PURE-J 2/27/2022

PURE-J 2/27/2022

Crea vs AKARI vs Rico Kaiju

They all shake hands to start and do a triple test of strength. Akari takes some corner dropkicks and fights off a 2v1 with armdrags then double dropkicks both. Crea face kicks her opponents. Crea puts Akari in a camel clutch then Rico sleepers Crea.

Rico dropkicks each of them in each corner then dropkicks Akari as she is on Crea in the corner. Crea does a cool indian deathlock on both opponents at the same time. Rico and Akari trade nice chest forearms. All three trade shots in order with each other and Rico does a 2nd rope twisting crossbody on both girls.

Akari runs both sides of the ropes and 619's both opponents then suplexes Crea for 2. Rico jumps up with Akari about to run into her and rolls her up, then Akari rolls her up for 2. Crea tries to roll Akari around with her legs but Rico gets behind Crea and rolls both up for the win in a neat ending.

You know the deal with 3-ways. Because of 3 people being in there, it kind of limits how much you can do, but this was good. They kept the action fast paced, didn't mess up and kept it interesting.

Rico calls out Akari after and Bolshoi seemingly sets up a match between them for Akari's title.

WANTED (KAZUKI and Rydeen Hagane) vs Leon and Kaori Yoneyama

Kazuki and Yone have a discussion over something then go at it. Leon kicks Kazuki from behind then her and Yone do a double team sequence on her. Leon leglocks Kazuki then Rydeen gets in and splashes Leon. Rydeen then crabs her. Leon slaps her and then Yone comes in with a camel clutch.

Yone tries to waistlock Rydeen but can't lock her hands around her, then gets gorilla press slammed. Rydeen then splashes her against the ropes and lariats her for 2. Leon chop combos Rydeen then Rydeen catches her off the ropes and spinning side slams her.

Leon and Kazuki trade shots and Leon hits her corner spear. Leon bulldogs her by bouncing off the 2nd rope. Everyone gets in and WANTED splashes their opponents in the corner, then they put them together and sandwich them. Kazuki meteora's Yone for 2.

Rydeen and Leon go at it and Rydeen hits a powerslam. Rydeen vader bomb variants Leon for 2. Leon and Yone hit a stunner/bulldog combo on Rydeen, Yone double stomps her from the top then Leon frogsplashes her from the top. Leon boots Rydeen hard in the face then Rydeen puts her on her shoulder and twisting drops her. Leon spears Rydeen and Rydeen catches her spin kick and throws her overhead for 2.

Leon takes a lariat from Rydeen then spinning high kicks her and spears her, but Kazuki breaks it up. Rydeen then lariats Leon for 2.  Leon hits another spear and the time limit expires at 15 minutes.

They were heavy on the moves here and not so much the selling or the story. It was action packed, the pace was fast and they give it their all but I think it could have been better. I would have liked to have seen Kaori get beaten on more then hot tag to Leon and then do the same finishing stretch from there. 

Turtle Scrubbing Brush Deathmatch - Hanako Nakamori vs Momo Tani

They have a bunch of weapons and all of them are covered in some kind of brushing material Momo knocks nunchuks out of Hana's hands with a bat. Momo gets tied up in the ropes and Hana rubs her with the brush. Momo stomps on her then stands on her back then double knee drops it.

Hana misses a kick and gets caught in the ropes, then Momo rubs her with a brush. She then hits her in the back with nunchunks covered in the brush. Hanako then slammed her and single leg crabbed her.  She then rubbed her with the brush.

Hana chokes her with the chain on a brush and dropkicks her off the 2nd rope. Hana misses a 2nd rope dropkick then Momo drops double knees on her. Hana rolls into a palm strike on Momo and eats a codebreaker. Momo then runs into a Hana gut kick. Hana and Momo both put on a kneepad with the brush on it. They hit each other with the brush parts on their legs then Momo hits her with a bat covered in it.

Hana hits her with a kick with the brush on the leg and Mom rolls her for 2. Momo then hits her with brush bat and knees her off the top for 2. Hana then hits a shining wizard and wins it. Hana gets on the mic and talks at her after but I don't know what it said.

If the brushes looked like they really hurt, this could have worked, but they didn't. Most of the match was built around the brush shots, so this came off like comedy. And it's a shame because these two would have had a good match together otherwise.

Overall thought: 2 of the 3 matches were fine but I wouldn't recommend it. The comedy sucked in the main and hurt what would have been a good one otherwise.