When Intergender Wrestling Goes Wrong: The Asuka Incident

[@AgeOfWrestling]

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[@phillygriffin79]

She is one of my❤ favorite female wresting❤!!!

[@tybafus2220]

Asuka has gone on to state that she asked for it. Minoru was one of her idols, and beyond that she felt that if she could handle his stiff wrestling style she would become to female version of strong style. Minoru has been wrestling a very long time and has yet to cause a serious injury. His style is brutal, but he takes care of his opponents.

[@hitmanabhi007]

Coz afterall he is still the 'grandpa'

[@redrag0n_]

The KING

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

concussions are serious injuries to knock someone out with a headbut then to lift them up and hit them befor they come to is leaving a concussion no mATTER WHAT your ridlicous if u think she wasnt concussed after this

[@Fluffy-ov1tp]

Minoru is one of the best ever

[@victory7763]

Man vs woman is stupid from both a kayfabe standpoint as well as real life. For the very same reason letting transgender people fight women is stupid

[@Good100]

Asuka's refusal to settle for the joshi status quo not only made her a great heel, but also gave her the opportunity to go to WWE and become, ironically, probably the most famous joshi in history. Much like how Rey Mysterio is famous worldwide and is the face (or rather, the mask) that people think of when talking about lucha, Asuka is the face of Japanese women's wrestling for anyone who isn't from Japan or a highly engaged smark.

[@duckmercy11]

Tbh Chigusa Nagayo was probably more famous just within Japan than Asuka is worldwide, ditto for El Santo over Mysterio in Mexico. I get the point you're making but I think WWE fans fail to grasp the enormity of just how big certain non-WWE stars were in the pre-internet days. Yes, WWE has global reach but is fairly niche nowadays and unfortunately the average person on the street couldn't tell you who Asuka is, whether here in NYC or even her hometown Osaka. The Crush Gals on the otherhand were true celebrities and even got NBC News to cover them, plus Vince brought them over for house shows at MSG and Boston Garden where they popped crowds.

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

She also became the most successful Japanese wrestler in WWE.

[@MegaFinalRound]

I question if WWE/triple H/Vince McMahon even knew about this match when they signed her…

[@DDS029]

@@BiG-JuPO1O1 Only because she didn't let them do what they likely wanted to do with her. It's been easy to see that Vince has this thing about keeping Latin and Asian wrestlers, especially women, down because they don't fit his mold of a wrestler. He definitely wanted to have his steroid bloated "talent" to put these "little people" in their place.

[@DDS029]

@@jimjaspers3050 I would say yes. Due to only seeing them on KZbin it's a little tough to remember names, but I remember watching one match a joshi legend had against Aja Kong as her retirement match. The whole hardcore deal. "Electrified" barbed wire instead of ropes, and all. Not big weapons, not their style. No fake blood though, either. This woman was held up to Godess status. Even Aja Kong broke character at the end and bowed to her. That would be equivalent to Ric Flair hugging an opponent. Unthinkable.

[@yesthisisvic]

One VERY big detail ommitted from this story is that this match was the last show for Kana Pro Wrestling, as Asuka had already announced that she was coming over to the U.S. One other thing is that Asuka had worked intergender matches regularly in her company and almost always booked herself to lose. The Minoro beatdown was just because she wanted something extra memorable for Kana Pro's final show.

[@Sevicify]

Actually this wasn't the last Kana Pro show, there were five shows after this with the last happening 15 months later. She would also go on to team with Minoru in another intergender match against Shuri and Yoshiaki Fujiwara on the following show 4 months after this one, a match that they would lose when she was pinned by Shuri. Her match on the final show was a 6-person tag match with Kana, Shuri and Hikaru Shida against Arisa Nakajima, Ryo Mizunami and Rina Yamashita which Kana's team won.

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@ChiTownXpress]

Asuka is one hell of a trooper, she’s earned her spot in professional wrestling especially after her match with Minoru.

[@SilentHotdog28]

I already loved and respected her a hell of a lot, but damn that's gone up 10 fold now. She is awesome.

[@vicentegeonix]

And what exactly did she won?

[@CatsClaw44]

You people are sick. Get some help.

[@CatsClaw44]

​@@SilentHotdog28Get some help.

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@derantorkiarig4592]

So, in short: Asuka wanted to put on a show which seemed real, and didn't want her opponent to pull his punches - and she acted it out so well that people actually believed it was real, while she suffered no injury or adverse effects at all. She always wanted to be part of men's wrestling, and fulfilled her own wish at the end of her Japanese run, going up against one of her idols and delivering a brutal, memorable fight, which is the opposite of what she criticized women's wrestling for (being to stylized and focused on good looks). I don't know man, sounds like "intergender wrestling gone right" to me.

[@polrua]

This is an uncomfortable match to watch, but Kana booked it and it turned out exactly the way she wanted. Suzuki is one of the most terrifying heels in the business, but he is also a respectful professional and while this looks absolutely horrifying, he is in no ways taking liberties. For all that it's a difficult match to watch, it did exactly what Kana booked it to do, and did so extremely successful. It made Suzuki look like a cruel and brutal bastard, and it made Kana look as tough as nails for taking it for as long as she did. The fact that we are still talking about it years later, and that Suzuki is still taking bookings for intergender matches hoping for something half as effective as this one, is a testament to its success.

[@nutter789]

You get it. This fucking youtuber doesn't. Though I don't think this match made Asuka look tough at all.

[@based_windwalker]

Yeah he did what was asked of him, from his promoter. He looked like he was like oh shoot I killed her haha

[@danlowe]

Show me a single intergender headbutt that you can hear from the main camera. I think she asked him to do something she couldn't handle and had no way to mediate it once that choice was made. There's nothing professional about repeated stiffs to the head. The visceral soap opera of a pro wrestling heel doesn't circumvent law and order just because the fans are all in on kayfabe now. Wrestling fans repeat trivia like truth, even though we also know pro wrestlers are at best thespians and at worst con artists. But they're certainly not honest people. Their stories change over time and there seems to be a lot of pressure to say what you're told to say when you're in the moment. To be fair though, if this was truly an unwanted assault, when he would have dropped his guard to taunt her she would have just gouged one of his eyes out. Maybe it was planned, but it certainly wasn't professional. She's either a victim or an idiot.

[@mijaroprime9509]

@@danloweIt is professional, if it's what the promoter (Asuka) said should happen and you do it you're being professional if not you're not being professional. Asuka knew what she was doing, the match established her as a tough wrestler who can handle a lot of punishment and gave the respect she has in Japan.

[@BadWolve]

@@based_windwalker The excuse of "Doing whats asked" doesn't make it right. Soldiers were just following orders under Hitler. Respecting other performers and your own values are important. If someone askes you to do things that go against your own values, you shouldn't do them. It's not that complicated. The fact that he followed through with it because "its was what was told" isn't a good excuse for anything. He went over the line

[@gngrblls2thwall]

It’s worth mentioning that Suzuki was one of the founders and original fighters in Pancrase: An MMA organization that predates the UFC and was represented in the UFC by Ken Shamrock.

[@billywashere6965]

Yup, he was an absolutely beast in Pancrase, and he looked like a straight-up killer. He put some legends on the mat and made them tap. He would have been a real beast in UFC had he gone over there during the early 1990s.

[@commiehunter733]

Pro pancake making😂

[@rifasclub]

@commiehunter733 your mommy is calling you, kid, go home.

[@rd400d]

Bas Rutten kicked his ass.

[@babauranai]

​@@rd400dbas rutten is a different kind of cat

[@RichardM1366]

Auska is a great lady. She is tough but sweet.

[@andrewholl2108]

And that is Perfect

[@AgeOfWrestling]

I think she’s the toughest lady in WWE

[@bigredfella13]

And she's a babe 😍 lol

[@andrewholl2108]

@@bigredfella13 100%

[@john-sp8jk]

​@@bigredfella13👍

[@SeanTracyEsq]

Great video, I learned a lot about Asuka/Kana from this! She really stands at the top of the pack in women's wrestling and seems like an awesome person in general

[@gbody2617]

Right. The guy beating her up even stuck his finger in her at the end of the beating...that sick 8@$+@®d!

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@sirnetflix7162]

The fact that Asuka still hasn't won at WM is criminal.

[@corrinfoss4822]

I'm hoping with Vince essentially banned from the product that this will change.

[@BooguyTheAdept]

She still holds a lot of records and already is a grand slam champ. Her WM lose streak isn't that big of an issue. She is still a very solid wrestler

[@corrinfoss4822]

It's not about her being a solid wrestler. It's about WWE continuously doing her dirty. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.@@BooguyTheAdept

[@initailo1536]

Did yall forget she beat bianca bilair at WM 😐

[@sirnetflix7162]

@@initailo1536 No she didn’t. She lost

[@fattiger6957]

I'm sure even some male wrestlers would be hesitant to work against Suzuki.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Yeah probably, he has a reputation for being stiff

[@dightonazpeitia4350]

@@AgeOfWrestlingUnfair statement to make seeing as how the Japanese wrestling culture has always been stiffer and more hard-hitting than the product in the west which lead to the formation of organizations such as King of Pancrase. Basically, if you can’t stand the heat, don’t walk into the kitchen in the first place.

[@ScoobyWithADobie]

@@dightonazpeitia4350Bullshit. Kaguya ( the best female wrestler in the world ) said she doesn’t want to work with Suzuki cause he has a problem with females in general. I believe Kaguya ( a women who wrestlers for nearly a decade in stardom one of the stiffest Joshi wrestling promotions in the world ) more than some random dude in YT comments

[@hrr597]

@@ScoobyWithADobie whatever soy cuck

[@dightonazpeitia4350]

@@ScoobyWithADobie Oh, bullshit on your BULLSHIT. You can’t have Kana come to him and literally tell him to stiff her, and then cry about him being stiff. She literally TOLD him to do it. As far as your “random dude” skid mark, you can pull up any New / All-Japan match from nearly any decade you wish and watch how stiff they were. Nearly all the wrestlers from the west had to shoot in some cases to survive. Ichi-Bon strong style. It’s all there to watch so how about you shut your suck as you clearly don’t know shit about it.

[@rockstarsouth3405]

I thought this would be even more controversial than the infamous Stardom Yoshiko beatdown, but I was slightly less shocked it was revealed it was actually Asuka herself that book the match.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

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[@DerrickDX]

This was a right of passage for both people,it wasn't a negative thing at all. This is showing how Asuka(Kana) is a legit badass and wanted to be the best by all means!

[@swaviechan999]

Thank you for talking more about asuka’s background I’ve been a fan of hers since her nxt days where she was undefeated always wanted to meet her irl it’s on my bucket list actually a lot of ppl say wwe is underutilizing her but think about she’s a former raw smackdown nxt women’s champion and tag champion she’s done almost everything there but she is really passionate about her love for wrestling eventually when she does retire i personally hope she just enjoys herself bc she’s earned everything she’s accomplished truly a one of a kind wrestler 🤡

[@RomaroBrandon]

3/7 of those reigns suck. The best ones were as Raw Women's Champion (the second time), NXT Women's Champion, and Tag Team Champion with Kairi Sane. She should have been booked better than she was on the main roster and when she took her first loss, she should have came out looking strong in defeat as opposed to going on a losing streak.

[@swaviechan999]

@@RomaroBrandon yup totally agree actually wished her main roster title reigns were better kinda like they didn’t know what to do with her tbh especially after her women’s title reign basically just a transitional champion tbh but least she was the first ever lol

[@duckmercy11]

Winning fake belts doesn't matter by itself, it's all about context.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Yeah she’s had a very notable career. She will go down as one of the greatest women’s wrestlers of all time

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@eternallight4425]

Legit this makes Asuka one of toughest wrestlers in WWE

[@AgeOfWrestling]

So true, she’s probs the toughest in the WWE locker room, I don’t think many women would be down to do this

[@nutter789]

No it doesn't. She asked for a shoot match, any wrestler can peform in a shoot match. You really have no idea what you're watching

[@JebJebJebbers]

@@nutter789 you think all the divas would put up with that in a match let alone book it that way?

[@danlowe]

It made her look incredibly weak, like a punctuation on the men vs women debate, when in a real fight she'd have used every 'dirty' trick from biting off his lips to clawing out his eyes. It would have been much more impressive had they had a marathon or allowed her to evade him rather than try to hit him back like he hit her. Maybe she really thought she'd be able to go punch for punch. If this is impressive, then every gang member who gets beaten into their crew deserves our respect too

[@andrewsilva9721]

​@@danlowegetting beaten into a gang isn't quite the same thing as choosing to take a beating in front of a live crowd from the scariest man in your industry.

[@EliBTR5.3]

If there is one thing I know about Joshis, they're insanely tough. If you have ever seen the bumps Minami Toyota put her self through, Megumi Kudo putting her body through fire, barbed wire and explosives you will know these women have a tolerance for pain many men might not even have. The Joshis in Zenjo arguably took things way harder then the men did back in the 80s and 90s. Chaprita Asari got her nose broken live on RAW back in 1995 by Aja Kong and after that match all the "boys" in the locker room were up in arms over how brutal that match was. Intergender wrestling is a lot more common in Japan then it is here. Saki Akai is a good example of a women that wrestles exclusively for a male promotion.

[@AMFPSgamer]

​@@hartraven67that shows your ignorence and narrow mind. Grow up

[@FunsetSunset]

@@hartraven67 Sounds like someone's ego is hurt ;)

[@AgeOfWrestling]

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[@awesomo925]

"Even though this was all planned, it was still definitely too far." You're wrong. Asuka is the baddest chick on the planet for this! When you said it was all planned, my jaw dropped. She legit told him to go full Spopovick vs Videl on her. Asuka forever has my respect, and so does Suzuki.

[@ace-zs1ob]

It was scripted.

[@jordieluvspooh]

@@ace-zs1obno…shit that’s what they said?

[@ace-zs1ob]

@@jordieluvspooh yes femcel.

[@Shendue]

The problem is that people are afraid it can perpetrate the normalization of men beating women. Obviously, men are naturally physically stronger than women, therefore such a thing is unfair at best. The problem isn't the match per se, of course Asuka/Kana was absolutely consenting, heck, she booked the thing herself, but rather the fact it supposedly may set a bad example to viewers, especially since it's all made in kayfabe and viewers may not know it's staged.

[@awesomo925]

@@Shendue .....you're obviously new. Nobody watches wrestling because they think it's real unless they're under 6 years old. If this is what you're worried about, you should consider if wrestling has been normalizing violence in general. This is an industry that already depicts a lot of ultraviolence. Not too mention obody would be complaining if he were dominating a skinny, meek man even smaller than Asuka.

[@robgable2426]

When I first saw that intergender match I instantly saw Asuka as the Toughest Woman wrestler I've Ever seen. I was so excited to see her in WWE. The GOAT of Womens wrestling.

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@boonslang6689]

Not even close. Lita, Trinity, Chyna all are heads above her.

[@BruceKameni-c5i]

​@@boonslang6689dont forget Randa pls ❤

[@sincereborn8603]

​@@boonslang6689it's their opinion not yours didn't u see the "I"

[@fattiger6957]

This is clearly a double standard. If that's what she wanted, then there is no controversy. Wrestling fans keep on going on about how they want equal treatment for female wrestlers, then they complain when female wrestlers CHOOSE to be in violent matches. Like the various bloody women's matches in AEW. No one forced those women to be in those matches. They chose to be, just like Mick Foley and Terry Funk chose to be in bloody matches decades ago. Terry and Mick are legends for their violent matches, but some wrestling fans want to go on a moral crusade when women chose to be in violent matches.

[@duckmercy11]

Yeah, too many fans are paternalistic nowadays. I'm a huge Stardom/Joshi fan and I can't tell you how many people cry about it being too dangerous because they're used to seeing watered down diva matches. They're trained professionals, they KNOW what they're doing.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

I understand what you are saying, and I respect it, but life is filled with double standards, and this is just one of them. Inter gender wrestling can be done right but this time it was done wrong. It’s just not acceptable to watch a man literally b*ating up a woman in a one sided fight.

[@Ironmike341]

​@@AgeOfWrestlinghow many squash matches have you seen throughout wrestling? How many are you making videos on? Did you make a video on Brock lesner destroying the one legged cancer survivor?

[@glokiid]

Asuka is a man

[@danlowe]

​@@Ironmike341 You need to make your own videos rather than expecting everyone else to be an encyclopedia to your particular worldview. If life is unfair, then rhetoric and speech is unfair. I'm about to watch a Glenn Greenwald segment about Waco and forget all about why I was mad about Suzuki. Now THAT'S an unfair story whose truths don't get told and someday might be forgotten. Because a person's message is theirs to carry, and ceases to exist without a messenger. If this creator doesn't want to say what you think people need to hear, then you need to say it, and publicize it, memorialize it. Or the idea itself will disappear from history and no longer considered for a 'balanced' argument.

[@eddylindsey986]

If you survived a match with Minoru Suzuki, win, lose, draw, or otherwise, you did a lot. This guy enjoys hitting AND getting hit. And for Asuka to survive this, she HAS to be praised for doing so. As uncomfortable as it was to watch, thank you for posting this video.

[@RemingtonMiles-sr9uf]

All the more reason it sucked for Asuka's huge winning streak to be ended by Charlotte.

[@foxwolf316]

hey that head butt really hurts, but no selling is what got you into that mess.

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@riverrunriot4323]

Asuka has that "whos the main character?" face. She was 100% made for this

[@georgekraft1401]

I like everything about Asuka. She made me a fan again, as I quit watching pro wrestling after the Monday Night war.

[@patricks6204]

I really love your videos. You've given me so much insight into the Japanese wrestling scene. That was a brutal match and I'm glad that you explained that it was a work.

[@skaicentral3790]

I actually remember seeing this it was pretty insane Asuka (Kana) can really take one hell of a beating another reason why Asuka is by far one of my favorite female wrestlers of all time. Im sure if there was more of a push for intergender matches, she would be all for it

[@John-Stark]

Honestly i feel like her and Rhea would be at the forefront of that push

[@mebeme007]

@@John-Stark Chyna was part of that, too. She was certainly ahead of her time in western wrestling, in trying to push for intergender matches. Sadly she is no longer alive, but would have loved to see a 3 way fight between Asuka, Rhea and Chyna.

[@SilverSkywalker]

Thanks for the vid. Had no idea of Asuka's history! I have even more respect for her!!

[@battledrill]

So she asked for it before the match, and during the match, but you make a judgement that it was wrong. Click bait much?

[@anzilluuri]

Strangely enough if you watch closely suzuki looks a little worried as he stands in the ring. Kinda like hes waiting for movement or a sign from Kana. (Thats she's ok) But of course if its a show. Its has to move forward. Kana wanted to test herself.

[@tracemusic777]

Definitely a stiff match but it doesn't bother me if it was a work. Asuka asked for it and she booked it that way and took a heck of a beating to gain some attention & heat... consider that mission accomplished. She's a BEAST!!! Much respect!

[@donrightgaming1455]

Regardless what it was it was disgusting

[@TheSophisticatedSavage]

Let me do it to you.... see if you keep that opinion

[@thegotchexperience1356]

​@@TheSophisticatedSavageIf you ask for it, you can't complain when you get it

[@michael-orian5773]

Some people don't realize that it's a performance lol

[@elimanning6520]

​@@donrightgaming1455nope. Grow up fool

[@solascriptura-e7t]

Leads me to remember that beatdown that Lita took, at the hands of Triple H and SCSA: Those chair shots were brutal; and the Pedigree on her, was the original, more realistic one (that Trips was told to modify into a safer version). The amazing thing is: that she wanted it "to look as real as possible"...to, likewise, "prove how tough she is".

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I also remember Eddie Guerrero power bombing the shit out of Lita on the floor, on an episode of Raw.

[@edencieslowski9310]

I hope triple H and this weird thing go to hell for hurting girls like this

[@mwbwyatt]

​@@edencieslowski9310they aren't girls lol, they're professional female wrestlers and if they asked for it, then..well. I suppose it's on them. But for both Suzuki and trips, neither one really injured the female they were working with. Intergender matches can *LOOK* absolutely brutal at times, but in most cases the males working with them are pretty safe with the female, and almost always concerned about the wellbeing...even if it doesn't always look like it. Men may be physically stronger than women (biologically)but that in no way means that women are not tough as all hell with absurd levels of pain tolerance.

[@kami_narisama]

​@@edencieslowski9310imagine being such a loser that you have to write in your bio that you are, quote, "better than you and your family combined" LMAO. Not surprised coming from a thing that looked like its missing a chromosome

[@Mudge0001]

you also need to remember they are talking to each other the whole time wheather that's unspoken slaps or claps on bodie parts or actual words they mask around ring talk. In this case Paul is a BIG guy especially at the height of Lita's time. I'm sure when given the choice the female wrestlers aren't going to "step" into a ring with a male wrestler they don't feel safe with.

[@natashafarley414]

Holy crap. This was insane. Asuka is f’n tough as nails. Mad respect for her.

[@llynellyn]

"Its's not even a thing of projecting western values onto Japanese wrestling" - Bud that's *exactly* what you're doing.

[@squidjames7735]

Pssdivd aggressive western approach 🤣🤣🤣

[@ferna2294]

Why should someone respect the values of a violent culture?

[@whitestoneandy797]

There's something called basic *human* decency. It has nothing to do with culture. Also, culture can be objectively wrong.

[@jellydamgood]

​@@ferna2294that's a good question. I too was quite puzzled when people cheered vandalising and looting.

[@shadowoctopus099-bf4ug]

Asuka is one of my all time favourite wrestlers. She has awesome and magnetic personality, is so versatile and I personally find her gorgeous smile sensational. I completely respect Asuka's decision to have Minoru Suzuki really work on her in a very stiff manner in their match. It's a very Japanese thing to earn the respect of elders in such a manner. I'm more impressed of Asuka now upon learning this. Now, she's even more my favourite.

[@TheContractFlipper]

asuka played by twin sister one in video is twin not actual asuka.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

@@TheContractFlipper What?

[@TheContractFlipper]

@scorpiusbalthazar4327 asuka character plays by twin..the original one out, pretty much retire after getting her teeth knocked out.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

@@TheContractFlipper English, do you speak it? Please form coherent sentences.

[@TheContractFlipper]

@@scorpiusbalthazar4327 stop being dumbass learn how fucking read, WWE talk about it all time asuka play twins..

[@diegoprodriguez]

You know, for the longest time, I wondered why Asuka was still with WWE after all the wishy washy booking, but now I kinda get it. She likes to perform and WWE us the biggest audience for her to do it.

[@kennethsmith8968]

aew

[@diegoprodriguez]

@@kennethsmith8968 Less then 1 Million viewers a week vs 2 Million Viewers a Week. Make the math make sense…

[@uwukarnik]

ah yes... staged fight being wrong... are you drunk? They stage fights to be one sided its not a fecking sexist thing, fighters agree to be defeated or to win. Its not polish MMA freak fight were there it was for real, THIS IS FAKE AND THAT'S THE POINT. White bloody knights...

[@leviuzumaki3903]

Honestly Suzuki is actually a very very kind person outside of the ring and very respectful, so I don’t doubt he probably did do everything he could to try and talk her out of it or at least warned her what she was asking for. But she probably just didn’t care and was going to go through with it no matter what he said. But honestly in the end this worked out exactly how she wanted it to, it gave her a reason to get written off screen for her to go to wwe and take her big chance which paid off and it gave Suzuki even more heat and hatred than he already had and gave him more legitimacy as well. In terms of booking it’s actually quite genius but definitely shouldn’t be replicated in my opinion. But another female wrestler that made her name in hardcore intergender matches is actually Candice larae she is actually a big pioneer for women’s wrestling in my opinion and very underrated.

[@Sevicify]

She didn't join WWE until over a year after this match, and in that time she put on 5 more Kana Pro events with the last happening a week after her WWE signing was announced which was 15 months after this match. She also in fact actually teamed with Minoru in another intergender match against Shuri and Yoshiaki Fujiwara in the event following this one 4 months later, a match they would go on to lose with Kana being pinned by Shuri.

[@showtime1235]

that headbutt was WILD

[@DOFIXERR]

Asuka is already fckn legendary status. I remember stumbling upon her from a bunch of Shimmer DVDs back in 2011' 2012'. Shimmer introduced me to many stars now such as Mia Yim, Athena, Hikaru Shida, The Iconics, and so many more). I remember even making her in WWE 12' game thinking that the idea of her in the WWE, yet alone making a name for herself would be amazing but impossible. Glad I was proven wrong.

[@polrua]

Shimmer is one of the most criminally overlooked promotions in the world. It was revolutionising women's wrestling long before it was cool. It also features some of the greatest talent and some of the best booking in any federation anywhere.

[@GayFishYe]

​@@polruaShimmer also introduced us to Nattie & Becky. One of the main breeding grounds for those who would go on to become megastars.

[@mpomp6378]

As a casual fan, she's always been the standout for me. Belair, until live, I thought overrated, seeing live, Bianca and Asuka are something special.

[@damiencross7334]

She hits people with her hair. I can't take her serious at all. With her fake hair whip. She looks so stupid swinging that thing around like inspector gadget when he does the go go gadget helicopter.

[@lordvader420]

Wow what a great video. It really clears a lot up and makes more sense why she takes off how she does.

[@Rubyfire41]

Asuka was already up there as one of my favorite female wrestlers, but this story pushed her over the edge. She's incredible.

[@Elrinell]

Great video, didn't know Asuka was through so much in Japan. She's truly the goat in women's wrestling

[@kitsabrefang]

Video and thumbnail is in real poor taste as the match was simply stiff, consensual, and not “an incident.” It’s especially poor when there are actual shoot incidents such as with Act Yasukawa that weren’t consensual like Suzuki vs Kana.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

I respect your opinion

[@yatzliahspacewalker720]

Nah,still no excuse,its just ok to beat the shit outta women over there

[@dogsofgore7708]

what he means is "you're a furry twat"

[@nutter789]

​@@AgeOfWrestlingit's not an opinion, that's a fact you fucking chump

[@nutter789]

You even stated in your video that Asuka asked him to be as stiff as he could. It's not an opinion. You just proved that yourself. Idiot. Go into the world and get a fucking job. You ain't shit here. You don't know shit. You think it's promoting domestic violence even though female wrestlers attack male wrestlers within storylines all the fucking time. You never mentioned that. It's because you're completely unaware of the politics of wrestling, the culture and the wrestlers themselves. Its a fuck up world you have NO GRASP ON. So stfu cause you don't know a fucking thing about wrestling

[@KyoAlexiel]

Asuka aka Kana isnt the only woman he beat hard in the ring.. he did this to Sak Akai and boy that girl stood up to him and fought back at him more then Kana did. She really tall for an japanese woman too and as wrestled many guys in DDT so I have huge respect for her.. too bad her career ends this year.. like.. next month?

[@ace-zs1ob]

This is scripted.

[@brandonespinoza9448]

Asuka is one of the best wrestlers I’ve ever seen. She’s so talented.

[@Visions-by-J]

Nothing shocking, uncomfortable or crossing the line about this. Asuka and Suzuki choreographed and rehearsed this to perfection to give the fans exactly what they wanted to see.

[@GleeChan]

Since it's planned, and she could have told him to stop during the match or else tap or not kick out to make the match end, I think Asuka/Kana knew what she could or couldn't take. Clearly Suzuki can control himself, as he was still playing the character throughout along and not in a blind rage. He stuck around afterwards to raise her hand. It's brutal and something we as fans don't want to see, but I think both of them were in complete control. He would have stopped if she told him to, that's the take away. If he was really going nuts, the others in the ring could have overpowered him by numbers, or else the other men wouldn't have just laid dead from a hip toss. The match was supposed to be brutal and it was.

[@BusinessMan1619]

Man. I'm glad it was a work. I was about to get really mad at Suzuki.

[@dightonazpeitia4350]

Lmao like he would give a fuck

[@LengfOrGirf]

Get mad and do... what?

[@mxrodriguez22]

That actually turned me on ! Haha 😂 the entire match

[@rosita3528]

​@@mxrodriguez22ew

[@td163]

​@@mxrodriguez22😂😂😂😂 can't lie

[@IBNZ1W]

Asuka is amazing. I would love to meet her and give her a hug and tell her how amazing she is. She really is something special in the wrestling business and it’s rare to see a man or woman as popular as they are, be as humble as she is. Phenomenal work.

[@Operations1000]

What a fucking legend, words cannot describe it but your video did it well!

[@lordramuel1082]

"It's not about projecting western values on Japanese wrestling." Proceeds to project western values on Japanese wrestling.

[@killergrooves2438]

I’ve been a proud Asuka simp since like 2010. I stumbled upon her matches on KZbin and I was like, “Yo! Who the hell is this?! She wrestles like a dude!” She was amazing. And I’m very happy that she came to WWE and had such an amazing career there. Would I have preferred that they gave her the ‘98 Goldberg treatment on the main roster and made her champion for a year and won at Wrestlemania? Yes, obviously. But she’s had a wildly successful career there. Royal Rumble winner, Money in the Bank winner, multiple time singles champion, tag team champion (and best women’s tag team champion), and she barely speaks English. That’s crazy that they keep using her so prominently despite the language barrier. And I watched what women’s wrestling was in the 2000s where it was an after thought and they were constantly pushing models who wrestled badly. You had like Mickie James, Melina, Beth Phoenix, and Michelle McCool and everyone else was trash. And if you think the others weren’t trash, it’s because you were too young to know better or too single to care. Asuka’s WWE career is miles better than any of the top women’s careers in the 2000s. It’s better than most men’s. Asuka is the Booker T of the WWE Women’s division. Crazy talented wrestler that can fit in any role you give her from random tag team to main eventer. Had a killer career but was so good that you wish they had a John Cena career, even though they’re easily Hall of Fame material that nobody with a brain would question.

[@kmoustakas]

She was probably complaining to him for twenty minutes that he was being too soft. This woman is tough as nails. This was a work, it's evident it's a work.

[@tazdivil6527]

Bro I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case. Christ almighty she took the beating like a champ

[@duckmercy11]

You should have shown an even more brutal match she did with Munenori Sawa. He was literally kicking her in the face like a battered housewife.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Ive never seen that match, I’m gonna check it out !

[@sagbag856]

he should check her matches with kyoko kimura (hana's mum). lol stuff is brutal

[@johncolambo3869]

So a woman kicking a man like a battered husband is funny right?

[@HiNRGboy]

@@johncolambo3869 yes funny and sexy 😉

[@jason200912]

She should have fought back.

[@charlieflickinger7372]

I mean his name is 'Murder Grandpa' for a reason. Also Kana/Asuka was the booker for this match and it did exactly what she wanted it to do. Suzuki became a MONSTER heel and Kana was the biggest baby face in KANA!PRO.

[@danlowe]

This is kayfabe nonsense. We can't trust our eyes because the most dishonest people on earth told us a story about it going to plan. Pro wrestlers stories change all the time. Standards change all the time. It was unprofessional to let Asuka's ego risk her life. OR it was unprofessional to stiff her that much just because the match called for it. She clearly can't go punch for punch with a heavy weight. This isn't a testament to why she belongs there but a reminder about her fragility. She's done enough other athletic stuff to forget this but it was incredibly stupid the way it was run. I simply can't believe Asuka would ever take this beating IRL. She'd run, she'd throw stuff in his eyes, stab him or (now that she's in the US) shoot him. It was nothing but a parable of failure.

[@charlieflickinger7372]

@@danlowe Disagree completely. If this had gone past where it should have people from backstage would have come out to actually stop it. Asuka wanted this, she wanted to prove to Suzuki that she could hang with more than just Joshi wrestlers, and this helped prove it. It was literally withing like a year and a half of this that WWE hired her.

[@danlowe]

@@charlieflickinger7372 I don't remember anyone coming out to help Mic Foley when Rock broke their agreement about how many chairshots he was going to get. It's not a regulated science, heavily waivered and built on a party culture of risk taking. I have no problem with risk taking, I just think we're all giving her and wrestlers in general more credit than they deserve in terms of hindsight. I just don't believe that match went as planned. He could have permanently disabled her before anyone could intervene, which could happen in any match. But particularly one where your shoot is a beatdown, you've got to show more head and neck care than this. We can respect her willpower without getting in line to support her terrible decision making. She gets a brain injury and her story and legend ends before it starts.

[@danlowe]

Also the way she stiffed him back without making a dent just reinforced how much leverage a smaller person needs to confront a larger person. Every other time I've seen retaliatory stiffs it was a message to the other wrestler that they're going too far. That's what disgusted me. In terms of the mythology and cultural message, maybe it did show that a woman can shoot with anyone but it definitely didn't reinforce they could go 'toe to toe' with them. It seemed to punctuate the argument that women are out of their league when it comes to trained H2H combat.

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@danlowe Nobody ain’t reading allat! 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️🗣️

[@blanning2058]

I had no idea just how much of a badass this woman really was!! I have so much more respect for her now, not that i didn't before, but after seeing this, it's on a whole new level!!

[@michaelschmidt7939]

God damn, the sound of that headbutt, I even felt it. I’ve always had a ton of admiration and respect for Asuka. But this video is taking that respect and admiration to an entirely new level. I’ll be at Raw a week from Monday. If she’s there i’m gonna cheer my head off for her.

[@Athai_]

That headbutt to the top of her head made me fucking squirm man that was brutal

[@TheDuck632]

I didn't know any of this about her. I don't keep up with wrestling like I used to. Honestly this makes me love her and the pictures at the end of the video of the hug and him raising her hand was great. A bit much I can see why you can say that but if I could have gotten to have a moment with one of my childhood heroes and proven myself to them man I would have done it in a heartbeat.

[@MacStatic]

Japanese purruresu is so savage and brutal. I don’t mean that in a bad way since I love it but if you’re strictly a western pro wrestling fan it’ll be a pleasant shock when tuning in for the first time :)

[@whitesage2066]

And also Asuka is the smallest wrestler manage to put NIA JAX to GERMAN SUPLEX in a multiple ocassion in NXT. Even they bring Kana vibe WWE is still holding back ASUKA and IO and MEIKO.

[@KasumiRINA]

Io doing piledrivers to people would be amazing, it's weird they only allow Kane and Undertaker do them despite them not being the safest anymore.

[@GMoneyXL1969]

We can not blame Suzuki for what Asuka (formerly Kana) wanted. Sometimes wrestling matches will make you feel uncomfortable, but that's the artists wanted. Now the Yoshiko vs Act Yasukawa shoot was horrific to watch even more than this.

[@thehoshangkoul]

I think it won't be controversial when i say Asuka is the greatest Japanese fenale wrestler ever. Her story and rise to superstardom is absolutely incredible ❤

[@andrewbryce2707]

Nah dude. Is not the best. First of all she is semi-retired wrestling in the WWE. Secondly she doesn't come near to the levels of Joshi legends of the 80s and 90s. Not her fault as that era was special and the training was perfection. Japanese women Pro-Wrestling will never produce that level of fighters again.

[@Mayhem-Maximus]

I almost lost respect for Suzuki, but gained even more respect for Asuka.

[@RomaroBrandon]

It helps that Asuka wanted this to happen but it's still a little cringe to watch. Nevertheless, I still prefer this and Impact Wrestling's way of intergender wrestling than WWE's way. In fact, the only good "intergender" wrestling matches in WWE are the Mixed Match Tag they used to do on Facebook.

[@nathanielb4985]

You prefer glorified domestic assault over at worst kid friendly intergender matches? I personally don’t think anything wrong with the way wwe does it. Just seems like another thing people want to complain about.

[@RomaroBrandon]

@@nathanielb4985 I prefer realistic violence between men and women similar to action movies than stupid tag team rules or as stated, a 2 minute squash match where the guy only gets one offense move in.

[@nathanielb4985]

@@RomaroBrandon the idea of women putting up competitive matches with ordinary men is unrealistic in itself not to mention 6’4 roided up wrestlers so idk if realism is what ur looking for😂

[@RomaroBrandon]

@@nathanielb4985 at first you sounded like a someone against domestic violence because women would be getting assaulted but now you sound like a misogynist who think women are weak.

[@ToruKun1]

Chikara always had good intergender matches, and that was an intentionally family-friendly G-rated cartoonish promotion.

[@kennethMblake]

Thank you for doing this video. It was hard to watch when I first saw the match, but Im glad that its clear that BOTH Suzuki and Kana (Asuka) were in on it. Yes, pro wrestling/puroesu is scripted, but the contact and the bumps were real. I hope her kidneys are ok.

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

What script?

[@Ironmike341]

@@neverangel24officialytchan87 the script would be the verbal agreement that Kana, as the booker created, and has Suzuki, the talent, agree to.

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@Ironmike341 Ding, ding, ding! That’s correct.

[@nightscarens]

Am I wrong for being satisfied?? Like she told him to go hard on her.. good show, nothing much violent... Womens MMA is more brutal than this to watch...

[@madhatter8508]

I think it was wrong of him as a man to beat a woman like that, but if he put a wig on and called himself a woman I would have been fine with it

[@THE_CDN]

"Go full Chris Brown" LOL!

[@zayhayes1895]

😂😂😂😂

[@Webbie2689]

I’m just now realizing Suzuki is one of the many men I watched Bas Rutten completely destroy a couple times in shoot fights in Pancrase.

[@dirtyred3590]

Asuka is the best woman's wrestler ever

[@jsin22366322]

Yeah? Not Chyna? How do you figure that?

[@b3gemini609]

⁠@@jsin22366322Chyna is a terrible wrestler lmao, influential yes and a pioneer. But as a wrestler shes garbage

[@charlieflickinger7372]

@@jsin22366322 Nothing against Chyna, she was a fantastic presence and character, but Chyna wasn't a good wrestler. Asuka is one of the greatest wrestlers in the world, regardless of gender.

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@b3gemini609 What do you think she (Chyna) was? A TikToker? 😂

[@duckmercy11]

@@neverangel24officialytchan87 More of a valet and a TV character than a fulltime wrestler.

[@TheGamingDandy]

This was a good and interesting video, but I disagree with your takeaway at the end. I think this was a perfect example of why Integender can work and should happen more often. The fact of the matter is that Asuka took the bumps from one of the most notorious heels in the business and is perfectly fine. Because it's a performance. Yes, some bumps in the ring hurt, but that's true no matter what the gender of the people in the ring. Furthermore, there are plenty of matches between men where it's just a beat down from a perceived stronger opponent vs underdog. Almost every Lesnar match was exactly that, until recently.

[@andrewbryce2707]

If anyone finds it disturbing to watch then both fighters achieved what they set out to do. Sick of these new soft fans bitching and moaning anytime a pro-wrestling match gets bit stiff and more real. It's supposed to look like a contest and fight. Never thought i would see the day when fans complain when the contest looks more real.

[@istvan_m]

Asuka/Kana is exceptional and I understand that she booked the match ... but this was just stupid. Could have easily caused her some long-term damage or worse. That was beyond stiff wrestling and just an assault. Thank you for showing the earlier clips of Kana's early wrestling career too 🙂

[@jason200912]

Yeah it's like asking someone to shoot you with a real gun for more publicity. It's not fun to watch and nobody enjoys it

[@istvan_m]

I hope so. looked pretty stiff to me. I know it was worked.

[@LogMeInGoddamnit]

It looks really rough, but if you're looking close you can see that it's still safe and professional, but you can only get this appearance of a match that makes the audience squirm IF both parties are EXCEPTIONAL at their craft and Suzuki and Kana are the TIPPY TOP of what they do.

[@mwbwyatt]

Stiff as he is, Suzuki doesn't really...ever seriously harm his opponents, especially not intergender matches. Dude has massive respect for joshi wrestling as well which is probably part of why he respected Kana's wishes about the brutal booking.

[@andrewbryce2707]

Oh please. Can't have wrestlers actually hitting each other. Please don't throw stuff shots. Instead throw stupid WWE style air punches that hardly make contact. Its supposed to look real and a contest for crying out loud. The fact they got you bitching about seeing some physical contact means they achieved that. If it looks more real than enjoy it Rather than have a little moan. Did people want to see it look like a fight or some stupid fake drama performance?

[@karrigan9110]

...well. This is exactly what she wanted. You can say about Minoru Suzuki, whatever you want but he is super professional. Yes, he has a very physical style, but he also had intergender matches afterwards. Recenty againt Mei Suruga, where he actually fooled around and copied her way of jumping of the ropes. You can't blame him for that, cause this is what Asuka wanted it to be. she wanted him to go stiff on her and work with her, the way he works with men. And I'm sure she doesn't regret it. It made her look super tough and him like an absolute psychopath that he portraits in wrestling.

[@Sevicify]

She definitely doesn't regret it, Minoru is one of her idols and they even teamed up 4 months after at the following Kana Pro event in another intergender match this time against Shuri and Yoshiaki Fujiwara that they would lose when Shuri pinned Kana.

[@MrJfizzle11233]

Nothing went wrong and it it didn't go too far. Asuka isn't a dainty little flower.

[@TheRaven-WolfClan]

I never thought I’d ever see another female wrestler that could go to the CHYNA level but I have to say Asuka is right up there with her level of performance .. she has the potential to carry womens wrestling to greater heights

[@gabrielblack6751]

She 1000 times better than Chyna easily!

[@tomdemay6147]

@@gabrielblack6751 haters gonna hate but Chyna is the GOAT of womens wrestling in USA

[@manifestgtr]

Goes wrong? I’d say it went *precisely* right and it’s one of her most riveting matches from bell to bell. Suzuki picked apart everyone in that match, including his tag team partner and it was incredible to watch. She booked that event, she was “the boss” that night, wanted a proper beatdown in order to hang with the boys and that’s exactly what happened.

[@kroanosm617]

Very interesting. It's crazy to know that Asuka wanted him to do this. You can even see where she really starts hitting him pretty hard to get him to hit her harder.

[@letmethink8350]

"Im not even puting, Western values on Japanese wrestling" he says after describing that she booked and planned this fight. Even encouraging him it was okay after he didn't want to. Yeah, definitely not putting, "Western values" on it...

[@mr_hardy5329]

Clickbait Clickbait Clickbait Of course this whole "incident" was planned.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Lol thanks for watching!

[@anthony-ju6qo]

Its not as abusive as posted. Asuka knew EXACTLY where she was when getting piledriven. She grabbed his knees to support herself thru the move.

[@stevensvideocollection20]

When I was younger, and first getting into wrestling, I actually got to meet Asuka at a meet & greet she did in my town. Being so young, the only question I asked her was “was it hard getting to become a wrestler?”. Her answer was yes… I think she was putting it lightly though.

[@NintendanGX]

It's a testament to their skills as wrestlers that they were able to sell everyone on the brutality. The fact that people thought it was going too far, despite Asuka not actually sustaining serious injuries, is impressive.

[@steveelsner1406]

You just literally accused an actor of being irresponsible for following the script. I'm even sadder than you, as I was dumb enough to click this crap.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

Lmaooooo bro thanks for watching the video

[@polarfamily6222]

WWE only brought her back to counter Shida / AEW. She deserves better.

[@mayadragon1198]

She definitely earned everything she has now but I can’t imagine that she knew it would be that bad going against Minoru. She’s said she asked for it but no one can convince me that she was prepared for something that harsh. People say wrestling is “fake” and it is but only to an extent lots of wrestlers get real injuries

[@stacywoodman2074]

This was planned by Asuka and Suzuki. She knew this would put her over forever. Asuka is the toughest female pro wrestler ever, and a genius.

[@lordcorgi6481]

Asuka should still be undefeated in WWE. She should be the one to beat Bruno Sammartino's record, not Roman.

[@MickPsyphon]

After Stone Cold Steve Austin retired from professional wrestling, I lost interest. The _"talent"_ seemed to have forgotten what professional wrestling was all about. Nobody told stories in the ring anymore. Nobody sold finishing moves anymore. Everyone wanted to be the biggest and baddest of the bad asses. The staff they hired to write stories didn't know anything about professional wrestling, except what they saw on TV. They had no idea how to put an ass in each seat. Then came along, Asuka! When I first saw her in NXT, I had to know more about her. Any match she had in Japan, I watched... if it was online. She reawakened my love for it; and I've been following professional wrestling since the mid-1970's. This kid can perform! She knows the moves. She knows how to sell. She knows how to make her opponents look good. She knows how to tell a story in the ring. She understands the value of suspension of disbelief, without crossing the line into the ridiculous or sublime. She respects the business! In my opinion, she deserves to be mentioned in the pantheon of all-time greatest professional wrestlers. Not just female professional wrestlers! All of them! Men and women!

[@Ironmike341]

Im alright with it, asuka showed her toughness. The one legged cancer survivor Zach Gowen got demolished by Brock Lesner. But in reality most wrestlers would also, so is it too far to have Brock in wrestling at all? The young bucks put thumbtacks in their shoes and superkicked candice lerae, but thats what she wanted, and in the indies she was one of the most respected females in the locker room. But also candice broke johnny garganos jaw in a match, thats spousal abuse in reverse right?

[@AgeOfWrestling]

I see where youre coming from, wrestling is worked i get it. Thing is with all those examples that you mentioned, they dont actually happen in real life. Domestic assault is an in real life issue and many people have experienced it first hand either being the victim or seeing it happen between their parents. I could totally understand when intergender wrestling rubs people the wrong way like when it goes too far like in this match between asuka and minoru.

[@Ironmike341]

@@AgeOfWrestling did you think rock hitting ken shamrock in the face with a chair was too far? How about Triple H vs mick Foley where mick was taking chair shots while handcuffed? Would you say it was taken too far what happened to Maven at his first rumble. I'm just trying to gauge what's too far for you? Also you never said if what Brock did was too far.

[@Ironmike341]

@@AgeOfWrestling also, if you're trying to say that seeing this on TV can be a trigger for people who have experienced it in real life, what about guys that have been jumped and beaten by multiple guys throughout highschool? It's extremely common for groups to jump and brutalize others in wrestling, to have their clothes stripped off them, to be spray painted. I'm sure that could be very triggering for some who dealt with similar situations in high school.

[@Ironmike341]

@@AgeOfWrestling but all in all, this makes me respect both wrestlers even more. Asuka refused to be treated any different than any other wrestler due to her sex, she felt she deserved the same respect as a man. She is the top person of the promotion, the booker, and demanded to be treated as such. She was showing all men throughout wrestling that she deserves the same respect as the top men in the industry. Then Suzuki treating asuka with the respect the booker deserves, showing her that he will do what's asked of him, and not letting her sex determine how she should be treated. He would do this to any man on the indies that would ask him to, as long as he could tell they can handle it through the process.

[@AgeOfWrestling]

you know i see where you're coming from and i believe that intergender wrestling can be good when done right, i really enjoyed the tessa vs sami calihan programme in impact a few years back. but this was just too far for me, i dont want to see a woman getting beat up by a man to this extent, even if its wrestling. All those moments you mentioned are uncomfortable in their own right. But this takes the cake for me, first time i watched this incident my stomach was literally churning. I'm not sure why i had such a visceral response to this incident but it didnt sit right with me and i didnt like it. and thats fair. this is why intergender is so controversial because youre making sense with your points, but i just dont want to see it reach this extent. @@Ironmike341

[@adamseidel8901]

A female wrestler asking her male opponent to actually beat her ass in the ring because he’s her hero and said make wrestler reluctantly doing it and having more respect for her afterwards is the most Japanese thing ever.

[@Cool_Calm_Cam]

I **want** to say that I have no issues with intergender wrestling because since it's all scripted anyway, there's no issues with it. However, wrestling doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's impossible to escape the real world context when we watch matches, and when you see a more physically-imposing man beating on a much-smaller woman, it...well, as you say, it looks like domestic abuse. It's something that is far too real to far too many people, especially women fans. The best way to avoid this would be to have the women get the upper hand on the men somehow, that would make it cathartic to see the proverbial script be flipped, but this makes it too predictable for fans. This is why in WWE--outside of Randy Orton for some reason I don't understand--you only ever see women taking potshots at men, taunting them, or doing dirty tricks on them, so you can avoid seeing match-ups that stray too close to reality. Even with the catharsis angle, no one wants to see a woman get beaten up or physically intimidated by a bigger man. It's uncomfortable. As a man, I've been domestically abused myself but I came out stronger for it. But despite that, I'm 5'8"/175cm with broad shoulders; I don't have to worry about my stature making me a potential target for random creepy dirtbags. I rather consistently spook my women coworkers when I appear too suddenly or quietly around them...because too many women have had experiences of being intimidated, harassed or worse by men. That's why even though I wish we could see more intergender wrestling matches, it does too often just stray into uncomfortable territory.

[@teknicolor2]

Couldn't have said it better myself👏

[@doncharrette6977]

Auska is sooo freaking cute

[@SWOTHDRA]

Lol, I love it 😂

[@zarc0n]

I have tears in my eyes seeing my wrestling queen take such a stiff bump, its a mix of pride and damn... She really wanted to be among her heros... Asuka truly is womens GOAT

[@clown192]

They are wonderful athletes but in the end it is a show with winners and losers depending on ratings. She did it to get into the WWE.

[@palinozog658]

She told him to do it against his wishes/judgement. He couldnt refuse cause she was the booker/promoter. So the problem wasn't intergender wrestling, it was that a woman was in charge and didnt know what she was doing, and wouldn't listen to the male veterens telling her thats a bad idea. #Facts

[@jamesbecker-yy1gm]

Damn Aska really paid her dues.