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Post by elliott on Apr 4, 2021 13:28:58 GMT -5
Mima Shimoda & Etsuka Mita vs Nanae Takahashi & Momoe Nakanishii (AJW - 7/16/00)
Fucking awesome tag match. LCO vs Youngsters is always a fun matchup. Fantastic storytelling and great emotional finish. This sort of thing is why we thought AJW & JOshi was having a resurgence. LCO are great as always here. Momoe is at her best in tag matches just flying around and playing the sympathetic babyface. Nanae is out experienced but not out gunned. Great match. Post match is excellent too.
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Post by Kadaveri on Apr 4, 2021 15:07:11 GMT -5
AJW did have a small a business resurgence in 2000-01 actually, though it all went to shit again when they lost their TV deal in 2002. Momoe Nakanishi is probably the last Joshi star to have a substantial young female fanbase,* a bunch of the mid-00s Joshi cohort became wrestlers because they idolised her. *e.g. this crowd from 2001 sounds more like an 80s crowd than anything in 1991-99 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mbE4eLfoqM
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Post by elliott on Apr 4, 2021 17:45:01 GMT -5
I'm really enjoying Momoe in tags. She's in some killer tag matches and when she's in against a veteran like Shimoda, Ito or Yoshida her worst tendencies are tempered. I haven't tried to watch any of the famous Maekawa matches yet.
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