On Sunday, NEO held their 10th Anniversary show at the Kawasaki City Gym. Typical of NEO's bigger shows, it had a lot of odd booking with one particular problem overshadowing everything including the main event. And that main event was Yoshiko Tamura successfully defending her NEO Singles & NWA Pacific Titles against Meiko Satomura. NEO tried to make a big deal about this being the first meeting between these two. I dunno. It might have meant something five years ago. Also no one believes that Satomura is going to win and take the titles back to Sendai because this appearance is a one shot deal. So there's no suspense. And we have to face facts about Satomura. She's had so many back surgeries she can't do what she used to do. So I'm sure the match was OK but it was also overshadowed by the match that didn't happen between Nanae Takahashi and Kana. NEO had been teasing it for weeks and then didn't do it. My guess is that as the veteran, it was Takahashi's call. So instead we had Kana vs Sakura Emi which is interesting because Emi has become very close to Takahashi. It was a competitive match and Emi won with a rollup pin. Afterwards, they had a staredown as you can see in the pic and Kana announced that she has formed a new faction with the Shirai Sisters. Then later in the show, Takahashi beat Hiroyo Matsumoto in three minutes. Huh? Matsumoto isn't a rookie anymore and shouldn't lose to anyone in three minutes. My guess is the show was running long and this match had to be cut. I guess they had to give more time to the NEO Machine Gunz and the soccer idols. And they also had Fuuka teaming with Shinobu Kandori winning over Kyoko Inoue and Sakura Emi. Kandori got the pin. And those morons from NEO forgot to bring the bell. So when will Takahashi vs Kana happen? I dunno but I expect it to happen either in NEO or Ice Ribbon possibly in Korakuen Hall.
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