{"id":67748,"date":"2020-05-01T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=67748"},"modified":"2021-01-09T06:01:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T11:01:36","slug":"overlooked-joshi-talent-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/05\/01\/overlooked-joshi-talent-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"Through The Looking Glass: Overlooked Joshi Talent Of The 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"

While many fans will know of Joshi talents like\u00a0Aja Kong<\/strong>,\u00a0Manami Toyota, Meiko Satomura\u00a0<\/strong>and even\u00a0Bull Nakano\u00a0<\/strong>be it through Dave Meltzer rating their matches five stars or in the case of Kong, Nakano and Satomura their stints with WWF\/WWE.\u00a0 These women represent just a small part of Joshi history so we have decided to shine some light on talents from the Joshi scene that don’t get the recognition they deserve. We start by focusing on the 80s when All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling<\/strong> had a monopoly on the scene and was led to new heights by the Crush Gals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Condor Saito\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Saito (Left) With Her Stablemates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Atrocious Alliance was part of a huge feud with the Crush Gals which was both a television and ticket selling success.\u00a0 The most fondly remembered members are of course the hall of famer\u00a0<\/a>Dump Matsumoto<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and the legendary Bull Nakano (who would go on to be a WWF women’s champion)<\/a>.\u00a0 Saito was an important member of the faction though, while not as physically imposing as her stablemates she was more than capable of wrestling their chaotic, attack everyone in sight, heel style which became the group’s calling card during their feud with the Crush Gals.\u00a0 Saito retired in 1988 as a former WWWA World Tag Team Champion and AJW Junior Champion.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FDePOXVR-0g&t=419s<\/p>\n

Kazue Nagahori<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Kazue Nagahori only wrestled for four years but in that time she was an impressive member of the Red Typhoon tag team alongside\u00a0Yumi Ogura<\/strong>.\u00a0 She wrestled a highly athletic style that AJW wouldn’t fully embrace until the early 90s but she is a performer that even by today’s standards can be considered an impressive worker<\/p>\n

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Kazue Nagahori knocks Hotta with a savate kick! #ajwclassics<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sBdE8tZlOO<\/a><\/p>\n

— R\u00f8y (@narukiroy) April 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n