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 Hiuga 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 hilo, 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
baby A vs. Yukari Kitao
Sachie Abe vs. Bullfight Sora
Rie Tamada vs. Kaori Yoneyama
Commando Bolshoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Rena Takase & Mika Nishio
Mariko Yoshida vs. GAMI
Momoe Nakanishi & ? 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 (Match was restarted, total time was 26:00)
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 v. Mika Nishio 13:56