GAMI had her 40th birthday on Jan. 4 so Pro Wrestling WAVE had GAMI Happy Birthday WAVE at Shijuku FACE. They seemed to get more fans than usual. I think it was around 300. That's pretty good for them. Fans always say that Yumiko Hotta was the worst company owner at A To Z. I think GAMI is worse. At least with Hotta, you knew the direction of the company. Of course it wasn't a very good direction. WAVE seems to be the ultimate in pointlessness. There is no direction. So the big announcement at this show was that Shuu Shibutani has joined WAVE as a full time member of the roster. Oh, you don't think that's a big deal? Neither do I. Shibutani seemed to improve when she returned from Mexico last year but she seemed to regress after hurting her knee a few months ago. I'm not sure how joining WAVE benefits her. You might think that she'll be booked better as a regular but head idol wrestler Yumi Ohka still seems to count the lights on a regular basis so I'm not so sure. It seems a little odd.
As a birthday present to herself, GAMI put herself in the main event teaming with Azumi Hyuga vs AKINO & Ayako Hamada. Somebody doesn't fit. When the real wrestlers were in there, it was a typical action filled match. GAMI stunk up the joint with comedy. Then she gave herself a real birthday present by getting the pin over Ayako with a small package at 23:39. Yuk yuk. You're supposed to send the fans home happy, not leave them with a bad taste in their mouths. What a dope. Mima Shimoda came home from Mexico to face head idol Yumi Ohka. Shimoda dominated most of the match. Ohka came back at the end and got a couple of near falls but Shimoda won with a flash schoolboy pin at 16:31. Ohka was shocked. Shimoda invited Ohka to Mexico and it appears they will team up on Jan. 21. Well, whoop-de-do.
GAMI continues to push this embarassing nonsense with Toshie Uematsu & Ran YuYu against those goofy heels NOSAWA & MAZADA. This time she roped Aja Kong to team with Uematsu & Ran against NOSAWA, MAZADA & TAKEMURA. Wasn't it bad enough that Commando Bolshoi had to publicly apologize for the misuse of the JWP Tag Team Titles in this angle? In this match, Ran YuYu was heavily abused for most of the match until Aja got mad and cleaned house. It was a double count out at 17:21. There was also a random tag match with Kyoko Kimura, Shuu Shibutani, Tomoka Nakagawa & Misaki Ohata over Moeka Haruhi, Ayako Sato, Ayumi Kurihara & Bullfight Sora. It's the kind of light action you would expect. The end came when Kurihara was throwing Shibutani around with suplexes but Shibutani countered with a victory roll for the win at 13:06. So that's why Shibutani joined WAVE. So she could beat freelancers she shouldn't beat. The opener had GAMI win over their new rookie Kayo Fujimori with the Greco Roman eye poke at 11:28. How's that for a debut? Let's add this up. Three matches ended with rollup pins. One was a double countout and one with an eyepoke. What kind of booking is that?
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