Big Egg Wrestling Universe
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The Big Egg Wrestling Universe was an professional wrestling
event held at Tokyo Dome
in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 1994 and attended by 32,500 fans. However, some sources claim the event was attended by over 42,000 fans. The event generated approximately $4 million in revenue from ticket sales, as well as $1.6 million in merchandise sales.
The event featured representatives from joshi promotions
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
(AJW), GAEA Japan
, Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP), and Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling (LLPW), as well as puroresu promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
(which had a large women's division at the time). In addition to female wrestlers, the event also featured matches with male wrestlers, midget wrestlers, female amateur wrestling
, female kickboxing
, and female shootboxing.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
event held at Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...
in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 1994 and attended by 32,500 fans. However, some sources claim the event was attended by over 42,000 fans. The event generated approximately $4 million in revenue from ticket sales, as well as $1.6 million in merchandise sales.
The event featured representatives from joshi promotions
Joshi
Joshi is a family name common in India and Nepal. Whereas the Joshi's of India are of Brahmin origin, the Joshi's of Nepal are either Newars or Khas-Brahmin...
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
, nicknamed Zenjo was a joshi puroresu promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year...
(AJW), GAEA Japan
GAEA Japan
Gaea Japan was a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. Gaea Japan (trademarked as GAEA Japan) was a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. Gaea Japan (trademarked as GAEA Japan) was a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. (Japanese female professional...
, Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP), and Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling (LLPW), as well as puroresu promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989 by Atsushi Onita that specialized in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their first show on October 6, 1989...
(which had a large women's division at the time). In addition to female wrestlers, the event also featured matches with male wrestlers, midget wrestlers, female amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
, female kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
, and female shootboxing.
Production
The event, which lasted ten hours, was promoted as the biggest card in the history of women's wrestling. It featured 23 matches of various styles. The opening ceremony of the event featured a 60-piece band that accompanied a parade of wrestlers that each carried a flag representing a different wrestling promotion. The main event matches featured elaborate entrances from the female performers. Approximately $1.1 million was spent on the special effects used throughout the event.Results
# | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Chaparita Asari and Bomber Hikari defeated Yumi Sugo and Hiroumi Yagi | Tag team match (GAEA vs. JWP). | 6:53 |
2 | Great Little Muta and Buta Genjin defeated Tsunokake X | Midget handicapped match | 4:44 |
3 | Candy Okutsu Candy Okutsu , , is a Japanese former professional wrestler, perhaps best known for her brief stint as Tiger Dream, the female version of Tiger Mask.-Career:... defeated Rie Tamada |
Singles match for AJW Junior Championship AJW Junior Championship The AJW Junior Championship was a secondary singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title started in 1980 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.-Title history:... |
8:52 |
4 | Suzuka Minami defeated Kaoru | Singles match (GAEA) | 9:35 |
5 | Kumiko Maekawa defeated Sugar Miyuki via judge's decision | Kickboxing match | 10:00 (5 rounds) |
6 | Doris Blinal defeated Kyoko Hamaguchi via points | Amateur wrestling match | 4:00 |
7 | Miyu Yamamoto defeated Ana Gomez via points | Amateur wrestling match | 4:00 |
8 | Fumiko Ishimoto defeated Kaoru Ito | Shootboxing match | 15:00 (5 rounds) |
9 | Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego... defeated Reggie Bennett Reggie Bennett Reggie Bennett is an American former professional wrestler. She is best known for her work in joshi puroresu organizations such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:... |
Singles match (GAEA) | 8:39 |
10 | Shinobu Kandori Shinobu Kandori is a retired Japanese wrestler and now politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet... and Mikiko Futagami defeated Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with... and Tomoko Watanabe |
Tag team match (LLPW) | 11:30 |
11 | Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda defeated Yasha Kurenai and Michiko Nagashima | Tag team match for UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship The UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Universal Wrestling Association from 1992 to 1995, then revived in 2001. It was the primary female wrestling tag team title in the promotion and was defended in both Mexico and Japan.-Title... |
15:36 |
12 | Lioness Asuka Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:... and Yumi Ogura drew Jaguar Yokota Jaguar Yokota is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of... and Bison Kimura |
Tag team match | 10:00 |
13 | Blizzard Yuki defeated Mariko Yoshida Mariko Yoshida , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her work with the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.-Professional wrestling career:... |
Singles match | 12:03 |
14 | Combat Toyoda Combat Toyoda , better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling most of her career.-All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling :... defeated Yumiko Hotta |
V*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match | 16:55 |
15 | Akira Hokuto defeated Eagle Sawai | V*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match | 11:08 |
16 | Aja Kong defeated Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO... |
V*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match | 17:19 |
17 | Dynamite Kansai Dynamite Kansai Dynamite Kansai is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Chieko Suzuki was born on December 4, 1969, and was raised in Kyoto, Japan. In 1986 she auditioned for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , but was unsuccessful, and instead joined the first rookie class of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling... defeated Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan... |
V*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match | 17:39 |
18 | Megumi Kido and Akira Fukuoka defeated Cutie Suzuki and Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling... |
Tag team match (FMW vs. JWP) | 14:04 |
19 | Great Sasuke, Sato, and Shiryu defeated Super Delphin, Gran Naniwa Gran Naniwa was a Japanese professional wrestler. Naniwa was known for his comedic gimmick, in which he performed mannerisms of crabs. This was also reflected upon in the design of his wrestling mask.-Career:... , and Ginsei Shinzaki |
Six-man tag team match | 21:45 |
20 | Akira Hokuto defeated Combat Toyoda | V*TOP Five Star Tournament semi-final round match | 5:48 |
21 | Aja Kong defeated Dynamite Kansai | V*TOP Five Star Tournament semi-final round match | 12:24 |
22 | Bull Nakano Bull Nakano Keiko Nakano , better known as Bull Nakano, is a professional golfer and former professional wrestler. She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano. As a wrestler she was a villain, who often teamed with her mentor Dump Matsumoto... defeated Alundra Blayze Debra Miceli Debrah Ann Miceli is a Monster truck driver and former professional wrestler. She is best known under her ring names Madusa or Alundra Blayze. Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she held the AWA World Women's Championship one time... |
Singles match for WWF Women's Championship WWE Women's Championship The WWE Women's Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment promotion. Created in 1956, it was the oldest active professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment history until its retirement in 2010 as a result from a unification... |
9:27 |
23 | Akira Hokuto defeated Aja Kong | V*TOP Five Star Tournament final round match | 20:24 |