[1995-03-26-AJW-Wrestling Queendom: Victory] Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue

[PeteF3]

This is for Bull's WWF Women's title. Hot start as Bull attempts a superplex and Kyoko, accidentally or not, knocks her all the way to the floor in a sick bump. Then Kyoko pulls out her vault-up-and-spring-backwards counter using the guardrail in a cool spot. This is a solid, workmanlike match. I wouldn't call it essential, but it's well-laid-out and psychologically sound, and has a more stripped down, traditional shine-heat-comeback-finish layout than your average AJW bout. Kyoko gets some good hope spots and near-falls, kicks out at 1 on the Guillotine Legdrop, and Bull has to bust out the somersault variation to put her down. This felt like a traveling-champion bout, which it sort of was, and thus was unique to an AJW setting.

[Timbo Slice]

I remember really liking this match the first time around because it seemed like Bull wanted to show she still had it and she really put on a hell of a performance. This is also one of the few Kyoko singles matches I really like, too. I'm not sure if it was better than the main, but it's a very good match.