{"id":106189,"date":"2021-12-16T18:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=106189"},"modified":"2021-12-16T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:02:54","slug":"joshi-matches-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/16\/joshi-matches-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Joshi Matches Of The Month (November 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joshi wrestling scene (Japanese Women\u2019s Wrestling) is a deep scene full of insanely talented performers and every month there are dozens of fantastic matches from promotions from\u00a0<strong>Stardom\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>PURE-J\u00a0<\/strong>and everywhere in between.\u00a0 In this article, we aim to give readers a list of recommended Joshi matches that took place in the last month, there will be some honorable mentions and then a top 5 featuring our absolute favorites!\u00a0 This edition focuses on October 2021<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"avantis-player\"><strong>Important Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Due to some matches not airing as of the time of writing some presumably great Joshi matches can\u2019t be ranked.\u00a0 Also due to the recent <strong>PPV Model\u00a0<\/strong>adopted by a number of promotions we are unable to see every event.<\/div>\n<h2>Recommended Joshi Match November 2021<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hazuki &amp; Koguma vs Utami Hayashishita &amp; Saya Kamitani<\/li>\n<li>Tam Nakano vs Unagi Sayaka<\/li>\n<li>Rika Tatsumi vs Yuki Arai<\/li>\n<li>Risa Sera &amp; Maya Yukihi vs <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/12\/06\/joshi-watch-suzu-suzuki\/\" target=\"_self\">Suzu Suzuki<\/a> &amp; Saori Anou<\/li>\n<li>Arisa Nakajima vs Riko Kaiju<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Hazuki vs Utami Hayashishita<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 446px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ie\/detail\/1351477590\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This match served as Hazuki&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m back&#8221; statement of intent. She reminded everyone of why she was one of Stardom&#8217;s best big match performers before <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/11\/24\/hazuki-announces-retirement\/\" target=\"_self\">her retirement<\/a>. Hayashishita is about as consistent as anyone when it comes to her big matches but Hazuki provided the added x-factor that made this match great.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stardom-world.com\/set\/3301?fcid=24\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Link To Watch: Stardom World<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>4. Konami vs Syuri<\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"EOplCXr_RBxdN5oBzDOmFQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ie\/detail\/1356131065\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'EOplCXr_RBxdN5oBzDOmFQ',sig:'l5pNfRh5pjpZEPlDINnfbSsh2TENS8D5nbh0ZWez8V8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1356131065',caption: true ,tld:'ie',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Konami and Syuri went to war in this UWF rules match. The intricate grappling between them to start things off gave way to some fantastic striking exchanges as each woman sought to win the bout via a knockout. Even if you aren&#8217;t a fan of the technical aspect of the match it is tough not to be drawn in by their exchanged down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stardom-world.com\/set\/3357\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Link To Watch: Stardom World<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>3. Hanako Nakamori &amp; Arisa Nakajima vs Leon &amp; Cherry<\/h3>\n<p>There are few things in Joshi wrestling that are more enjoyable than the PURE-J main event style. Add Arisa Nakajima to that style and you have a recipe for a really great match. Nakamori and Leon have been rivals atop PURE-J for some time now and their chemistry is off the charts in every interaction. Nakajima was at home in this style, given she was trained at PURE-J&#8217;s predecessor JWP. This was action-packed, stiff, and most of all, fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmuy.com\/pure-j\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Link To Watch: PURE-J Filmuy Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2. Suzu Suzuki vs Tsukushi Haruka<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105063\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/ice-ribbon-sweet-november-korakuen-hall.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Ribbon Sweet November\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/ice-ribbon-sweet-november-korakuen-hall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/ice-ribbon-sweet-november-korakuen-hall-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just a year after these two had a classic in Suzuki&#8217;s first ICExInfinity title defense they followed it up with another classic, this time in Haruka&#8217;s first defense. The hard-hitting style of both women was on display throughout the match intermixed with dazzling counter exchanges as they both ran through their greatest hits.\u00a0 Suzuki and Haruka are Ice Ribbon born and bred and they put the Ice Ribbon house style on full display in this match-up.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Tsukushi Haruka<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104345\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/ice-ribbon-ota-ward-gymnasium-card.jpg\" alt=\"Ice ribbon Ota Ward Gymnasium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/ice-ribbon-ota-ward-gymnasium-card.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/ice-ribbon-ota-ward-gymnasium-card-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tag partners, protege&#8217;s to\u00a0Manami Toyota, Ice Ribbon veterans, those are all words to describe Tsukasa Fujimoto and Tsukushi Haruka.\u00a0 While Fujimoto has spent years as the definitive icon of Ice Ribbon, Haruka has mostly been a tag team championship contender who had a penchant for stealing the show.\u00a0 That was until this match, at Ota War, these two squared off for the ICExInfinity Championship with Toyota herself watching on. They proceeded to have the match that we all expected as they went to war in a match filled with violence and callbacks and nods to their mentor Toyota.\u00a0 Haruka putting Fujimoto away with the Japanese Ocean Suplex (not to be confused with the Cyclone Suplex) was a perfect way to cap off this emotional bout.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/13\/recommended-joshi-matches-october-2021\/\" target=\"_self\">check out the last edition\u00a0<\/a>for more of our recommended Joshi matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joshi wrestling scene (Japanese Women\u2019s Wrestling) is a deep scene full of insanely talented performers and every month there are dozens of fantastic matches from promotions from\u00a0Stardom\u00a0to\u00a0PURE-J\u00a0and everywhere in between.\u00a0 In this article, we aim to give readers a list of recommended Joshi matches that took place in the last month, there will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":86705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6975,5302,2192,323],"tags":[6696,6757,3243,2902,4736,5994,7145,6016,4237,7225,3918],"class_list":["post-106189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-wrestling","category-joshi","category-wrestling","category-world-wonder-ring-stardom","tag-arisa-nakajima","tag-hanako-nakamori","tag-hazuki","tag-ice-ribbon","tag-konami","tag-pure-j","tag-suzu-suzuki","tag-syuri","tag-tsukasa-fujimoto","tag-tsukushi-haruka","tag-utami-hayashishita"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}