Loss Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto vs Takako Inoue & Kyoko Inoue Best I can tell this is the first time W-Inoue teamed up together not counting a 6 woman tag in 89. Soooooo remember 3 months ago when Hokuto crushed Takako like a bug in a few short minutes? "Takako's going to be a handicap" says Debbie the Wise. Story of the match is pretty much a repeat of that. Bull & Hokuto beat the dog crap out of Takako, though the english commentary we learn that Bull's talking crap to her while doing it to boot. Egging her on to put up more of a fight and not be such a loser. Kyoko on the other hand beat Hokuto the last time they met in singles and while she's never beaten Bull she has always held her own against her. Here though things don't go so well, Kyoko gets some good shots in but there's no way she can't fight off both of them alone and it proves too much as she largely gets her ass kicked here as well. "You can tell this isn't a tough match for Bull, her hairs not even messed up yet" says Fumi Saito(?), the bi lingual commentator who's always on these shows and is translating for Debbie. Takako is able to break up a few near pin falls but that's about all she's good for during the home stretch. Hokuto drops Kyoko with the NLB and she breaks that up so Hokuto gives Takako one of her own while Bull drops the leg on Kyoko and we get a double pin to complete the humiliation and destruction of W-Inoue on this fine night. They really put this over as Kyoko failing because she had such a weak partner though. So the coolest ass whoping glorified squash ever. Loved this quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Found this a lot of fun myself. Obviously there's no real drama or whatever but Bull was great, Hokuto was coming into her peak and Kyoko wasn't far off that either. This really was a great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 This match is fun for what it is, but I have to question the **** rating from Lorefice. He didn't review it, so I didn't see comments anywhere really explaining what the match was about, but this isn't really a competitive enough match to land a spot on here. I wish I could swap it out for the 1/4 Toyota/Yamada match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 This match is fun for what it is, but I have to question the **** rating from Lorefice. Quebrada's a good guide post but as a rule when it came to joshi I think he tended to slightly overrate "golden era" stuff and highly underrate more modern (late 90's - 2000's on) things so I always keep that in mind when looking at his ratings. but this isn't really a competitive enough match to land a spot on here Well no but that's the fun of it. Within the context of the promotion it furthers a few running themes that were going on througout the year like Takako playing whiping girl to anyone above her level but that's not something that is really going to be apparent from just what's on the yearbook set. As a standalone match it's still really enjoyable just for the mayhem. Sure there's better things that could have been put in it's place (didn't make my top 20, not sure i'd have it top 30) but I still think it's cool that this made it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Not the best match but I do enjoy Bull Nakano in these types of environments. Love the Megadeath shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Kyoko and Hokuto were okay. Takako was treated like a useless punching bag. Bull was awful, about as bad as I've seen her. Lariat after lariat after lariat. Go learn some new moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Love Bull and Hokuto, was really looking forward to this match, but it just wasn't the awesome I was looking for. Bull & Hokuto have some standout offense with Hokuto pulling out her cobra kai spin kicks while mixing spots with brawling. Bull rips out the lariat with Kyoko on the ropes before Hansen does it to Kobashi the following year. ***1/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 I don't know about **** but I didn't think it was far off from that. Sort of a poor woman's version of the LCO/Jungle Jack match with a similar mode of attack from the Inoues--isolate Hokuto, stay away from Bull. This isn't as successful but I appreciated the Inoues constantly making saves for each other, which made for some hot near-falls and also put over the moves--the match was clearly put across as being over if not for Takako and Kyoko saving each other's bacon a few times. I don't think either of these two matches were of much consequence in the big picture, but neither was Rude vs. Dustin and I'm glad that made the set. Speaking of the 1/4 Toyota vs. Yamada, somebody upload that shit already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I thought this was tons of fun, with the way Bull and Hokuto teed off on Takako. They pretty much just outclassed the Inoues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 As with the Aja-Bison match, I was more interested in the English commentary than the bout itself. I found it very insightful into the mindset of AJW at this time; this type of wrestling is regarded as theater as well as legit sport. Not WWF-style sports entertainment, but they do keep aesthetics in mind. I liked Debble talking about Bull telling Takako, who was established early in the bout as the weak link, to toughen up and give her more of a fight. Of course it was trash talking, but they almost made it sound like a "tough love" helpful hint as well. There were also times when they openly talk about wrestlers being able to work the crowd in just those words, which you never hear even in the WWF, where some have argued that kayfabe has been dead since 1/23/84. The match itself didn't seem like much, but I'll have to go back sometime and watch it again to confirm my opinion. Takako seemed to take an awful pounding. I liked the line about it not being a tough match for Bull because her hair wasn't messed up. That's the kind of humor that often got shot down or no-sold on American programs at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Takako took a Hellacious beating and at the very least kept coming back. I wish she'd been more aggressive in trying her offense when Kyoko wasn't around though. Kyoko looks great trying to do the impossible here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlynwoodx Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 The go to move when outside the ring was to whip somebody into the crowd. The lack of a guardrail resulted in scattering fans and chairs everywhere. It was a great visual, and probably the least painful spot Takako had to endure in this match. This poor girl just got destroyed every time she entered the ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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