Victory Through Guts

In this episode, join Dylan & Alex in taking a look at the Original JWP promotion and matches that defined the company in the first half of 1991. The episode Includes coverage of the UWA Championship Tournament that featured Harley Saito, Shinobu Kandori, Miss A, Devil Masami & more fight for the top championship in the company. Afterwards we see Mayumi Ozaki & Eagle Sawai, better known as Gurren Tai, take on Miss A & Devil Masami, along with some other Ozaki singles matches from the spring and summer of 1991. The boys also discuss what could've happened if JWP never split, Miss A's eventual transformation into Dynamite Kansai, and the unique contrasts that can be seen between AJW & JWP at the time. Please Enjoy! Follow VTG on Twitter: @VTGPod @XXIchiban (Dylan) @LWOSPRAlexR (Alex)

In a not so special Anniversary episode of Victory Through Guts, the boys talk all about All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling May show "We Are Running Through" in Korakuen Hall. The show featured no championship matches, but did house two great midcard tag matches, two special singles matches and a hectic tag team main event pitting Akira Hokuto & Sakie Hasegawa against Gokumon-To's Bull Nakano & Bat Yoshinaga. While this could be considered one of the less notable shows for AJW in 1991, it still gave plenty of memorable points of interest for the boys to discuss. Please Enjoy!

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In the 13th installment of Victory Through Guts, the boys discuss two shows from April 1991, both of which heavily emphasized Monster Ripper's return to All Japan Women's for the first time since the mid-80s to wreak havoc once again. Following her match against Aja Kong at Saint Battle Day Part 2, Monster Ripper challenged Bull Nakano in the main event of the Ota Ward show a week later, where the foreign beast proved to be one of Bull's strongest foes yet. The boys also talk about the MOTYC Semi-main Event at Ota Ward that saw Manami Toyota team up with Esther Moreno to take on Jungle Jack in one of Toyota's best matches ever. Further down the card, the Marine Wolved collide over the All-Pacific Championship, Kyoko Inoue takes on Takako Inoue for the first time ever with the AJW Title on the line, and the growing feud between Yumiko Hotta and Toshiyo Yamada continues to heat up.

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In the 12th Episode of the VTG Pod, Alex and Dylan take things overseas for the first time as they watch the JWP offer match from WCW WrestleWar 1991 featuring Miss A, Miki Handa, Itsuki Yamazaki, and Mami Kitamura. Then, for the main course of the show, the boys talk about AJW Classics Episode 45, which included matches from the aptly named "St. Battle Day Part 1" show on March 17th, 1991. The inaugural 3WA Martial Arts Champion is crowned, Akira Hokuto continues to impress, and Jungle Jack continues on their long road towards getting revenge on Bull Nakano and the rest of Gokumon-To. 

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In this very special edition of the Victory Through Guts Podcast, Dylan, Alex, and special guest Deshon hold their first (And possibly last) Joshi Draft as a trio. With the pool being open to any woman to compete in Japan before the new millennium and each selection being judged in the primes of their respect careers, this meant a lot of good wrestlers were eligible for selection. After picking 20 wrestlers each, it was time to make match cards using the drafted competitors to create the best joshi card possible. Who's card was the best? That's for you to decide! Thanks to Deshon (@Wakeupscoreyy on Twitter) for being our guest, go check out his stuff and give him a follow

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The final episode of the Victory Through Guts Podcast in the year 2020 also means the final episode of VTG covering the year 1990 in the world of Joshi Wrestling. In spite of various technical difficulties and recording software problems, Dem VTG boys deliver a jam-packed episode of audio goodness in just under an hour of runtime.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

-Toshiyo Yamada's return from injury

-Bull Nakano's shifting moral alignment

-Kyoko Inoue's surging popularity

-Our persistent love for the members of the Class of '85

-1990 Year-End Awards  

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In what is slated to be the biggest show of the year, Dylan and Alex cover the colossal Wrestlemarinepiad 1990. The second annual Wrestlemarinpiad event, this three hour show gave the boys a better look at the undercard of AJW at the time, with names like the Honey Wings, Takako Inoue, Kaoru Ito and more getting their time to shine. Then of course came incredible main events of the evening, with both 3WA Championshipsbeing up for grabs. The incredible Marine Wolves put their 3WA Gold on the line against the unlikely duo of Manami Toyota and Kyoko Inoue, and Bull Nakano defended her 3WA Championship against Aja Kong in their infamous Yokohama Cagematch. Please Enjoy! Follow VTG on Twitter:

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In this slightly different episode of the VTG Podcast, Dylan and Alex discuss the growing women's division in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling back in 1990, including matches from three separate FMW shows. After the first dose of FMW for the boys left a bad taste in their mouths back in May, Atsushi Onita's world-renowned company came in swinging in the second half of 1990, with tremendous performances by Megumi Kudo, Miwa Sato, Combat Toyoda, and two rookies who would later become known as Crusher Maedomari and Shark Tsuchiya. After this viewing, it is clear to see why FMW is always a subject of conversation when it comes to the glory days of Joshi Puroesu.

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In the sixth episode of the VTG Podcast, Dylan & Alex talk about Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano in a Saitama Cage Match, Mitsuko Nishiwaki's retirement match against fellow Fire Jet Yumiko Hotta, and the forgotten member of the Class of '85, Grizzly Iwamoto. After that, two JWP offerings came from the "Best Singles Matches of JWP 1990" that Dylan searched the internet to find last minute to complete this episode. With competitors like Miss A (Dynamite Kansai), Mayumi Ozaki and Devil Masami, these matches personified the JWP style of the time, a topic our hosts talked in detail about near the end of the show. Please Enjoy!

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