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[1998-12-18-ARSION-Carnival] Mariko Yoshida vs Candy Okutsu


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  • 3 months later...

This was the first match where Yoshida's reinvention really came together. She rips it up on the mat and has great intensity. I've praised Yoshida before, but I have to give credit to Candy Okutsu as well, since she gave a strong performance, although I liked this far better when Yoshida was the one on offense because everything seemed to carry more weight and the circumstances seemed a bit more dire. Yoshida would have matches where she was able to get her opponent more into her style in 1999, but this was an effective teaser of the year ahead.

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This was the decision match to crown the inaugural Queen of Arsion. They had held two single night tournaments during the year in which these two ladies had each emerged victorious.

 

Candy's appearance sure had altered a lot. What I really liked here was how their two opposing styles complemented each other. Yoshida was bossing it on the mat, never far away from a threatening submission. Candy was along for the ride when grounded, the aerial game was her forte. So when the pace picked up she held the advantage. Actually Mariko was an outstanding flyer as well in her Zenjo days, but was too modest to rule at everything simultaneously. They went just the right length. Sufficient to provide an exciting stretch without going overboard. It was a fitting way to round off a very enjoyable debut year from Arsion. The best is to come in 1999.

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Good match--maybe the best in a weak year for joshi. Way more enjoyable than the '80s UWF which was a similarly new promotion still getting its feet wet in a new style. I've only seen one full match of this new Yoshida but I'm pretty sure Yoshida vs. Kandori is my new joshi dream match that may or may not have ever happened.

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ARSION with a big title match to close out the year. Candy is back as Candy and debugs another ridiculous outfit. Her necklace even seemed to be giving her trouble. I don't wanna mock any further, because for a match that has a tasseled cowgirl in it this had some super matwork. Candy can handle herself with Yoshida, but it became fast apparent that Candy would want to take this match into a standing position while Yoshida always goes back to the mat no matter what. Candy did a bunch of popping up and got all her shit in while Yoshida tried 7,000 different submissions on her until she got the right one. I mean, it was all high end, innovative work, but a little bloated and felt a little too much like a showcase for both girls rather than a title match. Props to Yoshida however as she was utterly stellar once again.

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