4. ASUKA vs. Chihiro Hashimoto
Fine display of mat skills and athleticism from both performers. The opening sequence was so amazing, the way Chihiro maneuvers on the mat (!). It begins to lose steam as it goes on, unfortunately, and there are two timeout draws here.
**
5. Hardcore: Ayako Hamada & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Ryo Mizunami & Rina Yamashita
Miyazaki has started a hardcore match trend in WAVE. This was chaotic, there's a piledriver through a table in the first couple of minutes! Yamashita does a diving head butt while wearing a trash can, Mizunami hits a lariat with soda cans, I was entertained from start to finish by the glorious violence.
***3/4
6. WAVE Tag Team Championship: NEW-TRA (Rin Kadokura & Takumi Iroha) (c) vs. BOSS to Mammy (Mio Momono & Yumi Ohka)
The WAVE Tag Team division has been disappointing me lately, but this was really good, great teamwork and dramatic near-falls. Momono was the worst little troll in this match, it was satisfying to see Kadokura beat her.
***3/4
7. Regina di WAVE Championship: Misaki Ohata (c) vs. Nagisa Nozaki
Nozaki's sleeper hold has been built up as a powerful maneuver for the past couple of months, and right out the gate she suckers Ohata into it with a handshake. Ohata escapes, but Nozaki never let's up the pressure, she takes any opportunity to go for the sleeper. The suspense and sense of danger was incredible. Ohata gave a stronger ace performance in her bumping and rallies. Some of the best storytelling I've seen in joshi puroresu this year.
****1/2
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