Rules: The New Year Unit League sees a return to a round robin format, with two blocks of three teams. Each match is a 6-woman tag team format, with a 30-minute time limit and the team with best of three falls being declared the victor. The competitors from each unit that will be taking part in each fall will be announced before the match with a different combination of wrestlers needed for each of the falls. In terms of a points tally, points are given per fall rather than per match, with a maximum of 5 points per match available per team (2 points for a win, 1 for a draw via double countout or double KO, and 0 for a loss). The two top teams following all block matches will then face each other in the final. Should there be a tie at the top of the blocks, then it will go down to head to head results with the team garnering the most points in the match progressing to the final.
RED BLOCK: STARS, God’s Eye and Empress neXus Venus
BLUE BLOCK: Cosmic Angels, H.A.T.E & NEO-GENESIS
Ami Sohrei will be absent from all cards as she begins the process of recovering from ACL and meniscus tears in her knee.
Xena has suffered a ligament injury in her knee, and will be out of action for an undisclosed period of time.
Attendance Notes: The announced attendance for the show inside EDION Arena Osaka #2 was 506.
Block Standings (As of the 17th January)
BLUE BLOCK
NEO-GENESIS: (FALLS: 1-1-1) 3 Points
Cosmic Angels (FALLS: 1-1-1) 3 Points
H.A.T.E (FALLS: 0-0) 0 Points
RED BLOCK
Empress neXus Venus: (FALLS: 2-1) 4 Points
STARS (FALLS: 1-2) 2 Points
God’s Eye (FALLS: 0-0) 0 Points
Quick Results
6-Woman Tag Team Match: Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Matoi Hamabe def. Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurura) w/ Implant DDT (11:43)
6-Woman Tag Team Match: Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Aya Sakura) def. EXV (HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian) w/ Temps Tendre (12:11)
New Year Unit League Red Block Match: STARS (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma, Momo Kohgo, Hanan & Saya Iida) (3) vs. God’s Eye (Syuri, Saki Kashima, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kotatsu) (3) Ended in a Draw (30:00)
Fall One:
Fall Two:
Fall Three:
New Year Unit League Blue Block Match: NEO-GENESIS (Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira) (4) def. H.A.T.E (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Saya Kamitani, Fukigen Death, Rina, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba) (2) (
Fall One:
Fall Two:
Fall Three:
Other Show Notes
Prior to the show, we saw another five-minute public sparring session between rookies Yuria and Akira with Maika as referee. Following this, Taro Okada announced that the pair would be making their respective competitive debuts on the 25th and 26th of January at the Takadanobaba events. Yuria will be facing Maika in singles action, whilst Akira will be facing Suzu Suzuki.
Following Cosmic Angels’ victory over EXV, it appeared that Aya Sakura was sizing up HANAKO for a shot at her and Waka’s New Blood Tag Team Championships.
Hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, Rob fell back in love with the Wrestling Business in 2016 after a decade-long break. Rob is the host of the PodMania Wrestling Podcast, the StardomCast and reviews retro PPVs - with an odd fascination with 1995 WWF/WCW!
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