Holy shit was this a brutal war. It starts out as a fight and stays that way for the duration. We have seen some generic joshi fights this year but this is far from that. Ito hits a gusher and is bleeding buckets. She regains her composure and does a nutso dive from one of the Korakuen balconies with a 15 foot double stomp. Back inside the ring, the crowd is firmly with Ito on every nearfall hoping she can pick up the upset. I also appreciated the tag partners on the outside fighting each other but staying away from the match besides when Shimoda tries to spew orange mist. Ito mounts one huge comeback with a trio of double stomps and picks up the winning the Grand Prix tournament. Kind of like Necro vs Joe in that it was 10 minutes of violent, visceral action. **** (8.1)

 

 

This was another Joshi match where the girls went at each other with brute force. Ito was a mess after taking a few chair shots and a DVDVR on the outside and bled profusely. The crowd got right behind her when she started fighting back and willed her toward the yusho. I will never get tired of Ito's diving foot stomp. She nailed Mita with it over and over again until no rib was left unbroken. The dive from the balcony was particularly nasty. Ito kicks out of a couple of DVDVRs and stomps her way to bloodshed glory. Hell of a way to win the tourney.