Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament

The Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament (夏女決定トーナメント, Natsu Onna Kettei Tōnamento) was an annual professional wrestling tournament promoted by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion between 2009 and 2012. The name of the tournament was Japanese for "Summer Woman Determination Tournament" and as the name suggests, it was held during the summer. The tournament was contested in a single-elimination format, however, uniquely, every other tournament was for singles wrestlers and every other for tag teams of two wrestlers. Throughout the years, the tournament featured several outside participants, most notably from the Ice Ribbon promotion, with which JWP co-produced the 2012 "JRibbon" tournament. Kaori Yoneyama is the only wrestler to have won the tournament twice; once as a singles wrestler and once teaming with Command Bolshoi.

List of winners

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Year Winner Ref.
2009 Kaori Yoneyama [1]
2010 Command Bolshoi and Kaori Yoneyama [2]
2011 Tsubasa Kuragaki [3]
2012 Hanako Nakamori and Maki Narumiya [4]

2009

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The first ever Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament took place during two shows on August 2, 2009.[1][5] The tournament featured fourteen singles wrestlers, including six outside participants; Ayako Sato from Ito Dojo, freelancers Chihiro Oikawa, Megumi Yabushita and Toshie Uematsu, Makoto from Ice Ribbon and Yumi Ohka from Pro Wrestling Wave. Oikawa and Makoto were granted automatic spots in the second round of the tournament. The eventual tournament winner, Kaori Yoneyama, went on to unsuccessfully challenge Kayoko Haruyama for the JWP Openweight Championship on October 4.[6]

First Round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Makoto Pin
Kaori Yoneyama 06:48[1]
Kaori Yoneyama Pin
Kazuki 06:09[5]
Kaori Yoneyama Pin
Tsubasa Kuragaki 00:40[1]
Command Bolshoi Pin
Tsubasa Kuragaki 14:50[5]
Tsubasa Kuragaki Pin
Toujyuki Leon 01:12[1]
[Note 1]
Megumi Yabushita Pin
Toujyuki Leon 10:37[5]
Kaori Yoneyama Pin
Yumi Ohka 09:55[1]
Ayako Sato Pin
Azumi Hyuga 08:52[5]
Azumi Hyuga Pin
Toshie Uematsu 06:11[1]
Keito Pin
Toshie Uematsu 06:03[5]
Yumi Ohka Pin
Toshie Uematsu 04:22[1]
Sachie Abe Sub
Yumi Ohka 06:31[5]
Yumi Ohka Pin
Chihiro Oikawa 08:11[1]
  1. ^ The match originally ended in a fifteen-minute time limit draw, but was restarted immediately afterwards in order to determine a winner.

2010

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The second and first tag team Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament took place over three shows between July 24 and August 15, 2010.[2][7][8] The tournament featured sixteen wrestlers comprising eight teams, including eight outside participants; Aja Kong and Dynamite Kansai from Oz Academy, freelancers Asami Kawasaki and Toshie Uematsu, Ayako Sato and Hanako Kobayashi from Ito Dojo, Kagetsu from Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Tanny Mouse from NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling.

First round Semifinals Finals
         
Aja Kong
Sachie Abe
Pin
Kazuki
Toshie Uematsu
09:53[8]
Aja Kong
Sachie Abe
Pin
Kagetsu
Leon
13:10[2]
Asami Kawasaki
Keito
Pin
Kagetsu
Leon
14:59[7]
Kagetsu
Leon
Pin
Command Bolshoi
Kaori Yoneyama
13:26[2]
Ayako Sato
Hanako Kobayashi
Pin
Dynamite Kansai
Tsubasa Kuragaki
13:17[8]
Dynamite Kansai
Tsubasa Kuragaki
Pin
Command Bolshoi
Kaori Yoneyama
12:13[2]
Command Bolshoi
Kaori Yoneyama
Pin
Kayoko Haruyama
Tanny Mouse
12:50[7]

2011

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The third Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament, the second to feature singles wrestlers, took place on August 14, 2011.[3][9] The tournament featured eight wrestlers, including one outside participant; Hikari Minami from Ice Ribbon. The eventual tournament winner, Tsubasa Kuragaki, went on to unsuccessfully challenge Hailey Hatred for the IMW Hybrid Fighting, JWP Openweight and TLW World Women's Championships on September 23.[10]

First round Semifinals Finals
         
Hanako Nakamori Pin
Tomoko Morii 05:28[3]
Hanako Nakamori Pin
Hikari Minami 05:25[3]
Hikari Minami Pin
Manami Katsu 08:20[3]
Hanako Nakamori Pin
Tsubasa Kuragaki 08:29[3]
Kazuki Pin
Leon 00:05[3]
Leon Pin
Tsubasa Kuragaki 02:18[3]
[Note 1]
Misaki Ohata Pin
Tsubasa Kuragaki 07:54[3]
  1. ^ The match originally ended in a ten-minute time limit draw, but was restarted immediately afterwards in order to determine a winner.

2012

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The fourth and to date final Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament, dubbed the "JRibbon Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament", was the second to feature tag teams and took place during two shows on July 28, 2012; an afternoon show promoted by Ice Ribbon and an evening show promoted by JWP.[4][11][12][13] Eight teams entered the tournament, with each team including one wrestler from Ice Ribbon and one from JWP. The tournament led to a match for the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships between one half of the eventual winners, Ice Ribbon's Maki Narumiya, and JWP's Rabbit Miu, whom she had pinned in her team's semifinal match.[14] Miu eventually defeated Narumiya to retain her title.[15]

First round Semifinals Finals
         
Arisa Nakajima
Hikaru Shida
Pin
Hamuko Hoshi
Kayoko Haruyama
10:33[11]
Arisa Nakajima
Hikaru Shida
Pin
Command Bolshoi
Hikari Minami
01:55[4]
[Note 1]
Command Bolshoi
Hikari Minami
Pin
Kazuki
Miyako Matsumoto
07:55[11]
Arisa Nakajima
Hikaru Shida
Pin
Hanako Nakamori
Maki Narumiya
12:04[4]
Hanako Nakamori
Maki Narumiya
Pin
Leon
Neko Nitta
13:35[11]
Hanako Nakamori
Maki Narumiya
Pin
Rabbit Miu
Tsukasa Fujimoto
07:48[4]
Meari Naito
Sachie Abe
Pin
Rabbit Miu
Tsukasa Fujimoto
13:58[11]
  1. ^ The match originally ended in a fifteen-minute time limit draw, but was restarted immediately afterwards in order to determine a winner.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d e (結果)8月15日(日)大阪・アゼリア大正. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. August 15, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i (結果)8月14日(日)東京キネマ倶楽部. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. August 15, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e (結果)7月28日(土)横浜ラジアントホール. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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  6. ^ (結果)10月4日(日)後楽園ホール. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. October 4, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c (結果)7月24日(土)東京・板橋グリーンホール大会. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. July 25, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c (結果)8月7日(土)八王子学園都市センター・イベントホール. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. August 8, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  9. ^ 【結果】JWP8・14キネマ. Ringstars (in Japanese). Ameba. August 15, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  10. ^ "(結果)東京・新宿Face". JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. September 24, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  11. ^ a b c d e アイスリボン横浜大会 『横浜リボン』. Ice Ribbon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  12. ^ "毎年恒例のJWP夏女決定トーナメントだが、今年は7・28関内で昼のアイスリボン&夜のJWPの2大会にまたがる合同開催トーナメント!". Battle News (in Japanese). July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  13. ^ 中森華子がタッグT制し「夏女」/JWP. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  14. ^ 2012.7.28 ラジアントホール 試合. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. July 29, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  15. ^ (結果)8月19日(日) 後楽園ホール. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. August 19, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
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