Dates: May and June, 2014
\nLocation: Various
\nAnnounced Attendance: Various<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAnother new promotion! I’m on a roll. Pro Wrestling WAVE doesn’t have the biggest roster so they use a lot of wrestlers from other Joshi promotions or freelancers. So even if you have never seen Wave before, you have likely seen these wrestlers before at some point. This DVD highlights the Catch The Wave Tournament which is a long round robin tournament with three different blocks. Here is the full card (many of the matches are clipped):<\/p>\n
May 21st, 2014<\/span>
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Young Block: Fairy Nipponbashi vs. Kaho Kobayashi
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Tsuyayaka Block: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Sawako Shimono
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Tsuyayaka Block: Hikaru Shida vs. Moeka Haruhi
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Adeyaka Block: Sakura Hirota vs. Yumi Ohka<\/strong><\/p>\nJune 5th, 2014<\/span>
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Young Block: Rina Yamashita vs. Risa Sera<\/strong><\/p>\nJune 11th, 2014<\/span>
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Tsuyayaka Block: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Mio Shirai
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Tsuyayaka Block: Hikaru Shida vs. Mika Iida<\/strong><\/p>\nJune 15th, 2014<\/span>
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Adeyaka Block: Sakura Hirota vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Tsuyayaka Block: Misaki Ohata vs. Sawako Shimono
\n– Catch The Wave 2014 Adeyaka Block: Yumi Ohka vs. Yuu Yamagata<\/strong><\/p>\nJune 11th, 2014<\/span>
\n– Cherry and Shu Shibutani vs. Rina Yamashita and Sumire Natsu<\/strong><\/p>\nJune 15th, 2014<\/span>
\n– Kana, Hikaru Shida, Cherry, and Hibiscus Mii vs. Mayumi Ozaki, Ayako Hamada, Ranmaru, and Fairy Nipponbashi<\/strong><\/p>\nAs I mentioned a lot of these are clipped but none are just ‘highlights’ so we should get enough of the action to get a good feel for it.<\/p>\n
May 21st, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nFairy Nipponbashi vs. Kaho Kobayashi<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 They circle each other to start, tie-up, wristlock by Kobayashi but Nipponbashi reverses it.\u00a0 Hammerlock by Kobayashi, reversed by Nipponbashi but Kobayashi hits a side headlock takedown.\u00a0 They trade trips with neither woman getting the advantage, and they return to their feet.\u00a0 Tie-up, side headlock by Kobayashi, Nipponbashi Irish whips out of it but Kobayashi hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Kobayashi goes off the ropes but Nipponbashi hits an armdrag, kick by Nipponbashi, Irish whip to the corner, but it is reversed and Kobayashi hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Irish whip by Kobayashi and she hits a second dropkick.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Kobayashi and she hits a senton.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kobayashi goes off the ropes and dropkicks Nipponbashi in the back.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets another two.\u00a0 Kobayashi picks up Nipponbashi, Irish whip, but Nipponbashi dropkicks Kobayashi in the knee.\u00a0 Dropkick to the chest by Nipponbashi, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nipponbashi picks up Kobayashi and she hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Nipponbashi goes off the ropes and hits a face crusher.\u00a0 A second one by Nipponbashi, she picks up Kobayashi and hits a suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but Kobayashi gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Elbow by Kobayashi but Nipponbashi returns fire and they trade shots.\u00a0 Nipponbashi goes off the ropes but Kobayashi catches him with a dropkick.\u00a0 Vertical suplex by Kobayashi, she goes up to the top turnbuckle but Nipponbashi moves when Kobayashi jumps off and rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 School boy by Nipponbashi, but it gets a two as well.\u00a0 Backslide by Nipponbashi, but again she can\u2019t get the three.\u00a0 Another roll-up by Nipponbashi but Kobayashi gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Elbow to the arm by Kobayashi and she dropkicks Nipponbashi.\u00a0 Kobayashi goes off the ropes and dropkicks Nipponbashi, and she hits a second dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but it only gets a two count.\u00a0 Kobayashi goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 She picks up Nipponbashi and hits a bridged vertical suplex, but Nipponbashi gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Kobayashi goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a seated senton, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Kaho Kobayashi<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0A bit clipped and a really basic match, but that is what you\u2019d expect from two young wrestlers.\u00a0 There were lots and lots of dropkicks, since that is a Joshi staple that even the beginners know.\u00a0 Not a bad way to start things off but nothing memorable.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\nHiroyo Matsumoto vs. Sawako Shimono<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 Shimono attacks Matsumoto from behind to start the match, Irish whip by Shimono and she hits a body avalanche.\u00a0 Matsumoto fires back with one of her own, she goes off the ropes but can\u2019t knock down Shimono with a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Shimono goes off the ropes and hits a shoulderblock, and Shimono hits a lariat in the corner.\u00a0 Knee by Shimono in the other corner, she picks up Matsumoto but Matsumoto hits a judo throw.\u00a0 Side headlock by Matsumoto, Shimono Irish whips out of it but Matsumoto shoulderblocks her down.\u00a0 Irish whip by Matsumoto and she delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Matsumoto picks up Shimono, snapmare, and Matsumoto hits a kneedrop.\u00a0 Another double kneedrop by Matsumoto, she goes off the ropes but Shimono catches her with a body block.\u00a0 Shimono charges Matsumoto in the corner but Matsumoto moves, Matsumoto drapes Shimono in the corner over the second rope and hits a running knee to Shimono\u2019s ribs.\u00a0 Matsumoto goes up to the second turnbuckle but Shimono gets her feet up when she goes for the reverse splash.\u00a0 Seated senton by Shimono, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shimono picks up Matsumoto and hits a Samoan Drop.\u00a0 Shimono goes up to the top turnbuckle but Matsumoto has recovered and knocks Shimono out of the ring. Matsumoto goes out after her but Shimono back bodydrops her onto the floor.\u00a0 Running seated senton by Shimono, she then goes up a few rows in the stands and hits another seated senton.\u00a0 Back in the ring, Shimono throws Matsumoto to the mat before going up to the top turnbuckle, hitting a diving seated senton.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shimono picks up Matsumoto and tries to put her on her shoulders, she gets her up but Matsumoto rolls up Shimono for a two count.\u00a0 Matsumoto keeps a hold of Shimono\u2019s legs and go for a crab hold, but Shimono gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Matsumoto picks up Shimono and tries to pick her up but Shimono elbows out of it.\u00a0 Shimono and Matsumoto trade elbows, Shimono goes for a suplex but Matsumoto reverses it into a front suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Matsumoto goes up to the second turnbuckle but Shimono gets up, catches her when she goes for the reverse splash and hits a sitdown slam for a two count.\u00a0 Both wrestlers slowly get up, lariats by Shimono and another cover, but Matsumoto kicks out at one.\u00a0 Lariat by Matsumoto but she also only gets a one count.\u00a0 Both wrestlers lariat each other and Shimono hits an inside cradle for a two count.\u00a0 Shimono picks up Matsumoto but Matsumoto gets away, Matsumoto goes for a powerbomb but Shimono blocks it.\u00a0 Elbow by Matsumoto, cover, but Shimono gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Matsumoto picks up Shimono and hits a backdrop suplex, cover, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Hiroyo Matsumoto<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I think they clipped out all of the slower parts (if there were any) as this was pretty much just constant action from start to finish.\u00a0 Shimono\u2019s seated senton based offense was fun and she really looked good here, I hadn\u2019t seen a lot of Shimono but I was impressed.\u00a0 Overall hard to get a good grasp of the match since so much was cut out but it was entertaining as it was presented if not a little chaotic.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.5<\/span><\/p>\nHikaru Shida vs. Moeka Haruhi<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 Tie-up, Shida pushes Haruhi into the ropes, side headlock by Haruhi but Shida gets out of it.\u00a0 Shida goes off the ropes but Haruhi avoids her dropkick.\u00a0 Irish whip by Shida to the corner, Haruhi avoids her charge and goes for a slam but Shida hits her own scoop slam.\u00a0 Shida goes for a kick but Haruhi ducks it.\u00a0 Back up they trade elbows, Irish whip by Shida and she delivers a hip attack.\u00a0 Shida goes for a kick but again Haruhi ducks it, and Haruhi hits a hurricanrana.\u00a0 Haruhi goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a doublestomp to Shida\u2019s back.\u00a0 Northern Lights Suplex by Haruhi but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Haruhi goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a doublestomp to Shida\u2019s back.\u00a0 She goes up to the second turnbuckle and does a second one, she then goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits one more.\u00a0 Back up goes Haruhi but Shida has finally recovered and joins her.\u00a0 Superplex by Shida, but Haruhi recovers and goes back up top.\u00a0 Haruhi delivers a superplex, she goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving doublestomp.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Haruhi picks up Shida but Shida knees her off, Shida goes for a suplex but Haruhi blocks it.\u00a0 Enzigieri by Shida and they trade elbows on their knees.\u00a0 Back up, elbows by Shida and she hits a jumping knee.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shida kicks Haruhi twice in the head, cover, but again it gets two.\u00a0 Shida goes off the ropes, but Haruhi ducks the kick and rolls up Shida for a two count.\u00a0 Backslide by Haruhi with a bridge, but Shida barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Haruhi picks up Shida and goes for a suplex but Shida hits a step-up enzigieri.\u00a0 Falcon arrow by Shida, but it only gets a two count.\u00a0 Shida goes off the ropes and hits a running knee, cover, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Hikaru Shida<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m not going to pretend that I don\u2019t enjoy Shida matches mostly because I find her particularly attractive.\u00a0 At least I am honest.\u00a0 As for the match it was decent but they didn\u2019t seem to really click.\u00a0 Some repeated spots even though it was slightly clipped, and it wasn\u2019t as smooth as I am used to seeing from the usually very on point Joshi wrestlers in Wave.\u00a0 So a mixed bag, but you know, Shida.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nSakura Hirota vs. Yumi Ohka<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 Ohka boots Hirota as soon as the match starts and goes for a cover, but Hirota reverses the roll-up for a two count.\u00a0 They take turns trying pin attempts until Ohka hits a wheelbarrow suplex.\u00a0 Heel drop by Ohka, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohka goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving crossbody, but Hirota rolls through it for a two count.\u00a0 Hirota applies a keylock but Ohka gets a foot on the ropes.\u00a0 Hirota picks up Ohka and hits a jawbreaker, roll-up by Hirota but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hirota applies an armbar but Ohka quickly gets a foot on the ropes.\u00a0 Hirota picks up Ohka and slaps her before hitting a half nelson suplex hold for a two count.\u00a0 Hirota picks up Ohka but Ohka snaps off a brainbuster.\u00a0 Elbows by Hirota but Ohka elbows her back, Ohka goes off the ropes but Hirota ducks the boot and slaps Ohka.\u00a0 Hirota goes off the ropes and rolls up Ohka again for a two count.\u00a0 Fujiwara armbar by Hirota but Ohka rolls out of it and kicks Hirota in the face.\u00a0 Ohka picks up Hirota and goes for a tiger suplex but Hirota blocks it, but Ohka hits a slam followed by a heel drop for a two count cover.\u00a0 Ohka picks up Hirota and hits a powerbomb, cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Ohka picks up Hirota, she goes off the ropes but Hirota ducks the kick.\u00a0 Ohka rolls through it and kicks Hirota, she picks her up but Hirota sneaks in an inside cradle for a two count.\u00a0 Hirota goes through a hurricanrana but Ohka rolls through it, Ohka gets Hirota on her shoulders but Hirota hits a hurricanrana for a two count.\u00a0 Hirota goes off the ropes but Ohka levels her with a big boot, cover, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Yumi Ohka<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I didn\u2019t think this match was very good at all and disappointing since it was the main event of the show.\u00a0 Hirota seemed to only think she could win by a roll-up or sneak pin (which is possibly true) and it dragged down the match.\u00a0 They just never got into a groove, it wasn\u2019t a fluid match, and then it had a very sudden ending with little build.\u00a0 I know Ohka is capable of more, this just didn\u2019t really work for me.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\nJune 5th, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nRina Yamashita vs. Risa Sera<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 They circle each other to start, tie-up, side headlock by Sera, Yamashita Irish whips out of it and they run into each other.\u00a0 Yamashita goes off the ropes but can\u2019t knock Sera over, she does it again and finally sends Sera off her feet.\u00a0 Yamashita picks up Sera and elbows her into the corner before throwing her to the mat by her hair.\u00a0 Sera chokes Yamashita in the corner with her boot, she picks her up, Irish whip by Sera and she hits a running back elbow.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Sera onto her knee, she goes off the ropes and hits a double knee drop.\u00a0 A second double knee drop by Sera and a third.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sera picks up Yamashita and she hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Crab hold by Sera but Yamashita gets to the ropes.\u00a0 Sera and Yamashita trade elbows, Sera goes off the ropes but Yamashita catches her with a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Irish whip by Yamashita to the corner and she hits a lariat.\u00a0 Yamashita goes off the ropes but Sera rolls her up and hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Sera picks up Yamashita and hits a behind the back slam for a two count cover.\u00a0 Sera picks up Yamashita, she puts Yamashita on her shoulders but Yamashita gets out of it and they trade pin attempts.\u00a0 Sera applies a stretch submission hold but Yamashita gets a foot on the ropes.\u00a0 Sera picks up Yamashita, she puts her on her shoulders and hits a TKO.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yamashita grabs Sera and hits a backdrop suplex, and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Yamashita picks up Sera and they continue trading strikes, Yamashita goes off the ropes and she hits a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it barely gets a two count.\u00a0 Elbows by Sera, she goes off the ropes and she delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but again it gets two.\u00a0 Sera picks up Yamashita and they trade elbows, inside cradle by Sera but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Elbows by Sera, she goes off the ropes and delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 The bell rings as Sera gets up, and the match is a Time Limit Draw.<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This match was from a smaller show on the tour, which is one reason why it was the only match on that card that was on the DVD.\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t a bad match at all, a bit basic but it picked up some at the end.\u00a0 With it being a draw there were a lot of quick pins at the end (it was only a ten minute time limit), but neither were really hurt so it definitely had that \u2018draw\u2019 feel even though it was the main event of the show.\u00a0 Nothing excited but fundamentally sound.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nJune 11th, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nHiroyo Matsumoto vs. Mio Shirai<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 Shirai goes off the ropes but Matsumoto avoids her kick, but Shirai hits a headscissors.\u00a0 Shirai charges Matsumoto but Matsumoto snaps Shirai\u2019s neck on the top rope.\u00a0 Shirai chokes Matsumoto through the ropes, Matsumoto falls out of the ring and Shirai sails out onto her with a tope suicida.\u00a0 Back in the ring, Shirai picks up Matsumoto in the corner and goes for a Tornado DDT but Matsumoto blocks it and rams Shirai into the corner.\u00a0 Matsumoto charges Shirai but Shirai applies a choke over the top rope.\u00a0 Matsumoto gets out of it and puts Shirai on her shoulders, but Shirai slides off and hits an enzigieri.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shirai picks up Matsumoto but Matsumoto hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Matsumoto picks up Shirai and throws her down by her hair.\u00a0 Matsumoto drags Shirai, snapmare, and Matsumoto hits a double kneedrop.\u00a0 Matsumoto hits a second one, she picks up Shirai but Shirai elbows her off.\u00a0 They trade elbow strikes which Matsumoto gets the better of, she picks up Shirai and hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Crab hold by Matsumoto but Shirai gets a hand on the bottom rope.\u00a0 Matsumoto stomps Shirai in the back, she goes off the ropes but Shirai drop toeholds Matsumoto into the second rope and goes for a Tiger Feint Kick, but Matsumoto catches her and slams Shirai in the corner.\u00a0 Running knee by Matsumoto in the corner, she goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a double knee reverse splash.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Matsumoto picks up Shirai and goes for a powerbomb, but Shirai wiggles out of it.\u00a0 Knees by Matsumoto, Irish whip, reversed, Shirai jumps on Matsumoto\u2019s shoulders and hits a boot.\u00a0 Shirai goes off the ropes but Matsumoto hits a back elbow for a two count cover.\u00a0 Matsumoto picks up Shirai and gets her on her shoulders, but Matsumoto applies a modified cobra twist.\u00a0 Roll-up by Shirai, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hurricanrana by Shirai, but it also gets a two count.\u00a0 Shirai gets on Matsumoto\u2019s shoulders and goes for a hurricanrana, but Matsumoto catches her and hits a sitdown powerbomb.\u00a0 Cover, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Hiroyo Matsumoto<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Well these two were just non-stop, the cardio of some of these wrestlers is astounding.\u00a0 I loved the energy and they worked extremely fluidly together, my only complaint is that it was just really back and forth.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if any wrestler had more than 20 seconds on offense before the other wrestler took over, there really weren\u2019t any \u2018control segments\u2019 so to speak, just them both taking turns doing moves to each other.\u00a0 So there wasn\u2019t a lot of substance, but it was fun to watch.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 7.0<\/span><\/p>\nHikaru Shida vs. Mika Iida<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 Iida grabs Shida\u2019s arm to start the match but Shida gets away and boots Iida in the face.\u00a0 Iida goes for Shida\u2019s arm again and gets her to the mat, but Shida gets into the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Iida charges Shida but Shida drop toeholds her onto the second rope and hits a double knee strike to the back.\u00a0 Shida picks up Iida and she hits a backbreaker.\u00a0 Irish whip by Shida, reversed, but Iida hits a Russian leg sweep.\u00a0 Iida applies a submission hold but Shida gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Iida goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Iida goes up to the top turnbuckle but Shida recovers and joins Iida up top.\u00a0 Elbows by Shida but Iida grabs her arm and snaps it over the top rope.\u00a0 Shida charges Iida but Iida pulls the top rope down, sending Shida out of the ring.\u00a0 Iida slams Shida\u2019s arm in the ring post and takes her up into the stands.\u00a0 Iida applies an Octopus Hold up in the stands and then hits an armbreaker.\u00a0 They get back into the ring but Shida throws Iida into the ropes and stomps her down, kicking Iida out of the ring.\u00a0 Shida goes out after her and clubs Iida in the back before throwing her into some chairs.\u00a0 Back in the ring, Shida drags Iida up to the top turnbuckle and hits a superplex.\u00a0 Uppercuts by Iida, she goes off the ropes but Shida delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Iida picks up Shida and hits a fisherman suplex hold for a two count.\u00a0 Iida applies an armbar but Shida gets a foot on the ropes.\u00a0 Iida picks up Shida and hits a pair of armbreakers, but Shida whips off a hurricanrana.\u00a0 Roll-up by Iida, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Inside cradle by Iida but it gets a two count as well, as did the La Magistral.\u00a0 Iida goes for a backslide but Shida blocks it.\u00a0 Roll-up by Iida, but Shida gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Iida goes off the ropes but Shida catches her with a jumping knee and a kick to the face.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shida picks up Iida and hits a Falcon Arrow.\u00a0 Cover, but it only gets two.\u00a0 Shida picks up Iida and goes for a slam but Iida rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 They trade pin attempts with no luck, and Iida applies a cross armbreaker.\u00a0 Shida powerbombs out of the hold and then knees Iida hard in the face.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shida picks up Iida but Iida sneaks in a school boy for a two count.\u00a0 Iida hits a fisherman suplex hold, but Shida kicks out.\u00a0 Elbows by Shida and goes for a suplex, but Iida blocks it and hits a Falcon Arrow.\u00a0 Cover, but it only gets a two count.\u00a0 Shida goes off the ropes but the bell rings, and the match is a Time Limit Draw.<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 Another entertaining match, even though some of the clippings hurt the flow of the match.\u00a0 I understand why these are clipped of course, they have a lot to show in two hours, but it\u2019s a shame that we aren\u2019t getting more of these matches.\u00a0 What they showed was really good however, Iida did a good job working on the arm while trying to sneak in cradles, while Shida\u2019s knees were on point.\u00a0 Good overall, just incomplete.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\nJune 15th, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nSakura Hirota vs. Tomoka Nakagawa<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 They circle each other to start, waistlock by Hirota, reversed by Nakagawa but Hirota reverses it back.\u00a0 Side headlock by Nakagawa but Hirota rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 Back up they lock knuckles, elbows by Hirota and she goes for Nakagawa\u2019s arm, but Nakagawa gets a foot in the ropes.\u00a0 Stomps by Hirota, Irish whip and Hirota slams Nakagawa\u2019s arm into the mat.\u00a0 Dropkick by Hirota but Nakagawa fires back with her own dropkick.\u00a0 Irish whip by Nakagawa and she hits an elbow in the corner followed by a dropkick.\u00a0 Cover by Nakagawa but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nakagawa picks up Hirota and goes for a suplex, Hirota gets out of it but Nakagawa hits an enzigieri.\u00a0 Fisherman suplex hold by Nakagawa but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hirota quickly applies a stretch hold but Nakagawa gets to the ropes again.\u00a0 Hirota grabs Nakagawa and clubs her in the back, La Magistral by Hirota but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nakagawa goes for a running kick but Hirota ducks and rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 They trade pin attempts with no luck, Nakagawa picks up Hirota, Irish whip to the corner but Hirota applies an armbar.\u00a0 Cross armbreaker by Hirota but Nakagawa gets to the ropes.\u00a0 Hirota picks up Nakagawa and chops Nakagawa in the face, and Hirota hits a half nelson suplex hold for a two count.\u00a0 Hirota goes off the ropes, Nakagawa tries to roll her up but Hirota rolls through it for a two count.\u00a0 Nakagawa kicks Hirota in the head, slaps by Hirota but Nakagawa rolls up Hirota for the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Tomoka Nakagawa<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 The problem with this tournament with such a short time limit is that the bulk of the match is just pin attempts.\u00a0 Which makes sense from a storyline perspective, but it doesn\u2019t make the match itself overly entertaining to watch.\u00a0 The wrestlers both looked fine here, it was just disjointed and short.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\nMisaki Ohata vs. Sawako Shimono<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 Shimono tries to attack Ohata from behind to start the match, but Ohata moves and rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 Backslide by Ohata but it gets a two count as well.\u00a0 Ohata goes off the ropes but Shimono ducks the crossbody attempt, she goes for a seated senton but Ohata moves and misses a dropkick.\u00a0 Seated senton by Shimono, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shimono picks up Ohata and hits a Samoan Drop, she throws Ohata into the corner and hits a jumping knee.\u00a0 Shimono grabs Ohata and puts her on her back but Ohata slides away.\u00a0 Irish whip by Shimono and she hits a body block.\u00a0 Seated senton by Shimono, she goes off the ropes and hits a second one.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohata chokes Shimono and slams her head against the mat.\u00a0 Ohata applies a modified camel clutch before releasing the hold and hitting a curb stomp.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohata stomps on Shimono, she picks her up but Shimono pushes Ohata away.\u00a0 Shimono and Ohata trade elbows, Ohata goes off the ropes and goes for a crossbody, but Shimono catches her and hits a swinging side slam.\u00a0 Ohata picks up Shimono and hits a tornado DDT, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohata goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Ohata goes up top again but Shimono recovers and joins her.\u00a0 Elbows by Shimono but Ohata slides down and hits a powerbomb.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohata goes up to the top turnbuckle again and hits a diving body press.\u00a0 Cover, but Shimono gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Ohata picks up Shimono but Shimono elbows her off.\u00a0 Elbow by Shimono and she hits a Samoan Drop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shimono goes up to the top turnbuckle but Ohata rolls out of the way of the diving seated senton.\u00a0 Waistlock by Ohata and she hits a release German suplex.\u00a0 Running crossbody by Ohata, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohata picks up Shimono and hits a German suplex hold, but Shimono barely gets a shoulder up in time.\u00a0 Ohata goes off the ropes and goes for a crucifix, but Shimono blocks it and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Shimono picks up Ohata and hits a front sitdown slam, cover, but it only gets two.\u00a0 Shimono goes off the ropes but Ohata hits a crucifix pin for a two count.\u00a0 Fisherman suplex by Ohata, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ohata picks up Shimono, slaps by Ohata and she hits a flip crucifix bomb for the three count cover.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Misaki Ohata<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I didn\u2019t enjoy this one as much as the last Shimono match.\u00a0 For such a short match, they repeated a lot of the same spots and they just went back and forth trading moves with little real substance.\u00a0 There were a few good spots here and there, just for a short match it was a bit too repetitive for my liking.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nYumi Ohka vs. Yuu Yamagata<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis match is part of the Catch The Wave 2014 Tournament.\u00a0 They circle each other to start, wristlock by Yamagata but Ohka rolls out of it.\u00a0 Yamagata gets Ohka to the mat and they jockey for position, but Yamagata gets into the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Kick to the stomach by Yamagata, Irish whip, reversed, and Yamagata delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Yamagata picks up Ohka and elbows her in the back of the head.\u00a0 Stomp by Yamagata, she picks up Ohka and hits a scoop slam followed by a knee drop out of the corner.\u00a0 Ohka is back up and elbows Yamagata, and they trade blows.\u00a0 Backdrop suplex by Ohka and she hits a big boot in the corner.\u00a0 Ohka charges Yamagata but Yamagata moves out of the way and hits a backstabber.\u00a0 Facelock by Yamagata but Ohka quickly gets to the ropes.\u00a0 Yamagata charges Ohka but Ohka drops her on the top rope.\u00a0 Stomp by Ohka and she applies a stretch submission hold.\u00a0 Running boot by Ohka, she goes out to the apron and kicks Yamagata again.\u00a0 Ohka goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving crossbody for a two count.\u00a0 Crossface by Yamagata but Ohka gets into the ropes.\u00a0 Yamagata goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yamagata picks up Ohka, kick to the face by Ohka but Yamagata kicks her back.\u00a0 Yamagata charges Ohka but Ohka hits a chokebomb, she picks up Yamagata but Yamagata comes back with a Falcon Arrow.\u00a0 Both wrestlers slowly get up and they trade elbows, Yamagata hits a backstabber followed by a swinging kick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yamagata picks up Ohka but Ohka gets away and hits the Killswitch.\u00a0 Heel drop by Ohka, she goes off the ropes but Yamagata snaps off a hurricanrana for a two count.\u00a0 Kick to the head by Yamagata but Ohka ducks a kick and hits a tiger suplex.\u00a0 Ohka goes off the ropes and delivers a hard boot to the face, cover, but Yamagata barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Ohka goes off the ropes again, but Yamagata avoids the attack and kicks Ohka in the head.\u00a0 Yamagata goes off the ropes but Ohka catches her with a big boot and picks up the three count.<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 The issue with matches like these, that are more concentrated on the time limit than the content, is that selling just goes out the window.\u00a0 For example, Ohka hits the Killswitch and then a heel drop, but Yamagata immediately recovers and takes back over on offense.\u00a0 It was just them trading big moves with no attempt to make any of the moves really matter.\u00a0 \u00a0They were crisp, I will certainly give them that, I just hated the layout.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 4.5<\/span><\/p>\nJune 11th, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCherry and Shu Shibutani vs. Rina Yamashita and Sumire Natsu<\/strong><\/span>
\nShibutani and Natsu start things off.\u00a0 They lock knuckles, kick by Natsu and she elbows Shibutani against the ropes.\u00a0 Irish whip by Natsu, reversed, and Natsu delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Waistlock by Shibutani, reversed by Natsu but Yamashita hits Shibutani from the apron and Natsu rolls up Shibutani for a two count.\u00a0 Natsu goes off the ropes but Shibutani ducks the crossbody.\u00a0 Snapmare by Shibutani, Irish whip from the corner and Shibutani hits a running elbow strike.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Shibutani and she hits a running doublestomp.\u00a0 Another slam by Shibutani, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shibutani applies a camel clutch before slamming Natsu into the corner.\u00a0 Elbows by Shibutani, Irish whip, but Natsu kicks Shibutani when she charges in and hits a sunset flip for a two count.\u00a0 Crossbody by Natsu and she makes the tag to Yamashita.\u00a0 Yamashita shoulderblocks Shibutani and Cherry, Yamashita throws Shibutani into the corner and then throws Cherry into Shibutani.\u00a0 Lariat by Yamashita to Shibutani and she shoulderblocks Cherry out of the ring.\u00a0 Yamashita picks up Shibutani and goes for a suplex, but Shibutani elbows out of it.\u00a0 Elbow by Yamashita but Shibutani ducks one and applies the cobra twist.\u00a0 Yamashita hiptosses out of it, she picks up Shibutani, Irish whip to the corner but Shibutani jumps up to the second turnbuckle and hits a dropkick.\u00a0 DDT by Shibutani and she tags in Cherry.\u00a0 Jumping lariat by Cherry, she picks up Yamashita\u00a0 and goes for a reverse STO but Yamashita blocks it.\u00a0 Cherry and Yamashita trade shoves, and Cherry slams Yamashita to the mat.\u00a0 Cherry goes off the ropes but Yamashita hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Waistlock by Cherry, reversed by Yamashita, Natsu comes in but she hits Yamashita by accident.\u00a0 Shibutani comes in as well and they apply Scorpion Deathlocks to Natsu and Yamashita.\u00a0 Cherry stomps on Yamashita in the back, she goes off the ropes but Yamashita rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 Yamashita goes off the ropes and hits a shoulderblock, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Yamashita picks up Cherry and tags in Natsu.\u00a0 Natsu hits a dropkick in the corner and Yamashita follows with a lariat.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Natsu to Cherry, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Natsu applies a dragon sleeper with a body scissors to Cherry, but Shibutani breaks it up.\u00a0 Cherry hits a reverse DDT on Natsu, then Shibutani hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Cherry goes up top and hits her own missile dropkick, cover on Natsu but Yamashita breaks it up.\u00a0 Yamashita and Shibutani Irish whip Yamashita but Natsu hits a crossbody on both of them.\u00a0 Double lariat by Yamashita, she picks up Cherry and hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Natsu runs in and hits the Oklahoma Roll on Cherry, cover with a bridge but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Natsu picks up Cherry but Cherry blocks the lariat and chops Natsu to the mat.\u00a0 Cover by Cherry but Natsu reverses it into her own cover for a two count.\u00a0 Natsu picks up Cherry and goes off the ropes, Shibutani kicks Natsu in the stomach and hits a DDT.\u00a0 Cherry chops Natsu, cover, Yamashita goes to break it up but Cherry moves and Yamashita hits an elbow drop on Natsu by accident.\u00a0 Shibutani picks up Natsu and hits a scoop slam, while Cherry goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a senton bomb.\u00a0 Cover by Cherry, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Cherry and Shu Shibutani<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I am surprised they opted to show this match as it was just the opener on the event it was on while some tournament matches weren\u2019t shown at all.\u00a0 This was a perfectly fine match and would work as an opener, but was oddly placed towards the end of the DVD even though it was a pretty basic match.\u00a0 I thought Cherry was going to kill herself with the senton bomb but apparently she didn\u2019t so that\u2019s good, and in general everything was executed well in the match.\u00a0 Solid but overall unspectacular, although it was a nice change of pace after all the tournament matches.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nJune 15th, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nKana, Shida, Cherry, and Hibiscus Mii vs. Ozaki, Hamada, Ranmaru, and Fairy Nipponbashi<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Ranmaru and Mii start things off.\u00a0 They have a chat for a bit, while Cherry runs in and tries to dropkick Hamada.\u00a0 Hamada and Cherry go at it while Ranmaru and Mii continue their conversation by the corner.\u00a0 Big kick by Hamada to Cherry, she charges her but they trade trips before Cherry poses in the corner with Ranmaru and Mii.\u00a0 Kana and Nipponbashi now square off, tie-up, Nipponbashi rolls Kana to the mat twice and a third time, trips by Nipponbashi and both wrestlers return to their feet.\u00a0 Kana kicks Nipponbashi in the leg and then does it a second time, sending Nipponbashi to one knee.\u00a0 Nipponbashi gets back up\u00a0 and Kana kicks her in the leg again.\u00a0 Kana picks up Nipponbashi, Irish whip, reversed, and Nipponbashi flings Kana to the mat with her wand.\u00a0 A melee breaks out with all eight wrestlers, but they soon retreat back to their own corners.\u00a0 Mii and Ozaki end up squaring off, elbows by Mii but Ozaki absorbs the blows.\u00a0 Mii goes off the ropes but Ozaki goes down to the ground as all the other wrestlers come in and they dance around the ring.\u00a0 No, I don\u2019t know what is going on in this match, don\u2019t ask me.\u00a0 Once they are done, Cherry and Shida throw Ranmaru into the ropes but she puts her hand up and everyone freezes.\u00a0 Ozaki walks in the ring and they all talk for a bit, as I wonder why I am doing play by play for this match.\u00a0 Ranmaru eventually gets Ozaki to leave the ring as Kana comes in, Nipponbashi and Ranmaru Irish whip Kana and Ranmaru hits a body press.\u00a0 Nipponbashi skips over Ranmaru and Kana instead of hitting her own body press, and Kana gets back up while Mii also comes in the ring.\u00a0 Hamada comes in and lies down on the mat, Kana goes off the ropes and Mii drop toeholds her onto Hamada.\u00a0 Mii tries to do the same but Kana drop toeholds her too early so she just eats the mat.\u00a0 Shida and Hamada end up in the ring, stomps by Shida but Hamada elbows her back and they trade blows.\u00a0 Enzigieri by Shida to Hamada but Hamada hits a brainbuster and kicks Shida in the back.\u00a0 Hamada picks up Shida but Shida hits a vertical suplex and stomps Hamada.\u00a0 Shida picks up Hamada and goes for a suplex but Hamada lands on her feet. \u00a0Shida ducks Hamada\u2019s heel kick and hits the Falcon Arrow, cover, but it is broken up.\u00a0 Shida sits Hamada up but Nipponbashi uses her wand to send all her opponents flying to the mat.\u00a0 Hamada and Ranmaru come in but Nipponbashi throws them to the mat as well.\u00a0 Ozaki finally comes in, and she falls down as well when Nipponbashi uses the wand.\u00a0 Nipponbashi gives Ozaki the wand so she can try, and all the wrestlers\u2019 line up for her.\u00a0 But when Ozaki waves the wand, nothing happens, which makes her mad so she hits everyone with it instead.\u00a0 Ranmaru holds Mii for Ozaki, and Ozaki hits her in the chest with the wand.\u00a0 Ranmaru holds Mii again but this time Shida trips Ozaki from the floor.\u00a0 Kana hits a high kick on Mii by accident, Ranmaru comes in the ring as does Nipponbashi, and Nipponbashi kicks Mii in the side of the head.\u00a0 Cover by Nipponbashi and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners: \u00a0<\/strong>Ozaki, Hamada, Ranmaru, and Fairy Nipponbashi<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I won\u2019t insult your intelligence by pretending I know what was going on this match.\u00a0 I did not.\u00a0 Some things I got, such as Ozaki not really being as \u2018into\u2019 the comedy stuff and Kana being adorable, but beyond that not a whole hell of a lot happened.\u00a0 Shida and Hamada for about a minute in the middle were having a real match, but then it disintegrated again.\u00a0 I prefer my comedy matches when I am in on the joke, and Wave fans (are there any of those in the US?) may be in stitches, but for me it was just so-so with only a couple memorable spots.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 4.5<\/span><\/p>\nFinal Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nBest Match:<\/strong> Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Mio Shirai<\/strong>. Shirai is a real pro and I was sad she only had one match on this event, but she delivered in the one she had. This was just a non-stop affair, they didn’t go the route that others took in just trying quick pins over and over but instead concentrated on trying to hurt each other. While I wish there was a bit more selling I can’t deny that it was a very entertaining back and forth battle between these two veterans.<\/p>\nMVP:\u00a0\u00a0 Hiroyo Matsumoto<\/strong>. Even though I don’t think Matsumoto is one of my top three wrestlers on this card, she stood out the most on this DVD. She was in both of the matches that I enjoyed the most and looked really good. She brings a lot of excitement to her matches and for better or worse her matches are pretty much always entertaining.<\/p>\nOverall:<\/strong> The nicest thing I can say about this card is that there weren’t any terrible matches and only a couple I felt were below average. But the tournament format here really hurt the matches. With the low time limit, most of what was shown in some of the matches was just trading pin attempts, which sometimes looked ok but other times looked forced and not terribly fluid. The wrestlers weren’t really able to go out there and do there thing since they were restricted by the tournament setting. Also almost all the matches were clipped, so it was hard to get into some of them. Overall there was some good stuff here as many of the wrestlers on this card are top notch, it was more the format and squeezing so many matches on one DVD that hurt the quality of it.<\/p>\nGrade:\u00a0 C-<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PuroresuCentral.com Dates: May and June, 2014 Location: Various Announced Attendance: Various Another new promotion! I’m on a roll. Pro Wrestling WAVE doesn’t have the biggest roster so they use a lot of wrestlers from other Joshi promotions or freelancers. So even if you have never seen Wave before, you have likely seen these wrestlers before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":13995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[438,233,578],"class_list":["post-13994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-joshi","tag-puroresu","tag-wave"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13997,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994\/revisions\/13997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.puroresucentral.com\/img4\/wave.jpg\")
<\/p>\n