OZ Academy - Battle Big Bonus 2024 (4/28/2024)
OZ Openweight Championship: Mio Momono (c) vs. Mayumi Ozaki
The Marvelous match worked because Mayumi Ozaki was an invading heel against Mio Momono on her home turf. This rematch on Mayumi Ozaki's turf felt totally out of whack. The belt flowed to an outsider and the native brings it back home via all sorts of cheating and outside interference? Mio Momono is the outsider so I am not supposed to support her, but she's also the tiny wrestler fighting against a cheating opponent with an ever-present stable disrupting the match.. The role reversal seemed like an opportunity to do something interesting, maybe Momono fighting dirty and Ozaki fighting clean. But they largely retraced the Marvelous match, with a less engaging story dynamic. Mayumi Ozaki is "playing a heel" so the audience cheers and applauds her as she brutalizes her opponent and relies on outside interference. The whole thing was overly self-indulgent and pretentious.
