Yumiko Hotta made her return as a promoter on Mar. 19 at Korakuen Hall. I'll call the promotion ONLY ONE for now but I wouldn't be surprised if that changes. There was a tag team tournament on the show with T-1 president Futami bringing his own team. They were supposed to face Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa in the first round but that was changed and the T-1 team faced Manami Toyota & Sachie Abe instead. The young joshi wrestler Kana retired on the show as well.
As I've mentioned before, Kana is retiring due to chronic nephritis. They were about to start the retirement ceremony when Kana asked Hotta to give her one last match. Hotta refused because of Kana's sickness but the other wrestlers threw her in the ring. Kana surprised Hotta with a flying hip attack and pinned her in two minutes. The two hugged afterwards. Then the retirement ceremony. Many of the wrestlers came to the ring to present flowers to Kana. Mima Shimoda, Mariko Yoshida, Rie Tamada, Nanae Takahashi, Hikaru, Saki Maemura and her old school pals Haruka Matsuo & Mika Nishio were all there to celebrate Kana's career. Then the traditional ten bell salute and pink & yellow paper tape floods the ring. Of course it's always a sad day when a young wrestler is forced to retire due to illness. Kana says she had been studying web design and will return to that career. She will be missed.
Back to the tag tournament. Manami Toyota & Sachie Abe won over the T-1 team by DQ. The T-1 team wore masks. I understand it was Amazing Kong & Megumi Yabushita under the masks. Yumiko Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa won their match and then won the tournament when Hotta used the pyramid driver on Abe. While Hotta & Maekawa were celebrating, Futami and his T-1 team rushed the ring and destroyed the trophies and of course the whole thing was a big melee. Afterwards, Futami reiterated that he would destroy joshi puroresu. Maybe he should find something else to do with his time. Expect a Hotta vs Futami match in the near future. I bet you can't wait. Here's the results of the show.
ONLY ONE - 3/19/06 - Korakuen Hall
Yasusato Nakajima def. Mika Mizunuma in 7:41
KANA RETIREMENT MATCH:Kana def. Yumiko Hotta
ONLY ONE TAG TOURNAMENT:Manami Toyota & Sachie Abe def. T-1 Mask 1 & 2 by DQ at 9:55
ONLY ONE TAG TOURNAMENT:Yumiko Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa def. ZAP-T & Sasori (Maekawa over ZAP at 9:27)
ONLY ONE TAG TOURNAMENT FINAL:Yumiko Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa def. Manami Toyota & Sachie Abe (Hotta over Abe in 13:08)
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