Yumi and the Ripper!

Yumi Ikeshita & Monster Ripper v Rimi Yokota & Ayumi Hori (AJW, 7/80)

Crazy fun showcase for Ikeshita and Monster Ripper as the best big and little 1-2 bruiser combo we never got on a consistent basis. They were like Nappa and Vegeta, for those of you who also grew up watching Dragonball Z on Cartoon Network. Ikeshita was at the mauling straight out the gate, slamming Hori face-first into the mat and then dragging her around by the hair while grinding her face across the canvas. She would also slam Hori and Yokota down to the mat, her own leg outstretched, the toe of her boot being driven into the throat of whoever was unfortunate enough to be taking it. Which quite frankly is fucking incredible and I don't know if it's possible for me to think any more highly of her than I already do at this point. Ripper was using her GIRTH and just bumping her skinny opponents all over the place. She'd engage in a knuckle-lock with Hori and immediately yank her into a Vader-style body block and then later she was just obliterating them with THICKBOI hip attacks. Yokota and Hori had to bust their tail for absolutely everything and it made every bit of offence feel like a triumph, especially when they locked on stereo figure-fours and Ripper and Ikeshita sold genuine terror. Of course you cannot stop the inexorable advance of Yumi Ikeshita and Monster Ripper but especially Yumi Ikeshita as she immediately grabs a bucket and motherfucking whomps everyone, including the referee. When the bucket is removed Ikeshita and Ripper drag the babyfaces to the floor and chuck them around, then upon re-entry Ikeshita produces the oldest can of beer you've ever seen and smashes it over Hori's head and I don't know what else there is to say about that woman. Ripper takes an ungodly missed legdrop bump from the top rope and I love that Ikeshita came through in the clutch for her team not by clonking someone with a piece of metal or a tin of beans but rather by whipping out a perfectly executed inside cradle.