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Shinobu Kandori/Mizuki Endo vs. Yumiko Hotta/Kumiko Maekawa LLPW 8/15/97 - EPIC

PAS: I reviewed a great AJW tag between these two teams a week later, but this was at another level. Match starts out great with Endo going for a shoot and takedown on Hotta, unfortunately for her Hotta walks over after and gives her dental surgery with a kick to the face. Maekawa is great in this too, she lands these awesome hook kicks right to the head and face. Kandori and Hotta is an all time great rivalry and they have some cool interactions here. I loved the finish, Hotta comes in to make multiple violent saves, Kandori angrily gestures her to leave the ring and as Hotta turns her back Kandori back jumps her and chokes her out. We get a great run of near falls which ends with Kandori nearly ripping off Maekawas arm while she was waving and smirking at Hotta. Total asskicking and another chapter in the amazing Hotta vs. Kandori feud

ER: Really fun hate-filled tag, looked vaguely unprofessional and was nice and messy-in-a-good-way. Endo was a good Energizer bunny, getting her mouth bloodied early as a tough scrap with Hotta ends with Hotta kicking her in the mouth and targeting her for the match. I can't handle some of these boston crabs in joshi; Hotta looks like she's trying to make Endo feel heat whenever she twists for the rest of her life. It didn't scare Endo but I like how she was presented as Kandori's weak link. Hotta vs. Kandori felt like a crazy anime battle, both very expressive with body language and both come across as total badasses. Maekawa shows good energy and while everything throws out doesn't always land flush, her spirited delivery makes it work. Hotta was such a fun bully here, doing dickhead things like yanking Endo around by her top knot, and I loved all the various choke exchanges we got, everybody showing off their own personal method for choking out a human. Kandori's match ending armbar was great, mocking Hotta the whole time but then looking genuinely excited that she won. Loved all of this.

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE KANDORI

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Kandori Mapped out Your Lie and You Aren't Good For Her

Shinobu Kandori vs. Desiree Peterson LPWA 2/23/92 - FUN

PAS: LPWA was a Joe Pedicino run GLOW competitor which ran the same Vegas casino which had dying day AWA tapings. They had some deal with LLPW and brought in Kandori to work ex WWF Womens tag champion Peterson. Kandori had some really nice moments in what was a short TV match. Opened with a pretty stiff dropkick, put on a nasty abdominal stretch and ended with a Tiger Driver. Peterson looked pretty bad though, she looked like a low end hair whip and stomach kick 80s WWF women's wrestler, I imagine this would have been better with Velvet McIntyre or Rockin Robin. Still not a lot of chance to watch Jim Cornette call a Kandori match.

Shinobu Kandori/Mizuki Endo vs. Yumiko Hotta/Kumiko Maekawa AJW 8/22/97 - GREAT

PAS: This is a classic Puro tag set up, with a veteran teaming with young boy (or girl in this case). The structure is pretty classic, the veteran will beat the shit out of the younger wrestler while taunting their rival. We start with the Kandori and Endo team nastily working over the knee of Maekawa. I hadn't seen Endo before, but she was pretty good, she had this great half lariat/half STO, and is willing to get kicked hard in the head by Hotta and Maekawa. Maekawa has this harrowing thrust kick and she looks like she loosened some teeth on both Kandori and Endo. Kandori is at her mugging, smirking best, at one point she drops Maekawa with a palm thrust and does this little palm thrust dance which was super dickish. Your big star showdown section was pretty awesome, Hotta hits Kandori with a couple of low kicks and Kandori taunts her to take off her kick pads, both ladies go to the corner and remove their boots and kick pads and get into some MMA style sprawling which looked awesome. Finish was great with Hotta just wheel kicking Endo unconscious and getting right in Kandori's face to stare her down. Two matches in, this feels like an all time great rivalry.

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