{"id":93564,"date":"2021-06-08T18:10:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=93564"},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:10:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T22:10:24","slug":"gaeaism-card-6-13-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/06\/08\/gaeaism-card-6-13-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: GAEAISM – Decade Of A Quarter Century (6\/13\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After over a year of waiting due to COVID-19, we are finally ready to celebrate the anniversary of GAEA Japan<\/strong> with GAEAISM!\u00a0 GAEA Japan closed its doors in 2005 after just 10 years in operation, in those 10 years it became arguably the biggest Joshi promotion in the world, taking over the mantel from\u00a0All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>when it fell on hard times.\u00a0 To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the promotion opening\u00a0Chigusa Nagayo\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Meiko Satomura\u00a0<\/strong>aimed to run GAEAISM, a cross-promotional show featuring\u00a0Marvelous <\/strong>and\u00a0Sendai Girls\u00a0<\/strong>talent as well as other GAEA alumni that are still active.\u00a0 This show has been delayed twice already due to COVID-19 but on June 13 we finally celebrate GAEA Japan with a huge show that sees the future of the Sendai Girls and AAAW titles decided in the main event.\u00a0 Without further ado let’s take a look at the card for GAEAISM.<\/p>\n

GAEAISM The Future – Sendai Girls (Manami, Yurika Oka & Kanon) vs Marvelous (Mei Hoshizuki, Mikoto Shindo & Maria)<\/h3>\n

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The young talents of Marvelous and Sendai Girls will do battle here.\u00a0 Marvelous are credited within Joshi circles for their constant output of incredibly talented trainees and this match is a showcase of the distance between the two groups at the moment, although the Sendai trainees are much newer aside.\u00a0 Yurika Oka has received some significant build-up in previous cross-promotional matches and we expect her protected submission finish to get her team the upset win here.<\/p>\n

GAEAISM The Impact – CIMA vs Leo Isaka<\/h3>\n

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Leo Isaka, the only male roster member of the Marvelous roster takes on CIMA in singles action.\u00a0 CIMA, currently representing\u00a0GLEAT <\/strong>is a well-known veteran who is mostly known for his run in Dragon Gate<\/strong> but has continued to excel since leaving the promotion, he even currently holds the All Japan Jr. Heavyweight title.\u00a0 Leo Isaka has his work cut out for him against the veteran.<\/p>\n

GAEAISM The Resurrection – “Regina” Sakura Hirota vs The Great Sasuke<\/h3>\n

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One of GAEA Japan’s greatest exports is comedic genius Sakura Hirota and in this match, she will take on The Great Sasuke in one of the weirdest matches we’ve ever seen.\u00a0 You may be wondering why Sasuke is on this show, well back in the early days of GAEA Sasuke’s Michinoku Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>would feature GAEA offer matches on their cards, to help the women’s promotion possibly win some new fans, as had happened to AJW when they worked with\u00a0Universal Lucha Libre<\/strong>.\u00a0 This match is a nice nod to GAEA Japan’s history and is sure to be entertaining in many ways.<\/p>\n

GAEAISM The Hardcore – DASH Chisako vs Hibiki<\/h3>\n

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Hibiki has spent the past few months being a disrespectful loudmouth who has gotten under the skin of just about everyone.\u00a0 For whatever reason, Hibiki seemed to direct her ire at the “hardcore queen” DASH Chisako and the two will now meet in a hardcore match, which shockingly plays to Chisako’s strengths.\u00a0 Hibiki has done such a good job of playing her heel character that we hope Chisako takes her to the cleaners here.<\/p>\n

GAEAISM The History – Chigusa Nagayo, KAORU & Sakura Hirota vs Meiko Satomura, Chikayo Nagashima & Toshi Uematsu<\/h3>\n

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For any Joshi nerd, this match is star-studded as it has two of the bigger names in Joshi history as well as talents like KAORU and Chikayo Nagashima who are among the most underrated Joshi wrestlers of all time.\u00a0 \u00a0It’s great to see some names from the original GAEA Japan still active and ready to take part in a match celebrating the promotion.<\/p>\n

GAEAISM The Past & Future – Sendai Girls (Chihiro Hashimoto, Mika Iwata & X) vs Marvelous (Mio Momono, Rin Kadokura & X)<\/h3>\n

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

This is an elimination match that will decide the future of the Sendai Girls world and tag championships as well as the re-commissioned AAAW world and tag championships (The titles used in GAEA).\u00a0 \u00a0The main source of intrigue comes with the two surprise participants in the match, for Sendai Girls, it’s almost a lock that it will be Yurika Oka. For Marvelous, many are convinced it may be Marvelous’ ace Takumi Iroha\u00a0<\/strong>making her return from injury.\u00a0 Although each promotion could instead pick from the older names on each roster with KAORU and\u00a0Tomoko Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>possibly representing Marvelous and Satomura making one last stand with her Sendai Girls.<\/p>\n

As for the future of the championships, it seems like a lock that Marvelous will win and claim ownership of the four titles and would likely unify them.\u00a0 Sendai Girls has steadily cared less and less about its championships over the years to the point that Hashimoto has been world champion in Sendai for 604 days now with only one defense to her name.\u00a0 The titles will get more use in Marvelous and help add some structure to their cards going forward.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen how Sendai Girls would respond to losing the ownership of their titles, some have speculated that the group could merge with Marvelous, and as great as that would be for all the performers involved we don’t think that’s happening just yet.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens, this show is sure to deliver some fun matches and allows Nagayo to celebrate her once-great creation GAEA Japan after a year of waiting, it also serves as one of the final Meiko Satomura appearances in Japan before she moves to the UK full time.\u00a0 Make sure you don’t miss the show!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for 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. GAEAISM will air live on PPV on Zaiko<\/a>.\u00a0 If you’d like to see what GAEA Japan was all about check out their YouTube channel<\/a> which is filled with uploads of classic matches from the group’s history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports?\u00a0Head on over to the\u00a0LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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