Speaking of The Gays, time for Saori + Suzu! (i stg i thought the jp comms yelled homo when Saori hit the first German lmao)

LOVED this match & surprised how much of a sprint this was. Real Sicko Shit ™️ aka a standard (affectionate) Saori match. MOTN so far on a really good card

Saori Anou ilysm

Not her fault, but Ema Maishima looks like Great Value Sakura/Kurara in terms of presentation & BR's 'baby-blue with frilly accents' bulk buy should get razzed as much as MG's Party City Princess bulk buy

(Akira + Yuria, was for The Gays)
((Yuria seems to be progressing nicely))
(((Akira, less)))

(I will not, however, watch a BP match in the year of our lorde 2025. The world has moved beyond the need for that s*x pest apologist, even if BR has not.

Good job Rina, thanks for eliminating her in what I'm sure was a great match on her part that I will never ever watch)

Fine. I'll watch one (1) Ami match.

(Do I dislike Ami or just the matches she'd been in prior to injury & am predisposed to dislike her because she's BR's fave? idk, but there's too much wrestling & triage some happens)

FUN match though. Motivated/Main Event (run) Momo rules & so does her undercut

Hanan's hair & make up is...good? Like it's going to do long-term damage to her roots but looks fantastic and being a pro wrestler from the time she was a chile will make hair damage the least of her concerns.

Azumi seems...crueler (affectionate)?...with her limb work in this? Bully AZ is the best

Ooooo thanks for the heads up!

And yeah, I think I'm at the point of just following a my faves & seeing everyone else when they get matched up

Forgot that happened! The card looks fun, if not particularly For Me, will check out the Big Hash match if they put it up on World - thanks!

fill the gaps with more, load-bearing, books seems to be an obvious solution

I love Utami Hayashishita.

I have not, and will not, think seriously about a ranking wrestlers but the void created by Tam Nakano's retirement is immeasurable.

Mayu, Miku & Sun God have had GREAT in-ring years.

Saya Kamitani is the Wrestler of the Year

My Top 3 Wrestlers of the Year are:

MEGATON
MEGATON
MEGATON

Am I wrong in thinking that Hina gives slight Jungle vibes? Hadn't thought of it until just now/you mentioned Jungle earlier

I think Rina is going to be a star & someone they could and should build a promotion around but that's a few years off & I kind of want better for her than pro wrestling lol

Oof what's it like being Wrestling God's strongest soldier?

I'm pleasantly surprised at Momo getting a good 5Star run but cynical enough to be like 'they're only doing this bc she's over in the US based on some spot shows when she was a different wrestler & they love the dub'

Her, Ami, & Hanan are all good wrestlers that people, but especially BR, seem to like a lot more than I do. Which is fine and good but also, hard for me to invest in if I know that the people the company are building the company for are Not For Me (& another company exists & has Utami/Miku/GoChika)

Back catalogue & my laziness is enuff to keep me subbed & they're obv doing well at the gates so it's hard to argue with their choices (I too would build my co around Saya Kamitani, if Utami wasn't around).

They're kindastuck because Saya is so popular irl, but haven't built any real challengers?

That's kind of what I was thinking with Kid; if she worked in a promotion that was more focused on the that style, would I like her more? Would she be allowed to explore that space? Impossible to know, I guess

(also, as a Utami ult, I obviously love epic matches, just not Kid's lol)

I don't think I like epic matches as much as most ppl but the limb work was what got me thinking 'I love Rea Seto, why don't I love Kid?'

You're not wrong about her being the embodiment of modern Stardom tho...which is my central to my Stardom block; I just don't like the same wrestlers that BR do

Did get to thinking: would I like S L K more if she worked the golden fields/literally anywhere else?

On paper she seems like a wrestler I'd like but I just can't get into her in Stardom no matter how hard I try.

Is it the presentation? Opponents?

I watched most of 8.17 Stardom to try to stay less than 3 months & 2 full tournaments behind & while what I watched was good, still just not vibing with it like I should. Very frustrating.