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Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Mariko Yoshida coming out of retirement for Diana
Mariko Yoshida, Keiko Aono
Womens Pro Wrestling Diana held a press conference today to announce the card for their debut show at Differ Ariake on Mar. 21. The big news coming out of this press conference is that joshi puroresu legend Mariko Yoshida is returning to the ring on this show. She will face JWP veteran Keiko Aono. Yoshida never actually retired publicly but she hasn't wrestled in about a year and a half and she didn't even wrestle when her own company Ibuki closed last year. Privately she told friends that she was through as an active wrestler. At the press conference and also on her blog, Yoshida said that Diana owner Kyoko Inoue asked her to return. They've been friends for over 20 years. Inoue told her she's starting a new company. She's got young girls Yoshida can help train including girls from Cambodia. Yoshida can kick start the company. You get the idea. We'll see if it's a permanent return. You can be sure of one thing. Yoshida is in great shape. She just has to shake off the ring rust. In other matches, in one they are calling Which Is The Next Ace?, Ayako Sato will face Aya Yuki. The answer is neither. Former NEO pretty teenager Nagisa Nozaki will face Aja Kong. Yikes! And Nagisa insulted Aja at the press conference and then Inoue had to pull them apart. That's pretty funny. 14 year old rookie Sari Fujimura has been renamed Sarreee and will make her debut against Meiko Satomura. I hope Sarreee is recovered from her back injury. I'm sure Meiko will try hard to make her look good. And in the main event, Kyoko Inoue & Aya Yuki will face Kaoru Ito & Ayako Sato. I have added the press conference video. Most notable is the Aja/Nagisa confrontation looked ridiculous and Sarreee's apparent stage fright.
If this is more that a one-shot favor to Kyoko, Yoshida could do a lot for Diana. I'm sure that after a few matches to shake off the rust, Yoshida will still be better than almost everyone. She could be a personal trainer for Inoue & Ito, try to save Yuki & Sato's careers, and mentor the rookies.
If this is more that a one-shot favor to Kyoko, Yoshida could do a lot for Diana. I'm sure that after a few matches to shake off the rust, Yoshida will still be better than almost everyone. She could be a personal trainer for Inoue & Ito, try to save Yuki & Sato's careers, and mentor the rookies.
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