Plum Mariko Memorial Show
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The Plum Mariko Memorial Show was an annual professional wrestling
event held between 1997 and 1998 in memory of Plum Mariko
featuring representatives from joshi promotions
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
, J'd, JWP Project, Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling and NEO as well as puroresu promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling
, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
, IWA Japan and Yoshiaki Yatsu
's Super Pro Wrestling Federation. The first show was held in Tokyo, Japan at the Ota Ward Gym on October 30, 1997, and was attended by 2,500 fans. The main event featured Cutie Suzuki & Dynamite Kansai
defeating Mayumi Ozaki
in a "handicap" match
. On the undercard, AJW's Kaoru Ito & Nanae Takahashi
defeated Kumiko Maekawa & Momoe Nakanishi and FMW's Crusher Maedomari defeated Kaoru Nakayama.
A second show was held the following year at the Ota Ward Gym on August 13, 1998, with 2,703 in attendance. Mayumi Ozaki
& Devil Masami
defeated Cutie Suzuki & Dynamite Kansai
in the main event and, on the undercard, Manami Toyota
& Kumiko Maekawa defeated Nanae Takahashi
& Momoe Nakanishi and AJW's Hikari Fukuoka, Kanako Motoya & Harumi Yagi defeated Rieko Amano, Tomoko Kuzumi & Tomoko Miyaguchi.
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 between 1997 and 1998 in memory of Plum Mariko
Plum Mariko
Plum Mariko was a Japanese female professional wrestler who wrestled for Japanese Women's Pro Wrestling from 1986 to 1992 and then, JWP from 1992 until her death in 1997...
featuring 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...
, J'd, JWP Project, Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling and NEO as well as puroresu promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.-History:...
, 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...
, IWA Japan and Yoshiaki Yatsu
Yoshiaki Yatsu
Yoshiaki Yatsu is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist.-1976 Summer Olympics:...
's Super Pro Wrestling Federation. The first show was held in Tokyo, Japan at the Ota Ward Gym on October 30, 1997, and was attended by 2,500 fans. The main event featured Cutie Suzuki & 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...
defeating Mayumi Ozaki
Mayumi Ozaki
is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a tag match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a...
in a "handicap" match
Handicapping
Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which the advantage is calculated...
. On the undercard, AJW's Kaoru Ito & Nanae Takahashi
Nanae Takahashi
Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...
defeated Kumiko Maekawa & Momoe Nakanishi and FMW's Crusher Maedomari defeated Kaoru Nakayama.
A second show was held the following year at the Ota Ward Gym on August 13, 1998, with 2,703 in attendance. Mayumi Ozaki
Mayumi Ozaki
is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a tag match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a...
& Devil Masami
Devil Masami
Masami Yoshida is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, GAEA Japan and Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project under the name Devil Masami...
defeated Cutie Suzuki & 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...
in the main event and, on the undercard, 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...
& Kumiko Maekawa defeated Nanae Takahashi
Nanae Takahashi
Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...
& Momoe Nakanishi and AJW's Hikari Fukuoka, Kanako Motoya & Harumi Yagi defeated Rieko Amano, Tomoko Kuzumi & Tomoko Miyaguchi.
First Annual Plum Mariko Memorial Show
October 30, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan (Ota Ward Gym)# | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Devil Masami Devil Masami Masami Yoshida is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, GAEA Japan and Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project under the name Devil Masami... , Tomoko Miyaguchi, Sari Osami & Commando Boirshoi defeated Hikari Fukuoka, Tomoko Kozumi, Kanako Motoya & Rieko Amano |
8-woman match (JWP) | n/a |
2 | 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... defeated Esther Moreno |
Singles match | n/a |
3 | Aya Koyama defeated Nana Fujimura | Singles match (Big Japan) | n/a |
4 | Chiharu Chiharu is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used by men.-Possible writings:Chiharu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:*千春, "thousand, spring"*千晴, "thousand, sunny weather"... defeated Misa Okada |
Singles match (SPWF) | n/a |
5 | Chikako Shiratori & Yuki Lee defeated Yoko Kosugi & Miyuki Sogabe | Tag team match (J'd) | n/a |
6 | Emi Motokawa defeated Sachie Nishibori | Singles match (IWA Japan) | n/a |
7 | Harley Saito defeated Eagle Sawai | Singles match (LLPW) | n/a |
8 | Crusher Maedomari defeated Kaoru Nakayama | Singles match (FMW) | n/a |
9 | Kaoru Ito & Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships... defeated Kumiko Maekawa & Momoe Nakanishi |
Tag team match (AJW) | n/a |
10 | Cutie Suzuki & 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 Mayumi Ozaki Mayumi Ozaki is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a tag match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a... in a handicap match |
Tag team match (JWP) | n/a |
Second Annual Plum Mariko Memorial Show
August 13, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan (Ota Ward Gym)# | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Sachie Nishibori (IWA) & Erika Watanabe (JWP) defeated Team JWP (Tomiko Sai & Kayoko Haruyama) when Watanabe pinned Sai | Tag team match (IWA/JWP) | 18:03 |
2 | Yoshiko Tamura & Tanny Mouse defeated Saya Endo & Misae Genki when Tamura forced Endo to submit | Singles match (Neo) | 14:27 |
3 | Ryuji Yamakawa & Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma is a freelance Japanese professional wrestler, currently touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Career:Honma trained in the Big Japan dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997... defeated Gennosuke Kobayashi & Tomokazu Fueda when Yamakawa forced Fueda to submit |
Tag team match (Big Japan) | 11:49 |
4 | Sumie Sakai Sumie Sakai born November 11, 1971) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She currently resides in the United States, appearing with professional wrestling promotions in the northeastern United States such as Women's Extreme Wrestling and Chikara.... & Megumi Yabushita defeated Echicera & Bloody when Yabushita pinned Echicera |
Tag team match (J'd) | 10:14 |
5 | 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... & Kumiko Maekawa defeated Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships... & Momoe Nakanishi when Maekawa pinned Nakanishi |
Tag team match (AJW) | 14:40 |
6 | Hikari Fukuoka, Kanako Motoya & Harumi Yagi defeated Rieko Amano, Tomoko Kuzumi & Tomoko Miyaguchi when Motoya pinned Mayaguchi | Singles match (JWP) | 18:15 |
7 | Mayumi Ozaki Mayumi Ozaki is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a tag match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Ozaki debuted in a... & Devil Masami Devil Masami Masami Yoshida is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, GAEA Japan and Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project under the name Devil Masami... defeated Cutie Suzuki & 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... when Ozaki pinned Suzuki |
Singles match (JWP) | 16:10 |