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Dump Matsumoto vs Devil Masami 12/12/85

 The encounter that a part of me was wondering if I would ever see cause the alliance vs Crush girls dynamic was so foregrounded to the point where I forgot this was even a possibility. The match is structurally a very simple one. There's a short initial period of Devil Masami offense to begin with a baba style neck breaker. She tries to follow up with a crossbody which Dump ends up catching her and placing Devil on the apron. when Devil reenters Dump grabs her by the hair and tosses her around in a frankly vicious manner. This is followed up by a long period of focus on the head and secondarily the body. The head work is the thing that is of note cause so much of it is focused directly on the eye which is a sick detail I love. This leads to an almost proto Jcvd sans the powder kind of performance from Devil masami Which I love. I do like in comparison to bloodsport that there's still an element of danger due to attrition and Dump's size. A super electric chair drop gets th...
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Itsuki Yamazaki, Noriyo Tateno, and Yukari Omori vs Lioness Asuka , Yuki Ogura, and Mika Komatsu

 Asuka And Omori start out this with an exchange of matwork with the interesting thing being Omori's taped up knee and a momentary focus on the back by Asuka's side. Omori does get to ringside and the action resets essentially. The fresh combi take control on the two rookies in turn and it's a fun showcase of cohesion between the two of them. Tateno ends up getting the first fall. The second fall is a really brisk almost to the point of abrupt turnaround for Asuka the rookies with a bunch of fun miscommunication spots and teamwork by the rookies. The third fall is where the leg damage on Omori comes back into play. The solidifying of the future jumping bomb angels via getting the first and third falls is fun to see. 7.7/10 easily my favorite of the six person tags on this disk involving the rookies. Because there's no last match for Jumbo hori on the set i'll add my thoughts on Hori's AJW career here. In a landscape where the bodytypes are pretty limited Hori fe...
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Devil Masami & Yukari Omori vs Yamazaki Itsuki & Chigusa Nagayo

 We start off with some arm work on Chigusa alongside some work on the abdomen by the Devil and Omori. The structural heels throw Chigusa into her corner provoking Yamazaki to enter the fray. This leads into nothing short of an onslaught by Devil and Omori on Yamazaki's abdomen using power moves leading into the fall. The second fall continues the face in peril on Yamazaki before she's able to tag into Chigusa and the fall turns into a battle of size vs ace energy. Omori is able to block one of Chigusa's signature strikes to the abdomen post Irish whip but ends up suplexed for the fall. Both teams have had their respective dynamics established the interesting portion of the third fall is Yamazaki getting a figure four on Omori and the faces taking advantage. Chigusa injures her leg on a rolling wheel kick and gets pulled to the outside Yamazaki obstructs the heels from getting back into ring resulting in a double count out. Good match well executed match. Something about th...
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Devil Masami, Jaguar Yokota and Yumi Ogura vs Yamazaki Itsuki, Noriyo Tateno and Omori

 Ogura starts off the match like a ball of fire with a couple of running knees to Tateno. Things settle down eventually a fun touch in this match is Jaguar and Devil being more aggressive in attacking Yamazaki early on cutting off her prodigiousness offense at least early on. There's a series of fascinating control segments the most obvious one being a peril segment on Ogura. A slight one focusing on Omori's legs. Jaguar gets caught by Omori at one point and becomes the focus with Yamazaki getting in some sick throws. The finish comes about via Devil Masami getting on the offense against Yamazaki and a missed cross body. Everyone played their role well ending up in a fun match. No great shakes but after a double shot of the hair match and the tag final any match would struggle. 7.5/10
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Crush Girls vs Dump Matsumoto and Bull Nakano Tag league the best Final

 We start off with the Alliance in identical prematch outfits starting the match with a massive attack on the crush girls and a body double for Dump which is such a fun touch. The first fall is defined by the alliance taking advantage of the lead given by the sneak attack to focus on targeting Chigusa's injured knee. The alliance is eventually disqualified for excessive use of illegal tactics giving the crush girls the first fall. It's readily apparent that the alliance don't give a fuck because they're confident the damage they inflicted will be telling enough to win them the war. The second fall is an odd one cause it's so short due to a surprise knockout of Lioness Asuka via doomsday device which rocks. Prior to the finish you get what you'd expect Chigusa trying to get back into the action while trying to protect her leg and Asuka being a house of fire. The third fall is essentially a struggle for survival for the crush girls with Chigusa having to start off...
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Crush gals vs Jaguar Yokota and Yukari Omori Tag league the best 1985

 Thios is a surprisingly fun match given the things they have to work around. Of note Jaguar Yokota comes into the match with taped up feet. The thing I love about how Jaguar approaches this is she doesn't stick to counters she's very forward oriented in terms of staying on the offensive by targeting the legs of both crush girls. The key moment comes when the crush girls do actually start attacking Jaguar's leg eventually leading to her being out of the action for the remainder. This leads to a really compelling finishing stretch of Omori desperately trying to the one knockout attack that can finish the crush girls before the attrition of being in a handicap match takes its toll. She fails and it;s a great spectacle. 8/10. Small thing Love that Chigusa retains the buzzcut
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Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto Haircut deathmatch

It's been a while since I first watched this one. I think it was one of the first Joshi matches I watched last decade. It's always been a striking one and honestly one of the things I was looking forward to when I started doing these posts on BlueSky before moving them here alongside having a more complete view of AJW of this vintage. We start off with a freaking body double of Dump coming to the ring with the actual Dump being under the manager's mask attacking Chigusa Before the bell. This is match that the lucha heads myself included will love. It's honestly a really simple match structurally Chigusa tries to get the Sunday shot off that will overcome the advantage brought about by the sneak attack alongside weapon usage by Dump. Best Dump Performance on the set so far. Chigusa ends up bleeding buckets and at one point has on a sharpshooter with blood streaming down her face in an iconic image. There's something in the dogged defiance in Chigusa's performance...
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