Cuty Suzuki may have retired from wrestling, but she hasn't retired from doing what she does best, modeling. Cuty is releasing a new book on 3/10 called GUARDLESS. This is one of the most expensive books by a wrestler, retailing for 3200-en plus tax (her last book, Cute Tale was 3000-en). A "Making Video" of GUARDLESS is being released on the same day. If this book is at least as good as Cute Tale, I'll be very happy. Cuty still does promotional work for JWP since her name means more than most of their active wrestlers, so the promotion is promoting these releases.

2/2 Tokyo JWP Hall 500
JWP drew a non-sellout crowd of 500 for the first show with AJW vs. JWP matches. The two interpromtional matches were 5:00 exhibition matches, thus making 5:00 draws a guarantee. Dynamite Kansai drew Miho Wakizawa and Ran Yu-Yu drew Manami Toyota. I suppose this is somehow supposed to help Wakizawa and Yu-Yu, but good luck.
The main event saw Command Bolshoi & Rieko Amano & Acute Sae upsetting Azumi Hyuga & Kana Mizaki & Devil Masami when Amano forced Azumi to submit to her hizajujigatame at 13:09.

AJW & JWP announced the main matches for their first interpromotional shows. 2/10 at Korakuen Hall show is a JWP show called LIVE AND LET DIE, which is kind of an ironic name because they'd be dead right now if the Matsunaga's had done that. Anyway, the Command Bolshoi & Carlos Amano try to defend the JWP Nintei Tag Senshuken against the ZAPs. Bolshoi & Amano are weak champions that aren't on Zaps level, which isn't really that high since they haven't got interpromotional wins, but Watanabe already has the AJW version of the tag titles with Kumiko Maekawa. I still expect the Zaps to win the titles here though.
"I think it'd just be smarter to just merge the two tag titles at this point because they don't need two different sets of champions in one promotion unless they are running an nWo-type angle, which I don't see from these line-ups. Obviously you build up to uniting the JWP and 3WA singles titles over a few months, but the secondary and tag titles should just be joined now," wrote Michael.
I disagree with this because the titles switching promotions adds to the interpromotional aspect of the feud that already isn't there nearly as much as it should be. Anything that makes it seem like on promotion is getting a point over the other should add to the "rivalry." Furthermore, we are dealing with the same amount of wrestlers and titles as we were before, so I don't see where getting rid of belts does any short term good. Combined belts don't mean twice as much, rather they mean either no more or only slightly more than if there was just one belt, so what is the benefit?

JWP's champion Ran Yu-Yu should get one of her only interpromotional wins in recent years since her opponent is only Nanae Takahashi.
"Is this a title match or just a waste of time? I mean, I'm not as down on the cow as most, but giving Miyaguchi a win over her means nothing and the match will probrably only be ** at best," wrote Michael.
It's just a waste of time, and if Lan can get ** out of her when they aren't familiar with each other at all then she really deserves to be the champion instead of Azumi.

Probably the most interesting match is the ass kickers Dynamite Kansai & Yumiko Hotta plus Tsubasa Kuragaki meeting the flyers Manami Toyota & Azumi Hyuga plus Miho Wakizawa. If Kansai & Hotta are willing to sell then this could be really good and help both companies, but that is a major if.
"I don't think you have them sell at all here. I really could care less for Kansai at this point, but her and Hotta would be the team I build-up as monsters leading to a tag titles shot sometime in the summer. I think it's obvious Miho is jobbing here, but for their first joint show you'd think they'd do a better job of booking the matches because these all suck as far as starting any angles goes because everything is too predictable," wrote Michael.
I don't see the benefit in showing Toyota & Azumi aren't on Hotta & Kansai's level when the point of showing that Toyota & Azumi are above their leagues respective ass kicker hasn't been fully seen through, especially in Azumi's case where she got one win but generally appeared to be well below Kansai. I would rather show these teams were equal because essentially you have the top two wrestlers in each promotion, so this should be one of the best series of matches you can present. If Toyota & Azumi aren't on Hotta & Kansai's level then Hotta & Kansai have no peers. If they have no peers then who is going to pay for matches like Watanabe & Maekawa or Clown and Amano against Hotta & Kansai, even if they were title matches?
"I don't think that one match is going to hurt Manami's standing. Kuzumi won't gain anything from one match either, so I can afford this one and then figure out how to rebuild her from scratch. As for Kansai and Hotta, alot of teams have been successful when they are unbeatable, so what you do is create someone who can beat them. I'd probrably use Amano and Maekawa but I'd be willing to sacrifice The Damn Clown and some others to get Kansai and Hotta to where I want them. I'd even bring LCO in to put them over (not in a squash but in under 15-20 minutes)," wrote Michael.
Having an unbeatable team such as The Road Warriors or Hellraisers generally kills the entire division because no other teams can function properly when they have to get demolished or close by the unbeatable team in every supposed big match. Also, I think you'd be better off pushing Azumi from the start than rehashing the Kyoko & Kansai debacle then working on rebuilding her.

As far as the predictability goes, I think most people can select the winning team in every match without giving it much thought. They could do a surprise or two, but I highly doubt it.
I'd personally rather see Azumi oppose Toyota because pairing them just makes Azumi a secondary figure since their wrestling style is so similar and Toyota will just outshine her due to all the charisma that she has and Azumi doesn't.
"Kuzumi vs. Manami would make Tomoko look a helluvalot more secondary then them being partners because there's no way Manami would be jobbing in that match. Besides Manami is Kuzumi's idol, so Smith says she turns on her and sets up a great angle that culminates with Kuzumi getting the red belt and the top slot in the company by the end of the year," wrote Michael.
Doesn't the first sentence contradict the second sentence?
People already know she is secondary, and I'd rather have her chasing Manami as a heel then straight up because making an angle out of it gives her a chance to get over and also gives her some character. You can't disguise the problem, so why try? Having Manami just beat her in an extremely close match isn't going to change public perception of Kuzumi. Just look at Genki vs. Kyoko if you need proof because that match did nothing for Genki after the fact, and you can't just blame her push on her not getting over," wrote Michael.
Genki had a good match or two, but that didn't get her out of the midcard jobber ranks. If she would have followed the performance in the title match up with a win over Mita instead of continuing to trade wins with ASARI and Tamura, she at least would have had a chance to get over.
The point should be to show that Azumi is close to Toyota. I don't think she should win the first match, but the main program should be Azumi chasing after Manami. Kansai is a short term fix that can pop a house or two, but the focus should be on bringing Azumi up to the point where she can credibly beat Toyota, and I don't think you need a US angle to do that.
"I disagree because nobody is going to care after Manami beats her without having a reason to. I agree that you build her up to where she can go over Manami, but you can't just do it by having her beat people she's already beaten," wrote Michael.
The whole problem is that Azumi's wins are over the same couple of wrestlers that also don't mean anything. She hasn't beaten anyone in AJW so there are plenty of options.
I think it's a much better idea to keep the promotions separate initially so it looks like there's an actual rivalry. Mixing the wrestlers up is fine as something to keep the shows going after the AJW vs. JWP matches have run their course, but they aren't going to draw as well if everyone is friendly from the outset.
"I agree somewhat, but you can't do this when everyone already knows that the Matsunaga's own the Yamamoto's. Of course, they could have done an invasion angle and had kept the financial situation secret, but it's too late to start expecting them to do what could've possibly avoided this in the first place and that's booking angles that could get asses in the seats," wrote Michael.
Next to nothing has been officially announced, so I don't see where this is really the case. AJW is giving JWP some money, but I don't even know for sure if the promotions are truly separate or not anymore (I think that they still are),and I doubt many people have a clue as to what concessions JWP had to make to AJW in order for them to give them the money.

Devil Masami & Acute Sae should get a win over Kayo Noumi and Miyuki Fujii after a bad match.
Finally, Kumiko Maekawa should beat Kayoko Haruyama.
"These last two are just SFW? matches. AJW totally missed the boat with Noumi and jobbing her team to Devil shows (imo) that they've given up on trying to push her," wrote Michael.
Miho got elevated when the began teaming with Toyota, while at the same time Noumi got reduced to a hair about Fujii level. Noumi really can't wrestle to save her life, but they should have done a lot more with her when it came to taking Takako's spot as the promotions idol. They could make more money off her than several of their better wrestlers if they did more to emphasize her looks and less to emphasize how weak she looks in the ring.
"Agreed because people care about wrestlers if they are 'told to' regardless of their talent level," wrote Michael.

2/11 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall is an AJW show TRANSFUSE "J" BLOOD. The main event is too one-sided. Like anyone is going to believe that Manami Toyota & Dynamite Kansai & Kaoru Ito will lose to Ran Yu-Yu & Carlos Amano & Miho Wakizawa. They could have at least put Wakizawa with her partner Toyota so there was a potential jobber on Manami's side.
"Of course, they could do the smart thing and have Miyaguchi pin Manami here but then there'd be more shocking here then a power plant in an ocean," wrote Michael.
Yeah, but would it be more shocking than a good worker coming out of the Power Plant? Seriously, I think you could get away with Lan pinning Ito because I don't think they should rush into a singles match between the two champions.
"I would settle for her pinning Ito since her singles time has come and gone, and she wouldn't be hurt by it. Also, it wouldn't be smart to have Lan go over Manami twice that quickly," wrote Michael.

The semifinal is the most important match on either show because if Azumi Hyuga can't take the All Pacific Senshuken from Kumiko Maekawa than JWP really has no value or bargaining power at this point. They are already in trouble with last year's supposed top star being relegated to going after AJW's secondary singles title, but that shows the level the JWP wrestlers other than Kansai are at on an interpromotional scale.
"I think Kuzumi wins this one because Maekawa doesn't mean much outside of tagging with either Hotta or Watanabe, and they'd be truly stupid to kill off JWP because then they'd be killing themselves off in the process," wrote Michael.
The thing that doesn't make this match bad is that Kansai & Lan should be the first to challenge Toyota for the WWWA Single since Kansai hasn't gotten a rematch since losing the title to Toyota on 12/4/95 and Lan is JWP's current champion, so Azumi could at least get some "important" wins in the meantime.
"Considering who's she's beaten (or hasn't) in the past any semi-big win like a Maekawa is important for Kuzumi. I don't think she's ruined yet, but she's a long-term project as far as image goes and you kill her dead if she loses here," wrote Michael.
Both women have the same problem in that they don't have much personality, but Azumi is a lot younger and more talented. Still, I have to admit that the more of Azumi and Lan I've seen lately, the more I think they are better off with Lan ahead of her because she got her fire back and is a lot tougher and spunkier than Azumi. If Azumi can develop a personality than she should be Toyota's successor assuming the promotions are still together at that point. The reason I'd put Azumi in with Toyota right now is that it's more of a natural matchup and Azumi could become what she needs to be if she can just learn to adopt what Toyota does as far as getting the crowd behind her.
"This leads to my angle of turning her heel though. She can learn from Manami but why let her be a face right off the bat when that could happen in their blow-off match when she finally goes over and gets the torch," wrote Michael.
She has no experience as a heel and she already has too much pressure on her without trying to do a totally different style in matches that should be much higher profile.

Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita should beat Tomoko Watanabe & Nanae Takahashi to set up a rematch against Watanabe & Maekawa for the WWWA Tag. Figuring LCO win here and win that rematch, that would mean Watanabe wouldn't have both promotions tag titles at the same time for very long.
Unless you're bringing back Mita and Shimoda full-time, I don't see the value in giving them the 3WA belts. As I mentioned above, I also don't see the point in having two (or 3 if the AJ Tag Titles are still around) sets of tag champions in what is basically one promotion unless you have a ton of young workers. If you could use one set like WCW used to use the U.S. Tag Titles then I could go for that, but given what these two companies have done to their under 25 year old workers that wouldn't be the case here," wrote Michael.
I think LCO are more effective when they aren't used full time. Even though they are still among the best, their act gets kind of dull if they wrestle the same wrestlers night in and night out. However, they are very effective when they come in for an angle that leads to them coming in for a big match where everyone will work really hard. That said, I have the feeling that AJW owes them for putting Watanabe & Maekawa over out of nowhere.

Yumiko Hotta & Devil Masami should beat Takako Inoue & Miyuki Fujii.
Michael wrote, "Fujii means nothing, but why bring Takako in for this match when it's obvious who's losing?"
They should keep Takako off the first two shows if they don't have a role for her. She's not going to feud with Devil and we really don't need to see anymore of her matches against Hotta. Even if we did, since Takako lost the last singles match (and basically all their others as well) it would make more sense to have her and Devil take on Hotta and Fujii so Takako could beat Fujii, in their mind giving them reason to prolong this useless series.
"I'd use Takako in an angle with Kana or Noumi, but otherwise I'd hold off on her until I needed a name to put over Kuzumi or Miyaguchi," wrote Michael.

Command Bolshoi & Kayoko Haruyama should beat Kayo Noumi & Acute Sae.
These shows aren't really loaded, which is good because they shouldn't give away too much too soon. I think there's enough here for them to sell the shows out even though aside from the two title matches, there isn't a lot beyond the novelty of full interpromotional shows.
"I can't see these shows selling out because having a bunch of meaningless matches doesn't get swallowed by the fact that they are interpromotional. Maybe I'm wrong, but if they do sellout then they still better realize that they'll need to do much more then this to keep people interested for the long haul," wrote Michael.
I think they are right in banking on 1000 fans of each promotion showing up the first time out, but you are right that these shows have probably bought this interpromotional series a one way ticket on the nonstop to nowhere.
"Do you think each promotion actually has their own audiences anymore (aside from maybe a few hardcores) or they just swim in the same pool? I'd think it would be the latter," wrote Michael.
AJW, JWP, Neo, and Jd' probably have many of the same fans because they have a similar style.

The first interpromotional matches are actually on 2/2 at Tokyo JWP Hall, but Yu-Yu vs. Toyota and Kansai vs. Wakizawa are 5 minute exhibitions so they will go the distance. Basically, these matches just give the women a chance to become more familiar with each other.
"If there's any sense with them whatsoever then Miyaguchi will flash Manami with less then 10 seconds left in that match, "exihibition" or not. I guess Wakizawa lasting 5 minutes with Kansai will help her somewhat but I'm hardly impressed with these line-ups," wrote Michael.
I can't see any benefit in giving away a result in a 5 minute match before 500 or however few people JWP Hall holds. I could see where you would want Lan to take it to Toyota to show she is "on her level," but giving away a first that should be so important here doesn't do them any long term good. The way Toyota probably won't put Lan over won't do them any long term good either, but if they were to do it right then Manami would have to show that Lan is someone we need to take seriously on the top level.
"I think it's safe to have Miyaguchi pin her either here or in the tag match because it wouldn't be a decisive win that would hurt Manami in anyway and you can have Miyaguchi dog her about it. What it would do however is the most important thing you can do, and that's get people talking and not knowing what to expect. That's usually what draws in the casuals. The hardcores will come no matter what, but my focus would be on getting as much buzz I could among the casuals and figure out how to get them in and keep them," wrote Michael.
As you know, the flash pins on Aja haven't done anyone a bit of good, and all the unpredictable results ARSION was doing didn't lead to any more fans attending their shows. I agree that these first two shows are WAY TOO PREDICTABLE, but you could get a lot more out of a real surprise win in tag like Azumi over Hotta or Lan over Toyota than a corny flash pin.

1/16 Kyoko KBS Hall 800
Kansai was billed ahead of Azumi Hyuga (now that Azumi is no longer the champion) and given a big push. In the main event, billed as A HAPPY NEW YEAR 8 Woman Tag Match ~Tokyo Hen (book)~ saw Ran Yu-Yu & Carlos Amano & Tsubasa Kuragaki & beat Dynamite Kansai & Azumi Hyuga & Kana Mizaki & Acute Sae beat Devil Masami & Commando Bolshoi & Carlos Amano & Kayoko Haruyama when Kansai splash mountained Amano at 15:03
Earlier in the show, Kansai beat Haruyama in just 34 seconds with an iron claw.
Since Amano was doing the job in the main event, she teamed with Bolshoi to beat Ran Yu-Yu & Tsubasa Kuragaki in the semifinal when she made Kuragaki submit to her udehishigigyakujujigatame at 18:36.

JWP has fallen badly into dept to the point where they nearly had to close up shop. They were able to strike a deal with AJW to work a full interpromotional program beginning on AJW 2/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall show that is allowing them to continue running shows. The details of this deal haven't been officially released, so it's hard to say if AJW & JWP are really one league at this point or not. JWP will continue to run shows with all the AJW wrestlers they want at their disposal, but it's possible the promotions name is just being kept alive because AJW knows the shows will draw better if people believe it's an interpromotional fued. In any case, the Fuji TV money the Matsunagas are giving AJW should be more than made up for because AJW will quickly regain the position they had for almost their entire 32 year history, that of the top women's promotion in the world.
Even if they were to totally screw up the fued when it came too booking, there's no way the match quality won't improve. Both leagues had no depth, but now they have two leagues worth of wrestlers to fill out the cards instead of one. Previously, they were lucky to be able to run shows without having at least one woman wrestle more than once, and the win on the undercard and job in the main event routine was getting really predictable and old. Now, stiffs like Hashimoto, Sae, and Fujii can rightfully be buried in the opening match so they don't drag the entire show down.
It seems like they are headed toward Dynamite Kansai vs. Yumiko Hotta as the first major headline match. These two have not faced each other in singles since Kansai beat Hotta at Dreamslam 1, so even though neither woman is much of a draw at this point, the match should draw because they are both ass kickers and some people have been waiting years to see a rematch. I would have Kansai beat Hotta to build her up to jobbing to Toyota in a title match, which would be the company's top match of the year. This would make Hotta 0-2 vs. Kansai, while Toyota would be 2-0, but Hotta has been a failure as a champion at the box office and the promotion has moved backwards well she was on top. Toyota has always drawn well and still has drawing power for big matches in spite of a series of major losses with no retribution from 1/97-11/99.
The good thing about these groups working together is that AJW really has nothing in the 20-25 age group that was once the main asset of the league. The problem with JWP is that they don't have anyone that can draw for their league, so while Kansai should draw for AJW, their quality in the 20-25 age group can't even draw an inflated announced attendance of 2,000. These girls should also be able to draw against the AJW women if used right, but the problem is they have no credibility outside of their own league. While Yu-Yu holds JWP's title, no one would give her any chance of beating Toyota if they were to wrestle tomorrow even though theoretically a champion vs. champion match should be fairly equal since AJW has also sunk to being a pretty lowly promotion over the past few years. In order for Azumi, Yu-Yu, and Amano to draw for AJW beyond one or two shows when it's just novelty, AJW has to sacrifice women like Ito, Watanabe, or Takako to build them up. I tend to doubt AJW will be willing to do this though. I expect more along the lines of Amano vs. Maekawa, Azumi vs. Momoe, Kana vs. Wakizawa and that sort of match that would quickly relegate the JWP women to 2nd or 3rd tier status. The JWP women weren't really ready to be top stars and all that pressure has worn them down, but if AJW wants this to be anything more than a few big Kansai matches and some good workers to fill out the midcard, they don't really have any choice but to put Azumi, Yu-Yu, and Amano over the lower veterans so they at least have some credibility losing to Toyota or Hotta.

1/9 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,350
JWP had one of their better top to bottom cards on paper in recent months because their good wrestlers were working twice and they brough in Misae Genki & Yoshiko Tamura. The problem is the show had no real main event because their young scrubs were wrestling twice as well. Of course, with a better main event, they probably wouldn't have drawn more than a few hundred more anyway.
The main event, billed as A HAPPY NEW YEAR 8 Woman Tag Match ~Tokyo Hen (book)~ saw Ran Yu-Yu & Carlos Amano & Tsubasa Kuragaki & Acute Sae beat Azumi Hyuga & Dynamite Kansai & Kana Mizaki & Kayoko Haruyama when Yu-Yu elbow smashed Haruyama at 21:58
Yu-Yu, teaming with Command Bolshoi, had just jobbed to Azumi, teaming with Devil Masami, in the previous tag match when Azumi used a European crotch hold at 20:05.
Prior to that, Haruyama made her second successful defense of the JWP Nintei Junior Heavykyu Senshuken, pinning Sae following a nadare shiki no powerslam at 18:56. This meant Haruyama and Yu-Yu were 1-1 on the night.
In the opener, Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki downed Carlos Amano & Tsubasa Kuragaki, who were on the winning team in the main event, when Genki used her Gdriver on Tsubasa at 17:10.

12/23 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,700
Ran Yu-Yu became the 6th holder of the JWP Nintei Musabetsukyu Senshuken when she defeated Azumi Hyuga at 24:22 with a huracanrana. This is kind of a puzzling result because, while Azumi hasn't panned out as a champion, most of that is due to the promotions inability to get her any notable interpromotional wins. Azumi's work has declined and she hasn't looked credible as champion, but Lan has never beaten anyone outside of her JWP peers so she'll have even less credibility. I mean, when Azumi was losing to Kyoko, Lan was wrestling Yuka Nakamura. This was only Azumi's 4th attempt to defend the title, and JWP is a promotion that is known for never switching their title, so this seems to be more a sign that they've given up on Azumi than anything else. While it's good that Yu-Yu finally got a "big win," the problem here is that she didn't get any big wins to lead to her winning the title. She could have become a better champion than Azumi was, but for that to have happened they needed to do an exceptional job of building her credibility before giving her the title. Instead, they made the same mistake the did when the gave Azumi the title, except that was somewhat justifiable since something had to be done in light of the current champion, Hikari, retiring the next month. Now they have a champion with even less credibility than Azumi, who had even less credibility than Hikari, who had even less credibility than Devil. They couldn't get the interpromotional wins they needed with Hikari, couldn't really get any for Azumi, so you can guess how many they'll be able to get for a wrestler with even less credibility.

Tarzan Goto came to the show to recruit Kana Mizaki, who is out of action with a right foot injury, for a mixed match. Shark Tsuchiya & Crusher Maedomari have been picking on both Kana and IWA Japan valet MAYA of late, including attacking both in the lobby at an IWA show and undoing MAYA's top. So Tarzan Goto will team with MAYA & Kana against Yoshiya Yamashita & Shark & Crusher on the 1/9/00 IWA Japan show at Tokyo Korauen Hall.

Azumi Hyuga will defend her JWP Nintei Musabetsukyu Senshuken against Ran Yu-Yu in the main event of their 12/23 Tokyo Korakuen Hall show. This should be a good match, but I'd be shocked if it was their best as they never seem to turn it up into high gear like they used to and have not changed their style in any positive way to compensate. This show won't draw well because the undercard offers absolutely no support. I mean, Carlos Amano & Command Bolshoi vs. Dynamite Kansai & Kayoko Haruyama in the semifinal, Devil vs. Kiyoki Ichiki, Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Yuki Miyazaki, and Acute Sae vs. Chihiro Nakano just isn't getting the job done. That said, I'm glad Miyazaki is back from Mexico and working in JWP instead of Jd' since they didn't do much of anything with her (I mean, Fang Suzuki got a bigger push). I always felt that if she never left JWP in the first place she would have become a very good wrestler. It might be too late for that now, but it sure beats seeing her in there with women like Miss Janeth, Venus, Martha Villalobos, etc. who make Tanny Mouse look like Lioness Asuka. Chihiro Nakano would be a good addition if they can get her away from Big Japan (because she has no name value so you can't push her otherwise) since she had good training in GAEA and actually improved a lot since they got rid of her.

12/10 Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall 300
JWP ran another 4-woman tournament, this time a One Night Tag Tournament. In the first round, Dynamite Kansai & Kiyoko Ichiki beat Kayoko Haruyama & Acute Sae when Kansai lariated Haruyama at 12:03. On paper, this is too much of a mismatch due to no one being in the same galaxy as Kansai. However, that sets up the final where Kansai has the weak link partner. The other first round match saw Command Bolshoi & Rieko Amano scored a minor upset over Azumi Hyuga & Ran Yu-Yu when Amano made Lan submit to a European clutch at 17:11. Bolshoi & Amano beat Kansai & Ichiki in the final when Bolshoi made the obvious jobber, Ichiki, submit to her senseigatame II. I would rather have seen Amano and either Lan or Hyuga beat Kansai's team in the final, but Bolshoi was seemingly born to do well in these tournaments and then job much of the rest of the time.

Keith Watanabe says their new girl Kaori Komeyama was injured in the opening match against Devil Masami doing a reverse body attack when she landed on her elbow badly. They put her arm in a sling after the match. Also, Kana Mizaki, Tsubasa Kuragaki, and Maya Hashimoto are all out injured.

12/8 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukan 2 500:
JWP ran a 4-woman tournament that didn't exactly have the big names called THANK YOU OSAKA One Night Tournament. The first round saw Yoshiko Tamura (Neo Ladies) beat Misae Genki (Neo Ladies) with a kaitenebigatame (sunset flip) 12:26 and Carlos Amano beat Kayoko Haruyama in 12:24. Tamura then won the tournmanent, pinning Amano in 13:27 with her reverse doublewrist armsault. The main event of the show, was Devil Masami & Ran Yu-Yu beating Azumi Hyuga & Dynamite Kansai when Lan used a European clutch on Azumi at 15:52.