Admittedly, I don't watch a lot of joshi wrestling. I can count the number of matches on one hand. But I wanted to watch something from last year. I don't know either of these women. I don't know the history. Hashimoto's a cute hoss and Satomura is a black widow. I liked the crisp, competitive nature of the opening matwork. Hashimoto isn't the smoothest and some of her transitions/offense looked clunky but she does some cool little things, like flipping onto her stomach after the backdrop or rolling out of the ring to avoid the pin. Her lariats suck but she throws a mean German suplex. Satomura is great. I loved her going for the lock up and quickly chopping out Hashimoto leg and working the wristlock. She had Hashimoto scouted on the back sentons pot and turned it into an armbar. Her kicks are snug and sound, her slaps vicious. When Hashimoto is dropping bombs on her, the referee tries to keep her from continuing the attack and I was hoping she'd tap into a little mean streak there toward the end. The finish was great with the back-to-back German suplexes and Hashimoto seems to have a lot of potential from the one match I've seen. I definitely want to get into some more Satomura matches. Good stuff.
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