Issue 68C - 3/21/00 AJW 30TH ANNIVERSARY HALL OF FAME Commercial Tape 11/29/98

Men & Women & Midget Dangerous Super Mixed Match: Yuki Ishikawa (Battlarts) & Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro) & Emi Motokawa (IWA Japan) & Tomezo Tsunokake vs. Alexander Otsuka (Battlarts) & Yone Genjin (Michinoku Pro) & Kanako Motoya (JWP) & Little Frankie

As you are probably guessing, I didn't like this match. If you want to fully understand the horror, picture sitting through a match with eight Bolshoi Kids. This match had all kinds of style clashes, but it didn't matter because it wasn't the least bit serious or even a wrestling match. To make things worse, it had a ton of stalling and clowning around. Emi wrestled with a flower in her hair and flower wrist bands, the latter of which she raked Motoya's face with when the first locked up. Ishikawa, who is supposed to be a shooter, actually sold midget Little Frankie's dropkicks. Still, it wasn't as bad as when he sold Don Arakawa's Baba chops at the Tokyo Dome. It was a waste to put Motoya in a match with a bunch of jokers, but they needed someone really attractive for all the guys to want to wrestle against. She should have been used for some serious wrestling, as she is the best wrestler in this match, but instead her sole purpose was to be drooled over. One of the things the match built around was the guys fighting over who would be the one Kanako jumped on top of. Naniwa actually pulled Ishikawa up and laid there in his place, but Tsunokake got them both up and was the one Motoya wound up giving the diving body press to. Otsuka gave Tsunokake a long giant swing, but considering Tsunokake's size and weight, wasn't able to do it for as long as you'd think. The finish saw everyone pick Little Frankie up and drop him on Tsunokake with a body press for the win. A farce of a wrestling match and an unfunny "comical" piece of junk. Still, it was funnier than any Adam Sandler flick. Michael: I enjoyed this match on a comedic level, but with the exception of one nice sequence between Kanako and Emi, there isn't much good that can be said about any other aspect of the match. I was very critical of Ishikawa's performance against Hikari on 5/10/98, and he once again showed that he is more desperate for a girlfriend then a lifer in prison. Miko: The reason fast forward was invented. Special thanks to: Michael Smith & Miko Kubota - Michiku Pro 11:49