{"id":11663,"date":"2019-03-15T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11663"},"modified":"2019-03-15T21:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T01:07:03","slug":"this-month-in-joshi-wrestling-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/15\/this-month-in-joshi-wrestling-february\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Joshi Wrestling &#8211; February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Highlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it seems like a long time ago now, at the start of February Kris Wolf announced that she would be retiring after her current tour, so I wanted to pay tribute to one of the most influential figures in my own fandom.&nbsp; Like many people, Kris was the person who really led me to Stardom, and by extension joshi wrestling.&nbsp; I had heard of Io Shirai before that, but it was primarily through seeing clips of Kris\u2019 promos that I came to start watching Stardom.&nbsp; I was going to say that everyone should go to Stardom World to watch some of Kris\u2019 old matches and promos, but Stardom have just updated their streaming service and are in the process of re-uploading most of their back catalogue, so that might have to wait.&nbsp; When the old matches are back online though, everyone should go to Stardom World to watch some of Kris\u2019 old matches and promos.&nbsp; I think her most (in)famous promo was when she expressed a desire to eat some children, but there are so many great promos out there waiting to be discovered.&nbsp; In terms of match recommendations, one of my favourite matches was the triple threat match against Kagetsu and Mayu Iwatani when Kris won the High Speed Title in early 2017.&nbsp; Her High Speed title reign was one of my favourite parts of Stardom in 2017.&nbsp; Selfishly I\u2019m sad to see her retire, but I hope that Kris enjoys life after wrestling and wish her and her wife all the best going forward.  Pro Wrestling Eve have a retirement show planned (with hints that Act Yasukawa may be involved) and hopefully Kris gets the great send-off she deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sF485xKY5IA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks there\nhas been quite a bit of, not undeserved, negativity around certain aspects of\njoshi fandom, and being able to critically examine your own fandom is\nimportant.&nbsp; Stardom looms large in a lot\nof people\u2019s views of joshi wrestling, particularly given their current\nexpansion moves in the US, and the success of Kairi Sane and Io Shirai.&nbsp; However, I\u2019d like to take the opportunity to\nhighlight some of the other joshi promotions, in particular Marvelous,\nSeadlinnng, and Sendai Girls\u2019 Pro Wrestling.&nbsp;\nAll three promotions are primarily run by women \u2013 Chigusa Nagayo, Nanae\nTakahashi, and Meiko Satomura specifically \u2013 and feature some of the best\nwrestling in the world.&nbsp; Marvelous has\nsome of the best rookies on the planet in Mikoto Shindo and Mei Hoshizuki, and\nhas their own streaming service at <a href=\"https:\/\/freshlive.tv\/marvelous\">https:\/\/freshlive.tv\/marvelous<\/a>.&nbsp; At 600\nyen a month it costs less than \u00a35 to support them.&nbsp; Seadlinnng unfortunately doesn\u2019t have their\nown streaming service, but they do air shows on Nico Pro quite regularly.&nbsp; Sendai Girls\u2019 do have a streaming service,\nbut they haven\u2019t uploaded recently, instead they have been putting up shows on\ntheir YouTube channel.&nbsp; Something that\ncan get lost in the debates surrounding women\u2019s wrestling in Japan is the\nimportance of wrestling promotions for women run by women, so I would strongly\nrecommend people to support these promotions as well as the bigger companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recap of the Month<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling<\/strong> ran a very good show on February 23<sup>rd<\/sup> with another excellent name \u2013 Be Updated to the Future, the Future, the Future.&nbsp; I didn\u2019t rate this show quite as highly as a lot of other people did, but it featured some really good matches at the top end of the card.&nbsp; Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki continued to stand out in their tag team title defences \u2013 they have to be the best joshi tag team of the year so far \u2013 and they had an excellent match against the team of Reika Saiki and Marika Kobashi.&nbsp; Miyu Yamashita defended her Princess of Princess title against Nodoka Tenma, in what was a bit of a short match, and then extended a challenge to Yuka Sakazaki for the TJPW show in Hakata in March.&nbsp; Arguably the biggest development at this show however, was the return of Rika Tatsumi, and her subsequent betrayal at the hands of Hyper Misao.&nbsp; Misao was Rika\u2019s return opponent, and before the match she asked Rika to form a tag team with her if she won.&nbsp; She couldn\u2019t get the job done, and it seemed like they were going to go down the route of respect in a hard-fought defeat.&nbsp; However, following Sakisama\u2019s match against Miu Watanabe, Misao turned on Rika and joined Sakisama, finally cutting up her mask in ring and throwing it away.&nbsp; She has now re-dubted as Misao (different kanji) with a complete makeover as Sakisama\u2019s follower, which promises to be one of the most interesting stories in TJPW going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommend Match:<\/strong> Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki vs. Reika Saiki and\nMarika Kobashi, Be Updated to the Future, the Future, the Future, 23\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30cf\u30a4\u30d1\u30df\u3001\u307e\u3055\u304b\u306e\u30ea\u30ab\u3092\u5947\u8972\u3057\u6c99\u5e0c\u69d8\u306b\u5bdd\u8fd4\u308b\u2026\uff01\u81ea\u3089\u30de\u30b9\u30af\u3092\u5916\u3057\u3001\u30cf\u30b5\u30df\u307e\u3067\u2026\uff01\u300c\u3053\u308c\u304c\u79c1\u306e\u899a\u609f\u300d\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HzjgwzGgAz\">https:\/\/t.co\/HzjgwzGgAz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ddtuniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ddtuniverse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tjpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tjpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E8%BE%B0%E5%B7%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u8fb0\u5df3\u30ea\u30ab<\/a>\u2026\uff1f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/krD4CVrv5A\">pic.twitter.com\/krD4CVrv5A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DDT UNIVERSE\u3010VIDEOS\u3011 (@ddtuniverse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddtuniverse\/status\/1099170312883658753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Title matches were the\norder of the month in <strong>Stardom<\/strong>, with\na total of five different title matches across February.&nbsp; The month opened in Kyoto with Momo Watanabe\ndefending against Jamie Hayter in an excellent Wonder of Stardom title\ndefence.&nbsp; Momo and Utami Hayashishita\nalso defended the Tag Team titles against Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki at\nKorakuen.&nbsp; Hazuki defeated AZM in a very\ngood High Speed title match on the same show, whilst Mayu also won the Women of\nHonor title in Miami against Kelly Klein, and then defended it in Japan against\nKonami.&nbsp; Finally, Utami defended the SWA\ntitle against Bobbi Tyler at the Osaka show at the end of the month.&nbsp; Mayu\u2019s match against Konami was probably the\nbest of all the title matches, although Momo vs. Jamie was also well worth\nwatching.&nbsp; Jamie Hayter has really come\ninto her own in Stardom now that she joined Oedo Tai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Match:<\/strong> Mayu Iwatani vs. Konami, NewYear Stars 2019,\n24\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Women of Honor World Title is on the line in Osaka! Champion Mayu Iwatani defends against Konami! Only on Stardom World! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xHuI0vaLMN\">pic.twitter.com\/xHuI0vaLMN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1101392472918306816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest development in <strong>Ice Ribbon&nbsp;<\/strong>in February was the emergence of Tsukushi as the number one contender to Maya Yukihi\u2019s IcexInfinity title.&nbsp; Tsukushi won a really good best two out of three falls match against Maika Ozaki and Satsuki Totoro at the Yokohama Ribbon show on February 9<sup>th<\/sup>, and then spent the rest of the month taunting Maya about the fact that she is going to beat her at Ice Ribbon\u2019s Korakuen Hall show on March 31<sup>st<\/sup>.&nbsp; Tsukushi drew first blood in a six-man tag match in Osaka on February 17<sup>th<\/sup>, when she pinned Maya with a Harukaze.&nbsp; Tsukushi is really great at being a prick, and the upcoming title match should be really good.&nbsp; Risa Sera also announced her marriage to BJW deathmatch wrestler Yoshihisa Uto in Yokohama, although she assured everyone that didn\u2019t mean that she was planning to retire. &nbsp;Elsewhere, the Tsukasa Fujimoto-Andreza Giant Panda love affair was featured in the Muscle Mania DDT show, when Andreza won a battle royal to join the boy-band Junretsu but then got kicked out of the band at the end of the show due to his indiscretions with Fujimoto.&nbsp; Despite Tsukasa\u2019s attempts at denying the rumours the story, which began at the Tokyo Sports Awards in January, continued to gather steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Match:<\/strong> Tsukushi vs. Maika Ozaki vs. Satsuki Totoro,\nYokohama Ribbon, 9\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xs4zogvjssg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=378&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Seadlinnng<\/strong> Korakuen Hall show from January finally aired in February, and it was one of my favourite shows of the year, in particular the tag team title match between the champions Arisa Nakajima and Ayame Sasamura and the challengers Miyuki Takase and Yumiko Hotta.&nbsp; The Beyond the Sea title match that headlined the show between Nanae Takahashi and Yoshiko was somewhat forgettable, but the undercard was great, in particular the high speed triple threat match between Kaho Kobayashi, Tsukushi, and Mei Hoshizuki.&nbsp; Sad news came out in February however, when it emerged that Ayame Sasamura had a fracture in her foot, which forced Sasamura and Nakajima to relinquish the tag team titles.&nbsp; Hopefully they can pick up where they left off when she returns, because their team was one of the best parts of 2019 so far.&nbsp; In February Nanae successfully defended her singles title for the second time against Gatoh Move\u2019s Yuna Mizumori, which led to a challenge from ASUKA for the March Korakuen Hall show.&nbsp; When it was announced that the tag team titles were to be vacated Miyuki Takase and Himeka Arita challenged Arisa Nakajima and a partner for the vacant titles, and Sae from Nagoya Joshi Wrestling stepped up to partner Nakajima in March.&nbsp; Both matches promise to be good, and while I expect Nanae to retain I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see Takase and Arita pick up the win.&nbsp; It seems like there\u2019s a growing Seadlinnng vs. Actwres Girlz feud going on right now, which is adding a bit of an edge to the matches between the two promotions.&nbsp; Seadlinnng also ran their first show in Niigata at the start of February and managed to sell-out the venue, which is good to see them expanding outside their Tokyo base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Match:<\/strong> Kaho Kobayashi vs. Tsukushi vs. Mei Hoshizuki,\nLet\u2019s Get d!!!2019, 20\/1 (aired in February)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u307f\u306a\u3055\u3093\u3054\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b\uff01\uff1f\u30ec\u30c3\u30c4\u30b2\u30c3\u30c8\u30e1\u30a4\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SEAdLINNNG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SEAdLINNNG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gtmv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gtmv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30e1\u30a4\u30e1\u30a4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnaZ4SILEN\">pic.twitter.com\/tnaZ4SILEN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3055\u304f\u3089\u3048\u307f (@sakuraemi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sakuraemi\/status\/1101072100847042560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sendai&nbsp;Girls&#8217;&nbsp;Pro&nbsp;Wrestling<\/strong> had one of the best matches of the month at their February 3rd show in Shinkiba 1st Ring, when Beauty Bear (Chihiro Hashimoto and Mika Iwata) took on Sareee and Hiroyo Matsumoto. The match was an absolutely savage 30 minute time-limit draw. Sareee has been absolutely tearing it up in her recent matches for Sendai Girls&#8217; and Diana (although Diana basically never makes tape so we&#8217;ve only been able to see clips of those matches, the Sareee vs. Aja Kong match in particular looked brutal). In this match she seemed to have a personal vendetta against Beauty Bear and Mika Iwata in particular, maybe because Iwata has the same colour scheme as she does. Go out of your way to find this match if you like stiff, murder matches, you will not be disappointed.  Hopefully at some point that Aja Kong vs. Sareee match will be uploaded somewhere, because it looked amazingly violent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended\u00a0Match:\u00a0<\/strong>Beauty Bear (Chihiro Hashimoto &amp; Mika Iwata) vs. Sareee &amp; Hiroyo Matsumoto, 3\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Beauty Bear vs. Sareee and Hiroyo Matsumoto match from the Feb 3rd Sendai show was so good.  One of the times when a time limit draw is the perfect ending. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sendaigirls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sendaigirls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E4%BB%99%E5%A5%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u4ed9\u5973<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUeOEexi6k\">pic.twitter.com\/tUeOEexi6k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Death by Arisa Nakajima (@twf87) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twf87\/status\/1099959274317336576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marvelous<\/strong> ran only one show in February, which saw Takumi Iroha and Rin Kadokura\ndefeat the three excellent Marvelous rookies, Mikoto Shindo, Mei Hoshizuki, and\nMaria, in the main event.&nbsp; However,\nMarvelous wrestlers appeared in plenty of different promotions, including\nTakumi Iroha and Chigusa Nagayo appearing at DDT\u2019s big Judgement show.&nbsp; Nagayo and Iroha lined up opposite each other\nin a six-man tag match that featured the veterans in Nagayo, Sanshiro Takagi,\nand Ryuji Ito take on the young upstarts of Soma Takao, Mad Paulie, and\nIroha.&nbsp; This was one of my favourite\nmatches on a strong card, and seeing the reaction that Chigusa got when she\nwalked out in Ryogoku was amazing, and made me wish I\u2019d be alive to see the heyday\nof the Crush Gals myself.&nbsp; Iroha\u2019s team\nwon after Soma Takao pinned Takagi, and post-match Chigusa revealed that Mad\nPaulie was her type to the delight of wrestling fans everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Match:<\/strong> Takumi Iroha and Rin Kadokura vs. Mikoto\nShindo, Mei Hoshizuki, and Maria, 13\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u9577\u4e0e\u304c\u30c6\u30fc\u30d6\u30eb\u30af\u30e9\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ddtpro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ddtpro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbemaTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AbemaTV<\/a> \u3067\u8996\u8074\u4e2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ohjswvc2wn\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ohjswvc2wn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JudgementDDT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JudgementDDT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RBrWUjpKVx\">pic.twitter.com\/RBrWUjpKVx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddtpro\/status\/1097016127585058816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quick Hits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wrestler of the Month: <\/strong>Sareee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Show of the Month: <\/strong>Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Be Updated to the Future, the Future, the Future 23\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tag Team of the Month:<\/strong> Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Match of the Month: <\/strong>Chihiro Hashimoto and Mika Iwata vs. Sareee and Hiroyo Matsumoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Storyline in Pro Wrestling: <\/strong>Tsukasa Fujimoto\u2019s affair with Andreza Giant\nPanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3b13b845046b09ca0bbb19538cb727c4.jpg?resize=450%2C322\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3b13b845046b09ca0bbb19538cb727c4.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3b13b845046b09ca0bbb19538cb727c4.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlight Although it seems like a long time ago now, at the start of February Kris Wolf announced that she would be retiring after her current tour, so I wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":11159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,881,880,22,641,640,377],"tags":[883,882],"class_list":["post-11663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-joshi-reviews","category-joshi-wrestling","category-reviews","category-stardom","category-stardom-reviews","category-tokyo-joshi-pro","tag-seadlinnng","tag-tjpw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9jnWd-327","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2019-02-06-at-17.11.51-e1549512435862.png?fit=450%2C73&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11663"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11684,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11663\/revisions\/11684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}