[1993-02-28-AJW] Kyoko Inoue & Bat Yoshinaga vs Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito

[PeteF3]

Starts out pretty pretty average, Ito gets isolated and beat up for a bit then Aja & Bat tag in and all hell breaks loose. Big intense staredown between the two then Aja just hauls off and battering ram head butts her. Bat surprisingly does not get knocked out by this and even more surprisingly actually wins the exchange as things turn into a wild striking contest. Kyoko tags in and her & Aja continue pounding on each other but Inoue isn't as lucky as Bat was. Ito back in tries to get in on the fun but she's out classed in this area so things go back around to whear we started with her getting whoped on some more. This time around Bat & Kyoko are more amped up however which sees Ito end up with a bloody nose from the encounter. More Bat/Aja fun and boy, considering Kyoko's the one getting a title shot next month this match sure is doing a hell of a lot more to make me want to see Bat take on the champ in singles. Eventually things do get paired down to Inoue & Aja as they exhchange a bunch of near falls. Aja back fist everybody to hell but Bat recovers at the very last second to make the save, Aja then hits Ito on accident which spells her doom. A few minutes later after Bat makes sure to occupy the champ, Kyoko puts away the young Jungle Jacker with a modified rita romero special for the submission win. Another great match on what's turning out to be a really good card.

 

[garretta]

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[Zenjo]

Solid stuff here with some fun moments. I could list 55-60 better AJW matches from this year mind you. Some nice stiff work from Bat, who was an underrated worker in a tag environment. Of course Aja responded in kind. Kyoko was impressive as per usual. The problem was the snoozy Ito FIP segments. She doesn't have the charisma for the role. Had someone better replaced Pan then it would've gone up a level I'm sure.