Jump to content
Pro Wrestling Only

[1996-04-29-GAEA-Gaeaism] Chigusa Nagayo & Sugar Sato vs Shinobu Kandori & Michiko Omukai


PeteF3

Recommended Posts

  • 1 month later...

The TV version of this cuts a 12-minute match down to about 3, which is infuriating. Thankfully a fuller version is on Youtube. Kandori vs. anyone is a dream match, just because her style is so unique for joshi, a world where people tend to work the same no matter how big or small they are. Shinobu just picks her spots and grinds you into dust on the mat. I've called out Nagayo a few times already but she definitely knows how to work smart, if not always hard. Nagayo vs. Kandori is the big selling point here (it's their first meeting, if I have this right), with the partners mainly window-dressing. Kandori utterly abusing Sato is fun, and there's a great moment where Sato counters a kick and executes a flawless takedown into a toe hold, and Kandori channels her inner Ronnie Garvin (or not so "inner," with that hairdo of hers) and no-sells it completely, making faces at her. I know nothing about Omukai but she does throw some good suplexes and shows some good flexibility as Nagayo returns the favor by abusing her. Sato gets Kandori to chase her around allowing Nagayo to drop Omukai with a DVD. I liked the Yamada match the best of the show but this was another good one that whets the appetite for a singles match that may or may not actually happen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • GSR changed the title to [1996-04-29-GAEA-Gaeaism] Chigusa Nagayo & Sugar Sato vs Shinobu Kandori & Michiko Omukai
  • 2 months later...

Fun, super heated, fast paced tag match centered around the megastar charisma of Kandori and Nagayo. Kandori may have been in peak form here with her awesome mugging and flash submissions. Ohmukai didn't have the gloves and kickpads here, but she and Sato were fine secondary girls working stiff dropkicks and body slams for a minute before tagging in the leaders. Also, because Sato is a 1 year rookie, the match felt like it could end whenever she was on the receiving end. Her interactions with Kandori were also really fun, and I loved how frantic Nagayo & Sugar were in preventing Kandori's submissions. Really good main event style wrestling.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...