BASARA - Vajra 35 ~ Osaka Club Spring ~ (5/4/2017)

1. Heaven Summit Itadaki 2017 Block A: Takato Nakano vs. Yusuke Kubo

Man, when did Yusuke Kubo decide to become the most boring wrestler in the world?... His control segments were totally empty. I liked the ending; Nakano showed some fire, and then got brutalized. 

*1/2

2. Ryota Nakatsu vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino

Future ace Ryota Nakatsu gets his nipples twisted, his dick bitten, and then gets screwed over by a paid-off referee! What a burial!

***

3. Heaven Summit Itadaki 2017 Block A: Best Stretchman V3 vs. Ryuichi Sekine

Best Stretchman has not quite lived up to the hype.

**1/2

4. Buffalo & Tsubasa vs. SAGAT & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi

**1/2

6. Isami Kodaka vs. Naoki Tanizaki

This was worked differently than I would have expected (or hoped for) from these two... It was methodical, gradually building into the flashy exchanges that the fans wanted. When you have a Dragon Gate guy booked, you want to see that fucker just go 100 miles per hour with crazy junior action.. aw well. Good for what it was.

***1/4

7. Heaven Summit Itadaki 2017 Block A: Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi

Wow... what was this? It was super slow and then suddenly ended just as things were getting good.

**

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

BASARA - Vajra 34 ~ Shishifunjin ~ (4/29/2017)

0. Isami Kodaka vs. Takato Nakano

***3/4

2. IRON PRIEST (FUMA & Hagane Shinno) vs. Gingin BOYS (Kenshin Chikano & YO-HEY)

***1/2

3.  Super Pro Wrestling Ring Wars 2017 ~Japan Vs Trans-Am~ True Patriotic Pinfall: Fuminori Abe, Masamune & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Trans-Am ★ Tanaka, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Trans-Am ★ Shinya

***

4. Dick Togo vs. Yusuke Kubo

**

5. Isami Kodaka vs. Yuji Okabayashi

***3/4

7. Union Pro MAX Championship: Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi (c) vs. Ryota Nakatsu

**3/4

WAVE - JOSHIPRO Festival ~ Love and Kindness and Strong Heart ~ (3/21/2017)

1. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Ryo Mizunami

***1/4

2. 48 Count Match: Cherry vs. Maya Yukihi

**1/4

3. ERINA vs. Kagetsu

**1/2

4. Hiroe Nagahama vs. Natsumi Maki

**

5. Fairy Nipponbashi vs. Mika Shirahime

**1/4

6. SAKI vs. Sareee

***

7. Rin Kadokura vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto

***

8. Misaki Ohata vs. Yoshiko

****

9. Sumire Natsu vs. Takumi Iroha

***3/4

10. Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Rina Yamashita

***3/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - At This Time, Get Excited in Osaka! (4/30/2017)

1. Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. Reika Saiki & Marika Kobashi

**1/4

2. Azusa Takigawa vs. Yuna Munase

*1/2

3. Miyu Yamashita vs. Nonoko

***3/4

4. No Countout Rules: Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone) vs. SIN Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama & Masa)

***

5. Shoko Nakajima & Mil Clown vs. Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan

This a prelude to Yuu's defense against Mil Clown's relative Yuka Sakazaki. There were cute moments here where Yuu was confused by Mil Clown antics.

****

WAVE - Sunday WAVE Vol. 32 (3/5/2017)

3. Las Aventureras (ASUKA & Yuu Yamagata) vs. Fairy Nipponbashi & Mochi Miyagi

***3/4

4. Misaki Ohata vs. SAKI

***1/2

5. WAVE Tag Team Championship - Elimination: Over Sun (Yuki Miyazaki & Yumi Ohka) (c) vs. Cherry & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Hikaru Shida & Mika Iida

***3/4

6. Regina di WAVE Championship: Ryo Mizunami (c) vs. Moeka Haruhi

This was one hell of a carry job from Mizunami. Moeka showed fighting spirit and had great counters and took some punishment. Really great match.

****1/2

WAVE - White Breath (2/11/2017)

1. Fairy Nipponbashi & Rina Yamashita vs. Kagetsu & Sawako

***

3. Elimination: ASUKA & Yuu Yamagata vs. Hikaru Shida & Mika Iida vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Moeka Haruhi

**3/4

4. Natsu Sumire vs. SAKI

**

5. WAVE Tag Team Championship: Over Sun (Yuki Miyazaki & Yumi Ohka) (c) vs. Azure Revolution (Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera)

**3/4

6. Regina di WAVE Championship: Ryo Mizunami (c) vs. Misaki Ohata

****1/2