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Post by jetlag on Jan 6, 2018 7:26:00 GMT -5
tl;dr badass clash between two of the best girl grapplers ever worked in the now extinct old AJW style with ta ton of matwork and cutting edge psychology
Full review from PWO:
This was frickin AWESOME. It was kind of a preliminary to the later, bigger Sato/Yokota title match and mainly served the purpose of building up Jaguar, but for a match that is essentially typical half baked young wrestler gets first taste against the star this is really outstanding. Jaguar was absolutely ferocious. Picture Hashimoto, except lighter, faster, girlier, and replace the brutal kicks with brutal matwork. The wrestling was as tight and on point, while still keeping a graceful note, but the struggle and fighting and wild-eyed determination from Jaguar is what pushes it over the top. People talk about Jaguar having ahead-of-her-time offense, but fuck that talking point. She didn't need any of it. The basic spots, such as boston crabs, body scissors or small package holds were made into holy shit spots here. I mean seriously the technique is flawless, but the timing and defensive use of the moves is stunning. Some might argue that structurally the match was messy and had the kind of meandering spots typical of young wrestlers in big matches, but the focus of the match was Jaguar Yokota sticking it to Jackie Sato with a vengeance and that was present at all times. Sato was somewhat reserved, but a great foil for Jaguar's fury and added a few slick moves to the match. Also, there is some arm work that gets paid off nicely, and the repeated leg attack stuff from Jaguar gets played up later in the match, building to an incredible last 5 minutes.
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Post by Grimmas on Jun 20, 2018 17:26:51 GMT -5
This was really awesome and I agree about the last 5 minutes were out of this world. So dramatic. You really explained it's greatness well.
It won't make my list unless we are making like a top 150-200 list. Great match though.
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Post by elliott on Oct 7, 2018 23:48:21 GMT -5
Truly awesome match. There are some nits I could pick, especially in regards to selling, but this was exceptional. Honestly this might be the best Jaguar Yokota match I've ever seen and it isn't at all because of the things of you think of when you think of Jaguar Yokota. This has awesome mat work, storytelling and psychology. I disagree with jetlag in calling this a mess structurally. That was actually something I was going to point out as a positive, especially when you consider the difficulties of matches like this (Veteran Fan favorite vs Up and Coming and much smaller fan favorite).
I thought Sato was great in this. She blows off the hand work (the biggest of my few complaints) but it allllllllmost didn't bother me because you could justify "well, Yokota probably weighs like 75lbs so maybe that would be feasible" but it is pretty egregious no-selling. BUT, she proceeeds to beat the fuck out of Yokota so again you alllllllmost don't care about the no-selling.
Anyway, really great match everyone should check out.
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Post by tetsujin on Apr 13, 2020 12:08:30 GMT -5
Yeah, structurally this is kinda a 50/50 and the armwork could've matter more, but fuck those things. The offense, the struggle behind everything, Yokota's attitude, Sato's comeback at the end... Such an enjoyable, intense fight.
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Post by KB8 on Sept 8, 2020 9:51:21 GMT -5
Man what the fuck? How is Jackie Sato not beloved among us internet geeks like the other joshi stars? I'm assuming the obvious answer is something like "barely anybody has watched this era of joshi compared to the 90s boom period," but in a JUST and RIGHT world we shouldn't accept that. Every time I've seen her - all of the maybe five or six matches I've actually watched - she's been tremendous and this was badass as hell. I wonder if I'd have become a bigger joshi fan over the years if I'd started out with stuff like this. I love ARSION and chunks of other 90s joshi hits the sweet spot, but for about fifteen years now it's been a style I've quite often struggled with, especially if I'm jumping into it cold. I really need to settle into the rhythm of it and watch matches in bunches so the momentum shifts and all those other joshi-isms that have been talked about forever don't bother me quite as much. I had no problem jumping straight into this though, and it's the sort of thing I feel like doing a proper deep dive into because stylistically there's a lot about it that's way up my street (and I've watched enough from this period to know that it's not exclusive to this match alone). Everything was done here with such snap, like they were trying to slam their opponent clean through the mat. Jaguar was a terror but the way both of them worked holds and went for submissions was amazing. At times it was dang near beautiful, but never did it look cooperative. Sato trying to contain this young whirlwind was a great story as well and holy shit were some of those backbreakers/neckbreakers brutal. I guess I'd have liked them to make more of the hand stuff, because Jaguar trying to rip Sato's fingers apart with the ring ropes was awesome, but for how long it was actually a focus and the fact Sato took control for a stretch after it I don't mind too much. This was the absolute business.
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Post by Kadaveri on Sept 8, 2020 10:40:34 GMT -5
I think the main reason Jackie's overlooked is just lack of footage puts people off. From 1984 onwards AJW is really easy to follow, we've got pretty much every major match in good quality now from the AJW Classics reruns and loads of supplementary stuff, so it's possible to get a strong grasp of it all. But pre-84 it's a mix of poor quality VHS rips and heavily clipped stuff. I suspect Fuji TV just didn't archive much of Jackie's era and that's why nothing ever seems to resurface anymore.
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Post by Cap on Nov 23, 2020 21:02:35 GMT -5
Anyone got a link? I did a quick look around and couldn't find it. Ya know ya boy is loving some 80s joshi right now.
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Post by AndrewGB79 on Nov 23, 2020 22:01:32 GMT -5
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Post by Cap on Nov 24, 2020 7:20:01 GMT -5
aaaaaaaannnnnnd... I'm dumb.
Many thanks!
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Post by mvz on Apr 17, 2021 15:05:43 GMT -5
Had a blast watching this, sick looking hand work and believable struggle throughout, and especially during the Boston crab finish. May sneak on as a result of the Jaguar lovefest.
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Post by Cap on Apr 17, 2021 16:34:00 GMT -5
Yeah, glad you got to this one, MVZ. I really love it. Jaguar was so awesome. Sato was too honestly.
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Post by jiraffejustin on Apr 17, 2021 16:40:55 GMT -5
Just quickly skimmed through the YT video to get a feel of how things looked in this match and Jesus that vertical suplex into a backbreaker was nasty as fuck. I'll be saving this one until I'm not so busy, but this looks amazing.
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Post by mvz on Apr 17, 2021 16:53:43 GMT -5
I liked Jaguar in everything I saw but seeing the matches in a row was an eye opening experience. I got to watch so much wrestling today, what a treat. And the day is not over yet:)
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Post by elliott on Apr 17, 2021 17:36:13 GMT -5
Just quickly skimmed through the YT video to get a feel of how things looked in this match and Jesus that vertical suplex into a backbreaker was nasty as fuck. I'll be saving this one until I'm not so busy, but this looks amazing. The Monster Ripper match has a Gorilla Press into a backbreaker. I can't stop thinking about it |
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Post by violentbydesign on Sept 16, 2021 5:15:12 GMT -5
This match was fun, but the lack of selling did get to me. Not so much the limb work, but just in general all the impressive looking back slams wouldn't amount to much visible damage. The ending was really exciting, this can definitely make my top 100 list.
One thing though, I am a bit confused about the count-out spot. Were they counted out and the match restarted?
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