{"id":82579,"date":"2021-01-11T17:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=82579"},"modified":"2021-01-11T17:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:15:46","slug":"top-joshi-matches-of-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/11\/top-joshi-matches-of-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Joshi Matches Of The Month (December 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Pure-J\u00a0<\/strong>and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n

Important Note: <\/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\u00a0PPV Model\u00a0<\/strong>adopted by a number of promotions we are unable to see every event.\u00a0 Notable exclusions from this list include RibbonMania 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Syuri vs Giulia, Sakura Hirota vs Nagisa Nozaki, Mayu Iwatani & Saya Iida & Starlight Kid vs Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka & Mina Shirakawa, Hibiki & Sareee vs Mio Momono & Yumi Ohka<\/p>\n

5. AZM vs Mei Hoshizuki<\/h2>\n

\"AZM<\/a><\/p>\n

These two teenagers put on an excellent display of High Speed pro wrestling.\u00a0 The work was crisp and high paced as one would expect from this title.\u00a0 What took this over the top were the flash pinfall exchanges.\u00a0\u00a0Marvelous\u00a0<\/strong>is a company known for its flash pinfalls so we were hooked to every roll-up as it was very likely Hoshizuki could pull off the upset with one.\u00a0 Watching live and unspoiled we were jumping out of our seat with excitement during the closing stretch.<\/p>\n

Link To Watch: Stardom World (Full Show)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

4. Momo Watanabe & Syuri vs Giulia & Utami Hayashishita<\/h2>\n

\"Utami<\/a><\/p>\n

These four women delivered an excellent tag team match as a prelude to Osaka Dream Cinderella<\/em>.\u00a0 Specifically, the interactions between Syuri and Giulia were excellent in this match as those two waged war on one another with strikes, kicks, and one of the most sickening headbutts Giulia has ever hit.\u00a0 Hayashishita and Watanabe held up their end of the deal in this match with their exchanges but it was Giulia and Syuri that stole the show with their wince-inducing battle<\/p>\n

Link to watch: Stardom World<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

3. Yoshiko & Saree vs Ryo Mizunami & Nanae Takahashi<\/h2>\n

\"Sareee<\/p>\n

Admittedly we had to watch this one twice.\u00a0 The first time around it felt underwhelming but on rewatch we realized that this match was a victim of expectations.\u00a0 All four definitely have a better match in them but this one was still an aggressive tag team match filled with all of the stiff wrestling you’ve come to expect from SEAdLINNNG<\/p>\n

2. Utami Hayashishita vs Momo Watanabe<\/h2>\n

\"Utami<\/a><\/p>\n

Momo Watanabe took the fight to her less-experienced teammate in her chase of the World Of Stardom Championship.\u00a0 Watanabe looked to be one step ahead of Hayashishita at every step of the game and looked to have the match won at one point with an incredible near fall off of a Peach Sunrise.\u00a0 Hayashishita powered through and came away with the end to deliver her second straight great main event in a row.<\/p>\n

Link To Watch: Stardom World (Full Show)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

1. Hanako Nakamori vs Ayako Sato<\/h2>\n

\"Hanako<\/a><\/p>\n

Two of the best Joshi wrestlers outside of the big 3 collided in an excellent match.\u00a0 This was no-nonsense,\u00a0 no-frills pro wrestling where they both set out to beat one another up.\u00a0 Nakamori was absolutely on her game with her kicks and looked to have the match won a number of times with her kicks.\u00a0 Sato resolved and fought back with equal vigor to get the win and retain her championship<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the\u00a0Last 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\u00a0check out last month\u2019s edition\u00a0<\/a>for more fantastic Joshi matches.\u00a0\u00a0Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Important Note: Due to some matches not airing as of the time of writing some presumably great Joshi matches can\u2019t be ranked.\u00a0 Also due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":50179,"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":[2,6975,5302,2192],"tags":[5966,4734,5900,6757,6926,7236,2676,5282,7235,6745,5335,5281,480,6016,3918,6270],"class_list":["post-82579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international-wrestling","category-joshi","category-wrestling","tag-ayako-sato","tag-azm","tag-giulia","tag-hanako-nakamori","tag-joshi-wrestling","tag-mei-hoshizuki","tag-momo-watanabe","tag-nanae-takahashi","tag-pro-wrestling-diana","tag-ryo-mizunami","tag-sareee","tag-seadlinnng","tag-stardom","tag-syuri","tag-utami-hayashishita","tag-yoshiko"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82579","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=82579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}