THE AJW DREAM SLAM - Greatest Wrestling Card of All Time?
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- On the 2nd April 1993, AJW brought their rival promotions, JWP and LLPW, together for the Dream Slam -- a five-hour interpromotional card with the best of joshi puroresu going at it. The end result was for a long time the only card ever with two seperate 5-star matches, and is on the short list of the all-time great wrestling shows.
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1980s and 1990s joshi is so ridiculously underrated, it's mind-blowing. These ladies were willing to give it their all.
Love these deep dives as always in the history of Puro. Hopefully we get to see one about Jumbo and the 80s of puro soon.
Jumbo vs Tenryu
@@mymoviesbetter8466I would watch the walking the kings road series on here the first couple episodes talk about that
Another Piece of Psychology I like to point out for the Kandori and Hokuto match
At the end, after Akira hits her Northern Lights Bomb and Kandori reacts with her own.
She goes for the Pin.
After constantly sniping for submissions throughout the entire fight.
She has given up the ghost of attempting to SHOOT with Akira and instead attempted to fight wrestling with wrestling.
A Fight that clearly failed at the end.
Hokuto vs Kandori is the first joshi match i ever saw many years after the fact. it still blows my mind that this match happened in 1993. I never had any idea of the background of both women being from rival promotions or the backstory of the two individuals leading into the match. thank you for the retrospective on this match, as well as the whole show
I had a female calico cat I named Arsion after the promotions name . But nobody "got It " so her name became Arson eventually . A stupid fact nobody will care to hear , but since you brought the name up it reminded me of her . RIP my sweet Arsion/Arson .
Yall can laugh all you want too ! But she was the lovingest , sweetest , friendly and playful cat you could ever know ! I miss my friend .
Oooh rare name. Sorry for your lost
Another fantastic Video Kim. Would love a Michinoku Pro deep dive. Thanks a bunch, good shit once again!
I would love to see this too
This was an awesome video and a recap of one of the most stacked joshi cards of all time, I'd also love to see a video about the Super J Cup that got a mention at the start of the video.
Super j cup 94 and 95 with chris Jericho vs chris Benoit.
I'm astounded by the agility and athleticism the women wrestlers brought to the discipline. I'm much more used to seeing hulking older men in this field, extremely entertaining of course, but when seen alongside the Joshi ladies leaping about like circus performers it's hard to look past how much they just flab about and get winded for their efforts. And it's so infuriating that they were pressured into retiring early, seems like the men were afraid of the stiff competition ;p
Jesus Christ, the top of Hokuto's head actually hit the table. I wonder if that led to a concussion. The Dangerous Queen was one of the toughest wrestlers of all time.
Interestingly the future re-airing of this show as part of the AJW Classics series, swapped the match order.
Hokuto/Kandori aired last instead with the tag main event airing before.
Hokuto/Kandori was the main draw of this show really. The tag match went on last because FMW insisted that they be in the main event as they were the larger promotion, but it was definitely not the most anticipated match on the card.
I was on a message board yesterday talking about this particular show. I sent a video of the AA/Crush girls feud from this channel.
Please, do a Super J Cup 94 Review
I'd love to see it, but New Japan is very tough on any of their content on RUclips.
Great video!
I was lucky enough to watch Jaguar Yokota and Inoue Kyoko in action last autumn at a Zero1/WWWD house show in Kumamoto, that also had a live interview with Bull Nakano as part of fundraising for Otani after his surgery. A great show, every other match Zero1 and every other match WWWD.
The main event was a WWWD trios match: Inoue Kyoko, Hashimoto Chihiro and Deborah K vs. Jaguar Yokota, Sato Ayako and Asuka, that spilled from the ring into the crowd and had plenty of foreign objects. Great stuff.
12:27 I need to know more on the story of the “Blues Sisters”, that tag team look dope
The shoe throw is almost as good as the match itself.
Holy shit!!!!! 😮
Okay, that Tombstone during the segment about Jaguar...christ, like planting a pole in the ground 😬
Amazing documentary, thanks so much for shining much needed light on more Joshi!
I think that one of the reasons why I fell in love with Toyota Manami when I watched a French documentary about AJW from 1991 they made Toyota Manami feel like a underdog in the documentary compared to the power houses of both AjA Kong and Bull Nakano that is the power of a great documentary.
That ring has absolutely ZERO give or bounce to it ! How those women did it at such a high level is mind blowing . I don't care how much you condition your body to take those bumps ! These women are extraordinary . They were so revolutionary as well . They were doing insane moves and doing everything picture perfect . They were doing powerbombs and such before guys were in the 80s . Phenomenal talent . I cant praise 80s and 90s Joshi enough . That is why I balked at WWF/E and WCW womens divisions . At least WCW brought in some great Joshi talent though ! And in the WWF you saw The Jumping Bomb Angels a tad bit I guess . But it was nothing like what was going on in Japan !
Great video as always. Would love to see one on the various iterations of the UWF/UWFi, lot's of history there and had a tremendous influence on how wrestling was booked in Japan.
THE NJPW X UWFi feud and how it spawned the nWo
21:10 Wow I never know she actually wrestled I only ever knew her from her stent in WWE were she dated kane & X pac
She wrestled in GLOW.
The birth of "X-Pac Heat".
It still amazes me how many RUclips channels that talk about wrestling ((usually based out of the UK hosted by people in their late 20's/early 30's)) don't understand or get or pay attention enough to notice that, seriously, the only reason X-Pac became so hated in the business by the fans had nothing to do with his skills, his abilities, his matches, his promos, or anything like that:
It was simply because he stole Tori from Kane.
It was because of Kayfabe.
It made people believe so much, that they STILL hold it against X-Pac without even really remembering why.
Wiki is ur friend
i didnt even know any of this existed thanks kim
Wake the fuck up Samurai. New Kim Justice dropped
A Five Hour PPV?
Ain't no way they'll do something even longer.
*Stares Horrifically at the Big Egg Universe Show*
Aint...
No....
Way....
and it was the beginning of the downtrend of Zenjo. they had a ton of bad press for running that 11 hour show as the trains had long stopped running by the time it was over causing a lot of stranded fans at the Tokyo Dome. by the next year, Zenjo was bleeding money.
@@ushirebornPrecisely why I brought it up
2:30 I thought NXT TakeOver: New Orleans in 2018 did the two separate matches getting 5 stars by Meltzer hoopla first before Wrestle Kingdom 14. I could be hearing this wrong.
I thought the same thing too, so I double checked. And yes, the opening ladder match and the main event were both rated 5 stars by Meltzer.
Beat me to it.
I’m in my first year of puroresu thank you for pointing this show out for me. I found a link to the whole show and I’m gonna check it out after the kids go to bed!
I subscribed yesterday, wrestling in Japan has always been of interest to me but I had no idea how to get started. Your videos have really helped me out.
I started watching the 1993 Dream Slam yesterday, it's been awesome far. I've also been watching a lot of WAR lately. WAR ia rodiculously underrated as was AJW.
Wake up, babe! Another Kim Justice puro video dropped!
Can we get a separate video for Manami Toyota? She's my favorite wrestler and definitely one of the greatests of all time.
best puro channel! :D
I have to look more into 70's and 80's Joshi mostly early 80's.
Can’t wait for the one on takeshi morishima
I love Joshi, and I'm glad so many women got to live out their dreams, but I'm not gonna lie, hearing behind the scenes stories about these women make me pretty sad.
Discovered your channel 2 weeks ago, watched all your videos and i couldn't wait for you to realese the next one, couldn't be happier that you dropped one today !
I’ve seen all from 1980-Now Dream Slam 1993 good times
My God ! How have I not seen the full match between Hokuto and Kandori yet ? I guess I just passed by it somehow . All these years later of being a Puro fan this escaped me ! I didnt realize . Thanks for pointing me to this Kim ! I remember seeing clips of this show and hearing reviews , but I guess it slipped my attention and forgot about it after a while . Damn . I messed up ! Ive GOT to find it now .
Thank you for your incredible worl. You have been the best youtube discovery ive had in years. Just a little correction. The first match since dream slam to have 2 5 star rated matches on the same card was nxt takeover ne orleans
What a man I thank you so muc❤❤
Damn two videos back to back
First watched this on tape ...from Rob Butcher....must have had 150 tapes at one point...25 years ago...great vid and insight as always👍👍
Thanks for the video!
Can you please do a video on Brody's murder? I have always wondered what actually happened there, especially considering that the testimonies of various witnesses differed a great deal. Would love to see a video where you compare their testimonies and see where it matches where it doesn't as well as try to figure out the real reason for the murder (and of course discuss the effects of the murder on the territory). I believe that will be a really interesting video. Thanks.
Always good to see proper credit to Takako- way too often I read a lot of "it's not as great when Takako's in" with regards to '90s matches, but her character work is as good as any main eventer's and her moves are really good, too. And she doesn't blow moves, either.
I played the AJW on ps1.
You know a show is good when Uncle Dave had 2 matches on the card with 5* and it's earlier than the 2010s. After that it was seemingly enough when the participating workers were able to breath to get close to 5* already.
Can't remember how often I watched the show in total, but I would assume it's one of the shows I have seen the most, despite the 5 hour running time. In short: it is what All Together should have been, multiple promotions come together and have a stacked show that everybody loves.
I know its not possible but i wouldn't mind seeing Joshi get to at least halfway to the level it was during this ERA.
And i am talking. Halfway, not because i know can't expect anything above even that.
No disrespect to Stardom because they are pretty good i watch and keep up with them along with some other Joshi on the scene.
At least Stardom finally drew 5k fans to a show and is bringing outside attention to modern joshi. It's been a really long time coming.
Im curious if you have one, or planning one on Onita and FMW....its not QUITE the Puro thats usually covered but Onita has his place in its and japaneese pro wresting history
Everybody knows and praises this card, obviously with very good reason. However, AJW Wrestling Queendom 1995, a card that far less are familiar with, is, in my opinion, the single greatest wrestling show of all time.
Couldn’t see the hips but I can already tell that Saito has the best hip swivel in the biz
Ah yes my queen Toyota Manami
All Out 2023 also two 5* matches, now.
Thanks for the excellent content, Kim!
I just found your channel and have been binging your content. Love it bro, keep it up!!
When sexist BS not only is a human rights issue but also directly murders a company that should still be around.
Also it’s always really bugged me how people constantly talk about the influence of 90’s All Japan and NJPW juniors on modern wrestling while leaving out Michinoku Pro, Toryumon, and AJW.
Kudo/Combat btw was my introduction into Joshi from FMW commercial released VHS tapes. I went on to cover Arsion results and other Joshi companies on my own site and freelance submissions. Still a big Joshi fan today spoiled by Stardom, TJPW, and Iceribbon.
Love your content, thank you so much for this one ! Keep ‘em coming!!
Hokuto vs Kandori never gets old a match ahead of it's time.5 stars isn't nearly enough.
Please more AJW content 🙏🏻
WOULD LOVE TO SEE A MANAMI TOYOTA VID BRO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
My god, Bull looks incredible in that press footage with normal hair
Right? I was blown away that she was legit pretty. So opposite from her wrestling look xD Mean and badass looking
Bull was always stunningly beautiful. She did all she could to uglify herself with the scary makeup and the hair, but she never quite managed it.
I'm afraid I can't be so relativistic and sanguine about how badly the AJW treated its talent. If it is sexist, creepy, perverse and petty now, it was sexist, creepy, perverse and petty then, not least because all the middle aged men who were making most of the money certainly didn't have a retirement date, or an expectation to go forth and multiply.
So, perhaps, it is only fitting that AJW ended up creating its competition by binning so much talent which, as the documentary shows, had decades left to give. That talent went on to find success elsewhere, and is the reason we're having this discussion, and joshi wrestling is going worldwide, rather than being yet another example of Japan being self-defeatingly weird and parochial.
After nearly karking it in 1997, the AJW finally went the way of all flesh in 2005. Joshi was too big for its chastity belt to handle.
This show was a lot of fun. Dream Slam 2 wasn't as good, all things considered, but Hokuto, Nakano, Aja Kong, Kandori, Plum Mariko, and Manami Toyota, etc are always a must-watch.
Shinobu Kandori, I would say she's a female version of Minoru Suzuki
This show alone inspired half of todays’ women’s wrestlers
Id love to see a retrospective on hayabusa
I love the soviet union aproved haircuts those ladies where sporting
Love the vids
Does anyone have an ID on Hasegawa's opponent around the 20 minute mark?
Beautiful
Regarding Combat Toyoda, I may be wrong, but I thought she came out of retirement and wrestled some shows for Onita under his Onita Pro promotion.
We’ll done. Love the history
Let me know if I'm insane but I actually enjoyed the Kong Nakano Saito Sawai match a lot more than the Suzuki Ozaki Inoues match
Thanks this is a very good video.
omg omg omg im so excited
599 Kennedi Radial
9479 Thad Orchard
Didn't NXT New Orleans have two five star matches as well
Some of them were in FMW
& jwp & JD & llwa..
Just over 5 hours long ?
Sounds like an AEW PPV
None of their ppv have been over 5 hours
Definitely feels like it lately
Fumi Saito was on commentary for the AJW event at that time
Thank For The Story Video Recap 📖🙊🤯😃😍👍🤩👌💐🌟🥇🏆
So no one saw WWE’s Tori?! I didn’t know she was in this card
Terri power. She was from pnw & lpwa.
Almost every match on the Dream Slam cards was better than anything Kenny Omega has ever done, which speaks volumes about how Meltzer has destroyed his own credibility.
Or how your credibility is zero. I love dreamslam but discrediting Omega like that is just a sign of a Cornette-parrot who hasn't seen any of his matches in NJPW and is just getting on the bandwagon of hating wrestlers that Meltzer Likes, because it's the cool thing to hate Dave nowadays.
Omega was arguably the best wrestler on the planet from 2017-2019, based purely of how many great matches he had.
The title of this video has got to be clickbait or just a joke
Dream Slam was definitely considered one of the best shows ever when it happened back in '93.
No, in terms of overall quality, this was one of the best wrestling cards ever. Not best in my opinion, but very high on the list.
What a waste of talent Torri Poch was in WWE.
In my humble opinion Manami Toyota the greatest of all time irrespective of gender her Talent ring work on the ability to carry a match was absolutely insane quintessential champion in my view. If HBK was a woman, she's him.