January 31, 201312 yr Author comment_5531993 I was hoping to get into this more, but Combat Toyoda is really too much of a poor man's version of Aja Kong. I like Kudo and I usually appreciate the way she paces matches, but I'm not crazy about her in this match either. The '96 death match is such an epic that I thought an earlier match between them might be a hidden gem. Not so much.
March 4, 201312 yr comment_5537736 There wasn't much to this. Hard to get into Combat as a monster in the face of seeing work from Bull Nakano and Aja Kong and when all I can think of when seeing her is "Butch Japanese Cyndi Lauper." She's not terrible but there's no charisma or panache to her performance at all--it's all "this is where I scream, this is where I use a chain, this is where I hold my throat in pain" as though she's working off of crib notes. Kudo provides a few near falls and this is bland and inoffensive but not really an auspicious Yearbook debut for either woman.
March 21, 201312 yr comment_5539598 Not horrible or anything but nothing special about it. At least it wasn’t too long. Combat has tough task trying to be similar to Bull and Aja.
May 8, 201312 yr comment_5544237 Agreed that Combat-o was like a poor man's Kong-kerr at this stage. Kudo was more impressive and developing nicely into her underdog role. She made it a reasonable enough, though heavily flawed contest.
May 18, 201312 yr comment_5544926 Not a whole lot to this at all. The match never really had any flow and then just ended in fairly abrupt fashion.
April 24, 201510 yr comment_5665799 I think those before me have said it all, really. I will admit that I was surprised Megumi got as much offense as she did. It might have behooved Combat for this one to be more of a squash which would really get her over as a monster. Apparently, there's more to come from these two based on the postmatch. Hopefully, the matches will get better the more they work together.
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