The Death Valley Driver Presents:
THE BEST JOSHI MATCHES OF THE 1990s

1st place vote  = 30 points, 2nd - 25, 3rd 20, 4th - 17, 5th - 16, etc...
(First, second and third place votes in parentheses)
Total Ballots Received - 20

TOP 20 JOSHI MATCHES OF THE 90’s

1) Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto - AJW "Dream Slam 1" (4/2/93) = 465 points (7-7-2)
2) Kong/Inoue/Inoue/Hasegawa vs. Kansai/Ozaki/Suzuki/Fukuoka - JWP (7/31/93 - Thunder Queen) = 382 (5-3-4)
3) Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki - AJW "Dream Slam 2" (4/11/93) = 272 (2-2-3)
4) Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki - AJW "Dream Rush" (11/26/92 - 2/3 Falls WWWA Tag Titles) = 251 (2-2-4)
5) Yumiko Hotta vs. Lioness Asuka - AJW "Queendom III" (3/26/95 - UFC rules) = 198 (0-1-2)
6) Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. Kaoru Ito/Tomoko Watanabe - AJW 9/21/97 - Cage Death Match) = 189 (0-1-0)
7) Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota - AJW "V*Top Tournament" (11/20/94) = 165 (0-0-1)
8) Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong - AJW "WrestleMarinpiad II" (11/14/90 - WWWA Title Cage Match) = 158 (1-0-0)
9) Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada - AJW (8/15/92 - Hair vs. Hair) = 155 (1-0-0)
10) Double Inoues vs. Manami Toyota/Sakie Hasegawa - AJW "Queen's Holy Night"  (8/30/95 - 2/3 Falls WWWA Tag Title) = 144 (0-1-0)
11) Meiko Satomura vs. Aja Kong - GAEA (9/15/99) = 112
12) Mayumi Ozaki vs. Dynamite Kansai - JWP (3/17/95 - Street Fight) = 103
13) Akira Hokuto/Shinobu Kandori vs. Aja Kong/Bull Nakano - AJW "Queendom II" (3/27/94) = 94
14) Manami Toyota vs. Akira Hokuto - AJW "Destiny" (9/2/95) = 81 (0-0-1)
15) Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue - AJW (5/7/95 - WWWA Title) = 80 (0-1-0)
16) Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda - FMW (5/5/96 - Exploding Barbed Wire) = 65 (0-0-1)
17) Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong - AJW "Queendom III" (3/26/95 - WWWA Title) = 65
18) Dynamite Kansai vs. Aja Kong - AJW "Queen's Holy Night" (8/30/95 - WWWA Title) = 63
19) KAORU/Yamada vs. Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda - GAEA (4/4/99 - Street Fight) = 63
20) Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki - AJW "St. Battle Final" (12/6/93 - WWWA Tag Title) = 62

Other Matches Receiving Votes
Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai (AJW 11/20/94 - V*Top Tourney) = 61
Bull Nakano/Kyoko Inoue vs. Bison Kimura/Aja Kong (AJW 1/11/91 - Hair Match) = 59
Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai (AJW 8/25/93 - “Legacy of Queens” WWWA Title) = 51
Lioness Asaka vs. Kyoko Inoue (J’d 5/6/98 - TWF Title) = 51
Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (AJW 12/6/93 - “St. Battle Final”) = 49
Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong (AJW 6/27/95 - WWWA Title) = 44
Double Inoues vs. Manami Toyota/Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 1/16/95 - WWWA Tag Title) = 41 (0-1-0)
Bull Nakano vs. Shinobu Kandori (LLPW 7/14/94 - “Biggest Show” Chain Match) = 37
Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 6/21/92 - Grand Prix ‘92) = 36 (0-0-1)
Dynamite Kansai vs. Yumiko Hotta (Dream Slam 1 - 4/2/93) = 35
Akira Hokuto vs. Aja Kong (AJW 11/20/94 - V*Top Tourney)  = 35
Mariko Yoshida vs. Aja Kong (ARSION 8/6/99 - Queen of Arsion) = 34
Double Inoues vs. Cutie Suzuki/Mayumi Ozaki (Dream Slam 1 - 4/2/93) = 33
Dynamite Kansai vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 11/20/94 - V*Top Tourney) = 32
Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 12/8/96 - WWWA Title) = 31
Aja Kong vs. Megumi Kudo (AJW 12/6/93 - “St. Battle Final” WWWA Title) = 30 (1-0-0)
Dynamite Kansai vs. Hikari Fukuoka (JWP 4/8/97 - JWP Title) = 30
M. Toyota/A. Hokuto vs. K. Inoue/T. Yamada (AJW 12/10/93 - Tag League Finals) = 29
Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Combat Toyota/Megumi Kudo (Dream Slam 1 - 4/2/93) = 28 (0-1-0)
Bull Nakano vs. Akira Hokuto (AJW 1/4/91) = 28
Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 8/24/94 - All Pacific & IWA Unification match) = 28
Manami Toyota vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW 9/3/95 - Grand Prix ’95 Finals) = 27
Bull Nakano/Aja Kong vs. Toshiyo Yamada/Akira Hokuto (AJW 8/15/92 - Fuji TV Tag Tourney Finals) = 26 (0-0-1)
Lioness Asaka vs. Jaguar Yokota (J’d 1/11/98 - TWF Title) = 26
Bull Nakano vs. Kyoko Inoue (Queendom III 3/26/95) = 25
Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano (AJW 11/26/92 - “Dream Rush” WWWA Title) = 25
Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota (WrestleMarinpiad IV 4/25/92 - IWA Title) = 22
Sakie Hasegawa vs. Hikari Fukuoaka (Dream Slam 2 - 4/11/93) = 22
KAORU vs. Akira Hokuto (GAEA 4/12/97) = 22
Yumiko Hotta vs. Combat Toyoda (AJW 11/20/94 - V*Top Tourney) = 21
Devil Masami vs. Bull Nakano (JWP 4/18/93) = 17
Bull Nakano vs. Akira Hokuto (AJW 7/30/92 - Cage Match) = 16
Megumi Kudo vs. Mayumi Ozaki (JWP 4/18/97 - Barbed Wire Match) = 16
Aja Kong/Akira Hokuto vs Shinobi Kandori/Eagle Sawai (Dream Slam 2 - 4/11/93) = 14
Sakie Hasegawa vs. Kyoko Inoue (AJW 7/23/95 - Grand Prix ‘95) = 14
Yumiko Hotta vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 6/3/94 - Grand Prix ‘94) = 12
Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 8/25/93 - “Legacy of Queens” WWWA Title) = 12
Mariko Yoshida vs. Mikiko Futagami (ARSION 4/14/99 - Queen of Arsion) = 11
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Mima Shimoda (Oz Academy 3/18/99) = 11
Manami Toyota vs. Satie Hasegawa (AJW 2/20/96) = 10
Hokuto/Minami/Mita/Shimoda vs. Kansai/Masami/Ozaki/Mariko (AJW Queendom 11/28/93) = 10
Sato/Nagashima/Nakayama vs. Uematsu/Hirota/RIE (GAEA 4/4/99 - 3x3 Scramble Match) = 10
Harley Saito vs. Takako Inoue (AJW 5/8/93 - Grand Prix ’93) = 9
Kyoko Inoue vs. Akira Hokuto (AJW 11/26/92 - “Dream Rush” All Pacific Title) = 9
Akira Hokuto/Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai/Yumkio Hotta (AJW 8/24/94) = 9
Yumiko Hotta vs.Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 5/26/91) = 9
Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. Kumiko Maekawa/Tomoko Watanabe (AJW 8/20/97) = 8
Dynamite Kansai vs. Mayumi Ozaki (JWP 8/10/96 - JWP Title) = 8
Kyoko Inoue vs. Aja Kong (AJW 12/4/95 - “Monday Night Sensation”) = 7
Faye/Asaka/Kong/Watanabe vs. Blayze/ASARI/Inoue/Hasegawa (WWF 11/10/95 - S.Series ’95) = 7
K. Inoue/T/ Inoue/Hotta vs. Suzuki/Mariko/Boirshoi Kid (AJW Dream Slam 2 - 4/11/93) = 7
Combat Toyoda/Megumi Kudoh vs. Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda (Dream Slam 2 - 4/11/93) = 5
Sakie Hasegawa vs. Manami Toyota (AJW 6/3/94 - Grand Prix ‘94) = 5
Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 1/4/92) = 5
Double Inoues vs. Y. Hotta/M. Toyota (AJW 2/15/95 - WWWA Title #1 Contender’s Match) = 5
Manami Toyota/Mima Shimoda vs. Double Inoues (AJW 5/11/96 - WWWA Tag) = 4
Mariko Yoshida vs. Candy Okutsu (ARSION 12/18/98 - Queen Of Arsion) = 4
Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong (WrestleMarinpiad IV 4/25/92 - WWWA Title) = 3
Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. ZAP I/ZAP T (AJW 4/11/99) = 3
Mayumi Ozaki/Devil Masami vs. Dynamite Kansai/Cutie Suzuki (JWP 8/17/92) = 3
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Chigusa Nagayo (GAEA 9/7/95 - Streetfight) = 3
Candy Okutsu vs. Yumi Fukawa (ARSION Grand Opening) = 3
Kyoko Inoue vs. Bull Nakano (AJW 9/2/95 - “Destiny”) = 2
Suzuki/Toyota/Fukuoka vs. Kuzumi/Nakanishi/Takahashi (JWP 9/6/98) = 2
Lioness Asaka vs. Kyoko Inoue (J’d 4/26/98 - TWF Title) = 2
Megumi Kudoh vs. Shinobu Kandori (FMW 12/11/96) = 2
Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 1/24/94 - 2/3 Falls) = 1
Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada (AJW 6/17/97) = 1
Meiko Satomura vs. Chikayo Nagashima (GAEA 5/98) = 1

PHIL DORKS OUT WITH THE STATS!!
Most voted for match: Kandori vs. Hokuto - 19 out of 20 ballots
Most successful Wrestler: Manami Toyota appears in 9 of the Top 20 Matches (Aja Kong appears in 6)
Most successful “feud”: Toyota/Yamada vs. Kansai/Ozaki - 3 matches in Top 20
Successful Cards: Both Queendom III and Queen’s Holy Night had two matches in the top 20
Best Year: 1995 or 1993 depending on your point of view. 1995 had 7 matches in the Top 20 while ‘93 only had 4 but the top three matches occurred in 1993.
Most successful month: March had 4 matches in the Top 20
Top 20 in Chronological Order:
Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong  AJW "WrestleMarinpiad II" - 11/14/90
Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada AJW - 8/15/92
Manami Toyota/ Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki  AJW "Dream Rush" -  11/26/92
Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto  AJW "Dream Slam 1" - 4/2/93
Kong/Inoue/Inoue/Hasegawa vs. Kansai/Ozaki/Suzuki/Fukuoka  JWP 7/31/93 - Thunder Queen
Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki  AJW "Dream Slam 2" - 4/11/93
Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki  AJW "St. Battle Final" - 12/6/93
Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota  AJW "V*Top Tournament" -  11/20/94 
Akira Hokuto/Shinobu Kandori vs. Aja Kong/Bull Nakano  AJW "Queendom II" - 3/27/94
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Dynamite Kansai  JWP - 3/17/95
Yumiko Hotta vs. Lioness Asuka AJW "Queendom III" - 3/26/95
Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong AJW "Queendom III" - 3/26/95
Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue AJW - 5/7/95
Double Inoues vs. Manami Toyota/Sakie Hasegawa  AJW "Queen's Holy Night" -  8/30/95
Dynamite Kansai vs. Aja Kong  AJW "Queen's Holy Night" - 8/30/95
Manami Toyota vs. Akira Hokuto  AJW "Destiny" - 9/2/95 
Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda  FMW - 5/5/96
Mima Shimoda/Etsuko Mita vs. Kaoru Ito/Tomoko Watanabe AJW - 9/21/97
KAORU/Yamada vs. Etsuko Mita/Mima Shimoda  GAEA - 4/4/99
Meiko Satomura vs. Aja Kong  GAEA - 9/15/99

 
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