Sept. 7, 2012 - Athena Pro

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Athena Pro - Sept. 7
1. World Title match fallout
2. LuFisto & Martini Ip vs Apple Miyuki & Yuhi
3. Sakura Candle vs Ayumi Kurihara
4. Tomoka Nakagawa vs Kaori Yoneyama
5. Chii Tomiya & Lisa Cheng vs Shirai Sisters
6. #1 JPP Singles Title Contender
Arisa Nakajima vs Cherry

The show starts with a video highlighting last week’s NWA Women’s World Title match. Lin Bairon and Tess LaCoyle saving Gail Kim then attacking Kana and Nattie Neidhart, only to be chased off by Makoto and Syuri, then a masked woman splashes Gail, giving Nattie the title win. When the video finishes, Gail, Lin and Tess are in the ring.

Gail Kim - I WAS ROBBED! THEY STOLE MY BELT!!! Lin has been right all along, there is a conspiracy here in JPP. They were even willing to sacrifice one of their own to make sure I wasn’t the champion. I demand that the masked assassin they sent to attack me be fined, suspended, fired and imprisoned.
Lin Bairon - We won’t have to look far for the assassin. I know who it is, I’ve seen her before, it was Ayumi Kurihara wearing a mask. You’ve been exposed Ayumi, we know it was you. You should just hang your head in shame and run back home to your family’s restaurant and start washing dishes again.
Tess LaCoyle - We could ask Commissioner Konno not to fire her if she exposes the conspiracy.
Gail Kim - And if she asks Commissioner Konno to return the belt to me.

Kana and Ayumi Kurihara walk out to the ring.

Kana - *laughing* If everything you were ranting about wasn’t so funny, I’d feel a bit sorry for you. You obviously need some psychiatric help. You all seem to have a short term memory problem. I watched the tape of Athena pro from two weeks ago and I wrote down what you said Gail. You obviously forgot, so let me remind you… “I don’t want her,” that would be me “or any of her ugly fans whining and crying that she was cheated. The match next week will be no disqualification” Now who’s the one whining and crying that she got cheated and who’s only two fans are also whining and crying?
Ayumi Kurihara - Besides having short term memory problems you also seem to have problems with your eyesight. I couldn’t have been the masked woman. If you watch the match again, you’ll see that I was checking on my friend at ringside when the masked woman made her move. Whoever she is, she looks to be quite talented.
Kana - One more thing for you fools to think about. We’ve known about your plan all along. Gail attacking Tess, Tess attacking Gail and costing her the tag titles, Gail badmouthing Tess and asking for the no rematch and the no disqualification stipulations. We knew about those from the beginning. Gail, when we found out that you’d made sure I wouldn’t win the title, we made sure you wouldn’t keep it.
Ayumi Kurihara - Before we leave you to whine and cry some more, you’re probably wondering how we found out about your plan. Why don’t you ask each other how we found out.

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Martini and Yuhi start the match. After a lockup and exchange of forearm chops, Yuhi hits Martini with kick to the thigh. Martini just smiles and motions for Yuhi to try again. Yuhi hits Martini with a few kicks but she doesn’t go down. Yuhi sets up for another kick but is flattened by a spear from Martini. Yuhi gets up and is speared by Martini again. Yuhi gets up and is speared again. Yuhi stays down, rolls over and tags in Apple. Apple enters the ring cautiously. Apple uses her experience edge to get Martini off her feet. Apple works over Martini’s legs trying to reduce her leg strength. Martini eventually tags out to LuFisto.
LuFisto and Apple trade offence for a couple minutes. When Apple has the advantage, she tags out to Yuhi. Yuhi continues the offence, wearing down LuFisto. Yuhi goes for some springboard manoeuvre but LuFisto catches her in a waist lock coming off the ropes. LuFisto takes Yuhi over with a German suplex. LuFisto locks on the Konnichiwa-Goodnite, Yuhi has no choice but to tap out.
LuFisto forced Yuhi to tap out to the Konnichiwa-Goodnite at 7:11

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Sakura Candle is already in the ring. Ayumi Kurihara is introduced and slowly walks down the aisle with a microphone.

Ayumi Kurihara - Come on Gail, Lin and Tess, I’m alone and walking slowly. This is a perfect time for you to jump me from behind. Well it would only be Lin and Tess, you don’t have the guts to do it yourself Gail. Before you come out here to jump me from behind, ask yourself where Kana is and where that masked lady is. Are you fast enough and brave enough to find out?…. I knew you weren’t…. Hey Sakura Candle, good to see you again. Let’s give these fans a great match.

Ayumi and Sakura shake hands before locking up. After several minutes of great action from two veterans, Sakura tries to get Ayumi into the Candle Twist but Ayumi counters it into an exploder suplex. Ayumi makes the cover for the three count.
Ayumi Kurihara pinned Sakura Candle with an exploder suplex at 5:45

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Tomoka Nakagawa is in the ring as Kaori Yoneyama makes her return to the ring. They shake hands as the match starts. Kaori is visibly favouring her leg. As the match goes on, Kaori is getting upset that Tomoka is obviously going easy on her. Kaori slaps Tomoka in hopes of motivating her; it worked. Tomoka quickly takes advantage of Kaori’s leg and eventually locks her in a cloverleaf.
Tomoka Nakagawa forced Kaori Yoneyama to tap out to a cloverleaf at 7:49

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Io and Mio come to the ring, wearing matching ‘Phuket, all I got was this t-shirt’ t-shirts. Chii and Lisa come to the ring. (ding, ding) Io builds on her momentum from last week and takes control of the match early, isolating Lisa. Mio continues the offence, keeping Lisa off her feet. Lisa is never able to make a tag to Chii and eventually falls prey to Io’s moonsault press.
Io Shirai pinned Lisa Cheng with a moonsault press at 6:15

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#1 Contender JPP Singles Title

Arisa and Cherry both come to the ring, proudly showing off their titles. They hand their titles to the referee and face off in the middle of the ring. (ding, ding)
These two veterans put on a great display of technical expertise, neither getting an advantage for too long. Both try for pin attempts but can’t get the pin. About 12 minutes into the match, Arisa has the advantage. Arisa sends Cherry off the ropes and sets up for the cutie special. Cherry manages to counter it into a reverse DDT. Cherry goes to the top turnbuckle and comes off with the Cherryton Bomb. Cherry makes the cover and gets the three count.
Cherry pinned Arisa Nakajima with the Cherryton Bomb at 12:24