Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto 16:57
Kaho Kobayashi vs. Kakeru Sekuguchi 7:28
Meiko Satomura & Mika Shirahime vs. Aoi Kizuki & Tsubasa Kuragaki 12:38
Yoshiko vs. Sakura Hirota 5:54
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Last Woman Standing Match: AKINO vs. Alex Lee vs. Kaori Yoneyama vs. Rina Yamashita vs. Sonoko Kato vs. Yumi Oka 39:37
Aoi Kizuki vs. Yako Fujigasaki 9:57
Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 7:42
Hikaru Shida & Saori Ano vs. Alex Lee & Mayumi Ozaki 15:18
Maya Yukihi vs. Tequila Saya 9:09
AKINO & Sonoko Kato vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Yoshiko 18:42
Maya Yukihi vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 7:55
Alex Lee & Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka vs. Aoi Kizuki & Rina Yamashita & Tsubasa Kuragaki 15:33
Sonoko Kato vs. Sakura Hirota 9:21
Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Hikaru Shida & Kaori Yoneyama 13:36
OZ Academy Openweight Title Match: Yoshiko vs. AKINO 21:35
Aoi Kizuki & Sakura Hirota & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Hiroe Nagahama & Mika Iida & Misaki Ohata 7:41
Sonoko Kato vs. Manami Katsu 9:35
Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Alex Lee & Maya Yukihi & Yumi Oka 12:06
AKINO & Kakeru Sekiguchi vs. Miyuki Takase & Yumiko Hotta 12:05
Hikaru Shida vs. Rina Yamashita 10:51
OZ Academy Openweight Title Match: Yoshiko vs. Mayumi Ozaki 22:50
Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Alex Lee 8:17
Aja Kong & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Moeka Haruhi & Rina Yamashita 11:49
AKINO vs. Mika Iida 15:09
Koharu Hinata & Risa Sera & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka 20:37
OZ Academy Openweight Title: Yoshiko vs. Sonoko Kato 17:08
Kaho Kobayashi & Sonoko Kato vs. AKINO & Kakeru Sekiguchi 17:07
Rina Yamashita vs. Yako Fujigasaki 12:25
Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka vs. Aja Kong & Kaori Yoneyama 14:00
Takako Inoue vs. Aoi Kizuki 11:25
Hiroyo Matsumoto & Yoshiko vs. Hikaru Shida & Tsubasa Kuragaki 20:16
Saori Ano vs. Alex Lee 8:28
Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. AKINO & Aoi Kizuki & Kaho Kobayashi 9:11
Yumiko Hotta vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki 6:11
OZ Academy Tag Title: Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi & Sonoko Kato 20:03
OZ Academy Openweight Title: Yoshiko vs. Hikaru Shida 19:46
AKINO vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 10:39
Miyuki Takase & Yumiko Hotta vs. Aja Kong & AKINO Hirota Sakura Hirota 11:00
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Natsumi Maki 11:03
Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Arisa Nakajima and Kaori Yoneyama and Misaki Ohata and Sareee and Sonoko Kato 10:54
ASUKA & MISSION K4 AKINO & Kaho Kobayashi vs. Leon & noki-A & Tsubasa Kuragaki 15:55
7/15/18 Okinawa Namura Hall: AKINO & Sonoko Kato & Shuri Joe vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe & Ozaki-gun Alex Lee & Mayumi Ozaki 17:34
Tsubasa Kuragaki & Yoshiko vs. Alex Lee & Yumi Oka 11:52
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Qualifying: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Saori Ano 7:18
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Qualifying: Mayumi Ozaki vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 9:31
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Qualifying: Aja Kong vs. Kaori Yoneyama 9:15
Aoi Kizuki & Hikaru Shida & Makoto vs. AKINO & Kaho Kobayashi & Sonoko Kato 17:42
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Qualifying: AKINO vs. Alex Lee 8:29
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Qualifying: Sonoko Kato vs. Aoi Kizuki 10:11
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Qualifying: Kaho Kobayashi vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki 7:38
Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kakeru Sekiguchi & Yoshiko 21:30
Hikaru Shida & Rina Yamashita vs. Aja Kong & Kaori Yoneyama 12:07
Yoshiko vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 8:15
Yumi Oka vs. Sakura Hirota 11:09
Rina Yamashita & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki 17:07
Hikaru Shida vs. Aoi Kizuki 13:59
Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. AKINO & Kaho Kobayashi & Sonoko Kato 15:31
Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 6:35
Tae Honma & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Aoi Kizuki & Sae 13:39
Maya Yukihi vs. Saori Ano 10:10
Arisa Nakajima & Hikaru Shida vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Yoshiko 12:02
OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Last Woman Standing: Aja Kong vs. AKINO vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Kaho Kobayashi vs. Mayumi Ozaki vs. Sonoko Kato 50:20
Aoi Kizuki & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Ibuki Hoshi 7:43
Alex Lee vs. Sakura Hirota 8:26
Saori Ano & Yumi Oka vs. Misaki Ohata & Sae 10:44
ASUKA vs. Kaho Kobayashi 4:36
Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama & Yako Fujigasaki vs. AKINO & Kakeru Sekiguchi & Sonoko Kato 15:15. ***
OZ Academy Tag Title & SEAdLINNNG BEYOND THE SEA Double Tag Title Match: Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Rina Yamashita & Yoshiko 24:34
OZ Academy Openweight Title Match: Hikaru Shida vs. Aja Kong 25:11. ****
Aoi Kizuki & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Ibuki Hoshi 7:43
Alex Lee vs. Sakura Hirota 8:26
Saori Ano & Yumi Oka vs. Misaki Ohata & Sae 10:44
ASUKA vs. Kaho Kobayashi 4:36
Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama & Yako Fujigasaki vs. AKINO & Kakeru Sekiguchi & Sonoko Kato 15:15. Energetic sprint where they pretty much maximized what they could get out of it, putting enough effort in that they were able to elevate what one would have expected to be a rather standard midcard bout where the youngsters did most of the work into one of the highlights of the show. The big guns, Matsumoto & AKINO, got to work a long portion together in the middle that delivered quite nicely. The others knew when to stay out of their way, but made some good contributions in their own right. Sekiguchi has a lot of potential as a good athlete who has some kicking as well. She started in Actress girl’Z last year but has been adopted by OZ, where she fits quite nicely into the style of her MISSION K4 partners here. Yoneyama was able to be humorous here while delivering action that fit in with the rest of the match. Sekiguchi was ganged up on at the end, but got one flash pin hope spot on Matsumoto before being run over by the lariat & backdrop. Overall, it was mostly Matsumoto who delivered despite not getting the featured match she deserved, but only Fujigasaki was just there to fill out the lineup. ***
OZ Academy Tag Title & SEAdLINNNG BEYOND THE SEA Double Tag Title Match: Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Rina Yamashita & Yoshiko 24:34
OZ Academy Openweight Title Match: Hikaru Shida vs. Aja Kong 25:11. Shida's first title defense was a great big show main event in the sense that the wrestler of today went over the wrestler of yesterday in a highly dramatic contest that was witnessed by as many eyes as possible for this promotion. It was also a great simple but effective story match where Shida was going to go as far as her knee would take her & Aja was going to go as far as her uraken would take her, and with that in mind, both absolutely mauled the other in that area to take away their opponent's best weapon. These two have a long history as Kong took Shida under her wing early in Shida's OZ career after whooping her in singles, and the duo had a run with the OZ tag titles in 2013. Shida has done very well since the two parted ways, but has never beaten Aja in a singles match, though she finally made some progress in their last encounter, going to a double KO on 7/16/17. Shida wasn't merely trying to beat Aja, she was trying to incapacitate the beast in Aja's own strike laden, weapon infested war. It wasn't the best athletic contest you'll ever see, but they made up for that with strong psychology & selling, the kind of story match that made matches special in bygone eras that you rarely see these days as this style has been replaced by overbooked cornball nonsense with silly runins & a bunch of contrived pauses between every move that just makes it seem like the wrestler in the lead isn't actually trying to win as they let the opponent recover rather than press their advantage while they're still prone. Shida got off to a quick start, but Kong countered her flying knee off a set of chairs with the famous can, & spent the match brutally taking away Shida's biggest weapon, as well as her mobility advantage. Kong is such a freak of nature in the best possible way. I mean, in general, female athletes fall off quicker than men, and overweight athletes fall off quicker than fit ones, but somehow Kong, at 48, is still the best female wrestler of her generation & possibly the only one who can still deliver an excellent match. Sure, she's not as athletic as she once was, but this was a classic Kong match carrying things by dishing out a ferocious beating, while still doing a good job of setting the face up for their comebacks, and even being unselfish enough to allow the smaller wrestler beat her until she was down & out . Shida stubbornly tried to use her flying knee to stop the rot, but again found herself on the wrong side of a can shot. Though Shida is a good wrestler who lacks the explosion to be great, that was less of an issue here as she did such a good job of putting over the knee injury that she was going to be a bit more deliberate & mechanical by design. Kong was at her ruthless best here, not only beating on the knee with all the force she could muster, but also targetting it with submissions because she still cares about being champ, and although she had the Senjo title last year, it's been 7 years since her last run with OZ's. Shida didn't believe she could beat Aja without the knee, so she was just going to use it & if it hurt her about as much as it hurt Aja, she was going to have to grin & bear it. She came back again stopping a lariat with a knee & proceeded to work the lariat arm with a series of vicious stomps. When Shida went for the knee again though, Aja countered with her vertical drop brainbuster on the runway. Kong won a 50:20 Last Woman Standing match on 8/19/18 to earn the title shot, but that was a 6 way, and the newest 25+ minute Aja singles match I could find a result for was a 30:00 draw with AKINO on 6/19/05. They took some rests here & there, but they never felt like such because they were submission moves that fit the story of the match or Aja getting back in the ring quickly after the brainbuster on the ramp & forcing Shida to drag herself back in just before the 20 count. Obviously the key to Shida working the lariat arm is it's the uraken arm, and now it was Aja who felt it necessary to force her biggest weapon to beat Shida even though it was hindered. Shida withstood 3 & busted Aja open hardway coming back with a jumping knee. Aja plowed forward with more urakens, which would have been enough in years past, & used Shida's own shinai on her. It was again looking bad for Shida as even though she managed to counter the brainbuster, her knee gave out. Aja went back for the shinai & taunted Shida saying something about taking the belt, but Shida avoided the shot to the knee & countered with a kick to the head, stopped a lariat with a shinai shot, & nailed Aja in the head for good measure. She still couldn't get more than a 1 count with the knee, but she hit a diving double knee that took too long to set up then pulled her kneepad down & finally managed to put Aja away with the knee. This wasn't the smoothest or most fluid joshi match you'll ever see, but a great throwback to the days when matches were actually dramatic & the drama was supplied by the wrestlers themselves being smart & focused. They told their story well, and saw it through from start to finish with the champion getting validated by upsetting the legend. ****
Maya Yukihi vs. Sakura Hirota 14:23
Aja Kong vs. Giulia 8:41
Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Command Bolshoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki 15:10
Kakeru Sekiguchi Five Match Trial Series First: Sonoko Kato vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 12:39
Rina Yamashita & Yoshiko & Hikaru Shida vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Saori Ano & Yumi Oka 22:52
Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Tsukushi 10:58
Yumiko Hotta vs. Yuki Miyazaki 8:03
AKINO & Sonoko Kato vs. Saori Ano & Yumi Oka 15:39
Kakeru Sekiguchi Five Match Trial Series Second Match: Mayumi Ozaki vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 18:41
Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Rina Yamashita & Yoshiko & Hikaru Shida 14:45
Kaori Yoneyama vs. Ibuki Hoshi 7:53
Hikaru Shida vs. Sakura Hirota 8:57
Hamuko Hoshi & Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki & Tsukushi 13:28
Kakeru Sekiguchi Five Match Trial Series #3: Aja Kong vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 0:53
AKINO & Sonoko Kato & Yoshiko vs. Maya Yukihi & Mayumi Ozaki & Saori Ano 22:07
Maya Yukihi vs. Ayame Sasamura 7:47
Tsubasa Kuragaki & Yumiko Hotta vs. Misaki Ohata & Natsumi Maki 10:35
Aja Kong vs. Sakura Hirota 7:25
Mayumi Ozaki & Saori Ano & Yumi Oka vs. AKINO & Sonoko Kato & Ryo Mizunami 17:22
OZ Academy Tag Title Match: Rina Yamashita & Yoshiko vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama 17:53
OZ Academy Openweight Title Kakeru Sekiguchi Five Match Trial Series #4: Hikaru Shida vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi 18:11