Natsuki*Head made her farewell appearance with the Gktn promotion on the June 4 Shin-kiba 1st Ring. First a word about the promotion's name. It doesn't actually translate into English so there is no correct spelling. So rather than confuse people I will call it Gktn because that's what the website url is. Gktn was started by Emi Motokawa AKA Sakura Emi as an offshoot of her dojo where she trains young girls in the martial arts. With the exception of Natsuki*Head who was trained at AJW, all the girls are very green and because they only work with each other, it's not likely that they are going to improve. I don't know if Emi has ever brought in a veteran to work with the girls. She's a veteran but her trainees aren't very good.
The other thing is Emi's insistence in using preteen girls on her shows. This is also an offshoot of the dojo. She thinks it's fun. It's not right and there should be some sort of age limit on teenage girls appearing on pro wrestling shows. It's one thing if it's being done as a gag but she's not doing that. Rika Takahashi was on the main event of this show and she made her debut last year at age 11. Another one named Sasai Chang debuted at age 12 on this show. It gets some notice from the Japanese media but it's a dirty old man kind of notice. Many joshi fans feel uneasy about this.
The opening match was an Iron Man Heavyweight Title defense. I guess I should explain this title. It was created by the DDT fed and many fans are familiar with their goofy comedy antics. Remember how many times the WWE Hardcore Title used to change hands. That's what this is like but it's even more of a gag. The champ is Hinata. The challenger is 12 year old sixth grade student Sasai Chang making her debut. Hinata won the match in 4:27. One observer suggested that Sasai should forget wrestling and go back to her trampoline. It's very embarassing when a promoter does this nonsense. Then Mai Ichii defeated Haruhi. Haruhi was debuting this housemaid gimmick she's been promoting. Another gimmick aimed at dirty old men.
Natsuki*Head made her final Gktn appearance in two matches. In the first one she lost to Zero via moonsault press in 11:54. Then she challenged Hinata for the Iron Man Heavyweight Title. Natsuki*Head won the title to become the 236th champ. No, that's not a misprint. She then thanked the fans and Sakura Emi for their support and hoped that many more Gktn trainees would follow her to the rest of the joshi world. Natsuki*Head is going to the Flash 7 office so Nanae Takahashi was there and they shook hands in the ring, the bell rang three times and Natsuki*head has left. It's a good move for her.
The main event was dubbed the Heisei Confrontation. Why? Because both wrestlers are junior high school students in Heisei. Rika Takahashi defeated Aoi Kizuki in 9:16. This is a main event? Afterwards all the wrestlers sang the company fight song to say goodbye to Natsuki*Head and celebrate her graduation. A tearful farewell of course. Natsuki*Head said backstage that it's time to go and Flash 7 is all AJW girls so it's the place for her to go. In her first match, she will team with Hikaru & Nanae Takahashi against Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & Ayumi Kurihara at the June 18 M's Style/OZAcademy show at Shinjuku FACE. Here's the results of the show.
GKTN - 6/4/06 - Shin-kiba 1st Ring
IRON MAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE:Hinata defended the title over Sasai Chang in 4:27
Mai Ichii def Haruhi in 12:29
Zero def. Natsuki*Head in 11:54
IRON MAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE/NATSUKI*HEAD GRADUATION:Natsuki*Head won the title over Hinata in 13:30
Sakura Emi & Hinata def. Miki Ishii & Aika (Hinaka over Aita in14:08)
Rika Takahashi def. Aoi Kizuki in 9:16
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