No subtitles yet on anything yet obviously, but videos below (hopefully nothing messes up):
Some…choice offense from Maika to Mina. Match Ending
Ending to Tournament Match - Momo Watanabe vs Utami Hayashishita
Ending to Tournament Match - Starlight Kid vs. Tam Nakano
Ending to Tournament Match - Syuri vs. Mayu Iwatani
Ending to Momo Khogo vs Saki Kashima
Ending to Natsupoi/Anou vs Suzuki/Sera (Aftermath: Utami and AMI come out to, presumably, challenge for the tag belts.)
Ending to MIRAI vs Konami After the match it seems like Konami perhaps made peace with her beef over how God’s Eye is being run? Also Mina came out and seemingly wants to start a beef with Syuri.
Ending to Giulia vs Risa Sera Also of note: Suzu Suzuki helped hold open the ropes for Giulia as she entered the ring, and after the match the two shook hands and presumably have buried the hatchet between them. Unsure if this is a sign of her joining DDM or not.
Why are Joshis so much better than American female wrestlers?
Someone actually pointed this out to be in another thread once. Let’s take Becky Lynch as just an example. This year Becky, someone who has been wrestling since 2004, had wrestled 40 matches. Hanako in Stardom started wrestling in April. Like…period. A rookie. She’s wrestled 61 matches this year.
Let’s go to AEW where women have even less match time. Let’s take Anna Jay. This year? 14 matches. Last year? 36, her highest year ever. Stardom, Lady C. Comparable length of time in the industry. This year? 91 matches. Last year? 101, her highest year ever.
The tours that Japanese wrestlers do are designed so that everyone who is traveling, is wrestling. So everyone wrestles much, much more than North American, televised or indie promotions. Someone getting 100 matches a year vs someone getting 10 means a huge difference in ring experience and time to learn and craft your technique.
Edit: Also a lot of joshi tend to start young. You watch Stardom and see someone who looks 21 years old working like a veteran, there’s a chance she’s been wrestling for 10 years lol.
It’s 100% this. Joshi’s just wrestle more. Not everyone starts as young as Ram Kaichow or Riho, though.
Mei Suruga (hello, avatar) is only 24 years old, has been wrestling for 5 years, has wrestled over 600 matches in that time, and even trains other wrestlers.
Seriously, if you’re all about the work rate wrestling and aren’t watching joshi, you’re doing yourself a disservice.