Monday, June 16, 2008

Ran YuYu gets JWP title shot


It's been obvious for a while that Ran YuYu was going to be the first challenger for Kayoko Haruyama's JWP Open Weight Title. It's just that JWP finally got around to announcing it at the June 13 Itabashi Green Hall show. They also set up a #1 contender match for the JWP Tag Team Titles. It's been a while since they've done anything with those belts due to Sachie Abe's injury.





The opener was Shuu Shibutani vs Pinkie Mayuca. It was the kind of light action you would expect and Shibutani won with a Northern Lights suplex at 10:06. Next was KAZUKI vs Megumi Yabushita. Of course with Yabushita you always get judo throws and various submission attempts. Yabushita had KAZUKI in a leg hold but Kazuki escaped and hit a face crusher. This was the pattern of the match. KAZUKI escaped a jumping cross arm breaker and hit a tiger driver. Yabushita's second attempt at a jumping cross arm breaker was successful and KAZUKI tapped out at 9:03. These two will team up on June 22 against Commando Bloshoi & Toshie Uematsu.





Next up was Tojuki Leon & Kaori Yoneyama vs Arisa Nakajima & Kana. The youngsters start out with a double face crusher and display a lot of energy. But the two veterans regain control of the match. The idea is to make Nakajima & Kana look like they could be champs. So it goes back and forth with Kana and her hip attack and the veterans countering and eventually getting the upper hand. Time runs out just as Leon was finishing Kana with the Leon Stone and a diving foot stamp. The 30 minute draw sets up a #1 Contender's match on the June 22 show.





Tsubasa Kuragaki defeated Toshie Uematsu with the metal wing at 13:44. As you would expect, Kuragaki won with superior power. So the main event was Commando Bolshoi & Ran YuYu vs Kayoko Haruyama & Kei'to. Obviously the talk here has been that Ran YuYu had to drop out of the #1 contender tournament due to injury and wants a shot at Haruyama now that she is champ. In this match the two work together quite a bit and Haruyama suffers a bloody nose when Ran wins with a flying forearm at 20:00. Ran taunts Haruyama afterwards and of course the match will happen on June 22. I don't expect Ran to win though.

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