There was a joshi show on Aug. 20 as part of Wrestle Expo 2006. The main attraction of the show was an international tournament called World Womens Wrestling Classics. There were six wrestlers in the tournament so a couple got a bye. There was Kyoko Kimura, Yoshiko Tamura, Ms. Chif from the US, Vanessa The Mountain (Vanessa Kraven) from Quebec, Rebecca Knox from Ireland & Amapola from Mexico. The promoters decided to put Yoshiko Tamura's NEO Singles/NWA Pacific Titles up for grabs. While that might have seemed like a good idea, it's not like they're going to let a gaijin win the title because none of them are staying in Japan. So it was unnecessary and it tips off who is going to win. There was also a Commando Bolshoi produced battle royal, A NEO Machine Gunz dissoulution match & Mima Shimoda's very final match in Japan.
Ms.Chif & Vanessa The Mountain got tournament first round byes. Kyoko Kimura defeated Rebecca Knox in 5:19 and Yoshiko Tamura defeated Amapola in 7:12 in first round matches. Tanny Mouse & Yuki Miyazaki are known as the NEO Machine Gunz. They are known for their annoying comedy antics. They said if they lose this match to Haruka Matsuo & Rika Takahashi, they will split up forever. We can only hope. Miyazaki won over Takahashi in 9:47. Next was the 10 woman battle royal. There was Commando Bolshoi, Toshie Uematsu, Etsuko Mita, Tsubasa Kuragaki, Ran YuYu, KAZUKI, Leon, Misae Genki, Moekai Haruhi & Amazing Kong. Uematsu won over Bolshoi in 17:26 when she spit watermelon in Bolshoi's face and gave her a Dragon Suplex. Uhh, right. Uematsu's prize was a watermelon which she shared with the audience.
The tournament semi finals had Ms.Chif over Kyoko Kimura in 7:14 and Yoshiko Tamura over Vanessa The Mountain in 6:44. Mima Shimoda teamed with Kyoko Inoue against Azumi Hyuga & Sakura Emi. There's been some confusion about this but this is supposed to be Shimoda's final match in Japan before her permanent move to Mexico. Shimoda caused some of the confusion by announcing that her final match would be on Manami Toyota's 20th Anniversary show. It looks like Kyoko Inoue talked her into staying a couple more weeks. The fans paid tribute to Shimoda by throwing pink streamers. Shimoda got a chair from a fan while outside the ring and nailed Hyuga with it and then used a Tiger Suplex on Sakura Emi to win at 18:26. Kyoko Inoue said that Shimoda would be missed and she has to return to Japan for a show occasionally. Shimoda said something about getting Kyoko to come to Mexico.
Though Yoshiko Tamura hurt her back earlier in the show, she won the tournament final over Ms. Chif with a running elbow. Tamura got $10000 for winning the tournament and of course retained the NEO Singles/NWA Pacific Titles. She then named Chikayo Nagashima as the top challenger to the titles. She tried to defend the decision to defend the belts in this tournament by claiming anyone could have won. As I always say, never let logic get in the way of a good story.
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