Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 (7/2/2017)

2. Gabby Slays & Shanna vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Kagetsu)

Shanna has moments of awkwardness, and should stop doing that standing moonsault before she hurts herself.

**3/4

3. Queen's Quest (AZM & HZK) vs. Team Jungle (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora)

Awesome slugfest. AZM connects gnarly kicks and puts on her best performance yet. HZK brings the hate, Kyona brings the explosiveness, Tora continues to look impressive -- great match!

****

4. Hiromi Mimura & Mayu Iwatani vs. Konami & Yoko Bito

***1/4

Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 (6/28/2017)

2. Hana Kimura vs. Gabby Slays

*1/4

3. Kagetsu vs. Shanna

**3/4

4. Hiromi Mimura & Mayu Iwatani vs. Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto & Natsuko Tora)

***1/2

5. Konami & Yoko Bito vs. Team Jungle (Jungle Kyona & Kaori Yoneyama)

Damn good main event. I love this kicker team of Bito and Konami. Yoneyama was putting in work here, which I feel she doesn't do often in Stardom. It was great to see.

****

Ice Ribbon - ~ Yokohama Ribbon 2017 (6/25/2017)

1. Cherry, Miyako Matsumoto & Nao DATE vs. Kyuuri, Matsuya Uno & Tequila Saya

**

2. Hiiragi Kurumi & Karen DATE vs. Ibuki Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi

***

3. Rina Yamashita vs. Satsuki Totoro

***

4. Akane Fujita & Nori DATE vs. Azure Revolution (Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera)

**3/4

5. Hana DATE vs. Maruko Nagasaki

These two bring the intensity in their body language and facial expressions. They're going at it with haphazard offense that I thought fit the narrative of this heated rivalry. I enjoyed a lot of what Hana was doing here, and dug the ending where she kept pressing the advantage when she had Maruko down.

***1/2

6. Triangle Ribbon Championship: Manami Toyota (c) vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Tsukushi

***

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Natsu Dakara! Shin-Kiba! (8/2/2014)

2. Tokyo Princess Cup - Semi Finals: Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima

There's a moment here where Miyu is staring down at Shoko from the edge of her massive chin that I thought made for a great visual. This was a concise, neatly packaged underdog story.

***1/2

3. Tokyo Princess Cup - Semi Finals: Nonoko vs. Yuka Sakazaki

no

5. Tokyo Princess Cup - Finals: Nonoko vs. Shoko Nakajima

**3/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Tokyo Circuit 2014 Round.7 (7/17/2014)

2. Tokyo Princess Cup 1st Round: Ai Shimizu vs. Shoko Nakajima

I coined a new phrase while watching this match. 'Ero-puroresu'.

***

3. Tokyo Princess Cup 1st Round: Chikage Kiba vs. Nonoko

Chikage seems to be the best worker in TJP around this time period. Her moves had good impact and her legwork was compelling. Nonoko brought the seriousness here even though she was attacking with her boobs and squeezing them. There was conviction in her oppai assault that I liked.

***

Chikayo Nagashima vs. Meiko Tanaka (WAVE, 5/10/2016)

WAVE - Weekday WAVE Vol. 96 (5/10/2016)

Catch THE WAVE Chrome Yellow Block: Chikayo Nagashima vs. Meiko Tanaka

A surprise attack before the bell! Nagashima connects a nasty boot to Tanaka's chin, holy fuck. Tanaka tries to win via count-out after an insane spear through the ropes to Nagashima on the apron. This was great; a veteran putting a smackdown on a desperate rookie.

***3/4

Atsushi Onita & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Evolution (Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato) (AJPW, 6/20/2017)

AJPW - 2017 Dynamite Series (6/20/2017)

All Asia Tag Team Championship: Atsushi Onita & Masanobu Fuchi (c) vs. Evolution (Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato)

This was fun. Fuchi gets his arm worked over as the FIP. Onita has his goons with him and he does his garbage wrestling spots. Aoki looked like such a doofus in this match, getting schooled by these old men. It was ridiculous, but at least he picks up the win.

***1/4