Carlos Amano, Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato held a press conference to announce the full card for their one off Yes We Can show at Korakuen Hall Apr. 30. The is a special show for all the wrestlers who debuted in the mid-90s. I dunno. It just seems unnecessary to even bother with something like this. Yes We Can? Sure but why? They have foolishly chosen to run a tournament very similar to GAEA's High Spurt tournaments. All matches will have ten minute time limits and both wrestlers will be eliminated if there's a draw. There will be overtime in the semi finals and final. There will be 14 wrestlers in the tournament. I'm not a fan of these kind of tournaments though I suppose it will be easy to edit for TV. The math doesn't even add up. so one of the first round winners gets a bye to the semis. The first matches are Kayoko Haruyama vs Toshie Uematsu, Yoshiko Tamura vs Yuki Miyazaki, AKINO vs Ran YuYu, Sonoko Kato vs Meiko Satomura, Chikayo Nagashima vs Tsubasa Kuragaki (winner gets a bye to the semis), Azumi Hyuga vs Kei'to and Carlos Amano vs Tanny Mouse. I'm not going to speculate on the winner because the double elimination possibility makes that impossible. And there will be a draw or why have that as part of the tournament? The obvious wrestler missing from this show is Nanae Takahashi and certainly Megumi Yabushita should be in it too. The limited match length makes this unlikely to be satisfying especially since it's not part of a larger storyline. Unless Mayumi Ozaki plans to pull a rabbit out of her hat. Yes We Can seems pretty damn pointless.
Seems like they're setting up for Hyuga/Satomura in the finals.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it may go something like this:
1. First Round: Kayoko Haruyama defeats Toshie Uematsu
2. First Round: Yoshiko Tamura defeats Yuki Miyazaki
3. First Round: AKINO vs Ran Yu-Yu goes to a draw
4. First Round: Meiko Satomura defeats Sonoko Kato
5. First Round: Chikayo Nagashima defeats Tsubasa Kuragaki
6. First Round: Azumi Hyuga defeats Keito
7. First Round: Carlos Amano defeats Tanny Mouse
8. Second Round: Kayoko Haruyama vs Yoshiko Tamura goes to a draw
9. Second Round: Meiko Satomura defeats Chikayo Nagashima
10. Second Round: Azumi Hyuga defeats Carlos Amano
11. Finals Azumi Hyuga defeats Meiko Satomura
It would be a waste to do that match in ten minutes.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the 10 minute time limit is being used for the final, but it'll still be shorter than it should be because whoever is left will have worked 2 or 3 matches already. There will probably be a couple of draws strategically placed so no one works more than 3 matches.
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer a non-tournament format. They could get a good card with this group and give everyone one match with plenty of time.
I really hope Ozaki stays home and doesn't turn this into an episode of TNozA Impact.