A press conference was held on Wednesday at the Daily Sports office to announce that Daily Sports will celebrate their 60th anniversary with two special joshi shows called Summer Dream 2008. JWP will produce the shows. The first show will be at the Matsushita IMP Hall in Osaka on July 21 and the second show will be at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 3. Attending the press conference were JWP owner Commando Bolshoi and LLPW general manager Mizuki Endo along with Azumi Hyuga, Yoshiko Tamura, Dump Matsumoto & Noriyo Tateno. The one thing we may get out of this is the long awaited Tamura/Hyuga rematch but other than that, there sure was a lot of nostalgia talk.
Dump Matsumoto began the nostalgia by having her old pal and Atrocious Alliance member Condor Saito tag along to the press conference. She teased a possible Atrocious Alliance reunion and promised to turn both shows into a Villany Festival in a sea of blood. Once a heel, always a heel. Noriyo Tateno went one better by teasing that she may be able to convince Itsuki Yamazaki to return for a one time only Jumping Bomb Angels revival. Yamazaki did appear on an LLPW show a couple of years ago to promote her book but has never returned as an active wrestler. It would certainly create buzz if Yamazaki returned but I suspect it's just a tease. Unfortunately nostalgia is the best way to sell tickets to a joshi show.
On the other hand, a possible rematch between Azumi Hyuga & Yoshiko Tamura would mean something. Their Christmas Eve 2006 60 minute draw was the match of the year and we all want a rematch. Right now both are non committal suggesting that they may team up instead. Tamura suggested that. It appears that so far LLPW & NEO are participating along with JWP and we'll see who else turns up for these shows.
Dump Matsumoto began the nostalgia by having her old pal and Atrocious Alliance member Condor Saito tag along to the press conference. She teased a possible Atrocious Alliance reunion and promised to turn both shows into a Villany Festival in a sea of blood. Once a heel, always a heel. Noriyo Tateno went one better by teasing that she may be able to convince Itsuki Yamazaki to return for a one time only Jumping Bomb Angels revival. Yamazaki did appear on an LLPW show a couple of years ago to promote her book but has never returned as an active wrestler. It would certainly create buzz if Yamazaki returned but I suspect it's just a tease. Unfortunately nostalgia is the best way to sell tickets to a joshi show.
On the other hand, a possible rematch between Azumi Hyuga & Yoshiko Tamura would mean something. Their Christmas Eve 2006 60 minute draw was the match of the year and we all want a rematch. Right now both are non committal suggesting that they may team up instead. Tamura suggested that. It appears that so far LLPW & NEO are participating along with JWP and we'll see who else turns up for these shows.
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