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Tam Nakano is making a triumphant return to her hometown, Anjo. Currently a free agent, Nakano has not only lost her contract but is also facing the threat of retirement. On April 27th at Yokohama Arena, she will challenge Saya Kamitani for the World of Stardom Championship. A win would mean reclaiming the red belt, but the loser will retire, so if Nakano loses, this will be her last homecoming event. It is in this situation that former Cosmic Angels member Unagi Sayaka appears. Unagi, who came to Korakuen Hall on April 2nd, declared during Mina Shirakawa's match that she wanted to "properly graduate from Cosmic Angels." As a result, it has been decided that she will team up with Nakano and Saori Anno. Their opponents will be Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura, and Sayaka Kurei, making it a Cosmic Angels showdown. However, these are members that Unagi does not know. What kind of impact will that have on the match? And what kind of feelings will Mizumori's team bring to Nakano? What kind of response will Nakano give? At Korakuen, Anno fought Nakano and once again elicited Nakano's words that she would not retire. So what about this time? It looks like this will be a battle that will once again test the unity of Kozuen.
Unagi volunteers to start the match, saying, "I'll evaluate all of you together!" Nakano says, "Wait a minute, it's Tam's homecoming. Tam will go first!" Nakano says to Unagi, "Just for today, please." Unagi says, "Just for today," and gives up the starting position. Then Kurei volunteers to start the match, saying, "Me too! I'm from Toyohashi!" The match starts with Nakano and Kurei, and they test their strength in a lock-up. They move into rope work, Nakano charges, Kurei dodges and delivers a swan dive arm whip followed by a dropkick and a body slam. Sakura and Mizumori intervene, and the trio attacks while pinning Nakano to the ropes. Unagi joins in, and they use a rubber band snap. Kurei covers, but it's only a two count. Sakura hits Nakano with a series of soccer ball kicks. Mizumori and Sakura try a triangle choke, but Anno breaks it up. Mizumori hits Nakano with a body slam and a modified reverse Boston crab. Kurei hits Nakano with an elbow, dodges a lariat and lands an elbow attack. Nakano dodges the second and lands a dropkick. Anno lands a dropkick on Kurei. Sakura interferes and tries to team up, but Unagi breaks it up with a codebreaker. Anno puts Kurei in an Indian deathlock. Mizumori tries to break it up but gets hit with a brainbuster. Kurei counters Anno's fisherman suplex with a neckbreaker. Sakura hits Anno with a corner knee kick and a dropkick. Anno counters with a missile kick. Unagi hits Sakura with a face crusher and a guillotine drop. Sakura returned the hold, and Unagi applied a big fuhen hold. Anno put Mizumori in a neck figure-four hold, and Nakano assisted Kurei with a Palo Special. Sakura and Unagi exchanged middle kicks and big boots. Unagi landed a series of big boots, and Sakura landed a series of low kicks. Unagi countered with a big boot, and Sakura landed a high kick. Mizumori gave Unagi an elbow saying, "Nice to meet you!" Unagi retorted, "It doesn't feel like the first time we've met!" Mizumori delivered a brainbuster followed by a guillotine choke to Unagi. As she climbed to the corner, Anno stopped her, and Unagi delivered a superplex. Unagi landed a series of left and right elbows, and as Mizumori stood up, Unagi slapped her, and Mizumori retaliated. Mizumori won with a lariat, but Unagi hit her with a codebreaker and a neckbreaker. Nakano hit Mizumori with a diving body attack and a knee attack. Sakura and Kurei stop Nakano and deliver a double dropkick, followed by a lariat from Mizumori. Nakano retaliates with an elbow to Mizumori. Mizumori fights back, and Nakano taunts her, saying "Come on." Mizumori lands a series of blows, and Nakano stands her ground. Elbows are exchanged, and Nakano lands a series of blows. Mizumori attempts a neckbreaker, but Nakano counters. Mizumori's team tries to combine, but Nakano counters. Kurei and Sakura send Unagi and Anno out of the ring with dropkicks. Sakura jumps from the corner, and Kurei jumps from the apron with a plancha. Mizumori brings Nakano back in, Kurei lands a missile kick, Sakura lands a knee attack, and Mizumori lands a triangle jump body press. Nakano lands a spin kick on Mizumori, and Mizumori lands a hurricane driver. However, Nakano manages to counter it. Mizumori's team attempts a combined brainbuster, but it is broken up. Mizumori gives Nakano a piggyback ride. When Nakano countered, Anno delivered a neckbreaker, and Unagi and Nakano followed up with elbows. When Mizumori retaliated, Nakano went for the Andromeda. However, Sakura and Kurei intervened. Anno stopped Sakura, and Unagi stopped Kurei. Mizumori hit a lariat, declared she was going to finish the match, and threw Nakano onto her shoulders, but Mizumori got on top. Nakano stopped Mizumori's charge and delivered a German suplex. Nakano then hit Mizumori with a Violet Shooting. When Mizumori kicked out, Nakano called in Unagi and Anno, and the trio delivered a heel drop. Nakano then hit a Violet Screwdriver. The referee counted to three, and Nakano pinned Mizumori.
Nakano: "Hello everyone in the universe, and everyone in Anjo! Thank you so much for fighting today in Sakuradamon, Tam's precious, precious hometown!"
Mizumori: "Tam is really strong. You know, even though I believed that Tam might retire (and wouldn't), there was still a part of me that felt uneasy, but after fighting today, that anxiety has been blown away. Tam was the strongest in the universe. We believe in Yokohama Arena on April 27th."
Nakano: "That's good. Hehe. Saori-chan, Unagi, thank you for fighting with us. And Unagi, congratulations on graduating from Kozuen!"
Unagi: "All three of us, the original Kozuen, have left both Kozuen and Stardom, but let's definitely meet again at an even higher place."
Nakano: "What? Okay, I promise. So, I was thinking I'd like to dance to Unagi's graduation song. Mina, Shirakawa Mina! Will you give her a final send-off? This one (Unagi). Anything is fine."
Shirakawa appears.
Nakano: "Music, start!"
Kozuen's song starts, and original members Nakano, Shirakawa, and Unagi dance in the ring.
Nakano: "Thank you! Let's meet again at even greater heights."
The three of them make a pinky promise in Kozuen's pose and exchange hugs.
Nakano: "I will definitely come back to Anjo, as Anjo's brightest star! Will you come to see me then? It's a promise. Everyone's voices really give me courage. Give me courage. Follow Tam's sparkling road into space, believe in Tam!"
Nakano: "Thank you so much for the Anjo homecoming show. I was surrounded by so much love from so many people, and we all got to do the Mina rapport and Unagi's graduation ceremony. We sent off that disobedient girl, didn't we? We even danced together. But you know, if we live our lives properly, we'll definitely cross paths again somewhere. Let's dance again when we're old ladies."
Unagi: "No." Nakano: "
No?"
Unagi: "Because I don't want to dance with Nakano Tamu who died even cuter than she is now."
Nakano: "You'll be even cuter when you're an old lady. What do you think, Ano-tan?"
Anno: "..."
Unagi: "See?" "It's hard to comment anymore..."
Anno: "Honestly, I thought there was meaning in working together today."
Nakano: "Why, why?"
Anno: "But somehow, I was happy to see you fighting. I was watching the three of you the whole time. I was watching the three of you dancing."
Unagi: "Let's do it together, the three of us."
Nakano: "Don't pretend to cry. We'll do Kozuen (with Unagi) when we're old ladies. We'll do it again when we're cute old ladies. Let's meet again. Really, really, we'll definitely come back to Anjo. We'll come back to Anjo, so please wait for us. Thank you so much for today. Let's do it together, the three of us." "
The three of us and you all are delicious, yummy."
Anno: "What's your favorite food again? Tamu, what's this specialty of yours?" Nakano:
"Beijing rice!"
Unagi: "Tequila?"
Mizumori: "Every time I fight Tam-san, I'm really struck by how strong she is. It's not normal for the three of us to be able to face each other as Cozuen. But I think it's because it's us that we can fight so fiercely with Tam-san and the others every time. Today, Unagi Sayaka, we've never worn the same costume before, so there's not even a millimeter of camaraderie, but thank you for continuing to carry Cozuen this far. We'll be the ones to lead Cozuen even further from now on, so I want to fight you again somewhere."
Sakura: "Today, I'm simply incredibly frustrated. It was my first time meeting Unagi Sayaka. I felt the weight of the original Cozuen. It really hurts. Well, I'm banned from Stardom so I'll never see her again." "I don't think that will happen, but as long as I'm competing in other organizations, I think I'll be able to meet them again, so I want to fight them more."
Kurei: "I really felt that I was lucky to be a part of Kozuen, but losing is really, really frustrating, and at the end, I was really impressed by Unagi Sayaka, well, I don't know when or where we'll connect again, but I'll put that aside for now and become much, much, much stronger, and not just those three, but all of them. I want to go to even greater heights so that I can beat all professional wrestlers to a pulp."
Mizumori: "It's okay. We can do it, because we only have room to grow. We're definitely going to overturn this situation! Just watch us."