Although the atmosphere at this show was not quite what it was at All Star Dreamslam Part One, it still had a magical aura and the fans were into the action every bit as much as they were 9 days earlier. Empresa Mundial de Lucha Libre did not send any athletes to this show, but all other groups represented on April 2 also sent wrestlers to this show.
With the exception of Chigusa Nagayo vs Bull Nakano, all matches again pitted AJW against another federation. The results were split, with AJW winning 4 and their opposition winning the other 4 matches. However, unlike All Star Dreamslam Part One in which AJW won the major matches, JWP and LLPW took home the two most important matches on the card. Again, the fan heat was amazing. Many fans were clearly biased towards AJW, but they still would cheer when an opposing federation pulled off a win. Specifically, the reaction to the finish in the main event was astounding.
The standard of excellence in work established by All Star Dreamslam Part One was continued in this event. Six of the nine matches rated at least ****, with a ***** main event that I still consider to be the best match I have ever seen.
The 5+ hour tape began by showing the wrestlers arriving at the arena as well as a unique video reel of the ring being set up. The opening ceremony took place and was identical in format to the opening ceremony of All Star Dreamslam Part One.
Match 1: Sakie Hasegawa (AJW) vs Hikari Fukuoka (JWP)
This was a rematch from the tag team opener they had 9 days earlier in
which Fukuoka' team won. This was an excellent opener. The beginning
was hot, and then the build took a more typical form. The last six
minutes wres excellent with each woman hitting most of their signature
moves. With a 20 minute time limit, the fan heat became really intense
in the final two minutes. Hasegawa won at the 18:06 mark to avenge her
defeat 9 days earlier. ****
Match 2: Tomoko Watanabe, Saemi Numata & Kaoru Itoh (AJW) vs Leo
Kitamura, Utako Hozumi & Mikiko Futagami (LLPW)
This was an interesting match. They tried many lucha style spots that
they didn't seem to be experienced in doing. They missed some moves, but
hit enough to pop the crowd. Itoh was the steadiest worker in the match,
as she was nearly perfect in her execution. The fans seemed to forgive
their miscues and were into the match. The LLPW team won when Futagami
pinned Numata in 13:03. ***
Match 3: Terri Power & Bat Yoshinaga (AJW) vs Rumi Kazama & Miki
Handa (LLPW)
This was the worst match of the show due in part to Power, who never was
that great but was again working with one good arm on this show. She was
in the ring too much, but the other three carried it to a solid match.
Fans were into Bat vs Rumi as both fight a martial arts/submission
style. The two teams traded the requisite near falls and false finishes
down the stretch before Yoshinaga pinned Handa at 14:24. **1/4
Match 4: Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (AJW) vs Combat Toyoda & Megumi
Kudo (FMW)
This was an excellent match in which the FMW team looked better than they
did 9 days earlier. Both teams fought at a fast pace for most of the
match. In addition to solid doubleteam moves and in-ring action, the two
teams often brawled around ringside. Shimoda was the best of the four
and the most athletic. Toyoda was worse than the other three, although
Mita and Shimoda carried her well. Toyoda pinned Shimoda at the 17:54
mark to win the match for her team. ****
Match 5: Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue & Yumiko Hotta (AJW) vs Cuty
Suzuki, Plum Mariko & Boirshoi Kid (JWP)
This was the second bast match on the show with tons of action.
Boirshoi's comedy was annoying, but even she could not drag this match
down. Kyoko Inoue executed another giant swing, this one being 39
revolutions. Another highlight was Hotta beating Boirshoi half to death
with her stiff kicks. All three AJW women did dives, including Hotta.
Although Kid was by far the worst of the six, she did show some lucha
skills and looked decent when wrestling. The AJW team won when Kyoko
Inoue pinned Boirshoi at 22:27. ****1/2
Match 6: Suzuka Minami (AJW) vs Harley Saito (LLPW)
Another very good match that would have been excellent if it had been a
few minutes longer. Both women are good athletes, especially Saito, and
both are underrated workers. Saito executed a tope to the outside. Both
women hit their signature moves before Minami ended the match at 13:23 by
pinning Saito. ***1/2
Match 7: Chigusa Nagayo vs Bull Nakano
This was the "superfight" between two of the promotion's all-time
legends. Chigusa had just returned from a 4 year retirement while Nakano
had been WWWA champion until 5 months earlier. This match tied with the
main event for the most fan heat as everyone reaced to everything they
did. Chigusa was not as great as she was in her prime, but she was damn
close and looked fantastic. Both women fought hard with a number of
suplexes and near falls. Chigusa even did a plancha, a move she rarely
if ever did in her prime. Bull Nakano hit her top rope legdrop at 15:08
to win the match. ****
Match 8: Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong (AJW) vs Shinobu Kandori & Eagle
Sawaii (LLPW)
This was a super-heated match that featured the most animosity between
the two sides. The feuds established nine days earlier, Hokuto vs
Kandori & Kong vs Sawaii, were forwarded and the fans ate it up.
Excellent wrestling, although the athleticism was not as breathtaking as
in other matches. This match was more storyline-oriented, although that
format worked well here as Sawaii's inferiority wasn't an issue. In the
end, Kandori was working on Hokuto's shoulder which was "injured" 9 days
earlier. At 20:49, the referee ruled that Hokuto could not continue and
awarded the match to Kandori & Sawaii. ****1/4
Match 9 (Main Event): WWWA World Tag Team Championship: Manami
Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (AJW, champions) vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi
Ozaki (JWP, challengers)
This match was fought best 2 out of 3 falls. This was an amazing match -
no play-by-play description could do these four women justice. Kansai
shocked Yamada with a splash mountain to take the first fall in 12
seconds. The crowd absolutely erupted and maintained the heat for the
rest of the match. The next two falls were beyond amazing, with all four
women hitting every spot in their arsenal and then some. In the athletic
highlight of the match, Toyota jumped to the middle of the second rope in
the ring and acted as if she was going to fly onto Kansai, but instead,
as she was on the second rope with her legs IN the ring, she flipped
backwards onto Ozaki outside of the ring! She is the only wrestler I
have ever seen attempt such a moonsault and, if she had messed up, she
would have fallen on her head and ended her career. Yamada and Kansai
had a great exchange of their kicks. Lots of fantastic near falls in the
second fall ending when Toyota pinned Kansai at 14:44 of the fall with
her ocean cyclone suplex. The third fall was even better with tons of
amazing near falls. Ozaki really shined here, getting some great near
falls with moves such as her tequila sunrise suplex. Toyota and Yamada
were able to execute their back superplex in which the opponent landed on
their stomach, but only gained a near fall. Kansai held Toyota on her
shoulders as Ozaki came off with a brutal double impact clothesline. The
move was repeated, with Toyota falling almost straight on her neck, and
Ozaki pinned Toyota in 16:08 of the third fall to win the match and titles
for her team. The celebration was great as fans chanted both Ozaki's and Kansai's names.
Kansai & Ozaki became the first non-AJW team to hold the group's tag team
championship. *****+++ - blew away the scale!