Reviewing Pro Wrestling WAVE can be annoying as they sometimes put out their shows in the form of random matches from random dates on a series called "V*PARADISE."  But I don’t want to just not review them so what we get is an odd hodgepodge of matches.  I am going to put them in order for this review from shows #146 to #149 to make it easier to follow.  But we do have some big matches here, including a title defense.  The matches being reviewed are:

Wave 2/11/15:
- Kaho Kobayashi vs. Manami Toyota
- Meiko Satomura vs. Shuu Shibutani
- Maki Narumiya and Risa Sera vs. Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata vs. vs. Mika Iida and Sakura Hirota
- Regina Di WAVE Championship: Hikaru Shida vs. Ayako Hamada
- Aya Mizunami vs. Yumi Ohka

Wave 2/22/15:
- Ayako Hamada, Tsubasa Kuragaki, and Yamagata vs. Hikaru Shida, Ryo Mizunami, and Ohka

Wave 2/24/15:
- Sakura Hirota vs. Shuu Shibutani

Wave 3/4/15:
- Hiroe Nagahama and Moeka Haruhi vs. Kana and Rina Yamashita

Let’s get to it!

Kaho Kobayashi vs. Manami Toyota
This match is from February 11th, 2015.  Jumping kick by Toyota immediately  but Kobayashi fires back with a dropkick.  Toyota falls out of the ring, Kobayashi goes to the apron and hits a missile dropkick to the floor.  Toyota rolls back in, Kobayashi goes up top and hits a missile dropkick.  Kobayashi rolls up Toyota but it gets two, boot by Toyota and she dropkicks Kobayashi in the back.  Kobayashi fires back with a pair of dropkicks, and Kobayashi hits two more for a two.  Kobayashi goes up top but Toyota runs over and boots her from the top turnbuckle to the floor.  Toyota goes up top but Kobayashi jumps up and punches Toyota back into the ring.  Dropkick by Kobayashi and she hits a senton.  Another senton by Kobayashi but Toyota rolls her around the ring.  Toyota gets Kobayashi on her shoulders but Kobayashi hits a victory roll for two.  Kobayashi goes up top but Toyota joins her.  Kobayashi elbows her off and she hits a missile dropkick, she goes up again and hits a second one.  She hits a third missile dropkick, followed by a fourth, she picks up Toyota and hits a fisherman suplex hold for a two count.  Toyota comes back with a German suplex hold, she picks up Kobayashi and hits a scoop slam.  Toyota goes up top but Kobayashi avoids the moonsault.  La Magistral by Kobayashi but Toyota kicks out.  Kobayashi goes off the ropes but Toyota boots her and hits a German suplex hold for two.  Toyota goes up top, she hits a missile dropkick but Kobayashi gets back up.  Heel drop by Toyota, she goes up again and hits a missile dropkick to the back.  Cover, but Kobayashi gets a shoulder up.  Toyota goes to the top turnbuckle and hits one final missile dropkick, picking up the three count!  This was very dropkick-y but I still enjoyed it.  Toyota brought her working boots for the young Kobayashi which is impressive and shows a level of respect you don’t always see from legends.  Plus it was far from a squash, if anything Kobayashi was in control the majority of the match.  A bit repetitive but a logical and well paced match.  Score:  6.0

Meiko Satomura vs. Shuu Shibutani
This match is from February 11th, 2015.  Shibutani hits Mongolian Chops and she rolls up Satomura for a two count.  Kicks by Satomura and she hits a double kneedrop for two.  Back up they trade strikes, which Shibutani wins and she hits a DDT for two.  Shibutani goes up top but Satomura knocks her to the apron.  Shibutani snaps her neck over the top rope and hits another DDT.  Shibutani goes up top and hits a missile dropkick for two.  Shibutani picks up Satomura but Satomura trips her and kicks her in the back.  Sleeper by Satomura but Shibutani is too close to the ropes.  More strikes by Satomura and she hits the cartwheel kneedrop.  Satomura picks up Shibutani but Shibutani rolls her up for two.  Elbow by Shibutani and she hits a Northern Lights Suplex for a two count.  Satomura gets the sleeper on again and this time Shibutani can’t reach the ropes and she taps out!  A bit of a step down from the previous match, it was more clipped and what was shown was a bit disjointed.  It wasn’t bad but it was too flat for me, obviously the clipping didn't help that.  Score:  4.0

Maki Narumiya and Risa Sera vs. Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata vs. vs. Mika Iida and Sakura Hirota
This match is from February 11th, 2015.  A wrestler from each team is legal at all times but it breaks down pretty quickly to wrestlers doing whatever they want.  It was mostly playful to start, Hirota gets on the ropes with Ohata and Narumiya on both sides, but they applaud her which causes her to fall when they let go.  Just the cute little stuff you’d expect.  Hirota does what I generally call an Oil Check but I can’t see where she aimed so uh she may have been checking something else.  Narumiya is planted with a DDT, Hirota does a handstand in the corner but Ohata hits her with a whip.  Ohata and Shirai hit double crossbodies but Sera runs in to help.  Narumiya suplexes Hirota onto Ohata but it gets a two count.  Iida goes up top and hits a missile dropkick on Sera but Ohata hits a running crossbody on her and tags in Shirai.  Shirai plants Sera with a double underhook facebuster, then hits a heel drop on Iida.  Narumiya kicks Shirai from the apron, Sera slams Shirai to the mat but the pin is broken up.  Scoop slam by Narumiya, Sera goes up top but Iida and Hirota run in to interfere.  Sera hits a modified Schwein on Iida but that’s broken up, Hirota suplexes Narumiya but Ohata  knocks Hirota to the mat.  Sera dropkicks Ohata, Sera grabs Shirai but Shirai gets away.  Iida flips Shirai to the mat but Shirai rolls her over and applies the Tsuchigumo for the three count!  This was just a fun filler type match that suits most of these women well.  Utterly lacking in substance but it was short so not anything offensive.  Score:  5.0

(c) Hikaru Shida vs. Ayako Hamada
This match is from February 11th, 2015 and is for the Regina Di WAVE Championship.  They go to the mat straight away, back up Shida goes for a hip attack but Hamada catches her.  Dropkick by Shida and she hits a rolling slap into the corner.  She does it again, Hamada hits her back and does her own front roll into a slap.  Hamada goes up top but Shida hits her from behind, Hamada slides away and she dropkicks Shida in the corner.  Back bodydrop by Shida and she hits a sliding kick.  Irish whip by Shida but Hamada hits a quebrada off the side ropes for a two count.  Hamada picks up Shida but Shida gets away, vertical suplex by Shida but Hamada suplexes her back.  Kick to the back of the head by Hamada and she hits an enzigieri, sending Shida toppling out of the ring.  Hamada goes up top but Shida jumps up on the apron and pushes her back into the ring.  Shida goes up top but Hamada grabs her and drops her off the top with a two count.  Dropkick by Shida and she hits an enzigieri, sending Hamada out of the ring.  Shida goes up top and dives out onto Hamada with a plancha suicida.  Knee by Shida, she gets on the second turnbuckle and brings Hamada back into the ring with a vertical suplex.  Shida goes up top and she hits a missile dropkick for a two count.  Running knee by Shida, but that gets a two as well.  They trade strike attempts, Shida drives Hamada into her knee for a two count.  Hamada gets Shida on her shoulders and hits a front slam, and both wrestlers are out on the mat.  Shida goes off the ropes but Hamada nails a lariat for two.  Hamada goes up top and she hits a missile dropkick, she drags Shida to her feet and hits a sit-down powerbomb but Shida rolls her up for two.  Jumping kick by Hamada, cover, but it gets a two count.  Back up, small package by Shida and she hits a Falcon Arrow.  Back up, kick combination by Hamada, she picks up Shida and hits another kick for a two count.  Hamada picks up Shida, she nails the AP Cross for the three count.  Hamada is your new champion!  This match was borderline fantastic.  It was great to see Shida in a serious match and Hamada has always been quality, and wrestlers do tend to step it up in title matches.  Lots of hard hits, big moves, no wasted time whatsoever, it just delivered from start to finish.  Definitely recommend checking it out.  Score:  8.5

Aya Mizunami vs. Yumi Ohka
This match is from February 11th, 2015.  Mizunami quickly hits a spear to start, she avoids Ohka’s boot and Ohka lands on the apron.  Mizunami spears Ohka off the apron and she hits a leg lariat off the apron.  Back in the ring and she elbows Ohka in the corner.  Ohka finally hits a big boot but Mizunami fires back with elbows.  They trade strikes, leg drops by Mizunami and she covers Ohka for two.  Mizunami picks up Ohka but Ohka gets away and hits a cross-arm backstabber.  Ohka works over Mizunami’s leg but Mizunami hits a German suplex.  Mizunami puts Ohka on the top rope and she hits a leg drop.  Jumping leg lariat by Mizunami, but it gets two.  Spear by Mizunami, she goes up top but Ohka avoids the diving guillotine leg drop.  Big boot by Ohka, she picks up Mizunami and they trade elbows.  Ohka goes off the ropes but Mizunami hits a lariat.  Mizunami picks up Ohka but Ohka slides away and kicks her, they trade lariats/big boots until Ohka hits a backdrop suplex.  Brainbuster by Ohka and she hits a heel drop.  Belly to belly suplex by Mizunami but Ohka boots her back.  Ohka goes up top, Mizunami joins her and she hits a Frankensteiner.  Ohka snaps off a vertical suplex but Mizunami hits a lariat for two.  They trade elbows on their knees, Mizunami gets Ohka on her shoulders and slams her to the mat.  Dragon suplex hold by Mizunami but it gets two.  Mizunami goes off the ropes, chokebomb by Mizunami but Ohka rolls on top for two.  Spear by Mizunami but Ohka boots her.  Big boot by Ohka, cover, but Mizunami gets a shoulder up.  Tiger suplex by Ohka, she hits a final big boot and picks up the three count! Mizunami was awesome here, I am not too familiar with her but really impressed.  She even reined in Ohka which is quite a feat.   The no selling was a bit excessive at times but it bothers me less in the main event, and it was just nonstop goodness.  Really  pleasantly  surprised here, very strong match, loved the energy.  Score:  7.5

Ayako Hamada, Tsubasa Kuragaki, and Yuu Yamagata vs. Hikaru Shida, Ryo Mizunami, and Yumi Ohka
This match took place on February 22nd, 2015.  Hamada and Ohka start off and they trade kicks, Shida runs in but Hamada hits a double armdrag.  Ohka and Hamada trade armdrags, Mizunami and Kuragaki are tagged in and they take turns running into each other.  Kuragaki gets the better of it and her team runs in to help attack Mizunami in the corner.  Kuragaki picks up Mizunami but Mizunami hits a spear.  Shida and Ohka come in to try to suplex Kuragaki but Kuragaki blocks it.  Hamada kicks them from behind, the other three come in the ring and team Shida hits a vertical suplex on all their opponents.  Shida goes for a hip attack on Kuragaki but Kuragaki blocks it.  Hurricanrana by Shida and she hits a hip attack for a two count.  Shida tags in Ohka, Kuragaki slams Ohka but Mizunami spears Kuragaki.  Shida knees Kuragaki from the apron, cover by Ohka but it gets two.  Kuragaki gets Shida and Ohka on her back and applies an Argentine Backbreaker on both followed by a double backdrop suplex.  Double lariat by Kuragaki and she tags in Yamagata, Yamagata kicks Ohka in the leg but Ohka hits a boot in the corner.  She goes for another one but Yamagata moves, she goes for a slingshot move but Ohka kicks her.  Backstabber by Yamagata but Ohka hits another boot.  Vertical suplex by Ohka but Yamagata returns the favor.  Chokebomb by Ohka but Yamagata kicks her in the head.  Shida and Hamada are tagged in and Shida kicks Hamada in the back of the head.  Hamada kicks her back, Hamada charges Shida but Shida moves, sending Hamada onto the apron. 

Shida grabs Hamada from the second turnbuckle and she suplexes Hamada back into the ring for a two count.  Running kick by Shida, but Hamada kicks out again.  Shida tags in Mizunami, Mizunami picks up Hamada and hits lariats but Hamada stays up.  Powerslam by Mizunami, but it gets a two count.  Running leg lariat by Mizunami but that gets two as well.  Mizunami goes up top but Yamagata runs in and knocks her off.  Kuragaki and Hamada go up top and hit stereo moonsaults but Mizunami runs in and spears both of them.  Hamada kicks Mizunami in the head but Mizunami hits a spear.  Mizunami goes up top but Hamada avoids the guillotine leg drop.  Hamada charges Mizunami but Mizunami hits an overhead suplex.  Shida runs in and hits a Falcon Arrow on Hamada, Mizunami picks up Hamada and delivers a dragon suplex hold, but it is broken up.  Everyone takes turns hitting strikes on each other until Mizunami and Hamada are alone again.  Yamagata hits a missile dropkick on Mizunami and Hamada hits a lariat for a two count.  Hamada picks up Mizunami and she drops her with a sit-down powerbomb, but it is broken up.  Hamada grabs Mizunami, nails the AP Cross and she picks up the three count.  This was a bit too chaotic and random for me but there were some parts I really liked.  Kuragaki is a beast and they did a good job of showing that, and there were some really fun double (or triple) team spots spread throughout the match.  The end run was entertaining also.  More style than substance but not a bad match.  Score:  6.0

Sakura Hirota vs. Shuu Shibutani
This match took place on February 24th, 2015.  They go to the mat to start but when they return to their feet Hirota hits two cutters.  Elbows by Hirota but Shibutani hits a DDT.  Elbows by Shibutani, she goes off the ropes but Hirota trips her.  Shibutani returns the favor, both wrestlers go up top but they come back down and Shibutani hits a Stunner.  Tornado DDT by Shibutani, cover, but she gets two.  Hirota hits Shibutani from behind with the Oil Check and Shibutani falls out of the ring.  Hirota slams her in the apron but they both slide back in before the 20 count.  Shibutani and Hirota trade elbows, cover by Shibutani but it gets two.  Hirota by the way dressed like Shibutani, making play by play annoying but I think I got it.  They trade chops but Hirota slaps Shibutani and hits an inside cradle for two.  Hirota goes for a tornado DDT and with some help she hits it.  Hirota goes off the ropes but Shibutani hits a cutter for two.  Northern Lights Suplex by Shibutani, but it gets a two count.  Hirota kisses Shibutani, causing Shibutani to flop to the mat.  Shibutani recovers and they trade roll-ups, they end up locking arms and rolling each other to the mat with both shoulders down, and the referee counts both of them for three.  The match is a Draw.  I am not a fan of Hirota and this match just wasn’t entertaining to me in just about any way.  Even though I do like Shibutani.  Score:  3.0

Hiroe Nagahama and Moeka Haruhi vs. Kana and Rina Yamashita
This match took place on April 4th, 2015.  Nagahama and Yamashita start off, Yamashita knocks Nagahama back into the corner and tags in Kana.  Haruhi runs in and they dropkick their opponents, but Kana and Yamashita fire back with a double shoulderblock.  Kana snapmares Nagahama and kicks her hard in the back.  Cross armbreaker by Kana but Nagahama quickly gets a foot on the ropes.  Kana kicks Nagahama and hits a few forearms.   Haruhi runs in but Kana dropkicks her, Kana scoop slams Nagahama and covers her for two.  Kana tags in Yamashita and Yamashita chops Nagahama against the ropes, Irish whip by Yamashita but Nagahama hits a dropkick.  Nagahama tags in Haruhi and Haruhi hits a crossbody on both Kana and Yamashita.  Yamashita throws Haruhi into the corner but Haruhi grabs her arm and applies an armbreaker over the top rope.  Crossbody by Haruhi, but it only gets a two count.  Yamashita picks up Haruhi and slams her before hitting an elbow drop for two.  Yamashita tags in Kana, Kana kicks Haruhi in the chest.  Haruhi hits a quick hurricanrana followed by a Northern Lights Suplex for two.  Haruhi tags in Nagahama, Irish whip by Nagahama to Kana and Nagahama hits a dropkick.  Another dropkick by Nagahama and she covers Kana for two.  Scoop slam by Nagahama, she goes to pick up Nagahama but Nagahama rolls her up for two.  Nagahama rolls up Kana as well a few times with no lock, Nagahama goes off the ropes but Kana applies a short armbar.  Cross armbreaker by Kana but Haruhi breaks it up with a diving footstomp.  Haruhi hits another diving footstomp to Kana’s back but Kana hits a sliding kick to Nagahama for two.  Kana tags in Yamashita and Yamashita kicks Nagahama in the chest.  Lariat by Yamashita and she knocks Nagahama to the mat.  Irish whip by Yamashita, Nagahama goes for a roll-up but Yamashita sits down on her for two.  Yamashita goes off the ropes but Haruhi elbows her.  Roll-up cover by Nagahama to Yamashita, but it gets a two count.  Nagahama dropkicks Yamashita, Haruhi goes up top and she hits a missile dropkick to Yamashita.  Scoop slam by Nagahama but she gets a two count.  Lariat by Yamashita and she hits another one for two.  Yamashita applies a rear naked choke and Nagahama has to tap out!   Kana looked great here, I am not as familiar with Nagahama and Haruhi but they were fine.  This was the opener on the card so they weren’t going all out, but a solid match overall.  Score:  5.5

Final Thoughts:

If you focus on the matches from 2/11 and just consider the rest extra, this was a really entertaining event package.  There were two matches I’d recommend any fan of joshi to watch, and several others that were solid.  I’d recommend this one just for the two major matches from 2/11 but there is enough else here to hold your interest, overall a fun show.

Grade:  B

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event reviewed on 4/24/15