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AWF Sekai Joshi Senshuken
Jiai The Bloody vs. Yoshiko Tamura From Battle Station Jd' 12/29/99 Taped 12/7 Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall (280) |
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Bloody is trying to get more out of doing less. This match didn't have as many spots as her singles matches from the past two years, but it did have more direction. There seemed to be more of a purpose to the moves than in the past. Of course, she didn't learn psychology overnight. There still really wasn't any story to the match. There were too many restmissions early on that hurt the match because they were boring and they didn't bother to sell the damage they did once they escaped. In spite of these kind of flaws, the match was still a definite step in the right direction. They had a good exchange of blows after the restmissions that brought some life back into the match. After choking Tamura in the corner, Bloody stood on the middle rope and jumped off with a dropkick. Just when they were building a little momentum, Bloody went into a lengthy katagyakuebigatame (1/2 crab). Tamura wouldn't submit, so Bloody threw a chair at her back twice then reapplied the hold. They picked up the pace when they started doing sequences, but the big moves were still very hard to come by. Bloody did get a near fall with a Jaguar shiki no German suplex hold (cross-arm German suplex hold). They did a nice spot where Tamura almost came back with her doublewrist armsault, but Bloody turned it into a kaiten ebigatame (sunset flip). Bloody came back by suplexing Tamura off the 2nd when Tamura tried a flying move. Bloody used chairs on Tamura, but Tamura stopped her flying move and did a nadare shiki no doublewrist armsault onto the chairs. Tamura followed with a regular doublewrist armsault for a near fall. She put Bloody on the 2nd to finish her off, but Fang Suzuki finally interfered to stop this and allow Bloody to come back. Fang set Tamura up between the chairs so Bloody could do her killer new diving footstomp. Bloody followed with her Dragon suplex, but Tamura still kicked out. This kind of killed the credibility of Bloody's moves, but was acceptable if only because Tamura was on offense before Bloody did the two big moves. Bloody was trying to sell after the Dragon suplex to help get this point over, but it looked contrived. In any case, Tamura slipped out of the subsequent Dragon suplex and did her reverse doublewrist armsault for a 2 3/4 count. Tamura then invented a new move called T-danger (?) that starts out like a double wrist armsault, but then she puts her opponent over her back so their head is down and drops them on their head like the Bull Nakano and Sonoko Kato move. This was not only good enough for the three count that made Tamura the 6th AWF champion, but Bloody "had to be" carted off in a stretcher as well. This was close to a very good match. It could have been improved a lot through better selling and an early portion that would mean something in the grand scheme of things. It was an improvement in the mental aspects though, and the work was still quite good even though they didn't take as many risks. Jason: They started this match of fast for a few minutes and then slowed it down to submissions in the tradition of the Jaguar/Jd' matches. Tamura was in control early, countering almost all of Bloody's offense. Tamura was able to get a choke sleeper on Bloody and went back to it a couple of times until Bloody was able to counter by pushing Tamura's throat into the top turnbuckle with her foot to choke her. Bloody's turn on offense had her work over Tamura's back with a "Boston crab" and some chair shots. They then went to the fast paced offense about 8 or 9 minutes in. Bloody was able to capitalize on Tamura's injured back by frequently rolling her up for near falls and hitting some suplexes to continue to injure Tamura's back. Tamura went for her double-wrist armsault finisher, but because of her back Bloody was able to counter it for a near fall. Tamura was finally able to get back on offense by catching Bloody in the sleeper again, but it didn't last long. Tamura made the mistake of climbing the turnbuckle before Bloody was out of it, so Bloody was able to get up and nadare shiki no suplex Tamura. Bloody's second, Fang Suzuki, was able to throw some chairs in the ring for Bloody to possibly use, but Bloody made the same mistake as Tamura and didn't hurt her enough to execute a move from the top turnbuckle. Tamura used a nadare shiki no doublewrist armsault onto the chairs and then a normal doublewrist armsault for a near fall. Fang then enters the ring to help Bloody out, she sets up Tamura between two chairs while Bloody climbs to the top rope and executes a footstomp that totally knocks the wind out of Tamura. Bloody then does her dragon suplex finisher, but Tamura somehow manages to kick out. Bloody tries the dragon suplex again but Tamura has enough wits about her to counter it with her doublewrist armsault for a very near fall. Sensing that Bloody is almost finished, Tamura uses her finisher again but instead of floating Bloody over so her back strikes the mat, she drops Bloody right on her head for the win and the title. Bloody had to be taken out on a stretcher after the match because Tamura's move was so devastating. A really good match that showed the young girls deserve to headline the shows even though it is a necessity for Jd' right now. They really didn't do much for the first half of the match, but the last half built to a great finish. I like the fact that they almost stayed away from the outside interference except for one sequence that didn't really kill the match like the interference from Fang and Saya Endo in their 9/12/99 match in Kyoto. Special thanks to: Jason Higgs 19:01 (15:54 aired)
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