Schedule, December 23-January 10

I've discussed most of the bigger year-end shows, such as JWP CLIMAX, the Devil Masami retirement, and the NEO GRAND FINAL, along with some of the shows kicking off 2009, such as the Yumiko Hotta 25th year Memorial and GAMI's 40th birthday. A show with a card just available is the first "Passion Red" show. I thought this would be a NEO show in disguise, but actually Nanae and her girls Natsuki & Kana will be facing all non-NEO opponents, including a main event with Passion Red vs the Sendai team of Meiko Satomura, Ryo Mizunami, & DASH Chisako. This sounds nice, with a possible tease of a Nanae-Meiko title match, Ryo & Kana meeting again after they almost came to blows in the aftermath of a JWP match last year (and lots of bitchy screaming for Kana), and Natsuki vs DASH in the battle of girls not tall enough to ride the big roller coaster. I think DASH will be eating a Nanaracka as these teams fight over their love of the color red.

LLPW "A CHRISTMAS GIFT" December 23, 2008
Korakuen Hall

Canceled

NEO "WAY TO GO!" December 23, 2008
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Yoshiko Tamura vs Misaki Ohata
2. Etsuko Mita vs Hiroyo Matsumoto
3. Nanae Takahashi & Natsuki*Taiyo vs Haruka Matsuo & Aoi Kizuki
4. Tanny Mouse, Yuki Miyazaki, & Toshie Uematsu vs Kyoko Kimura, Atsuko Emoto, & Tomoka Nakagawa
5. Misae Genki & Aya Yuki vs Kyoko Inoue & Ayumi Kurihara

WAVE December 23, 2008
Osaka Delfin Arena Dotonbori

1. Exhibiton: Kayo Fujimori vs X
2. Moeka Haruhi vs Ran Yu-Yu
3. Cherry & Shu Shibutani vs Mio Shirai & Io Shirai
4. Megumi Yabushita & AKINO vs Kana & Chihiro Oikawa
5. GAMI & Yumi Ohka vs Devil Masami & Jaguar Yokota

OSAKA PRO "OSAKA HOLIDAY PARADISE" December 23, 2008
Osaka Delfin Arena Dotonbori

5. Osaka Pro Owari Title Match: Kanjyuro Matsuyama (c) vs GAMI

NEO December 27, 2008
Yokohama NEO Dojo

1. Misae Genki vs Pinkie Mayuka
2. Three Way Match: Misae Genki vs Kiyoko Ichiki vs Aki Kanbayashi
3. Misae Genki, Yoshiko Tamura, Tanny Mouse, & Yuki Miyazaki vs Kyoko Inoue, Etsuko Mita, Haruka Matsuo, & Aya Yuki
4. Battle Royale

Mr. Gannosuke Produce December 27, 2008
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
Mr. Gannosuke Retirement Show

2. Sakura Emi vs Kiyoko Ichiki

NUMA PRO December 27, 2008

1. Toshie Uematsu vs Tea Fighter Kateking

ITO DOJO December 28, 2008
Shinjuku FACE

1. Hanako Kobayashi vs Esui
2. ZAP I & ZAP T vs Ayako Sato & Cherry
3. Takako Inoue vs Ray
4. Miho Comeback Match (will retire again if she loses): Miho Wakizawa vs X
5. Best 2 of 3 Falls: Kaoru Ito, Ayako Hamada, & Aki Kanbayashi vs Yumiko Hotta, Manami Toyota, & Hanako Kobayashi

JWP "CLIMAX 2008" December 28, 2008
Korakuen Hall

1. Dress Up Wild Fight: Arisa Nakajima vs Yumiko Hotta
2. Pinkie Mayuka & Yukari Ishino vs Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata
3. Devil Masami's Last JWP Match: Devil Masami vs Command Bolshoi
4. Sachie Abe Return: Sachie Abe, KAZUKI, & Megumi Yabushita vs Kaori Yoneyama, Sakura Emi, & Aoi Kizuki
5. Special Tag Match: Azumi Hyuga & Carlos Amano vs Meiko Satomura & Chikayo Nagashima
6. JWP Tag Team Championship: Toshie Uematsu & Ran Yu-Yu (c) vs Keito & Misae Genki.
7. JWP Openweight Championship: Kayoko Haruyama (c) vs Tojuki Leon

QUEEN BEE December 28, 2008
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Kyoko Kimura vs Ray
2. Yoko Yamada vs Esui
3. Fuuka vs Natsuki*Taiyo
4. Chihiro Oikawa & AKINO vs Nanae Takahashi & Kana

MAKEHEN #22 December 28, 2008
Tokyo Roppongi THE SPACE RISE

2. Three Way Match: Mio Shirai vs Io Shirai vs Mikado

AKIBA PRO December 28, 2008
Tokyo Differ Ariake

3. Apple Miyuki & Japanese Kahn vs Hikaru Sato & Jackson Florida

Chigusa Nagayo Produce "MARVELOUS NIGHT-END OF LONG FIGHT" December 30, 2008
Korakuen Hall
Devil Masami Retirement Show

1. Super Heel Devil Masami, KAORU, & Dump Matsumoto vs Chigusa Nagayo, Yumiko Hotta, & Meiko Satomura
2. Sendai Girls Offer Match: DASH Chisako & Sendai Sachiko vs Ryo Mizunami & Yukari Ishino
3. Ito Dojo/Ibuki Offer Match: Ayako Sato & Hanako Kobayashi vs Ray & Misaki Ohata
4. WAVE Offer Match: GAMI, Shu Shibutani, Bullfight Sora, & Kyoko Kimura vs Yumi Ohka, Cherry, Kana, & Moeka Haruhi
5. NEO Offer Match: Misae Genki vs Yuki Miyazaki
6. JWP Offer Match: Bolshoi Kid, Kayoko Haruyama, & Kaori Yoneyama vs Azumi Hyuga, Arisa Nakajima, & Tojuki Leon
7. LLPW Offer Match: Noriyo Tateno vs Takako Inoue
8. OZ Academy Offer Match: Mayumi Ozaki & Manami Toyota vs Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato
9. Devil Masami Retirement Match: Devil Masami, Dynamite Kansai, & Carlos Amano vs Aja Kong, Toshie Uematsu, & Ran Yu-Yu

Break between matches 6&7-Devil sings!

NEO "GRAND FINAL 08" December 31, 2008
Korakuen Hall
Misae Genki Retirement Show

1. Shu Shibutani vs Tomoka Nakagawa
2. Toshie Uematsu vs Aoi Kizuki
3. Yoshiko Tamura & Ayumi Kurihara vs Natsuki*Taiyo & Kana
4. Special Referee Riho: Fuuka, Tsukasa Fujimoto, & Hikari Shida vs Sakura Emi, Hiroyo Matsumoto, & Aika Ando
5. Grudge Match: Etsuko Mita vs Makoto
6. NEO Tag Team Championship: Tanny Mouse & Yuki Miyazaki (c) vs Kyoko Kimura & Atsuko Emoto
7. NEO/NWA Pacific Championships: Nanae Takahashi (c) vs Haruka Matsuo
8. Misae Genki Retirement Match Series: Misae Genki vs Awesome Kong (???), Misae Genki vs Aya Yuki, Misae Genki vs Kyoko Inoue

Note: Not sure of order. Match with Awesome Kong is contingent on Kong coming to Japan

ZERO1 "GENESIS 2009" January 1, 2009
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

3. SUN Final Countdown: Hikaru & KAORU vs Saki Maemura & Toshie Uematsu

K-DOJO "K-DREAM" January 3, 2009
Chiba Blue Field

1. Yuu Yamagata & Ryuichi Sekine vs. Chihiro Oikawa & Yuta Yoshikawa
4. Great Sasuke, Dick Togo, Taka Michinoku, & JOE vs Yuji Hino, KAZMA, Shiori Asahi, & Bambi

Yumiko Hotta Produce Januray 4, 2009 (afternoon)
Shinjuku FACE
Yumiko Hotta's 25th Year of Wrestling

1. AJW Minis Wrestling: Mr. Buddaman vs Pretty Ota
2. Strongest Heel Costume Play Match: Cosplay of Dump Matsumoto, Bull Nakano, Akira Hokuto, Yumiko Hotta (Cosplayers TBA)
3. Takako Inoue & Kaoru Ito vs Ayako Sato & Natsuki*Taiyo
4. Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs Kana & Arisa Nakajima
5. Yumiko Hotta vs Nanae Takahashi

WAVE "GAMI HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAVE" January 4, 2009 (evening)
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kayo Fujimori Re-debut Match: Kayo Fujimori vs GAMI
2. Moeka Haruhi, Ayako Sato, Ayumi Kurihara, & Bullfight Sora vs Kyoko Kimura, Shu Shibutani, Tomoka Nakagawa, & Misaki Ohata
3. Yumi Ohka vs Mima Shimoda
4. Aja Kong, Toshie Uematsu, & Ran Yu-Yu vs NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, & TAKEMURA
5. GAMI & Azumi Hyuga vs AKINO & Ayako Hamada

PASSION RED "1 PASSION" January 10, 2009
Itabashi Green Hall

1. Kana vs Hiroyo Matsumoto
2. Sakura Emi vs Arisa Nakajima
3. Yumiko Hotta & Natsuki*Taiyo vs Toshie Uematsu & Io Shirai
4. Fuuka vs Ray
5. Nanae Takahashi, Natsuki*Taiyo, & Kana vs Meiko Satomura, Ryo Mizunami, & DASH Chisako