Event: GAEA Japan “TOO HOT!“
Date: March 8th, 1996
Location: Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Announced Attendance: 2,200

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 to write these reviews, its a great resource for learning more about GAEA Japan and wrestling in general.

GAEA Japan returns to Korakuen Hall for the second straight show, and this one is a doozy. We get the continuation of the eternal Neo Energy Queen History ’95 Tournament, plus Fukuoka swings by for some tag team action. In the main event, Chigusa Nagayo faces off against Saki Hasegawa in a very special match, as Saki is on her retirement tour. Saki Hasegawa had a solid career in All Japan Women but due to various injuries announced her retirement at only 26 years old. Hasegawa is the first AJW wrestler to appear on GAEA Japan, so it was a pretty big deal for her to appear on the event and wrestle the GAEA Japan Ace in the main event. Here is the full card:

• Neo Energy Queen History ’95: Chihiro Nakano vs. Toshie Sato
• Neo Energy Queen History ’95: Makie Numao vs. Meiko Satomura
• Bomber Hikari vs. Sonoko Kato
• KAORU and Hikari Fukuoka vs. Toshie Uematsu and Chikayo Nagashima
• Chigusa Nagayo vs. Sakie Hasegawa

I am watching the commercial release of the event, so all matches will be shown in full. All wrestlers on the show have a profile on the website, you can click on their name above to go straight to it.

Chihiro Nakano vs. Toshie Sato

They charge each other to start, both go for dropkicks but they both miss. They trade elbow drop attempts until Toshie hits one, Irish whip by Toshie but Chihiro hits a back bodydrop followed by a kneedrop for two. Snapmares by Chihiro and she applies a side headlock, but Toshie gets out of it and applies a headscissors. They trade submissions until Chihiro locks in a crab hold, but Toshie gets to the ropes for the break. Chihiro applies a leg submission and then a headlock, but Toshie gets out of it and applies a front headlock. Bodyscissors by Toshie, she lets go after a moment and knocks down Chihiro with a shoulderblock. dropkicks by Toshie, and she covers Chihiro for two. Sleeper by Toshie but Chihiro slides out of it and applies a hammerlock, armdrag by Toshie and she goes for a cross armbreaker. Chihiro gets away and applies a stretch hold, they end up back on their feet and Toshie knocks over Chihiro with a couple weak shoulderblocks. Scoop slam by Toshie and she covers Chihiro for two.

Toshie applies a guillotine but Chihiro slams out of it and hits a series of elbow strikes. Dropkick by Chihiro and she hits a scoop slam, picking up a two count. Snapmares by Toshie and she applies a side headlock on the mat, she picks up Chihiro and hits another shoulderblock. Toshie elbows Chihiro and delivers a face crusher, cover by Toshie but it gets a two count. Chihiro throws Toshie into the corner and hits a knee, but Toshie avoids the next one and somewhat dropkicks her. Chihiro and Toshie trade cradles before Chihiro applies a kneelock, she lets go after a moment and hits a pair of jumping knees. Toshie avoids the next one and goes for a slam, but Chihiro reverses it into a cradle for two. Chihiro picks up Toshie and hits a scoop slam, she goes up top and delivers a diving kneedrop for a two count. Swinging neckbreaker by Toshie and she hits a second one, but Chihiro bridges out of the pin. Toshie goes up top but Chihiro grabs her from behind and slams her to the mat. Chihiro picks up Toshie but Toshie slides away and delivers an over-the-shoulder powerslam. Diving elbow drop by Toshie, and she picks up the three count! Toshie Sato is the winner!

For a rookie match, this was pretty fun. Chihiro and Toshie both show a lot of early talent, and while Toshie Sato went on to have a better known career (as Sugar Sato) at this stage they were pretty even. Nagayo trained her wrestlers to go for it regardless of their experiences so it wasn’t just dropkicks which we frequently see in rookie matches today, and it was a pretty exciting back and forth. You could tell they were rookies from watching this, but a good effort from both.  Mildly Recommended

Makie Numao vs. Meiko Satomura

Meiko and Makie start by jockeying for position on the mat, kick to the chest by Makie and she kicks Meiko again. Scoop slam by Makie but Meiko fires back with elbows, scoop slam by Meiko and she covers Makie for two. Meiko works a headlock but Makie reverses it into a headscissors. Meiko gets the headlock re-applied and she picks up Makie, rolling her back to the mat with a front guillotine. Makie gets out of it and elbows Meiko in the chest, Irish whip by Meiko and she hits a forearm smash. Meiko picks up Makie, snapmare by Meiko and she applies a front facelock. Makie gets to the ropes for the break, Meiko picks her up but Makie cradles her for two. Meiko picks up Makie but Makie pushes her to the mat and applies a crab hold. Meiko gets to the ropes but Makie drags her to the middle of the ring and re-applies the hold. Meiko gets to the ropes again and this time forces the break, kicks by Makie to Meiko and she covers Meiko for two. Makie applies a bodyscissors but Meiko gets out of it and applies a kneelock, she goes for Makie’s arm but Makie gets to the ropes. Irish whip by Makie but Meiko ducks a kick and pushes Makie to the mat.

Scoop slam by Meiko, Irish whip by Meiko but Makie kicks her in the face. Knees by Makie and she kicks Meiko in the back, cover by Makie but it gets two. Makie picks up Meiko but Meiko elbows her and applies a sunset flip for two. Meiko goes off the ropes and hits a series of jumping shoulderblocks, elbow drop by Meiko and she covers Makie for two. Irish whip by Meiko to the corner and she hits a jumping elbow, she goes for another one but Makie avoids it and cradles Meiko. Meiko kicks Makie but Makie returns to her feet and kicks her back, Meiko goes for a Fujiwara Armbar but Makie quickly gets to the ropes. Meiko goes up top but Makie avoids her dive, Dragon Sleeper by Makie but Meiko gets a foot on the ropes. Kicks by Makie to the chest, she goes up top but Meiko elbows her before she can jump off. Makie hits a sunset flip anyway, but it only gets two. Makie goes up top again and hits a diving crossbody, but that gets a two count as well. She goes for the sleeper again but Meiko rolls through it and goes for Makie’s arm, but Makie is too close to the ropes. Irish whip by Meiko to the corner, Makie reverses it but Meiko snaps her arm over her shoulder. Cross armbreaker takedown by Meiko, and she keeps the hold applied for the submission victory! Meiko Satomura is the winner.

Not a bad match but a step down from the previous one. Makie Numao doesn’t have the skill of the other three wrestlers we have seen so far, and her action is a bit clunky at times. Meiko Satomura of course is full of fire as a teenager the same as she is today, which helped the match but it was still a bit disjointed and didn’t really flow. Its hard to get too mad at rookies as not every match is going to land, but a skippable match.

Bomber Hikari vs. Sonoko Kato

Bomber and Sonoko circle each other, Bomber pushes Sonoko into the ropes and gives her a hard elbow. Sonoko elbows her back, she goes for an Irish whip by Bomber blocks it and headbutts her. Bodyblock by Bomber, and she covers Sonoko for two. Bomber runs over Sonoko but Sonoko avoids the body press, stomps by Sonoko and she hits a dropkick. Bomber doesn’t budge of course, Sonoko tries again but it doesn’t work. Finally Sonoko knocks over Bomber but Bomber quickly returns to her feet and hits a scoop slam. Crab hold by Bomber which she keeps on for quite awhile, Sonoko almost gets to the ropes so Bomber lets go and stomps on her. Scoop slam by Bomber, and she covers Sonoko for two. Irish whip by Bomber and she hits a hard bodyblock, she hits a second one before applying a headscissors. Sonoko gets out of it and applies a submission, but Bomber quickly gets to the ropes. Irish whip by Sonoko and she hits a dropkick, another dropkick by Sonoko and she hits a third for a two count cover. Crab hold by Sonoko, she lets go after a moment and puts Bomber in a stretch hold. Sonoko releases the hold and hits a leg drop to Bomber’s back, snapmare by Sonoko and she covers Bomber for two. Sonoko throws down Bomber by the hair, she goes to do it again but Bomber blocks it. Hard shoulderblock by Bomber and she applies a bodyscissors, she lets go after a moment but Sonoko dropkicks her to the mat. Another dropkick by Sonoko and she hits a third, she then hits a fourth dropkick before covering Bomber for two.

Scoop slam by Sonoko, she goes to the top turnbuckle but Bomber gets her knees up when Sonoko dives off. Bomber picks up Sonoko but Sonoko drives her back into the corner, elbows by Sonoko but Bomber delivers a powerslam. Irish whip by Bomber and she hits a hard bodyblock, she goes for another one but Sonoko avoids it and hits a bulldog. Cover by Sonoko, but it gets a two count. Sonoko picks up Bomber but Bomber blocks it when she goes for a bulldog out of the corner, Lou Thesz Press by Sonoko but Bomber kicks out of the cover. Sonoko throws Bomber into the corner but Bomber reverses it, Bomber slams Sonoko off the second turnbuckle but Sonoko gets a shoulder up on the pin attempt. Bomber drags Sonoko to her feet and slams her in front of the corner, Reverse Splash by Bomber but Sonoko gets a foot on the ropes. Irish whip by Bomber and she throws Sonoko to the mat before hitting mounted elbow strikes. Bomber picks up Sonoko and gives her the Airplane Spin, she grabs Sonoko and throws her over her head. Bomber does it a second time, cover by Bomber but Sonoko bridges out of the pin attempt. Bomber picks up Sonoko and slams her in the middle of the ring, she goes up top and hits a diving headbutt. She picks her up before the referee can count to three on the pin, she picks up Sonoko but Sonoko fights back with elbows. Bomber smacks her back and nails the Over The Top for the three count! Bomber Hikari is the winner.

At first it looked like Bomber was just going to squash Sonoko but in the end, the rookie got a fair amount of offense and survived some of Bomber’s bigger moves. Sonoko still never felt like she was going to win and didn’t really have any convincing nearfalls, but at least it wasn’t completely one-sided. A little too all-over-the-place to recommend as they didn’t seem to have much of a game plan going in, but there didn’t seem to be any miscommunications and Bomber gave Sonoko plenty before putting her down.

KAORU and Hikari Fukuoka vs. Toshie Uematsu and Chikayo Nagashima

Toshie and Chikayo attack their opponents from behind to start the match, they both hit headscissors before isolating KAORU. Double knee to KAORU and the rookies both dropkick her, double Irish whip to KAORU but KAORU hits a crossbody on both of them. KAORU elbows Chikayo and puts her in a facelock but Chikayo reverses it into a hammerlock. They trade holds but KAORU gets the advantage and tags Fukuoka, Fukuoka bounces Chikayo off the ropes and boots her. Dropkick by Fukuoka and she kicks Chikayo in the back, backdrop by Fukuoka and she applies a figure four leglock. Toshie breaks it up, Fukuoka throws Chikayo into the corner so that Toshie can tag in, Fukuoka kicks Toshie in the back before tagging in KAORU. Toshie gets KAORU to the mat and applies an ankle hold, but KAORU gets out of it. Toshie goes for dropkicks but KAORU doesn’t budge, she finally knocks KAORU off her feet but KAORU bridges out of the pin and delivers a dropkick of her own. KAORU stomps on Toshie’s leg and puts her in a Mexican Surfboard, but Chikayo breaks it up. KAORU smacks Chikayo before tagging Fukuoka, Toshie hits a crossbody on Fukuoka and tags Chikayo. Dropkick by Chikayo to Fukuoka and she hits another one, but Chikayo swats aside the next attempt and applies a submission hold.

Toshie eventually breaks it up, Chikayo tries to fight back but Fukuoka elbows her hard in the chest for her trouble. KAORU is tagged in but Chikayo hits a hurricanrana and tags Toshie. Dropkick by Toshie to KAORU and she applies a crab hold, she switches it to a stretch hold but KAORU gets out of it. Snapmare by Toshie and she tags Chikayo, Chikayo kicks on KAORU’s leg and puts her in a kneelock. Toshie comes in too and puts a kneelock on KAORU’s other leg, they let go after a moment but KAORU sneaks in a pin attempt for two. Irish whip by KAORU and she hits Chikayo with a back elbow, Jackhammer by KAORU but Chikayo breaks up the cover. KAORU tags in Fukuoka, double wrist armsault by Fukuoka but again Toshie breaks it up. Fukuoka picks up Chikayo but Chikayo hits a crossbody, Irish whip by Chikayo and she delivers a front roll into a headbutt for two. Chikayo tries to throw down Fukuoka but the hair but Fukuoka blocks it and tosses Chikayo instead, dropkick by Fukuoka but Chikayo gets to the ropes when she goes for a cover. Backdrop suplex by Fukuoka, but Chikayo bridges out of the pin. She tags in KAORU but KAORU lets Toshie tag in, hard elbow by KAORU to Toshie and she hits a double underhook suplex. Bridging suplex by KAORU, but Chikayo breaks up the cover.

KAORU tags Fukuoka but Toshie runs up Fukuoka in the corner and delivers an elbow. Dropkick by Chikayo to Fukuoka but Fukuoka dropkicks both of them and tags KAORU. KAORU charges Toshie but Toshie sneaks in a sunset flip for two. She tags Chikayo, roll-up by Chikayo to KAORU but that gets two as well. KAORU goes for the Space Rolling Elbow but Chikayo avoids it and hits a monkey flip. Step-over sunset flip by Chikayo, but KAORU lands in the ropes. She goes for it again but KAORU throws her to the mat, Fukuoka comes in and she hits a Space Rolling Elbow on Chikayo in the corner. DDT by Fukuoka and KAORU hits a swandive footstomp for a two count. KAORU picks up Chikayo and tags Fukuoka, missile dropkick by Fukuoka but Chikayo lands near her corner and tags Toshie. Headscissors by Toshie and she goes for a pin, but Fukuoka pushes her off. Dropkick by Toshie, she goes up top and hits a diving crossbody. Chikayo goes up top next but KAORU comes in and kicks her down to the floor, suplex by Fukuoka to Toshie and she slams her near the corner. KAORU goes up top and nails a moonsault, Fukuoka follows with a moonsault of her own and she covers Toshie for two. Fukuoka picks up Toshie but Toshie sneaks in a backslide for two. KAORU comes back in the ring with a swandive missile dropkick to Toshie, Fukuoka plants her with a Tiger Driver and she picks up the three count! KAORU and Hikari Fukuoka are the winners.

KAORU and Fukuoka are both so good, KAORU in particular really looked great here. Chikayo and Toshie held her own but clearly were a step below. Which isn’t a knock on them of course, the teams were just lopsided by design. KAORU and Fukuoka did a good job of working with the rookies and gave them plenty of hope spots. I don’t think that Toshie was supposed to kick out after the moonsaults, but Chikayo was late breaking up the pin. A fast paced and entertaining match, but KAORU as she tends to do stole the show.  Mildly Recommended

Chigusa Nagayo vs. Sakie Hasegawa

Hasegawa attacks Nagayo from behind before the match starts, Hasegawa goes for a Uranage but Nagayo elbows her off. Hasegawa throws Nagayo out of the ring, she goes for a tope con hilo but comes up a bit short. Nagayo taunts her as Hasegawa gets back in the ring, she tries again and this time successfully delivers the move. Hasegawa gets back in the ring and waits for Nagayo, Nagayo returns and the two lock knuckles. Kicks by Nagayo but Hasegawa kicks her back, knees by Hasegawa but Nagayo blocks the double underhook. Hasegawa goes for a Fujiwara Armbar but Nagayo quickly gets to the ropes, Nagayo takes Hasegawa to the mat and applies a facelock. Nagayo then switches to Hasegawa’s arm, but Hasegawa blocks her from locking in the armbreaker. Hasegawa gets Nagayo’s back and goes for an armbreaker of her own, she gets it locked in but Nagayo rolls out of it. Bodyscissors by Hasegawa and she applies a facelock, but Nagayo gets out of the hold. Hasegawa applies a seated armbar and snaps Nagayo’s arm over her shoulder, dropkick by Hasegawa but Nagayo returns to her feet and challenges her for more. Chops by Hasegawa and she dropkicks Nagayo again, missile dropkick by Hasegawa and she covers Nagayo for two.

They end up back on the mat as Hasegawa applies a STF, but Nagayo crawls to the ropes and forces the break. Hasegawa hits a leg drop on Nagayo’s arm before picking her up, but Nagayo sweeps her legs and applies a Scorpion Deathlock. Hasegawa gets to the ropes to force the break, Irish whip by Nagayo and she hits a heel kick. Irish whip again by Nagayo but Hasegawa ducks the heel kick and delivers a savate kick. High kick by Hasegawa and she hits another jumping savate kick followed by a third, another kick by Hasegawa and she covers Nagayo for two. Irish whip by Hasegawa and they both go for heel kicks, sending them both to the mat. Nagayo is up first but Hasegawa gets her back and applies a sleeper hold. Nagayo hits a backdrop suplex to try to get out of it but Hasegawa keeps the hold applied until Nagayo finally makes it to the ropes. Hasegawa picks up Nagayo but Nagayo blocks the powerbomb attempt, back bodydrop by Nagayo and she lariats Hasegawa into the corner. Nagayo drives Hasegawa’s head into the mat with her knee, cover by Nagayo but it gets a two count. Nagayo gets on the turnbuckles but Hasegawa kicks her from behind, sending Nagayo out of the ring. Hasegawa dives out onto Nagayo with a plancha suicida, she goes for a Uranage but Nagayo blocks it and delivers a kick.

Nagayo goes up top and dives out of the ring with a plancha suicida of her own. Nagayo slides Hasegawa back in, she goes for a powerbomb but Hasegawa gets out of it and hits a hurricanrana. Hasegawa picks up Nagayo and hits locomotive underhook suplexes, cover by Hasegawa but Nagayo kicks out. Hasegawa picks up Nagayo but Nagayo blocks the Irish whip and applies a sleeper. Hasegawa knees her way out of it but Nagayo re-applies it until Hasegawa gets to the ropes for the break. Nagayo picks up Hasegawa but Hasegawa wiggles out of the Running Three, Nagayo armdrags out of the Uranage attempt but Hasegawa ducks her heel kick. Suplex by Nagayo, but Hasegawa quickly returns to her feet and delivers the Uranage. She picks up Nagayo and hits a second followed by a third, cover by Hasegawa but Nagayo gets a shoulder up on the cover. She goes for another one but Nagayo elbows out of it, Nagayo gets Hasegawa up on her shoulders but Hasegawa sneaks in a roll-up for two. Hasegawa goes for a heel kick but Nagayo blocks it, she picks up Hasegawa and nails the Running Three for the three count! Chigusa Nagayo is the winner.

After the match, Nagayo picks up Hasegawa and lays her on top of her, motioning for the referee to count to three. He does so, giving Hasegawa a visual pin to end the show.

I don’t know for sure what Hasegawa’s condition was going in but for a 20 minute match there wasn’t a lot to it. They spent a lot of time on the mat trading holds that didn’t go anywhere, which isn’t too unusual in main event matches but it lasted far longer than you’d expect with no real conclusion. Nagayo was a bit playful to start but did get serious as the match went on, but it was basically 18 minutes of not a lot happening with just an occasional burst of offense from one or the other. I’m sure this meant something for Hasegawa as she winded down her career but it wasn’t a great match as it was just too slow and at times had clunky execution. Probably a match worth watching for a huge fan of either wrestler but a disappointing main event.

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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.

After last week’s event crossed over onto two tapings, we are back to normal this week as this show was squeezed into a one hour recording. The FMW involvement really steps up here, as Chigusa Nagayo takes on Bad Nurse Nakamura in the main event of the show. A total of five matches aired so there will definitely be some clipping, here are the matches that made the broadcast:

• Chiharu Nakano vs. Meiko Satomura
• Chikayo Nagashima vs. Makie Numao
• Tomoko Miyaguchi and Tomori Kobayashi vs. Toshie Uematsu and Sonoko Kato
• Bomber Hikari vs. KAORU
• Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Chigusa Nagayo

I have added profiles for all the wrestlers on the show, you can click on their names above to go directly to it. Let’s see how much of these matches actually aired.

Chiharu Nakano vs. Meiko Satomura

They tie-up to start, Meiko pushes Chiharu into the ropes but Chiharu pushes her back and hits a dropkick. More dropkicks by Chiharu but Meiko gets up and pushes her, they trade elbows until Meiko knocks Chiharu to the mat. Meiko starts on Chiharu’s arm and goes for the cross armbreaker, but Chiharu blocks it and applies a cross armbreaker of her own. Meiko quickly gets into the ropes, running knee by Chiharu and she hits a scoop slam. She goes for the cross armbreaker again but Meiko reverses it, they go back and forth with cross armbreaker attempts until Meiko gets into the ropes. Irish whip by Chiharu but Meiko elbows her, leg sweep by Chiharu but Meiko gets into the ropes again. Back up, jumping shoulderblocks by Meiko but Chiharu bridges out of the pin. Meiko elbows Chiharu and applies a cross armbreaker takedown in the middle of the ring, and Chiharu quickly submits! Meiko Satomura is your winner.

Very short, interesting that both kept going for cross armbreakers but neither really did anything to weaken it up first. Course the cross armbreaker is respected as an insta-death move but still some build-up would be nice. This match was more to put over Meiko Satomura and establish her as the top rookie.

Chikayo Nagashima vs. Makie Numao

Makie strikes first in the match as she kicks Chikayo repeatedly, she lets Chikayo get up and goes for another kick, but Chikayo blocks it and hits a fireman’s carry takeover. Chikayo works on Makie’s arm before booting her into the corner, stomps by Chikayo and she takes Makie to the mat again. Side headlock by Chikayo but Makie gets into the ropes, Makie rolls up Chikayo but it gets a two. Irish whip by Makie and she hits a dropkick, scoop slam by Makie and she yanks on Chikayo’s arm. Armdrags by Makie and she twists on Chikayo’s arm, but Chikayo gets a foot on the ropes. Makie elbows Chikayo in the arm and hits a scoop slam, Irish whip by Makie but Chikayo hits a jumping crossbody. Chikayo applies a kneelock, she picks up Makie but Makie applies an inside cradle for two. Big boot by Chikayo and she hits a scoop slam, rolling pushes by Chikayo and she slaps Makie in the face. Makie kicks Chikayo in the back and in the leg, more kicks by Makie but Chikayo boots her in the head. Chikayo goes for a monkey flip but Makie pushes her off, Chikayo cradles Makie and she gets the three count! Chikayo Nagashima wins.

This was clipped in half so hard to get a good feel for it, but I liked that Makie brings something a bit different to the table. That being lots of kicks. Chikayo looked solid too but this was mostly designed to show off the new rookie which I think they did a reasonably good job of doing. Too cut up to recommend but a good display by both.

Tomoko Miyaguchi and Tomori Kobayashi vs. Toshie Uematsu and Sonoko Kato

Toshie and Sonoko attack before the match starts as all four brawl in the ring, Tomoko and Tomori gain the advantage for a moment but GAEA Japan takes back over. Dropkicks by Tomori and Tomoko and Tomori hits two belly bumps on Toshie for a two count. Toshie stomps on Tomori and tags Sonoko, Sonoko works on Tomori’s leg but Tomori gets into the ropes. Tomori gets away and tags in Tomoko, shoulderblocks by Tomoko to Sonoko and she hits a scoop slam. Sonoko puts Tomoko in a leg lock but Tomoko inches to the ropes to force the break, Sonoko picks up Tomoko and she delivers a trio of dropkicks. Sonoko picks up Tomoko and hits a scoop slam but Tomoko hits a jumping crossbody, Tomori goes up top and hits an elbow onto Sonoko’s arm. Tomori hits two Bubba Bombs on Sonoko, Toshie comes in but Tomori fights off both of them. Sonoko dropkicks Tomori and makes the tag to Toshie, Toshie dropkicks everyone and hits a back elbow onto Tomori for a two count. Toshie tags Sonoko back in but Tomori boots Sonoko in the head, Tomoko tries to kick Sonoko also but Sonoko blocks it. Leg drop by Sonoko and she hits a springboard bulldog out of the corner., cover by Sonoko but Tomoko bridges out of it. Sonoko picks up Tomoko as Toshie goes up top and hits a diving crossbody onto Tomoko, Sonoko comes into help but she hits a missile dropkick on her own partner by accident. Missile dropkick by Tomoko to Toshie, Tomori then hits a diving body press and Tomoko covers Toshie for two. Tomoko hits a pair of jumping kicks to Toshie’s chest, she picks up Toshie and delivers the Airplane Spin Samoan Drop. Cover by Tomoko, and she gets the three count! Tomoko Miyaguchi and Tomori Kobayashi are the winners.

This one was clipped even further, as only 7 minutes of the 20 minutes was shown. I won’t be “that guy” and say I could tell that Tomoko would be a future star, as honestly it was Tomori that impressed more, at least with how they clipped it anyway. It was chaotic with no real selling, which either was because they were all excitable rookies or because they clipped out the slower parts. Anyway, solid fast paced rookie action but not enough was shown to really rate.

Bomber Hikari vs. KAORU

This match is joined in progress as Bomber stomps on KAORU, but KAORU rolls up Bomber and gives her some stomps of her own. KAORU puts Bomber in a single leg crab hold but Bomber crawls to the ropes and reaches them to force a break. KAORU tosses Bomber out of the ring and goes out with her, KAORU tosses Bomber into the guard rail and then into the chairs at ringside. KAORU returns to the ring and waits for Bomber, Bomber returns with a chair but KAORU hits Bomber with her own chair and hits a jumping double chop. Crossbody by KAORU, but it only gets a two count. KAORU puts Bomber in a surfboard before letting her go, Irish whip by KAORU but Bomber catches her with a powerslam. Bomber gets KAORU on her shoulders and gives her the Airplane Spin, which impacts both of the wrestlers equally. KAORU recovers first and headbutts Bomber, Bomber gets on the second turnbuckle but KAORU recovers and boots Bomber out of the ring. KAORU goes up top as Bomber gets back on the apron, KAORU dropkicks Bomber out of the ring but Bomber moves when KAORU goes to jump down onto her. Bomber gives off the ropes and dives out onto KAORU with a plancha suicida, Bomber charges KAORU again but KAORU gets back into the ring with a slingshot sunset flip. Bomber picks up KAORU but KAORU reverses the powerbomb attempt, Bomber goes for another one but KAORU rolls her up for two. Bomber goes up top but KAORU avoids the diving headbutt, KAORU gets on the apron and she delivers a swandive dropkick. Release backdrop suplex by KAORU, she picks up Bomber and hits a second one and covers her for two. KAORU picks up Bomber and hits a Tornado DDT, but Bomber barely kicks out of the pin. KAORU slaps Bomber but Bomber slaps her back, brainbuster by KAORU and she nails a springboard moonsault for the three count! KAORU wins the match.

It is a shame that less than half of this match was shown, as I really liked what I saw. KAORU was doing her usual crazy stuff but her just destroying Bomber at the end was certainly memorable. The suplexes were very rough, as was the DDT and brainbuster, and it was a very dominate and definitive ending. I have to give it a bit of a recommendation just for that, but more needed to be shown for it to be worth hunting down.  Mildly Recommended

Bad Nurse Nakamura vs. Chigusa Nagayo

Nagayo talks on the mic before the match while Nakamura plays with her wooden spike, which turned out to be a horrible idea on her part as Nakamura attacks Nagayo and knocks her out of the ring. Once on the floor, Nakamura and Shark both attack Nagayo, as Nakamura uses her spike to cut open Nagayo. Nakamura waits back in the ring while Nagayo bleeds, she finally recovers and gets back in the ring but is immediately hit again by Nakamura. Nakamura drives the spike into Nagayo’s head, Shark hands her a chain and Nakamura chokes Nagayo with it while biting her head. Shark helps with choking Nagayo but Nagayo finally gets away from their grasp and takes the chain. Nagayo whips the chain around while Nakamura avoids it, Nakamura manages to grab the other end of the chain and they get into a tug of war over it. Nakamura kicks Nagayo in the head until she lets go, Nakamura wraps the chain around Nagayo’s neck and leads her around ringside with it. Nagayo gets away from Nakamura, Nakamura returns to the ring and gets a giant pole and hits Nagayo with it as she goes through the ropes. Nagayo grabs the pole and delivers a high kick to Nakamura’s head, she chases Nakamura with the pole before chucking it deep into the crowd so that no one can use it again. Which seems incredibly dangerous. Nakamura gets another stick anyway and hits Nagayo with it as she gets into the ring, Shark comes in to help but the referee gets her out.

Nagayo takes away the stick and hits Shark with it, but Nakamura bails out of the ring and runs up into the bleachers. Nakamura chases her down and hits her with it repeatedly, but we clip ahead in the video to Nagayo outside the ring and talking to Nakamura on the microphone. The crowd is cheering, but I won’t pretend to understand what she is saying as she throws that stick into the crowd as well. Nagayo returns to the ring as Shark hands Nakamura another big stick, but Nakamura tosses it out of the ring. Shark argues with her (I will assume that on the microphone, Nagayo was challenging Nakamura to fight her without weapons), she tries to get Nakamura to take it back but she won’t. Nagayo gets on the mat in a wrestling position, Nakamura applies a headlock as Nagayo struggles. Side headlock takedown by Nakamura, Nagayo gets out of it but Nakamura hits a German suplex. Cradle by Nakamura, but Nagayo gets a shoulder up. Nakamura gets on the second turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick, but Nagayo fires back with a lariat. Face crusher by Nakamura, she goes up top but Nagayo kicks her in the head before she can jump off. Another high kick by Nagayo sends Nakamura back to the mat, Nagayo elbows Nakamura in the back of the head before kicking her in the head again. Headbutt by Nagayo, she picks up Nakamura and plants her with a Running Pirates (a Running Three variation). Cover by Nagayo, and she gets the three count! Chigusa Nagayo wins the match.

This was an odd little match. Shark and Nakamura continued to team after this show so there was no long-term animosity for Nakamura deciding to wrestle instead of using weapons. Whatever Nagayo said on the microphone was magic. No less than three times they hit audience members with weapons being thrown into the crowd, which was wild, and that helped the entire scenario be even more chaotic. I really liked the atmosphere, it was just a bit odd as it felt more like a storyline match than a standalone match as it was really just setting up Chigusa Nagayo vs Shark Tsuchiya down the road. I liked it, it was different and I liked the story told, it was just too disjointed and wasn’t a pure brawl with all the breaks and with Nakamura eventually basically giving up her chances to win. Mildly Recommended

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