Meiko Satomura made her long awaited return from injury at Sendai Girls' Oct. 26 Zepp Sendai show in front of 700 fans. Of course her opponent was Aja Kong. The rest of the show was a five on five elimination match with the Sendai Girls youngsters against the Shirai Sisters and Mikado from MAKEHEN plus Misaki Ohata & Minori Makiba. It wasn't even a tag team match. It was a series of singles matches and the loser is replaced by one of the partners. And I guess the winning team is whoever wins the final match. It doesn't make any sense to me either. But sometimes promoters do things just because it's different. It doesn't mean it's a good idea. And as always, my standard caution when looking at a weird match like this is don't read too much into the results. The main reason to do it like this is to stretch it out to an hour. Individual matches wouldn't have lasted that long. It's simply a pointless timewaster and the real attraction is Satomura's return.
The five on five match began with Ice Ribbon's Minori Makiba vs Sendai's latest rookie Yukari Ishino. Makiba goes for an Achilles hold. Ishino tries to counter with an ankle lock but Makiba gets a headlock. Ishino hits a dropkick off the ropes and follows with two more in the corner followed by a neck throw. Ishino goes for the ankle lock but Makiba escapes. They exchange octopus holds. Ishino stomps Makiba and hits four dropkicks for two. Ishino hits a spear and a blockbuster but Makiba comes back with an octopus hold and gets a submission with a cross arm breaker at 10:57. DASH Chisako comes in. Chisako hits three dropkicks followed by strikes. They exchange elbows. Chisako misses a missile dropkick and Makiba goes for the armbar. Chisako gets to the ropes. Makiba stomps her and shoulder blocks her in the corner three times. Chisako counters with judo throws and an Ace Crusher and gets the win with a top rope splash at 2:07.
Misaki Ohata comes in and Chisako goes for an Achilles hold. Ohata escapes and goes for the arm followed by stomping and trampling followed by a sleeper. Chisako escapes and applies a camel clutch. Ohata bites her to escape and goes after Chisako with elbow smashes and three body attacks. They exchange elbows and Chisako follows with three dropkicks. They continue to go back and forth when Chisako hits a missile dropkick. But she misses a top rope shoulder block and Ohata gets two. The end comes when Chisako goes to the top but winds up in Ohata's subset cross rollup for the win at 7:47. Sendai Sachiko comes in. Ohata goes for the flash rollup for two. Her right arm is bothering her and Sachiko goes after it. First she stomps it and follows with an armbar and a sleeper. Sachiko hits a dropkick and a body ram for two. Ohata throwsan elbow but Sachiko counters with a DDT for two. Then a double list arm salto. They exchange missile dropkicks. Ohata tries a body attack but Sachiko hooks a chicken wing for the win at 3:23.
Io Shirai comes in. They exchange elbows. Io hits a dropkick followed by a sleeper. Sachiko escapes and applies an Achilles hold. She follows with stomps, a body ram and takes Io down with a headlock. They exchange elbows and Io hits three dropkicks. Io follows with a cartwheel elbow to the corner and a face crusher. They exchange elbows. Sachiko hits a dropkick and a body ram but misses a roaring senton. Io hits a missile dropkick followed by a 619 and a chinlock. Sachiko escapes and hits a German suplex followed by a DDT and a brainbuster. Sachiko goes for a moonsault press but Io gets her knees up. Io hits a senton and then wins with a Majistral cradle at 9:21. Ryo Mizunami comes in and begins with a kick, an elbow and a tackle. They exchange tackles and Mizunami hits a low dropkick to the face followed by a guillotine leg drop to the back of the head. Io hits a cartwheel elbow and a face crusher followed by a 619. Io hits a 619 and a brainbuster. Mizunami comes back with a tackle and a guillotine leg drop. Io comes back with a facelock and a shoulder block. The end comes when Mizunami hit a uranage and a diving guillotine leg drop for the win at 5:06. Mio Shirai comes in and attacks Mizunami before the bell with kicks to her knee. Mizunami comes back with a tackle and a guillotine leg drop. Mio comes back with a missile dropkick, a DDT and a heel drop. Mio stomps her but Mizunami kicks her and quickly wins with a uranage at 2:35.
Mikado comes in and goes after Mizunami's foot. They exchange punches. Mikado fakes a body ram and rolls Mizunami up for two. Mizunami comes back with a hammer punch, a kick and a body ram. Then she tramples her on the ropes. They exchange elbows and tackles. Mizunami hits a guillotine leg drop and goes after Mikado's shoulder. Mikado hits a brainbuster for two. The end comes when Mikado hits a blocbuster followed by a diving body press for the second rope for the win at 12:09. Hiren comes in for the final match. Whoever wins this wins for her team. They exchange kicks and Mikado gets a sleeper. Hiren escapes and attacks Mikado in the corner with a hip attack, a tackle and an elbow. Hiren follows with several dropkicks to the face and goes for her ankle lock. Mikado escapes but Hiren goes for it again. Mikado hits a power bomb but misses a move from the top rope. Hiren hits a missile dropkick for two. She follows with a lariat from the top rope. Hiren tries the ankle lock again. Mikado rolls through but Hiren turns it into a jacknife pin for the win at 6:01. Sendai Girls win.
Of course the main event has Meiko Satomura returning to action against Aja Kong. You'll notice that Satomura is wearing an eyepatch. Talk about a bullseye. Aja wastes no time and begins by trampling followed by a head butt and she attacks Satomura's eye with her elbow and knuckles. Then she stands on Satomura's stomach and and face. Satomura comes back with kicks and elbows. But Aja gouges her eye again but Satomura comes back with elbows, knees and a DDT followed by a knee and an elbow for two. Satomura follows with a lariat to the corner. Satomura blocks a backfist and hits a savate kick followed by an elbow. Aja counters with a lariat. They exchange kicks and Aja hits a backdrop followed by an elbow drop from the top rope. Aja goes after her eye again and hits a vertical fall brainbuster for two. Aja goes for her can and the backfist but Satomura ducks and hits an overhead kick and then kicks the can away from her. Aja goes for a Death Valley driver but Satomura counters and get a dragon sleeper. Aja again goes for a Death Valley but Satomura gets out of it and attempts the Scorpion Rising. They keep attempting their big moves but Satomura hits a backdrop. Aja counters with a diving elbow drop and a top rope brainbuster. Satomura blocks the backfist and hits a Death Valley bomb and Scorpion Rising for two. Satomura goes for the Scorpion Rising again but Aja blocks it and wins with two backfists at 18:35. Satomura thanked the fans for coming. It's good to see her back in the ring. But she should probably ditch the eyepatch.
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