each other, sending them to the mat. Kato runs in and dropkicks Masami, Masami tags in Miyaguchi and Miyaguchi is dropkicked by all three of her opponents. Diving shoulderblock by Meiko, Kato goes up top and hits a diving crossbody onto Miyaguchi for a two count. Kato hits a bulldog, she goes for a tornado version but Masami grabs her from the apron to prevent it. Airplane Spin by Miyaguchi into a Samoan Drop, but the cover is broken up. Miyaguchi tags Kuzumi, diving body press by Miyaguchi but Kato bridges out of the pin. Miyaguchi gets to his corner and tags in Meiko, Masami comes in and lariats both Meiko and Kato, Masami then picks up Meiko and hits an assisted powerbomb with Kuzumi. Masami then picks up Kuzumi and tosses her onto Meiko, cover by Kuzumi but Nagayo breaks it up. Miyaguchi and Kuzumi stomp on Meiko until Nagayo runs in to help them out, Kuzumi goes to the apron and she hits a swandive sunset flip, but Nagayo breaks it up. Nagayo grabs both Miyaguchi and Masami, Meiko quickly cradles Kuzumi and she gets the three count! Chigusa Nagayo, Meiko Satomura, and Sonoko Kato win!

I really loved this match, both for the action itself and because I think it accomplished what they were going for. Masami has a reputation in some circles as ‘selfish’ but she is just old school, she was very giving to Meiko here and really put over a 15 year old rookie when she certainly didn’t have to. Nagayo did the same briefly for Miyaguchi as well as both veterans did their best to help out both their opponents and their own teammates. The brief sections with Masami vs. Nagayo were well done and the crowd got into it, so there was enough of the “main event” wrestlers to make up for the rookies. The action itself was fast paced, a few hiccups with the rookies but they always recovered well since Masami and Nagayo weren’t going to let the match go off the rails. A really entertaining match that set up more battles between the two rookie sides while putting on an entertaining show.  Recommended

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Championships Held: AJW Jr. Championship and the JWP Jr. Championship
Tournaments Won: ARSION Six Women Tag Team League (2000)
Awards Won: None

Notable Matches:

• December 6th, 1993 vs. Chaparita Asari
• March 27th, 1994 vs. Rie Tamada
• March 26th, 1995 vs. Chaparita Asari
• September 1st, 1996 vs. Manami Toyota
• January 7th, 1999 (as Tiger Dream) vs. Yumi Fukawa

Signature Moves:

• Diving Crossbody
• Diving Headbutt
• Moonsault
• Rolling Germans
• Tiger Suplex

In Action:

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The last classic event that I reviewed, Jd’ Stir The Blood 1997, saw Lioness Asuka in the main event against Jaguar Yokota. While Asuka was tearing it up in Jd’, her old partner Chigusa Nagayo was still putting on high quality matches as well since returning from retirement in 1993. Here she invades JWP at their biggest event of the year at the famous Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Joshi was still booming in 1995, and even though AJW had the lion’s share of the market, JWP was still a well respected promotion that had many big stars including Dynamite Kansai, Devil Masami, Candy Okutsu, Cutie Suzuki, and many others. Interestingly there was only one title match on the show, however it is still an event with lots of potential. Here is the full card:

• Sonoko Kato, Chikayo Nagashima, and Maiko Narita vs. Tomoko Kuzumi, Tomomi Kobayashi, and Yuki Miyazaki
• Fusayo Nouchi and Kumiko Maekawa vs. Rie Tamada and Kanako Motoya
• Rookie of the Year Tournament Final: Rieko Amano vs. Tomoko Miyaguchi
• Bomber Hikari and Sumiya Toyama vs. Toshie Sato and Yasuko Kuragaki
• Bolshoi Kid vs. Cutie Suzuki
• JWP Jr. Championship Gauntlet Match: Candy Okutsu vs. Hiromi Yagi vs. Hiromi Sugo
• Devil Masami and Mayumi Ozaki vs. Hikari Fukuoka and KAORU
• Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dynamite Kansai

A long show, however for the release it was condensed to two hour so some matches will be clipped. But it still will take me forever to do this review as I have a lot of research to do, so I hope the 20 or so people that will read it will enjoy it. There are a handful of inter-promotional matches, which I’ll be sure to point out when they take place. Also this is the worst quality video-wise I have ever reviewed for the site, so apologies in advance.

Sonoko Kato, Chikayo Nagashima, and Maiko Narita vs. Kuzumi, Kobayashi, and Yuki Miyazaki

We join this one in progress, with Kuzumi dropkicking Narita and putting her in a crab hold. Narita is triple teamed until she gets away and tags in Kato, Kato goes after Kuzumi’s arm but Kuzumi’s teammates run in and break it up. Kato is isolated for several minutes as Kobayashi works her over with various submission holds until Narita comes in to assist. This gives Kato time to tag in Nagashima, Kuzumi is tagged in too and Nagashima hits front rolls into headbutts until Kuzumi sneaks in a backslide for two She tags Kobayashi back in, and Kobayashi hits a series of body blocks until Nagashima tags in Kato. A lot is happening but not a lot is happening, if that makes sense. Kato’s team runs in and everyone dropkicks Kobayashi in the corner, bulldog by Kato and she covers Kobayashi for two.

Kato goes up top and hits a diving body press, but that cover is broken up as well. Kobayashi hits a Butt Bomb and tags in Miyazaki, hip attacks by Miyazaki to Kato and she covers her for two. Narita blind tags in and hits a couple one legged monkey flips until Kuzumi comes in to help. Narita gets dropkicked by everyone then eats a triple big boot, but she gets away and drops Miyazaki with a running powerslam for a two count. Missile dropkick by Miyazaki and both teams trade missile dropkicks (well, Narita fell off when she went for hers, but what can ya do). More dropkicks! The time limit expires but they fight on! All six brawl in the ring, things settle back down with Kobayashi hitting body blocks on Nagashima. All three hit diving body presses on Nagashima, but the cover is broken up. Nagashima and Kobayashi stay in the ring while everyone else fights outside of it, Irish whip by Kobayashi but Nagashima quickly rolls her up and she gets the three count! Sonoko Kato, Chikayo Nagashima, and Maiko Narita win!

Just your typical fast paced rookie opener. No one got too much of a chance to shine but all looked solid, Narita had the only slip up of the match but they recovered well and kept on moving. Kato looked the best here so no surprise she ended up being so good down the road, but no one looked bad either. Not a bad way to start a show, giving young wrestlers a chance to wrestle at Sumo Hall is never a bad thing.

The next tag match wasn’t included on the release I have, so we will move right onto the Rookie of the Year Final.

Rieko Amano vs. Tomoko Miyaguchi

We join this in one in progress as Amano has Miyaguchi in a leg hold, but Miyaguchi gets to the ropes. Jumping crossbody by Miyaguchi and she puts Amano in a stretch hold, they return to their feet and Miyaguchi hits a dropkick. Amano avoids the next dropkick and goes up top but Miyaguchi knocks her off the top to the floor. Miyaguchi goes out after her and slams Amano into the apron before they return to the ring, sunset flip by Amano but she gets a two count. They trade slaps, Amano mounts Miyaguchi and rains down elbows onto her chest. Diving crossbody by Amano, but it gets two. Amano goes up top but Miyaguchi flings her back to the mat. Miyaguchi goes for a running boot but Amano catches her leg and takes her down, Miyaguchi lands in the ropes however and gets her own leglock applied. Both wrestlers trade quick pin attempts, mounted slaps by Amano but Miyaguchi sneaks in a backslide. Miyaguchi goes to run off the ropes but Amano grabs her from behind and rolls her up for the three count! Amano wins the Tournament!

Clipped down but I liked what I saw. Amano in particular seemed really on point, the submissions were smooth and she showed a lot of fire with her strikes. Miyaguchi looked fine but was a bit upstaged in what they showed, but still was pretty crisp with her offense and neither looked out of place. Only a few minutes was missing, one of the better rookie vs. rookie matches I have seen in awhile and both would go on to have great careers.  Mildly Recommended

Bomber Hikari and Sumiya Toyama vs. Toshie Sato and Yasuko Kuragaki

This match is only slightly joined in progress, with Hikari in the ring with Kuragaki. Kuragaki tags in Sato but Sato has no luck with Hikari as she eats a headbutt. Sato tags Kuragaki and Kuragaki connects with a dropkick, Sato returns and they both dropkick Hikari to the mat. Kuragaki applies a single leg crab hold but Hikari gets out of it and tags in Toyama. Hard shoulderblock by Toyama and she hits a scoop slam, covering Kuragaki for a two count. Kuragaki fires back with an elbow and tags in Sato, dropkick by Sato and she covers Toyama for two. Shoulderblocks by Sato and she hits a neckbreaker, but Toyama kicks out of the cover. Kuragaki and Hikari end up in the ring too with Sato and Kuragaki maintaining control, Toyama hits a judo throw on Sato and she tags in Hikari. Sato tags in Kuragaki, Hikari powerslams Kuragaki and Toyama comes in so they can drop Kuragaki with a double military press. Kuragaki dropkicks Hikari three times, and she covers Hikari for two. Fireman’s carry slams by Kuragaki and Sato hits a missile dropkick. Hikari lands by her corner and tags in Toyama, and Toyama boots Kuragaki in the chest for two. Side Russian Leg Sweeps by Toyama and she tags Hikari back in, missile dropkick by Toyama and both Hikari and Toyama slam Kuragaki and Sato. Diving headbutt by Hikari, and she covers Sato for the three count! Hikari and Toyama are the winners.

While all four wrestlers looked good here, the match structure was all over the place. To say that the transitions were iffy would be a compliment, at any given moment the winning team could shift to the other team for really no reason. So there wasn’t much of a flow, the carnage was good but I prefer carnage that has a bit more of a purpose. Solid action but just a bit meandering.

Bolshoi Kid vs. Cutie Suzuki

Suzuki is mad as hell at Bolshoi and I have no idea why, as she attacks her before the match starts and knocks her out of the ring. Suzuki dives out onto her with a jumping knee before sitting Bolshoi on the apron and pulling at her goofy hat. Back in the ring, Bolshoi finally gets away from Suzuki and she hits a quick hurricanrana for two. Bolshoi goes up top and hits a diving chop to the head, but Suzuki dropkicks Bolshoi out of the ring and hits a jumping knee from the apron down to the floor. Suzuki returns to the ring and waits for Bolshoi, German suplex hold by Suzuki but it gets two. Package German by Suzuki, but that gets a two count as well. Suzuki puts Bolshoi up top and hits an avalanche backdrop suplex, she goes up top again and hits a diving footstomp. Bolshoi hits a headscissors takedown and snaps off a quick suplex, she dropkicks Suzuki out of the ring and sails out after her with a plancha suicida. In the ring, Bolshoi hits a missile dropkick but Suzuki rolls out of the way of the moonsault. Avalanche Uranage by Bolshoi Kid, but Suzuki bridges out of the pin. German suplex hold by Bolshoi, but it gets two. Bolshoi goes up top but again she misses the moonsault, missile dropkick by Suzuki and she hits a second one before dropping Bolshoi with a dragon suplex hold for the three count! Cutie Suzuki is the winner.

I liked this match quite a bit. Really fast paced, hard hitting, high flying… about all you could ask for. Suzuki was more vicious here than I remember, although I haven’t seen a ton of her matches. So either this is normal for her and I didn’t know, or she just really hates clowns. It felt like it got the right amount of time and was a really good showcase for someone that they really wanted the crowd to take seriously as a wrestler even though she was an idol as well. Quality midcard match and worth a watch.  Recommended

Candy Okutsu vs. Hiromi Yagi vs. Hiromi Sugo

Hiromi Yagi and Hiromi Sugo are the first two in the match. Yagi quickly puts Sugo in a short armbar and stomps on her, jumping knee by Sugo in the corner but Yagi comes back with a rebound crossbody. Judo throws by Yagi and she goes for Sugo’s arm, but Sugo dropkicks her and hits a series of stomps. Sugo rams Yagi into the turnbuckles, Yagi goes for a quick roll-up but Sugo blocks it and holds down Yagi for the three count! Sugo wins the pairing and goes on to face Okutsu.

Sugo attacks Okutsu before their match starts but Okutsu kicks Sugo in the head and hits a missile dropkick. Okutsu runs up the corner and goes for another one, but Sugo swats her away. Sugo goes up top but Okutsu quickly joins her and hits a suplex to the mat for the three count! Okutsu wins the pairing and goes on to face Yagi.

Yagi quickly armdrags Okutsu as their match starts and applies a cross kneelock, but Okutsu gets a hand onto the ropes. Wing Clutch Hold by Okutsu, she picks up Yagi and she hits a backdrop suplex. Yagi blocks the next attempt and gets the kneelock re-applied, but again Okutsu gets to the ropes for a break. Missile dropkick by Okutsu and she hits a rebound crossbody out of the corner for two. Okutsu goes off the ropes but Yagi catches her arm with a short armbar, Okutsu inches to the ropes and gets a toe on the bottom one to get a break. Jumping elbow by Yagi but Okutsu hits a missile dropkick for a two count. Running kicks by Okutsu and she hits a snap German suplex, Irish whip by Okutsu but Yagi rolls her up for a two count. German suplex by Yagi, she goes up top but Okutsu gets her knees up on the diving body press. Irish whip by Okutsu, she springs out to the apron and goes up top but Yagi armdrags her off the top turnbuckle to the mat. Yagi goes up top but Okutsu quickly joins her and hits a big suplex to the mat, but Yagi bridges out of the pin. Okutsu goes for a suplex but Yagi slides away and hits a pair of suplexes. Okutsu grabs Yagi’s leg a however and applies a kneelock, and Yagi submits! Your winner and new champion is Candy Okutsu!

I love the speed and smoothness of the match, I just wish it lasted longer as the whole thing clocked in at well under ten minutes. Okutsu’s method of getting to the top turnbuckle was flawlessly done, perhaps overdone, but it is still a neat trick she does apparently on command. I also really liked Yagi’s throws and submissions, she looked polished for someone so inexperienced. The ending was sudden and didn’t make a ton of sense as Okutsu hadn’t done any work to the leg at all, but this was during the age where armbreakers/leglocks were getting more respect as instant finishers. Overall I liked it, it just deserved more time for such a big occasion on a massive card for JWP.  Mildly Recommended

Devil Masami and Mayumi Ozaki vs. Hikari Fukuoka and KAORU

Fukuoka and KAORU immediately hit stereo hurricanranas as the match starts, they go to double team Masami but she headbutts both of them. Ozaki comes in and powerbombs KAORU, then Masami slams Fukuoka on top of KAORU for extra measure. Masami and KAORU stay in, but they reach a stalemate and tag in their partners. Fukuoka suplexes Ozaki but Ozaki comes back with a jumping lariat, powerbomb by Ozaki and she covers Fukuoka for a two count. Headscissors by Fukuoka to Masami and she hits a hurricanrana for two, but Masami avoids the moonsault out of the corner and KAORU knocks her down with a missile dropkick. Moonsault by KAORU, Fukuoka goes up top but Ozaki hits her and Fukuoka suplexes Fukuoka to the mat for a two count. Masami tags in Ozaki, Fukuoka slides away from Ozaki and throws her to the mat before tagging in KAORU. KAORU flips out to the apron and hits a missile dropkick on Ozaki, but Ozaki bridges out of the pin. Spinning backbreaker by KAORU, but Masami breaks up the cover. Double diving attack to Ozaki, KAORU covers her but again it gets two. KAORU goes for a quebrada but Ozaki gets her knees up, she quickly tags in Fukuoka while Masami runs in and they hit suplexes on Masami and Ozaki. Masami and Ozaki roll out of the ring to re-group but Fukuoka and KAORU dive out of the ring onto them, KAORU and Ozaki return to the ring and KAORU hits a Northern Lights Suplex for two. Brainbuster by KAORU, but Masami breaks up the cover.

Fukuoka picks up Ozaki but KAORU hits her with a moonsault by accident, Masami then goes up top and hit a diving leg drop onto KAORU. Masami picks up Fukuoka but hits a sit-down powerbomb, getting a two count cover. She quickly hits three more powerbombs on Fukuoka, but the pin attempt is broken up. KAORU comes in and drags Masami but Fukuoka elbows KAORU by accident. Masami goes for another powerbomb but KAORU knocks her over before she can hit the move, Fukuoka slams Masami and KAORU hits a moonsault. Fukuoka then goes up top too and nails the moonsault footstomp, but Ozaki breaks up the cover. Fukuoka goes up top again and is fed Masami but Masami suplexes her to the mat. Masami tags Ozaki, somersault senton by Ozaki to Fukuoka but KAORU breaks up the pin. Running boots by Ozaki and she hits a stunner. Elbow by Ozaki and she drops Fukuoka with a sit-down powerbomb, she goes up top but KAORU grabs her from the apron. Fukuoka joins her but Ozaki slams her down to the mat for a two count cover. Masami is in the ring but KAORU hits a hurricanrana on her, Ozaki knocks KAORU out of the ring and then sails out onto her with a springboard somersault senton. Masami then picks up Fukuoka and tosses her out of the ring onto KAORU, Ozaki rolls Fukuoka back into the ring and hits the Tequila Sunrise for a two count. Tiger suplex hold by Ozaki, but KAORU breaks it up. Masami takes care of KAORU, she picks up Fukuoka and Ozaki hits her with an assisted lariat, but again the cover is broken up. Masami throws KAORU out of the ring again, she sits on the top turnbuckle and Ozaki stands on her shoulders. Diving footstomp by Ozaki and Masami following with a diving legdrop, Tequila Sunrise by Ozaki on Fukuoka and she gets the three count! Ozaki and Masami are the winners.

Another really solid match, JWP is going all out to deliver on their big Sumo Hall show. What this match lacked in time (it went about 13 minutes) it made up for by being constant motion. Masami looked great with her power moves, she hits a mean powerbomb, and the rest were all on point with their aerial assaults. They hit all their big moves much to the crowd’s delight and certainly nothing was held back, just an exciting and hard hitting match from bell to bell. A really fun match.  Recommended

Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dynamite Kansai

They cautiously shake hands before the match starts but the pleasantries don’t last long as Nagayo kicks Kansai to the mat. Head kick by Nagayo and she goes for a powerbomb, but Kansai slides away and kicks Nagayo’s leg out from under her. Mounted elbows by Kansai and she kicks Nagayo in the head but Nagayo whips off a belly to belly suplex. They lock knuckles as they get to their feet, Kansai goes for Nagayo’s arm and applies an armbreaker, but Nagayo gets a foot on the ropes for the break. Kicks by Kansai, which Nagayo tries with little luck to block, Nagayo finally manages to catch one and she applies a leglock. Kansai reaches the ropes, Nagayo goes for a heel kick but Kansai catches it. Hard kick to the ribs/lower back area by Nagayo, which sends Nagayo crumbling to the mat in pain. Kansai takes full advantage and she continues kicking Nagayo in the lower back, but Nagayo fires back with a high kick, more kicks by Nagayo to the head and she waits for Kansai to get back up. Nagayo gets Kansai to the mat and applies a sleeper but Kansai gets out of it and hits mounted elbows. Nagayo recovers and gets the sleeper re-applied, kick to the head by Nagayo and she drills Kansai with another one. Kansai comes back with a backdrop suplex and she hits a jumping knee, high angle backdrop suplex by Kansai and she covers Nagayo for two.

Kansai goes up top but Nagayo kicks her in the head, sending Kansai out to the floor. Nagayo goes outside as well but Kansai nails her with a lariat. Kick to the head by Nagayo, Nagayo gets in the ring as Kansai gets on the apron and both wrestlers lariat each other. Nagayo applies an armbar but Kansai gets to the ropes, Nagayo applies a sleeper before planting Kansai with a piledriver. Nagayo comes up top but Kansai kicks her from behind, Kansai joins her and goes for Splash Mountain but Nagayo blocks it. Nagayo dives off the top and drives Kansai’s face into the mat, elbow drop by Nagayo and she covers Kansai for two. Nagayo goes up top again but again Kansai kicks her, she goes for Splash Mountain again but Nagayo blocks it and knees Kansai back down to the mat. Nagayo picks up Kansai but Kansai gets out of the Running Three attempt, Kansai goes for Splash Mountain but Nagayo wiggles away. Kansai kicks her in the head for her trouble, she goes for a powerbomb but Nagayo blocks it and hits a high kick. Kansai sweeps out Nagayo’s legs, she picks up Nagayo and she delivers a backdrop suplex for a two count. Nagayo fires back with her own backdrop suplex, she picks up Kansai and she nails the Running Three, but Kansai kicks out of the cover. Kansai gets a second wind and elbows Nagayo repeatedly in the corner, Kansai picks up Nagayo and she delivers the Splash Mountain, but Nagayo gets a shoulder up. Head kick by Kansai, she drags Nagayo to her feet and hits another Splash Mountain for the three count! Dynamite Kansai is the winner!

Well this was certainly a hell of a match, doubt either one were feeling 100% in the morning. Lots and lots of hard strikes, so if hard kicks are your thing then this match is for you. It wasn’t perfect but it was what it needed to be, this is both wrestler’s styles so they were going to put on the best version of their style that they could. Kansai working on the lower back/ribs area of Nagayo was logical since that is the area that Splash Mountain hits, and Nagayo’s kicks to the head were on point. My main squabble would be basically Kansai’s ‘fighting spirit’ spot leading directly to the end after Nagayo hit her big signature move, but since it is the main event of JWP’s biggest event of the year with their hometown star, those types of things are a bit more forgivable. It didn’t reach that ‘epic’ level but it was incredibly stiff and full of action, a perfect way to cap off the show. A solid “four star” match for sure.  Highly Recommended

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