From GAEA G-PANIC! #1 10/4/97
This
was one of those special matches in a young wrestlers career where a veteran
goes way out of their way to get them over before they beat them. The timing
was perfect because this was the biggest show in the history of GAEA. This match
stole the show, and by design the promising youngster is the one who comes out
of the match looking really good even though the veteran always wins. Of course,
the match wouldn't even work if the youngster didn't put forth an excellent
performance, so it wasn't like this was all Kyoko by any means. They joined
this match in progress, which was a really silly move, especially since this
is a match that was supposed to be a bit better in unedited form. Satomura avoided
Kyoko's lariat and began an all out attack on Kyoko's lariat arm, which made
perfect sense because she was going to try to win with her versions of the udehishigigyakujujigatame.
The arm attack included a cool version of the wakigatame where Satomura jumped
off the apron into it.
One of the reasons this match worked so well is that Satomura is so fiery. She didn't conduct herself like the big underdog that she was, and Kyoko really went out of her way to sell the important spots like when Satomura slapped her across the face for not selling her previous strikes. Most veterans wouldn't take that from a young punk, especially one with a singles resume as barren as Satomura's. Even though Kyoko did a slight bit of no selling, Satomura's offense always seemed more than credible.
"I think you really have to give credit to Kyoko for doing a very good job of selling for Satomura, but at the same time not making herself come off too weak. When compared to Yagi vs. Manami (1/14/97), the tag final (12/28/96) and tag title match (2/9/97) with Ozaki & Amano, and Toyota vs. Tamada (1/3/97), I think that this match did by far the best job of getting the younger wrestler over. The difference was that Satomura was given more offense than Amano and Tamada were, and Kyoko sold her offense better then Manami sold for Yagi," wrote Michael.
Satomura was unable to put Kyoko away with udehishigigyakujujigatames, so Kyoko came back with a killer lariat that Satomura took a great bump on. Satomura cut off Kyoko's climb-up elbow, and udehishigigyakujujigatame'd her off the 2nd. This was a really good chance for Satomura to win, so she was quite disappointed when Kyoko made it to the ropes.
Kyoko tried to come back, but Satomura wasn't going to let her do anything without a fight. Kyoko was able to do her missile kick, but she had to suplex Satomura off the ropes to stop her from climbing up once again to try to cut her off. Satomura slipped out of Kyoko's Niagara driver, but couldn't get Kyoko up for her Death Valley bomb and Kyoko regained the advantage, getting a near fall with her lariat. Kyoko tried another lariat, but Satomura scooped her up into her Death Valley bomb for a near fall. Satomura, half psyched that she could be about to win and half heartbroken that her finisher wasn't enough to get the job done already, fired up and delivered another Death Valley bomb. It still wasn't enough, but this time Satomura didn't look like a "crying" young babyface when she got up, instead she was very intense and pissed. She raised her finger in the air, signaling to the crowd one more Death Valley bomb, but Kyoko stopped it and delivered an incredible released German suplex. Kyoko then Niagara drivered Satomura for the first time, and that was all she wrote. It was a little quick for Satomura to be pinned since Kyoko's comeback was only two spots, but her Niagara driver is a big enough move that you can't really have rookies and the like kicking out of it in their first challenge. 16:28 (9:03 aired). ****
"The danger in selling so much during a match you are going over in is that your comeback is might look weak. Even worse than that, it might look like Hogan's I'll take all your moves then come back and win with one move. I made the mistake of mainly selling then coming back and winning with one lucky move so much last year. It's better to string hope spots in there because if you are selling all the time you look weak, at least to US fans eyes. Also, putting them away with one or two moves can make your opponent look more beatable," wrote Sam.