Akane Fujiwara, Kyuri & Miyako Matsumoto vs. 235, Makoto & Maruko Nagasaki
Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Hanako Nakamori & Yuuka
Syuri vs. Tsukushi
Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera
Makoto & Yuuka vs. Kyuri & Maruko Nagasaki 12:54
Risa Sera vs. Akane Fujita 7:31
Aisawa NO. 1 & Hayate & Misaki Ohata vs. Miyako Matsumoto & Nobutaka Moribe & Tetsuya Nakazato 15:15
Tsukushi vs. Rabbit Miu 9:33
Arisa Nakajima & Mochi Miyagi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Tsukasa Fujimoto 17:11
Mika Iida & Mochi Miyagi vs. Akane Fujita & Rina Yamashita 12:13
Saya vs. Maruko Nagasaki 5:57
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series First Match: Manami Toyota vs. Maya Yukihi 9:22
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Cherry vs. Kyuri vs. Makoto 5:59
Ryota Hama vs. Miyako Matsumoto 5:59
Misaki Ohata vs. Yuuka 20:00
International Ribbon Tag Title Match: Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Maki Narumiya & Risa Sera 16:44
ICExInfinity Title Match: Hamuko Hoshi vs. Tsukushi 14:53
Maya Yukihi vs. Saya 5:49
Kyuri vs. 235 7:22
Mochi Miyagi & Rey Paloma vs. Miyako Matsumoto & Yuko Miyamoto 8:58
Konami & Ryo Mizunami vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Yuuka 15:46
Maki Narumiya & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Akane Fujita & Tsukushi 14:38
ICExInfinity Title Match: Hamuko Hoshi vs. Risa Sera 13:08
#718
Mochi Miyagi vs. Maya Yukihi 8:17
Rydeen Hagane vs. 235 9:11
Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Saya 6:50
Risa Sera & Tsukushi vs. Arisa Nakajima & Yuka 11:56
#719
Risa Sera vs. Saya 7:38
Bete Noire vs. 235 vs. Yako Fujigasaki 3:31
Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Yuina 8:21
Risa Sera & Maya Yukihi vs. Tsukushi & Yuka 15:05
Hiroe Nagahama vs. Saya 6:16
Mochi Miyagi vs. 235 6:12
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series Third: Dynamite Kansai vs. Maya Yukihi 7:59
Manami Toyota & Tsukushi vs. Akane Fujita & Rina Yamashita 10:48
Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Miyako Matsumoto 11:06
Triangle Ribbon Title: Cherry vs. Bete Noire vs. Kyuri 5:14
Misaki Ohata & Yuuka vs. Arisa Nakajima & Risa Sera 14:43
ICE RIBBON HISTORIA 2006>>>2016
Bete Noire & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Maruko Nagasaki vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Makoto & Ryo Mizunami 7:52
Miyako Matsumoto & Takayuki Ueki vs. GENTARO & Takashi Sasaki vs. Kazunari Murakami & Papillon Akemi vs. Yankee Two Kenju Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto 13:18
Akane Fujita & Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Kurumi & Manami Toyota & Tequila Saya 14:43
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Cherry vs. Kyuri vs. Misaki Ohata 5:06
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series #4: Kyoko Kimura vs. Maya Yukihi 10:06
Meiko Satomura vs. Tsukushi 11:06
Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Emi Sakura & Nanae Takahashi 23:08
ICExInfinity Title Match: Risa Sera vs. Yuuka 11:18
Bete Noire & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Maruko Nagasaki vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Makoto & Ryo Mizunami 7:52
Miyako Matsumoto & Takayuki Ueki vs. GENTARO & Takashi Sasaki vs. Kazunari Murakami & Papillon Akemi vs. Yankee Two Kenju Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto 13:18
Akane Fujita & Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Kurumi & Manami Toyota & Tequila Saya 14:43
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Cherry vs. Kyuri vs. Misaki Ohata 5:06
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series #4: Kyoko Kimura vs. Maya Yukihi 10:06
Meiko Satomura vs. Tsukushi 11:06
Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Emi Sakura & Nanae Takahashi 23:08
ICExInfinity Title Match: Risa Sera vs. Yuuka 11:18
Hamuko Hoshi & Tequila Saya vs. Hiragi Kurumi & Matsuya Uno 10:32
Submission: Cherry vs. 235 6:41
Hardcore Rules Tag: Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto vs. Akane Fujita & Mochi Miyagi 17:24
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera & Yuuka vs. Manami Toyota & Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi 30:00
Hamuko Hoshi & Mika Iida & Tequila Saya vs. 235 & Cherry & Matsuya Uno 7:08
Akane Fujita & Ryo Mizunami vs. Manami Toyota & Mochi Miyagi 9:17
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series #5Fifth Match: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Maya Yukihi 7:38
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Kyuri vs. Ai Shimizu vs. Maruko Nagasaki 7:51
Arisa Nakajima & Tsukushi vs. Hiragi Kurumi & Rina Yamashita 13:04
International Ribbon Tag Title #1 Contendership Match: Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto vs. Misaki Ohata & Yuuka 13:39
ICExInfinity Title Match: Risa Sera vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 18:06
Hamuko Hoshi & Mika Iida & Tequila Saya vs. 235 & Cherry & Matsuya Uno 7:08
Akane Fujita & Ryo Mizunami vs. Manami Toyota & Mochi Miyagi 9:17
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series #5Fifth Match: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Maya Yukihi 7:38
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Kyuri vs. Ai Shimizu vs. Maruko Nagasaki 7:51
Arisa Nakajima & Tsukushi vs. Hiragi Kurumi & Rina Yamashita 13:04
International Ribbon Tag Title #1 Contendership Match: Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto vs. Misaki Ohata & Yuuka 13:39
ICExInfinity Title Match: Risa Sera vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 18:06
Hiroe Nagahama & Maruko Nagasaki & Matsuya Uno vs. 235& Natsu Sumire & Tequila Saya 9:53
Hamuko Hoshi vs. Maika Ozaki 8:07
Ai Shimizu & Risa Sera vs. Kyuri & Miyako Matsumoto 13:03
Hiragi Kurumi & Tsukushi vs. Mochi Miyagi & Ryo Mizunami 18:17
ICExInfinity Title Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Maya Yukihi 19:04
Matsuya Uno vs. Tequila Saya 5:49
235 & Cherry vs. Kyuri & Mika Iida 11:40
Hiroe Nagahama & Mochi Miyagi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Maika Ozaki 11:20
Misaki Ohata vs. Maruko Nagasaki 8:05
Hiragi Kurumi & Tsukushi vs. Manami Katsu & Rabbit Miu 15:00
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series Sixth: Maya Yukihi vs. Risa Sera 9:08
International Ribbon Tag Title: Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto 19:00
#743 Swimsuit Day! 8/16/16
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera vs. 235 & Kyuri 13:17
Miyako Matsumoto & Tsukushi vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Tsukasa Fujimoto 16:05
#744 8/17/16
235 & Tsukushi vs. Maika Ozaki & Miyako Matsumoto 11:29
Hiragi Kurumi & Risa Sera vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Kyuri & Maya Yukihi vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Matsuya Uno 18:01
#745 Showa Vs. Heisei 8/18/16
Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Maika Ozaki & Risa Sera 9:49
Hiragi Kurumi & Kyuri & Tsukushi vs. Matsuya Uno & Tequila Saya & Tsukasa Fujimoto 18:44
#746 Lovely Butchers Day! 8/19/16
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera & Maika Ozaki vs. Hiragi Kurumi & Kyuri & Maruko Nagasaki 9:59
Yuji Okabayashi vs. Miyako Matsumoto 6:53
Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi 16:24
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera vs. 235 & Kyuri 13:17
Miyako Matsumoto & Tsukushi vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Tsukasa Fujimoto 16:05
235 & Tsukushi vs. Maika Ozaki & Miyako Matsumoto 11:29
Hiragi Kurumi & Risa Sera vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Kyuri & Maya Yukihi vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Matsuya Uno 18:01
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera & Maika Ozaki vs. Hiragi Kurumi & Kyuri & Maruko Nagasaki 9:59
Yuji Okabayashi vs. Miyako Matsumoto 6:53
Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi 16:24
Tsukushi vs. Maika Ozaki 6:47
Hiragi Kurumi & Maruko Nagasaki vs. 235 & Risa Sera 8:19
Maya Yukihi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Kyuri 10:26
ICExInfinity Title: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Miyako Matsumoto 18:09
Maruko Nagasaki & Matsuya Uno vs. Maika Ozaki & Tequila Saya 7:28
Maya Yukihi & Tsukushi vs. Kyuri & Miyako Matsumoto 9:09
Hamuko Hoshi & Risa Sera & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Akane Fujita & Hiragi Kurumi & Mochi Miyagi 29:50
Hamuko Hoshi & Kyuri vs. 235 & Maya Yukihi 8:50
Cherry vs. Matsuya Uno 6:38
Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Mochi Miyagi & Tequila Saya 9:47
Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Risa Sera 9:50
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Ai Shimizu vs. Maruko Nagasaki vs. Miyako Matsumoto 8:42
International Ribbon Tag Title Match: Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Hiragi Kurumi & Tsukushi 15:33
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera vs. Matsuya Uno & Tequila Saya 10:14
Miyako Matsumoto vs. Ai Shimizu vs. Lou Rururu 6:57
Hiragi Kurumi & Maruko Nagasaki vs. Kyuri & Misaki Ohata 11:22
Ryo Mizunami vs. Tsukushi 15:00
Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Manami Toyota & Tsukasa Fujimoto 18:53
Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera vs. Matsuya Uno & Tequila Saya 10:14
Miyako Matsumoto vs. Ai Shimizu vs. Lou Rururu 6:57
Hiragi Kurumi & Maruko Nagasaki vs. Kyuri & Misaki Ohata 11:22
Ryo Mizunami vs. Tsukushi 15:00
Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Manami Toyota & Tsukasa Fujimoto 18:53
Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Matsuya Uno 8:30
Takayuki Ueki vs. Mochi Miyagi 8:11
Triangle Ribbon Title: Ai Shimizu vs. Kyuri vs. Miyako Matsumoto 7:27
Manami Toyota vs. Risa Sera 14:41
International Ribbon Tag Title: Hiragi Kurumi & Tsukushi vs. Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami 14:45
ICExInfinity Title: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Hamuko Hoshi 14:20
Hiragi Kurumi & Tsukushi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Maruko Nagasaki 10:43
Miyako Matsumoto vs. Matsuya Uno 6:24
Ai Shimizu vs. Kyuri 6:13
Risa Sera vs. Maya Yukihi 8:09
Manami Toyota & Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi & Tequila Saya 17:51
Hiragi Kurumi & Tsukushi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Maruko Nagasaki 10:43
Miyako Matsumoto vs. Matsuya Uno 6:24
Ai Shimizu vs. Kyuri 6:13
Risa Sera vs. Maya Yukihi 8:09
Manami Toyota & Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi & Tequila Saya 17:51
Hiragi Kurumi & Matsuya Uno vs. Maika Ozaki & Tequila Saya 8:57
Maruko Nagasaki vs. Kyuri 7:06
Hardcore Tag Match: Mochi Miyagi & Takashi Sasaki vs. Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto 16:12
International Ribbon Tag Title Match: Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera 13:29
ICExInfinity Title Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Tsukushi 30:00. Tsukushi is in an odd spot where other than tonight's opponent she has considerably more ability than the rest of Ice Ribbon's sad roster at this point, but she's not good enough to make the match by making the opponent look good or allowing the rudo to do it but taking her opportunities to pounce on any opening with something really flashy. Her move set is good enough to hold your interest, but she doesn't incorporate the moves, she just does them, so none of them are really any more impressive in action than if you just told her to show you [insert name of hold]. Tsukasa did her best to push her into actually developing her offense & working the moves in, and was able to get some good sequences & counters out of Tsukushi. Tsukushi did her best to work over her head, which led to some painful miscues, though I'd still rather see this than leaving her to her devices of you do some moves then I'll do some moves. It's hard to know where to rate Tsukushi because she's definitely ahead of the curve for her age (19 here), but she's also been wrestling since she was 12. As far as 5 foot range wrestlers go, she's probably below average in athleticism, fluidity, and body control. This is the sort of match she needs to be having where she's forced to do a lot of striking, use some submissions, incorporate some more difficult transitions and counters, work for her offense, and just generally work out of her comfort zone. The problem is she needs to be doing this regularly, and the only wrestler in Ice Ribbon that's capable of leading her through this kind of match is Fujimoto. This isn't necessarily a match you judge by minute to minute details or even the end result. The reality is the bout was much too long for Tsukushi & Fujimoto is too advanced for her, but while there's repetion and flubs, Tsukushi showed potential of reaching the next level here that she doesn't show on her own. The early portion was mostly parity, focusing on exchanging strikes but even down to both going from corner to corner to deliver their Toyota missile kicks. There was one sweet spot where Fujimoto handspringed out of Tsukushi's wheelbarrow victory roll into a penalty kick, but they saved the majority of their finishers for a big push in the final 5 minutes. This portion was quite impressive, and Tsukushi did well enough with the strike exchanges to make you believe she wouldn't just get run over by Fujimoto. As with all Fujimoto draws, someone was saved by the bell. In this case, it was pretty funny because Risa Sera & Fujimoto were announcing and when the bell rang at 2 on Fujimoto's venus shoot Sera suddenly comes out with an "oooooh nooooo!", which Fujimoto then parroted. ***
Hiragi Kurumi & Matsuya Uno vs. Maika Ozaki & Tequila Saya 8:57
Maruko Nagasaki vs. Kyuri 7:06
Hardcore Tag Match: Mochi Miyagi & Takashi Sasaki vs. Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto 16:12
International Ribbon Tag Title Match: Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Maya Yukihi & Risa Sera 13:29
ICExInfinity Title Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Tsukushi 30:00. Tsukushi is in an odd spot where other than tonight's opponent she has considerably more ability than the rest of Ice Ribbon's sad roster at this point, but she's not good enough to make the match by making the opponent look good or allowing the rudo to do it but taking her opportunities to pounce on any opening with something really flashy. Her move set is good enough to hold your interest, but she doesn't incorporate the moves, she just does them, so none of them are really any more impressive in action than if you just told her to show you [insert name of hold]. Tsukasa did her best to push her into actually developing her offense & working the moves in, and was able to get some good sequences & counters out of Tsukushi. Tsukushi did her best to work over her head, which led to some painful miscues, though I'd still rather see this than leaving her to her devices of you do some moves then I'll do some moves. It's hard to know where to rate Tsukushi because she's definitely ahead of the curve for her age (19 here), but she's also been wrestling since she was 12. As far as 5 foot range wrestlers go, she's probably below average in athleticism, fluidity, and body control. This is the sort of match she needs to be having where she's forced to do a lot of striking, use some submissions, incorporate some more difficult transitions and counters, work for her offense, and just generally work out of her comfort zone. The problem is she needs to be doing this regularly, and the only wrestler in Ice Ribbon that's capable of leading her through this kind of match is Fujimoto. This isn't necessarily a match you judge by minute to minute details or even the end result. The reality is the bout was much too long for Tsukushi & Fujimoto is too advanced for her, but while there's repetion and flubs, Tsukushi showed potential of reaching the next level here that she doesn't show on her own. The early portion was mostly parity, focusing on exchanging strikes but even down to both going from corner to corner to deliver their Toyota missile kicks. There was one sweet spot where Fujimoto handspringed out of Tsukushi's wheelbarrow victory roll into a penalty kick, but they saved the majority of their finishers for a big push in the final 5 minutes. This portion was quite impressive, and Tsukushi did well enough with the strike exchanges to make you believe she wouldn't just get run over by Fujimoto. As with all Fujimoto draws, someone was saved by the bell. In this case, it was pretty funny because Risa Sera & Fujimoto were announcing and when the bell rang at 2 on Fujimoto's venus shoot Sera suddenly comes out with an "oooooh nooooo!", which Fujimoto then parroted. ***
Hamuko Hoshi & Maruko Nagasaki & Tequila Saya vs. Kyuri & Maya Yukihi & Tsukushi 13:09
Cellphone Destruction Death Match: Miyako Matsumoto vs. Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 7:06
Birthday Death Match, 60 Minute Iron Man Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka & Kankuro Hoshino & Miyako Matsumoto & Takayuki Ueki & Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Risa Sera 60:00
Hamuko Hoshi & Maruko Nagasaki & Tequila Saya vs. Kyuri & Maya Yukihi & Tsukushi 13:09
Cellphone Destruction Death Match: Miyako Matsumoto vs. Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 7:06
Birthday Death Match, 60 Minute Iron Man Match: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka & Kankuro Hoshino & Miyako Matsumoto & Takayuki Ueki & Tsukasa Fujimoto & Tsukushi & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Risa Sera 60:00
235 & Maruko Nagasaki & Matsuya Uno vs. Ai Shimizu & Hiroe Nagahama & Tequila Saya 9:19
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Second Round: Tsukushi vs. Kyuri 11:18
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Second Round: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Maika Ozaki 8:59
Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Miyako Matsumoto & Mochi Miyagi 13:18
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Second Round: Hiragi Kurumi vs. Maya Yukihi 11:06
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Second Round: Risa Sera vs. Hamuko Hoshi 13:20
Kyuri & Rabbit Miu vs. Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya 9:11
Miyako Matsumoto vs. Matsuya Uno 8:26
Mochi Miyagi & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Maruko Nagasaki & Tsukushi 12:58
Hamuko Hoshi & Hiragi Kurumi vs. Maika Ozaki & Risa Sera 13:59
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Semifinal Match: Risa Sera vs. Hiragi Kurumi 11:59
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Semifinal Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Tsukushi 13:11. Tsukasa vacated the title after her 30:00 draw with Tsukushi on 11/3/16, leading to a tournament that started later in the month. One would think that they'd have to go deep into the rematch to declare a victor, but since they had the semifinals and final on the same night, that wasn't really an option. Tsukushi isn't exactly Arisa Nakajima who can go full speed for days and keep you at the edge of your seat, she can be fun, but has limited ability to really implement her arsenal and isn't going to be very creative unless someone like Fujimoto forces her to. I liked that the draw forced her to dig deep, and Tsukka had her working some more interesting counters & transitions, but realistically a medium length sprint is much more within her capabilities and she was miles better in this match, throwing out a lot of good athletic offense and performing it more cleanly. It seemed like she knew what she was in for this time, and even if things didn't always go well on 11/3, she just seemed a lot more confident and prepared for this rematch. The opening was great with Tsukushi countering Tsukasa's charge with her denden mushi then having Tsukasa stop her Tiger suplex & drop into a JOCS attempt only to have Tsukushi victory roll her but fail on her footstomp. Those are the kind of finishers they were saving until the end of their draw, but it's not so much that they were firing off more spots here, as that they were able to improve upon things they were doing in the previous match. For instance, when they switched to striking, Tsukushi caught Fujimoto's soccer ball kick & spun into the ankle hold only to have Fujimoto roll into her own ankle hold, so Tsukushi got out of the submission game by into one of her lucha spinning headscissors. Tsukushi was the featured performer here since she was losing, she got to do the tree of woe footstomp to get it to the floor & the plancha off the arena entrance while they were battling on the outside. She also had the best counter, a different variation of something they did last match where she stopped Fujimoto's venus shoot by beating her to the corner and countering with her harukaze. They still did some striking & submission sequences, but overall the match was more of a fast paced spotfest where the other stuff was more an opportunistic way to briefly gain an advantage and wear the opponent down so they would be less likely to counter the next big thing. Fujimoto won with her infinity followed by a JOCS, but it felt like Tsukushi was a real rival in this match, whereas she was more a clunky student in the previous one. This match really smoked the final, where Sera couldn't come close to keeping up with Fujimoto and was typically deliberate & telegraphed despite their best efforts. ***1/2
Seven Way Elimination Match: Kyuri vs. 235 vs. Hiroe Nagahama vs. Maika Ozaki vs. Matsuya Uno vs. Mio Momono vs. Tequila Saya 8:42
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Ai Shimizu vs. Manami Toyota vs. Maruko Nagasaki 5:55
Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai vs. Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto 15:00
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series #7: Nanae Takahashi vs. Maya Yukihi 11:14
International Ribbon Tag Team Title Match: Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi 14:30
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Final: Risa Sera vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 17:41
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Semifinal Match: Risa Sera vs. Hiragi Kurumi 11:59
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Semifinal Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Tsukushi 13:11. Tsukasa vacated the title after her 30:00 draw with Tsukushi on 11/3/16, leading to a tournament that started later in the month. One would think that they'd have to go deep into the rematch to declare a victor, but since they had the semifinals and final on the same night, that wasn't really an option. Tsukushi isn't exactly Arisa Nakajima who can go full speed for days and keep you at the edge of your seat, she can be fun, but has limited ability to really implement her arsenal and isn't going to be very creative unless someone like Fujimoto forces her to. I liked that the draw forced her to dig deep, and Tsukka had her working some more interesting counters & transitions, but realistically a medium length sprint is much more within her capabilities and she was miles better in this match, throwing out a lot of good athletic offense and performing it more cleanly. It seemed like she knew what she was in for this time, and even if things didn't always go well on 11/3, she just seemed a lot more confident and prepared for this rematch. The opening was great with Tsukushi countering Tsukasa's charge with her denden mushi then having Tsukasa stop her Tiger suplex & drop into a JOCS attempt only to have Tsukushi victory roll her but fail on her footstomp. Those are the kind of finishers they were saving until the end of their draw, but it's not so much that they were firing off more spots here, as that they were able to improve upon things they were doing in the previous match. For instance, when they switched to striking, Tsukushi caught Fujimoto's soccer ball kick & spun into the ankle hold only to have Fujimoto roll into her own ankle hold, so Tsukushi got out of the submission game by into one of her lucha spinning headscissors. Tsukushi was the featured performer here since she was losing, she got to do the tree of woe footstomp to get it to the floor & the plancha off the arena entrance while they were battling on the outside. She also had the best counter, a different variation of something they did last match where she stopped Fujimoto's venus shoot by beating her to the corner and countering with her harukaze. They still did some striking & submission sequences, but overall the match was more of a fast paced spotfest where the other stuff was more an opportunistic way to briefly gain an advantage and wear the opponent down so they would be less likely to counter the next big thing. Fujimoto won with her infinity followed by a JOCS, but it felt like Tsukushi was a real rival in this match, whereas she was more a clunky student in the previous one. This match really smoked the final, where Sera couldn't come close to keeping up with Fujimoto and was typically deliberate & telegraphed despite their best efforts. ***1/2
Seven Way Elimination Match: Kyuri vs. 235 vs. Hiroe Nagahama vs. Maika Ozaki vs. Matsuya Uno vs. Mio Momono vs. Tequila Saya 8:42
Triangle Ribbon Title Match: Ai Shimizu vs. Manami Toyota vs. Maruko Nagasaki 5:55
Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai vs. Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto 15:00
Maya Yukihi Seven Match Trial Series #7: Nanae Takahashi vs. Maya Yukihi 11:14
International Ribbon Tag Team Title Match: Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi 14:30
ICExInfinity Title Tournament Final: Risa Sera vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 17:41