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       Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the Week; When Reality Meets Storyline
       By: SheriffLonestar Date: August 17, 2013, 8:23 am
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       Oz Academy is a largish women's promotion in Japan. Owned and
       operated by Mayumi Ozaki. One  quarter of the participants in my
       “Greatest Match of All time”;
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       In fact looking back at that match now, seeing Ozaki as a trend
       setter is kind of difficult, she was the least well known of the
       four, and if you thought anyone was going to break out from JWP
       it would be Dynamite Kansai, who herself has her own promotion.
       However back in the nineties when GAEA was making the waves in
       women's wrestling Ozaki was the key member of a heel stable
       called Oz Academy. So successful was the stable, that it begat a
       wrestling school and then some smaller events to give the
       trainees a platform. Oz Academy flourished in the GAEA format,
       which was storyline heavy for a Japanese promotion (GAEA founder
       Chigusa Nagayo was a big fan of Texas wrestling and put more
       story lines, partly because she liked them, and partly because
       it made old rivalries fresh again).
       So when GAEA folded in 2005, it was only a small step for Ozaki
       to form her own company, and she had the connections to make it
       work. Bringing in Aja Kong and her Jungle Jack stable, born in
       All Japan Women and reborn as faces in Oz Academy. They served
       as the main opponents for the heel Oz Academy crew. Ozaki's crew
       has changed and been renamed down the years but the basic
       principal is the same. Ozaki is taking over Oz Academy, can
       Jungle Jack or anyone else stop her? Simple clear story telling
       that lets the matches do the talking. The matches themselves are
       of a different pace to anything else you see in Joshi. There is
       the mat, shoot and aerial work that is the hallmark of other
       promotions, but you also get the hardcore weapon strewn fights
       of Big Japan (without the gore). They do a lot to bring on new
       talents and bring a different product to the Joshi market, well
       worth a look to see how veterans reinvent themselves.
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