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>There was supposed to be a partnership between Actwres girl'Z and Ice Ribbon. AWG took themselves out of the world of pro-wrestling by proclaiming they were not pro-wrestling, and by admitting the matches were choreographed and predetermined. They are no longer considered pro-wrestling. Therefore, if Ice Ribbon partnered with AWG, Ice Ribbon would also no longer be considered pro-wrestling. This means AWG wrestlers can't crossover to other promotions anymore because they are not pro-wrestlers. Other companies will not hire them. (Stream chat began speculating this is why Maya Fukuda is only doing shoot style and not regular matches in GLEAT.)
>A new foreign wrestler will arrive in Ice Ribbon in January and stay for 2 months. Management wants more foreigners. The company waits for foreigners to reach out to them, the company doesn't reach out first.
>Morale is good.
>Training
>Mio Shirai is still the main coach.
>Foreign wrestlers need to train at the dojo and be approved by Shirai before they can wrestle on an Ice Ribbon show.
>Mio doesn't approve wrestlers who can't take Japanese-style bumps. The front bump is very different. Yappy refers to the Western front bump as a "crime scene pose."
>Ikuto Hidaka from Zero1 is another coach.
>There are also secret coaches.
>Ice Ribbon opens their dojo for free to all trained wrestlers who have already debuted.
>During training Yappy had six senpais on each side of her and was told to do a front bump, back bump, and running dropkick. She had to do it 30 times in a row without losing form. She lost form by the 10th time. Nobody encouraged her, they just stared at her emotionless, telling her that her form was bad. It was stressful and Yappy cried. She cried a lot as a trainee.
>Between Yappy's debut and the next trainee (Nao Ishikawa's) debut, Ice Ribbon lost 12 trainees due to the intensity of the training.
>Now trainees laugh during training.
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