OZ Academy - Voyager (6/25/2017)

1. Sekigun (Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki) vs. Rina Yamashita & Tsubasa Kuragaki

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2. Alex Lee vs. Kaori Yoneyama

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3. Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & Nanae Takahashi vs. Aoi Kizuki, Hiroyo Matsumoto & Yoshiko

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4. Sonoko Kato vs. Yumi Ohka

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5. OZ Academy Tag Team Championship: Hikaru Shida & Syuri (c) vs. MK4 (AKINO & Kaho Kobayashi)

I've been really enjoying AKINO's work lately. Kaho is (obviously) the FIP, and she did a great job; Shida & Syuri's work over session was strong. My favorite moment is when Shida chucks her shinai at AKINO. Great match.

***3/4

Sendai Girls - Big Show in Niigata (7/15/2017)

4. Aja Kong, Meiko Satomura & Nanae Takahashi vs. Mika Shirahime, Mio Momono & Rin Kadokura

The segments between Satomura and Hime were fantastic. All of the rookie desperation spots and the veteran punishes were great. Kong DEVASTATES Mio with this backdrop.

***3/4

5. Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship: Hikaru Shida & Syuri (c) vs. Cassandra Miyagi & DASH Chisako

Felt like it went longer than it needed to be, but the action never slowed down. This mini Shida-Miyagi rivalry is great. Chisako spent most of the match getting bumped around and worked over, but she makes a surly comeback.

***1/2

6. Sendai Girls World Championship: Hiroyo Matsumoto (c) vs. Chihiro Hashimoto

Chihiro is a sturdy wall of meat. Definitely the weaker of the Chihiro matches from this year. It didn't have the sense of danger that her previous big matches did, and boiled down to an exchange of moves and the two using one another's finisher, and while all of this looked great, there wasn't much else going on here.

***1/4

Arisu Nanase & Momo Watanabe vs. Hiromi Mimura & Starlight Kid (Stardom, 6/5/2016)

Stardom - Premium Star Wars in Nagoya (6/5/2016)

Arisu Nanase & Momo Watanabe vs. Hiromi Mimura & Starlight Kid

Jesus Christ... what went wrong here. The match derails completely. Alice looks lost; this is only her third match, but man... the crowd is laughing at her awkwardness, and the official counts the fall when she clearly kicked out at 2!

DUD

Arisu Nanase vs. Azumi (Stardom, 1/8/2017)

Stardom - New Years Star 2017 (1/8/2017)

Arisu Nanase vs. Azumi

This was a short match where Azumi outclassed Alice with a bevy of pin combinations until she got the win. Before that, Alice got in nice a northern lights suplex. Not much to say about this one.

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Arisu Nanase vs. Jungle Kyona vs. Kagetsu vs. Mayu Iwatani (Stardom, 9/3/2016)

Stardom - 5★STAR GP2016 (9/3/2016)

Arisu Nanase vs. Jungle Kyona vs. Kagetsu vs. Mayu Iwatani 

An immensely fun 'get your shit in' type of match, where they're just stringing together signature spots and quick-pins. The highlight is Arisu getting whacked over the head by Kagetsu's traffic sign and Mayu's reaction to it.

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Stardom - Stardom x Stardom 2017 (7/16/2017)

2.  Shiki Shibusawa vs. Tora Natsuko

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3. Mari Apache, Gabby Slays & Xia Brookside vs. Hiromi Mimura, Konami & Starlight Kid

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4. High Speed Championship: Kris Wolf (c) vs. Shanna

*1/2

5. Goddesses of Stardom Championship: Oedo Tai (Kagetsu & Hana Kimura) (c) vs. HZK & Jungle Kyona

**3/4

6. World of Stardom Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Yoko Bito

I wanted to like this more, but there was too much awkwardness, and during big spots too. They were throwing heavy strikes; Mayu's legwork and the way Bito sold it was great. It had an intense feel, but the big moments they built to would have been so much more effective if they weren't so sloppy in execution. Bito just seemed off her game.

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