Big Egg Wrestling Universe

The Big Egg Wrestling Universe was a professional wrestling event held by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) inside the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 1994 and was attended by 32,500 fans.[1] However, some sources claim the event was attended by over 42,000 fans.[2] The event generated approximately $4 million in revenue from ticket sales, as well as $1.6 million in merchandise sales.[2]

Big Egg Wrestling Universe
PromotionAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
DateNovember 20, 1994[1]
CityTokyo, Japan[1]
VenueTokyo Dome[1]
Attendance32,500[1]

The event featured representatives from joshi promotions GAEA Japan (GAEA), JWP Joshi Puroresu (JWP), and Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), as well as puroresu promotions Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) and American wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In addition to female wrestlers, the event also featured matches with male midget wrestlers, female amateur wrestlers, female kickboxers, and female shootboxers.

Event

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Production

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The event, which lasted ten hours, was promoted as the biggest card in the history of women's wrestling. It featured 23 matches of various styles. The opening ceremony of the event featured a 60-piece band that accompanied a parade of wrestlers that each carried a flag representing a different wrestling promotion. The main event matches featured elaborate entrances from the female performers. Approximately $1.1 million was spent on the special effects used throughout the event.[2]

Results

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No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Chaparita Asari and Bomber Hikari defeated Hiromi Sugo and Hiroumi YagiTag team match (GAEA vs. JWP)[3]6:53
2Great Little Muta and Buta Genjin defeated Tsunokake XMidget handicapped match[3]4:44
3Candy Okutsu (c) defeated Rie TamadaSingles match for AJW Junior Championship[3]8:52
4Suzuka Minami defeated KaoruSingles match (GAEA)[3]9:35
5Kumiko Maekawa defeated Sugar Miyuki via judge's decisionKickboxing match[3]10:00 (5 rounds)
6Doris Blind defeated Kyoko Hamaguchi via pointsAmateur wrestling match[3]4:00
7Miyuu Yamamoto defeated Ana Gomis via pointsAmateur wrestling match[3]4:00
8Fumiko Ishimoto defeated Kaoru ItoShootboxing match[3]15:00 (5 rounds)
9Chigusa Nagayo defeated Reggie BennettSingles match (GAEA)[3]8:39
10Shinobu Kandori and Mikiko Futagami defeated Toshiyo Yamada and Tomoko WatanabeTag team match (LLPW)[3]11:30
11Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda (c) defeated Yasha Kurenai and Michiko NagashimaTag team match for UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship[3]15:36
12Lioness Asuka and Yumi Ogura vs. Jaguar Yokota and Bison Kimura ended in a drawTag team match[3]10:00
13Blizzard Yuki defeated Mariko YoshidaSingles match[3]12:03
14Combat Toyoda defeated Yumiko HottaV*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match[3]16:55
15Akira Hokuto defeated Eagle SawaiV*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match[3]11:08
16Aja Kong defeated Manami ToyotaV*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match[3]17:19
17Dynamite Kansai defeated Kyoko InoueV*TOP Five Star Tournament first round match[3]17:39
18Megumi Kudo and Hikari Fukuoka defeated Cutie Suzuki and Takako InoueTag team match (FMW vs. JWP)[3]14:04
19The Great Sasuke, Sato, Shiryu defeated Super Delfin, Gran Naniwa, and Jinsei ShinzakiSix-man tag team match (MPW)[3]21:45
20Akira Hokuto defeated Combat ToyodaV*TOP Five Star Tournament semi-final round match[3]5:48
21Aja Kong defeated Dynamite KansaiV*TOP Five Star Tournament semi-final round match[3]12:24
22Bull Nakano defeated Alundra Blayze (c)Singles match for WWE Women's Championship (WWE)[3]9:27
23Akira Hokuto defeated Aja KongV*TOP Five Star Tournament final round match[3]20:24
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Misc. AJW Cards". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  2. ^ a b c "History Of Joshi". The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (archive available from Joshi Fans). Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "All Japan Women Commercial Releases 1994". K & D's Matchlists. Retrieved 2011-07-17.