Entries from 2023-01-01 to 1 month
JTO - 50th Anniversary For TakaTaichi Together ~ Last TakaTaichi (12/19/2022) Tomoka Inaba vs. Suzu Suzuki Upon reading the match result, I was skeptical of Tomoka Inaba's victory over Suzu Suzuki. But after actually watching the match, In…
WAVE (1/22/2023) WAVE Tag Team Championship: SAKI & Hikari Shimizu (c) vs. Sakura Hirota & Haruka Umesaki A well-balanced blend of classic and comedic wrestling. Sakura Hirota's gags, which can be excessive at times, were effectively utili…
Prestige - Vendetta (1/21/2023) ROH Women's World Championship: Athena (c) vs. Miyu Yamashita A showdown between ROH and EVE women's champions, with only the ROH title on the line. On paper, I expected the standard modern indie match with …
Stardom - NEW BLOOD 7 (1/20/2023) New Blood Tag Team Championship - Round 1: MIRAI & Tomoka Inaba vs. Hanan & Saya Iida This was a hot 12-minutes. Hanan and Inaba revived their past feud with technical exchanges; while MIRAI and Iida, who …
Stardom - TRIANGLE DERBY ~ Osaka Day 2 ~ (1/15/2023) Triangle Derby: Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside & Mariah May vs. Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki & Kurumi Mariah and Xia should be commended for their seamless integration into Stardom's six-man st…
Stardom - TRIANGLE DERBY in Nagoya (1/8/2023) Triangle Derby: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & SAKI vs. Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki & Hiiragi Kurumi A rematch of their excellent hardcore match at SHOWCASE, this time under traditional rules, with SAKI rep…
Sendai Girls Big Show in Sendai (1/15/2023) Sendai Girls World Championship: ASUKA (c) vs. Mika Iwata I don't understand why some people called this a sprint match. It being relatively short =/= sprint. It was slow paced until the very end…
6. International Princess Championship: Miu Watanabe (c) vs. Trish Adora Miu Watanabe's performance in this match was amazing and I immediately understood the value of strong foreigners in Tokyo Joshi. Miu enduring so much and even at one …
I rated 360 joshi puroresu matches in 2022. These are my top 30.
5. Utami Hayashishita vs. KAIRI Even though this was a non-title match, its content was befitting of the IWGP. Hot 15 minutes where Utami and KAIRI fought and received each other's best firmly. Utami smartly adjusted and zoned in on KAIRI'…
Ice Ribbon - Ribbonmania 2022 (12/31/2022) Yuuki Mashiro vs. Suzu Suzuki Yuuki Mashiro's retirement match against the senior she admires the most. This match seemed to be the peak of the crowd's excitement for the event. Although they are …
