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  1. donsem43
    No real build for this match but these two just match up so well naturally I don't think anyone will complain. This opens up with some very nice matwork that both of them use to set up each of their main offense. The main body of the match has a tremendous flow to it. There is a fair bit of back and forth but the transitions are done so well that it never comes off as spotty. The finish worked because they were just in the middle of a finishing run so the draw felt natural. Just a phenomenal match. ****1/2
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    The sprint cars that run mainly on dirt ovals? No, I never really got into them. I did really get into Aussie V8 Supercars when Speed Channel was around in North America. I wish they had an international streaming service.
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    Chihiro's new ring gear is awesome, her new entrance music is not. Anyway, the match starts out with some very well done exchanges that show off the contrast between Chihiro's amateur style versus Ayako's lucha. From there, the match has Chihiro controlling with her power while Ayako would find smart ways to counter back. Ayako has had an up/down year but she was great here. Chihiro continues to have very good/great title matches despite questionable booking. Overall, a very strong main event title match that hopefully won't be overshadowed by Meiko/Io being on the same card. ****1/4
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    I became a cord-cutter a couple of years ago and that pretty much ended watching any TV shows on a regular bias. I'll binge watch something on a weekend or while I'm on holidays but that's usually it. I mainly watch sports now, primarily hockey and baseball, although I don't stick to just watching my favourite teams (Leafs for NHL, Angels for MLB) I'll watch all different teams. For example, the Yankees/Red Sox series from this week was fantastic, playoff caliber baseball in April. I also watch a fair bit of motor racing but it's mostly niche type stuff like sports cars and rallying. I don't watch either F1 or NASCAR at all. There is actually a fair bit of sports car racing that have official streams for free on YouTube. In fact, I'm watching the Nurburgring 24 hours this weekend.
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    Didn't Barry Windham hook up with Loni Anderson? It will interesting to see how women who are casual WWE fans react to Almas. He seems like a guy who could get a noticeable following there. After watching some of their Snapchat/Instagram stuff, WWE is really missing the boat with the Riott Squad. They are three different women with unique looks and have great chemistry together but none of them have much of a character on TV. I always get a kick out of how Asuka comes off as such a badass to people but her ring gear is basically women's underwear complete with a thong. I'm surprise that more joshi wrestlers don't try to sell merch to English speaking fans, Io Shirai and Hana Kimura especially. Hiroyo Matsumoto is the only one that I know of.
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    Meiko vs. Io from the 4/19 Sendai Girls show is phenomenal.
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    The main event for the fourth night of the Catch the WAVE tournament is a matchup of two former winners. Ohka continues her strong run recently here as she works a match were she wisely avoids a lot Mizunami's power attacks and takes some measured shots of her own. Mizunami does a good job of selling for Ohka's offense despite Ohka looking be far the least imposing of the two. Just a strong display of very smart work. ***3/4
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    This is a match on Mika Iida retirement road. The match itself only goes a little more than six minutes but it sure as hell an awesome six minutes. The whole match is just a constant flow holds being exchanged with a few strikes and suplexes being mixed in. It could have used a couple of more minutes to get them to build to more of a finish, but it's really hard to complain with what they did here. ****
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    This is from the fourth night of the Catch the WAVE tournament. Momono puts on one hell of a performance here. I was very surprised at how Momono went right at Ayako but in a way that fit her character. She manages to keep Ayako off balance for most of the match. When Ayako wins, it's more due to Momono lacking the true finishing move to put her away more than anything else. Tremendous stuff. ****1/4
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    This is a rematch of the World of Stardom title match that ended when Iwatani hurt her arm only a few minutes into the match. They play off of that in the early going as Toni does some nice, Bret Hart style, subtle heel work. First, she tricked Iwatani then ended up going after her arm anyway . The middle part of the match did a nice job of leading up to the finish although I though the finish itself didn't have as nice flow to it. In the end, it is nice that they were able to have a great match after the awkward situation in their first one. ****
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    This is Viper's first defense of the SWA title that she had just won a couple of shows ago. Not only is Jungle in her hometown but it's also her birthday. So her entrance ends up being a big deal and the match itself has great heat throughout. Jungle's pride gets the better of her at the start as she tries to show off her power by attempting to slam Viper. This backfires, allowing Viper to squish Jungle and for her to start using her size to were Jungle down. Jungle does make a spirited comeback highlighted by her powerbombing Viper out of the corner. The finish has a really nice exchange of near-falls with the crowd getting into each one. A strong title match. ****
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    The links in my signature. Pretty sure they are all set to public viewing.
  13. donsem43
    If you want to catch up on current stuff the 1/21 show with the loser leaves faction match is a good place to start. If you're looking a best of then checkout the MDA and my spreadsheets.
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    This is from the third night of the Catch the WAVE tournament. These two take about a minute and a half to feel each other out then just start going right at each other with bombs. They still do manage to not force any of the action either so that while the match is short, it has a nice flow to it despite the constant use of big moves. An absolutely tremendous sprint. ****
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    Finished watching the first two of Stardom's DreamSlam shows. The only match that I would say that people really need to see is Toni/Viper from the 3/28 show. The tag title match on the 3/31 show is pretty good to but I liked the Apache's match with Io/HZK from the 3/21 show a bit more. As a whole, the 3/31 show is pretty disappointing because it looked like it could be a fun show on paper. The most amusing thing about the show was seeing all of the creepers in the crowd. Hopefully the 4/1 show will be better with Viper/Jungle and Toni/Iwatani.
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    Shimmer hinting on Twitter that they will have some sort of streaming set up soon.
  17. donsem43
    In this match Toni puts her SWA title vs. Viper's ICW title. Out of the matches that this two have had with each other this was my favourite. They pretty much cut out the cutesy 'watch Viper do World of Sport spot' part of the match in favour of just throwing flat out bombs. Viper also took some nutty bumps including a piledriver from Toni on the stage. The only thing I didn't like about this match was Toni no-selling an apron dive and a Michinoku Driver from Viper. Other than that, this match was a super fun bombfest. ****
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    I think the people who are high on the match are the ones who are really into the Tam/Oedo Tai storyline. Even looking at the match from that angle, I don't think it did a good job doing capitalizing off of that story. Yeah, Tam hit Mean Girl Sumire with the bat and pinned her but neither of those moments where as dramatic as they should have been.
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    This is the main event of the second night of the Catch the WAVE tournament. This match is just a straight forward slobberknocker as these two spend pretty much the entire match going right straight at each other with some nasty shots. Ohka has stepped up the last few months as she has picked up the pace of her matches and relied on hard hitting strikes. Yamashita looked the best that she has in awhile mainly because the match perfectly fit her strengths as a worker. Another strong match for a tournament that has been really good so far. ****
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    This is from the second night of the Catch the WAVE tournament. Momono gets a lot of praise for acting like an annoying little shit but I think that she that this is the first time that she really makes it work within the story of the match. Unfortunately for her, Ohata is really good at being a nasty bitch that works her over pretty good when she gets her hands on her. Momono is able to stay in the match by doing a nice job working over Ohata's arm and not just relying on rollups for offense. This is an awesome match that shows Ohata clearly being the best joshi worker so far this year while Momono having potential to be a legit top worker down the line. ****1/2
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    Stardom must have some new owners/investors. New belts and dojo. Fuka leaving as GM/Ring Announcer and them no longer using her dojo for training. The fact that they are resetting the company on the April 15 show. A little too much happening at once to not have some significant changes behind the scenes.
  22. donsem43
    Well, I think that match worked as a spectacle but that's pretty much it. The build to the first bat shot was well done. It was shocking when Kagetsu hit Io with the bat because I was expecting Io to avoid it at least one more time before it hit. I'm not death match expert, but I don't understand how the second bat shot didn't directly lead to the finish. Especially after Natsu sold it like she was done only for everyone else to just start working like it was a finish to a regular tag match. I don't know, I guess just find gifs of the bat shots and that's really all that you need to see.
  23. donsem43
    Well, I think that match worked as a spectacle but that's pretty much it. The build to the first bat shot was well done. It was shocking when Kagetsu hit Io with the bat because I was expecting Io to avoid it at least one more time before it hit. I'm not death match expert, but I don't understand how the second bat shot didn't directly lead to the finish. Especially after Natsu sold it like she was done only for everyone else to just start working like it was a finish to a regular tag match. I don't know, I guess just find gifs of the bat shots and that's really all that you need to see.
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    If you want to watch the Explosion Death Match that happen today, Stardom stated that it will be up on Stardom World tomorrow.
  25. donsem43
    This is the main event of the opening show for the Catch the WAVE tournament and is the second rematch of a title match from last year. This match was a vast improvement on that one mainly because Nagahama works a quicker pace and shows a lot more fire here. Ohata has yet another high quality performance as able to put together the match in such a way that she is able to control the match but still make Nagahama come off as competitive. That all leads to a nice finish that has Nagahama get the upset a jackknife rollup. ***1/2
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