Friday, January 25, 2008

Ryo Mizunami get OZ Academy title shot


With Sendai Girls boss Meiko Satomura scheduled for more surgery on her fractured eye socket and no timetable for her return, the company has to get along without her. Company president Jinsei Shinzaki has plans to run 50 shows in 2008 so the Sendai trainees have to carry the company. They're starting to let the girls work for other companies too. So the Jan. 18 Zepp Sendai show was a one day tournament with the winner getting a shot at Carlos Amano's OZ Academy Championship. That match will be the main event of the Feb. 24 Zepp Sendai show. They also announced a 16 girl tournament for wrestlers with less than three years experience. The first round will be Apr. 20 at Zepp Sendai with the subsequent rounds in May & June.




The one day tournament had the six Sendai Girls wrestlers. Sendai Sachiko & Hiren got first round byes. The first match was between Tyrannosaurus Okuda & Maki Harada. They begin by exchanging elbows & jumping knees. Harada hits a dropkick, a tackle, a neck throw and applies a surfboard. Okuda escapes and hooks in an achilles hold. Harada uses the ropes to escape but Okuda applies a camel clutch. Okuda hits a tackle, a neck throw, a dropkick followed by a body ram and a jumping knee in the corner. Harada blocks another jumping knee with an elbow for a two count. Harada misses a move from the top rope and Okuda wins with a jumping knee and a German suplex at 7:28. The next match is Ryo Mizunami vs DASH Chisako. They begin by exchanging tackles and elbows. Chisako stomps Mizunami in the corner followed by two dropkicks to the face and a face buster. Mizunami counters with a tackle and a guillotine for a two count. Then a giant swing and a tackle from the second rope. She misses her follow up second rope guillotine. Chisako hits two missile dropkicks for a two count. Chisako attampts a uraken but Mizunami turns it into a triangle choke for the win at 6:54.





The first semi final match was between Tyrannosaurus Okuda & Sendai Sachiko. Sachiko gets the early advantage with a camel clutch. Okuda escapes with an achilles hold. This is followed by stomping and dropkicks. Sachiko counters with a suplex and a missile dropkick. Okuda hits a German suplex and a jumping knee. After another German, Sachiko comes back with a DDT. After Okuda hits a jumping knee for a two count, Sachiko surprises her with a Wakigatame for the win at 8:16. It was an upset but the finish was set up as an upset. Next was Ryo Mizunami vs Hiren. Hiren had told the media she was desperate to win a match. But Mizunami diminated the match and won with a uranage at 8:11.




So now it's the final between Sachiko Sendai & Ryo Mizunami. They begin by exchanging elbows and tackles They crash into each other when they both throw tackles. Sachiko lands outside the ring. Sachiko hits three dropkicks and a DDT. Mizunami comes back with a swinging DDT and a dropkick followed by three guillotines and a diving tackle from the second rope. Then they both yell and hit simultaneous elbows. The crowd seems to be behind Sachiko. Mizunami gets a back throw and a shoulder hold. Chisako gets to the ropes and then gets a two count with a flash pin. They do a lot of this stuff where they try to do the same move at the same time. The end comes when Mizunami hits a shoulder tackle followed by a guillotine leg drop from the second rope for the win at 8:46. A big win for Aya Mizunami and now she gets a shot at Carlos Amano's OZ Academy Chapionship on Feb. 24.

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