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• Joshi Spotlight: AJW Odaiba W Explosion

AJW ODAIBA W EXPLOSION: * All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling reaches the summer of 2000! The big Odaiba shows are some of the top shows of the year for Zenjo, so this is rather important. This one features Manami Toyota making a defense of the Red Belt against Black Joker’s Eagle Sawai, backed by her […]...2025
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• Lluvia Wins Big In Japan, Becomes CMLL Japan Women’s Champion

This past week, CMLL’s Lluvia, along with her daughter Tabata, went to Japan to represent CMLL in a series of events, including the Lucha Fiesta México Japón. She first competed in tag matches, including teaming with Japanese wrestler Himiko against Yuma Makoto and Chiho Matsumoto. For Stardom, she teamed up with her Tabata and AZM […] The post Lluvia Wins Big In Japan, Becomes CMLL Ja...2025
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• Joshi Spotlight: Joshi in 1999

JOSHI IN 1999: * It’s time for the yearly summation! And thankfully, 1999 isn’t QUITE as bad for the “doom & gloom” as 1998 was! In that most of the promotions are dying on the vine, but All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling (Zenjo) is getting slightly more popular again! GAEA is also doing pretty well! And […]...2024
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• Mercedes Moné Names Manami Toyota & Rey Mysterio As Her Dream Matches

Mercedes Moné names Manami Toyota as the wrestler she’d love to face in a dream match. The TBS Champion has long been inspired by the Japanese legend. Manami Toyota was one of the stars of All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female […] The post Mercedes Moné Names Manami Toyota & Rey Mysterio As Her Dream Matches a...2024
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• Canada’s Dabrowski, New Zealand’s Routliffe out of Japan Women’s Open after walkover

Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe are out of the Japan Women’s Open tennis tournament....2024
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• Joshi Spotlight: Neo Ladies Pro Wrestling in 1999 (Part One)

NEO LADIES IN 1999 (Part One): * Hey look! I found some Neo stuff! Which… last time it was called Neo Ladies and was a Kyoko Inoue-led mini-promotion with her and some of All Japan Women’s rookies, plus Las Cachorras Orientales & Chaparrita ASARI. But wait! Neo Ladies did not do well, and so LCO […]...2024
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• Joshi Spotlight: JWP in May 1997
JWP IN MAY 1997: * So “1997- The Year Joshi Was Cursed” is assuredly a thing, as not only does AJW go bankrupt, but JWP becomes one of the only companies to have an active wrestler die of an injury in the ring. This is three matches featuring what was going on in Japan Women’s […]...2023

• Joshi Spotlight: Joshi in 1997 (oh god THE HORROR)
JOSHI IN 1997- JOSHI EXPLODES: * Okay, so it’s big things afoot- 1997 is the year the joshi scene in Japan completely explodes, as All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling (AJW), the signature company of joshi, goes bankrupt. The owners’ bad business decisions (most notably, a restaurant chain) combine with fading business all over, and AJW […]...2023

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"Nakano’s career began in the ’80s in Japan, where she became a significant attraction for All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling."

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"Japan women rout France 87-71 to reach 1st gold medal game"

• Japan women rout France 87-71 to reach 1st gold medal game
Himawari Akaho scored 17 points, and Japan beat France 87-71 Friday night to advance to the women's basketball gold medal game of the Olympics for the first time in the country's history. Japan will play the United States, a 79-59 winner over Serbia, on Sunday in the title game just as coach Tom Hovasse predicted when he was hired in 2017. France, the 2012 silver medalist, will play Serbia for b...2021

• Peggy Lee Leather (Peggy Fowler) Passes Away At The Age Of 64
Peggy Fowler, better known to wrestling fans as Peggy Lee Leather, has passed away. Lee started training in the 1980s under the Fabulous Moolah. She competed for WWE in the early to mid-80s, forming a tag team with Wendi Richter and challenging for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championships. When Richter turned face and become WWF Women's Champion, Peggy Lee was one of her challengers. She was part ...2023
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• Bull Nakano To Be Inducted Into 2024 WWE Hall Of Fame
Bull Nakano, a legendary women’s wrestler, is set to be honored with her induction into the WWE Hall of Fame 2024. ESPN announced this news on Wednesday morning. Nakano’s career began in the ’80s in Japan, where she became a significant attraction for All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling. She then went to WWE, where she engaged […] The post Bull Nakano To Be Inducted Into ...2024
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• Bull Nakano To Be Inducted Into The 2024 WWE Hall of Fame

WWE has confirmed ESPN’s report that former WWF Women’s Champion Bull Nakano will be inducted into this year’s Hall of Fame! Nakano’s famous WWF feud was with Alundra Blayze in the 1990s, where she won the WWF Women’s Championship in the Tokyo Dome. This was at an all-women’s show presented All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling. There were […] The post Bull Nakano To Be Indu...2024
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• Peggy Lee Leather (Peggy Fowler) Passes Away At The Age Of 64
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• WWF Mania Tour Night 1: Yokohama Mania 05/07/94
World Wrestling Federation/Wrestle And Romance Yokohama Arena Attendance: “8,056” Previously In WAR… WWF held a press conference on Friday and announced Japanese wrestlers Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara, Nobukazu Hirai and Yuji Yasuraoka (WAR), Masashi Aoyagi (NSBW), Ginsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro) and Bull Nakano, Kyoko Inoue and Sakie Hasegawa (All Japan women) would be workin...2024
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• Joshi Spotlight: Joshi in 1999
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• Joshi Spotlight: Neo Ladies Pro Wrestling in 1999 (Part One)
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• Joshi Spotlight: AJW in July 1999 (LCO vs. ZAPs in the Rain!)
ALL JAPAN WOMEN’S PRO WRESTLING: (July 1999) * So mere months ago, a NEW joshi channel popped up on YouTube, spamming out a bunch of content from the era I’m covering! This allows me to fill in some bases! Most of this is from the absolutely incredible ATHENA TV set-up on the Fuji Broadcasting Center […]...2024
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• Joshi Spotlight: Bull Nakano Interviews Kayo Noumi
It’s another Bull Nakano interview… this one of lesser-known star Kayo Noumi! Kayo was a minor rookie at the point I’m in for my Joshi Spotlights, but it’s interesting to hear her talk about the struggles as a scrub moving up in the strict Zenjo hierarchy of All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling in the late […]...2024
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