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

Misaki Ohata vs. Rina Yamashita (WAVE, 5/3/2017)

WAVE - CATCH THE WAVE 2017 ~ Scramble (5/3/2017) 

Catch THE WAVE 2017 ZABUN Block: Misaki Ohata vs. Rina Yamashita

Yamashita looked really great here, I like how she's been adding more knee strikes into her moveset. The payoff to this narrative of Rina trying to hit the Splash Mountain in tribute to Dynamite Kansai and failing every time will be amazing.

***1/2

WAVE - Osaka Rhapsody Vol. 33/Shizuoka WAVE ~Fuji~ (4/29/2017~4/30/2017)

WAVE - Osaka Rhapsody Vol. 33 (4/29/2017)

3. Catch THE WAVE 2017: Misaki Ohata vs. SAKI

SAKI dominates until Ohata makes her intense comeback. The impact of that fisherman buster from Ohata looked nasty.

***1/2

4. Catch THE WAVE 2017 ZABUN Block: Hiroe Nagahama vs. Rina Yamashita

***

WAVE - Shizuoka WAVE ~Fuji~ (4/30/2017) 

Catch the WAVE 2017: Moeka Haruhi vs. SAKI

***

SEAdLINNNG - GOLDEN GO!GO! (5/14/2017)

1. Kaori Yoneyama vs. Rin Kadokura

***

2. Highspeed: Maruko Nagasaki vs. Mio Momono

****

3. Hamuko Hoshi & Yoshiko vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Rina Yamashita

***3/4

4. Best Friends (Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto) vs. Nanae Takahashi & Sareee

This was fast, furious hard-hitting tag team action, and what the glorious sparkling D is all about!

****1/2

WAVE - CATCH THE WAVE 2017『Bracken1』 (4/26/2017)

2. Catch THE WAVE 2017 Other Than Block: Mochi Miyagi vs. Sareee

***1/4

4. Catch THE WAVE 2017: Misaki Ohata vs. Rin Kadokura

***3/4

WAVE - P-Tech Presents "CATCH THE WAVE 2017 ~ Opening Battle ~" (4/19/2017)

1. ASUKA & Yuu Yamagata vs. Cherry & Kaori Yoneyama

**

2. KAORU & Mio Momono vs. Sumire Natsu & Yumi Ohka

***

3. Catch THE WAVE 2017: Moeka Haruhi vs. Sareee

***1/2

4. Catch THE WAVE 2017: Misaki Ohata vs. Mochi Miyagi

**1/2

5. Catch THE WAVE 2017: Rina Yamashita vs. SAKI

**1/4

6. Catch THE WAVE 2017: Hiroe Nagahama vs. Rin Kadokura

***

7. Regina di WAVE Championship: Ryo Mizunami (c) vs. Takumi Iroha

This didn't quite reach the level of Mizunami's title matches against Ohata and Haruhi, but the action was solid. One gripe I had was the moment when Mizunami's hits a Hot Limit; Iroha had been dominating so much that Mizunami could barely stand and she's lifted up and takes the move with no resistance. At least wiggle your feet!

***1/4

Ayako Hamada vs. Taya (AAA, 4/21/2017)

AAA (4/21/2017)

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship - Street Fight: Ayako Hamada (c) vs. Taya

***3/4