The opportunities will keep coming, and with them, chances to wrestle all sorts of people. The scary part is that she’s only going to get better. Mei’s wrestling education has been far from the norm (she’s spent a lot of the last two years performing solely to a camera), but it’s created a hybrid who can deal with anything you throw at her. How about a twenty-minute blast of a tag? In her sleep. Put a rookie through their paces? Yup, no problem. Need her to come in and do a five-minute comedy opener? She can do it. Whether she’s pairing up with Momoka Hanazono to menace Oz Academy, charming the whole of Mexico in one swoop or travelling to America to try and slay the giant Andrew Everett, Suruga has become an almost perfect indie wrestler. ![]() Few wrestlers can wander into a company and steal the show like Suruga can. I would even go as far as to say it’s where she excelled. Thankfully, Mei has also delivered plenty of that. I can appreciate Best Bros’ matches or Mei vs Shoko, and most of them are very good, but it’s never been what I love. If she’s on a show, the odds are she’s in the main event, and while I think she’s done well, it’s never been the stuff that excites me. Don’t get me wrong, I still have a lot of love for her home base, and I think she’s had some brilliant matches there, but with Emi abroad and Yunamon leaving, Mei has become the de facto Ace, required to hold up the standard and defend the homestead. ![]() ![]() Yes, she’s incredible, but I go on about it all the bloody time, and how many more ways can you say it? Well, I’ll have to find at least one more because 2022 saw Suruga do it again, only better.Īnd what’s funny about Mei’s year is that she’s done it when I’m the least invested I’ve ever been in her Gatoh Move/ChocoPro work. Credit: TJPWįor the last two years, when it came time to talk about wrestlers of the year, I’ve put Mei on my best-of-the-rest list, but with the caveat that I knew it was all a bit predictable.
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