Chikayo Nagashima vs. Hanako Nakamori

[9.0] "Nagashima attacked Nakamori when ring announcer was doing their job and fans were throwing streamers at Nakamori, which quickly established Nagashima as a heel. Nakamori absolutely did not like that, and when she was able to get her hands on Nagashima it became a very heated brawl, and Nagashima isn't a coward, she wasn't afraid of getting into a fight like that. They were not wasting any time on unnecessary spots that didn't go anywhere, and Nakamori was very over with the crowd, which made her comebacks exciting. I think this is a good match to use as an introduction to Nakamori's style. ****"

[9.0] "She may not be the female wrestler but Hanako might have the best pacing in her matches. Chikayo played a very efficient heel in that match, even though Hanako is super over with the Pure-J crowd, it's always nice the see the heat transfered to the babyface in a match. There was the usual japanese bad reffing but it's part of the heel work. Hanako got diestroyed during most the first half of the match, beat up really bad with a great intensity but her comeback was great with some really close nearfalls. It's not a dynamic that I'm a sucked usually but she made it work so props to her. I also loved the flatliner with the chair and the chair to block the mist, these 2 spots were really cool. (****1/4)"