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Not sure if anyone else would be interested but I threw this list together. Joshi has had a pretty good year so I wanted to try and compare them to the matches that happen in NXT. I also wanted to see if I could reasonably stretch the list long enough to include a match from the WWE main roster. Luckily, there's been a couple of really good matches so the list didn't have to get too egregious. 1. Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura (Stardom, 6/14) 2. Io Shirai vs. Koguma (Stardom, 2/22) 3. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley (NXT, 8/22) 4. Arisa Nakajima vs. Hikaru Shida (JWP, 7/11) 5. Tsukasa Fujimoto/Arisa Nakajima vs. Misaki Ohata/Ryo Mizunami (Ice Ribbon, 12/31) 6. Io Shirai/Mayu Iwatani vs. DASH Chisako/Sendai Sachiko (Stardom, 9/23) 7. Kairi Hojo vs. Mayu Iwatani (Stardom, 5/17) 8. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch (NXT, 5/20) 9. Io Shirai vs. Dark Angel (Stardom, 10/11) 10. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley (NXT, 10/7) 11. Su Yung vs. Madison Eagles (Shine, 10/2) 12. Kairi Hojo vs. Takumi Iroha (Stardom, 7/4) 13. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte (NXT, 3/27) 14. Kana/Konami vs. Syuri/Hikaru Shida (Kana Pro, 3/8) 15. Emma vs. Asuka (NXT, 12/16) 16. Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani (Stardom, 8/23) 17. Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Maki Narumiya (REINA, 12/26) 18. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch (WWE, 11/10) 19. Mio Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima (M.I.O., 6/19) 20. Ayako Hamada/Yuu Yamagata vs. Misaki Ohata/Ryo Mizunami (Pro Wrestling WAVE, 12/23) Other Matches to Watch: Nikki Bella vs. Paige (WWE, 1/6) Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Kagetsu (Oz Academy, 1/11) Hikaru Shida vs. Sakura Hirota (Pro Wrestling WAVE, 1/25) Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch (NXT, 2/11) Mio Shirai vs. Io Shirai (M.I.O., 2/14) Mayumi Ozaki/Sakura Hirota vs. Kagetsu/Kaho Kobayashi (Oz Academy, 3/1) DASH Chisako/Sendai Sachiko vs. Nanae Takahashi/Kairi Hojo (Sendai Girls, 3/11) Ryo Mizunami vs. Rina Yamashita (Pro Wrestling WAVE, 3/15) Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Kurumi (Ice Ribbon, 3/21) Arisa Nakajima/Rabbit Miu vs. Sareee/Meiko Tanaka (JWP, 3/22) Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo (Stardom, 3/29) Mia Yim vs. Santana Garrett (Shine, 4/3) Kana vs. Ryo Mizunami (Pro Wrestling WAVE, 6/14) Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura (Stardom, 7/22) Paige vs. Sasha Banks (WWE, 7/27) AKINO, Sonoko Kato, Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Arisa Nakajima, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Hikaru Shida (Oz Academy, 8/23) Santana Garrett vs. Allysin Kay (Shine, 9/4) Jessicka Havok vs. Kay Lee Ray (Shine, 10/2) Santana Garrett vs. Evie (Shine, 10/2) Io Shirai vs. Mia Yim (Stardom, 10/16) Aoi Kizuki/Kayoko Haruyama vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto/Arisa Nakajima (Ice Ribbon, 10/17) Io Shirai/Mayu Iwatani vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto/Kellie Skater (Stardom, 10/18) Io Shirai/Mayu Iwatani vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto/Santana Garrett (Stardom, 10/25) Meiko Satomura vs. Mayu Iwatani (Stardom, 11/15) Kairi Hojo vs. Mika Iwata (Stardom, 11/15) Meiko Satomura vs. Io Shirai (Stardom, 12/23) * ratings are included with reviews linked in the thread. Top 10 Women of 2015: 1. Io Shirai 2. Sasha Banks 3. Kairi Hojo 4. Arisa Nakajima 5. Bayley 6. Tsukasa Fujimoto 7. Becky Lynch 8. Hikaru Shida 9. Ryo Mizunami 10. Santana Garrett

For non-gimmick matches, Tamura went 60 mins vs. Azumi Hyuga in '06. This year there has been two 30 min draws, Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura in Stardom (6/14) and Mio Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima in M.I.O. (6/19).

Wow, Stephanie can't even keep corporate kayfabe! Keller's responses are perfect.

Yoshiko Tamura did a similar deal in NEO. Pretty sure Jd' ran a few iron man matches in the early 00's with The Bloody, Sumie Sakai, Megumi Yabushita, and Fang Suzuki.

With advanced stats in sports becoming mainstream it would actually be relevant.

If Kurt Angle and Shelton Benjamin didn't end up the way that they did, I would be high on Gable too. But, at this moment, I'm still wait and see on the guy.

The thing that irked me about it was that it was just those four. At they very least, Paige, Emma, the rest of the active NXT women's roster, and Sara Del Ray should have been up there too. It should have been a moment celebrate what NXT has done for women in wrestling. I'm surprised that people are just upset about the post match stuff breaking kayfabe. Everybody in that building just flat out ignored it from the start of the entrances till about five minutes into the match.

There are guys in the UFC who actively go after the "Fight of the Night" bonus. They are usually not top contenders though.

Yeah but she a woman so that's going to lead to a nastier backlash, probably something that they can't play off of.

In real sports, those types of moments happen organically. If your openly trying to create that moment your seen as being selfish, and worse, if you screw up in that moment you will be infamous for the rest of your life.

I don't see Bayley working with an older male audience in the long term. She's fantastic for kids and women but you already see online that some male fans are getting sick of her cutesy stuff. That's just going to get worse on the main roster.

Asuka vs. Dana is the most interesting match on the show. Asuka thrives at working with inexperienced women, usually giving them a fair bit while maintaining that she's clearly better in the end. This is best chance for Dana Brooke to show where she is at in her development. Most likely isn't going to be the stiff, one-sided squash that people are expecting.

This show line-up highlights how NXT isn't really the booking oasis that it might seem like: - They're running Bayley vs. Sasha again because they honestly don't have a better option for a main. The first on-air Balor vs. Joe match was the only other option but that probably being saved for the UK show. Also, I don't see any productive long term reason for Sasha winning. The Brooklyn show should have been her swan song, plus the whole 'respect' bit really doesn't fit 'The Boss'. Never mind that NXT's big gimmick match over the last 2 years has been the 2/3 falls match and would have been easier match for the two of them to work. - The tag tournament should feature the new found depth of the tag division. Instead, the semis feature 2 makeshift teams of top singles stars and both semis are on the show. Thus, your current champs, ex champs, and arguably most over act won't be on the show. - Tyler Breeze should be, at worst, be challenging for the NXT title. Instead, they ran Breeze vs. Balor into the ground earlier this year so now he has to put over the new guy. He has the same problem that a lot of guys have on the main roster, just being paid less.

The messenger matters in letting you know how much you should look into something before you accept it. If someone who works for Korman said the same thing you would do less research to confirm it than CM Punk saying the same thing. Trying to make a charitable donation should not be like trying to buy a vehicle.

Vince's NWO promos?

Her twitter account is AWESOME!!! Stuff like this is mixed in with misadventures of living in the States (driving, coin-operated washer and dryer.)

It helps if the mechanics find a gimmick that fits his/her personality. If Daniel Bryan kept the same oatmeal persona he had the first year that he was on the main roster he wouldn't have been close to being as over as he eventually became. I assume that they felt that Sasha wasn't quite ready, combined with the recent history of NXT gimmicks on the main roster. Instead, they actually have the most complete package to come out of developmental since Kurt Angle. That is going to force them to push her earlier than they had planned and probably push Charlotte to the side, which might actually help her in the long run. Becky may end up in the mechanic role if they don't find a character for her.

I don't think this would work. You'll just have a macho business donkey wrestler talk about his super karate monkey death car.

The Bellas vs. B.A.D. from Main Event was interesting. Both teams worked heel, but the Bellas had a noticeable face reaction from the women in the crowd. If they keep going with this they'll have 7 heels and 3 faces, with Natalya back. I don't know if this means they'll start cutting down the number of women that they feature or what. I really hope they don't break up B.A.D. since all 3 seem to really enjoy working together and its done a lot for Naomi's in-ring work. Coincidental fun fact: before getting into wrestling, Kana/Asuka was working in the video game industry, both as a designer and a magazine writer. Even had XBox 360 sponsorship for a few years in wrestling.

NXT is basically doing that angle with Dana Brooke and the backstage interview girl.

Horrible news... https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3m3mpa/akira_hokuto_diagnosed_with_breast_cancer/

The most successful feud in the history of women's wrestling was a school bully picking on another girl.

This is a work in progress list, not a final one. I'll keeping adding stuff as I watch and bold the Tier 1 matches everything else is Tier 2/3. Yoshiko Tamura vs. Mariko Yoshida - NEO - 11/3/06 Meiko Satomura vs. Kyoko Kimura - Sendai Girls - 12/3/06 Meiko Satomura vs. Ayako Hamada - Sendai Girls - 7/22/07 Azumi Hyuga vs Kaori Yoneyama - JWP - 12/9/07 Azumi Hyuga vs Kayoko Haruyama - JWP - 4/29/08 Azumi Hyuga/Carlos Amano vs. Meiko Satomura/Chikayo Nagashima - JWP - 12/28/08 Meiko Satomura vs. Azumi Hyuga - Sendai Girls - 12/20/09 Kana vs. Syuri - SMASH - 6/25/10 Yoshiko Tamura/Ayumi Kurihara vs. Kana/Io Shirai - NEO - 8/1/10 Kana vs. Meiko Satomura - Triple Tails - 2/13/11 Yuzuki Aikawa vs. Ayumi Kurihara - Yuzupon Matsuri - 5/15/11 Kana vs Serena - SMASH - 5/3/11 Ayumi Kurihara vs Kana - WAVE - 8/28/11 Nanae Takahashi vs. Meiko Satomura - Stardom - 3/20/12 Emi Sakura/Kaori Yoneyama vs. Command Bolshoi/Arisa Nakajima - JWP - 8/19/12 Yuzuki Aikawa vs. Io Shirai - Stardom - 8/26/12 Tsukasa Fujimoto/Maki Narumiya vs. Kana/Mio Shirai - Ice Ribbon - 10/20/12 Kana/Mio Shirai vs. Ayako Hamada/Arisa Nakajima - Triple Tails S - 2/24/13 Arisa Nakajima/Nana Kawasa vs. Kana/Raideen Hagane - JWP - 5/5/13 Natsuki Taiyo vs. Kaori Yoneyama - Stardom - 6/2/13 Io Shirai vs. Yoshiko - Stardom - 6/2/13 Kana/Ayumi Kurihara vs. Meiko Satomura/Ayako Hamada - KanAyu - 6/15/13 Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana - JWP - 8/18/13 Io Shirai vs. Arisa Nakajima - Stardom - 12/29/13 Io Shirai vs. Natsuki Taiyo - Stardom - 1/26/14 Kana vs. Meiko Satomura - Kana Pro - 2/25/14 Meiko Satomura vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto - Fortune Dream - 6/8/14 Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura - Stardom - 7/10/14 Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Arisa Nakajima - Ice Ribbon - 12/28/14 Arisa Nakajima vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto - JWP - 12/28/14

Oh for crying out loud they can't even do a cake spot right... What's on NXT? Sasha: Bayley, I respect you... Me: Really? At least a new Hojo match sneaked online.

Start off with Aja vs. Toyota at the Dome, Kyoko vs. Hokuto at Dream Rush, and Kyoko/Takako vs. Oz/ Cuty matches that gives you good sample of what to expect. Then look through the yearbook section to find stuff that might fit what your personal tastes a bit more then go from there. 90's is the best place to start because it has a clear listing of what out there for stuff to watch, unlike the 80's or even the '00.