Monday, May 05, 2008

Fuuka turns the tables on Yumiko Hotta


The fourth Fuuka Matsuri was held on May 4 at Shin-kiba 1st Ring in front of 360 fans. Obviously with Fuuka, there's more to this show than wrestling matches. Fuuka is more personality than wrestler so fans want to see her sing with her group Panic Power with the Shirai sisters & RICA, she opened the show with a dance number and in honour of Children's Day, Fuuka gave a karate demonstration in the ring with some kids.





The big news at this show was Nanae Takahashi's return to the ring teaming with Fuuka against Yumiko Hotta & Haruka Matsuo. Remember when Hotta owned A To Z and drove fans nuts with her selfish booking running roughshod over everyone? If you've checked LLPW lately, she's still being booked that way. But a very strange thing happened in this match. Takahashi & Matsuo began with some fast paced action with Matsuo taking Takahashi down with flying head scissors. These two have worked together well in the past. Fuuka tagged in and after a double team kick off the ropes, Fuuka kneed Matsuo. Fuuka was wearing a new black costume. Takahashi hung Matsuo in the ropes and Fuuka hit a 619. Takahashi gets Matsuo in a camel clutch and Fuuka kicks her followed by a flying mare and more kicks.





Hotta tags in and nails Fuuka with elbows and kicks while Matsuo has Fuuka in a camel clutch. Fuuka & Takahashi attempt a double team but Hotta eludes them and hits a double face crusher. They all go outside the ring. While Matsuo hits Takahashi with a plancha, mean ol' Hotta grabs a chain and strangles Fuuka. This continues in the ring while Matsuo distracts the ref. Then Matsuo hits a suplex and Fuuka gets hung in the tree of woe and Hotta kicks her repeatedly. Hotta follows this with a reverse piledriver and a boston crab. It's looking grim for Fuuka. But Takahashi turns things around with two missile dropkicks on Matsuo. Then she exchanges blows with Hotta followed by a double team on Hotta.





Takahashi misses a splash in the corner but hits Hotta with an insiguri. But Matsuo hits two missile dropkicks. A kick from Fuuka stuns Matsuo in the corner. Takahashi hits an avalanche style brain buster and then a Fuuka flying body press. Matsuo blocks Fuuka's F-Crash but Fuuka gets a cross arm breaker. Fuuka hits a missile dropkick followed by the F-Crash for two. Matsuo comes back with a missile dropkick and a frog splash for two. Fuuka hits Hotta with a mule kick followed by a Takahashi lariat and an F-Doll. Fuuka hits a high kick and then Takahashi uses Fuuka as a vaulting horse to deliver a shining wizard. Fuuka rolls up Hotta for the win at 23:44.





So did Hotta run roughshod and beat up Fuuka after the match? Nope. She admitted defeat and raised Fuuka's hand in victory. So did hell freeze over? Has Hotta mellowed in her old age? Well, it is Fuuka's show so you can't have her lose no matter who the opponent is. And I'm sure Hotta's former A To Z partner Hiroshi Ogawa was very convincing in getting her to do this. Fuuka said afterwards it was a tough match and she couldn't breath when she had the chain around her throat. Other matches on the show were Tanny Mouse & Yuki Miyazaki over Io & Mio Shirai at 12:02 when Miyazaki used a moonsault on Mio. Daichi Kakimoto (Fuuka's brother) defeated Chou-un Shiryu with a German suplex at 13:02 and Tsubasa Kuragaki defeated FUUKA Kidd with a POK Counter at 10:05. Fuuka is off to Mexico in a couple of weeks for the Ultimo Dragon show. The next Fuuka Matsuri show will be in August in Fuuka's hometown of Nara.

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