Monday, April 20, 2009

S-Arena joshi video review review for Apr. 20

I'm doing this early today because I have a board meeting tonight. I may add to this if more becomes available. The first video concerns the May 2 Revolution Amandora show at Shin-kiba 1st Ring. The video speaks for itself. Kyoko Kimura is attempting to show how hardcore she is but comes off looking a little silly. I guess they don't know how to do things properly. I understand the light tubes but I don't see the fan as being particularly dangerous. The show itself is shaping up to be a real dud too. They still haven't named an opponent for Kimura's Light tubes/Fan Death Match but it has to be a Big Japan guy. Most joshi wrestlers don't want to do these kind of matches. The rest of the show seems like timewasting with Atsuko Emoto in three matches; two count vs Ayumi Kurihara, no pins vs AKINO and hardcore vs Aja Kong. There's even a match with the deaf wrestlers from Toroumon. That hardcore show last year was a lot of fun. This one doesn't seem to have that kind of feel.

The second video is from the Apr. 15 Pro Wrestling WAVE show at Shin-kiba 1st Ring. It was Toshie Uematsu's 14th anniversary so the emphasis was on Toshie and bad comedy. Lately WAVE has been doing a lot with the DDT Iron Man Heavy Metal Championships. It's a gag belt that can change hands at any time. It's usually played for comedy on this occasion with Bullfight Sora exchanging the belt with Moeka Haruhi. Then Cherry comes in her street clothes and wins the belt from Sora. They shake hands but then Sora double crosses Cherry when Uematsu ambushes Cherry and wins the belt. Uematsu becomes the 780th champion. Uematsu teams with Ran YuYu in her 14th anniversary match against the NEO Machine Gunz. Uematsu gets the fall when Yuki Miyazaki kicks Uematsu and then reverses Tanny's pin attempt. The main event has Yumi Ohka teaming with the soon to retire Saki Maemura & Haruka Matsuo against Ayumi Kurihara, Shuu Shibutani & Ayako Sato. Ohka gets the fall on Shibutani with a tiger suplex at 11:21. You don't expect the retirees to job, do you?

The third video looks at Ayako Hamada's final appearance in Japan at the Apr. 19 Ito Dojo show at Shinjuku FACE. Ayako teamed with Kaoru Ito to win over Harley Saito & Sonoko Kato. Ayako won over Saito with the AP Cross. They had a six girl match with the Ito Dojo youngsters which went to a draw. They don't show that. But we do see Ayako's dad El Gran Hamada enter the ring. Of course Ayako starts bawling. He wins a quick match over Ayako with a cross arm breaker. It appears that this is Ayako's final appearance in Japan. Ito posted on her blog that she went to the airport with Ayako immediately following the show and Ayako should be in Mexico City by now. Ayako has two more Japanese bookings. OZ Academy announced today on their blog that Ayako will not appear on the May 5 Yes We Can show. Her other booking is on the Apr. 29 WAVE show and I expect her to be replaced on that show as well. Welcome to TNA, Ayako Hamada.

1 comment:

  1. I like these clips. This guy just posted clips from 4/19's JWP, NEO, and Sendai Girls shows, along with a silly argument between Nanae Takahashi and NEO GM Koda. Apparently Nanae wants to defend the titles against Emi Sakura at the Passion Red show two days before NEO's Korakuen Hall show. Koda is pissed because she could lose (ha!) and ruin the main event he's already advertised. NEO is so cute when they try to kayfabe.

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