Opening Fresh Bout: Pinky Mayuka vs. Mio Shirai 9:37
Junior Survival Bout: Tyrannosaurus Okuda & Ryo Mizunami vs. Arisa Nakajima & Kana 12:30
Tag Team Festival: Jaguar Yokota & Manami Toyota & Fuka & Yumi Oka vs. KAZUKI & Megumi Yabushita & Keito & Sonoko Kato 20:30
Exciting MANIA-X: Kaori Yoneyama vs. Atsuko Emoto 12:05
Special Six Woman Tag Match: Tsubasa Kuragaki & Bolshoi Kid & Tojuki Leon vs.Devil Masami & Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu 11:43
JWP Openweight Title Match: Azumi Hyuga vs. Kayoko Haruyama 23:51
Opening Fresh Bout: Pinky Mayuka vs. Mio Shirai 9:37
Junior Survival Bout: Tyrannosaurus Okuda & Ryo Mizunami vs. Arisa Nakajima & Kana 12:30
Tag Team Festival: Jaguar Yokota & Manami Toyota & Fuka & Yumi Oka vs. KAZUKI & Megumi Yabushita & Keito & Sonoko Kato 20:30
Exciting MANIA-X: Kaori Yoneyama vs. Atsuko Emoto 12:05
Special Six Woman Tag Match: Tsubasa Kuragaki & Bolshoi Kid & Tojuki Leon vs.Devil Masami & Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu 11:43
JWP Openweight Title Match: Azumi Hyuga vs. Kayoko Haruyama 23:51. Haruyama wins title.
Shu Shibutani vs. Pinky Mayuka 10:06
Megumi Yabushita vs. KAZUKI 9:03
Kaori Yoneyama & Tojuki Leon vs. Arisa Nakajima & Kana 30:00
Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Toshie Uematsu 13:44
Command Bolshoi & Ran YuYu vs. Kayoko Haruyama & Keito 20:00
Kana vs. Pinky Mayuka 10:33
Ran YuYu vs. Arisa Nakajima 14:29
Hiroyo Muto & Megumi Yabushita vs. Keito & KAZUKI 14:30
Command Bolshoi vs. Toshie Uematsu 8:56
JWP Tag Title Match: Kayoko Haruyama & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Tojuki Leon 27:58
JWP No. 1 Natsume Decision Tournament Burning Summer 2008 Round 1:
Arisa Nakajima vs. Pinky Mayuka 5:46
KAZUKI vs. Hiroyo Muto 8:41
Toshie Uematsu vs. Tojuki Leon 9:52
Kaori Yoneyama vs. Command Bolshoi 15:00 + 2:38
Ran Yu Yu vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki 13:36
Kayoko Haruyama vs. Keito 9:17
Tojuki Leon vs. Pinky Mayuka 11:37
Atsuko Emoto vs. Arisa Nakajima 10:16
Keito vs. Hiroyo Muto 10:39
Plum Mariko-chan Memorial 6 Woman Tag Match: Ran YuYu & Comando Bolshoi & Megumi Yabushita vs. Carlos Amano & Tsubasa Kuragaki & Kaori Yoneyama 19:51
JWP Openweight Title Match: Kayoko Haruyama vs. KAZUKI 20:20
Road to the Future: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Ryo Mizunami & Io Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima & Yumi Oka & Pinky Mayuka 9:22 of 15:41
survival slam: Keito & KAZUKI vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Tojuki Leon 9:31 of 13:33
A Submission Like a Kaleidoscope: Command Bolshoi vs. Megumi Yabushita 8:54 of 12:16
a battle outside the standard: Jaguar Yokota & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Toshie Uematsu & Hailey Hatred 8:52 of 12:18
Azumi Hyuga Return Match: Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki vs. Azumi Hyuga & Ran YuYu 16:56 of 20:14
JWP Openweight Title Match: Kayoko Haruyama vs.Yumiko Hotta 16:20 of 19:43
Road to the Future: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Ryo Mizunami & Io Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima & Yumi Oka & Pinky Mayuka 15:41
survival slam: Keito & KAZUKI vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Tojuki Leon 13:33
A Submission Like a Kaleidoscope: Command Bolshoi vs. Megumi Yabushita 12:16. Bolshoi was a joke early in her career when she had the clown gimmick, but she was also essentially a rookie during the interpromotional period who was put in legitimate matches with big stars & that clouded people's judgement of where she was at & what she was capable of. Her high flying style improved a lot toward the end of the decade when JWP was imploding, and although she never made a mark in ARSION, she picked up a lot from Yoshida during her stint there & beyond & really started to figure out how to make a fast paced athletic style work with a n MMA submission based style. I loved that they actually employed the novel concept of using legitimate positions on the ground, with Yabushita getting guard early & making Bolshoi work to pass into half guard. This wasn't a worked shoot by any means, and the early patience quickly gave way to explosive transitions, entries, & exits, but the fact that they established some basis of credibility early made me take their grappling seriously & think of it as something beyond a counter based flashy submission exhibition. The execution was a little rough in spots, but they were really creative using their athleticism to twist, spin, & roll into every submission they could think of. The match was also a bit on the short side, and it seemed odd that it didn't actually end in a submission since that was almost all they were doing all match, but this was a really fun, creative match with a fresh, improvisational feel. It wasn't the best match they could possibly do, but it was a great midcard match in that they were experimenting & expanding their boundaries rather than going through the motions & rehashing to kill some time before the match(es) that actually mattered. ***
a battle outside the standard: Jaguar Yokota & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Toshie Uematsu & Hailey Hatred 12:18
Azumi Hyuga Return Match: Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki vs. Azumi Hyuga & Ran YuYu 20:14. They got the crowd involved early, but were never able to shift from an exhibition to a fight. There was a lot of action, but there was never any real rivalry or intensity despite it being an interpromotional match between 4 of the brightest lights of their generation. Any match Hyuga works the majority of against capable opposition is going to be somewhat recommendable, but she wasn't at the top of her game after the injury layoff, and was mostly paired with Genki rather than Tamura who she has much better chemistry with.
JWP Openweight Title Match: Kayoko Haruyama vs.Yumiko Hotta 19:43. Haruyama has enough size that Hotta took her seriously & was willing to treat her as something of an equal. Hotta had her working boots on today, and gave one of her best late performances. Nothing earth shattering, but she was intense & energized from the start. Hotta knew what she wanted to do with the match, and led Haruyama through from start to finish. Hotta took it to Haruyama with her stiffness, but even moreso with her brawling, making up for their limited move sets by fighting all around & through the arena. Hotta controlled the match, with the aid of chairs & a chain, but Haruyama always did just enough to remain relevant. Haruyama eventually lost it & started giving Hotta some of her own medicine, swinging a table at her & giving her machine gun lariats against the west sign until Hotta finally collapsed. Haruyama took what looked like a bad bump on her head when Hotta tossed her off the stage onto a pile of chairs out of a fireman's carry, but seemed okay & got a table thrown on her while she was recoving. When they got back to the ring they finally moved on from the brawling & went to their finishing moves. There was a ref bump that kept Hotta from going for a pin after her pyramid driver, but it didn't really feel like the match was going to end there & that Hotta got jipped. It felt more like Haruyama took 20 minutes of the best & baddest Hotta had to offer & still managed to lay her out with two lariats. This wasn't a classic, but it was a strong effort & the match worked because they tried hard & stayed within themselves. ***1/4
Ayumi Kurihara vs. Shu Shibutani 7:29
Yuki Miyazaki vs. Kana 11:50
Ran YuYu & Fuka vs. Toshie Uematsu & Moeka Haruhi 14:47 of 17:25
Elimination Match: Mariko Yoshida & Kyoko Kimura & GAMI & Tomoka Nakagawa vs. Aja Kong & Tojuki Leon & Bullfight Sora & Ayako Sato 19:40
2/3 Falls: Nanae Takahashi & AKINO vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Natsuki*Taiyo 6:44 of 7:20, 18:20, 13:11
Dress Up Wild Fight: Yumiko Hotta vs. Arisa Nakajima 14:23.
Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata vs. Pinky Mayuka & Yukari Ishino 13:58
Devil Masami Last Single Match: Command Bolshoi vs. Devil Masami 8:54
Sachie Abe Return Match: Megumi Yabushita & Sachie Abe & KAZUKI vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Emi Sakura & Aoi Kizuki 8:47
Azumi Hyuga & Carlos Amano vs. Meiko Satomura & Chikayo Nagashima 15:05
JWP Tag & Daily Sports Women’s Tag Title Match: Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu vs Genki Misae & Keito 16:16
JWP Open Weight Single Title Match: Kayoko Haruyama vs. Tojuki Leon 21:54
Dress Up Wild Fight: Yumiko Hotta vs. Arisa Nakajima 14:23.
Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata vs. Pinky Mayuka & Yukari Ishino 13:58
Devil Masami Last Single Match: Command Bolshoi vs. Devil Masami 8:54
Sachie Abe Return Match: Megumi Yabushita & Sachie Abe & KAZUKI vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Emi Sakura & Aoi Kizuki 8:47
Azumi Hyuga & Carlos Amano vs. Meiko Satomura & Chikayo Nagashima 15:05
JWP Tag & Daily Sports Women’s Tag Title Match: Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu vs Genki Misae & Keito 16:16
JWP Open Weight Single Title Match: Kayoko Haruyama vs. Tojuki Leon 21:54
Highlights from 1/12, 1/27, 2/10, 2/11, 2/17, 3/2, 3/16, 4/4, 4/13, 4/29, 6/8, 6/13, 6/22, 7/11, 7/21, 7/27, 8/3, 8/9, 8/24, 9/15, 9/23, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, 11/24, 11/30, 12/7, 12/28