[1993-10-09-AJW-Wrestlemarinepiad] Devil Masami vs Kyoko Inoue

[Kadaveri]

This is a big battle between generations, Devil debuted in 1978 and Kyoko in 1988. Kyoko gives a sincere bow of respect at the start. Devil controls the majority of this, cutting a slower pace than  you'd normally see in a Kyoko Inoue match and making it feel like Kyoko has to dig deeper than normal to keep herself in this. There's a good few moments where Kyoko attempts her usual offense but gets cut off by Devil's size, or needs to really struggle to pull it off. Her Giant Swing looked pretty precarious! I'm watching this thinking Devil has one of the best lariats in Joshi when Kyoko eventually fires back with one of her own and takes her down to a wooooooah from the crowd. She earned that momentum shift. Finish was a cool surprise and Devil had a great facial reaction like "that kid f***ing boomed me".

****1/4

[Grimmas]

I agree this ruled. Kyoko was on a mission to show she wasn't second fiddle to Devil. The giant swing ruled and I was never happier than seeing Kyoko pick up the win! Devil, of course, had a great reaction. Kyoko was above or on par with Devil here.

8.75/10