Crossbody of Work Episode 56: Manami Toyota

Welcome to Crossbody of Work, a show where we break down a wrestler’s career through five of their biggest matches.

This week we are covering a woman many consider the best women’s wrestler of all time: Manami Toyota. Javier gives Evan an education on the legendary joshi wrestler, including four matches from her great run in AJW in the 1990s and one match on the US side of the pond. On top of all these matches, Evan & Javier also talk about: 

• Superbad
• Dropkick enthusiasm
• Wii Sports
• Duolingo

And a lot more.

Listen to the podcast here, and check out the links to the matches below.

Match One:

Manami Toyota & Akira Hokuto vs Toshiyo Yamada & Kyoko Inoue – AJW Wrestlemarinepiad 1991
Link to the match here.

Match Two:

Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada – AJW Korakuen Super Charge 1992
Link to the match here.

Match Three:

Manami Toyota (c) vs Kyoko Inoue – WWWA Championship – AJW G*Top 1995

Match Four:

Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong – AJW Budokan Queens 1997
Link to the match here.

Match Five:

Manami Toyota & Mike Quackenbush vs Claudio Castagnoli & Sara Del Rey – CHIKARA “Through Savage Progress Cuts The Jungle Line” 2010
Link to the match here.

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