Well, on paper these two are almost perfectly matched for each other: one of joshi's nastiest individuals against one of its most sympathetic underdogs. There's actually some fine counter-wrestling on display for most of this, before Kansai asserts herself with her sick kicks. From there this is an extended squash with a few timely hope spots from Hasegawa. I had trouble with this because the Youtube video was off circa-1978 equipment and woefully out of sync, so maybe this would be better on rewatch. As it is, not really essential viewing by either woman's standard, but a good Champions Carnival-style match.

This wasn't able to recreate the magic of the Hasegawa vs Yamada match from earlier in the month. It was good stuff nonetheless. Both participants delivered some hard kicks to the head. Solid enough for the opening 10m before clicking into higher gear. The status gap wasn't apparent before the finish, where Kansai went over with something to spare. It felt like it was cut short a little as the upset wasn't threatened. There was potential for more.