IWA & All Pacific Championship unification match: Manami Toyota (IWA champion) vs Kyoko Inoue (All Pacific champion) 8/24/94
This was an amazing match in terms of spots and workrate. It was very close to five stars but there were three or four botched spots by Toyota that held the match back a bit. Kyoko was at the top of her game here. Kyoko attacked Toyota at the start and hit a cool dropkick off the ropes. Toyota botched a spot and Kyoko gave her a giant swing. Kyoko then dominated Toyota for a few minutes until Toyota dropkicked her four times. Toyota dominated the match briefly until Kyoko dove off the second rope with an elbow. Kyoko used a couple submission holds but Toyota surprised her with a rolling cradle for a near fall. Kyoko gave Toyota a great released German suplex off the second rope. Kyoko gave Toyota a pair of lariats for a near fall. She then hit a diving elbow off the top for another near fall. Toyota used her Toyota roll for a near fall. Toyota dropkicked Kyoko out of the ring and gave her a springboard plancha. Toyota gained a near fall on Kyoko with a German suplex. Kyoko hit a great headscissors move off the ropes for a near fall. Toyota gave Kyoko her top rope missile dropkick to the floor. Toyota hit a stiff looking top rope missile dropkick in the ring and hit a second one for a near fall. Toyota missed a moonsault and Kyoko gave her a powerslam off the top rope for a heated near fall. Kyoko then applied her version of the camel clutch. Kyoko went for a Niagara driver but Toyota surprised her and scored a great near fall. Toyota scored near falls with a dragon suplex, a moonsault and her ocean cyclone suplex. Kyoko belly to belly superplexed Toyota for a dramatic near fall and gained another near fall with her Niagara driver. Toyota gave Kyoko an inverted ocean cyclone suplex. Toyota then gave Kyoko a springboard top rope sunset flip and pinned her at 23:28 to unify the titles. Great match with super heat in spite of the botched spots by Toyota. Kyoko was slightly better here because she sold better and did not botch any spots. ****3/4