Trocar Slush Weasel

Wow, this match is terrible. I can't remember the last time I saw Kyoko and Mimura as bad as this. I think Hana's favorite wrestler is secretly Manami Toyota, because she has a pretty good Toyota dropkick.

The only match I've seen where she wasn't the heel was her debut match and that's like a totally different wrestler.

Some people just get pro-wrestling. I realize she has a little bit of a headstart being a 2nd generation wrestler but that didn't help Greg Gagne.

Maybe Hana's new hairdo is her trying out a new gimmick, the translation is something about Hana's version of a scene from a commercial. Or maybe it's just a Shin Kiba goof. Obviously gotta watch this match now.

I'm pretty sure it's from the edge of the balcony in the NE corner.

Strangely enough, I had a hand in this match. This was back when I was talking to them both and Kong said she wanted to wrestle Yamagata. Yuu was dumbfounded that Kong even knew who she was when I told her.

Spreadsheet time. Watched the Ruaka debut tag match, exactly what you would expect. Azumi looked like Jaguar Yokota compared to the other three. Hopefully she gets taller. Ruaka looks like a mini-Etsuko Mita with a similar dropkick. She should probably keep working on that.

Unfortunately, she's only 5'1". I realize that pretty much everybody else is in Stardom as well until she goes against the foreigners.. Except for Bito and I noticed they're giving her some muscle spots, like the double suplex in the tag finals and the delayed suplex thingy where she took Io and dumped her on Mayu.

It makes less sense the way it played out than reading the description. They tease dissension in the semis because Mayu won't tag in. Then there's some miscommunication but they win anyway. Then Io waits 15 minutes into the tourney final to turn on Mayu? That's just dumb. Plus, you have the decision to have them beat Momo/Kyona. Io and Mayu were bumping like Sami bumps for Owens, you had the miscommunication spots and then you just have them win anyway. Why not have them lose there, then Io has a good reason to dump Mayu. I think they just panicked.

Obviously, this person has to go in at #1.

Or didn't change his last name to McMahon like Simon changed his last name to Inoki.

The short answer is: no, that's Tsukushi from Ice Ribbon.

Are you kidding, not with those bangs. That's a straight babyface rookie hairdo. Can't see her pulling off this look for a while.

Maybe Hana is turning face 100%, can't think of another reason to go with bangs.

So, he's just replacing Shirai with Bito. Doesn't seem like that big a change to me.

They are doing this so wrong. I tried to help them but they wouldn't listen.

That's it, thank you sir. This was the match that got me into joshi puroresu. It was included on a comp tape of various Japanese deathmatches, for some reason.

It wasn't instant, that's for sure. The ECW Arena was sour on his debut, not sure how long before they caught on.