WAVE - Young OH! OH! Vol. 37 (10/3/2017)

1. Mabudachi❤Chu2byo卍卍 (Maruko Nagasaki & Mio Momono) vs. Satsuki Totoro & Yako Fujigasaki

Mabudachi is already one of my favorite tag teams on the scene, they were super fun to watch here, they're such sneaky little shits. Yako seems to have mastered the art of the hip attack. Totoro is starting to understand how to work with her body type, she looked impressive; cute too. Great opener.

***1/2 

2. Hiroe Nagahama & Miyuki Takase vs. Miki Tanaka & Natsumi Maki

This was alright. Tanaka and Takase had an interesting segment. I'm looking forward to seeing how those two grow.

**

3. Fairy Nipponbashi vs. Natsu Sumire

This was Sumire's second-to-last WAVE match (as a member of the roster, anyway), and it's against Fairy Nipponbashi, so you know what to expect. Just a fun comedy match between two friends.

**

4. Kaho Kobayashi & Rina Yamashita vs. NEW-TRA (Rin Kadokura & Takumi Iroha)

I expected something more from this match-up, so this was a bit of disappointment. The Iroha-Rina stuff in the closer was good, albeit sloppy. 

**1/2

WAVE - Weekday WAVE Vol. 105 (1/18/2017)

1. Hiroe Nagahama vs. ASUKA

***1/2

2. Avid Rival (Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami) vs. Sumire Natsu & Yako Fujigasaki

***3/4

3. WAVE Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership: Over Sun (Yuki Miyazaki & Yumi Ohka) vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Mika Iida

There's a lot of crazy stuff happening here. Loved Iida's matwork and those European uppercuts, and I liked the NEO nostalgia with the closer against Miyazaki.

****1/2

4. Five on One Gauntlet: Kyoko Kimura vs. Kagetsu, Moeka Haruhi, Rina Yamashita, Rin Kadokura & Yukio Sakaguchi

A 40+ minute Kyoko match probably doesn't sound attractive to many people, but I thought this was a great gauntlet where each opponent brought something fresh.

****1/4

Sendai Girls (4/9/2017)

0. Exhibition: Manami vs. Mika Shirahime

**

1. Alex Lee vs. Yako Fujigasaki

***1/4

2. Eiger vs. KAORU

***

3. Cassandra Miyagi & Meiko Satomura vs. Mio Momono & Nyla Rose

**1/2

4. Mika Shirahime vs. Syuri

***

5. Chihiro Hashimoto & DASH Chisako vs. Hikaru Shida & Rina Yamashita

***3/4

Gatoh Move - High School Graduation (3/28/2017)

1. Aoi Kizuki vs. Mitsuru Konno

This was a decent showing for Konno. She's new, so errors are to be expected. Aoi Kizuki is obviously a joshi puroresu artisan so there is a lot to be learned from grappling with her.

**1/4

2. Emi Sakura W vs. Yako Fujigasaki

***

3. Hikaru Shida vs. SAKI

This was a match built up on who has the better brainbuster between these two via social media, so they're going back and forth with them.

***1/4

4. Cho-un Shiryu & Antonio Honda vs. Rocky Kawamura & Sayaka Obihiro

***1/2

5. Aasa Maika vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto

***

6. Asia Dream Tag Team Championship:「Kotori」& Riho (c) vs. Masahiro Takanashi & Emi Sakura

This is Chinese variety art in the form of a wrestling match, such a mesmerizing display of balance and timing, coupled with great storytelling.

****3/4

JWP - Fly High in the 25th Anniversary Party ~ The Thanksgiving (4/2/2017)

4. Manami Katsu vs. Mayumi Ozaki

Ozaki always brings the heat, no matter who she's facing. Unfortunately Katsu wasn't very good at all here.

**3/4

5. Daily Sports Tag Team Championship & JWP Tag Team Championship: Command Bolshoi & Leon (c) vs. WANTED '14 (KAZUKI & Raideen Hagane)

Bolshoi and Leon are a fun team to behold, and KAZUKI & Raideen were like miniature bulldozers. Loved every second of this.

****

6. JWP Openweight Championship: Hanako Nakamori (c) vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki

This is the final JWP Openweight Championship match on the final JWP show ever, so of course it ends on a roll-up. This was actually going well until that puzzling finish, the final match in the company should have had a decisive finish.

***1/4

Benten-Musume vs. Dotomi Bolshoi vs. Fairy Nipponbashi vs. Hibiscus Mii vs. Kuro Benten-Musume vs. Kuroneko vs. Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru vs. Mei Lee vs. Misaki Glico #2 vs. Misaki Glico #3 vs. Mr. Misaki Glico vs. Nyanber vs. Police Wo~man vs. Rina Yamashita vs. Sawako Shimono (DAIJO, 2/12/2017)

DAIJO - Valentine Labyrinth (2/12/2017)

Hikake Bridge OSAKA G1 GP Rumble: Benten-Musume vs. Dotomi Bolshoi vs. Fairy Nipponbashi vs. Hibiscus Mii vs. Kuro Benten-Musume vs. Kuroneko vs. Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru vs. Mei Lee vs. Misaki Glico #2 vs. Misaki Glico #3 vs. Mr. Misaki Glico vs. Nyanber vs. Police Wo~man vs. Rina Yamashita vs. Sawako Shimono

***1/4

JWP - Fly High in the 25th Anniversary (1/29/2017)

1. Sareee vs. Yako Fujigasaki

Sareee's violent streak and Yako's visual hunt are on a collision course. Great way to open a show. Possibly the best match of Yako Fujigasaki's career.

***1/2

2. Judo Rules: KAZUKI & Rydeen Hagane vs. Hiiragi Kurumi & Megumi Yabushita

JWP's version of YAWARA WAVE and its one of the cutest matches of the year.

***3/4

3. Command Bolshoi vs. Kagetsu

There's some was fluid and smooth grappling here, but it was a heatless affair. It's fun to watch Kagetsu evolve, she's been learning how to connect more with the crowd, thanks in part to her heel work in Oedo Tai.

**1/2

4. Hamuko Hoshi & Manami Katsu vs. Manami Toyota & Tsukushi

I dig this Hamuko-Katsu dream team, they wore matching leopard-print and did double hip attacks. This was a fine match, nothing special.

**1/2

5. JWP Openweight Championship: Hanako Nakamori (c) vs. Leon

The near-falls were effective, and the head drops and head-kicks were brutal. An awesome first defense for Hanako-san.

***3/4

WAVE/JWP - Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Yako vs. Natsu (12/20/2016)

1. Yako Fujigasaki vs. Sumire Natsu

Yako has developed a visual hunter gimmick where she feuds with attractive wrestlers, and Sumire is good at playing the sexy heel. They played off of each other really well in a wacky series of challenges/matches.

***3/4