"The best Match was the best match of the show; the lack of a truly epic feel kept it from being a contender for Match of the Year. It should have ended with the Spear, not the German suplex.7, 5/10 4/5"
[7.0] "Always interesting to see Hashimoto try to work from underneath. It was good, but something about this one didn't click for me. Both women played their roles well; I just struggled to get into this one. By the end, I was there and thought the match was about to kick into that next gear when Hashimoto hit the Albright Suplex; it was over. 3.75 stars."
[8.0] "The execution of moves in this match was fantastic. From Hashimoto's big power moves with some fantastic powerbombs and drivers and suplexs, to Veny's moonsaults and power moves of her own, a lot of things were hit brilliantly. That headbutt from VENY was naaaasty, properly heard the *thud* when she landed it. My only really issue with this match is the pacing, which I think dipped a bit too slowly a few times. It never killed the match, but it stopped it being something truly gripping and spectacular. It definitely picked up towards the closing stretch, where it got really fun with all the big moves, and I think the opening sequence was very good with VENY going for the legs and Hashimoto holding on, so VENY starts getting a bit underhanded and going for the hair. Just wish the middle section had been a bit higher tempo. Still a very good match, though. A lot of very well executed stuff here."
[9.0] "This is an awesome match, it had the gravitas and played out like a Professional Main Event (tm) style of match where what they did at their pace was devastating, the story of the match as it played out was super clear, Hashimoto sold her worked over lariat arm wonderfully all match long while also keeping VENY from hitting her Moonsault for as long as she could, the constant countering of one-another just before anyone could get a head of steam sold that these were two wrestlers that knew each other well and knew to not let either one get too much advantage. I feel for me it could've been even better if it did move faster than the Professional Main Event pace it took, or either wrestler really let out more passion in it than they did. It felt like while it was full of exhaustion, struggle and eventually a bit of exasperation it didn't quite have desperation that can bring the fire out of a match and really put the emotion over the top."
[8.0] "[4.0*] Incredible match. Chihiro is my MOTY at this point because every match I see from her is at least a 3.75*. She's just a great match machine. It's funny because I watched this amazing hoss fight between her and VENY, which was awesome and incredibly hard hitting, but ultimately I felt like this "didn't stood out amongst all her work", which is a crazy description for a true MOTYC, but at the same time her level is so goodamn high this was "just another 8/10", while for the majority of the wrestlers this would've been their best match of the year. She's just on another level. But again, I honestly didn't think this was on another level in comparison with her 2026 work. It was a very cool powerhouse battle with tons of amazing powerbombs and suplexes, but Chihiro has had tons of equally amazing matches wirh the same description. It's still awesome, don't get me wrong."
[8.0] "Good main event and great chemistry between Hashimoto and VENY shown here. The michinoku driver by VENY, then Big Hash's response with her perfect lifting german suplex was a perfect ending to a long battle."
[8.0] "This was fantastic. Probably my favourite Joshi match of the year so far. Tremendous heel work from Veny in this and big Hash worked just as well from underneath. Some great bombs in this too and everything was paced and built towards fantastically. ****1/4"
[10.0] "While I was thinking about the best way to start this rating, it came into my head that I MUST rewatch it. When that desire came, it also came the wish for me give one more point to the rating, them completing an ten. Let me just do it...here, all set and done. I love both wrestlers here, already said many and many times about how Chihiro is my pick for wrestler of the year and it is not close to whoever comes second, doesn't matter which promotion it comes from. But, man, she is not even my favorite wrestler here. I love the way VENY wrestle. When you come into the joshi world and think about an current wrestler that does deliver insane matches being able to control the mat, good pacing, impressive skills, selling on point and impactful strikes, you think about Syuri. She is indeed probably the right awnser, but I know that VENY is a super close second. The only thing lacking on her game so far on her career is the mat work, that wasn't a problem here because she dominated Chihiro on different ways. See, that is the beauty thing related with this match overall man, usually Chihiro fucking slams and control the entire match because she is always the one super stronger. VENY isn't stronger than her, but she is much taller and able to control the match on her own. Her strikes were amazing, the rhythm was awesome and the only reason for me NOT give an five stars rating for this match is due to how coward whoever booked this show, maybe Meiko, was. VENY could win, and I would be happy. She should win here. It would be great to see her ending the 400 days reigning from Chihiro. Her heel work, her style, I dont' know, I love to watch VENY wrestle. She is amazing. She made me put the best wrestler in the world right now at the shadows. I love VENY."
[10.0] "5 stars one of my favourite matches of this year. Brilliant psychology at start of the match with Veny getting in Hash's head and creating a more personal feeling fight. Due to this, Hash wouldn't be disrespected and kicked out of everything Veny gave to her including a mean michinoku driver. The structure was simple but it was unbelievably effective and the crowd were into it! Veny looked a beast and I'd love them to run it back with Veny winning!"
[7.0] "****1/2 Great match, a fantastic fight between Hashimoto and Veny who looked great, great chemistry, they work very well together and both shine and stand out, although Veny could have shone even more. Very good sequences, great intensity, great pace from slow to high, the match gradually builds to a climax but without reaching a high enough peak in that climax, which prevented the match from being a MOTY Contender for me. Great ending, Hashimoto manages to apply a second and definitive German Suplex after reversing an attack attempt by Veny."
[7.0] "Something about this struggled to click and the crowd took forever to buy into the idea of Big Hash being so completely overmatched. VENY has this weird vibe where she wrestles like an utter dickhead but doesn't really connect with the fans one way or another. Anyway, all that aside, once this got within sight of where it was going, it ended pretty strong ***1/2"
[8.0] "Very good match, paced great and builds up well to the big lariats and germans in the closing stretch, Liked VENY's submission work and strikes here as well"
[10.0] "Joshi is one of my favorite modern scenes, but there is joshi and then there is JOSHI, the truly elite bone rattling style that puts you in mind of the heights of peak 90s AJW. To me, this was very much one of THOSE matches. On one side, you have Chihiro Hashimoto, a strong contender for best wrestler in the world for my money, a veritable brick wall of a human being with insane toughness, power, and skill. On the other side you have the sly, calculating yet brazen VENY, who stands a good 7 inches taller than her opponent here and has the capability to withstand Chihiro's usual power game, if not quite match it. I first saw VENY wrestle in 2018 and she was already impressive at 19 years old, and has only gotten better with time. If she did not spend a lot of her time in the most obscure parts of the scene, she might be acknowledged as one of the very best, I believe the potential is there. That potential delivered here in this huge title match, which had me rocking and rolling in my seat for much of it's run time. VENY was keenly aware that going head to head with Chihiro would be a losing battle, and I appreciated early on she took a lot of quick, perhaps even cheap shots that it was difficult for Hash to answer, particularly some hard slaps before dodging away to bait big Hash into making a mistake. Hashimoto got her back with some powerful blows but the goal was accomplished, Hashimoto's ire was up and she ended up making that all too familiar crucial mistake, crashing full force into the ringpost with a lariat intended for VENY. This gave VENY a huge opening and she was all over it like a dog with a bone. Tremendous selling from Hash on all of this, so much so that it was almost surprising considering how much in modern wrestling folks tend to shrug off their injuries after a few minutes. Eventually she did get her footing back but it was great watching the usually powerful dominator fighting from underneath with all her might, wincing back every time she tried to use her busted arm, struggling on power moves she would normally execute with ease, and having to rely on a different variety of attacks to stay in the game. That last point is beautifully demonstrated by a sequence where Hash tries and fails to batter VENY down with her busted arm, only to instead use a beautiful full body block attack so send her sprawling. VENY was great on the arm with both strikes and some wicked, dogged submissions, and also used her superior height to pull out some of her own big bombs. She does a sit out powerbomb in this which is just spectacular, she basically jumped up in the air before landing it full power, just awesome looking. Eventually Hash fought back with pure grit, reached deep to hit some incredible looking bombs of her own, and got the hard fought win with a crazy angled german suplex pin. Beautiful match, I will go so far as to say it's my #3 match of the year to date."
[8.0] "A deliberately paced match that took its time at setting up its building blocks, fleshing the work out that ultimately finished with drama. The first half consisted of Hash managing to contain VENY by grappling her down as VENY made efforts at provoking Hash by baiting her to engage in a slugfest to no avail. Eventually, VENY seized an opportunity, gaining the upper hand and starts chipping away at Hash's arm. In the second half they shift gears for pockets of offense where you get a contrast of powerhouse grappler vs. high-flyer striker that eventually sees VENY emphatically besting Hash, which earns them drama as Hash makes incremental attempts at shifting the tide. Once the crowd is hooked they revisit the limb work and you get some productive results where eventually the champ's passion and will overcome. In my view this was a great match that saw VENY figuring out how to work around Hash, which made her come across as a real threat for a large chunk of the second half. To my eye, I did feel like this could have benefited from upping the pace at an earlier time, as the deliberate pacing felt like it contained things rather than exploding, but overall, hell of a match! ****"
[7.0] "Obviously this was great but I think my expectations got ahead of me. Chihiro Hashimoto is probably my favorite woman performer of the year so far and despite me reservations towards the overindulgence of Veny's matches over the last year, I still find her to be one of the most exciting wrestlers on the joshi circuit. You'd think seeing both of these women lock horns would be instant fireworks and it appears a lot of people do think that but for me it was a series of very well executed power moves and strikes being exchanged in a very back loaded matchup. Once they start really going at it is great but it took weirdly long to get there as the slow build didn't really offer much interest initially. Once Veny starts hitting Hashimoto with stiff strikes the tone changes but the constant jockeying for position didn't feel as satisfying as I hoped. It felt very much like a trade. You go and then I'll go and eventually one of us will stay down which on paper works, I just think this could've been more"
[9.0] "Well this was simply just a great hard-hitting match. These two were just destroying each other in this match, VENY really impressed me, she was being very, and I mean very stiff with some of her offense, her elbow strikes were freaking stiff, one knocked Chihrio down quick. Plus, she was targeting the bad arm of Chihiro throughout this match. Chihiro was amazing here, I remember watching a tag match back in March and I became a fan of hers. I will admit the match had a very abrupt ending, right when they were gonna have more great stuff, Chihiro hit a suplex and won, that felt anticlimactic. Besides that, this was still a great match."
[9.0] "Did really well to make VENY seem like a dominant villain, one who was always a step ahead. Her strikes and submissions really put the champion in jeopardy. It's then great when Chihiro wins via her strengths - power and olympic wrestling. A win via German Suplex always feels earned."
[9.0] "If there were still any doubts that Chihiro Hashimoto was the wrestler of the year and has one of the best title reigns, I hope they're gone now, right?"
[9.0] "Unsurprisingly it turned out AMAZINGLY! Both Big Hash and VENY are known for putting bangers literally with everyone, anytime so them against each other was guaranteed classic! VENY focusing on Chihiro's arm was great strategy as Hash's offense revolves around power moves and huge strikes but in the end it wasn't enough and Big Hash retained after INSANE german suplex. Thing i want to say is how GREAT VENY is at selling, her facial expressions are so believable and she can easily tell by it how impactful was the move she got hit by. They packed this match with awesome stuff so go check it out! And the post match when SYURI challenged Hash for the title, man THIS IS PRO WRESTLING! ****, 5"
[8.0] "VENY is serving looks and using every trick imaginable to gain the upper hand over Chihiro Hashimoto. VENY's target is locked on Hashimoto's arm and stays there throughout the length of the match. Hashimoto does a decent job selling the damage as much of her offense revolves around arm strikes and power moves which she's still able to perform with brutal force. VENY's kicks are stiff and her athleticism is quite impressive as well. Both wrestlers' facial expressions are excellent but I especially want to highlight VENY's ability to show the damage after being hit hard. I thought the match was just good for most of its runtime but it really turned up a notch during the finishing stretch and became great. The sequence of moves after VENY goes for the shoot headbutt was simply amazing. Great stuff!"
[10.0] "An absolutely fantastic match between two of the best wrestlers on planet Earth. VENY dominated a lot of it, her offense looked incredible (as it usually does). It'll never not be impressive how Hashimoto, a massive dominating powerhouse, can so seamlessly shift into an underdog babyface and be so easy to root for."
[10.0] "They gave Hash and VENY 22 minutes and a dream and they took it and never looked back. This match was amazing and it was everything I could've wished for with these two. One of the best matches I've seen this year and I hope both wrestlers have an amazing second half of the year!"
[10.0] "It is just fascinating to see Chihiro Hashimoto, one of the most dominant force in Joshi Puroresu, in a position that let her show her vulnerabilities against an opponent who can match her physicality. VENY is a perfect opponent for this, with her incredible mix of power, vicious strikes and aerial offense all delivered will gleeful brutality (at some just headbuuts Hashimoto's arm on the mat, what a crazy woman). Hashimoto was on her backfoot for a good part of the match, fighting back with resilience and desperate burst of energy to crack through VENY's control. The match felt like a proper heavyweight showdown while adding Hashmoto's explosive counters and VENY's high-flying. It is amazing how Hash can still be such a great babyface after more than a year as o dominant champion, truly a complete ace."
[10.0] "Big Hash Chihiro Hashimoto, the ace of Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling delivered another terrific match for the Sendai Girls World Title, against one of the best wrestlers in the japanese scene and in the world, VENY. Those kind of match are so stressful, because they are able to put so much tension and intensity, at many times we fought that it was over for Chihiro Hashimoto, but she has so great kickouts and nice comebacks. She never gives up, even when she is at her lowest, she always managed to fight a little bit of strengh and power inside her, and it's why she is the ace and the top star of the company. Sendai Girls can be happy to have such a wrestler like her in their roster, because she is one of the main reason that the company is incredible and so nice to watch. After the match, Syuri came to challenge Chihiro Hashimoto for the Sendai Girls World Title After her win on the champion during a previous win in singles match at Korakuen Hall this year. I don't know when it will happened, but we are so lucky, i'm curious to see if she is going to win and takes the title, or if Chihiro Hashimoto will takes her revenge on her rival and opponent Syuri, anyway, one thing is sure, the match will be amazing, and i'm so excited to watch it."
[9.0] "Great match for the Senjo world title. As expected, Hash and Veny went in there and beat the hell out of each other from start to finish. Veny is in control early on before Hash slowly but surely comes back to make this a more even affair. An easy story to follow that they pulled off well for the most part. The one downside to this match was Hash's poor selling of her arm when Veny spent quite a bit of time targeting it. Would have been better off not bothering at all. Everything else was great, lots of big moves and hard hitting strikes that gave this a proper big fight, main event feel. By the end this came down to who had more in the tank, and it could have gone either way. Both had some believable near falls, Veny nearly pulls it off but Hash hits a huge Albright suplex for the win to retain. 9/10"
[10.0] "An incredible match where VENY seemingly had an answer to everything Hash threw at her...up until the last moments. This was everything I had hoped to see between these two in a big title match."
[8.0] "Two of the most dominating forces in the Joshi wrestling scene face off. Throughout the match, neither woman is able to fully establish control over the other. It truly does come down to who has more power, and more will. Fantastic VENY performance. Big Hash was of course good, it's Big Hash, but I think she could've sold her arm better than she did, that one thing is what knocks this from being something truly incredible for me. Very good though."
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