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Post by bossrock on Jan 18, 2018 16:54:27 GMT -5
Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura (Stardom Year-End Climax-12/23/2015)
The match where Io established herself as the ace of Stardom and one of the greatest women’s bouts I’ve ever seen. Tremendous bombfest with some incredible high risk and dangerous moves. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve never taken the Lord’s name in vein more during any other match than this one. That’s how high-impact it is.
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Post by microstatistics on Mar 16, 2018 17:39:34 GMT -5
Second. Great nomination even if the match was not as good as I hoped but I find Satomura bouts disappointing more often than not anyways. Io is awesome and delivers a great performance here, oscillating between cockiness and vulnerability. Nutty action and a strong narrative.
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Post by jml on Jun 23, 2018 19:07:42 GMT -5
Third. I think this might be in 3rd or 4th best joshi match of the decade. I remember watching the video package playing up that time was running out for Stardom to gain back their world title and this delivered story wise and work wise. I loved that Io picked and chose her spots to be Io and when to be measured cause she couldn't make mistakes with Meiko. Io's trademark moonsault of the stairs helps as well.
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Post by stunninggrover on Jul 29, 2018 12:59:35 GMT -5
Fourth. One of Io Shirai's most memorable matches. It's the match where she really establishes herself as the best. This match could end up as high as my top 40 or 50.
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Post by mvz on Jan 23, 2022 8:07:47 GMT -5
This match rocked. Meiko around this time as an ass kicker on top is really great. Io sold really well and at times looked like she just got destroyed. I wasn’t as keen when Io was controlling mid match. A couple of spots felt contrived but at the same time they were so ambitious you can’t dock them too many points. Finishing stretch is great.
I don’t have this as high as the Hojo match but that is a top 100 lock for me. This is a contender and I wouldn’t bat an eye if anyone had it on their list.
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Post by elliott on Oct 9, 2023 22:56:06 GMT -5
Awesome match of course.
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Post by tetsujin on Dec 15, 2023 12:46:57 GMT -5
Yeah this is tremendous. Holy fucking shit. Top 50 lock for next time.
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