[1992-05-24-AJW] Bull Nakano vs Toshiyo Yamada

[Jetlag]

Finally! A Bull Nakano match where she works like Bull Nakano. This was her working as a monster. Yamada can't lift her etc. Nakano is great at putting over Yamada's kicks and offensive flurries. When she's on offense, she's just beating the shit out of Yamada. I wish these matches had transitions that felt a little less random, but what do ya want. Not all of Yamada's stuff landed clean, but it didn't really matter as she was just throwing the kitchen sink at Bull.

[Zenjo]

They got off to a strong start with hard strikes being exchanged. Bull probably wanted to no sell to put over her monster status, but Yamada wasn't giving her a choice with those kicks. Some wrestlers had credibility problems against the champ. That wasn't a problem here. The following Nakano control segment was fairly dull. Yamada fought back and survived a fair bit in a well constructed stretch. A technically good match that never caught fire. The whole was less than the sum of its parts.