1. High Speed: Kaho Kobayashi vs. Manami Toyota vs. Maruko Nagasaki
**
2. ULTRA U-7 Tournament Semi-Final: Mio Momono vs. Yoshiko
The work leading up to the sudden death was whatever... there was a lot of obvious filler, Yoshiko using her weight to crush Mio was interesting. When they get to the sudden death, 2-count for the win, is where things get hot and Korakuen was really into it. Great stuff.
**1/2
3. ULTRA U-7 Tournament Semi-Final: Sareee vs. Takumi Iroha
Great match, loved the strike exchanges, and Iroha destroys Sareee with her powerbombs.
***
4. TLC Rules Match: Nanae Takahashi vs. The Great Sasuke
This match was mostly about The Great Sasuke trying to cripple himself. He sets up traps that do not work out in his favor, time and time again. Nanae wasn't holding back, Sasuke was willing to take hideous punishment, and I thought the action generally flowed well into the high spots. This was a lot of fun.
****
5. Best Friends (Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto) vs. Avid Rival (Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami)
This was a 20-minute rollercoaster of double team moves and surly elbow strikes. Arisa/Ohata seems to be the end goal of this best of three series, and I dug the heat building segments.
****1/4
6. ULTRA U-7 Tournament - Final: Takumi Iroha vs. Yoshiko
I wasn't really into this one. It starts to pick up when Iroha does a tremendous sell of Yoshiko's sleeper hold, she was foaming at the mouth, struggling to catch her breath.. but the work before it was dull. Definitely one of the weaker Yoshiko matches this year.
***
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