One thing that I am a complete sucker for is retirement shows. I love the atmosphere, the emotion, everything about them. Sure, not all wrestling retirements stick long term (looking at you, Chigusa Nagayo) but I still enjoy them anyway, as not only are they special events but the wrestlers tend to put a little more effort to make the send-off for their friend more memorable. I purchased this event on DVD as it didn’t air anywhere, I’ll only be reviewing the regular wrestling matches on the show. Here is the card:

• Debbie Malenko, Jaguar Yokota, and Kaoru Ito vs. Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue, and Mariko Yoshida
• Aja Kong, AKINO, and Mary Apache vs. Leon, Mariko Yoshida, and Melissa
• Aoi Kizuki and Misaki Ohata vs. Bambi and Cherry
• Maruko Yoshida Retirement Match: Mariko Yoshida vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto

All the wrestlers above have profiles on Joshi City, you can click on their names to go straight to it. These matches won’t have a ton of backstory but I’ll at least fill in some gaps on who the wrestlers are and why they are on the card.

Debbie Malenko, Yokota, and Ito vs. Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue, and Mariko Yoshida

Yoshida and Malenko start the match, they grapple until Malenko gets Yoshida to the mat, but Yoshida switches positions with her as struggle for control. Malenko gets a short armbar applied but Yoshida quickly gets into the ropes for the break, Yoshida tags in Kyoko while Ito is also tagged in. Ito immediately hits a big lariat, she picks up Kyoko and the pair trade elbows. Short range lariat by Ito but Kyoko doesn’t go down, she returns fire as the veterans go back and forth with lariats. Kyoko wins the battle and tags in Takako, double Irish whip to Ito and she eats a double kick to the gut. Yoshida comes in too and poses on top of Ito, she stays in and tries to suplex Ito, but Ito blocks it and hits a back bodydrop. Ito throws Yoshida into the corner and hits a lariat, running senton by Ito and she covers Yoshida for two. Crab hold by Ito but she lets go after a moment, Irish whip by Ito but Yoshida flips over her back and cradles Ito for two. Yoshida tags in Takako, boots by Takako to Ito but Ito lariats her to the mat. Takako elbows Ito away and delivers a high kick, but Ito eventually has enough and drops her with a uranage. Ito tags in Yokota but Takako catches her with a backdrop suplex. Yoshida comes in but Yokota sends them both down, they recover however and Takako cradles Yokota for two. Yokota recovers and shoulderblocks Takako into the corner, Irish whip by Yokota but Takako hits a bridging backdrop suplex for two.

She tags in Kyoko, lariat by Kyoko but Ito runs in and lariats Kyoko. Things break down as all six come into the ring, Kyoko gets Yokota onto the top turnbuckle and hits a superplex for two. Kyoko picks up Yokota and goes for a powerbomb, but Yokota reverses it with a hurricanrana. Somersault legdrop by Yokota and she tags in Malenko, who comes in the ring with a diving face crusher for two. Running back elbow by Malenko and she hits a second one, but Kyoko chops her to the mat. Malenko goes for a cutter but Kyoko pushes her off and tags in Yoshida, double underhook facebuster by Yoshida and she covers Malenko for a two count. Irish whip by Yoshida but Yoshida is grabbed from the apron, giving Malenko a chance to deliver a boot. Yokota comes in and helps Malenko hit a double backdrop suplex onto Yoshida, before Ito follows with a diving footstomp. Malenko picks up Yoshida and delivers a Northern Lights Suplex, but the pin is broken up. STF by Malenko but Yoshida crawls to the ropes to get the break. Everyone runs in the ring as the action breaks down, Kyoko lariats both Ito and Malenko and Yoshida cradles Malenko for two. Yoshida picks up Malenko and puts her in the Spider Twist, and she has no choice but to submit! Double Inoue and Mariko Yoshida are the winners!

A fun way to kick off the show. What I loved the most was the maximum effort shown by everyone, I mean Kyoko hit a superplex while 56 year old Yokota was flying around with a hurricanrana and somersault legdrop, they didn’t hold anything back. Malenko looked great in her first official wrestling match since 1993, and Kaoru Ito is still really solid as well. Even though it was a ‘reunion’ match they didn’t wrestle like it as there were no lighthearted moments – they were all in from start to finish. Better than I would have imagined, enjoyable in every aspect.  Recommended

Aja Kong, AKINO, and Mary Apache vs. Leon, Mariko Yoshida, and Melissa

Yoshida and AKINO start the match, AKINO immediately sneaks in a backslide but it gets a two count. AKINO goes off the ropes but lll kicks her from the apron, Yoshida and AKINO grapple on the mat and trade submissions until they reach a stalemate. lll and Apache tag in, armdrag by lll but Apache returns the favor as they go back and forth. They reach a stalemate as well as they return to their feet, Irish whip by Apache but lll delivers the spear. lll tags in Melissa, elbow drop by Melissa and she applies the Kondo Clutch, but Apache gets into the ropes. Apache gets away from Melissa, Melissa goes for a scoop slam but Apache blocks it and lands on top of her. Heel kick by Apache and she tags in Kong, Irish whip by Kong but Melissa hits a lariat. Kong doesn’t budge, they both try to knock the other one over but Kong outsmarts Melissa and knocks her to her knees. Kong picks up Melissa but Melissa knocks Kong to the mat with a lariat, diving strike by Melissa and she tags in Yoshida. Kong punches Yoshida in the throat and kicks her in the head, she goes for a suplex but Yoshida lands on her feet and applies a sleeper. Kong almost goes to sleep but gets a hand on the ropes in time, Yoshida goes for a suplex but she can’t get Kong over. Leon comes in to help but Kong suplexes both of them instead, giving her time to tag in AKINO. Kicks by AKINO to Yoshida but Yoshida blocks a lariat attempt and puts AKINO in the Spider Twist.

AKINO rolls out of it and puts Yoshida in the Spider Twist instead, but Yoshida also rolls out of it and applies an ankle hold. AKINO gets out of it and puts Yoshida in a cross armbreaker, but Yoshida pins down AKINO’s shoulders for a two count. High kick by AKINO, Apache runs in but Yoshida blocks her powerbomb attempt and throws Apache out of the ring. AKINO has gone up top in the meantime but Melissa joins her and hits an avalanche Samoan Drop, Leon goes up top and nails a somersault senton onto AKINO for a two count. Leon picks up AKINO but AKINO blocks the Capture Buster, Apache runs in and lariats Leon before Kong drops her with a backdrop suplex. High kick by AKINO, she covers Leon but Yoshida breaks it up. AKINO picks up Leon but Leon slides away, she goes for a sunset flip but AKINO blocks it. Melissa runs in and elbows AKINO, double underhook facebuster by Yoshida to AKINO and Leon delivers her diving body press for another two count cover. Leon picks up AKINO but AKINO avoids her kick and punches Leon in the head. Yoshida tries to help but boots Leon by accident, Melissa comes in but she is shoulderblocked by Kong and Apache. Kong and Apache accidentally run into each other, Leon goes off the ropes and delivers a high kick, but AKINO snaps off a hurricanrana for the three count! Aja Kong, AKINO, and Mary Apache are the winners.

Not as good as the last match but still solid. There were some chemistry issues, which isn’t surprising since some of these wrestlers don’t wrestle each other very often (if ever), but it all came together for the home stretch. AKINO was the workhorse here, she was really on top of her game and helped tie the match together. Too disjointed to recommend too strongly but I still an easy and entertaining watch.  Mildly Recommended

Aoi Kizuki and Misaki Ohata vs. Bambi and Cherry

Aoi and Misaki attack before the match starts and double team their opponents in the corner, double vertical suplex to Bambi and they then suplex Cherry on top of her. Ohata and Cherry stay in as the legal wrestlers, Misaki tags in Aoi and Aoi hits Mongolian Chops onto Cherry. Elbow by Aoi in the corner and she hits a face crusher, running senton by Aoi and she covers Cherry for two. Misaki returns but Cherry hits a jumping neck drop on both of them, Cherry picks up Aoi but Aoi snaps her back over her knee before slamming Cherry fast-first into the match. Aoi goes for a diving senton but Cherry moves, Cherry goes for an armbreaker and gets it locked in, but Aoi quickly wiggles to the ropes for the break. Cherry tags Bambi, Bambi chops Aoi in the corner and Cherry returns as both hit running hip attacks onto Aoi. Irish whip by Bambi, reversed by Aoi but Bambi avoids her charge and hits a high kick. Running boot by Bambi, and she covers Aoi for two. Bambi charges Aoi but Aoi kicks her back and applies a sunset flip for two, Bambi goes off the ropes but Aoi chops her in the chest and hits the double wrist-clutch armsault. Jumping lariat by Aoi and she tags in Misaki, Misaki elbows Bambi in the corner and delivers the low crossbody. Misaki goes up top but Bambi ducks the crossbody and boots Misaki in the face. Misaki fights back and dropkicks Bambi in the face, she goes off the ropes but Bambi delivers a big boot again. Bambi tags Cherry, Cherry goes up top and hits a missile dropkick, double Irish whip to Misaki and she is knocked down by a double shoulderblock. Body press by Bambi, Cherry goes to the top turnbuckle and nails the Swanton Bomb, but Aoi breaks up the cover. Cherry goes off the ropes but Aoi elbows her, Misaki cradles Cherry but it gets a two count. Bambi tries to help but boots Cherry by accident, lariat by Misaki to Cherry and she hits a German suplex hold for a two count. Misaki picks up Cherry and nails the Fisherman Buster, but Bambi breaks up the pin. Misaki picks up Cherry but Cherry gets away and chops her in the face, uranage by Cherry and both wrestlers are down. Cherry recovers first but Aoi dropkicks her, double Irish whip to Cherry but Cherry avoids them both and cradles Misaki for two. Bambi is back but Aoi throws her out of the ring, Misaki cradles Cherry from behind but Cherry reverses it as they trade flash pins. Spinning chop by Ohata and she applies a hammerlock into a cradle for the three count! Misaki Ohata and Cherry win the match.

This felt like a standard midcard tag match, which is to say it was perfectly fine but nothing memorable about it at all. Bambi can’t really keep up with Aoi and Misaki so the pace wasn’t quite what you’d expect, and some of the strikes were a bit loose. Cherry looked inspired though and had a lot of emotion, and generally speaking nothing was really wrong with it and they kept it short. Decent enough but nothing more than that.

Mariko Yoshida vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
Mariko Yoshida Retirement Match

Yoshida asks for Matsumoto’s hand as the match starts, Matsumoto goes to shake it but Yoshida cradles her for a quick two count. Starting her retirement match with a bang. Kick to the stomach by Yoshida and she throws down Matsumoto by the hair, another kick by Yoshida and she covers Matsumoto for two. Choke by Yoshida and she puts Matsumoto in a headscissors, but Matsumoto quickly gets out of it. Bodyscissors by Yoshida but Matsumoto gets out of that as well and puts Yoshida in a crab hold, Yoshida crawls to the ropes and she reaches them to force the break. Chops by Matsumoto, she gets Yoshida on her shoulders and tries to decide where to toss her, with the wrestlers at ringside trying to discourage her. Matsumoto eventually tosses Yoshida out of the ring anyway and down onto the wrestling mob at ringside, but the wrestlers help out and hold Matsumoto out on the floor so that Yoshida can go to the top turnbuckle and dive down onto Matsumoto. Back in the ring, Matsumoto puts Yoshida in the corner and all the wrestlers at ringside come into the ring to take turns on Yoshida, with a variety of strikes, hugs, and even a kiss. Yoshida comes out of this two minutes later in pretty rough condition, Matsumoto covers her but she only gets a two count. Crab hold by Matsumoto but again Yoshida reaches the ropes, scoop slam by Matsumoto and she delivers the reverse double kneedrop, but Yoshida gets a shoulder up.

Matsumoto goes up top and she hits a missile dropkick, another cover but she only gets two. Yoshida slaps Matsumoto but Matsumoto slaps her back, Matsumoto goes for a powerbomb but Yoshida gets out of it and applies the sleeper hold. Spider Twist by Yoshida but Matsumoto gets up while still in the hold and slams Yoshida into the turnbuckles. Yoshida flips Matsumoto and applies a cross armbreaker, but Matsumoto gets to the ropes. Boots by Yoshida but Matsumoto hits a body avalanche against the ropes, she goes for the sliding lariat but Yoshida ducks it and puts Matsumoto in an armtrap facelock. Yoshida reverts it into the Spider Twist but after struggling for a bit, Matsumoto is able to make it to the ropes. Yoshida picks up Matsumoto and goes for the Air Raid Crash, but Matsumoto blocks it and goes for a powerbomb. Yoshida rolls out of it, Matsumoto goes for the backdrop suplex and eventually hits it, but is too hurt to make the cover. They slowly get up and trade strikes, with Matsumoto winning the battle with a hard club to the head. Matsumoto picks up Yoshida but knocks her back down with an elbow, she drags Yoshida to her feet and nails the powerbomb, but Yoshida gets a shoulder up. Matsumoto picks up Yoshida and goes for the backdrop suplex, but Yoshida reverses it with the Air Raid Crash! She’s too hurt to make the quick cover, she eventually does so but Matsumoto kicks out. Back up, hard lariats by Matsumoto and she nails the Backdrop Driver for the three count! Hiroyo Matsumoto is the winner!

As I mentioned at the top, I love retirement matches, and this one certainly hit the spot. Obviously Yoshida isn’t the force she was in her prime, but she still can bring it when she needs to and mostly kept up with one of the top Joshi wrestlers on the scene. Yoshida had a few really close calls, with the Air Raid Crash and Spider Twist, but realistically speaking she wasn’t going to win against her younger trainee even though she put up a good fight. The match was played pretty straight, as it went almost 20 minutes and only a few minutes of that was spent doing retirement match type spots, and they really delivered. Yoshida went out holding nothing back (and taking lots of damage in the process), showing why she in her heyday was one of the top female wrestlers in the world. Really entertaining match and worth tracking down.  Highly Recommended

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Championships Held: SHIMMER Championship
Tournaments Won: Stardom
Awards Won: Stardom 5★Star GP Technique Award (2014)

Notable Matches in Japan:

• July 10th, 2005 vs. Mariko Yoshida
• May 27th, 2007 vs. Hikaru
• March 16th, 2014 vs. Io Shirai
• August 24th, 2014 vs. Io Shirai
• July 11th, 2015 with Chelsea vs. Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani

Signature Moves:

• Air Raid Crash
• Kondo Clutch
• Kudo Driver
• Reverse STO

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As I have mentioned in past reviews, I am bouncing around trying to watch as many different Joshi promotions as I can, which today happens to be Pro-Wrestling SUN. SUN was a sister promotion of ZERO1 from 2006 to 2009, featuring mostly Freelancers but they did have two of their own affiliated wrestlers – Hikaru and Saki Maemura. Nanae Takahashi and Natsuki Taiyo were regulars as well for much of the promotion’s early run and both were prominently featured on this show. Here is the full card:

• Saki Maemura vs. Toshie Uematsu
• World-1 Women’s Championship: Kyoko Kimura vs. Natsuki Taiyo
• Jaguar Yokota and El Blazer vs. Panther Crow and Steve Corino
• EWA World Women’s Championship: Hikaru vs. Cheerleader Melissa
• AWA World Women’s Championship: Nanae Takahashi vs. Wesna Busic vs. Amazing Kong

Now I should just warn up front, SUN didn’t really have much of a TV deal and not many of their events aired. This event was crammed down to a one hour show, so some of the matches will be heavily clipped, including one of the matches I was most looking forward to. Thus is life.

Saki Maemura vs. Toshie Uematsu

Maemura slaps Uematsu’s face before the match starts but then turns her back, allowing Uematsu to hit a dragon suplex hold. Uematsu gets a pair of scissors and tries to cut off Maemura’s outfit, but Maemura slides away and kicks the scissors out of her hand. Dragon suplex hold by Maemura, but Uematsu gets a shoulder up so she hits rolling German suplexes for another two. Uematsu bails out of the ring, Maemura goes up top but Uematsu spits water in her face and pushes her back into the ring. Missile dropkick by Uematsu and she hits a superkick, Uematsu goes up top but Maemura gets her feet up on the dive. Uematsu lands on her feet and goes for another top rope move but Maemura dropkicks her while she is on the way down. Another dropkick by Maemura and she hits a swinging neckbreaker. Fisherman suplex hold by Maemura, but it gets a two count. Maemura goes off the ropes and rolls up Uematsu for two, she then puts her onto the top turnbuckle but Uematsu blocks the Frankensteiner. Missile dropkick by Uematsu and she hits a German suplex hold, but Maemura kicks out. Dragon suplex hold by Uematsu but she lets go of the hold so she can nail a wrist-clutch Fisherman Buster for the three count!

A good way to kick off the event. This was clipped in half or so but everything they showed was on point, Maemura didn’t have a career of note but she was a very solid wrestler with good looking suplexes and showed quite a bit of fire. Uematsu was good too of course, and there was never a dull moment in what they decided to show us. A nice start, just too clipped to recommend.

(c) Natsuki Taiyo vs. Kyoko Kimura

Natsuki attacks Kyoko before the match starts and dropkicks her out of the ring, but Kyoko throws her into a row of chairs and stacks up chairs on the floor. She tries to suplex Natsuki on the chairs but Natsuki reverses it with a DDT. Back in the ring, Kyoko has managed to get a weapon and hits Natsuki with it, they leave the ring again and Kyoko beats Natsuki up into the crowd. A table is set up under the balcony, Kimura climbs on top of it as Natsuki is put on the table and dives down onto her opponent (table doesn’t break of course). Kimura gets a chain and wraps it around Natsuki’s neck before throwing her down the stairs. Natsuki is bleeding by now as Kyoko continues carrying her around the crowd, they finally get back in the ring and Kyoko rakes Natsuki’s face with a barbed wire stick. With the chain still wrapped around Natsuki’s neck, Kyoko hits her with it once but Natsuki ducks the next attempt. Kyoko knocks her to the mat anyway, she takes off the chain and slams Natsuki onto a stack of chairs before hitting her with one.

Kyoko tries to hit Natsuki with the barbed wire stick but Natsuki ducks it and kicks a chair into her. Powerbomb by Natsuki into the stack of chairs, Kyoko crawls to the corner to get her chain however and she hits Natsuki in the head with it. More chairs are put on the mat as Kyoko picks up Natsuki and suplexes her onto the stack for a two count. Natsuki sneaks in a sunset flip by Kyoko gets out of it by hitting her with a chair, she slams her into the chair stack and puts a chair on her chest before going up top, but Natsuki gets up quickly and hits an avalanche armdrag onto a chair. La Magistral by Natsuki, but it gets a two. Natsuki goes off the ropes but Kyoko hits a chokebomb onto the chairs. Kyoko’s friend tries to help but it backfires, Natsuki goes for the Yoshi Tonic but Kyoko blocks it and drops Natsuki onto a chair. Kimura gets the chain and wraps it around Natsuki’s neck, Natsuki gets away and goes up top but Kyoko pulls on the chain to send her back to the mat. Big Boot by Kimura, but Natsuki kicks out of the cover. Kyoko picks up Natsuki and literally hangs her over the top rope, she struggles for a brief moment but quickly submits! Your winner and new champion: Kyoko Kimura!

This match seemed way too violent to be this early on the card. I mean the match was very good and was shown almost in full, it was non-stop violence from Kyoko with Natsuki just trying to survive. Some of the chain offense was just brutal, then the balcony dive, barbed wire…. it was something else. Natsuki is so small and looks like a child, plus she has great selling so you really get behind her to defeat Kyoko, and even though it didn’t happen the journey was still fun. I really liked the match, it just wasn’t what I was expecting, definitely worth watching if you don’t mind a little blood in your wrasslin. Recommended

Jaguar Yokota and El Blazer vs. Panther Crow and Steve Corino

Blazer and Corino start the match and trade chops, Blazer flips away from Corino and hits a headscissors, Corino calls out of the ring and Blazer does a fake dive as Corino bails from ringside. Corino returns as Yokota comes in the ring, Yokota won’t shake his hand so he tags in Panther. Wristlock by Panther but Yokota avoids her Space Rolling Something in the corner and slaps her. Panther hits the Space Rolling Elbow on her second try and hits a modified STO before covering Yokota for two. Panther puts Yokota on the top turnbuckle but Blazer knocks her down with a rope running dropkick. Corino scoop slams Yokota but Blazer knocks him out of the ring with a swandive dropkick. Yokota suplexes Panther off the top turnbuckle and then hits a Fisherman Buster for the three count! Yokota and El Blazer are the winners.

Believe it or not this match went 18 minutes and was clipped down to about…. three. Which may be for the best although I still would have liked to see more of it just to see El Blazer and Yokota interact more. More bizarre than anything else.

(c) Hikaru vs. Cheerleader Melissa

Hikaru spears Melissa as soon as the match begins and dropkicks her into the corner, she goes for another spear but Melissa knees her in the head and Hikaru rolls out of the ring. Melissa goes out after her and throws her into the chairs at ringside, but when she tries again it is reversed. Melissa slams Hikaru onto the table before rolling her back into the ring and hitting a Curb Stomp before raking at Hikaru’s face. Melissa’s friends (including Panther Crow) come in the ring and they all attack Hikaru in the corner, German suplex hold by Melissa but it gets a two count. Melissa goes up top but Hikaru slaps her and joins her so she can hit an avalanche Falcon Arrow. They trade elbows as they get up, Melissa goes off the ropes but Hikaru catches her with a lariat. Fisherman Driver by Hikaru, but the cover is broken up as Melissa gets more help. Butterfly Effect by Melissa, she covers Hikaru but Hikaru gets a foot on the ropes. She goes for another one but Hikaru flips out of it and hits a Backstabber. Quick roll-up by Hikaru and she gets the three count! Hikaru is still the champion.

This was pretty clipped up, what they showed us was good but not outstanding. A bit too much interference, which is mostly annoying because Melissa doesn’t need it, Hikaru’s comebacks were all fine but due to clipping it was hard to get emotionally invested in the match. A so-so match with not a lot shown and a quick ending that wasn’t overly satisfying.

Nanae Takahashi vs. Wesna Busic vs. Amazing Kong

Kong and Busic work together to start to double team Takahashi, kick by Busic and Kong knocks down Takahashi with a lariat. Kong hits Busic by accident, giving Takahashi a chance to hit her with a sidewalk slam. Dropkick by Takahashi to Busic and she puts Kong in a armtrap crossface, Busic tries to break it up for some reason but Takahashi puts her in a figure four while keeping Kong in the crossface. Back up, Takahashi goes for a springboard double armdrag but the Gaijin block it and kick her to the mat. Kong gets on the second turnbuckle but Takahashi avoids the diving, Busic slam Takahashi and applies a bridge but Kong knocks down the referee so he can’t make the count. Busic and Kong argue over who should pin Takahashi, Takahashi tosses Busic out to the apron and shoulderblocks Kong. Busic goes up top but Takahashi joins her, Kong grabs Takahashi from behind and powerbombs her to the mat. Takahashi goes off the ropes but Kong blocks the Shining Wizard, Busic is back and kicks Takahashi before hitting a swinging side slam in front of the corner. Cover by Busic, but Kong comes down onto both of them with a diving body press. Double underhook facebuster by Kong to Takahashi, but the cover gets two. Spinning backfist by Kong to Takahashi but Takahashi hits a cutter, Takahashi then back bodydrops Kong out of the ring before diving out onto Busic with a tope suicida. Kong comes in with a chair, she gives it to Busic but Busic hits Kong with it. Small Package by Busic to Kong for two, Takahashi then rolls up Kong and Busic joins in with a jackknife as they keep down Kong for the three count! Kong is eliminated from the match.

Takahashi charges Busic in the corner but she jumps out to the apron and Busic hits a lariat. Busic then pulls Takahashi out to the apron with her, she picks her up and drops Takahashi with a back to belly piledriver. Busic gets Takahashi back into the ring and hits a Styles Clash, cover by Busic but it gets a two. Busic goes for another back to belly piledriver but Takahashi blocks it and rolls up Busic for two. Busic goes up top and goes for a cannonball, but Takahashi catches her and hits a powerbomb. Shining Wizard by Takahashi and she hits a jumping kick to the head, Takahashi goes off the ropes but Busic catches her with a Death Valley Bomb. Big boot by Busic but Takahashi fires back with a lariat. Heel kick by Busic but Takahashi palm thrusts her into the corner. Takahashi puts Busic on the top turnbuckle, she gets her in the Muscle Buster position and drops Busic with a Nanaracka*100 for the three count! Takahashi is your new champion!

Three way matches are generally not great, they need a really tight structure or they tend to suffer from illogical moments or wrestlers ‘disappearing’ for awhile when it isn’t their turn. This match didn’t have a lot of disappearing but it did lack logical in times, since it was elimination rules it didn’t make a lot of sense for Kong and Busic to be breaking up each other’s pins and the main story of the match was them bickering. Which is ok for a cute opening match but seems a bit below the main event title match of an event. The match got better when it was just Busic and Takahashi, however that only lasted a couple minutes. Overall a disappointing main event, any combination of these three in a singles match would have been a lot better.

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