had so much fun last night i'm gonna do it again.
TJPW All Rise '23 short thoughts under the cut. spoilers possible.
- new (to me) team on comms: Mr. Haku and Dr. Gore. looking forward to it!
- Wakana Uehara/HIMAWARI/Runa Okubo v Toga/Shino Suzuki/Haru Kazashiro: that arm wrench Haru does is gnarly. really looking forward to the rookie tournament.
- Korakuen crowd is hot tonight
- Maki Itoh/Kaya Toribami v Ryo Mizunami/Yuki Aino: Aniki coming out with the pumpkin head and Aino with the tiny witch hat already means this match is perfect. Yuki Aino is cooking right now.
- International Princess Championship Number One Contender Battle Royal - Suzume v Shoko Nakajima v Rika Tatsumi v Miu Watanabe v Yuki Kamifuku v Mahiro Kiryu v Arisu Endo v Raku: this was a whole lot of fun. i was pulling for Suzume but i knew it was a longshot.
- Pom Harajuku/Hyper Misao v Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki/Mizuki): MagiRabi is the Golden Lovers of joshi wrestling.
- Saki Akai v The Genius Girl, The Idol, The Young Legend, The Five Tool Slayer, The Dragon of Kyoto, Yuki Arai: i don't think you could pick a better singles match for Saki Akai to go out on in TJPW. really good.
- Princess Tag Championship Match - Free WiFi (Hikari Noa/Nao Kakuta) v
Karate GirlsShinken Kusho (Moka Miyamoto/Juria Nagano): great first defense for the nasty girls. - i love how the examples of things from Finland are: Moomin, Santa Claus, the Northern Lights, and Saunas
- Princess of Princess Championship Match - Miyu Yamashita v Regina: big fight feel. whoever's in charge of foreign talent is killing it.