Issue 65E - 2/15/00 AJW EXCITING ZONE Omiya Night 9/7/91

Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda & Mariko Yoshida vs. Mika Takahashi & Miori Kamiya & Kaoru Ito

The typical fast-paced, all action AJW match. As always,it was exciting, but the selling was not good at all. Still, the pace really picked up as time went on, so you can't really complain about the hyper action. "I couldn't even breathe without something happening," wrote Keith. On one hand, the match needed to last longer because I'd rather see some build to the really fast action, and even if there isn't much build, 10 ½ minutes is still really short for an AJW spotfest. On the other hand, the shorter length was good because these women were still learning. In fact, they were quite limited at this time, so it allowed them to look good without exposing their weaknesses to the average fan. Mita, Shimoda, and Yoshida all showed promise. They got to beat the slightly senior opponents, although, not surprisingly, the young punk Ito was the one Mita pinned with the piledriver. Takahashi was the best here because she had more experience than everyone but Kamiya (they debuted against each other on 9/25/86), whom she had much more natural ability than. Unfortunately, Takahashi announced her impending retirement after the match. James: This was a pretty good match. Compared to what they would develop, Mita, Shimoda, Yoshida and Ito all had limited moves sets. Since nobody stayed in the ring for any length of time, it never became repetitive. Jason: This match was all fast paced work from the start. The moves were very well executed, but at this pace they had no meaning. The only sequence that meant anything was when Ito worked over Yoshida's shoulder/arm. However, this had nothing to do with the finish and was only done to kill time. The finish was Mita using a inverted piledriver on Ito. It came out of nowhere and didn't even look good because Takahashi and Kamiya, who weren't being held, didn't even save Ito. Special thanks to: Jason Higgs & Keith Watanabe - Manami Toyota Rules! & James Phillips- Japanese Women's Wrestling 10:28