6/23 Hokkaido Asahigawa Onari Shimin Center Taiikukan
In the final tag league match, CAZAI went to a draw with Re:DRAGS, so both teams finished tie for first at 2-1-1 for 5 points. The final is tomorrow. It's good that Aja didn't put herself in the final, but of course the only reason she wasn't there is that Candy and Takase switched sides, so Re:DRAGS could be pushed more while Takase jobbed for Aja's team.
In the main event, Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida beat Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa when Aja pinned Omukai at 16:13.
Mari Apache pinned Bionic J at 8:08.

6/22 Hokkaido Tomakomai Shi Sogo Taiikukan
Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida beat GAMI & Rie Tamada when Aja pinned Tamada at 16:38.
In a tag league match, Mexico beat VIP when Xochilt pinned J at 17:18. This was a crushing defeat for VIP, who would have clinched at least a tie for first with the win. Instead, both teams finish at 2-2 and are eliminated. This leaves the final match in the league, CAZAI vs. Re:DRAGS, to decide who takes it all since both teams are 2-1. However, there is supposed to be a final so unless there is a draw they'll have to have a tournament to decide which of the other 4 get into the final.
Lynx pinned AKINO in her rolling German suplex at 8:08.

6/21 Hokkaido Obihiro Shi Sogo Taiikukan
In a tag league match, Re:DRAGS beat ARSION when Tamada went over Takase at 17:05. The ARSION team finished at 2-2.
Xochilt Hamada beat Yumi Fukawa in 7:53.

6/20 Hokkaido Nemuro Shi Seishonen Center
In a tag league match, ARSION beat Mexico when Aja pinned Linda at 18:29.
GAMI beat AKINO in 11:57.
Lynx & Rie Tamada defeated Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa when Lynx took out Fukawa at 13:59.

Upcoming big shows are the P*MIX GRAND PRIX FINAL on 6/29 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall and HYPER VISUAL FIGHTING TOURNAMENT SKY II on 7/16 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall.

6/18 Hokkaido Kushiro Shi Tottori Dome
In a tag league match, Mexico beat CAZAI when Mari pinned Fujita at 17:05.
Michiko Omukai pinned Rie Tamada at 9:10
Lynx pinned Bionic J in her German suplex hold at 6:58..

6/17 Hokkaido Abashiri Shi Taiikukan
GAMI & Lynx beat Aja Kong & Linda Starr when GAMI pinned Starr at 15:05.
In a tag league match, CAZAI beat VIP when AKINO pinned J in her huracanrana at 18:14.
Mari Apache surprisingly held Mima Shimoda to a draw.
Mariko Yoshida pinned Rie Tamada at 11:16.

6/16 Hokkaido Kitami Shi Taiiku Center
In a tag league match, the VIP team of Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J beat the ARSION team of Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida & Rena Takase when J pinned Takase at 15:59.
Mima Shimoda pinned Rie Tamada in her Tiger suplex hold at 11:11.
Ayako Hamada & Xochilt Hamada beat AKINO & Ai Fujita when Xochilt pinned AKINO at 12:49.

6/14 Hokkaido Takigawa Shi Seishonen Taiiku Center
Aja Kong & Ayako Hamada beat Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J when Aja pinned J at 17:53.
In a tag league match, the Re:DRAGS team of GAMI & Rie Tamada & Lynx defeated the Mexico team of Xochilt Hamada & Mari Apache & Linda Starr when Lynx pinned Linda in her rolling German suplex at 14:15.
Mima Shimoda pinned AKINO in her Tiger suplex hold at 11:03.
Michiko Omukai made Ai Fujita submit to her old crossface finisher at 10:16.

6/13 Hokkaido Rumoi Shi Sports Center
In a tag league match, the CAZAI team of Ayako Hamada & AKINO & Ai Fujita beat the ARSION Seikigun team of Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida & Rena Takase when AKINO made Takase submit to her udehishigigyakujujigatame at 19:01.
GAMI made Yumi Fukawa submit to a gyakuebigatame at 13:01.
Xochilt Hamada pinned Rie Tamada at 10:03.

6/11 Hokkaido Otaru Kokusai Hotel Yonkai Kokusai Hall
Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita beat Aja Kong & AKINO when Shimoda pinned AKINO at 17:00.
In a 6 woman tag league match, the VIP team of Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J defeated the Re:DRAGS team of GAMI & Rie Tamada & Lynx (Candy Okutsu under a mask) when Omukai pinned GAMI at 18:47.
Xochilt Hamada surprisingly held Mariko Yoshida to a draw.
Ayako Hamada used a new version of her la Ayakita finisher called la Ayakita 2000 to take out Linda Starr at 8:08.

6/10 Hokkaido Sapporo Teison Hall
Aja Kong made her 6th successful defense of the QUEEN OF ARSION, pinning Re:DRAGS leader GAMI at 16:31.
Mima Shimoda & Michiko Omukai made their first successful defense of the TWINSTAR OF ARSION, taking out Ayako & Xochilt Hamda when Omukai pinned Xochilt in her Tiger suplex hold at 17:59
Mariko Yoshida beat Yumi Fukawa in 10:28.
Etsuko Mita pinned AKINO in her ganso Death Valley bomb at 12:33.

6/7 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
GAMI pinned Michiko Omukai at 14:39.
Gran Hamada & Ayako Hamada upped their record as a tag team to 3-0, beating Ikuto Hidaka & AKINO in a P*MIX Grand Prix Tournament 2nd round match when Gran pinned Hidaka at 11:33. Gran's goal is for the team to become the first father & daughter tag champions in Japan (the P*MIX Tournament is to create the first man and women tag champs).
Other P*MIX 2nd round matches saw Minoru Tanaka & Yumi Fukawa upset Alexander Otsuka & Mariko Yoshida when Fukawa made Yoshida submit to her udehishigigyakujujigatame at 14:27 and Yuki Ishikawa & Aja Kong beat Tsubo Genjin & Gami Metal in 3:59 when Ishikawa made Yone submit.

6/3 Nagano Komagane Shimin Taiikukan
Aja Kong & Xochilt Hamada beat GAMI & Rie Tamada when Aja pinned Tamada at 16:09.
Ayako Hamada made Bionic J submit to a manjigatame at 8:27.

6/2 Nagano Sogo Undo Koen Taiikukan
Ayako Hamada & Xochilt Hamada beat Aja Kong & Ai Fujita when Xochilt pinned Ai at 13:21.
Michiko Omukai drew Rie Tamada.

5/29 Shizuoka Kira Messe Numazu
GAMI & Rie Tamada beat Aja Kong & Ai Fujita when Tamada pinned Fujita at 16:51.
Ayako Hamada & Xochilt Hamada beat Michiko Omukai & Bionic J when Ayako pinned J at 13:47.

5/28 Osaka Hibiki no Coliseum
GAMI & Rie Tamada beat Michiko Omukai & Bionic J when GAMI pinned J at 15:29
Aja Kong pinned Xochilt Hamada at 9:05..

5/27 Nagano Suwako Sports Center
GAMI & Rie Tamada beat Mariko Yoshida & Ayako Hamada when GAMI pinned Hamada at 20:25.

5/26 Nagano Shiojiri Shi Taiikukan
Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida beat GAMI & Rie Tamada when Yoshida pinned Tamada at 17:24.
Xochilt Hamada beat Yumi Fukawa when the ref stopped the match at 7:23. At this point, it's not even worth wasting space talking about what should be done...

5/25 Ibaraki Sakaimachi Chomin Taiikukan
Ayako Hamada & Xochilt Hamada beat GAMI & Rie Tamada when Xochilt pinned Tamada at 18:01.
In a P*MIX Grand Prix Tournament first round match, Minoru Tanaka & Yumi Fukawa beat Takeshi Ono & Bionic J in just 3:30 when Fukawa used her dobitski udehishigigyakujujigatame for the submission.

5/14 Gifu Tajimi Shi Mino ? Aroshi Center
Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa beat GAMI & Ayako Hamada when Omukai pinned Ayako at 16:06.
Mariko Yoshida beat Xochilt Hamada in 8:46.

5/13 Gifu Ena Shi Taiikukan
Ayako Hamada & Xochilt Hamada beat Mariko Yoshida & Mari Apache when Ayako pinned Mari at 14:35.
Aja Kong pinned Yumi Fukawa at 8:31.

5/9 Shizuoka Kozaki Shi Cho Taiikukan
Ayako Hamada & Xochilt Hamada beat Aja Kong & AKINO when Xochilt pinned AKINO at 17:57.
Michiko Omukai pinned Rie Tamada at 11:14.
GAMI pinned Yumi Fukawa at 12:14.

HYPER VISUAL FIGHTING TOURNAMENT ARS 2000 5/7 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Pretty much everyone that I've come across who follows ARSION knows that one of their problems is they have no credible challengers for champion Aja Kong. Thus, it's hardly a reach to predict that the whole point of this tournament would be to create a new challenger. Instead, they did the worst possible thing, they had Aja beat 3 of the 4 women that could have been turned into a credible challenger by winning this tournament, with the other, Mima Shimoda, losing in the first round. Not only did she beat them, but she beat them quick. She didn't even log 20 minutes of ring time in the whole tournament. Unbelievable!
The tournament started off with Yumi Fukawa finally advancing past the first round by making Rie Tamada submit to an udehishigigyakujujigatame at 6:04. This doesn't mean much, but is better than nothing.
GAMI beat Bionic J with a shotei at 4:28.
The big mystery turned out to be a wrestler that hasn't meant anything in Japan in close to a decade and was already wrestling on the current tour, Xochilt Hamada. Can you say Savio Vega. Etsuko Mita beat Xochilt in 5:23 with a ganso Death Valley bomb (ganso means she invented it).
The final match of the first round was the "marathon" of the tournament, with Mariko Yoshida beating Mima Shimoda in 12:04.
In the second round, Fukawa was back to her usual roll, as she put over Omukai at 7:32 when Omukai Tiger suplexed her.
Aja beat the promotion's top heel, GAMI, in just 3:00 when she used her old nadare shiki no suisha otoshi finisher.
Michiko Omukai beat Etsuko Mita in the semifinal, pinning her in the B3 bomb at 5:34. This was the best result of the tournament because it helps prove that Omukai is above Mita. It also made it look like Omukai would win her third straight tournament. It doesn't hurt her that she didn't, but there's no reason for her to challenge for the title again when she lost last time and lost to Aja here as well.
Aja Kong once again beat Mariko Yoshida, pinning her after the uraken at 9:55. Had Yoshida won this match then both her and Omukai could have been pretty good challengers. The ideal scenario for both to challenge would have been for the one that beat Aja to lose in the final, but Omukai winning 3 straight tournaments would have been excessive. Not that she doesn't need the push, but I'd rather push her in other areas because she's already gotten what she can right now out of winning tournaments.
In a match billed as CAZAI CONCLUSION, Candy Okutsu & AKINO & Ai Fujita beat Ayako Hamada & Mari Apache & Linda Starr when Ai used her firebird splash on Mari at 11:37.
Aja won her first tournament in ARSION when she pinned Omukai at 6:39 following her uraken.

4/29 Mie Ise Sun Arena
Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa beat Ayako Hamada & Mari Apache when Omukai pinned Mari at 13:28.
GAMI & Rie Tamada beat Aja Kong & AKINO when GAMI pinned AKINO at 14:45.
Xochilt Hamada pinned Ai Fujita at 6:57.

4/28 Tokyo Itabashi-ku ? Hall
Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J beat Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida & Candy Okutsu & AKINO & Ai Fujita when Mita surprisingly pinned Aja at 25:35.
Ayako Hamada pinned Rie Tamada at 5:39.

4/25 Chiba Shonan Cho Sogo Taiikukan
Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida beat GAMI & Rie Tamada when Yoshida pinned Tamada at 13:53.

4/23 Hyogo Kobe Sanbo Hall
GAMI & Rie Tamada beat Aja Kong & Ayako Hamada when GAMI pinned Ayako at 18:40.
Mari Apache retained the SKY HIGH OF ARSION, pinning sister Fabi Apache at 10:13.
Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J upset Mariko Yoshida & Candy Okutsu & AKINO when Omukai pinned Yoshida at 17:17.

4/22 Aichi Nagoya Sogo Taiikukan 3
Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida & Candy Okutsu drew Ayako Hamada & AKINO & Mari Apache.
GAMI & Rie Tamada beat Michiko Omukai & Bionic J when Tamada pinned J in her Dragon suplex hold at 10:32.

Tournament ARS '00 on 5/7 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall will have the following 1st round matches
Yumi Fukawa vs. Rie Tamada
Bionic J vs. GAMI
Etsuko Mita vs. a special participant (this should mean it's someone from another league)
Mima Shimoda vs. Mariko Yoshida
round 2 will be
QUEEN OF ARSION Aja Kong vs. GAMI/J winner with the winner of this match meeting Shimoda/Yoshida winner in the semifinal
Defending champion Michiko Omukai vs. Fukawa/Tamada winner with the winner of this meeting Mita/X winner in the semifinal

4/20 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Aja Kong defeated Etsuko Mita in a Lumberjack Match to retain the QUEEN OF ARSION when she urakened her at 16:47.
Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa & new VIP member Xochilt Hamada defeated Mariko Yoshida & Ayako Hamada & AKINO when Omukai pinned AKINO at 17:23.
Mima Shimoda & Bionic J beat Rie Tamada & Hiromi Yagi when Shimoda pinned Yagi at 10:52.

On 4/23 at Kobe Sanbo Hall, Mari Apache defends the SKY HIGH OF ARSION against Fabi Apache with their father El Apache as the ref.

4/7 Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan 1,850
In somewhat of a surprise, Michiko Omukai turned out to be Mima Shimoda's partner and they defeated Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida when Shimoda Tiger suplexed Yoshida at 15:11 to win the TWINSTAR OF ARSION. Keith said the work was awesome and all four were superb. Aja did all her hard hitting moves, but Omukai was also doing a lot of power moves including hoisting the monster up for the B3 bomb. At one point Omukai & Shimoda did a double team that's kind of like the W Inoue's favorite move, with Shimoda holding Aja in B3 bomb position and Shimoda hitting her with an enzui knee before Omukai dropped her. Even though it was a choice match, it again showed the problems with ARSION's booking. This would be a good result at some point, but the timing, outside of being on a "major show," didn't make sense. No one paid for their stupid gimmick of the mystery VIP members that wasn't built up enough to mean anything, but since they ran a major show within traveling distance against one of the biggest shows of the year, it was a given that they'd do a typically bad big show number instead of the one time 3,600 number they got on 12/11 with LCO on top. Putting Omukai in the main event was good in the sense that she hasn't been relegated to a number three by joining Shimoda's group, but the titles are devalued when you have a team that hasn't even paired up in a one regular tag match in the two months that they've been in the same unit just up and winning the titles. Why couldn't they just put Shimoda & Omukai together and give them a push where they made it clear that the reason Omukai is Shimoda's regular partner is that she has surpassed Mita. The focus needs to be on Omukai to make people accept her on the top level, especially after they killed much of the momentum she gained in 1999. Don't throw her in there, make us buy into her belonging in this match. At the point where we at least start to, then you can consider putting the titles on her if you are willing to go all the way and have her pin Aja in a credible manner so we are forced to consider her a top star in this promotion. Instead we got the half-hearted hedging that makes it tough for any of the younger girls to become stars. It's like they wanted Omukair there, but were afraid to announce her name, and they wanted the titles on her, but were afraid to put her over. As a result, it's doubtful that this will have the kind of effect that they need it to, especially since it was lost in the shuffle even on the day it happened with Hashimoto retiring and Misawa beating Vader. Instead, since Omukai didn't prove she belonged by getting the pin, it'll likely be construed as Omukai pretty much only got a title because Shimoda was her partner. In the ring, as is almost always the case, the problems of the booking were overshadowed by the tremendous talent of the performers.
In a father and daughter tag match, Gran Hamada & Ayako Hamada defeated Apache & Fabi Apache in 8:47 when Ayako used her Hama-chan cutter on Fabi. The intergender match ARSION had on 12/11/99 was a total piece of sexist crap, but Keith said this one was actually really good because they kept the "comedy" to spots that didn't distract from the rest of the match and concentrated on work. Fabi's corkscrew plancha was said to be the spot of the night.
In the VIP vs. ReDrugs match, the VIP team of Etsuko Mita & Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J defeated GAMI & Rie Tamada & Hiromi Yagi when J used her whiplash on Tamada at 12:47. VIP all brought fans to the ring. ReDrugs were the heels here, brawling through the crowd and whatnot. Apparently Shimoda & Mita aren't hardcore or heels anymore. What a waste. J, who mainly relies on power moves, picked up a good win here. This was a very action packed match.
Candy Okutsu & Linda Starr beat Chaparrita ASARI & Ai Fujita when Candy powerbombed Ai at 12:50. Pointless filler?
AKINO made Rena Takase submit to an udehishigigyakujujigatame at 6:16. Originally, Mari Apache was going to defend the SKY HIGH OF ARSION against AKINO, but Mari is out with a bad elbow so Takase took her place in a non-title match. This was a submission oriented match, with AKINO selling a lot for the rookie.
During the opening ceremony, they had a moment of silence for Emiko Kado, who passed away almost a year ago due to a brain injury suffered during a match.

The major ARSION MILLENIUM PREMIUM show on 4/7 at Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan will have two members of VIP (LCO?) vs. Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida in a TWINSTAR OF ARSION Match and the other three members of VIP (Omukai, Fukawa, & J) vs. Female Dog Corps team of GAMI & Tamada & Yagi. There's a father and daughter mixed tag match with Gran & Ayako Hamada against El Apache & Fabi Apache. Meanwhile, Mari Apache defends the SKY HIGH OF ARSION title against AKINO. These should all be quality matches, but they'll be lucky if their legit attendance is half capacity. Not announcing which members of VIP will be in which match only makes the card sound less enticing because Shimoda & Mita are the only ones many fans might pay to see against Aja & Yoshida.

3/24 Wakayama Kenritsu Taiikukan 400
Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida dropped Etsuko Mita & Yumi Fukawa when Aja used her suichiku rakka shiki no brainbuster on Fukawa at 16:08.

3/19 Gifu Toki Shi Sports Center 560
Aja Kong & Ayako Hamada & AKINO defeated Mima Shimoda & Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J when AKINO made J submit to an udehishigigyakujujigatame at 19:10.
Mariko Yoshida went to a 15;00 draw with GAMI.
To clarify the group situation, GAMI's group and Shimoda's group are both heel groups. Rookie Rena Takase is with GAMI's group. Fukawa comes to the ring with a fan like Utako Hozumi used to.
HYPER VISUAL FIGHTING TOURNAMENT ARS 2000 will be on 5/7 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall.

3/18 Aichi Kasugai Shi Sogo Taiikukan 1,250
Mima Shimoda used a knuckle bat to defeat Mariko Yoshida at 11:23. Why this was the semifinal and not the main event is beyond me. This was probably too short for them to have the excellent match we'd expect them to have, but I wish we would have been able to see it to find out.
In the main event, Aja Kong & Mari Apache beat GAMI & Rie Tamada when Aja pinned Tamada with her suichoku rakka shiki no brainbuster (the move that's called a brainbuster in the US) at 14:34.
Yumi Fukawa & Bionic J defeated Candy Okutsu & Ai Fujita when Fukawa made Fujita submit to her dobitsuki udehishigigyakujujigatame (jumping takedown into a cross armbreaker) at 11:18.

3/17 Aichi Okasaki Rokuna Taiikukan 1,050
GAMI & Rie Tamada defeated Aja Kong & AKINO when Tamada pinned AKINO with a stunner at 18:25.
Ayako Hamada pinned Bionic J at 10:42 with her swandive shiki no moonsault press.
Mima Shimoda & Yumi Fukawa beat the Apache sisters when Shimoda pinned Fabi at 12:47 following her deathlake drive.

3/16 Aichi Waritsu (?) Fukushi Taiikukan 1,100
Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Bionic J beat Aja Kong & Candy Okutsu & AKINO when Shimoda pinned AKINO at 15:14 following her deathlake drive.

VIP is what the Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa group is called. Bionic J is Jessie Bennett, and she joined the VIP group yesterday. VIP did challenge Aja & Yoshida to a TWINSTAR match on 4/7, but their representatives will probably be Shimoda & Mita.

3/15 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,350
Aja Kong & Mariko Yoshida made their first successful defense of the TWINSTAR OF ARSION, turning back the original champions Rie Tamada & Hiromi Yagi when Aja urakened Tamada at 19:09.
Mari Apache became the second SKY HIGH OF ARSION champion when she pinned Chaparrita ASARI at 12:16 following her Michinoku driver II (this has been the finisher in all 4 SKY title matches). This is a good move because ASARI has barely been around this year. In light of that, it would have made more sense to have had Yagi win the title from ASARI on 12/11, but we can give them the benefit of the doubt by saying they probably didn't know how little ASARI would be wrestling in ARSION this year at that time.
Candy Okutsu went to a 15:00 draw with GAMI.
New VIP member Bionic J (Jessie Bennett) beat AKINO in 7:33 with a move called whiplash. VIP challenged Aja & Yoshida to a TWINSTAR OF ARSION Title Match on 4/7 at Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan.
Rena Takase made her debut, submitting to an Ai Fujita gyakuebigatame (Boston crab) in 6:35.

3/5 Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu Tenji Event Hall 580
The new unit of Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Michiko Omukai & Yumi Fukawa teamed up for the first time, taking out CAZAI when Fukawa made Fujita submit to an udehishigigyakujujigatame at 18:44.They are calling Shimoda's group VIP and Gami's group REDRUGS now.
Aja Kong went to a 15:00 draw with GAMI.

ARSION has realignied of their roster into the following groups:
1) ARSION Seikigun (regular army) is Aja Kong, Mariko Yoshida, CAZAI, Apache sisters, and Linda Starr. They are doing an angle where Hamada & AKINO might break away from CAZAI and ARSION.
2) Las Cachorras Orientales are Mima Shimoda, Etsuko Mita, Michiko Omukai, & Yumi Fukawa. Omukai & Fukawa joined after the second Omukai & Shimoda vs. Fukawa & Mita match.
3) Jo Imegundan (Female Dog Corps) are Mikiko Futagami & Rie Tamada & Hiromi Yagi. This is a heel group. There is an angle where Candy was shocked by Yagi joining.

2/20 Saitama Honkawagoe Pepe Hall Atlas 600
Mikiko Futagami was called GAMI and formed one of my dream tag teams in the main event, teaming with Hiromi Yagi to defeat Aja Kong & Candy Okutsu when Gami used an urashotei on Candy at 13:22. I really wish GAMI & Yagi would form a regular team because they could have awesome matches.
Rie Tamada beat Yumi Fukawa in just :19 seconds with something called a henkei captude. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt figuring there must have been some kind of extenuating circumstances or something here.
Mariko Yoshida went to a 5:00 draw with rookie Rena Takase.