Schedule, February 1-28

WAVE February 2, 2010
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Shu Shibutani vs Cherry
2. 3WAY Match: Bullfigth Sora vs Sakura Hirota vs Toshie Uematsu
3. Moeka Haruhi vs Yuki Miyazaki
4. Best 2 of 3 Falls: GAMI, Mio Shirai, & Io Shirai vs Yumi Ohka, Kana, & Misaki Ohata

1JoshI Radio Free Hiren Volumes 4 & 5

I forgot to publicize it here, but we had the 4th episode last week, with a full panel including Jamie Virtue, Joshi Rob, J.H., FLIK, and AirRaid Crush.  It was a rollicking good time with us talking about 1JoshI's favorite unheralded match from Big Egg Universe, other Big Egg Universe matches, early JWP, the awesomeness that is Shinobu Kandori, how great Akira Hokuto was on the mike, the 2009 NEO tag tournament, the 2009 JWP Azumi Hyuga retirement show, the awesomeness that is UTAKO HOZUMI and the other forgotten babes of LLPW that are now appearing on a Youtube near you, the breakup of Passion Red, and Jamie's plug for Jushin Liger's upcoming appearance at an anime convention in Toronto. We also talked briefly about the dying days of AJW that FLIK has been graciously uploading and writing show reports on. The Youtube user I was talking about that is uploading obscure LLPW and JD and other nontypical stuff is http://www.youtube.com/user/Chibaish (yes, he has joshi creep wallpaper on his Youtube page!)


Episode 5 is scheduled for Thursday, February 11th at 10 PM Central. My agenda this time includes my top 20 in joshi in 2009, Hokuto vs Kandori (Jamie should be done watching it by then), our favorite joshi comedy matches, and (just for AirRaidCrush, whose name we will repeat aloud over and over and over) All Things Apache. Maybe I'll go on a digression and talk about my favorite Sirius satellite radio channels. I'll try to slip in some ~MACH FUMIAKE or UTAKO HOZUMI if the urge strikes me.

Streaming audio or a download of episode 4 is available. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/1joshi

Results February 2-7

 

Several groups saw action this week.  Let's lead it off with Groundhog's Day action from WAVE.  Punxsutaney Phil did not make an appearance, as he was afraid he'd end up in a match with Bullfight Sora or Sakura Hirota or that GAMI would shove a cake into his face.  Toshie Uematsu did face and beat the cow and the Hirota.  Yuki Miyazaki was the one who got the cake, as she turned 31, beat Cherry, and got the birthday WAVE treatment. The main event saw the team of Yumi Ohka, Kana, & Misaki Ohata defeat GAMI, Mio Shirai, and Io Shirai by 2 falls to nil, with Ohka pinning GAMI twice.  Then Mayumi Ozaki showed up again and invited Ohka to join the Ozaki-gun faction in OZ Academy, saying to show up at the OZ show on 2/21 to announce her decision.

Results January 26-January 31

Ice Ribbon had their usual two small shows.  The main excitement seemed to be the new tag team of Makoto and Hikaru Shida scoring two victories over Nanae Takahashi and Hamuko Hoshi, with Hoshi taking both falls.  Hoshi is the International Ice Ribbon Tag champ with Hiroyo Matsumoto, and it seems that a title challenge from Makoto & Shida is imminent.  Also, according to Frank Pozen, Ice Ribbon's Kazumi Shimouma has joined Passion Red.

Schedule, January 1-31

ICE RIBBON January 4, 2010
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Kaori Yoneyama & Makoto vs Natsuki*Taiyo & Chii Tomiya
2. Kenny Omega, Aika Ando, & Miyako Matsumoto vs Ribbon Takahashi, Futoshi Miwa, & Riho
3. Ice Ribbon Tag Championship Decision Match: Nanae Takahashi & Mai Ichii vs Hiroyo Matsumoto & Hamuko Hoshi
4. SUPER ICE-CUP Semifinals & ICEx60 Championship: Emi Sakura (c) vs Hikari Minami
5. SUPER ICE-CUP Semifinals: Hikaru Shida vs Tsukasa Fujimoto
6. SUPER ICE-CUP Finals & ICEx60 Championship