Video by Kadaveri Joshi

February 1987 - May 1987 With Lioness Asuka back in action, the main angle of 1987 is the race between her and Chigusa Nagayo to win the WWWA Singles Title/the Red Belt. They’re not enemies and still tag with each other occasionally (this period is sometimes described as the Crush Gals ’breaking up’, which isn’t really accurate), but they’re no longer gunning for tag team gold as singles success is now the priority. This mostly covers 3 big shows AJW ran in early 1987. Kawasaki Gymnasium on 2/26, Ota Ward on 4/15 and Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (now known as Edion Arena) on 4/27. Some time before this video, Yasuko Ishiguro leaves Gokuaku Domei and is now a plain babyface. The earliest Japan Grand Prix match I can find is on 3/21(I’m not sure if that’s the actual start), the finals are on 6/28 which we’ll get to in the next video. This the closest I’ll come to giving a content warning for this set: the 4/27 tag title match is indeed that match with the infamous piledriver. Couldn’t not include it. Here are the contents of the video with timestamps. I can’t provide this without some slight spoilers, so if you wanna watch without major clues on how things unfold, maybe just don’t read it :) 1. Bull Nakano vs. Yasuko Ishiguro (AJW Title) 2/26/87 - 00:00:00 2. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka (WWWA Singles Title #1 Contender) 2/26/87 - 00:19:53 3. Hisako Uno & Yumiko Hotta vs. Judy Martin & Leilani Kai (WWWA Tag Team Titles) 4/15/87 - 01:06:34 4. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami 4/15/87 - 01:34:57 5. Lioness Asuka vs. Yukari Omori (WWWA Singles Title) 4/15/87 - 01:57:52 6. Chigusa Nagayo Sings “Stay” - 02:24:09 7. Hisako Uno & Yumiko Hotta vs. Kazue Nagahori & Yumi Ogura (WWWA Tag Team Titles) 4/27/87 - 02:29:12 8. Condor Saito, Dump Matsumoto & Judy Martin vs. Lioness Asuka, Mika Suzuki & Yukari Omori 4/27/87 - 02:56:56 9. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Leilani Kai (All Pacific Title) 4/27/87 - 03:19:59 10. Chigusa Nagayo Sings “Journey” - 03:41:06 11. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Yumiko Hotta (Japan Grand Prix) 5/10/87 - 03:44:07