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M's Style to close
Michiko Ohmukai held a press conference on Aug. 30 and announced on her blog that M's Style will close after their Oct. 8 Shinjuku FACE show. M's Style was started in 2004 by Michiko Ohmukai, AKINO, Mariko Yoshida & Momoe Nakanishi. Their first show was in March 2004. There was speculation at the time that New Japan was bankrolling the company but M's Style had never really gotten off the ground when Momoe left in June 2004 and subsequently retired in Jan. 2005. After that, M's Style was just another zombie fed. The company has been even less active since Yoshida started concentrating on her Ibuki fed.
M's Style closing is not overly surprising. It's been rumoured for over a year that Michiko Ohmukai wants to retire and I suspect she will do exactly that. It's not yet known what any of the M's Style wrestlers will do but AKINO can go anywhere and be a main eventer and Ayumi Kurihara is a youngster with potential and will catch on somewhere. The others could freelance. I'll have more on this as details become available.
More silliness from T-1 president Futami
T-1 GP had their latest show on Aug. 26 at the Nishi-Chofu Arena. So I went looking for T-1 president Futami's latest blather on his blog on the Sportsnavi site. Guess what? The blog is gone. Maybe Sportsnavi got tired of him and kicked him out. Well, at least he's still posting on his T-1 website. So fortunately, I do have some details on the show. Maybe not so fortunate.
It looks like most of the show was yakking. Futami screened one of the T-1 GP DVDs and then he had some sort of talk show with rookie Yasusato Nakajima. He also brought out his troubleshooter Hikaru Shimohara. I guess he's setting up something for his next show. And of course the usual nonsense about destroying Yumiko Hotta.
The main event was a handicap match. Yumiko Hotta vs Hikaru Shinohara & Shark Tsuchiya. Hotta was disqualified for attacking Futami. After punting him around for a while, Futami promised revenge. Also, he challenged Kumiko Maekawa again. I know one thing. If I was one of the 156 fans in attendance, I'd want my money back. This guy's shtick is getting old.
Fuuka & WINDY talk Smackgirl
Fuuka & WINDY Tomomi talked about their upcoming matches on the Sept. 15 Smackgirl show at Korakuen Hall. Fuuka will fight Mai and Tomomi will fight Seri.
This will be Fuuka's first Smackgirl appearance since Nov. 2005. Of course she is normally a wrestler for JD Star. Fuuka says she is very nervous about the match and isn't sleeping very well. She decided to return to Smackgirl in the Spring once the opponent was determined. She wants to have fun with the match and attract the MMA fans to JD Star. She says she is very proud of winning the POP title in June and it keeps her very busy. Fuuka believes she has improved since first appearing in Smackgirl in 2004 and has been training very hard and wants to put on a good show.
WINDY Tomomi's upcoming match will be her first Smackgirl appearance since her tough loss to Yuka Tsuji. She is looking forward to her match with Seri and feels Seri is an up and comer with a lot of talent. WINDY thought of retirement after losing to Tsuji but the big win on the Aug. 4 DEEP show by her pal Hisae Watanabe convinced her to stay. Both women have a kickboxing background and train together regularly. She says Hisae has been encouraging her. It appears that WINDY's loss to Tsuji humbled her but Watanabe's success has convinced her that she can do the same thing. WINDY Tomomi is a very good fighter already and renewed enthusiasm after defeat could make her better. All bouts are scheduled for two five minute rounds. Here's the card to date.
SMACKGIRL - 9/15/06 - Korakuen Hall
52KG BOUT-Fuuka vs Mai
48KG BOUT-Ayumi "Edge" Saito vs Ikuko Tamada
53KG BOUT-Akiko Naito vs Kyoko Takabayashi
54KG BOUT-WINDY Tomomi vs Seri
NEXT CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT MIDDLEWEIGHT FINAL-Sakura Nakamura vs Kaneko Takeshita
NEXT CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT FLYWEIGHT SEMI FINAL-KM-MAKI vs Fukuko Hamada
ZERO-ONE MAX very excited about Wesna Busic
It appears that ZERO-ONE MAX is very excited about the impending arrival of The Croatian Panther Wesna Busic to Japan. Wesna is the EWA Womens Champ and will have a title vs title match against NSG Champ Hikaru on the Sept. 3 Dream Catchers show at Shin-kiba 1st Ring. ZERO-ONE Max has been trying to get Wesna to Japan for a while but the schedules never seemed to work out.
Apparently Wesna was very impressive on DVD mostly wrestling men. They tried to get her to Japan in the Spring and were planning for her to have a match with Amazing Kong. Then they tried to get her for the Nanae Takahashi 10th Anniversary show in July. Finally, ZERO-ONE MAX has Wesna for the Dream Catchers show. It was also teased that Dadae Takahashi will be wearing a mask. The card for the debut of Pro Wrestling Sun will be announced on Sept. 3 and ZERO-ONE MAX is promising some new gaijins for the Real Evil Makers heel stable led by Amazing Kong.
Meiko Satomura update
Meiko Satomura had surgery for a herniated disc on Aug. 6 and was released from hospital on Aug. 14 and is convalescing at her parents home. I though she was going to make an announcement about the Sept. 29 Sendai Girls show but she didn't so I assume she will be on it. We'll know soon enough. I hope she's not coming back too soon.
Meanwhile here's the main event from the July 9, 2006 Sendai Girls debut between Meiko Satomura & Aja Kong. It's a very good match and you gotta love these Google players. I've posted it on my blog and I thought the easiest thing to do was give you the link. Enjoy!
http://frankp316.blogspot.com/2006/08/meiko-satomura-update_28.html
Pancrase adds womens match to Oct. 1 show
Pancrase has announced the addition of an Athena womens bout to their Oct. 1 show at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka. Jiu jitsu expert Rin Nakai will make her MMA debut. She appeared on the recent Smackgirl Grappling tournament. Her opponent is Asuka Ito who is coming off a loss in June to SAYAKA. Ito is from Osaka. The match is scheduled for three three minute rounds.
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