IWWF YEAR END FIGHT
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 29, 2008
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Welcome to IWWF Year End Fight! We put a cap on a great year of womens wrestling action, the best the world has to offer. It is with a heavy heart that I say this will be the last show for the IWWF. We hope to see the company return in the future.
We open the show with a 17-woman Royal Rumble. The
special stipulation of this match is the order of elimination will also determine the matches you will see in the ring tonight.
17-Woman Royal Rumble
Reggie Bennett and Toshiyo Yamada drew numbers one and two. Bennett immediately took charge of the match and maintained it with her power until Sherri Martel hit the ring. Martel jumped on Bennett and tossed her out of the ring.
Martel went to work on Yamada until Malia Hosaka entered the match. Martel and Hosaka continued to fight when Yumi Fukawa entered and took on Yamada. Fukawa missed in the corner and Yamada lifted her up and out of the ring.
Martel took it to Hosaka, but Malia came back and surprisingly got rid of the Sensational One.
Madusa Miceli stormed to the ring, grabbed Hosaka in the airplane spin, and whirled round and round until tossing Malia to the concrete.
Devil Masami joined the action and fought with Madusa and Yamada until Manami Toyota entered the ring. Masami and Toyota went at it while Madusa and Yamada fought. Then Jazz hit the ring. Jazz went right after Toyota. Madusa continued fighting Yamada, then Masami jumped on her and nearly eliminated her. Princess Victoria entered the fray. Victoria saved Toyota and began working on Jazz. Yamada and Madusa went back and forth with Masami, then Toyota jumped in on the fun. Chaparrita Asari made seven wrestlers in the ring. Asari tried to take on Jazz, but that was a mistake and the powerful African-American quickly took control, then caught Victoria running in and fired the Princess over the top rope.
Toyota and Masami kept up their fight as Madusa and Yamada remained paired off. In the ring next came Debbie Coombs. Jazz and Coombs double teamed Asari. Elsewhere it was Madusa fighting with Masami and Toyota with Yamada until the entry of the Fabulous Moolah. Asari had no luck as Moolah chose her to begin fighting with, and Moolah didn't take long to get rid of Asari.
Jazz and Coombs started fighting, then Toyota elminated Yamada after an Ocean Cyclone Suplex.
Wendi Richter made her way to the ring. Richter and Madusa went back and forth. Toyota took control of Jazz and put a major beating on her. Coombs and Moolah went toe to toe. Masami finally forced Madusa to the floor.
Candy Devine joined the melee next. She fought with Moolah and Coombs and Jazz resumed hostilities. Jazz took charge and got rid of Coombs.
Toyota went back after Masami and finally got rid of her.
Toyota and Richter went at it, then Toyota ducked Jazz and helped Jazz and Richter all the way to the floor.
Next came Mayumi Ozaki. Moolah fought with Devine and Ozaki went after Toyota. The final entrant was Combat Toyoda. Combat joined in against Moolah, then Coombs jumped in and was able to get Moolah over the top rope.
Toyota and Ozaki paired off, and Combat quickly eliminated Devine.
Ozaki and Toyota then worked together against Combat, and it was Toyoda able to handle both women just fine and she tossed Ozaki to the floor.
Toyoda hit the Combat Driver on Manami twice and dumped her out of the ring to win the Royal Rumble!!!
Winner: Combat ToyodaOrder of Entry:
1. Reggie Bennett
2. Toshiyo Yamada
3. Sherri Martel
4. Malia Hosaka
5. Yumi Fukawa
6. Madusa Miceli
7. Devil Masami
8. Manami Toyota
9. Jazz
10. Princess Victoria
11. Chaparrita Asari
12. Debbie Coombs
13. Fabulous Moolah
14. Wendi Richter
15. Candy Devine
16. Mayumi Ozaki
17. Combat Toyoda
WRESTLER / WHO THEY ELIMINATED
Sherri Martel - Reggie Bennett
Toshiyo Yamada - Yumi Fukawa
Malia Hosaka - Sherri Martel
Madusa Miceli - Malia Hosaka
Jazz - Princess Victoria, Debbie Coombs
Fabulous Moolah - Chaparrita Asari
Manami Toyota - Toshiyo Yamada, Devil Masami, Jazz, Wendi Richter
Devil Masami - Madusa Miceli
Debbie Coombs - Fabulous Moolah
Combat Toyoda - Candy Devine, Mayumi Ozaki, Manami Toyota
Reggie Bennett def. Yumi Fukawa
Neither of these two were in the Rumble for very long, and Bennett took all her anger out on Fukawa. Yumi never got a single move in as Bennett destroyed her with several Global Bombs, a trip to the floor, and then a top rope splash to finish her off for an easy win.
Sherri Martel def. Malia Hosaka
Martel was happy to get her hands on the woman who eliminated her from the Rumble. In a mirror image of the first match, Martel annihilated Hosaka, beating her from pillar to post and winning with the top rope splash. Martel went up top and dove again on Hosaka. Then for some reason Reggie Bennett came in and she went up top for another huge splash, leaving Hosaka motionless on the mat.
Princess Victoria def. Chaparrita Asari
Yet another complete squash as Victoria killed Asari over and over with devastating tomahawk chops for the pin.
Madusa Miceli def. Toshiyo Yamada
These two spent a lot of time fighting during the Royal Rumble. This match was a real nice back and forth encounter. Madusa slowly took charge of the match and got the win after an Airplane Spin. Reggie Bennet hit the ring again and ran over Madusa with a clothesline and then planted her with a side slam.
Devil Masami def. Debbie Coombs
Coombs was never in the match as Masami hit her with a Liger Bomb for the pin.
Wendi Richter def. Jazz
These two blamed each other for Manami Toyota eliminating both of them from the Royal Rumble. They turned in a brutally violent match in and out of the ring. Richter used the ropes for a pin after battling in the corner.
Fabulous Moolah def. Candy Devine
These met for a time during the battle royal. Moolah wasted no time at all in disposing of Devine with a roll up.
Manami Toyota def. Mayumi Ozaki
These fought shortly in the Rumble, then were both unable to eliminate Combat Toyoda. Ozaki took the fight to Toyota for awhile, but Manami turned things around and won with the Ocean Cyclone Suplex.
Best 2/3 Falls
Jumping Bomb Angels def. Glamor Girls (2-1)
These teams went at it one more time. The Glamor Girls got the upperhand against Noriyo Tateno. They worked great together as usual and crushed her with a spike piledriver to take the first fall.
The JBA looked in trouble during the second fall as well. They turned it around though and a double dropkick on Kai evened the match.
The final fall went back and forth until Yamazaki got a submission out of Kai.
Street Fight
Bull Nakano/Dump Matsumoto def. Crush Gals
As expected, just an incredibly out of control wild brawl all the way though. Bull and Dump ended up getting the win in an all-out fight that could have gone either way.
Int'l Womens Tag Team Championship
Double Inoue def. Las Cachorras (ch)
A great tag team title match as the Inoues were all over Shimoda and Mita. The champs were practically on the defensive the whole match. There were plenty of brawls and saves and interference, but Kyoko and Takako would not be denied and captured the tag team titles.
Steel Cage Match
Int'l Womens Championship
Akira Hokuto def. Aja Kong (ch)
Much like the previous match, Akira Hokuto would not be denied the championship belt. Hokuto exploded against Kong with big-time moves over and over before winning with the Northern Lights Bomb.