Wrestling: Ep 63 - Wakayama Princess of Too Many Tournaments

 

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Intro w/ K from Big Egg Joshi Podcast. Talk Western Women's wrestling 2020 (0-18)

TJPW Princess Cup 7 D1-3 (18-36)

Ocean War (36-1:41)

AEW w/ mom Aug 5-12, 2020 (36-1:30)

DDT King of DDT D1-3 (1:30-1:41)

Joshi War (1:41-2:47)  

Ice Ribbon 1057 Yokohama Final (1:41-2:13)  

Stardom remaining 7/23 Osaka, 7/24 Nagoya, and Aug 8/9 5 Star GP (2:13-2:47)

Puroresu War (2:47-3:17)  

Dragon Gate Wakayama Memorial Gate (2:47-3:08)  

NJPW Nagata v Suzuki II, Strong Ep 1 (3:08-3:17)

Retro Wrestling: (3:17-4:34)  

AJW Classics Eps 26 May-Aug, 1988 (3:17-3:28)  

NJPW through the 90s Fall 1992 (3:28-3:57)  

WCW Nitro Dec 14, 1998 (3:57-4:34)  

Wrestler rankings to close out

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Top 20 Wrestlers of 2020 Updated Table as of eps 63

    Our top man and woman in 2020 have increased their leads over the table with excellent title matches with Moxley over Allin in a short yet effective AEW title match on Dynamite, while Yukihi may have lost her Infinity title to Suzu Suzuki, she put in a women's match of the year candidate. 

    Naturally, the opponents with good performances themselves saw Darby and Suzu rise up their respective tables as well. Suzu especially, now the new Infinity champion is a dangerous contender to make a late push towards the top. Look out for the 17 year old prodigy. 

    The other movers are Ueno and Naruki Doi with excellent showings themselves. Doi, much like Yukihi, may have lost their title, but holy crap put in a wrestling match worth the points and praise for a high recommendation. Nice to see the Dragon Gate veteran jump into the top 20 joining and moving above Yamato. With Eita now in control of the Dream Gate title, look out for him as well to make a late push into the Fall. Ueno over in DDT just continues to impress more and more. He rushes up due to his King of DDT showings and despite losing to T-Hawk of Strong Hearts, Ueno deserves every bit of wrestling fan's eyes to see this up and coming star in DDT. Speaking of DDT, Strong Hearts are on the cusp of breaking into the top 20, and with T-Hawk in the semi-finals of the King of DDT tournament, all it would take is a couple more consistently great outings to break into the top 20.

    Now, in AEW, there seems to be something missing with their top stars breaking out to really stand out among the group. I say this mostly because Hangman Page has almost fallen out of the top 20 despite being the tag champion with Kenny Omega whom stands at the top. This along with Matt Hardy, Guevara, and to an extent Darby all losing steam to an extent in some form or fashion just not being the focus currently over say the stories involving TNT champion Cody and Young Buck vs FTR. However, a shining beacon has been the rivalry of Jericho vs Cassidy along with the budding Inner Circle (Santana, Ortiz) vs Best Friends (Chuck, Trent). The debate could be a segment of the year and unexpectedly these trio of guys have put in a very intriguing and comical and enticing story. 

    What to look out for? Well, the AEW women's tag cup hasn't been great with very sub-par wrestling. That has fallen flat and has garnered a lot of negativity along in one fashion or another along with the releases of 2 other female foreign wrestlers. Needless to say, this has been disappointing. Hikaru Shida and Britt Baker remain the only highlights, and are still an afterthought feature with minimal screen time despite when they are on TV garner great fan reactions. Perhaps with Baker shortly returning from injury, the Shida open challenge getting more focus, and a few women's signings of higher caliber AEW can pull something out of very little. Something to hopefully keep your fingers crossed for. 

    Stardom and TJPW both have tournament ongoing with the 5 Star and Princess cup in full swing. Stardom has extended the time limit from 15 min to 20 min opening the door for some instant classics. I say keep an eye out for workhorses like Momo and Kyona to bust further up the table. In TJPW, Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh are raising heads along with the continual improvement of wrestling on that roster. Don't sleep on TJPW either.