Happy Birthday to the Final Boss of Joshi, Meiko Satomura. An absolute icon of the industry and one of the greatest to ever do it. Mei-chan worked at a time when Joshi was facing crisis, with AJW & LLPW collapsing and the mainstream appeal of other promotions dwindling, Meiko almost single handledly kept Joshi alive with relentless touring and work ethic. Her matches in GAEA vs the likes of Aja Kong and Akira Hokuto were truly special. And her appeal to audiences was only highlighted more after

Kanako Urai (aka Asuka) is without a doubt one of the greatest Joshi of all time and legitimately one of the greatest signings WWE ever made. Her body of work blew open the door to other Joshi signing with the company, her serious approach and stiff matches proved to doubters that Japanese talent could be more than gimmicks, more than comedy acts. But before there was Asuka, there was Kana, her greatest achievement. Now this is not the time to talk about the Kana Manifesto or the Blacklisting or