Schedule, September 9-17

We have quite a few shows over the next week, especially Monday Sept. 17th, which seems to be a holiday in Japan. The picture is from Toshie Uematsu's blog. She worked an Ice Ribbon show recently. I don't really keep up on Ice Ribbon, but it looks like the weird 666 promotion was there as well. Puroresu is so weird sometimes!

Sunday the 9th is pretty empty, as we've got nothing but a JWP dojo show. The rookies Arisa Nakajima and Aska Ohki will face each other and the main event is a 6 woman tag with chestnuts involved.

WAVE will be at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on Tuesday 9/11. We have Hardcore Wave with KAORU and Kyoko Kimura, Comical Wave with Toshie and Ran against GAMI and Bullfighter Sora, Road to Mexico Lucha Wave with Shu Shibutani against an opponent to be named later, and another match in the Road to Resurrection series, as Yumi Ohka faces Nanae Takahashi. I've heard that Shu and Bullfighter will be going to Mexico.

On Saturday the 15th, there's a ZERO1-MAX show with a SUN offer match yet to be determined. Sunday the 16th will feature a double shot by JWP at the Tokyo Cinema Club. The afternoon show is a normal card. Highlights are Azumi Hyuga and Kaori Yoneyama taking on the SUN team of Nanae and Saki Maemura, and JWP tag champs Tsubasa Kuragaki and Kayoko Haruyama against Sachie Abe and KAZUKI, although it hasn't been announced as a title match. The evening show is restricted to members of the JWP Fan Club. There will be a sparring match between unnamed trainees (maybe JWP will have someone to debut at the Jr. All Stars show on New Years' Eve), a 10 woman tag match, something with Azumi Hyuga, and a photo session. Also on Sunday, there will be an OZ Academy offer match at a Big Japan show being held at an elementary school (!). Mayumi Ozaki and Dynamite Kansai will reform their classic team for the first time in the Oz Academy and face Aja Kong and Carlos Amano.

On Monday the 17th, we have a major NEO show and OZ Academy playing with the boys from Osaka Pro. NEO is at Korakuen Hall with the BEAT UP 07 show. We now have Machine Gunz from various provinces of China, as there will be a three-way tag match between the NEO Machine Gunz, the Guangdong Machine Gunz, and the Sichuan Machine Gunz. The winner of the match wins the intellectual property (?) to the NEO Machine Gunz name. What, no Motor City Machine Gunz? Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin could use the work! Also on the card are big singles matches between Misae Genki and Kaoru Ito, Sakura Emi and Ayako Hamada, and a NEO/NWA Pacific title defense by champion Yoshiko Tamura against "future ace" Haruka Matsuo. I'm not expecting a title change, but I think the NEO/Ito Dojo feud will continue to heat up.

Shinjuku FACE will have the GAORA TV crew and two shows, where OZ Academy and Osaka Pro will have a mixed tag tournament. Dynamite Kansai is supposedly missing, but everyone knows that the "Mystery Woman" against AKINO and Tigers Mask will be Dynamite. Maybe Dynamite will be in disguise and hopefully AKINO will work the noki-A gimmick. Other quarterfinal highlights include Aja Kong against clowns (Bolshoi Kid and Kuishinbo Kamen) and GAEA classmates Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato at each other's throats again. The evening show will feature the semifinals and finals of the tournament, and probably some men's matches.

JWP "OTAMU-Festival" September 9, 2007
JWP Exercise Hall

1. Kaori Yoneyama/Tojuki Leon vs Keito/Sachie Abe
2. Arisa Nakajima vs Aska Ohki
3. Azumi Hyuga/KAZUKI/Loser of Match #1 vs Command Bolshoi/Tsubasa Kuragaki/Kayoko Haruyama

WAVE "RIDE ON THE WAVE" September 11, 2007
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Hardcore Wild Heart WAVE: KAORU vs Kyoko Kimura
2. Road to Ace Comical WAVE: Toshie Uematsu/Ran Yu-Yu vs Bullfighter Sora/GAMI
3. Road to Mexico LUCHA WAVE: Shu Shibutani vs ?
4. Road to Resurrection: Yumi Ohka vs Nanae Takahashi


ZERO1-MAX September 15, 2007
Akagi Synthesis Nature Park Gym

SUN Offer Match: Nanae Takahashi, Saki Maemura, Natsuki*Taiyo, Bullfighter Sora, Shu Shibutani

JWP September 16, 2007 (afternoon)
Tokyo Cinema Club

1. Keito/Arisa Nakajima vs Toshie Uematsu/Aska Ohki
2. Command Bolshoi vs Aoi Kizuki
3. Tojuki Leon vs Ran Yu-Yu
4. Azumi Hyuga/Kaori Yoneyama vs Nanae Takahashi/Saki Maemura
5. Tsubasa Kuragaki/Kayoko Haruyama vs Sachie Abe/KAZUKI

JWP September 16, 2007 (evening)
Tokyo Cinema Club
Fan Club Limited Event

1. Trainees Sparring Match
2. Special 10 Woman Tag Match
3. Something with Azumi Hyuga
4. Photo Session

BIG JAPAN September 16, 2007
Hatagaya Elementary School

3. OZ Academy Offer Match: Mayumi Ozaki/Dynamite Kansai vs Aja Kong/Carlos Amano

NEO "BEAT UP 2007" September 17, 2007 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aya Yuki/Atsuko Emoto vs Mariko Yoshida/Hiroyo Matsumoto
2. Etsuko Mita/Miki Ishii/Makoto vs Nagisa Nozaki/Aoi Kizuki/x (one of the Ice Ribbon kids)
3. Misae Genki vs Kaoru Ito
4. 3 Way Tag Match: NEO Machine Gunz vs Guangdong Machine Gunz vs Sichuan Machine Gunz (Winner gets the right to use the Machine Gunz name)
5. Ayako Hamada vs Emi Sakura
6. NEO/NWA Pacific Championships: Yoshiko Tamura (c) vs Haruka Matsuo

OZ Academy "OZ MYSTERIOUS DANCE" September 17, 2007 (GAORA TV)
Shinjuku FACE
Mixed Tag Team Tournament (with Osaka Pro)

1. Quarterfinal: ??? (probably Dynamite Kansai)/Takoykida vs AKINO/Tigers Mask
2. Quarterfinal: Mayumi Ozaki/Condor vs Carlos Amano/Billy Ken Kid
3. Quarterfinal: Bolshoi Kid/Kuishinbo Kamen vs Aja Kong/Miracle Man
4. Quarterfinal: Chikayo Nagashima/Asian Cougar vs Sonoko Kato/Atsushi Kotoge
5. Tag match between the 4 losing women-teams drawn by lots.

OSAKA PRO September 17, 2007 (GAORA TV)
Shinjuku FACE
Mixed Tag Team Tournament (with OZ Academy)

Semifinals and Final