Stardom Tokyo Dream Cinderella Special Edition 5/12/2021 - Utami Hayashishita vs Syuri
My hand was forced into reviewing this after another overhyped Dave Meltzer rating.
The first 15 minutes were pretty much a waste of time that didn't lead to much of anything. They teased working the arm and leg.
Syuri did a back bump onto the floor from the apron and took an air raid
crash on the apron after 20 minutes then Syuri botched a headscissors
on the floor. Syuri then took a nasty wheelbarrow german on the apron
edge which was a dangerous spot that should have ended the match. Syuri
got right back up though 20 seconds later and kicked out of a top rope
dropkick from Utami. Syuri hit a sloppy tornado ddt after that and tried
another armbar.
They started counting down the time early here and the announcers made
it very obvious that the time was going to play a facto here. Syuri then
was sitting on the top rope and was german suplexed. Syuri no sold it
and then traded slaps with Utami seconds later. Syuri then takes a
schwein and is as good as new 15 seconds later. They go to a draw and
like a moron, Utami decides to continue this instead of going home and
getting the easy defense.
They announce more time and they flurry each other with forearms. Utami
gets lawn darted into the buckle then planted with a DDT for 2. Syuri
then goes for the armbar again. Utami hits a bounce back german then
starts slapping her and Syuri returns fire. They trade forearms and then
Syuri puts her in a deem stretch muffler at 35 minutes. Syuri hits a
stiff straightjacket sitout powerbomb for 2.
They go up top and Syuri hammerlock suplexes her up there and then
hammerlocks her but Utami hits the ropes. Utami comes right back up soon
after and germans her then spinning torture rack bombs her for 2. Syuri
comes back and armbars her and Utami hits the ropes. Syuri hits an
emerald flowsion on Utami's head at 40 minutes but Syuri kicks out at 2.
Syuri gets her kick blocked and is powerbombed. Utami then hits the
spinning razor's edge and Syuri hits the ropes. Utami hits some bolo
punches and they trade strikes.
They then GO TO ANOTHER DRAW as neither girl gets up in time for the ten count and that's it.
Total bs finish here. Does Utami not want to fight anymore
now after wanting to extend it earlier?
Overall thoughts: The early part of the match was a waste of time. They
telegraphed the 30 minute time limit draw. There was little selling here
and rating this so high with that ending really doesn't seem right at
all. Why would Utami not extend this after doing so at 30 minutes? She
wanted to prove something by continuing it, right? I liked the strike
exchanges and I wish they would have focused more on that instead of the
other stuff. It was better than I expected and despite the length, the
match didn't drag as I expected. I'm not seeing anywhere even close to 5
1/2 stars on this though.
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