Ice Ribbon 3/19/2022 - Ice Ribbon #1186

Ice Ribbon 3/19/2022 - Ice Ribbon #1186

Kaho Matsushita and Saran vs Rina Amikura and Nao Ishikawa

Saran and Kaho run into shoulders then get weak splashes. Rina and Nao then do their poses to them and Saran gets mad and fires on Nao. rina misses a fall down splash then Kaho and Sarah stomp on Rina. Kaho tries to shoulder over Rina and fails then Rina shoulders her down.

Rina puts her in the reverse tree of woe then avalanches her. Saran hits some dropkicks on Rina. Saran tries a crossbody but gets caught and Kaho dropkicks her over. Saran runs all around her opponents then pushes them into each other. Saran botches an up and over but Rina covers for it then basement dropkicks her and sentons her for 2. Saran climbs on Rina's back for a choke.

Saran somehow gets on Rina's shoulders and rolls her up then Rina gutwrenches her and flips on her for 2. Nao hits some slams on Saran. Kaho got in and hit some dropkicks on Nao for 2. Saran top rope crossbodies Nao then Kaho does the same for 2. Kaho and Nao trade forearms then Kaho dropkicks her and sideslams her for 2.

Nao does a cartwheel into a headscissors on Kaho and wins it. Saran attacks Nao after the match and has to be pulled off.

When Saran is the best worker in the match, you have problems. This went on too long and nobody really has the right offense to finish off a match strong. Saran needs to stop doing her up and over move as she's too small to hit it right.

Kiku vs Misa Kagura

Misa gets the advantage early with stomps. Misa hits some arm throws and Kiku comes back with some bad kicks. Kiku then botches something else and hits more bad kicks. Kiku ties her up in the ropes then dropkicks her in the back. Misa then crabs her.

Kiku comes back with a roll-up. Then she ties up her legs and pulls back. Misa hits the ropes then comes back and hits a lariat for the win.

This was definitely rushed as they probably went over time and this was not good at all. Kiku's offense is based on kicks but she is terrible at the kicks. And Misa is nowhere near good enough to carry her.

Asahi and Ibuki Hoshi vs Totoro Satsuki and Yuko Sakurai

Totoro and Yuko get jumped at the bell then Yuko is tripped into a combination sequence from Asahi and Ibuki. Asahi and Ibuki then grab Yuko's arms and pull to the side and pose which is a neat hold. Yuko comes back with a nice dropkick on Asahi then Totoro gets in and steps on Asahi's back. Asahi and Ibuki then stand and stomp on Totoro's back.

Totoro misses a butt drop on Asahi then Asahi facebusters her for 2. Ibuki then hits some crossbodies on Totoro and gets body blocked by her. Totoro and Yuko then stand on her back. Totoro slams Asahi on Ibuki then splashes both for 2. Yuko gets in and hits some offense on Ibuki then takes some of her hard chops. Yuko returns some then headscissors her.

Asahi gets in and top rope crossbodies Yuko. Yuko then snapmares her off the top and dragon sleepers her. Asahi and Yuko trade forearms and Yuko slams her for 2. Asahi did like a rings of saturn with her legs on Yuko then pulled Yuko's legs to add onto it, but Yuko hit the ropes. Asahi then 619'd her for 2.

Totoro rolling firemans carried Asahi then Yuko suplexed Asahi for 2. Asahi and Ibuki then hit a double clothesline on Yuko for 2. Asahi top rope dropkicked Yuko for 2 then hits a northern lights suplex for the win.

This wasn't bad. Asahi basically carried this one and is really growing by the show. She looked better than everyone else here and that's saying something. Totoro and Ibuki got little in as it was mostly Yuko vs Asahi.

Tsukasa Fujimoto & Yuuki Mashiro vs. Sumika Yanagawa & Tsukushi Haruka

Yuuki and Sumika counter each other to start then Yuuki tries to eye poke her but she evades it. Tsuka and Tsukushi get in and they grab each other by the hair. Tsuka headscissors her and Tsukushi headflips out. The two reverse each other for a cool near fall. They then hair throw each other. Sumika botches a forearm which is a new one then Tsuka octopus stretches her.

Yuuki camel clutches Sumika and pulls on her ears at 5 minutes. Sumika then stretches her. Yuuki and Tsuka double heavenly lock Sumika from the kneeling position. Sumika then ties up Yuuki's legs and tries to submit her.

Tsukushi and Yuuki go at it. Tsuka holds Tsukushi so Yuuki can stomp her fingers but Yuuki totally misses. Tsukushi then goes out of her way to put her fingers out for Yuuki to stomp them. They then trade forearms and Yuuki goes down. Tsukushi ties her up in the ropes then dropkicks her back. Tsukushi gets stuck up on the 2nd rope and Yuuki throws her down. Tsuka and Yuki double crossface their opponents.

Tsukushi and Yuuki have a high speed sequence where they run the ropes and Yuuki hits some dropkicks on her. Tsuka hit some back kicks on Tsukushi then flipped out of her roll up attempt. Tsukushi jumped off of Yuuki's back and tornado ddt'd Tsuka for 2. Tsukushi and Tsuka traded forearms then Tsukushi got a Toyota roll on her for 2. She then dropkicked her through the middle and bottom rope for 2.

Tsuka hit a corner dropkick then a slam on Sumika for 2. Tsuka went up top and Tsukushi hurricanrana'd her up there then took a Sumika spinning high kick. Tsuka hit a step up enzugiri then took a facebuster from Sumika for 2. Sumika bridged to get out of a Yuuki eye poke but took it anyway when she got back up then Tsuka dropkicked her off the top for 2. Tsuka then put her in a stiff heavenly lock and won it.

It didn't start off well but got good by the end. Tsukushi and Tsuka have such great sequences together and really went at a fast pace. Those two are so far above and beyond everyone in this promotion and this promotion will struggle when they leave in May. Sumika still is not a main event caliber wrestler and I really don't know why they try to use her as one.

Overall thoughts: Just not IR's best night. The first two matches weren't good and the last two matches showed the major differences in skill between some of the members of this roster.