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4/7:

7th Anniversary Kawasaki LIMIT BREAK 4/7 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan 6,200 sellout
Hokuto & Satomura beat Chigusa & Ayako Hamada in Hokuto's retirement match when Hokuto used her northern lights bomb on Ayako at 22:21. Hokuto passed on her northern lights bomb to Chigusa. It's not promising for free agent Ayako that she lost her first match in GAEA to a retiring wrestler.
Ozaki & KAORU won the AAAW tag titles from Sato & Nagashima when KAORU used her excalibur on Sato at 22:01. Ozaki & KAORU are the 7th champs.
Aja beat Kansai with her uraken at 12:21.
LCO defeated Lioness & Sakurai when Shimoda pinned Sakurai at 13:06.
Hirota pinned Policewo~men at 9:15.
Devil & Uematsu beat Yamada & Amano when Devil pinned Yamada at 11:07.

3/8/02:

The 7th Anniversary show Kawasaki LIMIT BREAK on 4/7 at Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan has Hokuto & Satomura vs. Chigusa & Ayako Hamada in Hokuto's retirement match, Sato (returning from injury) & Nagashima vs. Ozaki & KAORU for the AAAW tag titles, Aja vs. Kansai, Lioness & Sakurai vs. LCO, Hirota vs. Policewo~men, & Devil (returning from injury) & Uematsu vs. Yamada & Amano

12/24:

12/24 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,850
Satomura & Yamada beat Nagashima & Amano when Satomura pinned Nagashima at 13:36.
Aja & Chigusa beat Mita & Shimoda when Aja pinned Mita at 11:50.

12/15:

12/15 Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan 4,200
Meiko Satomura became the 7th holder of the AAAW Single Senshuken, pinning Aja Kong at 26:38. Aja had beaten Satomura in a great title matchon 9/15/99 and an excellent one on 5/14/00.
In Crush Jr.'s debut match, Chikayo beat Chigusa #4 Aya Sakurai with a C2W lock at 11:50.
Kansai & Yamada upset Chigusa & Kyoko when Kansai pinned Chigusa at 14:48.
Hokuto pinned Wakizawa at 7:56.
A good announced crowd here for a non sellout (700 shy), but this show replaces the big September shows in Yokohama that supposedly drew overflow crowds of 6,000 plus the past two years.

11/10:

11/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,780
Aja & Satomura beat Hokuto & Chikayo when Satomura pinned Chikayo at 14:46.
Ozaki & KAORU defeated Chigusa & Uematsu when KAORU pinned Uematsu at 16:10.

9/2:

9/2 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,630
Meiko Satomura won a tournament under High Spot 600 rules to earn the right to challenge KAORU with the winner getting the next shot at Ozaki's AAAW Single Senshuken. Satomura pinned Yamada at 3:39 in the semifinal and got another win over Kansai at 6:02 in the final. However, she lost to KAORU in 5:38, which hopefully means Ozaki gets to make another successful defense. Chigusa, who has been out since 4/29 due to surgery on her left shoulder, caused a "large disorder" by returning and shaking the hand of longtime enemy Ozaki. Chigusa will be back on the 9/24 Korakuen show, with the idea that you'll have to attend to see if she's really forming an alliance with Ozaki or just shaking her hand out of respect since Ozaki beat her in the title match on 4/29.

7/15:

7/15 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,780
Lioness went to a double KO with KAORU at 27:29.
Ozaki beat Uematsu with "witchcraft" at 15:22.

6/17:

From Nick Higley:

- Riki Chosyu quit New Japan, finally. The writings been on the wall for a while now, with Nakanishi getting de-pushed and Sasaki "injured."

Mike: Too bad he went from being the best lead booker to a destroyer of the good first. Unfortunately, Inoki is still around to lead to further erosion of their product, particularly with the Ogawa push at the expense of everyone else that actually wrestles for the company more than once every few months and all the "shoot" stuff that leads nowhere.

5/13:

5/13 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,700
Aja & Kansai beat Satomura & Nagashima when Kansai used green fall on Nagashima at 11:07.
Lioness pinned Hirota in her Ligerbomb at 6:59.
Nagashima & Uematsu beat Ozaki & KAORU when Uematsu pinned KAORU in her Dragon suplex hold at 12:01.
Aja & Yamada defeated Satomura & Uematsu when Yamada made Uematsu submit at 14:09.

4/29:

4/29 Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan 4,000
Satomura KO'd Hokuto at 21:30.
Ozaki retained the AAAW Single Senshuken, forcing Chigusa to submit it a henkei udegatame.
Nagashima beat Devil via ref stop at 14:12.
Kyoko pinned Lioness at 12:12 following her lariat.
Aja & KAORU defeated Kansai & Yamada when Aja urakened Kansai at 14:16.
Hirota & Police beat Uematsu & Takeuchi when Hirota schoolboyed her partner Police at 10:27.
In an unscheduled match, Chigua beat (Ryo) Miyuki Maeda in just 2:40 with a kneel kick.

4/22:

4/22 Osaka Namihaya Dome Sub Arena 2,800
Crush 2000 beat Aja & Kyoko when Lioness pinned Kyoko with LSD III in a whole 11:08.
Sato & Nagashima won the AAAW Tag Senshuken from Hokuto & Ozaki when Sato used a kubigatame on Ozaki at 19:01.
Satomura pinned Kansai with her Death Valley bomb at 9:49.
Devil defeated KAORU in 14:39.
Uematsu made Yamada submit to a dobitski zenpo kaiten jujigatame at 6:39.
Takeuchi pinned Hirota at 6:21.

The 4/29 show has Satomura vs. Hokuto, Ozaki defending against Chigusa, Chikayo vs. Devil, Lioness vs. Kyoko, Aja & KAORU vs. Kansai & Yamada, Sato & Uematsu & Takeuchi vs. Hirota & Police & X

4/13:

The lineup for the 4/22 Osaka Namihaya Dome Sub Arena show is:
Crush vs. Aja & Kyoko
Hokuto & Oz vs. Sato & Nagashima
Satomura vs. Kansai
Devil vs. KAORU
Uematsu vs. Yamada
Hirota vs. Takeuchi

The two main matches for the bigger show on 4/29 at Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan are:
Ozaki defending the AAAW Single Senshuken against Chigusa
Lioness vs. Kyoko

The 4/22 show is lackluster. I'm sure there will be some good matches, but there's nothing new or special that's liable to excite anyone beyond their hardcores. The main event should be a little better than the 9/15 main event since, at this point, Kyoko is worlds better than Kansai. Ozaki's match won't be as good as it was on that show because Hokuto & Sato will only reduce it. Satomura vs. Kansai will be as good as Satomura can make it, which probably won't be as good as she was able to make her 9/15 match since Kansai is a worse opponent. Devil vs. KAORU sounds disasterous since the only thing Devil has left is her smarts, and no one can get a smart match out of KAORU. Uematsu vs. Yamada will be good, but we've seen it before. Hirota vs. Takeuchi is just a typical lame opener.
The 4/29 show should be better. It's wishful thinking to think Ozaki vs. Chigusa will be able to match what they did in 1994-95, but they've always worked well together so I'd expect it to be on par with Chigusa's '99 matches against Lioness. Given this matchup, which I think is silly for Oz's first defense, the best thing for the future of the company is to have her beat Chigusa here and then lose the title on the major September show to Satomura. Ozaki will look better for having beaten Chigusa, and hopefully that excess credibility will be transfered to Satomura when she does what her senpai couldn't (this time). Kyoko has been lazy lately when working in FMW, but she's always motivated when fighting Lioness, and Lioness is her best opponent these days for a number of reasons. We'll be the benefactors if this isn't the best match on either show unless

4/8:

4/8 Nagoya Kokusai Kaigijo Event Hall 3,600 sellout
Crush 2000 avoided having to break up by avenging their 1/27 loss to Ozaki & Hokuto in the same arena. The fall came at 14:04 when Lioness used her LSD II on Hokuto.Sato & Nagashima challenged Ozaki & Hokuto to a title match.
Chikayo pinned Yamada with her fisherman buster at 9:18.
Kansai & KAORU defeated Satomura & Uematsu when KAORU used her Excalibur on Uematsu at 10:53.

3/18:

3/18 Kyoto KBS Hall 600
Kansai & Hokuto & KAORU beat Lioness & Nagashima & Takeuchi when Kansai pinned Nagashima at 13:13.
Aja & Yamada defeated Satomura & Uematsu when Aja pinned Uematsu at 11:46.
In the opening match, Ozaki & Devil beat Chigusa & Uematsu when Ozaki surprisingly pinned Chigusa in a dobitski zenpo kaiten ebigatame at 7:38.

3/11:

3/11 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,000 sellout
Aja & KAORU & Yamada beat Lioness & Nagashima & Uematsu when Aja urakened Nagashima at 13:19. Aja announced that she'd be reforming her Super Maniacs team with Kyoko Inoue. Their goal is to overthrow Crush 2000. Probably as a play on the Crush Gals new name, Aja & Kyoko are now being called Super Maniacs 2001.
Chigusa & Satomura defeated Ozaki & Hokuto when Chigusa used her superfreak on Ozaki at 13:23.

2/11:

2/11 Miyagi Zepp Sendai 600
Ozaki & Devil & Yamada beat Chigusa Nagayo & Meiko Satomura & Toshie Uematsu when Ozaki pinned Uematsu at 11:25.
Kansai pinned Nagashima at 8:17.
Lioness & Sugar defeated Hokuto & KAORU when Lioness pinned KAORU at 9:02.

2/2:

2/2 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,750
Chigusa Nagayo & Meiko Satomura & Chikayo Nagashima beat Mayumi Ozaki & Devil Masami & KAORU when Satomura pinned Ozaki for the first time when she countered her leg roll at 14:20. Satomura then asked Ozaki for a shot at the AAAW Single Senshuken. As it looks like this will take place in the next few months (maybe 4/29 at Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan unless Ozaki gets an excuse to lose by having to defend both belts on 4/22) and be Ozaki's first title defense, Ozaki could be a lot more of a transitional champ than I expected.
Lioness Asuka & Sonoko Kato defeated Dynamite Kansai & Toshiyo Yamada when Lioness used her LSD on KAORU at 8:57.
KAORU pinned Sugar Sato in her excalibur at 7:57.
The Bloody made Sakura Hirota submit to Bloody EX at 6:42.

1/27:

1/27 Nagoya Kokusai Kaigijo 3,800 sellout
Mayumi Ozaki & Akira Hokuto became the first team since 1989 to defeat Chigusa Nagoya & Lioness Asuka, successfully defending the AAAW Tag Senshuken in the process. Of course, this was only the third time Chigusa & Lioness have only teamed up ince the 80's, but it's still a huge upset since it was their first match since turning heel. Chigusa & Lioness were still billed as Crush 2000 here. This was a brawl, with Asuka bleeding heavily, mainly due to getting her face bashed with Hokuto's stick. Hokuto pinned Asuka with her northern lights bomb at 9:28. Asuka had to be hospitalized because her wound didn't coagulate and she supposedly had internal bleeding in the head. The spectators were supposedly shocked at how meanspirited the champions were. Chigusa was so disgusted with their performance that they've put their team on the line in order to get a rematch for the tag titles. Supposedly, they'll really be Darkside Crush then. Surprisingly, this rematch will be on 4/8 in Nagoya. I thought if the "genius" was actually going to lose at this point to create a big rematch, it would at least be the main event of the anniversary show. It's possible, but I think the chances of them coming up with something bigger for that shown than the possible separation of Crush are pretty slim.
Meiko Satomura scored her first singles victory over Dynamite Kansai. It looked like Kansai had Satomura beat with the splash mountain, but Meiko just got out before 3. Satomura came back and used her overhead kick plus four Death Valley bombs to pin Kansai at 10:00. Satomura's goal now is to beat all the monsters of the Showa period.
If nothing else, the results of both of the main matches were very surprising.

1/25:

The 6th anniversary show, called OSAKA RIMIT BREAK, will be on 4/22 at Osaka Namihaya Dome Sub Arena. This would seem to mean that they realize they don't have anything that big at the moment because this arena isn't nearly as big as Tokyo Ariake Colliseum (site of 5th anniversary) or even Kanagawa Yokahama Bunka Taiikukan (site of 4th anniversary). That said, they are doing way better than all the women's promotions other than AJW at the gate this year (you can argue either way between those two since AJW runs all the time and GAEA runs a few times a month).

1/21:

1/21 Osaka Umeda Sutera Hall 900
Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai beat Lioness Asuka & Meiko Satomura when Kansai pinned Satomura in her splash mountain at 11:14.This is the same old crap we always see from GAEA. One of the younger wrestlers gets a good win, putting us suckers under the delusion they might finally be starting to get somewhere, and then a day or a week later they do the opposite result to totally negate it.
Chigusa Nagayo & Sugar Sato defeated Akira Hokuto KAORU when Sato pinned KAORU in her new (for her) spiralbomb finisher at 8:00.
Chikayo Nagashima & Toshie Uematsu upset Devil Masami & Toshiyo Yamada when Chikayo actually pinned Devil at 8:45 (may have been a flash pin since no move was listed). This means that the next time they are in the ring together, Devil will pin Chikayo.

1/20:

1/20 Act City Hamamatsu 1,000
Meiko Satomura & Sugar Sato upset Dynamite Kansai & Toshiyo Yamada when Satomura used her Death Valley bomb on Yamada at 11:00.
Mayumi Ozaki & KAORU beat Chigusa Nagayo & Sonoko Kato when KAORU pinned Kato in her excalibur at 8:32.
Devil Masami & Akira Hokuto defeated Lioness Asuka & Toshie Uematsu when Hokuto pinned Uematsu in her DQ bomb at 13:18.
Sakura Hirota is now going by Akura Hirota.

1/14:

Ozaki with her new belt and trophy from GAORA

1/14 Tokyo Korauen Hall 2,200 sellout
A bloody Mayumi Ozaki became a 2 crown king when she captured the AAAW Single Senshuken from Aja Kong. Ozaki scored the pin fall at 15:02 following 15 urakens. Since she recently won the tag titles with Akira Hokuto, she's a two crown queen until they meet Darkside Crush on 1/27. If you want to be logical, Ozaki winning the singles title is not a good move because Ozaki's standing within the company has fallen every year since 1997 due to the added free agents being slotted above her. This took her from leading a group, albeit of young punks, to usually being around the #3 wrestler in a group, all of which has eroded her fanbase. Also, if Satomura winning the title (assuming that's where they are going) is to mean something, Aja has to be the one she wins it from because as it stands now the culmination of their lengthy (for GAEA) rivalry was that Satomura failed quicker than before. GAEA doesn't seem to make any attempt to show logical progression of their wrestlers though, everyone has their rank and it never changes unless they get a new "old" woman or they stop using somebody. They just have an angle every 9 months or so to realign the troops so they have some different allies and enemies even though the pecking order is always the same. GAEA has also never done much to make the titles meaningful. I mean, one can see why the KING OF PANCRASE is only defended a couple times a year as the main event of the biggest shows, but GAEA's titles aren't really focused on, featured, or used to draw more fans (they'll have one title defense as the main event at Korakuen where they draw virtually the same sellout crowd every time and the other title defense will be an after thought since all the angles and hype surrounds the Chigusa main event that "everyone" pays to see). If we don't need to be logical than Ozaki winning the title is the right move because she's been the best wrestler in the history of the company and is one of the main reasons GAEA was able to become the "top" women's league. She's the only outsider that was there regularly from the beginning. She left JWP when they still had some things going for them to wrestle in GAEA "full-time." She's hardly taken any outside bookings since this point even though she's technically a free agent that could at least theoretically get main events anywhere instead of wasting away as a talented role player in GAEA while washed up wrestlers like Kansai, Devil, & Hokuto get the high profile matches (of course, Ozaki vs. Chigusa isn't fresh because they fought a bunch of times from 94-97, building GAEA up to the point where other veterans chose to make GAEA their main workplace). I'm excited because, as you probably know, Ozaki is my favorite female wrestler, and never having held a major title has probably been the main thing that kept her from getting the respect she always deserved. It's too bad she didn't get the belt in JWP at her peak because she would have had some excellent all around matches that were made to seem as being of the utmost importance. That said, a title match will certainly motivate her to elevate her game well above what we usually get in the short, all spots tag matches. Ozaki wining the title was an unpredictable result in that nothing Ozaki has done lately would make you think that she was primed to win the singles title (she won the tag titles, but neither of those longtime champs had even been deemed worthy of a singles title shot). GAEA is consistent when it comes to their priorities though. It's Chigusa first, appeasing the rest of the veterans second, then getting around to giving a few scraps to the younger wrestlers so it seems like they might be important and doing something. Ozaki will probably beat Sato or Nagashima in her first defense (possibly some low ranked veteran like Yamada instead) and then lose to Satomura. Satomura woud then defend against someone from her group like Kato or maybe a bottom rung veteran like KAORU/Yamada and then lose to one of the more notable "old ladies." By then, they'll be into 2003...
Lioness & Sugar beat Chigusa & Chikayo Nagashima when Sugar used a spiralbomb (wow, a "third" move.:) on Nagashima.
Satomura & Uematsu & Takeuchi upset Devil & Kansai & Yamada when Satomura pinned Kansai in her Death Valley bomb at 11:56.
KAORU pinned Kato in her excalibur at 7:57.

1/10:

The 1/14 Tokyo Korauen Hall show will be headlined by Aja Kong defending the AAAW Single Senshuken against Mayumi Ozaki. Ozaki, who somehow has never held a top singles title, earned this title shot by defeating KAORU on 5/14/00, which shows you how often GAEA's titles are defended. Although the booking over the last three years has greatly devalued Ozaki, she has some chance only because she's someone that Aja could lose to as a way to transition to a younger champion like Satomura without Aja actually being the one to do that "terrible" job. The semifinal has Darkside Crush & Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima split up, as Chigusa & Chikayo face Lioness & Sugar.
1/27 in Nagoya has Hokuto & Ozaki defending the AAAW Tag Senshuken against Darkside Crush, which means there's more than a 95% chance of a title change.

11/3:

11/3 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,200 sellout
Dynamite Kansai & Toshiyo Yamada and Chigusa Nagayo & Meiko Satomura advanced to the semifinals of the tournament to decide the next challengers to Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima's AAAW Tag Senshuken. Kansai & Yamada defeated Lioness Asuka & Sonoko Kato in the main event when Yamada pinned Kato at 8:37 following her spin kick. Chigusa & Satomura defeated Toshie Uematsu & The Bloody in the semifinal when Satomura used her Death Valley bomb on Uematsu at 11:08. This means the semifinals on 11/23 are Kansai & Yamada vs. Hokuto & Ozaki and Chigusa & Satomura vs. Devil & KAORU.
Devil Masami captured the HHH Senshuken when she made Sakura Hirota submit to a gyakuebigatame (Boston crab) at 5:35. Hirota had retained the title earlier in the night when she beat Nagashima at 7:04.

10/26:

GAEA is having a 6 team tag tournament to decide who gets the next shot at Sugar Sato & Chikayo Nagashima's AAAW Tag Senshuken. Lioness Asuka & Sonoko Kato will face Dynamite Kansai & Toshiyo Yamada on 11/3, with the winner going on to face Akira Hokuto & Mayumi Ozaki on 11/23. The other side of the bracket has Chigusa Nagayo & Meiko Satomura vs. Toshie Uematsu & The Bloody on 11/3. The winner will then face Devil Masami & KAORU on 11/23. The final of the tournament is on 11/26, with the winner then going on to face Sato & Nagashima on 12/17.

10/22:

10/22 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Team Crush crushed the Showa Seidaigun, winning all three matches between the units.
Suger Sato & Chikayo Nagashima beat Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki when Nagashima pinned Ozaki at 12:12 following Sugar's elbow.
Chigusa Nagayo & Toshie Uematsu defeated Akira Hokuto & Toshiyo Yamada when Uematsu pinned Yamada in her Dragon suplex hold at 12:18.
Lioness Asuka & Mieko Satomura beat Dynamite Kansai & KAORU when Lioness pinned KAORU in her LSD II at 10:26.

9/30:

9/30 Saitama Honkawagoe Pepe Hall 1,200 sellout
Dynamite Kansai & Toshiyo Yamada beat Meiko Satomura & Chikayo Nagashima when Kansai pinned Chikayo in her splash mountain at 9:39.
Lioness Asuka & Sonoko Kato defeated Akira Hokuto & KAORU when Lioness pinned KAORU in her towerhackerbomb at 8:35.
Devil Masami & Mayumi Ozaki beat Chigusa Nagayo & Sugar Sato when Devil pinned Sugar in her fire valley at 8:43.

9/17: Youngsters Push Lasts All Of 2 Days, as 9/17 GAEA Negates 9/15

FEAR AFTER FIRE 9/17 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 2,200 sellout
GAEA wrote their chapter in how to piss away firsts 101, giving away everything that was gained by the youngsters in Team Crush on 9/15 by not only having them lose to the Showa (what we call 1926-89 is the Showa period because that's when Showa was emperor of Japan) Sedaigun (generation army), but having them lose in less than 4 minutes. I don't know if they had to do this to get the veterans to agree to put the younger wrestlers over on 9/15 or they are just that stupid. One would think it would be the former, but GAEA holds the power since outside of maybe AJW and LLPW, who might be able to take on one or maybe two, none of the other promotions appear to have any free money to pay these veterans. Thus, the veterans probably don't have the luxury of refusing to job and going elsewhere. In any case, the effect of what happened is the same no matter what the cause, and it's that virtually all that was gained is now down the drain. This is one of the main reasons nothing draws these days because without new stars, there aren't really any new big matches. It can be somewhat justified if the shows are still drawing, but it's to the point where we probably won't see a dozen women's shows this year draw a legit figure of 2,000 or more. Even though the majority of those will be GAEA shows, the fact is Chigusa vs. Lioness was exhausted last year and Chigusa with Lioness probably has been exhausted this year since there does not seem to be anyone out there that is a match for them, so even with all the big names from the 80's and early to mid 90's, what does GAEA have left that we haven't seen that will get a large number of people to come? Based on today's results, it's should not going to involve the latest defector, Kansai, and there are only a few big names in the other leagues they could attempt to bring in for a "dream match."
Sonoko Kato got to work the main event, but she jobbed to Akira Hokuto in a whopping 1:01 when Hokuto delivered her northern lights bomb. The series was 3-2-1 Showa Sedaigun at this point, so a win by Kato would have tied things, which makes it worse that she didn't.
Lioness Asuka went to a 10:00 draw with Aja Kong. All these matches were under roll out spot, I mean, High Spot 600 rules, so that somewhat explains the short lengths, but that would have made it easy to have the younger wrestlers go the distance (all 10 minutes) with the veterans.
In the "marathon" of today's young vs. old matches, Devil Masami avenged her loss to Meiko Satomura, pinning her at 7:01.
Chigusa Nagayo made Dynamite Kansai submit to a sankakujime at 4:58, so about the only thing not negated about 9/15 was Crush 2000 not having to do any jobs. If anyone can think of a good reason this match wasn't a draw, I'm all ears. I realize that if you take away this win from Team Crush, they only have Sato's win, but that's all the more reason someone other than Chigusa needed to get a win so it could have been 2-2-2 going into the final.
Sugar Sato did once again beat KAORU, this time with her Ligerbomb in 1:27. Sato has already beat KAORU in singles at least twice this year, so she's the one younger wrestler that could have afforded to lose today, so of course she's the one that won.
Mayumi Ozaki got her win back from Chikayo Nagashima when she tequila sunrised her at 3:58.
Toshiyo Yamada used her elbow cutter on Toshie Uematsu to notch a 21 second victory.
True to form, the one match that should be as short as humanly possible, Sakura Hirota vs. Saika Takeuchi went 8:52 before Sakura won.

9/15: GAEA Youngsters Score Miracle Upsets

Yokohama DOUBLE DESTINY 2000 9/15 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan 6,300 sellout
Team Crush more than crushed their opposition. They won the main event plus the whole 5 match singles series. Crush 2000 winning the main event was a given, but what's shocking is that each of the 5 remaining members of the GAEA class of '95 beat their veteran opponents in singles matches. We figured there would be a few "upsets," but I'm sure no one predicted this. If this worked and they keep it up, it's a gigantic elevation of the GAEA promotion as a whole. Of course, I'm certainly skeptical about both, especially since both groups are fighting again on 9/17 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall, but at least they finally appear to be trying to make their girls into stars.
Crush 2000 beat Aja Kong & Dynamite Kansai when Lioness used LSD II on Aja at 14:24.

Chikayo Nagashima scored her first singles victory over senpai Mayumi Ozaki, pinning Ozaki in her own tequila sunrise at 10:24.
Meiko Satomura used her Death Valley bomb to defeat Devil Masami at 17:45. Why they'd have this go 7 minutes more than Ozaki vs. Chikayo is anyone's guess.
Sonoko Kato pinned Akira Hokuto in just 3:38.
Toshie Uematsu made Toshiyo Yamada submit to a henkei cobra clutch at 8:51.
Sugar Sato pinned KAORU in her Ligerbomb at 14:51.
In the only title match, Sakura Hirota beat Police at 6:04 to recapture the HHH Senshuken.
The only outsider on the show that won was Saya Endo, who used the spicy drop to pin rookie Saika Takeuchi at 6:03.

8/28:

GAEA announced the undercard for their major Yokohama DOUBLE DESTINY 2 show on 9/15 at Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan headlined by Crush 2000 vs. Aja & Kansai. As you'll see in a second, it's all younger GAEA wrestlers in singles matches against the stars of the 80's and early to mid 90's. Perhaps this is the time when they'll actually try to make their girls into stars, but I seriously doubt it. If it isn't than this show could be in trouble because unless the veterans flashback, the show looks to produce a lot of average to good matches.
Sonoko Kato vs. Akira Hokuto. Kato is a better wrestler than Hokuto is these days. Beating Hokuto for the first time would be huge since it's the semifinal of a major show. I'd bet against it though. Kato has missed most of the year due to injury, so either you look at it as Kato really needs the help because she's accomplished little this year or Kato needs to build up more momentum before anything big is done with her.
Sugar Sato vs. KAORU. Sato is the worst of the GAEA class of '95. She's beaten KAORU before and may do it again, but she lacks the fire and skill to advance up the cards much, and KAORU doesn't mean enough that another win over her would boost Sato's standing. I think Sato will win because the younger wrestlers have to win some matches, but this isn't something new and doesn't require Chigusa to convince a free agent to job to someone "below them."
Meiko Satomura vs. Devil Masami. Satomura badly needs this win after losing to Aja on the last two major shows. Devil has shown that she'll put over a younger wrestler on a very rare occassion, the problem is she does it in a Hogan or Hall kind of way so even if she loses, it could very well do more harm than good. I have more faith in GAEA doing it right than JWP, but the prospects of this match really scare me.
Toshie Uematsu vs. Toshiyo Yamada. Neither of these two mean particularly much. It could be a good match, but isn't going to have much meaning in the grand scheme of things.
Chikayo Nagashima vs. Mayumi Ozaki. Chikayo is the best worker GAEA has produced, but her lack of size and the fact that she debuted in the 90's leaves her out of luck. Ozaki has been kicking her ass most every night since Chikayo left the Oz Academy, so Chikayo probably has the best chance of all the younger wrestlers of getting a win just because they won't be able to program these two against each other much longer if Chikayo can't prove that she can win. This should be the best match on the show because of who is in it and how familiar they are with each other.
Saika Takeuchi's opponent is TBA.
Sakura Hirota will challenge Police for the HHH Senshuken (I don't think I want to know).

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