hikari fukuoka

GAMI's The Woman promotion held its second show on Feb. 3 at Shin-kiba 1st Ring. GAMI named GAEA veteran Toshie Uematsu as associate supervisor. She's assisting GAMI with the booking. The usual wrestlers were on the show with the exception of a special appearance by retired JWP wrestler Hikari Fukuoka. Can't argue with that. I'd go a long way to watch her too.



The opening match was strange because it was more suitable for a main event. It was Azumi Hyuga & Ayako Hamada vs GAMI & Toshie Uematsu. Hamada pinned GAMI after a uraken. Afterwards, GAMI joked about Ayako flying in from Mexico and suffering jet lag. Then GANI & Uematsu discussed who their next opponents should be. Uematsu said she wasn't sure because The Bloody & Fang Suzuki have retired. The next match had Manami Toyota vs Cherry which is a waste of Toyota's talent.



Hikari Fukuoka hosted a talk show segment. I'm a huge Fukuoka mark so I'm a little biased but Hikari is still drop dead gorgeous today. And she's married with a five year old son. She rarely appears in a joshi ring. I believe the last time was at the Sumie Sakai Farewell Show in 2002. Hikari says she still works out regularly and she and her husband are planning to open their own gym.



Back to the wrestling. Next was a rookie three way match with Fuuka, Yuna & Haruhi. You can't expect much from these three. Fuuka won.The main event had Kumiko Maekawa & Michiko Ohmukai vs Dynamite Kansai & Mika Nishio. This was Nishio's first match since leaving KO Productions to freelance. Maekawa pinned Nishio with an axe kick. Nishio proceeded to post on her blog that it was a poor match. After the show, GAMI says she is already planning the next The Woman show on March 10 and she wants Maekawa just before her retirement. She then threw out a bunch of names she would like to get for the show including Commando Bolshoi & Nanae Takahashi. Who ever thought those two would be big names in the joshi business? That's what things are like in 2006. Here's the results of the show.



THE WOMAN - 2/3/06 - Shin-kiba 1st Ring
Ayako Hamada & Azumi Hyuga def. GAMI & Toshie Uematsu (Hamada over GAMI)
Manami Toyota def. Cherry
Mai Ichii def. Ayumi Kurihara in 9:50
THREE WAY MATCH:Fuuka def. Yuna & Haruhi in 7:07
Kumiko Maekawa & Michiko Ohmukai def. Dynamite Kansai & Mika Nishio (Maekawa over Nishio in 17:32)