NEO at Kitazawa Town Hall - 6/8/02

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Kitazawa Town Hall is terribly hard to find as well as not being too conducive to photographs.  But its a great venue live.
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These are my best pictures.  (They also happen to be the last I took with my old Canon A20 before moving to the mack-daddy Minolta Dimage 7i.
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Genki/Ran YuYu/Ichiki vs Yoneyama/Nakamura/Shiina
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I was totally lost getting to the hall, consequently I ended up getting there just as the show started with a standing ticket.  You can tell that due to the direct lighting and swift action, I had a hard time getting the pictures in focus.


Junko Yagi vs Kyoko Inoue
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Junko came into this match hurt, so it was pretty brief.  Junko got a short flurry then was drubbed by Kyoko


Shimoda/ASARI vs Tanny Mouse/Miyazaki
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Some wacky hijinx from Tanny and Miyazaki led to a double countout.  But the match was restarted as more hijinx ensued.  Shimoda eventually pinned Tanny with a complicated looking pinning predicament.

 

Acute Sae retirement
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NEO held a retirement ceremony for Acute Sae a week before JWP did.  A picture I didn't manage to get was Chiaki Nishi coming in from the back to surprise Sae.

 

Etsuko Mita vs Yoshiko Tamura
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The main event was a title match between Mita, the Champion, and Tamura for the NEO and NWA belts.  This was a hard-hitting contest that saw its share of bloody lips.  In the end, Tamura won by submission after locking on the leg lock.  Some Mita fans in attendance were so upset that they were crying after the match.

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