THE AJW DREAM SLAM - Greatest Wrestling Card of All Time? 

1980s and 1990s joshi is so ridiculously underrated, it's mind-blowing. These ladies were willing to give it their all.

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

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.

Another fantastic Video Kim. Would love a Michinoku Pro deep dive. Thanks a bunch, good shit once again!

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 .

Can we get a separate video for Manami Toyota? She's my favorite wrestler and definitely one of the greatests of all time.

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.

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 !

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.

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.

The shoe throw is almost as good as the match itself.

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.

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.

i didnt even know any of this existed thanks kim

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!

Please, do a Super J Cup 94 Review

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!

Wake the fuck up Samurai. New Kim Justice dropped

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 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.

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....

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👍👍

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 !

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

Wake up, babe! Another Kim Justice puro video dropped!

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.

I’ve seen all from 1980-Now Dream Slam 1993 good times

Can’t wait for the one on takeshi morishima

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❤❤

I just found your channel and have been binging your content. Love it bro, keep it up!!

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 .

Thanks for the excellent content, Kim!

I played the AJW on ps1.

Damn two videos back to back

Love your content, thank you so much for this one ! Keep ‘em coming!!

I have to look more into 70's and 80's Joshi mostly early 80's.

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.

This show alone inspired half of todays’ women’s wrestlers

Couldn’t see the hips but I can already tell that Saito has the best hip swivel in the biz

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.

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.

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.

Ah yes my queen Toyota Manami

Id love to see a retrospective on hayabusa

Hokuto vs Kandori never gets old a match ahead of it's time.5 stars isn't nearly enough.

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.

My god, Bull looks incredible in that press footage with normal hair

Beautiful

Love the vids

Shinobu Kandori, I would say she's a female version of Minoru Suzuki

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.

I love the soviet union aproved haircuts those ladies where sporting

All Out 2023 also two 5* matches, now.

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.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE A MANAMI TOYOTA VID BRO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

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.

We’ll done. Love the history

Thanks this is a very good video.

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

Does anyone have an ID on Hasegawa's opponent around the 20 minute mark?

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.

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omg omg omg im so excited

Some of them were in FMW

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.

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Fumi Saito was on commentary for the AJW event at that time

So no one saw WWE’s Tori?! I didn’t know she was in this card

Didn't NXT New Orleans have two five star matches as well

Just over 5 hours long ? Sounds like an AEW PPV

The title of this video has got to be clickbait or just a joke

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.

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

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.

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.

12:27 I need to know more on the story of the “Blues Sisters”, that tag team look dope

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.

best puro channel! :D

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