12/28/03
TWF World Tag Next Challenger Decision Tournament 1R
The Bloody & Yumi Oka vs. Hiroyo Muto & Asami Kawasaki
Keiko Saito & MARU vs. Kyuseininja Ranmaru & Kei Akiyama
Amazing Kong & TSUNAMI vs. Megumi Yabushita & Kazuki
TWF World Tag Next Challenger Decision Tournament Final: The Bloody & Yumi Oka vs. Keiko Saito & MARU
Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Shinohara
TWF World Tag Title Match: Fang Suzuki & Claw vs. The Bloody & Yumi Oka
1/18/04
Asami Kawasaki vs. Kei Akiyama 9:16
Hiroyo Muto vs. Asami Kawasaki 6:22
3 on 2 Handicap Match: MARU & Keiko Saito vs. Drake Morimatsu & TSUNAMI & Maya Satsuki 16:19
AKINO & Ranmaru vs. Megumi Yabushita & baby A 19:36
KAZUKI vs. Masutakya [Tomoya Adachi] 5:07
WMF Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Masutakya vs. KAZUKI 5:40
LSD 2004 Rules TWF World Women’s Tag Title Match: Fang Suzuki & Claw vs. The Bloody & Yumi Oka 33:10
4/19 taped 3/28/04
TSUNAMI & Kazuki & Asami Kawasaki vs. Ranmaru & Fuka & Kyoko Kimura
Megumi Yabushita vs. Sumie Sakai
MARU & Keiko vs. Teruko Kagawa & Baby M
Fang Suzuki & Crow vs. The Bloody & Kei Akiyama
3/15 taped 2/29/04
TSUNAMI & Asami Kawasaki vs. MARU & Keiko Saito
Kazuki & Tomoya vs. Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Fuka
Megumi Yabushita & Sumie Sakai vs. AKINO & Teruko Kagawa
Momoe Nakanishi vs. The Bloody
Fang Suzuki & Crow vs. Yumi Oka & Kei Akiyama
5/31/03
Undercard highlights
Michiko Omukai & Mitsuho Ishikawa vs. The Bloody & Yumi Oka 4:54 of 19:45
Queen of the Ring Fang: Suzuki vs. Hiroyo Muto 9:13 of 24:05
3/28/04
1st Battle: Army Homies (TSUNAMI, KAZUKI & Asami Kawasaki) vs. Ranmaru, Fuuka & Kyoko Kimura 4:48 of 9:40
2nd Battle: Megumi Yabushita vs. Sumie Sakai 13:23 of 19:52
Semi-Final: Maru & Keiko Saito vs. Teruko Kagawa & Baby-M 13:26 of 14:01
Final Battle: Fang Suzuki & Claw vs. The Bloody & Kei Akiyama 10:43 of 19:47
Saki Maemura & Hikaru vs. MARU & Keiko Saito
Mizuko Ishikawa vs. Nene Kimura
3 Way Battle: Asami Kawasaki vs. TSUNAMI vs. KAZUKI
4 vs. 3 Handicap Match: Yumi Oka & Kei Akiyama & Fuka & Ariel vs. Fang Suzuki & Claw & Lucious
Jaguar Yokota vs. Emi Tojo
TWF Tag Title Decision Match: Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru & AKINO vs. Megumi Yabushita & Sumie Sakai
Saki Maemura & Hikaru vs. MARU & Keiko Saito
Mizuko Ishikawa vs. Nene Kimura
3 Way Battle: Asami Kawasaki vs. TSUNAMI vs. KAZUKI
4 vs. 3 Handicap Match: Yumi Oka & Kei Akiyama & Fuka & Ariel vs. Fang Suzuki & Claw & Lucious
Jaguar Yokota vs. Emi Tojo
TWF Tag Title Decision Match: Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru & AKINO vs. Megumi Yabushita & Sumie Sakai
Kakutobi 10 8/1/04 Tokyo Shinkiba 1st RING
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 1st Round: Asami vs. MICKEY*Yuka
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 1st Round: Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Fuka
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 2nd Round: Nene Kimura vs. Showako
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 1st Round: Yumi Oka vs. Kei Akiyama
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 Semifinal: Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Showako
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 Semifinal: Asami vs. Yumi Oka
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 Final: Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Asami
Kakutobi 11 8/7/04 Tokyo Shinkiba 1st RING
Emi Sakura & Baby-M vs. Command Bolshoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki
Yumi Oka vs. Drake Morimatsu
Mariko Yoshida vs. Kei Akiyama
Fuuka vs. MARU
Asami vs. Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru
Kakutobi 12 8/21/04 Tokyo Shinkiba 1st RING
Azumi Hyuga vs. Yumi Oka
Megumi Yabushita & Mayumi Hashita vs. Mariko Yoshida & MICKEY*Yuka
Kei Akiyama & Fuuka vs. Drake Morimatsu & Mizuho Ishikawa
TWF World Tag Title Match: MARU & Asami vs. AKINO & Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru
4/9/05
Michiko Omukai vs. Shu Shibutani
Yumi Oka vs. Kei Akiyama
GAMI vs. MARU
Mariko Yoshida & Nene Kimura vs. Drake Morimatsu & Bullfight Sora
AKINO & Keiko Saito vs. Yuki Miyazaki & Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru
4/17/05
Yumi Oka vs. Yuki Miyazaki
MARU vs. Kei Akiyama
Drake Morimatsu vs. Keiko Saito
GAMI vs. Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru
Shu Shibutani & Nene Kimura vs. Bullfight Sora & Nozomi Takesako
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 1st Round: Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Fuka
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 2nd Round: Nene Kimura vs. Showako
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 1st Round: Asami vs. MICKEY*Yuka
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 1st Round: Yumi Oka vs. Kei Akiyama
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 Semifinal: Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Showako
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 Semifinal: Asami vs. Yumi Oka
Kakutomi Battle Queen Tournament 2004 Final: Mizuho Ishikawa vs. Asami
Yumi Oka vs. Yoshiko Tamura
Baby-M vs. Drake Morimatsu
MARU vs. Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru
MICKEY*Yuka vs. Apple Miyuki
Megumi Yabushita vs. AKINO 14:42 of 20:00? While the glory days of ARSION were a distant memory even in 2004, I figured this would be more grappling oriented with AKINO being one of the most technically capable opponents Yabushita is going to have a chance to work with, and Yabushita training for ReMix 2004 where she beat Roxanne Modafferi & Erin Toughill en route to winning the openweight tournament. While the matwork was more patient than in their 9/23/04 tag, it mainly comprised the early portion that they were hacking minutes from, and thus wasn't that big part of this junior style match where they dabbling into several areas. The main difference stylistically to the 9/23 tag was the brawling. AKINO played heel now & then, & Yabushita paid her back with chair shots after avoiding her dive, with AKINO returning the favor with a DDT onto a chair after Yabushita missed her dive. There's surely better things Yabushita could be doing than swinging a chair, for instance anything, but one of the reasons the match came off as well as it did despite the editing is they built up what felt like a genuine rivalry. Overall, this match was neither as good nor as clever without Mariko Yoshida, but they did a much better job of building to the finish, such as it was, & making the match intense & the result seem important. I didn't see the draw coming, as they were going back & forth with hot near falls, and it seemed like someone would manage to get the finish soon when they suddenly gave the one minute call. AKINO was the star here, though not as much as on 9/23, and Yabushita came off better here because we actually got to see what she could do. ***1/4 range
9/12/04
Kei Akiyama & Mariko Yoshida vs. Emi Sakura & Yuki Miyazaki
Yumi Oka vs. Misae Genki
9/23/04
MARU vs. Kaori Yoneyama
Emi Sakura vs. Baby*M
Michiko Omukai & Yumi Oka vs. GAMI & Drake Morimatsu
Ranmaru vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki
Command Bolshoi & Megumi Yabushita vs. Mariko Yoshida & AKINO 14:46 of 21:56. One would expect this submission oriented match would be a showcase for Yabushita as she is, of course, the only JD wrestler in the match & the only legitimate MMA fighter of these pro wrestling grapplers, but Yabushita was barely involved during the 1st 10 minutes that aired, pretty much just coming in for a few seconds here & there. Though the weak link in the match in any style, and technical grappling being less her go to than the others, that turned out to be okay because Bolshoi stepped it up & was a good catalyst & link between the athletic style you normally see in women's wrestling & the technical style of Yoshida & her acolytes. Bolshoi would start the sequences running the ropes then someone would hit a standing submission or jump into a submission to initiate a quick transition submission laden scramble. The heart of the match was speedy grappling exchanges, but they threw in all sorts of athletic spots whether they be dives or flying takedowns. AKINO had the highlight with a flying bodyscissors into an armbar that looked like it was going to be her tornado A, but Bolshoi showed the most midair spinning & twisting whether it be to get into a submission or a cradle. Bolshoi wasn't as good as the others once the submission sequence was underway, chaining submissions just isn't second nature to her the way it is to Yoshida, but the sequences still worked well enough. Though not the most believable match, the goal was to make it exciting, and they certainly succeeded. I would have preferred if they stuck with the more Yoshida style match, but as the match progressed, they brought out more & more suplexes & flying moves, and were trying to stay true to the submission base with spots such as AKINO going into a wakigatame once they crashed the mat from Bolshoi's avalanche style uranage. One of the reasons the match worked is the pace was so frantic, no matter what style they were doing it was about seizing the moment & hitting the counter. Everyone was pulling really athletic & nifty spots throughout. To some extent, the match was too exciting for its own good because they were exhibiting submissions rather than using them for intense near finishes. It wasn't a match where you cared all that much who won or when, the performers were having fun testing the boundaries of their speed & athleticism within something of a catch wrestling base. AKINO really put on a show here because the match encompassed the two styles she's done in her career, technical & junior, and she really put them together well. Yoshida was the other standout, being the base for the junior style stuff & finding clever ways to transition into grappling. I felt bad for Yabushita because she even got pinned with the tornado A AKINO had teased earlier. Not a classic, but a super fun encounter where everyone was dynamic & reactive, doing cool things that weren't the same old cool things. ***3/4 range
Exhibition: Yumi Oka vs. Keiko Saito
Kyoko Kimura vs. Mai Ichii
Bullfight Sora vs. Nozomi Takesako
Kei Akiyama vs. Erika Watanabe
Shu Shibutani & Nene Kimura & Fuka vs. Ofune & Apple Miyuki & MICKEY*Yuka
Yumi Oka vs. Haruka Matsuo
MARU & Asami vs. Rena Takase & Kaori Yoneyama