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Aaron and Taylor start by previewing Stardom’s 3/3 Nippon Budokan card, including the builds to the matches, predicted winners, and Taylor going against the consensus with his main event pick!After that, they get into several recent Korakuen Hall shows, including Stardom’s 2/13 and 2/14 shows, TJPW’s Positive Chain, and Ice Ribbon’s RE:BORN 2021!Then, they look at other shows that have happened in the last two weeks, including the Japanese bracket of AEW’s Women’s Tournament, and the shows that are coming up in the next two weeks!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing the Japanese bracket of AEW’s Women’s Title Eliminator Tournament, including potential matchups and breaking down everyone’s chances to win!After that, they look at the card so far for Stardom’s 3/3 Nippon Budokan card, discuss Stardom’s shows from the past two weeks, and preview their two upcoming Korakuen Hall shows on 2/13 and 2/14!Then, they recap the joshi matches and promotions that appeared in Voices of Wrestling’s 2020 Match of the Year poll!Finally, they look at other shows that have happened in the last two weeks, and the shows that are coming up in the next two weeks, including a preview of TJPW’s 2/11 Korakuen Hall show!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing SEAdLINNNG’s 1/17 and 1/22 shows, including two excellent tag matches, Mayu Iwatani, Momo Watanabe, and Saya Iida showing up in Shinkiba 1st Ring, and Sareee’s last matches before leaving for WWE!After that, they review Stardom’s 1/17 Korakuen show, including the outlook for the March 3 Nippon Budokan show!Then, they talk about AEW’s upcoming Women’s Eliminator Tournament, which will apparently feature a Japanese bracket, and the possibility that Asuka will be in it!Finally, they look at other shows that have happened in the last two weeks, and the shows that are coming up in the next two weeks!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing reports that WWE refused to let Kairi Hojo work in Stardom, and what that might mean for Stardom’s future!After that, they review TJPW’s 1/4 show from Korakuen Hall, including discussing the English announce team and Rika Tatsumi winning the Princess of Princess Title!Then, they look at Ice Ribbon’s RibbonMania show, including the excellent ICExInfinity Title match between Suzu Suzuki and Saori Anou!Finally, they look at other shows that have happened in the last two weeks, and the shows that are coming up in the next two weeks, including a preview of Stardom’s 1/17 Korakuen Hall show!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing Yoshiko and Nanae Takahashi’s shocking return to Stardom! They summarize the two wrestlers’ exits from Stardom and look forward to the matches they could have in the promotion!After that, they dive into Stardom, with a quick look at the 12/16 Korakuen show and an in-depth review of Osaka Dream Cinderella, including major disagreements on the Cosmic Angels and the main event!Then, they preview Tokyo Joshi Pro’s 1/4 Korakuen Hall show, Ice Ribbon’s Ribbon Mania, and several other shows from around the world of joshi!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by handing out year-end awards in 16 categories, including Wrestler of the Year, Promotion of the Year, and their top 10 Matches of the Year!After that, they answer listener questions, including discussing the #2 joshi promotion, who should win the 2021 TJP Princess Cup, and who could have a year in 2021 like Sareee’s 2019!Then, they talk about the All Star Rumble set for Stardom’s Nippon Budokan show, and preview Stardom’s 12/20 Osaka card featuring Utami Hayashishita vs. Momo Watanabe & Giulia vs. Syuri!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing recent COVID cancellations and Stardom’s new partnership with Buyee!After that, they review Assemble 2 and Stardom’s Sendai Cinderella show!Then, they quickly look at recent shows from around the world of joshi and preview shows that are happening over the next two weeks!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by reviewing Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Wrestle Princess show, including an excellent Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki match for the Princess of Princess title!After that, they discuss Stardom’s 11/14 Korakuen Hall and 11/15 Sendai Sun Plaza shows, including more attendance and business talk, plus a look at what kind of card Stardom might have in store for their 10th Anniversary show at Nippon Budokan!Then, they quickly look at recent shows from around the world of joshi and preview shows that are happening over the next two weeks!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing Meiko Satomura joining NXT UK and Takumi Iroha missing 10 months due to an injury!After that, they review Stardom’s 10/29 Korakuen Hall show, discuss again Stardom’s Korakuen attendances and apparent business model, and preview the 11/15 Sendai Sun Plaza show!Then, they preview Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Wrestle Princess show coming up on 11/7!After that, they quickly look at recent shows from Be A HERO GIRLS, SEAdLINNNG, Sendai Girls, Ice Ribbon, ActWres Girl’Z, Marvelous, WAVE, and ChocoPro and preview upcoming shows from Stardom, SEAdLINNNG, OZ Academy, Ice Ribbon, DIANA, ActWres Girl’Z, Marvelous, WAVE, ChocoPro, and Pure-J!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing Stardom’s 10/18 Korakuen Hall show, which quickly veers into a debate on whether Utami Hayashishita should be the next Red Belt champion! They also give an overview of Stardom’s Goddesses of Stardom Tag League!After that, they dive into recent shows from SEAdLINNNG, ChocoPro, Ice Ribbon, DIANA, Tokyo Joshi Pro, ActWres Girl’Z, Marvelous, and Pure-J! This segment includes a lengthy discussion on Sareee’s Florida future and whether she can be successful in WWE!Then, they answer listener questions, including ones on Bea Priestley showing up in New Japan, how to get into Ice Ribbon, and a short history of joshi from the 90s to now!Lastly, they preview upcoming shows from Stardom, SEAdLINNNG, Sendai Girls, Ice Ribbon, BE A HERO GIRLS, ActWres Girl’Z, Marvelous, WAVE, and ChocoPro!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing Natsumi Maki and Mina Shirakawa debuting in Stardom, along with Konami and Jungle Kyona finding new units, and Stardom’s shows on 9/22, 9/28, 10/3, and 10/4! This segment also includes a look at Stardom’s recent booking and whether it makes any sense (it doesn’t)!After that, they talk about some other joshi movement, including Himawari Unagi leaving TJPW, Mari Manji and Manami Katsu leaving Pure-J, and whatever is going on with Kairi Hojo!Next, they review the 10/1 ASSEMBLE show and consider what could be next for the new promotion!After that, they dive into recent shows from SEAdLINNNG, Ice Ribbon, ChocoPro, Sendai Girls, DIANA, Tokyo Joshi Pro, and OZ Academy!Lastly, they preview upcoming shows from Stardom, DIANA, ActWres Girl’Z, Marvelous, and ChocoPro!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by discussing Stardom’s 5* Grand Prix Final at Korakuen Hall, including a look at how every wrestler fared in the tournament, and their outlook going forward!After that, they consider the news that Natsumi Naki & Mina Shirakawa are leaving Tokyo Joshi Pro and where they could be headed!Next, they dive into full show reviews of Oz Academy’s 8/28 show at Yokohoma Bunka and DIANA’s 8/30 show, including Sareee’s return, plus short comments on recent shows from ActWres Girl’z, WAVE, ChocoPro, Ice Ribbon, SEAdLINNNG, Marvelous, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Oz Academy, and Stardom!Then, they answer listener questions!And finally, to close, they preview upcoming shows from ASSEMBLE, Stardom, SEAdLINNNG, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Sendai Girls, DIANA, and ChocoPro!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start by looking at the recently-announced ASSEMBLE super-promotion and imagining what it could become!After that, they run down the 9/5 and 9/6 Stardom 5* Grand Prix shows and look at where the tournament stands before looking back at Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Princess Cup final and discussing the impending Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki title match!Next, they discuss other shows that happened over the last two weeks, including SEAdLINNNG’s 5th Anniversary Show, ChocoPro, WAVE, and Sendai Girls!To close, they preview upcoming shows from Ice Ribbon, ActWres Girl’Z, SEAdLINNNG, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Sendai Girls, DIANA, and WAVE!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor run down the havoc COVID wreaked on joshi shows over the past two weeks, then recap Stardom’s 5* Grand Prix and Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Princess Cup so far, with an in-depth look at likely outcomes for those tournaments.Next, they review the shows that did happen, including ChocoPro shows, ActWres Girl’Z, Ice Ribbon, DIANA, Pure-J, and Sendai Girls.To close, they preview upcoming shows from Stardom, SEAdLINNNG, OZ Academy, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Sendai Girls, Ice Ribbon, DIANA, and ChocoPro!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor get you ready for Stardom’s 5* Grand Prix by explaining the tournament, picking their winners, discussing the matches that have been uploaded from the first two nights, and reviewing the standings so far!Next, they dive into Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Princess Cup including betting odds and reviews of the first two shows!Then, after Taylor reviews the Ice Ribbon 8/9 Yokohama show in full, they discuss some cancellations due to COVID, and Sareee and Kairi Hojo’s potential joshi returns, before looking at recent shows from ChocoPro, WAVE, GakePro, Diana, Sendai Girls, ActWres Girl’z, and Stardom!To close, Aaron and Taylor preview Stardom’s 8/22 and 8/23 Yokohama Budokan shows and upcoming shows from Ice Ribbon, Diana, ActWres Girl’z, and ChocoPro!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor dive deep into Stardom’s shows on 7/17, 7/23, 7/24, and 7/26, including discussing Giulia as a singles match wrestler and whether Stardom has waited too long to ever pull the trigger on a big Jungle Kyona victory!After looking at the 5* GP entrants, Aaron & Taylor move on to reviewing SEAdLINNNG’s 7/13 Korakuen show that featured a Beyond the Sea Title change!Then, they discuss ChocoPro 33-35, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s 7/23 Korakuen show, and take an early look at the Princess Cup brackets!To close, they cover recent shows from Oz Academy, WAVE, DIANA, Ice Ribbon, and Pure-J, then preview upcoming shows from Sendai Girls, Ice Ribbon, GakePro, DIANA, and Actwres Girl’z!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start with covering tons of joshi news, including Stardom announcing a tour, Yuna Manase leaving Tokyo Joshi Pro, and Yumika Hotta leaving her role with Actwres Girl’Z!After that, they review matches from 10 recent shows, including TJPW’s 7/4 show and a discussion on face/heel dynamics in that company, Saki Akai vs. Meiko Satomura from DDT 7/3, Makoto Produce, Ice Ribbon 1048, WAVE, and more!The show closes with a preview of several shows that will happen over the next two weeks, including SEAdLINNNG 7/13, TJPW 7/23, and other shows that they hope to talk about on the next episode!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

Aaron and Taylor start with a review of Stardom’s 6/21 Shinkiba show--a wrestling show in front of fans!--including the current status of Oedo Tai, a reappraisal of Donna Del Mondo, and Taylor insulting Aaron’s favorite wrestler!They follow that up with a discussion of upcoming shows, including those happening over the next two weeks that they’ll discuss on the next podcast.Then, they resume their Stardom 2011 project with the 5/8/11 show, in which Taylor is forced to apologize to Eri Susa and Aaron comes around to Taylor’s view on the main events just in time for Taylor to have abandoned his earlier view!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

After discussing news regarding which joshi promotions will start running shows soon, Aaron and Taylor talk about recent joshi shows, including an in-depth review of Arisa Nakajima’s Beyond the Sea title defense against Asuka from SEAdLINNNG’s 6/13 show.Then, they resume their Stardom 2011 project with the shows from 4/24/11 and 4/30/11, including a question regarding whether a Stardom roster member is secretly married to Kota Ibushi!The show closes with another legendary Stardom Rookie Rankings segment!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations

After briefly discussing their memories of seeing Hana Kimura live and interacting with her before and after shows (this segment ends at 16:52 if you want to skip ahead), Aaron & Taylor reflect on Arisa Hoshiki’s career in light of her recent retirement. Along with general thoughts on Arisa, they offer some of their favorite matches of hers.Then, they look at Japan’s plans for reopening, and when we might see joshi with live crowds again.This episode is dedicated to the memory of Hana Kimura.Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donations