Friday, December 22, 2006

Yuka Shiina retirement match announced


NEO has announced Yuka Shiina's retirement match that will lead off the 4th Junior All Star War on New Year's Eve at Korakuen Hall. Shiina will team with NEO rookie Irod Watanabe against Mariko Yoshida and Ayako Sato. A couple of other things. Kaoru Ito trainee Oicco Taguchi has taken the ring name Midori. She will wrestle fellow Ito trainee Hanako Kobayashi. Also, I didn't realize it at the time but Gktn trainee Miki Ishii will be making her debut on this show against Yasusato Nakajima.






Though this isn't a tournament, it appears that they are going to give out prizes. There will be a victory ceremony following each match. There will also be a Best Bout prize, an MVP prize, a Fighting Spirit prize and a Best Photogenic prize. They don't seem to be overly sure about how to award that prize. Will it be best costume or what. They'll figure it out. They also said on their blog that they did ask Sendai Girls to participate but were turned down. The Satomura challenge angle was given as the reason but those girls haven't worked outside shows yet so it's not surprising.

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