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I am really hoping her upcoming hiatus isn't permanent. Obviously I want her to do what is right for her and her family, but the joshi scene greatly benefits from her being an active member of it.

Awesome. Making a loss mean something to the younger talent and encouraging them to grow. Unsurprisingly great stuff from the veteran ace.

Hate to see Yoneyama out with an injury. She is so active across the joshi scene and elevates any match or company she is involved in. Happy that she isn't thinking retirement yet and hoping she has a good recovery.

I was actually worried Fujimoto would be out for an extended period or might even contemplate another hiatus from in ring action. I should have known better than to doubt a legend

While it is a great get for Stardom, I am really going to miss her in other promotions. Especially Oz Academy where she gets to have fun heeling it up in Ozaki-gun.

Headbutt spot aside that was a hell of a performance by Saya. She really tore it up with Chanyota. Her Ishii influence keeps becoming more and more apparent.

I recall picking up bootleg copy of the FMW 5 5 1996 tape at an IWA MS show and my friends and watched it after we drove back late into the wee hours. They were doubtful about how good a women's death match would be. Those doubts were erased very quickly.

Just watched highlights of Ibuki Hoshi vs Mifu Ashida for the ICExInfinity Championship...good lord Hoshi made mincemeat out of Ashida's chest with chops. It looked like she made a good showing of herself, but she paid some heavy dues in pain.

I appreciate the Ice Ribbon updates and analysis. I mostly just catch the digest clips on YouTube so more context is appreciated. Good to see the company able to move forward despite not having some of the bigger name talent of the past. I have been doing a historical watch and just got to the time Team DATE debuted. Seems like a weird little experiment that just didn't have legs to last.

Having seen ZONES and Matsumoto team up in Oz Academy it would be cool if they became a semi-reguler team across different promotions. I think they vibe with similar power styles and attitude.

Fair enough. Guess that ain't me. Although seeing Natsuki Taiyo work outside of her usual referee role was cool.

The whole thing felt like a weird fan boy playing dress up dolls with his favorite joshi. The whole vibe was just felt off to me instead of it being fun.

VENY vs Utami should be great, but I am equally excited by the prospect of Kaho Kobayashi and AZM mixing it up High Speed style in the six woman tag.

They have a lot of great talent on board, but I would say I am cautiously optimistic. The LU approach can be a lot of fun or embarrassingly bad.

Yes...not sure where Spaces came from.

I would agree. I do think the effort is there, but I found SPACES and Sunny to be a bit stronger just to compare her to her Evolution peers.

I feel the same way unfortunately. I really enjoyed her turn to a more technical wrestler working over the knee in matches. Then the injury happened. Since her reinvention as the leader of Club Venus, a unit I also don't care for all that much, I have lost interest.

Regarding the rookie debuts at New Blood I thought Aya was solid, but was really surprised by how polished HANAKO looked. There is some potential for a really fun tag pairing with her and Lady C in the future.

Yeah that was for sure a spot the wrestlers at ringside should have helped on.

Can you knock it off with the creeper posts please?

I know it probably isn't everyone's cup of tea, but amidst all the goofy fun of the latest Baka Gaijin show, Chris Brookes and Maya Yukihi had an absolute banger of a match. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XmlsiU4mlxY

I had a blast watching the All Star Junior Festival. So cool to see so many companies represented and some lesser known talent given a showcase to shine. Also you can really feel how much the crowd is enjoying being able to cheer and shout again. Korakuen was rocking.