3/20/08: Kana vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto 11:45
4/4/08: Kana & Yumi Oka vs. Hikaru & Saki Maemura 16:17
5/4/08: Kana & Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Shu Shibutani & Kanjuro Matsuyama 14:16
5/13/08: Shu Shibutani & Yu Yamagata vs. Yumi Oka & Kana 14:47
5/25/08: Sayuri Okino & Shu Shibutani & Kana vs. Kyoko Kimura & Yumi Oka & Moeka Haruhi 13:05
6/4/08: Kana & Shu Shibutani vs. GAMI & Moeka Haruhi 18:33
9/15/08: Kana & Magnitude Kishiwada vs. GAMI & Kikutaro 13:12
9/15/08: Atsuko Emoto & Kyoko Kimura & Tomoka Nakagawa vs. Kana & Moeka Haruhi & Toshie Uematsu 15:38
9/21/08: Kana & Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. GAMI & Ran YuYu & Kyoko Kimura 21:52
10/8/08: Command Bolshoi & GAMI & Vanessa The Mountain vs. Bullfight Sora & Kana & Yumi Oka 20:24
10/21/08: GAMI vs. Kana 15:00
NEO 7/5/09 Midsummer Tag Tournament: Kana & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Fuka & Yoshiko Tamura
WAVE 8/23/09: Megumi Yabushita & Kana vs. Shu Shibutani & Mika 21:28
NEO 8/15/09 Kana & Nanae Takahashi & Natsuki Taiyo vs. Io Shirai & Mio Shirai & Yoshiko Tamura 22:04
NEO 11/22/09 NEO Tag Title: Passion Red Kana & Nanae Takahashi vs. Passion Red Natsuki Taiyo & Passion Ray 20:30
NEO 12/31/09 NEO Tag Title: Kana & Nanae Takahashi vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Yoshiko Tamura
NEO 11/1/09: Yoshiko Tamura vs. Kana
Kana vs Chihiro Oikawa 10/26/08
Kana & Nanae Takahashi vs AKINO & Chihiro Oikawa 12/28/08
Kana & Natsuki*Taiyo vs Chihiro Oikawa & Ayako Sato 5/6/09
Kana vs Chihiro Oikawa 2/15/09
11/1/09: Yoshiko Tamura vs. Kana
12/4/09: Ayumi Kurihara & Tsukasa Fujimoto & Yoshiko Tamura vs. Kana & Nanae Takahashi & Natsuki*Taiyo
12/18/09: Kana & Nanae Takahashi & Natsuki Taiyo & Passion Ray vs. Aya Yuuki & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kyoko Inoue & Yukari Ishino 23:39
12/31/09 NEO Tag Title Match: Nanae Takahashi & Kana vs. Yoshiko Tamura & Ayumi Kurihara 21:32
1/17/10: Natsuki*Taiyo & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Kana & Hiroyo Matsumoto 15:25
1/23/10: Toshie Uematsu & Tanny Mouse & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Nanae Takahashi & Natsuki*Taiyo & Kana 13:04
2/6/10: Kana vs. Mio Shirai 10:22
2/14/10: Kana vs. Kagetsu 8:34
3/14/10: Emi Sakura vs. Kana 9:12
Kana & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Toshie Uematsu & Shimono Sawako 12:09.
Hikaru Sato & Katsumi Usuda vs. Kengo Mashimo & Yujiro Yamamoto 13:29.
Kota Ibushi & GENTARO & Yuji Hino vs. MEN's Teio & Munenori Sawa & GAMI 11:09.
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Yuki Ishikawa 10:46.
Meiko Satomura vs. Kana 16:48. Watch Series Review. The 1st singles match between what ultimately ended up being two of the bigger names and better performing women of the 2010s. Kana was the up and comer encroaching on Satomura's realistic turf. People want Satomura to be a shooter because she mainly uses kicks and submissions, but she is very much an old school technical pro wrestler who worked a few times in Muga, which worshipped 70s technical pro wrestling. Meanwhile, Kana worked some in Battlarts, which worshipped PWFG shoot wrestling, but didn't limit itself to that. Basically everything Kana did here was legitimate, while Satomura did less "silly" stuff than usual because Kana didn't go down that path with her own actions, but Satomura was the one dictating the match because she's the veteran and much bigger star at the time. I don't think there's a huge difference between what these two were after, but there's enough to keep the match from reaching the level it was capable of. Satomura's choice to use too many obvious pro wrestling holds hurt the match, especially since she established a level of fakery early on, and made concessions to pro wrestling there was no real reason for. One can argue that a certain number of people need the action and movement of the charging elbow into the corner, slingshot footstomp, or cartwheel kick, but no one needs a bodyslam or a traditional pro wrestling armbar. With the removal of a half dozen moves, and more emphasis on the intense and aggressive nature of their realistic offense, providing an air of danger to the proceedings, the match would likely be a lot more enthralling, rather than feeling like a safe grappling oriented exhibition during the first half that becomes brutal later on. Don't get me wrong, this is a really good match, even if it's not as big a departure from Satomura's typical match against opponent's who don't actually care about doing her thing as I was hoping due to Kana being willing opposition. Satomura is known to pick her spots to try hard, but she certainly showed up for this match. While the high quality of her opponent helped a lot, Kana had more luck getting Mio Shirai & Shu Shibutani to move a lot further off their normal style towards the realism and intensity Kana was shooting for. Satomura & Kana certainly moved well with one another, put some effort into making the moves look painful and showing a little resistance to what the opponent was trying. This match was very well executed, but both kind of just did their thing on the mat in the 1st half. The second half had most of the striking, which was great, and this was where the match really escalated well and the intensity shot up. Both women were really bringing the brutality in the later stages. They kept this to a reasonable length, so the strikes still had you in awe rather than becoming redundant. Satomura won with a rear naked choke after an axe kick that was the one strike tonight that didn't connect well, seemingly just grazing hair. ****
Hailey Hatred & Basara vs. Apple Miyuki & Aya Yuki
Onryo vs. Masamune
Ikemen 3 Way Match: Tetsuhiro Kuroda vs. Madoka vs. Ultraman Robin
Yuki Miyazaki vs. Michael Nakazawa
2/3 Falls Triple Tails vs. Tokyo Gurentai: Kana & Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. FUJITA & NOSAWA Rongai & KIKUZAWA
Meiko Satomura vs. Sawako Shimono 8:07
Hikaru Sato vs. GAMI 11:22
Io Shirai & Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Mio Shirai & Mineo Fujita 14:08
Hardcore Match: Katsumi Usuda vs. Isami Kodaka 15:00
Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kengo Mashimo & Shigehiro Irie vs. Big Murakami & Kota Ibushi & Keita Yano 14:31
KO Give Up Only Match: Carlos Amano & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kana & Yuki Ishikawa 22:28. A very technical, grappling oriented Battlarts match. Kana is the standout with her aggressive style, offering a great combination of speed and precision. This match exemplifies everything that makes her great including taking it seriously, going all out, and hitting really hard. It's a shame there was never any consistent shoot style league for her because this is really where she's at her best and most intense, and she could have gone a lot further with her matwork, which is excellent here, if she had more opponents that actually cared about such things. Amano can exceed Kana's speed, and has some great leg locks and ground switches. She's sometimes incredibly impressive, with the best ground sequences being between her and Kana because of how fast the movement is. Even in this style, Amano isn't always serious though, and does the most things that don't exactly belong such as running, jumping, and clowning at points. Ishikawa is good, but his strongest aspect normally is his brutality, and going against an ancient man and a small woman isn't really the place for that. Taking on Kana lets him show his best stuff on the mat though, and he allows her to just savage him with blistering kicks and open hands. Their segments definitely steal the show with a combination of intricate mat work and aggressive striking, at least from Kana. Fujiwara gives a better performance than I've seen from him in a long, long time. He is lumbering with his shot knee, but he works a lot harder, and most of the time a lot more seriously than he has in recent years. Even though he's a lot slower than everyone else, and has less offensive options, he's smart enough to get around enough of his limitations that it still mostly works. The pairing with Fujiwara and Amano is the biggest issue because Amano tries to troll him, and eventually Fujiwara's pervish instincts come forth when he decides to kiss her rather than give her his goofy headbutt. Still, this is 95% high quality shoot wrestling, with occasional show wrestling shenanigans. Fujiwara is in too much early, but Kana takes the entire stretch run, much of which is her absolutely going to town on Ishikawa with huge shots. The finish where Kana rolls through his wakigatame, but Ishikawa takes her out with a chickenwing facelock was rather random, but this is the style where those kind of finishes work best. It's a little dry at points because they usually aren't going for flash even by shoot style standards, and a little goofy at points since Amano & Fujiwara's character work doesn't necessarily belong in this setting, but overall, this definitely gives both intergender matches, and wrestling in general a good name. ***3/4
Apple Miyuki vs. Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru 6:23
Ikemen 3 Way Match: Hikaru Sato vs. Takao Omori vs. Rio Mizuki 8:35
NOSAWA & Isami Kodaka vs. Shinobu & Akito 14:03
Purple Thunder Sisters vs. Peach Youth: Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada 18:04
Kana vs. Meiko Satomura 18:55. Watch Series Review. This started like it's going to blow their 4/29/10 other match away with great fire and intensity, but doesn't correct any of the problems of the first match, and lacks the escalation and brutality of the second half of that match. If you could combine the 1st half of this with the 2nd half of their 1st match you would have a great one. If the previous match excelled at escalation, this one actually descalated after peaking in the 1st 5 minutes, arguably even dragging a bit. The opening was so impressive. It was high intensity right from the outset with heavy hitting exchanges. There was more struggle and more danger early on. It had the same problem as the previous match, where it's 90% shoot style, but Satomura undermined the believability for silly moves that detract more than they add. She did this almost right away too, with a running elbow. One minute they were exchanging snapmares, the next they did this great hesitant feint filled kicking segment. I think they worked better together here, but the structuring was way worse. This match was a bit more pro wrestling oriented, with Satomura getting a couple death valley bombs in down the stretch. Kana also did a reverse DDT this time, and tried running the ropes because why not if Satomura was going to do a reverse elbow off the middle rope? About 5 minutes in, things started to slow down as they got into the grappling. This is some good submission wrestling to be certain, with Kana staying after Satomura's left leg, attacking the knee or ankle with most of her submission attempts except the one that actually finished. There's bursts of striking action intermixed, with some brutal head kicks, but the goal seemed to be getting a submission rather than a knockout, so they would pounce on any opportunity to get back to the grappling. I didn't find the finishing sequence where they suddenly showed fatigue during the final kick exchange to be very convincing. Satomura won it with a high kick, but did a corny slow collapse instead of finishing Kana off, so Kana popped back up with a running soccer kick and finished with a chickenwing armlock. This ending at least played into the theme of the strikes setting up the submission win. The ending was extra disappointing because they really went nuts with the brutal kicks down the stretch of the previous match, so since this was mostly similar, I was waiting for an explosive finale that never came. This was a big prestige win for Kana, even if predictable given Satomura won their 1st match. ***3/4
Kohei Sato vs. Sakura Hirota 4:15
Sanshiro Takagi & GAMI vs. Shigehiro Irie & Sawako Shimono 10:46
Chaos 3 Way: Konaka Pale One vs. Ultraman Robin vs. Keita Yano 6:03
Simple Is "Dera" Best: Minoru vs. Akito 12:09
Return Home: Kana & Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. AKINO & Syuri & Kagetsu 22:21
Kana's 1st modeling DVD from 2011.
SMASH 4 6/25/10: Kana vs. Syuri
SMASH 5 7/24/10: Kana vs. Syuri
SMASH Happening EVE 12/24/10: Kana vs. TAJIRI
SMASH 20 8/11/11 1st SMASH Divas Title Decision Tournament Semifinal: Kana vs. Syuri
Kagetsu vs. Nao Komatsu 5:50
Kohei Sato & Sakura Hirota vs. Atsushi Kotoge & GAMI 15:43
Billyken Kid vs. AKINO 13:20
3 Way Match: Kaijin Habu Otoko vs. HARASHIMA vs. Shota 11:43
Kana & Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Ryo Mizunami & DASH Chisako & Sendai Sachiko 24:49
AKIRA vs. Akito
MEN'S Teio & Mio Shirai vs. GAMI & Io Shirai
Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda vs. Takaku Fuke & Kenichi Yamamoto
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Masato Tanaka
Kengo Mashimo vs. Kana
8/28/11: Kana vs. Ayumi Kurihara
9/4/11 Dual Shock Wave 2011 First Round Match: Ayumi Kurihara & Kana vs. Cherry & Shu Shubutani 15:08
9/26/11 Dual Shock Wave 2011 Semifinal Match: Ayumi Kurihara & Kana vs. GAMI & Tomoka Nakagawa 25:18
10/30/11 Dual Shock Wave 2011 Tag Tournament FINAL & WAVE 1st Tag Champions Title Decision Match: Kana & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Ran YuYu & Toshie Uematsu
11/16/11: Kana & Mio Shirai vs. Ayumi Kurihara & Shu Shibutani 17:58
Sakura Candle vs. Sakura Hirota
Masamune vs. Akito
3Way Match: Shinobu vs. Shigehiro Irie vs. Johnel Sanders
Munenori Sawa vs. Kana 15:07. Amazing intergender match that was well above the usual Battlarts level of believability. It's more loosely defined wannabe shooting than a lot of RINGS and PWFG, but at the same time, the striking is much more believable than a lot of that stuff. The footwork isn't quite there, but it exists, and when you combined that with some early hesitation and more thoughtful attacks, and serious brutality throughout, you've not only finally got a woman in a U-Style match, you have one who has already surpassed a lot of those guys in their own style. This wasn't Kana's first shoot style match, as she was on the Battlarts Queen Bee women's shoot shows, and has wrestled intergender shoot style on a couple of her previous shows, it's just a big step up from what she did previously in both quality and realism. This was still mostly toe to toe, with some of the most realistic kicking and slapping you'll see in a wrestling match, but they had runs and flurries, and it never felt like they weren't trying to kill each other. There's still a little of the staring at each other taking turns letting the opponent hit them, but instead of it just being lazy wrestling, it's largely there to tell the story of Sawa disrespecting Kana, still taking her lightly. In the later stages, they tried to add drama by having Sawa let her attack with strikes, then put her in her place with big shots, with a fading Kana slowing down and having less impact after each time he puts her down, but refusing to give up on herself. Sawa got so cocky he tried to use a flying knee when she was getting up, but Kana avoided, and almost beat him with a Kimura off his German suplex. Kengo Mashimo apparently didn't get the memo last time, treating their 9/24/11 Kana Pro match as an exhibition where he toyed with Kana, and just kind of clowned her. Sawa instead tried to have a great match, and allowed Kana to compete with him, even if begrudgingly and disdainfully, in story. Kana was always the underdog, and a lot of times Sawa would beat her essentially at her own game if he wasn't dictating from the start, but Kana was always in there with a chance even if she lost segment after segment. Sawa toyed with Kana a little, but in the story sense so she could earn his respect and make him come at her harder. People always talk about Yuki Ishikawa and Daisuke Ikeda when they talk about the greats of Battlarts, and that's understandable to an extent because they were there from the beginning, but Sawa is a younger, faster, more athletic worker who can go harder, isn't a clone, and doesn't sacrifice the mental for the physical. Sawa was the 1st of these Battlarts guys to really lay into Kana, as Yuki Ishikawa took it easy on her in the very good 1/10/11 tag with Carlos Amano against Kana & Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Sawa's impact made for a much more serious and intense match because both were working hard and putting everything they have into it. Intergender matches aren't exactly known for their intensity, but this was really fire by any standard. It was incredibly aggressive stuff, with great brutality. The fight just kept escalating until Kana's body gave out on her. At least for Kana, it was kill or be killed. The difference was when it went to the ground, Sawa was almost always on the ascendancy. Kana was still fighting from underneath the whole way, in part due to having less size and power, but also because her left arm was injured before she could rope escape Sawa's submission. There was a great spot where Kana tried an arm bar out of mount, but lost control of the arm, and Sawa was instead able to go into his own arm bar. This injured the other (right) arm, which was fine since shoot wrestling is about being opportunistic rather than forcing 1 thing as if it's going to magically shut the opponent down. This match really flew by even though there's a limited number of different things they actually did. The stiffness and intensity made it believable enough that you needed to see what was going to happen next, even if it might not be that much different than what happened before. They did everything with conviction, and there was a lot of chaining holds on the mat when they weren't blasting away landing wicked shots on their feet. This was a fast paced match of a sort, in that they fought with urgency, Kana especially went out of her way to pounce on openings and not leaving any gaps, with Sawa sometimes preferring to goad Kana. This had very little in the way of non shoot style moves, but Sawa actually won with the octopus after basically knocking Kana out with a couple closed fist punches. ****1/2
Mio Shirai vs. Toshie Uematsu 30:00
Cherry vs. Miyako Matsumoto
The Winger & Ryuji Hijikata vs. Sakigake & Rey Paloma
Madoka vs. Tsubo Genjin vs. Otokosakari
Shigehiro Irie & Sawako Shimono vs. Sakura Hirota & Senpai 16:03
Kana & Tajiri vs. Mio Shirai & AKIRA 25:34
Sakura Hirota vs. Apple Miyuki
Misaki Ohata vs. Micro
Senpai vs. Sen Yen Hua vs. YO-HEY vs. Makoto Oishi vs. Takao Soma
Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto vs. Sawako Shimono & Shigehiro Irie
Mio Shirai& Shinjiro Otani vs. Kana & Masato Tanaka
Kana & Mio Shirai modeling DVD from 2012.
Triple Tails.S 12/18/11: Kana & TAJIRI vs. Mio Shirai & AKIRA
Triple Tails.S 2/25/12: Kana & Masato Tanaka vs. Mio Shirai & Shinjiro Otani
Mio Shirai modeling DVD from 2012.
SMASH 9/8/11 No Rule Free Weapon Match: Mio Shirai vs. Takuya Kito
Triple Tails.S 5/6/12: Mio Shirai vs. Tiger's Mask
Triple Tails.S 11/2/11: Mio Shirai vs. Toshie Uematsu
Mio Shirai vs. Tigers Mask
Takashi Sasaki & Miyako Matsumoto vs. Makoto & Takashi Doi
Shigehiro Irie vs. Akihito
Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuko Miyamoto
Syuri & Masamune vs. Kana & Shinobu
Manabu Suruga vs. Takuya Kito 3:41
Onryo & Shinobu & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jiro Kuroshio & TAJIRI & Tomoka Nakagawa 13:50
AKIRA vs. Yuki Ishikawa 15:46
Shigehiro Irie vs. Koji Doi 11:31
Daisuke Ikeda & Syuri vs. Kana & Kenichi Yamamoto 46:01
Kana & Makoto vs. Hikaru Shida & Hamuko Hoshi
Ray & Leon vs. Tigre Blanco & Moreno Kito
Hardcore Match: Mio Shirai vs. Karate Brahman
Yuko Miyamoto & Shu Shibutani vs. Jun Kasai & Miyako Matsumoto
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Makoto
Syuri & Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana & Kagetsu 30:00
Onryo & Shinobu vs. Mio Shirai & HAYATA
Sakura Hirota & Mame Endo vs. Kana & Kama
Isami Kodaka vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
Miyako Matsumoto vs. Tiger's Mask
Kana & Mio Shirai vs. Ayako Hamada & Arisa Nakajima
Handicap Match: Kana & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Ranmaru
Kagetsu & Sawako Shimono vs. Arisa Nakajima & Manami Katsu
4-Way Match: Tomoko Nakagawa vs. Mio Shirai vs. Yu Yamagata vs. Shu Shibutani
Black Buffalo vs. GAMI
Ayako Hamada & Meiko Satomura vs. Kana & Ayumi Kurihara 18:45. Kana vs. Satomura was excellent with massive intensity, while Kurihara vs. Hamada was just good. Kana and Satomura were just beating the crap out of each other, while Kurihara and Hamada did some Lucha Libre. This started off pretty pedestrian and friendly with Kurihara vs. Hamada, then became a blood feud as soon as the pairings switched. This was some of the best Kana vs. Satomura stuff right off the bat. They went all out because they would get a break soon enough. There was almost no grappling or submissions from Kana and Satomura here, just heated brutality. They were more willing to do moves here because their teammates were going to anyways. The match was very uneven early on because there was no discernable rivalry between Hamada and Kurihara. Hamada did random body slams after Kana and Satomura mauled each other. Kurihara and Hamada eventually realized what kind of match they were involved in and got with the program, but it took them 10 minutes to decide to actually heat things up. Even though they didn't do it as well, that effort to at least try to wrestle at a similar tone to Kana & Satomura really transformed the match for the better. There was an elbow exchange between Kana and Satomura that actually looked like they meant it, then Kana quickly countered Satomura's elbow into a flying arm bar rather than standing there taking another strike like a doofus. The second half was much more frantic and action-packed because both teams were now going hard. Kana and Satomura played even while Kurihara mostly took Ayako's moves until having a big run at the end. Hamada then pinned Kurihara with 2 of her AP crosses though. ***1/2
Punishment Match: Kana & Ayumi Kurihara vs. Sakura Hirota
Kagetsu vs. Mika Iida
Handicap Match: DASH Chisako & Sendai Sachiko vs. GAMI
Hardcore Match: Ayako Hamada & Kuuga vs. Yu Yamagata & HUB
Mio Shirao & Shu Shibutani vs. Kanjuro Matsuyama & Ebessan
Ayumi Kurihara & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Kana & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!
IR 1/5/13: Kana vs. Miyako Miyamoto
JWP 1/27/13: Kana & Arisa Nakajima & Command Bolshoi vs. Hanako Nakamori & Kaori Yoneyama & Morii
Triple Tails 2/24/13: Kana & Mio Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima & Ayako Hamada
IR 3/16/13: Kana vs. Miyako Miyamoto
JWP 3/31/13: Kana vs. Tsubasa Kuragaki
JWP 5/3/13: Kana & Arisa Nakajima & Nikki Storm vs. Manami Katsu & Rabbit Mito & Tsubasa Kuragaki
JWP 5/5/13: Kana & Rydeen Hagane vs. Arisa Nakajima & Nana Kawasa
KanAyu Produce 6/15/13: Ayako Hamada & Meiko Satomura vs. Kana & Ayumi Kurihara
KanAyu Produce 7/26/13: Ayumi Kurihara & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Kana & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!
Ayumi Kurihara Produce 8/4/13: Mio Shirai & Shuu Shibutani vs. Kana & Sakura Hirota 12:59
OZ 9/15/13: Mio Shirai & Shuu Shibutani vs. Kana & Sakura Hirota 12:59
JWP 9/16/13: JWP Openweight Title: Kana c vs. Manami Katsu 14:25
JWP 9/22/13: Kana vs. Rabbit Miu 10:03
Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru vs. Miyako Matsumoto 9:05
Hardcore Tag: Kuuga & Shinobu vs. Yu Yamagata & YO-HEY
Kana Special 8 Match Trial:
Kana vs. Sawako Shimono
Kana vs. Miyako Matsumoto
Kana vs. Papillion Akemi
Kana vs. Kama
Kana vs. Papillion Akemi
Kana vs. Yumi Oka
Kana vs. Jun Kasai
SGP Global Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kana vs. Yuko Miyamoto
Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Rabbit Miu 6:56
Dynamite Kansai & Kuuga & TAKA Michinoku vs. HUB & Sanshiro Takagi & Yuu Yamagata 8:54
Genki Horiguchi HAGeeMee vs. Mio Shirai 4:55
Kengo Mashimo & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto 12:42
Puroresu Shop Champion Death Match Rule: Ayako Hamada & Ryuji Ito vs. Arisa Nakajima & Jun Kasai 17:24
UWF Rule: Hiromitsu Kanehara & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takaku Fuke 13:28
Atsushi Kotoge & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Black Buffalo & Ikuto Hidaka 14:23
Kana vs. Meiko Satomura 16:00. Watch Series Review. This still wasn't quite the "shoot" I was hoping for, but it was a little closer than their previous matches because the structuring was superior and the moves were ordered better. It felt more like a fight than their second match, and in some ways also than their first, although that was clearly the most brutal of the 3. What made this match different from their previous matches, and in fact unique in the history of wrestling was the atmospheric. They had a shamisen player on the stage behind them playing throughout the match, somewhat trying to interpret the action and make it more dramatic. The dim blue light also lended a more cinematic feel to the proceedings. Unfortunately, there still wasn't much storytelling going on from the wrestlers. This match flowed better than their previous two, with both performers largely just being opportunistic. It started in a highly technical manner with a lot of struggle and resistance, and pretty much stayed that way until the finishing segment. Very intense and aggressive action. Kana was treated as more of an equal here, and Satomura seemed to have less influence over the direction of the match. Their chemistry was better from being more used to each other now, and both were at the peak of their confidence in their own abilities. Satomura stayed aggressive, and while there were a couple high spots I could have lived without, she at least did things that were meaningful, and did them quickly so it wasn't straining credibility as much as it might have. There was no dead time here, or really in this entire series. Kana was very submission oriented, particularly working Satomura's knee. The best of these spots saw Kana turn Satomura's pele kick into a kneebar. Kana got her knees up for Satomura's diving body attack, but Satomura hit a frog splash later on. Kana won via ref stop with the triangle. This was a huge win for Kana because she managed to win the series over the older, more experienced star from the previous generation, something that has been rare in Japan, especially since the 1990s. The 2nd half of the 1st match was the craziest stuff they produced together because they just tried to kill one another, but this felt like their most successful match as a whole because both had more experience working together, and were in a better place in their career. ****1/4
Fairy Nihonbashi & Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru vs. Aiger & Kana & Shinobu 9:57
Battle Royal: HAYATA vs. Kyoka vs. Shinobu vs. Shoichi Uchida vs. YO-HEY 8:06
Isami Kodaka vs. Sakura Candle 10:08
Hikaru Shida vs. Rina Yamashita 12:25
Kana & Mio Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima & Command Bolshoi 17:47
Kanjyouro Matsuyama & Shu Shibutani vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Kikutaro 8:32
Yuji Hino vs. YASSHI 8:01
Arisa Nakajima vs. Hikaru Shida 15:00
Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Mineo Fujita 12:07
Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Great Kojika & Hiromitsu Kanehara
Daisuke Sekimoto & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto 14:52
Meiko Satomura & Minoru Suzuki vs. Kana & Naomichi Marufuji 23:18. The intergender pairings were almost the be all and end all of this match. That in and of itself narrowed the value and effort considerably, but then when you came down to it, this was the men bullying the women, and being pretty deliberate and methodical in their approach to it. There wasn't a lot of movement on their part, especially Suzuki, who might as well have been a statue most of the time, whereas Marufuji eventually worked up to doing a sequence with Satomura before both essentially disappeared from the match. The men took some shots that they barely registered, then hit back a lot harder. This might be realistic, but this was more masochismo than a match, as the only thing really going on here was proving that the women could take a beating. Suzuki was mean, and it's good that he was unleashing his sadistic side rather than clowning, but the match didn't build that well, in part because Kana was never actually competitive with Suzuki at any point, just annoying like a fly avoiding being swatted. The women were fearless, and got punished severely for that. Both the men did what was asked of them, but that was just to stand around no selling then firing back harder to theoretically garner great sympathy for the women, and show Kana's heart and fighting spirit. The men obviously had a big size advantage, so they could afford to just stand in front of the much smaller women in the lazy manner that striking oriented puroresu has become. Both men were solid, but this wasn't a big match for them by any means, so they just did their standard stuff. The men were ruthless, with Kana in particular apparently instructing Suzuki beforehand to give her the rough treatment. While it was good that they didn't ease up one bit, the match was kind of tedious, with a lot of standing around barely registering the volume striking of the women then answering with one big shot that stunned them, wash, rinse, repeat because the story was the women weren't backing down and were showing their heart and determination. They did a good slow start where they focused on building anticipation. Once we saw what the match was though, it didn't evolve much, and the best pairing, Kana vs. Satomura, barely occurred and didn't reach the level of any of their other showdowns. The intergender pairings certainly weren't nearly as heated or competitive as the usual excellent Kana vs. Satomura stuff they largely replaced. They were something different from normal, but at the same time, always very samey. The women wouldn't succumb to being put in their place, but they didn't have any answers either. Instead of changing things up, they just kept trying to strike the guys who still weren't selling, kind of a kickboxing match between a featherweight and a heavyweight, except the featherweight didn't bother to try to use strategy or their speed and movement advantages. They just accepted the momentary setbacks and refused to stand down, repeating the losing battle until their lights went out. Satomura did eventually start ducking Marufuji's predictable big chops, so he had to put a little more thought and deception into his game. Marufuji then began working some sequences with Satomura, as he had already done one with Suzuki, the other pairing we barely saw. Suzuki vs. Kana didn't build in a particularly interesting manner, but had a memorable finish where Kana got tortured, as Suzuki supposedly snapped. Some will love and some will hate this ending, both for "right" and "wrong" reasons. Suzuki started no selling Kana completely towards the end, so she low blowed him to escape the German suplex, and took it to him. He recovered fiercely, and tossed the ref Tommy Ran out of the way so he could continue to elbow and slap her on the ground. This was supposed to look like the most merciless ground and pound ever, and be a clear signal to the ref to stop the match if they ever had the guts to exercise their power, but it wasn't that believable even though Suzuki hit hard. Marufuji tried to save Kana, but Suzuki dispatched of him and went back to work on her. Satomura even came in and tried to save her opponent, but Suzuki tossed her aside as well. Suzuki was a dick throughout all this, but he was also pretty laid back and lethargic, not seeming believably out of control to make anyone buy into the story they were trying to tell. The whole thing was very cosplay even though Kana was taking more punishment than a lot of guys would. Kana somehow eventually pulled herself up and fired back with a lot less force, and Suzuki just stood there no selling everything as usual until he got bored and put her in an endless I flimsily wrap my arm around your tendon hold. Kana eventually got the rope break, but could no longer put weight on her left foot. This was growing more and more contrived as Marufuji and Satomura pretended to be fighting on the outside for the entire endless sequence. Finally, Suzuki decided he did enough damage and pinned Kana after his Gotch piledriver. The talent involved is enough to recommend the match, and it's one of the harder hitting intergender matches, but it struck me as more of a missed opportunity than the truly memorable match a lot of people seem to want to make this out to be. ***
Mio Shirai vs. Misaki Ohata vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto 6:31
Neko Nitta vs. Mika Iida 10:57
Hamuko Hoshi & Hiroshi Fukuda vs. Masayuki Mitomi & Yumi Oka 13:14
Aja Kong & Dynamite Kansai vs. SAGAT & Shuji Ishikawa 12:37
Barbed Wire Boards Weapons Six Man Tag: Mayumi Ozaki & Shu Shibutani & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Isami Kodaka & Maki Narumiya & Mio Shirai 23:25
Arisa Nakajima & Rabbit Miyu vs. Hikaru Shida & Kaho Kobayashi 11:47
Kengo Mashimo vs. Tomoka Nakagawa 6:25
Exhibition Match: Kana vs. Sazanami Takemoto
Atsushi Maruyama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 9:19
Hardcore Match: Masato Tanaka & Ricky Fuji vs. Kenju Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka 10:48
Kohei Sato & Hideki Suzuki vs. Takashi Sugiura & Hiromitsu Kanehara 15:00
Jun Kasai & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Jimmy Susumu & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 15:00
Syuri & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kana & Minoru Suzuki 18:05
Aya Mizunami & Sonoko Kato vs. Miyako Matsumoto & Tsukasa Fujimoto 10:47
Isami Kodaka & Mika Iida vs. Daichi Kazato & Yumi Oka 20:00
Aja Kong & Mochi Miyagi & Seiya Morohashi vs. Dynamite Kansai & Fairy Nihonbashi & Shuji Ishikawa 11:12
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Cherry vs. Shu Shibutani vs. Tsukushi 10:46
Io Shirai vs. Mio Shirai 18:54
Shu Shibutani vs. Kanjuro Matsuyama 7:35
Yuko Miyamoto vs. Buffalo 9:35
Kana vs. Konami 6:35
Taiji Ishimori & Tsutomu Osugi vs. Hercules Senga & Isami Kodaka 9:40
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Ryuichi Sekine 5:25
Jun Kasai & Kengo Mashimo vs. KENSO & SUSUMU 8:43
Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yuko Miyamoto 17:15
REINA World Tag Title: Arisa Nakajima & Kana vs. Hikaru Shida & Syuri 19:53
Aja Kong & Daichi Kazato & Hamuko Hoshi vs. Hiroshi Fukuda & Mika Iida & Miyako Matsumoto 12:35
Ayako Hamada vs. Kaguya 5:00
Sonoko Kato vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Ryo Mizunami 9:45
Shuji Ishikawa vs. Fairy Nihonbashi 5:54
HAYATA & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto & Yumi Oka 15:21
Takashi Sasaki vs. Mio Shirai 15:10
Syuri vs. Konami 9:43
Isami Kodaka vs. Gabai-jichan 5:47
Takao Omori & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Tsutomu Osugi & Hercules Senga 8:06
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. Kenshin Chikano 5:32
Yuji Okabayashi & Mineo Fujita vs. Shinobu & Yosuke (loves) Santa Maria 12:34
Yuko Miyamoto & Arisa Nakajima vs. Koji Kanemoto & Hikaru Shida 19:36
Daisuke Sekimoto & Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Cyber Kong & Masaya Takahashi 14:48
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Gran Hamada & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Kana & Great Kojika & Mitsuo Momota 10:32
Chikayo Nagashima vs. Risa Sera 7:37
Mayumi Ozaki & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Hamuko Hoshi & Hiroshi Fukuda & Mochi Miyagi 17:14
Aoi Kizuki vs. Cherry vs. Kaho Kobayashi vs. Dynamite Kansai 7:19
Isami Kodaka vs. Yumi Oka 11:34
Aja Kong & SAGAT vs. Neko Nitta & Shuji Ishikawa 11:21
Arisa Nakajima vs. Mio Shirai 30:00
Arisa Nakajima vs. Mio Shirai 2:09
Tsukasa Fujimoto & Yuuka vs. Konami & Mika Iida 11:00
Keno vs. Chon Shiryu 6:52
Hiromitsu Kanehara & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda & Kotaro Nasu 10:29
Toru Owashi & Yako Fujigasaki vs. Hanako Nakamori & Hercules Senga & KID 10:52
Jun Kasai & Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Masashi Takeda & Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin vs. Genki Horiguchi HAGeeMee & Yuko Miyamoto 13:17
Hikaru Shida & Kana & Syuri vs. Arisa Nakajima & Rina Yamashita & Ryo Mizunami 30:12
Kaori Yoneyama vs. Mio Shirai 6:54
Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka vs. Hikaru Shida & Sareee 19:06
Meiko Satomura vs. Miyako Matsumoto 9:15
Mayumi Ozaki & Mio Shirai & Yumi Oka vs. Arisa Nakajima & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto 16:08
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Mio Shirai 10:32
M.I.O #5: Goodbye Everyone's Big Sister Mio Shirai Retirement Produce 9/20/15 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Aoi Kizuki & Mio Shirai vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka 11:22
Isami Kodaka vs. Mio Shirai 11:11
Mio Shirai Retirement Match: Hiroe Nagahama & Risa Sera & Tsukushi vs. Mio Shirai & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto 14:09
MIO SHIRAI PRO WRESTLING WAVE RETIREMENT ROAD
6/14/15: Mio Shirai vs. Sumire Natsu Sexy Tantanmen Showdown
7/5/15: Chikayo Nagashima & Fairy Nihonbashi & Yu Yamagata vs. Mio Shirai & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto 14:27
7/5/15: Mio Shirai vs. Kaho Kobayashi 7:05
7/31/15: Mio Shirai vs. Mika Iida 11:10
8/9/15: Minoru Suzuki vs. Mio Shirai 15:32
8/25/15: Mio Shirai vs. Hiroe Nagahama 8:09
8/26/15: Mio Shirai vs. Sawako Shimono 5:00
8/27:15: Sakura Hirota vs. Mio Shirai 20:01
8/27/15: Mio Shirai Costume Battle Royal
9/11/15: Mio Shirai vs. Rina Yamashita 9:59
9/16/15: Hikaru Shida vs. Mio Shirai 10:00
9/16/15: Ryo Mizunami vs. Mio Shirai 6:50
9/16/15: Yumi Oka vs. Mio Shirai 8:30
9/16/15: Misaki Ohata vs. Mio Shirai 6:55
9/16/15: Mio Shirai vs. ASUKA 3:22
PRO WRESTLING WAVE MIO SHIRAI FAMOUS MATCH
Mio Shirai vs. Bullfight Sora 5/20/07
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Misaki Ohata & Hiroyo Matsumoto 8/26/07
Mio Shirai vs. AKINO 11/25/07
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Kyoko Kimura & Atsuko Emoto 8/1/08
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai & GAMI vs. Yumi Oka & Shu Shibutani & Moeka Haruhi 2/28/09
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Moeka Haruhi & Tomoka Nakagawa Dual Duelist Young Tournament FINAL & TLW World Young Women's Tag Title 4/29/09
Mio Shirai & Atsushi Kotoge vs. GAMI & Kanjyuro Matsuyama 9/22/09
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Toshie Uematsu & Ran Yu-Yu 12/13/09
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. GAMI Handicap Match 2/24/10
Mio Shirai & Ryo Mizunami vs. Misaki Ohata & Io Shirai 4/20/10
Mio Shirai vs. Toshie Uematsu 8/10/10
Costume Change Battle Royal 8/11/10
Kana & Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. GAMI & Toshie Uematsu & Sakura Hirota 6/15/11
Mio Shirai vs. Yumi Oka 7/6/11
Mio Shirai & Io Shirai vs. Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu vs. Mari Apache & Fabi Apache 8/28/11
Misaki Ohata & Mio Shirai vs. GAMI & Tomoka Nakagawa 9/4/11
Mio Shirai vs. Ayako Hamada 2/25/12
Mio Shirai vs. Ayumi Kurihara 6/8/12
Mio Shirai vs. Kana 6/24/12
Mio Shirai vs. Moeka Haruhi Garter Title 8/7/12
Mio Shirai vs. Ayumi Kurihara vs. Moeka Haruhi vs. Sakura Hirota vs. Cherry 11/16/12
Kana & Mio Shirai vs. Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto WAVE Tag Title 4/21/13
Mio Shirai vs. Syuri 5/15/13
Mio Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima 6/9/13
Mio Shirai vs. Hikaru Shida 6/19/13
Mio Shirai vs. Sumire Natsu 1/25/14
Mio Shirai vs. Mika Iida 5/11/14
Mio Shirai vs. Misaki Ohata 7/4/14
Mio Shirai vs. Hiroe Nagahama 10/29/14
Mio Shirai & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Shu Shibutani & Cherry & Meari Naito 11/26/14
Mio Shirai vs. Hikaru Shida Regina di WAVE & RCW Title 12/21/14
Kaori Yoneyama & Madoka vs. Isami Kodaka & Ryu Gouma 8:22
Aoi Kizuki & Mio Shirai vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Yumi Oka 11:22
Dynamite Kansai & Fairy Nihonbashi & Neko Nitta & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Aja Kong & Ayako Hamada & Hiroshi Fukuda & Mochi Miyagi 11:22
Isami Kodaka vs. Mio Shirai 11:11
Battle Royal: Sonoko Kato vs. 235 vs. Akane Fujita vs. Cherry vs. FUMA vs. Hamuko Hoshi vs. Kaho Kobayashi vs. Kyuri vs. Maruko Nagasaki vs. Masayuki Mitomi vs. Mika Iida vs. Miyako Matsumoto vs. Mochi Miyagi vs. Moeka Haruhi vs. Rina Yamashita vs. Ryo Mizunami vs. SAGAT vs. Sawako Shimono vs. Seiya Morohashi vs. YUKA vs. Yusuke Kubo vs. Yuu Yamagata 18:27
Mio Shirai Retirement Match: Hiroe Nagahama & Risa Sera & Tsukushi vs. Mio Shirai & Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto 14:09