Monday, January 02, 2012

Kaori Yoneyama still in Commando Bolshoi's doghouse

Kaori Yoneyama's non-retirement is still a hot button topic in Japan and with joshi puroresu fans. There are some new developments in the story and I now have video of the retirement ceremony and the aftermath. All hell breaks loose the moment Yoneyama stops the ten bell salute. JWP owner Commando Bolshoi and other JWP wrestlers come in to try and figure out what Yoneyama is doing. Then Bolshoi starts yelling at Yoneyama. So now it's clear that Yoneyama is not going through with the retirement ceremony and Bolshoi is furious with her. She's also talking to Kayoko Haruyama to find out what she knew about this. Later on Bull Nakano comes into the ring to give Yoneyama her gift and break the tension. But the pandemonium starts again when Ice Ribbon owner Sakura Emi attacks Yoneyama. The retirement ceremony is taken very seriously in Japan and wrestlers are expected to go through with it and stay retired. Most don't return. So it's obvious that Bolshoi thinks that Yoneyama disrespected the ceremony. The next day they held a press conference and Bolshoi forced Yoneyama to apologize. Bolshoi also offered refunds to any fan in attendance. Now Bolshoi has posted on the JWP website that in the future, any JWP wrestler who plans to retire will be required to sign notarized documents three times including on the day of the show. These documents will be displayed in the arena. Any wrestler who doesn't go through with the ceremony will face severe financial penalties. And Yoneyama is not part of the JWP Tag League which will begin next week. So I guess she's still in Bolshoi's doghouse and she may never leave the doghouse because Bolshoi may be pissed for a long time.

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