1980

It's been great going through these 1980 AJW videos on Youtube, I just dig them on an aesthetic level. Lots of high drama and they always try some wild unsafe violent shit, which you gotta appreciate. I particularly loved the match between these two teams from '79. The first fall feels like a continuation of that match, as the Queen's Angels are now savvier and try to cut off the ring and not get caught in the Black Pair's corner. Eventually, they get Kumano in their corner but Ikeshita doesn't give a fuck so she just walks over to retrieve her partner, and they all start brawling all over. Suddenly one of the Queen's Angels starts choking both of the Black Pair out with …

This was in the same style as their February title match. Meaning Ikeshita had her wrestling boots on and took Kayama to the pay window on the mat. This was one of those 20 minute time limit draws that AJW liked to do a lot on TV. It was also slightly clipped, but I'm not complaining about getting wrestling of this quality. It wasn't as grand as the match for the title but more compact and some damn solid pro wrestling with great armlock work, awesome rough tactics from Ikeshita, great comeback from Kayama and flawless lucha title match style run of nearfalls in the last couple minutes. Ikeshita was spectacular once again, totally didn't need the gimmicks at all. I mean J…