{"id":72061,"date":"2020-07-08T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=72061"},"modified":"2020-07-23T06:28:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T10:28:35","slug":"legends-ajw-fire-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/08\/legends-ajw-fire-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends of AJW: Fire Jets – Yumiko Hotta & Mitsuko Nishiwaki"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Japan Women\u2019s Pro Wrestling (AJW) is one of the biggest pro wrestling companies in the history of Japan. The all women\u2019s promotion housed some of the biggest women\u2019s stars in wrestling history. Legends Of AJW will take a look into the careers of some of AJW\u2019s legendary talents. This edition focuses on the duo known as Fire Jets: Mitsuko Nishiwaki<\/a> and Yumiko Hotta.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The late 80s saw a major shift for All Japan Women\u2019s Pro Wrestling. With competitors like\u00a0<\/span>Chigusa Nagayo<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Lioness Asuka<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Dump Matsumoto<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>all reaching their final years by the end of the decade, AJW was looking for new stars to live up to the legendary standards that their predecessors set for them throughout the years. This was specifically the case for the tag team division, where teams like the Crush Gals and the\u00a0<\/span>Jumping Bomb Angels<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0made their names as icons of the sport. It was the job of teams like the Fire Jets to attempt to fill this hole.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before The Fire<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mitsuko Nishiwaki and Yumiko Hotta both made their debuts in 1985, though they had very little in-ring contact during the early stages of their careers. Both women debuted at the age of 18, with Hotta traveling from Kobe and Nishiwaki traveling from Gifu to train hundreds of miles away from home at the AJW Dojo in Tokyo. Alongside fellow members<\/span>\u00a0Suzuka Minami<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Hisako Uno<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– a woman better known by the name of Akira Hokuto – the 1985 class of the AJW Dojo would go down in history as one of the strongest in the companies history. Each woman was a stand out in her own right, with Hotta being the first to find true success in the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yumiko Hotta\u2019s status was instantly improved when, just a year after her debut, she teamed up with former Crush Gal, Chigusa Nagayo. Hotta would find her first major success with the help of Nagayo in the 1986 Tag Leauge the Best, as she and Nagayo would win the tournament after the AJW Match of the Year against Hisako Uno and Yukari Omari in the finals. While the duo wouldn\u2019t last for much longer as 1987 came along, this was a huge accomplishment for someone of such a low experience level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n