[1986-03-20-AJW] The Crush Gals vs The Jumping Bomb Angels

[DMJ]

Checked this out on YouTube as it is part of a joshi playlist I've been working my way through. I think the creator may even be a poster on here...?

I enjoyed the heck out of this match and highly recommend it. 

The Bomb Angels come out swinging with two huge crossbodies to the floor, but the Crush Gals are not afraid to work a fast-paced match either and we get some real nifty mat-wrestling once they get back in the ring. Body slams, high knees, Nagayo and Asuka applying all sorts of holds to keep the champions on the mat - its all good stuff and some of it is performed with such remarkable speed it had me wondering if I was watching the match at the wrong rate. Yamazaki's running clotheslines are incredible. Other highlights include a brilliant Hart Attack-esque move by the Crush Gals, airplane spins, piledrivers galore, stiff strikes, rapid-fire counters, missile dropkicks, and a slew of nasty suplexes. Incredible match between two high-energy teams. There wasn't much extended selling and I could see the argument that there wasn't a clear structure - more "your turn/my turn" than a story built around an extended face-in-peril stretch or a babyface/babyface match where it starts respectfully and gets more and more heated - but when two evenly-matched teams do battle with this much intensity through three falls, it can still work. This worked for me big time. **** 1/2