Joshi 2010s: Ep 24 - Catch the Wave 2011

JWP concludes a "big" tour for them in Osaka. Ice Ribbon runs Korakuen with 14 year old Tsukushi in the main event. Will the big foreigner Hatred win everything? Will the teenager win at Korakuen? Syuri and Shida are a team? Shows covered - JWP Osaka Carnival J-1 Finals 6/25/2011 Ice Ribbon 288 Golden Ribbon In Korakuen 5/5/2011 Key matches include: JWP Openweight Title, TLW title, J-1 Grand Prix Tournament Finals Leon (c) vs Hailey Hatred (c) International Ribbon Tag Team Title Match Emi Sakura & Ray (c) vs. Hikaru Shida & Syuri ICEx60 Title Match Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) vs. Tsukushi You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

JWP coming off bringing back the Japan women tag league start a tour of another tournament. The elimination tournament across 6 shows called the J-1 Grand Prix begins. One fun gimmick is a champion also defends their title each round. Shows covered - JWP Road To 20th Anniversary Days 1-5 4/17-6/12/2011 Key matches include: JWP Openweight Title J-1 Grand Prix Tournament Semi Final Match Leon (c) vs Hanako Nakamori You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

Wave brings their 3 block tournament back for another year. The blocks are the Young, Technical, and Visual block each with a host of names to note from Kana, Misaki Ohata, Mio Shirai, Ayumi Kurihara, to Yumi Ohka. Shows covered - Pro Wrestling Wave Catch the Wave tournament 5/2/11-7/24/11 Key matches include: 5/29 Tokyo: Yumi Oka vs. Ayumi Kurihara 6/19 Osaka: Yumi Oka vs. Misaki Ohata 7/24/11 Catch the Wave final You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast

With the emergency main event booking from the Kaoru injury on the previous show, Aja Kong has found herself as champion. On this night, underdog Ran YuYu tries her hand at hot shot booking. Shows covered - Oz Academy Heavenly Days in Osaka 4/29/11 Key matches include: OZ Academy Openweight Title Match Aja Kong (c) vs. Ran YuYu You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast

After the closure of NEO, Kyoko Inoue is back 4 months later to open her new promotion Diana. Nozaki proving match, Sareee's debut, and a big main event. Shows covered - Diana Debut Show 4/17/11 Key matches include: Best Two Out Of Three Falls Tag Team Match Ayako Sato & Kaoru Ito vs Aya Yuuki & Kyoko Inoue You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

Kaoru breaks her foot! What does this mean for the main event? A tag rivalry comes to a conclusion. Kurihara still not getting pushed? Shows covered - Oz Academy One Night in Heaven 4/10/11 Key matches include: Tag Titles Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato (c) vs Hiroyo Matsumoto & Tomoka Nakagawa Openweight title KAORU (c) vs. Aja Kong vs. Mayumi Ozaki You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

It's time for JWP to celebrate their 20th anniversary year with their second biggest show in 2011. A big unification match in the main event, Sachie Abe celebrate 15 years, and a special 20th anniversary offer match from JWP.  Shows covered - JWP Mania X 4/3/2011  Key matches include:  JWP Openweight Title / NEO High Speed Title Unification Match Leon (c) [NEO] vs Kaori Yoneyama (c) [JWP]  You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

March 2011 features Yumi Ohka trying to finally defeat a veteran and Ice Ribbon runs Korakuen. Tsukasa Fujimoto is defending the Icex60 title against the high flying threat of Ray from Hong Kong. Shida attempts to level up by going up against Smash's super "rookie" Syuri. Wave section also features run down of Wave from Jan to Mar. Shows covered - Wave Osaka Rhapsody (3/20/11) and Ice Ribbon March Ribbon  (3/21/11) Key matches include: Yumi Ohka vs GAMI Ayako Hamada vs Misaki Ohata Kagetsu vs Kana Hikaru Shida vs Syuri ICEx60 Title Match Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) vs Ray You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

The first venture into 2011 for JWP. The tag league based from old AJW is back. We cover loosely the first few days of the tournament and lead into two full shows covered. On here we see a good mixture of veterans, rookies, and potential top talent.  Shows covered - Tag League the Best Day 4 (2/20/11) and Day 5 (3/6/11) Key matches include: Leon & Misaki Ohata vs KAZUKI & Sachie Abe Kayoko Haruyama & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs Leon & Misaki Ohata You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.

Kicking into 2011 Oz Academy (in this dvd) has three shows. It's focus was on the 'epic' set of tag title matches of Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato. The rest was all about building up the title defense feuds of champion Kaoru against Kong and Ozaki.   Shows covered - Jan 9 Wizard of Oz, Feb 11 Puppy, Feb 19 So Crazy  Key matches include:  Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato (c) vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Tomoka Nakagawa  Chikayo Nagashima & Sonoko Kato (c) vs Carlos Amano & Manami Toyota  KAORU (c) vs Ran YuYu  You can find some of the key matches up on our Daily Motion page at Red Leaf Retrocast.