Yukari Kitao vs. Mirai
GAMI vs. Bullfight Sora
Allison Danger & Sachie Abe vs. Rie Tamada & baby*A
Ai Fujita vs. Mika Nishio
Mima Shimoda & April Hunter vs. Mariko Yoshida & Leona
Yumiko Hotta vs. AKINO
Mika Nishio vs. Mirai 4:41 of 8:15. They stepped it up for the big show. Competent wrestling with good energy. Lots of big chops, which Mirai did well.
Yukari Kitao vs. Bullfight Sora 4:55 of 7:08. Kitao's offense is different because she incorporates judo in some new ways. Unfortunately, she made several mistakes. Sora showed nothing.
Masked Women vs. Extreme: baby A & Ofune & Bolshoi Kid vs. GAMI & Rufisto & Sel Del Rey 3:44 of 13:24. Awful chaotic slop. GAMI's team dominated, but surprisingly she took the bump into the tacks and was pinned.
Sachie Abe vs. Rie Tamada 2:49 of 8:52. Not a boring match as Abe kept the moves coming, but probably pretty bad. Between the two of them it seemed someone would find a way to make the execution less than perfect.
Rena Takase vs. Azumi Hyuga 2:58 of 14:58. Looked good. Takase has finally added some junior style offense to complement her submissions.
Mima Shimoda Intai Jiai: Mima Shimoda vs. Ai Fujita 18:19. Run of the mill Shimoda singles match that was not memorable for her in any way, but her unselfishness at least theoretically helped her less experienced opponent. Typical Fujita match with hot moves, but the wrestlers not working together in a way that made either look better. Fujita never got any better when it came to taking or selling, and this was kind of sloppy with some pathetic punches. Shimoda did her typical good job brawling, bloodying Fujita early with a chair. She threw in a few hot moves like the Hokuto tope con giro, but in general she doesn't excel in the spectacular and Fujita doesn'te excel in the brawl. I thought they'd incorporate that into the story, but after Fujita started succeeding in her own style for some reason she switched back to Shimoda's and Shimoda came right back. ASARI, Maekawa, Kazama, Tateno, Toyota, Yamada, etc. were there for the retirement ceremony. **3/4
Man vs. Women Handicap Match: Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita vs. Jinsei Shinzaki 6:15. Everyone wanted to see LCO one last time, but to have a highly successful hellraising heel duo go out by jobbing to a lazy no selling man? Even if they wanted a man for something different, a spotlight kid like Shinzaki is not the type you want when you are purportedly attempting to honor someone else. I just don't know what they were thinking, but then I've been saying that throughout the decline into oblivion. Why not LCO vs. Yamada & Toyota who were from the same rookie class and in attendance anyway? The unscheduled match started with Shimoda attacking Shinzaki after her ceremony. With Shinzaki poised to deliver his praying powerbomb, Mita's music played starting the not so extreme handicap match. Shinzaki looked very uncomfortable working with the women, and made it way too obvious he was allowing them to do their moves to him. Of course, he'd only take if he was double teamed, and thus would have his way with the other once he hurt one. DUD
A to Z The Best of Best: Yumiko Hotta & Mariko Yoshida vs. Momoe Nakanishi & AKINO 19:26. At least this show made an attempt to feature some younger and lesser name wrestlers. Momoe was flying all over the place and her team showed good teamwork and timing. As long as Yoshida was in just about everything looked good. Good start with her and AKINO on the mat, but quickly devolved into the usual mindless spectacle. Drastic pace changes (declines) when Hotta came in. She sold double teams and got countered once in a while, but always came right back. By 10:00 they were trying to make you believe it was over, so there was a bit of drama just from the fact the finishing sequence was so long. Shimoda came out with glasses and a sexy suit after the match and formed a group with Fujita, Nishio, Ofune, and baby A. The rest of the wrestlers on the show sided with Hotta or Momoe. ***1/4
Bullfight Sora vs. Sarah Del Ray 5:12 of 8:43
A to Z World Championship Tournament Reserve Match: GAMI vs. Mika Nishio 3:45 of 8:08
A to Z World Championship Tournament Semifinal: Momoe Nakanishi vs. Ai Fujita 11:43 of 13:36
A to Z World Championship Tournament Semifinal: Mariko Yoshida vs. Yumiko Hotta 11:29 of 12:56
Z-SPIRITS vs. Team ARSION: Sachie Abe & Mirai& Yukari Kitao vs. Rie Tamada & AKINO & Leona 17:16 of 19:07
A to Z World Championship Tournament Final: Momoe Nakanishi vs. Mariko Yoshida 13:42. Momoe & Yoshida were arguably the two top women at this point, but their styles were drastically different, Momoe being the top flyer & Yoshida the top grappler. Similar to a Rey Jr. vs. Dean Malenko match, though the individual talent was off the charts, and was able to carry the day to an extent, their styles kind of put them at cross purposes, and there was that feeling that the actions of one were somewhat to the detriment of the other. I would have preferred a match that was largely in the style of either, but they opted for a little bit of everything, including brawling through the crowd where Momoe German suplexed Yoshida on a pile of chairs. Ultimately, Yoshida is way better at working Momoe's style than Momoe is at working Yoshida's, and while the first half wasn't amazing, when they picked things up in the 2nd half and pretty much just did an AJW match they were able to gain a lot of momentum. While on the short side due to both having semifinals earlier, they did enough big things including Yoshida pulling out the Steiner screw driver to make the earlier finish work. ***1/4
baby A vs. Yukari Kitao
Sachie Abe vs. Bullfight Sora
Rie Tamada vs. Kaori Yoneyama
Command Bolshoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Rena Takase & Mika Nishio
Mariko Yoshida vs. GAMI 12:15. These two have always worked well together, though obviously their match was better when GAMI was still on Yoshida's page, and also GAMI had more speed & body control even just a few years ago. Match started well & had a lot of potential, but never really picked up and found a higher gear. ***
Momoe Nakanishi & Mirai vs. Yumiko Hotta & Kaoru Ito
Momoe Nakanishi & Leona vs. Yumiko Hotta & Kaoru Ito
Policewo~man vs. Bullfight Sora 6:49 of 10:19
Sachie Abe vs. Momoe Nakanishi 8:46 of 14:12
Kumiko Maekawa vs. Rie Tamada 3:17
Kayo Noumi vs. Yumiko Hotta 13:26 of 14:37
Mika Nishio & Leo-na vs. Mirai & Yukari Kitao 3:39
Mika Nishio & Leo-na vs. Mirai & Bullfight Sora 14:19 of 16:11
AtoZ World title match: GAMI vs. Yumiko Hotta 26:00
4/3/04
Emi Sakura vs. Bullfight Sora
Kyoko Kimura vs. Yukari Kitao
Rie Tamada vs. Sachie Abe
Mika Nishio vs. Leona
Yumiko Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa vs. GAMI & Mirai
8/22/04
Rie Tamada & GAMI vs. Mirai & Bullfighter Sora & Kana
2/3 Falls: Rie Tamada & GAMI vs. Mirai & Bullfighter Sora
PIKO vs. Sachie Abe
Yumiko Hotta & Leona vs. Mika Nishio & Momoe Nakanishi
FINAL REUNION: Rie Tamada & Kumiko Maekawa & Michiko Omukai vs. Mariko Yoshida & AKINO & GAMI. Tamada’s retirement match sees her teaming with the other remaining AJW class of 1991 wrestlers against her fellow ARSION alumni.
Baby-M vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki 7:50
Bolshoi Kid vs. Teruko Kagawa 6:44
Ai Fujita vs. Kayo Noumi 11:13
Makai Majo # 1 & Makai Majo # 2 vs. Mariko Yoshida & Michiko Omukai 14:43
WWWA TAG TEAM TITLES: Nanae Takahashi & Ayako Hamada vs. AKINO & Momoe Nakanishi 33:20
Bullfight Sora vs. Sarubobo Mask 5:27
Rie Tamada vs. Yukari Kitao 3:35
leo-na vs. Teruko Kagawa 5:00
Sachie Abe vs. Sumie Sakai 8:15
Mirei vs. Kyoko Kimura 8:29
Kumiko Maekawa vs. GAMI 14:38
AtoZ World Title Match: Yumiko Hotta vs. Mika Nishio 13:56
Michiko Omukai vs. Mickey Yuka 7:11
Sarubobo Mask vs. Teruko Kagawa 4:42
Apple Miyuki & TAKA Michinoku vs. Ofune & SUPER-X 11:28
Aja Kong vs. AKINO 16:34
Elimination: Baby-M & Mariko Yoshida & Michiko Omukai vs. Makai Majo #1 & Makai Majo #2 & Makai Majo #3 13:56
Ofune vs. Bullfight Sora
Flesh Girl's Fighting: Natsumi Mizushima vs. Kana
Battle of J-Connection: Sachie Abe & Teruko Kagawa vs. The Bloody & Maru
Rie Tamada Retirement Road 3rd: Azumi Hyuga & Yoshiko Tamura & Genki Misae vs. Rie Tamada & GAMI & PIKO
Future Manifest: Saki Maemura vs. Mirai
Revive Violence: Amazing Kong vs. Mima Shimoda
Battle of A-Connection: Mariko Yoshida vs. Leona 6:30 of 17:07. As close as we got to a Yoshida style match in AtoZ, with her protege Takase now really able to hang with her & bring some nice things of her own. This started off as catch wrestling match, but Takase turned it into a more high spot oriented contest in the later stages including a springboard plancha. Really smooth work, with Yoshida looking great. What was the editor thinking???
Battle of Z-Connection: Takako Inoue vs. Mika Nishio
CLIMAX: Yumiko Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa vs. Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi
9/4/04: AKINO & Lioness Asuka vs. Michiko Omukai & Mayumi Ozaki
11/7/04 4th Contact
Mayumi Ozaki vs. MICKEY*Yuka
AKINO vs. Michiko Omukai
12/26/04 UNDER WORLD 2004 Final Contact
GAMI 15th Anniversary Match: GAMI & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Azumi Hyuga & Dick Togo
Mayumi Ozaki vs. MICKEY*Yuka
AKINO & Ayako Hamada vs. Aja Kong & Michiko Omukai
4/24/05 1st Anniversary Show Mab ~Dominate Your Dreams~
One Day Tournament 1R: Ayumi Kurihara vs. GAMI
One Day Tournament 1R: Mayumi Ozaki vs. Michiko Omukai
One Day Tournament 1R: Tojuki Leon vs. Aja Kong
One Day Tournament 1R: AKINO vs. Ayako Hamada
One Day Tournament 2R: Toshie Uematsu vs. Ayumi Kurihara
One Day Tournament 2R: Mayumi Ozaki vs. Kaoru Ito
One Day Tournament Semifinal: Tojuki Leon vs. Toshie Uematsu
One Day Tournament Semifinal: Ayako Hamada vs. Kaoru Ito
One Day Tournament Final: Ayako Hamada vs. Tojuki Leon
5/20/05 Mab ~Rule the Dream II~
Aja Kong & Baby-M vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Kyoko Kimura
Toshie Uematsu vs. GAMI
6/19/05 Mab ~Rule the Dream III~
Ayako Hamada vs. Yumi Oka
Ayumi Kurihara & GAMI vs. Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu
AKINO vs. Aja Kong
7/10/05 Mab ~Rule the Dreams IV~
Bullfight Sora & Tojuki Leon vs. Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu
AKINO vs. Ayumi Kurihara
Ayako Hamada & Michiko Omukai vs. Yumi Oka & GAMI
8/7/05 Mab ~Rule the Dreams V~ One Day Tag Tournament
Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu vs. Baby-M & Dynamite Kansai
Ayumi Kurihara & Aja Kong vs. Ayako Hamada & Yumi Oka
Tojuki Leon & noki-A vs. Mirai & Michiko Omukai
Mariko Yoshida & Kyoko Kimura vs. Bullfight Sora & GAMI
Semifinal: Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu vs. Yumi Oka & Ayako Hamada
Semifinal: noki-A & Tojuki Leon vs. Bullfight Sora & GAMI
Final: noki-A & Tojuki Leon vs. Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu
9/11/05 Mab ~Rule the Dreams VI~
Ayumi Kurihara vs. Mirai
Atsuko Emoto vs. Ran YuYu
Bullfight Sora vs. Toshie Uematsu
AKINO & Aja Kong vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Ayako Hamada
10/23/05 Mab ~ Rule the Dream VII ~
Ayumi Kurihara vs. Toshie Uematsu
Baby-M & GAMI vs. Bullfight Sora & Tojuki Leon
AKINO & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Ayako Hamada & Michiko Omukai
11/20/05 Mab ~Rule the Dream VIII~
Ayumi Kurihara vs. Ran YuYu
Baby-M & Michiko Omukai vs. Mizuki Endo & GAMI
Aja Kong vs. Toshie Uematsu
AKINO vs. Ayako Hamada
12/23/05 Mab ~Yume wo Doru Final~
Mariko Yoshida vs. Cherry
Ayumi Kurihara & Aja Kong vs. Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu
Amazing Kong vs. Bullfight Sora
Baby-M Retirement Match: Baby-M & MIKAMI vs. GAMI & Dick Togo
Tojuki Leon & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Michiko Ohmukai & Ayako Hamada
AKINO vs. Hikaru
AKINO vs. Ayako Hamada
1/15/06 Astraea ~Goddess of Hope I~
Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Ayumi Kurihara
Atsuko Emoto vs. Aja Kong
Tojuki Leon vs. Ayako Hamada
2/26/06 Astraea ~Goddess of Hope II~
Bullfight Sora vs. Aja Kong
Tojuki Leon & Tsubasa Kuragaki & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Michiko Ohmukai & Ayako Hamada & Mika Nishio
3/21/06 Astraia ~Goddess of Hope III~
Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu vs. Bullfight Sora & Aja Kong
Hikaru vs. GAMI
NSG Championship Tojuki Leon vs. Saki Maemura
1991 Class Last Match: Michiko Ohmukai vs. Kumiko Maekawa
AKINO & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Ayako Hamada & Mika Nishio
4/29/06 2nd Anniversary Show High Light Style TOURNAMENT 2006
Mika Nishio vs. Ayumi Kurihara
Ran YuYu vs. AKINO
Toshie Uematsu vs. Tokuki Leon
Bullfight Sora vs. Ayako Hamada
Semifinal: AKINO vs. Mika Nishio
Semifinal: Ran YuYu vs. Bullfight Sora
Final: AKINO vs. Toshie Uematsu
Sara Del Rey vs. Manami Toyota 4/23/05
Sara Del Rey vs. Hiroyo Moto 5/1/05
Sara Del Rey vs. Mika Nishia 5/1/05
Sara Del Rey vs. Manami Toyota 3/26/05
Sara Del Rey & Mika Nishia vs. Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda 4/27/05
Sara Del Rey vs. Yumiko Hotta 4/28/05
Sara Del Ray & Mika Nishio vs. Nattie Neidhart & Yuka Nakamura 4/30/05
Sara Del Ray vs. Manami Toyota 4/6/05
4/24/05:
Tournament Of Style Second Round: Toshie Uematsu vs. Ayumi Kurihara 6:54
Tournament Of Style First Round: Ayumi Kurihara vs. GAMI 9:08
5/20/05: Aja Kong & Baby-M vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Kyoko Kimura 14:30
6/19/05: Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu vs. Ayumi Kurihara & GAMI 20:06
7/10/05: AKINO vs. Ayumi Kurihara 13:27
8/7/05 One Day Tag Tournament First Round: Ayako Hamada & Yumi Ohka vs. Aja Kong & Ayumi Kurihara 18:54
9/11/05: Mirai vs. Ayumi Kurihara 11:04
10/23/05: Toshie Uematsu vs. Ayumi Kurihara 9:37
11/20/05: Ran YuYu vs. Ayumi Kurihara 8:25
12/23/05: Aja Kong & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu 22:01
1/15/06: Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Ayumi Kurihara 10:09
2/26/06: Best Two Out Of Three Falls: Ayako Hamada & Michiko Omukai & Mika Nishio vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Tojyuki Leon & Tsubasa Kuragaki 13:47
3/21/06: Ayako Hamada & Mika Nishio vs. AKINO & Ayumi Kurihara 22:39
4/29/06 High Light Style Tournament First Round: Mika Nishio vs. Ayumi Kurihara 12:16
5/21/06: Michiko Omukai vs. Ayumi Kurihara 10:15
7/16/06 Three On Two Handicap: Ayumi Kurihara & Bullfight Sora & Tojyuki Leon vs. AKINO & noki-A 17:33
8/27/06 Twin Soul Tournament First Round: Dynamite Kansai & GAMI vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Tojyuki Leon 16:53
9/29/06 Ayumi Kurihara & Michiko Omukai vs. Ayako Hamada & Cherry 13:44
10/8/06: Ayumi Kurihara & Bullfight Sora & Tojyuki Leon vs. AKINO & Mariko Yoshida & Michiko Omukai 22:36
M's Style 4/24/05:
Tournament Of Style First Round: Ayumi Kurihara vs. GAMI 9:08
Tournament Of Style Second Round: Toshie Uematsu vs. Ayumi Kurihara 6:54
M's Style 7/10/05: AKINO vs. Ayumi Kurihara 13:27
M's Style 10/8/06:
Ayako Hamada vs. Ayumi Kurihara 15:20
Ayumi Kurihara & Bullfight Sora & Tojyuki Leon vs. AKINO & Mariko Yoshida & Michiko Omukai 22:36
NEO 4th Junior All Star 12/31/06: Shu Shibutani vs. Ayumi Kurihara 9:55
Ayumi Kurihara Produce Starting Over 12/14/08
Ayumi Kurihara vs. Shuu Shibutani 7:29
2/3 Falls: AKINO & Nanae Takahashi vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Natsuki Taiyo [2:1] 38:51
4/29/09 Ayumi Kurihara Debut 4th Anniversary: Ayumi Kurihara & GAMI vs. Harley Saito & Noriyo Tateno
4/24/10 Ayumi Kurihara Debut 5th Anniversary: Ayumi Kurihara & GAMI vs. Toshie Uematsu & Shu Shibutani
Kana vs. Saki Maemura
Sasori vs. Sachie Abe
Amazing Kong vs. Sara Del Ray
Manami Toyota vs. Mika Nishio
Mima Shimoda & Kyoko Inoue vs. Dump Matsumoto & ZAP T
Yumiko Hotta vs. Kumiko Maekawa
AtoZ DOJO DX Highlights 2/27, 4/3, 6/26, 7/17, & 8/28/05
Kana gives a tour of the AtoZ Dojo