Ice Ribbon 3/12/2022 - Ice Ribbon #1185

Ice Ribbon 3/12/2022 - Ice Ribbon #1185

Exhibition Match - Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Hifumi Saito

Saito is the ref and has wrestled a couple of times before. They had a tag match at Shin-Kiba the week before where the ref could hit the wrestlers but the wrestlers couldn't hit the ref and Tsuka hit the ref, leading to this.

Tsuka pulls her hand away on a handshake and Hifumi rushes her with a dropkick. She takes her outside and misses a broom shot but Tsuka gets her with a broom shot. Back in and Tsuka camel clutches her then hits some snapmares. Tsuka puts her in a high crab but Saito hits the ropes. Saito then hits a crossbody for 2.

Saito ties her up in the ropes and hits some chops and they trade chest forearms. Tsuka then ties her up in the ropes and dropkicks her in the back. Tsuka crabs her and kicks her in the back then is rolled up on a PK attempt. Tsuka throws her in the corner but the whole roster saves Saito then they all do corner moves on Tsuka. Saito hits corner forearms and a corner dropkick for 2.

Tsuka corner dropkicks her and PK's her for 2. Tsuka then wins it with a dropkick.

From a logic perspective this sucked. Tsuka should have destroyed her quick and Saito should have been DQ'd when the roster got involved. But disregarding that, Saito was okay as the underdog here though she is green and needs work. The match was a little entertaining.

They talk after the match and shake hands. 

Tsukasa Fujimoto & Yuko Sakurai vs. Saran & Sumika Yanagawa

Saran has her bubble camera as usual and Tsuka is back out here for her 2nd match in a row.

Yuko challenges Saran to a test of strength but Saran is too small and just stomps her feet. Saran uses the ropes to flip out of a wristlock and takes a shoulder. Tsuka gets in and figure fours her then Yuko splashes her while she is in it. Saran camel clutches her and pulls on the nose then Tsuka does the same thing back to her. Sumika gets in and stretches Tsuka then Tsuka dropkicks her.

Yuko gets in and double shoulders both opponents at 5 minutes. She goes at it with Sumika and Sumika indian deathlocks her. Sumika badly misses a spin kick and gets rolled up then dropkicked by Yuko. Tsuka then octopus stretches her and Yuko cobra twists Saran at the same time.

Tsuka dropkicks Sumika in the back then Sumika comes back with a slow and weak high kick. Saran hits dropkicks on Tsuka then climbs on her back for a sleeper. Saran hits chest forearms on Tsuka then goes down when one is done to her. Saran gives her more than takes a Tsuka double chop.

Yuko dragon sleepers Saran and Saran flips over her to climb on her back for a sleeper. Saran tries to go up and over her in the corner but is too small and gets stuck on her back then they trade sunset flips. Tsuka accidentally dropkicks her own partner and Saran rolls up Yuko for 2. Yuko slams Saran then ends up putting her in a dragon sleeper on the ground for the win. Saran hits Tsuka in the back after but she pushes her off.

Nothing great or anything but a fast paced and fun little match with Saran doing a lot of the work here. Props to Tsuka for doing a second match in a row too.

Tsukushi Haruka vs. Asahi

Asahi refuses the handshake. Tsu hair throws her early. She then ties her up in the ropes and dropkicks her for 2. Asahi evades Tsu by going outside. She trips her and rolls in then facebusters her. They trade forearms then Asahi sits on her and slaps her. Tsu then reverses it and does the same.

Asai top rope dropkicks her but it is no sold and Tsu dropkicks her back. Tsu then top rope dropkicks her. Tsu gets a little more in then Asahi triangle chokes her but Tsu hits the ropes. Tsu dropkicks her through the ropes then hits a nice forearm.

We have a minute left and Tsu does a nice roll-up that is immediately reversed. Asahi tries more pin attempts and 619's her in the corner for 2. Asahi does a head and arm neckbreaker with her leg but we hit 10 minutes and it's a draw. Tsu pats her on the head after and gets pushed away.

It was fast paced with a lot of roll-ups. The selling had issues but it was alright.

Banny Oikawa & Kaho Matsushita vs. Misa Kagura & Nao Ishikawa

Uh oh, Team QT here with Misa and Nao. Banny and Kaho mock their pose during their entrance. Nao and Misa fight over who gets to start. Nao shoulders Kaho and does poses Banny kicks her while she tries them and Nao/Mia hit stereo shoulder blocks and splashes. Nao and Misa get thrown into each other and dosey-do, then miss in the corners. Banny camel clutches Nao and pulls at her nose then Kaho joins in on the fun.

Banny and Kaho then pose and double kick Nao. Misa arm throws Banny and slams her then drops an elbow. Misa tries for another and Banny moves, leading to a funny fall. Banny then headlocks her with her inside leg. Banny hits some leg kicks then Misa shotgun dropkicks her for 2.

Kaho gets in and hits some dropkicks on Misa then is senton'd on her back. Kaho then hits some shoulders on Misa for 2. Nao gets in and cartwheel drops Kaho for 2 then they trade forearms. Kaho does a figure four variation on Nao but Misa breaks it up.

Kaho dropkicks Nao for 2 then Banny dropkicks her also. Banny double dropkicks her opponents. Nao crossbodies Banny off the top then eats a Banny high kick. Nao backdrops her then wins with a sit out spinebuster out of nowhere. Misa and Nao then talk on the mic after.

The finishing stretch was not hot at all here. It really wasn't anything too special.

Totoro Satsuki and Ibuki Hoshi vs Hamuko Hoshi and Yuki Mashiro

Ibuki's team attacks at the bell and knocks Ham out of the ring. Yuki hits some eye pokes and trips Totoro onto her partner. Ibuki and Totoro splash Ham then irish whip the ref into her which should be a DQ. Hoshi then bangs the ref's head offthe buckle and smothers her with her stomach which again should be a DQ. The ref then gets whipped into Ibuki and Ham/Yuki do butt corner attaks on her.

Ham runs over Totoro. Totoro and Yuki go at it and Totoro hits her with her butt then stands on her back. Ibuki then stomps on it. Yuki monkey flips her and crossfaces her. Yuki slams Ham on Ibuki for 2. Yuki hits a nice dropkick on Ibuki for then Ham also hits a nice one. Ham and Ibuki trade chops and Ibuki brushes some off.

Ham hits Ibuki with her gut then does a shining belly bump. Totoro gets in and splashes and sentons Ham then Ibuki gets on her back for one. Ham and Yuki then do it back to her though and Yuki 2nd rope crossbodies her. Ham then top rope crossbodies Totoro for 2. Totoro forward rolling fireman's carries Ham then Ibuki top rope crossbodies her. Totoro then 2nd rope sentons her for 2.

Ham hits an interesting looking clothesline on Totoro for 2 then Totoro crossbodies her for 2. Totoro lariats Ham and takes a headscissors into a roll-up for the Hamuko and Yuki win.

I hated the stuff with the ref. Absolutely hated it. I liked the rest of the match though. It was just pure Ice Ribbon style with Ham, Yuki and Totoro who all have a lot of personality. 

They had a retirement celebration for Hifumi Saito after.

Overall thoughts: I always look at an Ice Ribbon card and I'm like eh..I dunno. Then I watch and I do usually end up enjoying it. The opener and main had issues but I was entertained.