JD Star had their first Shin-kiba 1st Ring show of 2007 on Jan. 8 minus the POP Title. I guess you could say it's missing in action. But they're trying to keep the feud going between the Athtresses and the Caribbean Army and they're still trying to sell a rivalry between Fuuka and Shuu Shibutani despite the lack of a title to fight about. Plus the announcement of the return to Japan of a joshi wrestler doing very well abroad.
The big news was the announcement of Raven Hiroka's (pictured) return to Japan to appear on the Jan. 21 & Feb. 4 JD Star shows. Raven has had a very successful run in CMLL in Mexico and was recently CMLL Womens Champ. When she recently dropped the title to Lady Apache, it was already known that she was coming home. I'm not sure if this is permanent or if she will be working for JD Star exclusively or what she will be doing. Raven trained and spent a couple of years at LLPW before moving to Mexico. CMLL wrestler Marcela is coming with her. Here's a two part video of Raven Hiroka & Mima Shimoda vs Dark Angel & India Sioux from CMLL last spring.
After the Athtresses welcomed the crowd, rookie Athtress Bisa Ohata challenged Leon. Ohata is very weak and her offense consists of attempted flash pins. Leon won easily with a Boston Crab at 7:02. Bullfight Sora needed a partner to face the team of Caribbean KIM & RUM. JD Star General Manager Kobayashi said he found her a partner and out came Sachie Abe to the ring. OK so she's not going to strike fear into the hearts of anyone. This is their idea of a big surprise. The Caribbeans are able to isolate Sora and KIM finished her with the Caribbean Impact at 12:02.
Yoshiko Tamura came over from NEO to team with Gutsworld's Lily Urai against JWP's Tsubasa Kuragaki & Ayumi Kurihara. Kuragaki controls the early part of the match and then Tamura beats up Kurihara for a while. The turning point is when Kuragaki accidently hits Kurihara with a lariat. Tamura uses a full nelson buster to finsh her at 19:00. The main event has Fuuka teaming Hiroyo Matsumoto against Shuu Shibutani & Cherry. Matsumoto's favourite hold id the Argentinian backbreaker. But she depends on it too much and it gets her into trouble in this match. Shibutani is in trouble when Cherry accidently nails her with a missile dropkick. Matsumoto tries the backbreaker but Shibutani gets out of it and finishes Matsumoto with a Senton splash at 16:37. Instead of continuing the Fuuka/Shibutani feud on the Jan. 14 show, Mariko Yoshida will team with Ayumi Kurhara against Tsubasa Kuragaki & Fuuka and Shibutani will team with Cherry against Cribbean KIM & MOON.
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