Hamada In TNA So Far

Hamada's TNA entrance, complete with Anime like portrait. http://www.tnawrestling.com/

The most popular topic on this blog by far last month was Ayako Hamada, or just "Hamada" as she's now known in TNA.

Hamada made her debut on TNA Impact! on August 27th when she battled another veteran female wrestler Daffney in a No Disqualification match.
Hamada came out on top and she seemed to be pushed as a face.

Then the next week she teamed with Sojo Bolt to go up against Tara and Christy Hemme (considering their old WWE feud, an unusual combination).
Hamada and Bolt lost, and afterwards, Hamada hit Sojo with the Hamada Driver (Sitout scoop slam piledriver) for losing.
So is Hamada a face or a heel?
Or will they pull a Stone Cold and have her as a tween that might give anyone the Hamada Driver if she gets angry?

In case you missed the match, you can see the whole thing on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikwmUMjIZKU

BTW, note the exchange between Hamada and Tara (my mark out moment) at the beginning that lead to a double kip up and applause from the TNA audience.
Applause during a female wrestling match?
Amazing.

Mayumi Ozaki - Japanese Female Wrestling

Wrestler name(s) Mayumi Ozaki,Pure Wild,Queen Of The Street Fight
Billed height 156cm (5'3")
Billed weight 54kg (119lbs)
Born October 28, 1968
Pro Wrestling Debut August 17, 1986 with Esther Moreno Vs. Maiko Tsurugi & Reina Gallegos

Mayumi Ozaki debuted in a tag match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag team wrestling titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (both winning from and losing to Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). She also held the UWA Junior and JWP Junior Wrestling titles between 1988 and 1991, and teamed with Cuty Suzuki and Hikari Fukuoka to win the JWP Tag Titles a number of times between 1992 and 1995. Most recently, she held the AAAW Tag title with Aja Kong, beating GAEA's Sugar Sato and Chikayo Nagashima on August 23, 1998 in Tokyo.

Until recently, Ozaki usually wrestled in JWP (Japan Women's Project), but was also the leader of her own heel stable called the Oz Academy, which freelanced in other women's promotions in Japan, such as AJW and GAEA. In 1998 Ozaki became a true free agent, and began to promote her own shows using her Oz Academy wrestlers, looking for a niche in the fragmented joshi puroresu scene.

Ozaki has a talent for setting up and working with the psychology of a match. She is able to work any style from mat wrestling to "street fighting," and is able to look credible dominating larger wrestlers, such as former partner Dynamite Kansai, and she is especially good at settling down young or erratic workers and making a match flow smoothly. Her own moves are crisp and intense, with no wasted motion; and every movement has meaning.

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