wrestlingscout's video: Japanese Women s Pro-Wrestling - The Birth -

For an alternate cut - https://youtu.be/iry070gR-tw The Matsunagas ran a family business and many of their early stars were family members. The operation built from small shows to a full fledged pro-wrestling company in 1968. They secured a deal with Fuji TV shortly thereafter. They had a solid core of native talent and brought in a variety of foreigners. They had strict policies (no men, no alcohol and no smoking) and a retirement age requirement that prematurely ended the successful runs of several top stars. In the mid-1970s, Mach Fumiake rose up as an “idol” type of star. She was quickly followed by the “Beauty Pair” (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda) who became mainstream celebrities. All Japan Women enjoyed their first boom period with young girls clamoring to see the Beauty Pair and the other young stars face off with a variety of foreign heels like Monster Ripper, the Fabulous Moolah and her stable of girls and even the Black Pair. Jackie Sato retired in 1979, marking the end of that era. Mimi Hagiwara Victory Rolls Rimi Yokota; More Beauty Pair; Maki Ueda Sunset Flips Jumbo Miyamoto; Queen Angels (Lucy Koyama & Tomi Aoyama) dancing; Chino Sato dropkicks Mariko Akagi; Lucy Kayama gutwrenches Rimi Yokota; Mach Fumiake wins with a Rito Romero Special; Jackie Sato; Monster Ripper presses Rimi Yokota; Lucy Kayama tosses Maki Ueda into the front row; Chino kicks Mariko; Jackie sings; Jackie suplexes Monster Ripper; Mach Fumiake wins; Maki slingshots Lucy; Golden Pair (Nancy Kumi & Victoria Fujimi) dancing; Early AJW training sessions; Rimi Yokota, Lucy Kayama, Mimi Hagiwara; Tomi Aoyama’s giant swing to Mami ; Cheryl Day gets a facefirst suplex from Victoria Fujimi; Black Pair lays out opponents; Monster Ripper; Mami Kumano steps on Jackie’s hand; Monkey Flip; Victoria Fujimi’s suicide dive countered by Monster Ripper; Jackie’s trademark move against Vicki Williams; Maki’s Rito Romero Special; Beauty Pair; Maki singing; Yumi Ikeshita uses a chair on Seiko & Rimi Yokota as Judy Martin hold them; Lucy with a version of the Tiger Driver on Winnie Berkley (Winona Little Feather); Rimi and Monster Ripper; Temjin Masami caught in Tomi Aoyama’s Airplane Spin; Yukiko Tomoe with a body scissors; Nancy Kumi batters the Fabulous Moolah with a chair; Jackie dropkicks the ref; Nancy KOs the ref; Jumbo Miyamoto & Maki Ueda Kyo Aiko; Yukiko Tomoe; Early 70s AJW stars; Moolah & Judy Martin save Leilani Kai from Nancy; Jackie tosses Monster Ripper; Beauty Pair; Beauty Pair’s double dropkick; Jackie suplexes Maki for the win;