Akira Hokuto

Rieko Saibara is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a difficult time, she throws away her problems with laughter. Her husband Kamoshitda used to be a war camera man, but now he's addicted to alcohol. He struggles to overcome his problem, but keeps failing. Finally, they get divorced. After Kamoshida loses his family, he realizes how precious they are. He focuses on getting away from alcohol, but another disease comes to him. Even though Saibara knows that he can not make it for long, she accepts him back to her family again. Since then a happy, but short, time exists for the family of four.

Spring Stampede 1997 took place on April 6, 1997 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi. The main event was a No DQ match between Randy Savage and Diamond Dallas Page as well as a Number One Contender 4 Corners match was held between The Giant, Lex Luger, Booker T & Stevie Ray. A WCW World Tag Team Championship match was held btween Kevin Nash & Rick Steiner. Scott Hall no showed the event and Scott Steiner was "arrested" earlier in the evening. Other matches included Chris Benoit challenging Dean Malenko for his WCW United States Championship, Public Enemy versus Steve McMichael & Jeff Jarrett, Prince Iaukea defending the WCW World Television Championship against Lord Steven Regal, Akira Hokuto defending the WCW Women's Championship against Madusa, and Ultimo Dragon versus Rey Mysterio, Jr.

The Great American Bash (1997) took place on June 15, 1997 at The MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois. The main event was Randy Savage versus Diamond Dallas Page in a Falls Count Anywhere match. The second main event was for the WCW World Tag Team Championships with The Outsiders defending against Ric Flair & Roddy Piper. Also at this event was a rematch between Kevin Greene and Steve McMichael of the NFL. The under card included Chris Benoit vs Meng in a Death match (also a rematch), Akira Hokuto vs Madusa (yet another rematch), Glacier vs Wrath, Konnan vs Hugh Morrus, Harlem heat vs The Steiner Brothers, and Psychosis vs Ultimate Dragon.

In celebration of its 25th anniversary as a promotion, All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) invited women from JWP, LLPW, and FMW to compete in a night full of inter-promotional battles to the chorus of 16,500 fans inside the Yokohama Arena.

All Japan Tag Title Match: Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Etsuko Mita Yumiko Hotta & Akira Hokuto vs. Mitsuko Nishiwaki & Suzuka Minami

All Japan Title Match: Manami Toyota vs. Etsuko Mita WWWA World Tag Title Match: Marine Wolves vs. Fire Jets