Candy Okutsu vs Kyoko Inoue - May 22, 1994
For the first time online, Yumi Fukawa's emotional retirement from wrestling, her final match and ceremony - March 20, 2001
Because of the amazing response to Yumi Fukawa's "Aphrodite" video, I have a bonus for you. This is Yumi's final "image video", from her "Sayonara" DVD, that came out just prior to her retirement from wrestling. I'm certain that you'll appreciate this just as much as the first one, hehe.. Keep in mind, as hot as she is, she did wrestle for over eight years, from '93 to 2001, in All Japan Women and ARSION.
In Japanese women's wrestling, she's been called "the coolest of the cool, the minkiest of the minky, and the sexiest of the sexy". Now, you can see why. I present to you Mayumi Ozaki's only solo modeling video, Fascination, from 1996. Despite the incredible looks, she's still a damn good wrestler, and there's some wrestling in the midst of the hotness, in the form of a tag match with Cuty Suzuki against Hikari Fukuoka and Dynamite Kansai, from JWP Project's (the JWP we know of today, not the original from '86-91) debut show back in April of 1992. Plenty of sweet lingerie shots in this one ;-)
Jumping Bomb Angels vs Bull Nakano & Dump Matsumoto - October 10, 1985
From the very same show at the famous Budokan that gave us the Lioness Asuka/Jaguar Yokota techinical clinic, as well as the gritty Devil Masami/Chigusa Nagayo battle, is yet another stunner, featuring Dump Matsumoto and her successor to the heel bitch throne, Bull Nakano taking on the Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno), 2 out of three falls. Oh, and Dump's former cronie (at that point semi-retired) Crane Yu is the referee. Yet again the roof will blow off this bad boy, and that's mainly because of the ever vocal crowd. Joshi puroresu in 1985: HARDCORE!
Shinobu Kandori, Megumi Kudo (FMW), Kaori Nakayama (FMW) and Michiko Ohmukai (who just gave birth to a healthy daughter a few days ago!) vs Shark Tsuchiya (FMW), Miss Mongol (FMW), Sayuri Okino and Eagle Sawai. It's Ohmukai in her pre-motherhood, pre-Egoist, Pre-ARSION early days in LLPW, ladies and gents!
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Megumi Kudo vs Mayumi Ozaki (Barbed Wire Match)
A better looking version of the wild Barbed Wire match from FMW - April 18, 1997
Hey, joshi wrestlers can get wet and wild too - but at least there's still actual wrestling involved. I don't recognize all the ladies in this Pool match from July 1997, but you'll see Cuty Suzuki, Plum Mariko, Candy Okutsu, Devil Masami, and Hikari Fukuoka among others. Not only do you have to pin your opponent, you gotta dunk the person you've pinned into the pool.
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Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto (Hair vs Hair) - Feb 28, 1985
August 28, 1985 - This is one of All Japan Women's greatest matches, EVAH. Long story short, The Crush Girls (Chigusa and Lioness Asuka) and Dump Matsumoto's gang (which included Bull nakano, Condor Saito, Crane Yu and others) REALLY hated each other, especially Dump and Chigusa, so they went one on one in a WILD hair vs hair match, which drew MONSTER ratings in Japan, but also got AJW off TV for a while due to copious amounts of the red stuff. This is wall to wall drama right here, and you'll feel it from start to finish.
On January 7, 2005 a young wrestler of 24 by the name of Momoe Nakanishi retired from the ring. This is her final match, with her longtime tag team partner and reigning WWWA champ Nanae Takahashi. Following that is the big ceremony, with a few special guests. Anyone who loves or has loved joshi puroresu in this millenium knows the name of Momo, who is currently married and has two daughters with UWF kickboxing instructor Makato Oe. Even though it's now almost 4 years later, her energetic presence in the ring is still very much missed. Her retirement ceremony has appearances by Yoshihiro Takayama (MMA/wrestler), Mika Nishio, Sachie Abe, Mima Shimoda, Yumiko Hotta, Hikaru, Saki Maemura, Miyuki Fujii, Amazing Kong, Kumiko Maekawa, Tomoko Watanabe, Jaguar Yokota & her husband, Meiko Satomura, Yuka Shiina, Yuka Nakamura, Haruka Matsuo, Ayako Hamada, Rie Tamada, Kaoru Ito, Mariko Yoshida, Manami Toyota, Lioness Asuka
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Jungle Jack vs Bull Nakano/Kyoko Inoue - Hair vs Hair 01-11-91
It's one wild hair vs hair match, tag team style - Jungle Jack (Aja Kong/Bison Kimura) vs Bull Nakano and Kyoko Inoue
Candy Okutsu vs Hikari Fukuoka, August 17, 1997 - This was Candy Okutsu's final match in JWP. She retired due to back problems, but a few months later she joined ARSION as a trainer, then one thing led to another, and she was wrestling again...at least for a little longer. Quebrada.net has an article about this match, so check it out: http://www.quebrada.net/columns/issue52/que52c5.html
Here's one from January 1987, taken from this great 7 DVD JBA comp, courtesy of ThatDude (joshifans.com forums) and his website: www.ivpvideos.com It's 2 out of 3 falls, so enjoy. At 3:18, it's announced that Shiro Abe (Mr Red Pants) is the referee, and the reaction from the crowd is perfect, because he's aparrently buddies with Dump and crew, therefore, the deck is a tad stacked.
Jumping Bomb Angels vs Dump Matsumoto & Condor Saito - May 1986
Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi & Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe -vs- Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita & Kumiko Maekawa - (Elimination Match) 2/28/01
Here is a good match from the same show that brought you that classic 30 minute match with Manami Toyota and Blizzard Yuki, a masked Sakie Hasegawa (if you haven't checked that out, PLEASE do), Wrestlemarinpiad '94 EX. This time a very young Mariko Yoshida and Kaoru Ito take on Las Cachorras, who are rocking the purple gear like no one else can. LCO were still the JWP tag champs at this point, but this is a non-title match. Wrestlemarinpiad '94 EX (a follow up show to Wrestlemarinpiad '94) can be found at Highspots.com...in VHS form for $10, and DON'T tell me you don't still have at least one working VCR (*smirk*). Get it where I've gotten it, which is here: http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=6297
This is from Ai Fujita's ARSION days and when Momoe was All Japan Women's trump card. Enjoy!
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JWP - Candy Okutsu/Dynamite Kansai vs Devil Masami/Jaguar Yokota
June 15, 1997 - This is a fun tag match, with Jaguar Yokota and Devil Masami vs Dynamite Kansai and Candy Okutsu. Jaguar and Devil have been around the wrestling block for a while (almost 20 years at the time of this clip), but GOOD GAWD LOOK AT JAGUAR!
Queen of ARSION titleholder Michiko Ohmukai defends against Noki-A (AKINO's masked heel alter ego) in a fun Lumberjack match. Lioness Asuka, GAMI, and others are the evil Lumberjacks while Mariko Yoshida, Baby A, Ai Fukita and others try to keep things fair.
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