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Sheriff Lonestar's PPV of the Week; The Start of Something Big
By: SheriffLonestar Date: February 15, 2014, 1:21 am
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I have looked at several All Japan Women's cards before and they
have always been very popular, so we go back to the well, and a
little before their arena filling phase. Just before the class
of '86 and '87 hit the top of the card. In '91 the story was
Bull Nakano and her imperious rise to the WWWA title. This card
has plenty of other things to interest you as always with All
Japan Women, the quality is of the highest order from the hell
for leather six man tag opener to the world title main event.
Tomoko Watanabe & Hirasuine Sonteitam & Bonteipu Sonteitam -vs-
Kaoru Ito & Mayumi Yamamoto & Kazue Saito
I do love these matches, just because everyone tries so damn
hard. The pace is so frenetic it is actually hard to follow, but
they are after the next step on the ladder and that means they
are going to bulldoze each other with enthusiasm. Though it
lacks big names, those of you with a love of mat work, sports
based story telling and matches that make actual sense will
enjoy this.
Mika Takahashi & Miori Kamiya -vs- Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita
The class of '87 is well represented here tough in this tough
old match. Mima Shimoda and Etsuko Mita are the class act of
this particular match up. Shimoda is still active and wrestled
on some of Oz Academy's big shows last year after a long run in
Mexico. Mita was an innovative pro who had a long career up
until 2009. She invented the Death Valley Driver assuring her a
legacy of imitation, but she was a prime worker in her day. She
was unlucky to be over shadowed by her faction leader Akira
Hokuto in Las Cachorras Orientales. That team though was the
perfect heel fit. Both Mita and Shimoda where trained by Hokuto
and this match shows their heel potential. Miori Kamiya started
in '86 and is still active working as a freelancer. Mika
Takahashi is another current older freelancer also started in
'86 and though they put in a great performance here it was
clearly Shimoda and Mita who where going places.
Bat Yoshinaga -vs- Akemi Torisu
Eh, this one you may want to fast forward through. Its not a
wrestling match, though it shows the depth of the talent roster
at the time that they could offer a believable mixed martial
arts match in the middle of a pure wrestling show and get away
with it. Bat Yoshinaga is awesome in a straight fight. Having
risen to prominence in Aja Kong's stable Gokumon-to, she was the
corner stone of the AJW shoot division. Akemi Torisu was a handy
wrestler, however as a fighter her reliance on the round house
left and right over the jab is always going to wear you out in
the long run. Nice backfist though.
Yumiko Hotta & Debbie Malenko & Cynthia Moreno -vs- Toshiyo
Yamada & Sakie Hasegawa & Mariko Yoshida
This one is a bit different with some bigger names showing in
the match. The obvious ones that stick out are Toshiyo Yamada
and Yumiko Hotta. Hotta made her début in '85 and was
establishing herself as very realistic shoot kick merchant.
Toshiyo Yamada, class of '87, was working in a similar vein, so
it was obvious to bring these two big hitters together. The
other two names of interest in this match Debbie Malenko, sister
to Dean and Joe, who had a long running career in AJW up until
1993 and sadly broke her leg quiet badly ending her career.
Cynthia Moreno is another wrestling family member. Her and her
sister, who we shall see later in the card, where stand outs in
CMLL and trained by Pepe Casas, Negro Casas, Blue Panther and
Alfonso Moreno, bringing another great wrestling family into the
equation. This is a hot match but the key disturbance is between
Hotta and Yamada, keep an eye on those two.
Kyoko Inoue © -vs- Takako Inoue (AJW Title)
Now we are looking at the business end of the card. The AJW
title was always the Junior title in the company, but always
important for those on the rise. Takako Inoue now a a heel
freelancer and part time BDSM model. Kyoko Inoue still works for
the Diana promotion. While I was never a huge fan of Kyoko Inoue
because of the lack of technical wrestling, there is no denying
she was over like rover. Takako Inoue was under valued and like
a lot of women in this era was sadly over looked just because
while she was great, she wasn't Manami Toyota. Interesting side
note to this match, both of them would form the excellent Double
Inoue tag team some years later. This match sets off the second
half of the card very well.
Minami Suzuka © -vs- Akira Hokuto (All Pacific Tite)
Minami Suzuka was really Takako Inoue before Takako Inoue. She
was an excellent all round wrestler and was capable of some
great matches, however she was with, but it was The Dangerous
Queen who would move forward in the world. Akira Hokuto is as
always excellent, her drive and passion shines through in this
bout. This is in fact the best singles match on the card, the
two involved are just so good. If they had more time they could
have produced a classic.
Aja Kong & Bison Kimura © -vs- Manami Toyota & Esther Moreno
(WWWA Tag Title)
This is actually the star match of the show. Best of three falls
as all tag title matches should be and it gives everyone a
chance to shine. Aja and Bison as heel(ish) champions. Bison was
a tough brawler rather than a pure scientific master mind.
Though she didn't have the presence and talent of Aja she was
well placed as her partner. The mix of styles in this match also
shows off Toyota and Moreno's more classic styling. They also
get to show off their toughness both bleeding heavily. This is a
barn burner and you should watch with glee.
Bull Nakano © -vs- Monster Ripper - (WWWA Title)
This one isn't so great. Older wrestling fans would remember
Monster Ripper as Bertha Faye (Rhonda Sing) in the WWF. She was
actually trained by the original WWWA champion and women's
wrestling legend Mildred Burke. Coming out of Canada she was
scouted by All Japan Women in the late seventies and became
champion twice in the early eighties. This return trip ten years
later was after a globe trotting run that included Stampede Pro
Wrestling (she was close friends with The Dynamite Kid who
helped her in her early Japanese days) and Puerto Rico where she
became WWC Women's Champion. Bull was in her total dominance
phase as WWWA Champion. The first true monster heel since Dump
Matsumoto and the first monster heel to hold the title since
Monster Ripper. Ripper is sadly no longer with us, she committed
suicide in 2001 after a long run in the WWF and WCW. Bull Nakano
is now a golf pro. Funny how the world turns, but they did put
together a main event that while it suffers from going on after
such great matches, did have the big match feel it needed to
make things work.
Enjoy the show;
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