WWWA World Championship: Manami Toyota (champion) vs Kyoko Inoue (challenger) 3/31/96
This was another amazing match from these two made even more incredible by the fact that Kyoko had an injured shoulder. The pacing and psychology were also stronger than usual for these two. Toyota charged Kyoko at the bell but Kyoko gave her a giant swing. Toyota retaliated with a rolling cradle for an early near fall. Kyoko gave Toyota a great jumping elbow off the second rope and assumed the advantage from there. She dominated the next few minutes with mainly submission holds. Toyota then used a few submission holds of her own on Kyoko. Toyota gained a near fall with a second rope dropkick. Kyoko leaped to the top rope and belly-to-belly superplexed Toyota in an incredible move. Toyota missed a springboard somersault plancha and took a crazy bump. Toyota gave Kyoko a top rope missile dropkick, and gained a near fall after a pair of moonsaults. Kyoko German suplexed Toyota and powerbombed her for a near fall. Kyoko went for a powerbomb but Toyota countered with a sunset flip for a near fall. Kyoko gained another near fall with a top rope dropkick. Kyoko applied her version of the camel clutch on Toyota. Toyota knocked Kyoko over the top rope to the floor and gave her a top rope missile dropkick to the outside. Toyota did a 50 foot spring into a lariat on Kyoko. Toyota went for that move again but Kyoko suplexed her. Kyoko then did a 50 foot run and a lariat on Toyota. Toyota gained a near fall with her ocean cyclone suplex. Toyota was on the second turnbuckle but Kyoko surprised her with a great released German suplex. Kyoko gave Toyota a lariat for a great near fall and scored an even more dramatic one with a Niagara driver. Toyota gained a near fall with an ocean cyclone suplex. Finally, Toyota gave Kyoko her own Niagara driver and scored the pin at 21:31. Nice psychology in Toyota using Kyoko's own finisher in getting the win. The moves in the closing minutes meant something more often than usual. ****3/4