Guide to Japanese Wrestling 2010

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DAIWA ENTERTAINMENT PRO on COMM - July 18, 2009, Nagoya - (2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

July 18, 2009, Nagoya

 

 

1. Mitsuya Nagai -vs- Michio Kageyama [3/4*]

--- Kageyama who debuted on July 5th 2009 getting the rookie treatment from veteran shoot stylist Nagai. Kageyama's hot moment was a German like suplex, but was unable to really create too much more and had more then enough with trying to handle the pain Nagai came with. And once the kicks started landing so did Kageyama....down to the mat.

7:00 of 7:04 - Nagai pinned Kageyama after a highkick

 

 

 

2. Masashi Aoyagi & Nobuhiko Kado & Will Horner -vs- Diablo & Silhouette & Kaoru Nemoto [*]

--- Gruffing old guys who did a lot of stomping and that kind of thing with little looking good or generating much excitement except tiny bits of fire once in a while until all the heels and their friends invaded the match and caused enough chaos for the referee to call for the bell.

10:45 of 10:42 - Aoyagi & Kado & Horner defeated Diablo & Silhouette & Nemoto by DQ

 

 

 

3. El Samurai & Yuji Kito -vs- Yuji Okabayashi & Ryuichi Kawakami [*]

--- Considering they bring in two promising Big Japan guys to face veteran Samurai and Kito they sure didn't get too much out of this. Mostly dull with short moments of joy when they'd actually tried to do some fighting. And the result was kind of predictable with Sammy busting out the Samurai Clutch.

13:39 of 13:36 - Samurai pinned Kawakami with a Samurai Clutch

 

 

 

4. Dick Togo & GENTARO -vs- Yoshito Sasaki & Kenta Kosugi [* 1/2]

--- Started kind of dead like most of the show had been up to this point, but passed the 10-min mark it started to get interesting as Togo & GENTARO started working over Sasaki and with Kosugi trying to be the star of the team. Of course he was not and was downed by GENTARO with a low blow, Superkick and jack knife cradle, but the double-teaming from the heels leading up to the end made the match get more cativating.

17:04 of 17:04 - GENTARO pinned Kosugi with a jack knife cradle

 

 

 

5. Tatsutoshi Goto © -vs- Takaya Shibama - (RCW International Title) [* 1/4]

--- Should have been over within a minute as veteran and DEP boss Goto defended against a weak looking Shibama, but they tried to make it interesting by letting Goto lariat the ring post with Shibama continuing to work over the arm to gain momentum for himself. He later landed his top rope elbow drop, but Goto's leg got in the ropes so no count. And then came the legendary backdrop suplex......

10:33 of 10:33 - Goto pinned Shibama after a backdrop suplex to retain the RCW International Title.

 

 

 

6. Shadow Phoenix & Taro Toyotomi & Tomokazu Fukaya -vs- Magnitude Kishiwada & Black Kaiser & Tadanobu Fujisawa [* 1/2]

--- Way too long for these guys. Would have been muich better had they just shortend the time and hightend the intensity. So naturally there was a lot of dead time in this one. The match got good when Kishiwada was in and thats when the match was exciting with him squashing the DEP guys, but very few of the others brought much. Phoenix did some flying to spice it up a little, but also him was kind of tame for this main event. And it didn't help that the finish looked weak as heel as Fukaya landed a jumping spinkick to beat Kaiser looking like it wouldn't hurt a fly.

23:31 of 23:33 - Fukaya pinned Kaiser after a spinning kick

 

 

 

COMMENTS: You can sense at what level the DEP guys are. Not super workers. More of the old school stubborn kind, but they are unable to create much excitement for their Nagoya fanbase.

 

 

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DAIWA ENTERTAINMENT PRO on COMM - August 29, 2009, Nagoya - (2 1/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

August 29, 2009, Nagoya

 

 

1. Yuji Kito -vs- Kaoru Nemoto - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/2*]

--- This was a boring match-up. They brough almost nothing with Nemoto doing a lifeless heel beatdown and even had help from Diablo, but then came the only reason to like this as Kito made the babyface comeback knocking down both guys and then winning it with a inside cradle!

8:54 of 8:54 - Kito pinned Nemoto with a small package

 

 

 

2. Shadow Phoenix -vs- Michio Kageyama - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- A quick win for Phoenix over the rookie and it wasn't exactly a good match either because of Kageyama's inexperience.

1:57 of 1:58 - Phoenix pinned Kageyama after a brainbuster

 

 

 

3. Shigehiro Irie -vs- Diablo - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [*]

--- The match was good when Irie was on offence as he's not the one to hold back, but otherwise kind of dull. The funny bit in this one was Irie getting a lose chair in his face when spearing Diablo! Not so funny was the finish where Diablo used the chain on Irie to cause the lame DQ ending.

10:02 of 12:06 - Irie defeated Diablo by DQ

 

 

 

4. Kenta Kosugi -vs- Takaya Shibama - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [3/4*]

--- A babyface competitive bout, but when the characters are not so over it became a rather lack luster affair with Shibama trying to get over and trouble the more established guy in DEP. But Kosugi wasn't going to be stopped and landed his modified chokeslam to beat the hopeless.

12:00 of 10:59 - Kosugi pinned Shibama after a chokeslam

 

 

 

5. Taro Toyotomi & Masashi Aoyagi -vs- Super*PanDO & Lobster [1/2*]

--- They worked mostly a serious match, but it's hard to take a match seriously when one side is a panda and a lobster......

10:59 of 10:59 - Toyotomi pinned Lobster after a Last Ride powerbomb

 

 

 

6. Shadow Phoenix -vs- Yuji Kito - (One Night Tournament - Semi-Final) [3/4*]

--- Solid wrestling, but boring and not exciting. Felt like not much was happening even if it was an even fight until Phoenix got a lucky cradle win.

10:21 of 9:47 - Phoenix pinned Kito with a cradle reversal

 

 

 

7. Kenta Kosugi -vs- Shigehiro Irie - (One Night Tournament - Semi-Final) [* 1/4]

--- Finally a match where it felt like they gave a damn. Only a shortish semi final match, but regardless Kosugi was hungry to show that he is one of the main stars in DEP and Irie doesn't hold back beating Kosugi down with hard Vader Hammers and that Earthquake running sitdown hipdrop finisher. And while Kosugi felt this match he wasn't going to let Irie keep him down and got his big comeback. Didn't get the win with the chokeslam, but then he started locking in submissions until Irie was tapping to a facelock.

8:05 of 8:05 - Kosugi made Irie submit to a facelock

 

 

 

8. Dick Togo & GENTARO -vs- Tomokazu Fukaya & Ryu Kamiya [* 1/4]

--- Kamiya missed the July DEP show because of an injured shoulder here he was back wrestling with a shoulder cast. Funny enough it was Fukaya's arm Dick & GENTARO worked over. And even more funny was that GENTARO picked Kamiya's leg to work over and not the shoulder! Anyway, this was a overly long bout where the indy stars Togo & GENTARO didn't really have too much trouble working over the DEP guys, but it still took 20 minutes to finish them off. Why?! At least they did when GENTARO used the backdrop suplex on the hurt one.

20:20 of 20:02 - GENTARO pinned Kamiya with a backdrop suplex hold

 

 

 

9. Kenta Kosugi -vs- Shadow Phoenix - (One Night Tournament - Final) [* 1/2]

--- Competitive sure, but hardly the highest of exceitment coming. Phoenix did his flying, but sadly didn't look too impressive this time. Instead it was the way Kosugi fought himself into the bout that was what gave this quality with the finishing steach creating a couple of really close falls when Kosugi dropped Phoenix down with a second rope powerbomb and then his modified chokeslam. Then came the win. A chokeslam version of the Ligerbomb and Kosugi win the tournament and will face Taro Toyotomi for the DEP Title on the next show.

12:11 of 12:07 - Kosugi pinned Phoenix with a chokeslam Ligerbomb to win the One Night Tournament.

 

 

 

COMMENTS: Not many had shown up for this tournament and the wrestlers didn't give their hardcore base too much to cheer for either.

 

 

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DAIWA ENTERTAINMENT PRO on COMM - September 20, 2009, Nagoya - (2 3/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

September 20, 2009, Nagoya

 

 

1. Katsutoshi Niiyama -vs- Toru Sugiura [3/4*]

--- Old Niiyama beating up 19 year old rookie Sugiura. The rookie did try and fight back with dropkicks getting a couple of near falls, but was then met with a lariat and a Scorpion Death Lock. Sugiura nearly broke his neck when executing one of the dropkicks. He landed in a nasty way on his head.

7:18 of 7:18 - Niiyama made Sugiura submit to a Scorpion Death Lock

 

 

 

2. Alexander Otsuka & HARU -vs- Konaka Pale One & Super*PanDO [1/2*]

--- The stupid match. Liked the way Konaka rolled down the stairs! But otherwise there was little to like....

11:19 of 11:26 - Otsuka pinned PanDO with a German Suplex

 

 

 

3. Masashi Aoyagi & Nobuhiko Kado & Will Horner -vs- Diablo & Silhouette & Black Kaiser [*]

--- Stubborn old fighting with the most stubborn of all winning as old Aoyagi spinkicked Kaiser down a couple of times before finally getting the pin. Hardly exciting, but it wasn't terrible.

13:32 of 13:32 - Aoyagi pinned Kaiser after a spinning heelkick

 

 

 

4. Shoichi Uchida & Takaya Shibama -vs- Mitsuya Nagai & Michio Kageyama [*]

--- Very long and random tag bout where rookie Kageyama had a lot to prove. Not that it made the match very good as execution was always kind of rough and little sunk in except Nagai trying to be cruel and pushing Kageyama to be better the hard way. But he didn't get any better and Shibama could land the top rope elbow for the win.

17:52 of 17:57 - Shibama pinned Kageyama after a top rope elbow drop

 

 

 

5. Tatsutoshi Goto & El Samurai & Gran Hamada -vs- Hide Kubota & Yasu Kubota & Hyoma [*]

--- I belive the third guy with the Kubota brothers was the wrestler formerly known as Hyoma in Big Japan, but I didn't catch his name here. Well, he only did the job anyway to the backdrop suplex from the boss. Otherwise this veteran bout didn't offer too much except a win for Goto and for Sammy and Hamada to do some of their spots.

10:12 of 10:07 - Goto pinned Hyoma after a backdrop suplex

 

 

 

6. Dick Togo & GENTARO & Yuji Kito -vs- Ultimo Dragon & Shadow Phoenix & Daisuke Masaoka [* 1/2]

--- Loooong. Some good wrestling as it did feature Togo and Ultimo Dragon for the more flashy spots along with Phoenix doing a big dive. A lot of this was Masaoka with a taped elbow getting worked over and trying to establish himselfs in the DEP ranks fighting a lot with Kito, but with the help of indy veterans Togo & GENTARO the plate was ready for Kito who only had to splash Masaoka down.

21:12 of 21:15 - Kito pinned Masaoka after a top rope bodypress

 

 

 

7. Magnitude Kishiwada & Tadanobu Fujisawa © -vs- Tomokazu Fukaya & Ryu Kamiya - (DEP Tag Title) [* 1/4]

--- They tried to make it dramatic and boy did they fail. Little Kamiya was the natural target and was bloodied and beaten up by the more powerful champs. However Kamiya isn't exactly very good at connecting with the fans even if he's one of those prettyboy wrestlers, so the blood and trashing he got didn't generate much love. And that they felt this otherwise very random tag match needed to go passed the 20-min mark without much else to offer is pure insanity. Best part was Kishiwada killing Kamiya with a bunch of moves and the kid miraculously kicking out and getting saved. And then martial arts dude Fukaya made the hot tag and won it with a weak spinning heelkick which missed most of it's target.....

21:26 of 20:05 - Fukaya pinned Fujisawa after a spinning heelkick. Fukaya & Kamiya become the 3rd DEP Tag Champions.

 

 

 

8. King Taro Toyotomi © -vs- Kenta Kosugi - (DEP Title) [*]

--- God, this started slow. The first 15 minutes or so was locks and holds wearing each other down in a slow and not so passionated way. Then some bigger, but hardly spectacular moves came slowly for near falls and it did start to get better toward the end as the main finishers came, but not nearly enough to justify the rest of the match and the finishing streach wasn't that special. Regardless of the quality champion Toyotomi keeps the belt over Kosugi.

21:48 of 21:53 - Toyotomi pinned Kosugi after a Last Ride powerbomb to retain the DEP Title.

 

 

 

COMMENTS: A big show for DEP bringing in stars like Ultimo Dragon for added excitement and two title matches. But you got to have very loyal fans when you serve them 3 matches in a row passing the 20-min mark and not having more to offer then this.

 

 

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KOUHAKU PRO on COMM - February 25, 2009, Tokyo - (1 1/2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

February 25, 2009, Tokyo - Shin-Kiba 1st RING

 

 

1. Shuji Ishikawa -vs- Spark Aoki [3/4*]

--- Aoki could try his kicks all he wants because big Ishikawa just crapped on him. Nasty headbutt! And stiff running knee along with a couple of other destruction moves killed Aoki off nicely!

4:00 of 4:01 - Ishikawa pinned Aoki after a running kneelift

 

 

 

2. Antonio Honda & (fat tranny)? -vs- Jun Kasai & (skinny tranny)? [* 1/2]

--- Bitch fight between Honda and Kasai teaming with a couple of drag queens! With make-up and joshi screaming! Surreal watching toothless and scared up Jun Kasai in make-up. I found this lovely. From the stupidity of the joshi tributes to Kasai throwing trash cans at the fat tranny for using his googles! Pure indy sleeze until Kasai had enough of his own partner and reversed Tiger Drove him/her so that Honda could finish the match.

9:35 of 9:23 - Honda pinned ? after reverse Tiger Driver from Kasai

 

 

 

3. Yuki Sato -vs- Abdullah Kobayash - (Sumo Match)

--- Big Abdullah against tiny tiny Sato in a Sumo match?! And with Chango the caveman looking hillarious as the sumo referee! Don't know how smart it was of Sato to throw the sumo salt in Abbys face. They were both throwing a lot of salt up in the air making it snow in the Shin-kiba. The match looked like a total mis-match, but it was worked so Sato stole the win by managing to back-flip Abby out of the ring!

0:47 - Sato defeated Nobayashi in sumo by back-flipping him down and out

 

 

 

4. Kota Ibushi & Takuya Sugawara -vs- Minoru Fujita & Masamune [* 1/2]

--- Boring start, a more captivating end as the time limit expiring made the near falls that came more exciting. The action was decent, but of the usual indy stuff they always do, but at least the fans loved it.

18:15 of 20:00 - Ibushi & Sugawara wrestled Fujita & Masamune to a 20:00 Time Limit Draw

 

 

 

5. Brahman Kei & Brahman Shu & Ken45 -vs- Toru Owashi & Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga [** 1/4]

--- Turned into a real good indy flyer match with SOS running and jumping around giving it to the Hell Demons with Owashi adding his weight where needed. Hardly mental science, but plenty of fun with some real excitement to the near falls mania that came at the end before Owashi was sprayed with mist and getting a banner flag over him so Shu could pin him with a inside cradle!

19:00 of 18:56 - Shu pinned Owashi with a small package

 

 

 

COMMENTS: A show promoted by transvestites? And the puro scene love to join that. I'll never forget seeing Jun Kasai in drag make-up.....

 

 

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KOUHAKU PRO on COMM - April 2, 2009, Tokyo - (1 1/2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

April 2, 2009, Tokyo - Shin-Kiba 1st RING

 

 

1. Sanshiro Takagi -vs- Spark Aoki [*]

--- Takagi used way too much time squashing Spark! But at least he did so.....

5:45 of 6:10 - Takagi pinned Aoki after a Death Valley Bomb

 

 

 

2. MIKAMI & Abdullah Kobayashi -vs- Minoru Fujita & Yuki Sato [* 1/4]

--- The drag match with MIKAMI, Abdullah and Fujita wearing the female make-up and being all girl-like. And how long do you think it'll take to erase the image of seeing Abby Kobayashi in a womens summer dress and moustache licking Sato's chest?! You could see the lipstick. And his dick area! I didn't look for lipstick there.....

8:48 of 9:07 - Kobayashi pinned Sato after a top rope elbow drop

 

 

 

3. Kota Ibushi -vs- Shinobu - (Sumo Match)

--- A sumo match where Shinobu started spanking Ibushi and Ibushi answered back by stripping Shinobu naked.....

1:33 - Ibushi defeated a naked Shinobu in sumo

 

 

 

4. Brahman Kei & Toru Owashi -vs- Antonio Honda & Hercules Senga [* 1/2]

--- Best bit was Owashi and Kei not getting along with Kei REALLY bitch-slapping Owashi on a tag! But they ended up becoming friends and finished the match as twins with a not-so-synchronized splash off the top rope to beat little Senga. A mixture of Toryumon indy wrestling and Honda charm.

14:45 of 14:34 - Kei & Owashi pinned Senga after a double top rope bodypress

 

 

 

5. Takuya Sugawara & Tsutomo Oosugi & Danshoku Dino -vs- Madoka & Brahman Shu & Ken45 [3/4*]

--- Early on the match had it's moments and then everything turned too gay with a orgy of kissing the last 5 minutes until they finally forced Sugawara to kiss Ken.....

18:43 of 18:43 - Sugawara pinned Ken45 with a kiss

 

 

 

COMMENTS: The wrestlers are really supporting and have a close relationship with the Tokyo gay community these days.

 

 

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KOUHAKU PRO on COMM - May 5, 2009, Tokyo - (1 3/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

May 5, 2009, Tokyo - Shin-Kiba 1st RING

 

 

1. Dick Togo -vs- Jet Shogo - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- A quick schoolboy win for Togo and I'm happy for that!

0:20 of 0:21 - Togo pinned Shogo with a schoolboy

 

 

 

2. Tsutomu Oosugi -vs- Hercules Senga - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [3/4*]

--- Since these tournament matches only have a 5 minut time limit they are a rush. And this one between the SOS tag partners was a almost non-stop cradle snatcher. All types of roll-ups, near falls and counters until Oosugi got the win with less then a minute left on the clock!

4:19 - Oosugi pinned Senga with a schoolboy

 

 

 

3. Brahman Shu -vs- Muscle Sakai - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- They were pretending to be all bloody and beaten up before the bell. Don't know why, but they fought like they'd already fought for 2 days by the time this match starts passing out in exhaustion several times. At one point Shu almost won via KO after a wristlock. But the real killer ended up being a backdrop suplex where Sakai was unable to fight anymore.

4:18 of 4:19 - Shu defeated Sakai by KO after a backdrop suplex

 

 

 

4. Yasu Urano -vs- Abdullah Kobayashi - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- Urano almost won via count out when he tied Abby's shoes together. Well, he still won via count out when Abdullah missed a dropkick out on the ramp way.....

4:09 of 4:09 - Urano defeated Kobayashi by Count Out

 

 

 

5. Takuya Sugawara -vs- Yuki Sato - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/2*]

--- Sato opened full of fire diving like crazy and then got himself rolled up in a cradle to lose....

1:26 of 1:24 - Sugawara pinned Sato with a modified crucifix cradle

 

 

 

6. Brahman Kei -vs- Antonio Honda - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/2*]

--- Got to love Honda for doing a slow old school systematic weardown match when there is a 5-min time limit! No surprise this one went the time limit. And the drag queens chose Kei to win.

5:01 of 5:00 - Kei defeated Honda by Drag Queens Decision

 

 

 

7. Danshoku Dino -vs- Ken45 - (One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- Dino tried to do the 'Nightmare' ass-sweat move on him but Ken's punk hair got up his ass. Dino tried to do the Danshoku Driver on Ken but Ken's punk hair must have pierced Dino's dick. But there was little Ken's hair could do about Dino's French kissing.....2 minutes of it!

4:55 of 4:45 - Dino defeated Ken45 by KO with a kiss

 

 

 

8. Toru Owashi -vs- Masaki Okimoto -vs- Yukihiro Abe -vs- Ken Ohka - (4-Way; One Night Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- Well, trying to take care of big Owashi was clearly a too big a task for these guys.....

1:53 of 1:58 - Owashi pinned Ohka with a small package

 

 

 

9. Dick Togo -vs- Tsutomu Oosugi - (One Night Tournament - Quarterfinal) [1/2*]

--- At least Oosugi lasted longer then Jet Shogo against the mighty Dick, but this was a lot of fun the short time it lasted as Togo had the little one tapping to the Crippler Crossface in no-time.

1:34 of 1:38 - Togo made Oosugi submit to a Crippler Crossface

 

 

 

10. Brahman Shu -vs- Yasu Urano - (One Night Tournament - Quarterfinal) [1/4*]

--- After beating Sakai in a "exhaustion" match earlier, he and Urano take it very easy in this one with Shu standing in the corner and Urano laying down on the mat resting. That was the first 3 minutes. Seriously! Then Urano almost tricked Shu with a inside cradle before the two took a seat out with the fans and Urano tried to tie Shu's shoes like he'd done in his match with Abby Jr, but this time Shu out-smarted him and kept Urano out for the count out!

4:48 of 4:50 - Shu defeated Urano by Count Out

 

 

 

11. Takuya Sugawara -vs- Brhaman Kei - (One Night Tournament - Quarterfinal) [1/4*]

--- Almost a brawl until Sugawara landed his Shiisanputa out of the rampway and won by count out.

3:19 of 3:21 - Sugawara defeated Kei by Count Out

 

 

 

12. Toru Owashi -vs- Danshoku Dino - (One Night Tournament - Quarterfinal) [1/4*]

--- Owashi has feuded with Dino before and knows the only way to fight him is to beat him at his own game so Owashi gave him a big long kiss and then pinned him.

2:31 of 2:02 - Owashi pinned Dino with a small package

 

 

 

13. Mens Teioh -vs- Shinobu; Futoshi Miwa; Hoshitango - (Sumo Matches)

--- Mens Teioh having a series of sumo matches beating Shinobu quite easy. Then he met the fatso Miwa and it became a long bout which ended with a rest and later both falling to the floor. Teioh won the rematch easy. Not so easy was his match against a real rikishi as he faced one of the first foreigners in modern time to have any kind of success as a sumo wrestler in Japan before the sumo system was filled with gaijins. And Argentine Hoshitango didn't have any trouble with little Teioh.

0:17 - Teioh defeated Shinobu by throwing him down

1:26 - Teioh fought Futoshi Miwa to a draw when both were down at the same time

0:04 - Teioh defeated Futoshi Miwa by throwing him down

0:17 - Hoshitango defeated Teioh by lifting him out of the ring

 

 

 

14. Dick Togo -vs- Brahman Shu - (One Night Tournament - Semi-Final) [3/4*]

--- Decent short match with Togo looking the strongest and almost winning with the Crippler Crossface. Shu had a little bit of help form his brother to keep safe until the time limit where the trannys decided that Dick is best.

5:03 of 5:00 - Togo defeated Shu by Drag Queens Decision

 

 

 

15. Takuya Sugawara -vs- Toru Owashi - (One Night Tournament - Semi-Final) [1/2*]

--- Owashi landed the top rope bodypress, but Sugawara kicked out! Sugawara managed to lift Owashi up and land the Shiisanputa, but Owashi kicked out! Well, not on the second cover Sugawara made after planting him down!

3:18 of 3:14 - Sugawara pinned Owashi after the Shiisanputa

 

 

 

16. Abdullah Kobayashi & Muscle Sakai & Hercules Senga & Jet Shogo -vs- Daisuke Sekimoto & Antonio Honda & Ken45 & Yuki Sato [**]

--- A super action match with small wrestling from Sato and Senga. Power wrestling from Sekimoto and Abby. And Jet punches! All in the name of fun doing their stuff with the fans loving it as we finally had a match that had time to build and get exciting before Senga roll Sato up in a speciality cradle.

13:58 of 14:11 - Senga pinned Sato with a modified cradle

 

 

 

17. Dick Togo -vs- Takuya Sugawara - (One Night Tournament - Final) [3/4*]

--- Final time and it's serious fighting. Almost the same as the other long Dick match on this show and it goes to a time limit with Togo getting awarded the win once more. Rightfully so.

5:19 of 5:00 - Togo defeated Sugawara by Drag Queens Decision to win the One Night Tournament.

 

 

 

COMMENTS: With such short time limits these were not really matches. Just ideas. But it was a strange and funny show.

 

 

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666 on COMM - January 20, 2009, Tokyo - (2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

January 20, 2009, Tokyo - Shinjuku FACE

 

 

1. Yuko Miyamoto & Masashi Takeda -vs- Michael Nakazawa & Madoka [1/4*]

--- ....what the....?! They were wrestling in fine clothes, calling their tag partner on the cellphone during the match and wearing helmets.....Michael had the strip naturally....yeah....

7:44 - Miyamoto pinned Nakazawa with a Samson Clutch

 

 

 

2. Hercules Senga & Tsutomo Oosugi -vs- Yuki Sato & Daisuke Masaoka [3/4*]

--- Male lolitas? They were acting like little children playing with their toys and blowing each others flutes on this gay celebration show. Sure they had time for some spot wrestling too, but this really was silly.....

11:44 - Oosugi pinned Masaoka after a double-team driver

 

 

 

3. Yuko Miyamoto & Gamma & Mineo Fujita -vs- Muscle Sakai & Masahiro Takanashi & Atsushi Ohashi [1/4*]

--- They were all dressed super gay and trashy wrestling with sex toys and reading erotic gay stories to each other.... don't wanna comment no more.....

12:17 - Miyamoto & Gamma & Fujita defeated Sakai & Takanashi & Ohashi when Sakai gave up on this shit

 

 

 

4. Magnitude Kishiwada & Tohurai? -vs- Onryo & Konaka Pale One -vs- Shinobu & Senpai -vs- Dinasty & Super Kinky -vs- Gay Porn? & Fuck You? - (5-Team Royal Rumble) [1/2*]

--- ...this is so gay....even Kishiwada was wearing a pink mask. Headache!!!

(4:10) - Shinobu & Senpai eliminated

(5:24) - Gay Porn? & Fuck You? eliminated

(8:03) - Dinasty & Super Kinky eliminated

(10:41) - Onryo & Konaka Pale One eliminated

10:41 - Magnitude Kishiwada & Tohurai? win the 5-Team Royal Rumble

 

 

 

5. Masashi Takeda & Shinobu & Mineo Fujita -vs- HARASHIMA & Madoka & Yuki Sato [*]

--- Men's Club style action match only more dressed up making sure they take as much of the enjoyment as possible. Plenty of ok flying, but never truly interesting. Shinobu and his SSP gets to finish it. And poor little Sato got to do the job.

16:06 - Shinobu pinned Sato after a Shooting Star Press

 

 

 

6. Battle Royal Ladder Match [1/4*]

--- Then a throw-away gay battle royal with a dildo hanging from the roof.......

4:38 - Shota? win the Battle Royal Ladder Match taking down the dildo hanging from the roof

 

 

 

COMMENTS: Ultimate GAY experience! Sponsored and co-promoted with 'Badi', the gay porn magazine.

 

 

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SECRET BASE on COMM - February 27, 2009, Warabi City - (1 1/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

February 27, 2009, Warabi City Isami Wrestle Budokan (68 fans)

 

 

1. Mototsugu Shimzu & Yamada Man Pound -vs- Amigo Suzuki & Ferist [3/4*]

--- The first Secret Base show opens with their main losers and the match was the usual dull bout. But it did include some smarts and most of all Ferist getting some hard beating like on that Doomsday Device like facebuster where he landed fairly nasty and getting cannonball ramed by Yamada and his sign. So for once I'm not sad that Shimizu won.

11:59 of 11:59 - Shimizu pinned Ferist after the Mescaline Drive

 

 

 

2. Aoi Kizuki & Hamuko Hoshi -vs- Emi Sakura & Makoto [1/2*]

--- Happy Ice Ribbon action. A couple of nice splashes and things like that, but no way a well executed action bout. Not that there was any major misses. It just wasn't all that well executed regardless. But thats how these girls do their thing and Hoshi could splash Makoto out.

11:04 of 11:04 - Hoshi pinned Makoto after a top rope bodypress

 

 

 

3. Masahiro Takanashi -vs- Spark Aoki [1/2*]

--- Two weak workers. Takanashi is clearly better, but he in general is about one of the softest workers getting a spotlight on the scene. Spark is mostly annoying, but here he focused mostly on the technical aspect of the wrestling. Sadly he's not very strong or belivable and the bout never got interesting with Takanashi making Spark tap with the figure-four.

13:34 of 13:34 - Takanashi made Aoki submit to a figure-four leglock

 

 

 

4. Bear Fukuda & Kinya Oyanagi -vs- Chango & Go Sato [1/2*]

--- Only a match. Going through motions action bout which never got interesting in the slightest except for the end when Oyanagi landed a Gotch-style piledriver and Bear splash Chango for the win.

11:01 of 11:02 - Fukuda pinned Chango after a top rope bodypress

 

 

 

COMMENTS: Secret Base's debut show and already from the beginning you could sense there was no passion in this project.

 

 

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MWF on COMM - April 5, 2009, Matsushita - (1 3/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

April 5, 2009, Matsushita IMP Hall

 

 

1. Takaku Fuke & Tadanobu Fujisawa & Takuya Fujiwara -vs- Masanori Ishikura & Shihan & Yosuke Takaii [* 1/2]

--- Osaka based MWF promotion starts their debut show with ok 6-man tag of the serious kind. Powerguy Takaii got a lot of ring time and looked fine and seemed to have a couple of fans. A lot of guys that don't usually get a lot of publisity so in that regard it was interesting even if nobody totally impressed me. Fuke as a long-standing veteran took care of pretty boy Takaii with the chickenwing facelock.

9:41 of 9:41 - Fuka made Takaii submit to a chickenwing facelock

 

 

 

2. Kikutaro -vs- Kintaro Kanemura [1/2*]

--- Kanemura was so confident that he had his arms tied together before the match. Not the brightest of ideas as that ment that Kikutaro managed to beat him within seconds! They restarted without the hands tied and Kikutaro scored another upset! This time with by submission using the Fujiwara armbar! A 3rd try and a "long" one which almost guaranteed a Kanemura win with him beating the clown up. But Kanemura was fooled by Kikutaro once more! Low blow after distracting him with some mic talk and then the Shining Wizard for the 3rd straight win!

0:19 of 0:19 - Kikutaro pinned Kanemura with a second rope Sunset Flip

0:17 of 0:17 - Kikutaro made Kanemura submit to a wakigatame armbar

4:38 of 4:38 - Kikutaro pinned Kanemura after a Shining Wizard

 

 

 

3. Goya Mask © -vs- Flying Kid Ichikawa - (MWF Junior Title) [*]

--- Veteran indy flyer Ichiakwa against the Okinawa Pro turtle dude who defends the MWF Junior belt for the 4th time. I guess the bout was half-decent, but it's limited how serious you're going to take a guy in that kind of costume. And Ichikawa has never been a very big name even if he was in FMW a while, so few cared that Goya beat him with that leeping kneekick of his.

12:45 of 12:45 - Goya pinned Ichikawa with a flying kneekick to retain the MWF Junior Title in his 4th defence.

 

 

 

4. Ultimo Dragon & Jinsei Shinzaki -vs- Gran Hamada & Riki Sensyu [*]

--- Dragon & Shinzaki are cool, but Hamada is getting very old and that wannabe Riki Choshu guy are hardly class-opponents. Some simple fun, but they never got this all that interesting or good. Just a filler tag really until Dragon took care of business.

12:48 of 12:48 - Dragon pinned Sensyu after a Asai DDT

 

 

 

5. Kaijin Habu Otoko & Shisaou -vs- Super Delfin & Magnitude Kishiwada - (MWF Tag Title Decision) [** 1/2]

--- First time in years I've seen Super Delfin in a really serious main event. Here he was back in old form and far away from the shitty comedy he's been doing these last few years. And it was a very good impact battle with heavyweights Shisaou and Kishikawa clashing hard and bumping like kings while Otoko and Delfin did more of the faster paced wrestling. But Kishiwada really felt at home here bumping big and wrestling well with Otoko. And they all traded a bunch of finishers and near falls until the fall finally came from Otoko's Frog Splash! Okinawa Pro's Otoko & Shisaou become the MWF Tag Champs!

18:23 of 18:22 - Otoko pinned Delfin after a top rope bodypress. Otoko & Shisaou become the MWF Tag Champions.

 

 

 

COMMENTS: All kinds of Osaka out-casts joining together for MWF's debut show. Some interesting aspects, but I think the wrestling scene in Osaka would be better off if all promotions and egos worked together rather then starting up project after project....

 

 

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BOYS on COMM - April 24, 2009, Tokyo - (1 hr)

 

 

 

 

April 24, 2009, Tokyo Benoa Ginza (220 fans)

 

 

1. Kazuhiro Tamura -vs- Yumeto Imasei [*]

--- A DDT side project called BOYS which is more a show which focuses on the ladies in the audience giving them sexy boy-looking wrestlers to fight in front of them. More wrestling oriented then most DDT shows as you know the ladies likes to see those hot bodys move around almost manly. And this was a decent little bout with Tamura making sure this unknown Imasei wouldn't get too carried away. At least the wrestling was straight to the point until Tamura had the kid beat with a fisherman's buster.

5:17 of 5:17 - Tamura pinned Imasei after a fisherman's buster

 

 

 

2. Isami Kodaka -vs- Rion Mizuki [1/2*]

--- The girls also likes a party animal and Mizuki was celebrating all match long drinking champagne and shooting corks at Isami. There was no way Mizuki was going to win with his heavy drinking and was trapped in a ankle hold for the tap.

6:27 of 6:27 - Isami made Mizuki submit to a ankle hold

 

 

 

3. Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga -vs- Daisuke Sasaki & Yuki Sato [* 1/2]

--- Fun indy spotfest with the lovable SOS team of Senga & Oosugi against a Sasaki and the equally lovable Sato. Just a joy to watch and nothing important. SOS wins with a double team move where Sato didn't stand a chance.

11:58 of 18:13 - Oosugi & Senga pinned Sato with the Exhibition "Gnomus"

 

 

 

4. Madoka & Mineo Fujita & Daisuke Masaoka -vs- Makoto Oishi & Keita Yano & Masahiro Takanashi [* 1/2]

--- Nice spotfest. It had it's indy weaknesses, but they kept it moving letting everyone get to show off what they know without too much of their faults getting to shine through. The Indy Junior Champion Oishi and Fujita who's finally getting to establish himself on the scene looked the most professional and was the main reason this was so stable as it was. Fujita was also the one to score the win over DDT's Takanashi with the Jeff Hardy move.

11:05 of 10:58 - Fujita pinned Takanashi after a Swanton

 

 

 

5. HARASHIMA -vs- KUDO [**]

--- Two of the better workers in DDT having a fairly good standard with the finishers and near falls until the short-ish time limit expired. HARASHIMA landed those double knees and KUDO delivered his as HARASHIMA was hanging down from the turnbuckle. But none of the finishers was effective enough or was too close to the ropes. Reagardless they had a enjoyable bout even if there was no real decision.

16:07 of 20:00 - HARASHIMA wrestled KUDO to a 20:00 Time Limit Draw

 

 

 

COMMENTS: The Boys show was fun enough. Good to see these workers have straight wrestling matches without much of the DDT nonsense.

 

 

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BOYS on COMM - July 29, 2009, Tokyo - (1 1/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

July 29, 2009, Tokyo - Shin-Kiba 1st RING (225 fans)

 

 

1. Yuta Yoshikawa -vs- Keisuke Ishii [*]

--- Battlarts Yoshikawa giving Ishii a lesson in the shoot style and apart from some short momentrs of joy for Ishii he was always going to struggle at this style with Yoshikawa locking in the arm again and again until he had the win with a cross-armbreaker.

6:58 of 6:57 - Yoshikawa made Ishii submit to a cross-armbreaker

 

 

 

2. Hercules Senga -vs- Rion Mizuki [1/4*]

--- Pretty bad and dull.....party wrestling with a bottle of alcohol coming into play at the end before Senda surprised the party Rion with a basic schoolboy.

9:18 of 9:18 - Senga pinned Mizuki with a schoolboy

 

 

 

3. Isamu Kodaka & Yukihiro Abe -vs- KUDO & Yumeto Imanari [1/2*]

--- Really, really, really lightweight wrestling. Just looked so weakly executed by a bunch of skinny boys which was not going to generate any excitement. Abe beats the most hopeless one of all in the match.

12:55 of 16:19 - Abe made Imanari submit to a modified single leg crab

 

 

 

4. HARASHIMA -vs- Keita Yano [*]

--- Mixture of Yano's worthless tricks and HARASHIMA serious fighting. One trick that ended up working was the one where Yano trapped HARASHIMA in the side apron and rolled him in it making him a helpless worm. But of course the DDT ace got his revenge for that locking the silly bastard in a very strange streach like ankle hold.

13:01 of 15:26 - HARASHIMA made Yano submit to a modified rack ankle hold

 

 

 

5. Masahiro Takanashi & Atsushi Kotoge & Tsutomu Oosugi -vs- Madoka & Mineo Fujita & Susumu [* 1/2]

--- This was light action too, but done entertaining enough to enjoy with all pretty boys landing enough cool moves to keep the match up floating. Never brainsurgery, and more childish, but kind of fun with Takanashi's balls getting worked over and with him getting the happy comeback win in the end.

17:10 of 17:09 - Takanashi pinned Susumu with the Takatonic

 

 

 

COMMENTS: A lot of boys in the Boys project. Too bad you need to be a man to be a good wrestler....

 

 

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FUTEN on COMM - April 26, 2009, Kawasaki - (1 1/2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

April 26, 2009, Kawasaki - Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Sol (252 fans)

 

 

1. Taka Michinoku -vs- Shoichi Uchida [*]

--- Technical Taka against Osaka based Uchida trading crossfaces and facelocks. Veterans are usually better at everything and Uchida didn't shine too much before tapping to Taka's facelock hold.

8:21 of 8:21 - Michinoku made Uchida submit to the Just Facelock

 

 

 

2. Kengo Mashimo -vs- Nohashi Shinjitsu [* 3/4]

--- Kaientai Dojo vs Michinoku Pro in a Futen style technical bout. No bullshit and quality focused wrestling. What made this one come alive was those damn headbutts! Nohashi didn't hold much back and he had a cut on his head which started bleeding from the impact! Lovely stuff. But then Mashimo started kicking the head and the referee stopped the bout.

11:02 of 11:02 - Mashimo defeated Nohashi by KO after a headkick

 

 

 

3. Brahman Kei & Brahman Shu -vs- Mitsuya Nagai & Hajime Moriyama [* 1/2]

--- It's rare to see the Sato Twins this violent. They really stiffed over this Moriyama guy! He was even bleeding from the cheek from the facekicks that was coming! Nagai was barely involved and it became only a extended squash with Moriyama not looking too good except taking the brutal punishment until the referee saw he had enough.

11:26 of 11:25 - Kei defeated Moriyama by KO after a headkick

 

 

 

4. Fujita Jr Hayato -vs- Koichiro Kimura [*]

--- This Hayato match didn't create much fire. It was in his right environment where they focus on the submissions and strikes, but I guess Kimura wasn't the right opponent to bring out the best of him on this night. At least Hayato won comfortable with the front necklock.

7:29 of 7:29 - Hayato defeated Kimura by TKO with the K.I.D.

 

 

 

5. Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Ono -vs- Manabu Suruga(Hara) & Takahiro Oba [** 3/4]

--- A long Battlarts style bout based off submissions and KO spots. Maybe a little too relyant on those KO spots toward the end as they killed the flow a little, but the fighting was for the most part solid with a little comic relief with Oba continually making a fool of himself. The crowd only loved him more and popped big for the times he was caught in submissions. But most of the important fighting was between Futen boss Ikeda and the wrestler usually known as Manabu Hara. And you got to love that Hara busted out the Tiger Driver '91!!! And he was in control for a long time with Ikeda having more then enough dealing with the pain that was coming his way, but with less the 2 minutes left of the time limit came the submission. Ikeda's reward! Cross-armbreaker with Suruga tapping.

28:38 of 28:27 - Ikeda made Suruga submit to a cross-armbreaker

 

 

 

COMMENTS: First Futen DVD to come available and it's their 4th Anniversary show. The main event was real good and it was nice to see the workers take their job so seriously.

 

 

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OSAKA PRO on COMM - July 20 & September 6, 2009, Tokyo - (2 1/2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

July 20, 2009, Tokyo - Shinjuku FACE (429 fans)

 

 

1. Miracle Man & Ebessan III -vs- Kanjyouro Matsuyama & Johnel Sanders [1/2*]

--- Osaka comedy in Tokyo.....

1:18 of 1:18 - Matsuyama & Sanders defetaed Miracle Man & Ebessan by DQ

13:10 of 13:10 - Miracle Man pinned Matsuyama with a Falcon Arrow

 

 

 

2. Orochi & The Bodyguard -vs- Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada [*]

--- The throwing around by the Bodyguard & Orochi was the best part of this rather uncaptivating tag where the heels beat young guys.

11:55 of 11:55 - Orochi pinned Kotoge after the Onikaze Windmill

 

 

 

3. Billy Ken Kid & Asian Cougar & Hideyoshi & Masamune -vs- Dick Togo & Tigers Mask & Black Buffalo & Tadasuke [* 3/4]

--- Massive Osaka Pro action with 8 guys eviding the work. A lot of fun, but don't think this is anything special from them. It's almost a autopilot battle, but the action was still motivated and good with the heels looking good before Billy won it out of nothing.

14:56 of 15:22 - Billy pinned Tigers with a backslide

 

 

 

4. Kikutaro © -vs- Kuishinbo Kamen - (Osaka Owari Title) [3/4*]

--- Like we haven't see this comedy before...... but OMG!!! Kikutaro actually hit his bulldog move!!! How many times have that happend?! Anyway, Kikutaro won with a schoolboy after distracting everybody by pulling off his mask and displaying very yellow hair....

15:01 of 15:01 - Kikutaro pinned Kuishinbo with a schoolboy to retain the Osaka Owari Title in his 2nd defence.

 

 

 

 

September 6, 2009, Tokyo - Shinjuku FACE (400 fans)

 

 

5. Orochi -vs- Kazuaki Mihara [*]

--- Amusing how Orochi tried to go for cover after cover and nearly got Mihara. Well the plug did get his share of the offence, but Orochi did look like he had fairly good control over the lesser experienced guy and rightfully took care of business with the Onikaze Windmill.

7:28 of 7:42 - Orochi pinned Mihara after the Onikaze Windmill

 

 

 

6. Hideyoshi & Masamune -vs- Takoyakida & Ultimate Spider Jr. [* 1/4]

--- One of the headscissors was a bit rough from Spider, but this did feature a really cool double-team from Hideyoshi who lifted Masamune and Takoyakida up for extra impact on Masamune's driver move! A few nice dives too until the stupid loser Takoyakida was beat by Masamune.

10:28 of 10:28 - Masamune pinned Takoyakida after modified reversed DDT

 

 

 

7. Tigers Mask & Black Buffalo & Tadasuke -vs- Billy Ken Kid & Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada [* 3/4]

--- The action~ Solid of course. It featured guys like Billy, Buffalo and Tigers Mask so naturally it had a lot of quality. But did it have anything else to seperate it from the bunch of other action matches on the indy scene. Nah.... but they gave Tadasuke the strong win making sure Kotoge stayed down for the pin with the Outcast.

14:31 of 12:48 - Tadasuke pinned Kotoge after the Outkast

 

 

 

8. Kuishinbo Kamen & Ebessan III -vs- Miracle Man & Kanjyouro Matsuyama [1/2*]

--- More Osaka comedy in Tokyo..... and they were ringing Kuishinbo's bells.....

11:51 of 11:51 - Ebessan pinned Matsuyama with a German Suplex

 

 

 

9. Dick Togo © -vs- Asian Cougar - (Osaka Pro Title) [** 1/4]

--- And then for a real solid main event were the heel Dick Togo makes his first defence of the Osaka belt against veteran hardcore guy Asian Cougar. Good for the Tokyo fans getting such a important bout from them and the wrestling felt good even if it lacked that super heat. At least they made some deal out of Togo having friends to help him so the battle was harder for Cougar. He did manage to flip Togo very nicely off the apron nearly taking a few fans with him had not the other wrestlers been there to block the flying Dick. But no happy Cougar here as Togo landed the Pedigree off the turnbuckle and then another mat based one to set up the senton and the win.

19:28 of 19:28 - Togo pinned Cougar after a top rope senton to retain the Osaka Pro Title in his 1st defence.

 

 

 

COMMENTS: Two Osaka Pro shows guesting the Tokyo area. One comedy title match event and one main heavyweight title belt defence from Dick Togo.

 

 

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OSAKA PRO on COMM - October 20, 2009, Osaka - (1 1/4 hrs)

 

 

 

 

October 20, 2009, Osaka Minami Move On Arena (112 fans)

 

 

1. Atsushi Kotoge & Takumi Tsukamoto -vs- Takoyakida & Kazuki Hashimoto [*]

--- Big Japan's young boys getting to work with two of Osaka Pro's younger, but much more experienced wrestlers. Nothing super fancy in the way of wrestling, but it was a ok way to open the show with Kotoge getting a secure win kicking Hashimoto down.

8:16 of 8:16 - Kotoge pinned Hashimoto after a Superkick

 

 

 

2. Yuji Okabayashi -vs- Kazuaki Mihara [3/4*]

--- Two powerplugs. Though Big Japan's monster is a lot bigger and had fairly good control over Mihara beting him with suplexes and the Argentine in a very Manabu Nakanishi kind of way.

7:30 of 7:30 - Okabayashi made Mihara submit to a Argentine backbreaker

 

 

 

3. Kankuro Hoshino -vs- Ebessan III -vs- Kanjyouro Matsuyama - (3-Way) [1/4*]

--- Comedy with the trashy Hoshino breaking out of the bullshit and locking both comedy shits in a crab hold!

9:16 of 9:16 - Hoshino made Ebessan & Matsuyama submit to a double crab hold

 

 

 

4. Tigers Mask & Tadasuke -vs- Yoshito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa [* 1/4]

--- The Osaka Pro vs Big Japan series continues and the Osaka heels makes life a little difficult for Sasaki & Ishikawa. Tigers Mask got a chair and hit them both behind the referees back before Buzzsaw'ing Ishikawa for the pin. Easy decent fighting without doing anything super memorable.

10:00 of 11:27 - Tigers Mask pinned Ishikawa after a headkick

 

 

 

5. Daisuke Sekimoto -vs- Daisuke Harada [**]

--- Estabslished babyface against a promising younger babyface and they made sure everyone know where the authority was. It was a very one-sided battle with Sekimoto locking the poor guy in hold after hold and making him work very hard to get out of them. Harada got a very short comeback in there including a sliding headbutt of sorts as the highlight, but had more then enough with surviving Sekimoto's grip. But Harada did get some award for his efforts and that was kicking out of the German Suplex! Well, not number two, but still he was getting the love from the crowd staying in there with Sekimoto so long.

17:46 of 16:54 - Sekimoto pinned Harada with a German Suplex

 

 

 

COMMENTS: Osaka Pro vs Big Japan, but not of the most important of inter-promotional of shows. Still the main event had it's qualities.

 

 

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AMANO/NAGASHIMA/KATO PRODUCE "YES WE CAN" on Samurai TV - April 30, 2009, Tokyo - (2 hrs)

 

 

 

 

April 30, 2009, Tokyo - Korakuen Hall

 

 

1. Kayoko Haruyama -vs- Toshie Uematsu - (Tournament - Round 1) [* 1/2]

--- I have a feeling this 14 woman tournament of mid-90's girls will be filled with sprint matches as they only have 10 minute time limits. This match sure was like that. At least it got straight to the point. Fun and not too much getting established except that they were out to get the quick win. Which JWP Champion Haruyama did over the GAEA trained wrestler.

8:33 of 8:33 - Haruyama pinned Uematsu after the Keene Hammer

 

 

2. Yoshiko Tamura -vs- Yuki Miyazaki - (Tournament - Round 1) [3/4*]

--- Double-NEO! Boooo. Well, Tamura is a AJW trained girl and Miyazaki a ex-JWP rookie so their backgrounds are a little bit different even if both have dwelled in NEO the last 10 years or more. And as expected the didn't have much to offer. Miyazaki was running around a lot trying to look good, but so much of this match was just sloppy. At least the right girl went through to the next round.

6:16 of 6:15 - Tamura pinned Miyazaki cricifix cradle

 

 

 

3. Ran Yu Yu -vs- Akino - (Tournament - Round 1) [3/4*]

--- Quick match between two capable wrestlers. And they made sure every cradle counted in this one trading the roll-ups one by one to give the match some life and meaning. Instead it ended in a clean undisbutable win as Ran landed a rolling elbow to knock Akino out for the three in a very short bout.

3:46 of 3:46 - Yu Yu pinned Akino after a rolling elbow

 

 

 

4. Meiko Satomura -vs- Sonoko Kato - (Tournament - Round 1) [** 1/2]

--- Good to see these two 1995 GAEA graduates have such a motivated fight. I just wish it was without the short rushed time limit. But at least that made the action straight to the point. Or in Kato's case straight to Satomura's old injured eye which has kept Satomura out of action quite a bit in recent years. Didn't look like those stiff face kicks helped Satomura from getting healthy again because she was feeling that eye a lot during and after this bout. Not that it hurt the drama in the bout. As for Satomura, she went after the leg submissions which was just as effective after those knee injuries kept kato 6 years out of the business to heal. So it was career threatning injury vs career threatning injury and no love lost between these two old friends. In anyone of these were going to win it had to be Satomura who's the ambassador of the struggling Sendai Girls promotion and Kato is just another Oz Academy girl.

6:22 of 6:22 - Satomura made Kato submit to a cross-kneelock

 

 

 

5. Azumi Hyuga -vs- Keito - (Tournament - Round 1) [3/4*]

--- Keito was originally a LLPW wrestler, but is now with JWP. Hyuga has always been a JWP girl, so this is JWP vs JWP with the former JWP ace Hyuga taking care of the fake-hearted JWP girl rather easy with very little airing.

4:19 of 4:19 - Hyuga pinned Keito after a Destiny Hammer

 

 

 

6. Carlos Amano -vs- Tanny Mouse - (Tournament - Round 1) [*]

--- A tiny bit funny to see how Amano would handle the stupid stuff Tanny had to come with with Tanny being the master of distraction and both running out of time to get the win, but Amano managed to be one step ahead of Tanny rolled her up in a small package for the lucky but rightful win. They went fighting all over the place and even in that little room high up in the Korakuen.

8:35 of 8:34 - Amano pinned Tanny with a small package

 

 

 

7. Chikayo Nagashima -vs- Tsubasa Kuragaki - (Tournament - Round 1) [1/4*]

--- Can't get much more straight to the point then this. Quick win for Nagashima.

1:40 of 1:40 - Nagashima pinned Kuragaki with a huracanrana

 

 

 

8. Kayoko Haruyama -vs- Yoshiko Tamura - (Tournament - Round 2) [* 1/2]

--- The JWP Champion against NEO's ace Tamura in a sprint match. Ok to watch, but didn't drag me in as they were knocking each other down again and again as the time limit was expeiring. And sadly we have the first non-decision as this one went to a 10-min draw and both are out of the tournament.

10:03 of 10:00 - Haruyama wrestled Tamura to a 10:00 Time Limit Draw

 

 

 

9. Meiko Satomura -vs- Ran Yu Yu - (Tournament - Round 2) [* 1/2]

--- Ran's elbows didn't work on Satomura even if they did hit her nicely in the face and close to the bad eye. But she was close with those smashes and it was her most dangerous weapon against Satomura who's aim seemed a little off. Maybe the eye? Regardless Satomura wasn't going to lay down for Ran and planted a "Scorpion Rising", Shining Axekick, right on top of Ran's head for the win.

6:57 of 6:57 - Satomura pinned Yu Yu after a Scorpion Rising

 

 

 

10. Carlos Amano -vs- Azumi Hyuga - (Tournament - Round 2) [* 1/2]

--- A few highights here as Hyuga's top rope dive to the floor landed hard almost knocking Amano silly. Didn't matter because Amano's got a thick head and came back using it after landing a nice top rope suplex. Because it was her speciality leeping headbutt which became the focus as Amano was on a roll and once it connected Hyuga was down for the count. Enjoyable while it lasted.

5:52 of 5:52 - Amano pinned Hyuga after a leeping headbutt

 

 

 

11. Chikayo Nagashima -vs- Carlos Amano - (Tournament - Semi-Final) [**]

--- Good stuff right from the start to finish. Even and competitive with both having strong moments on top with submissions and other stuff. They were trying whatever they could get in during this sprint. But even in Carlos was close the match went to a time limit draw. But since this was the only semi final match and with Satomura waiting for the final they decided to give this an extra extended period of 3 minutes so the sprint continued with Nagashima landing the summersault double-footstomp to get the win 2 minutes into the extra period.

10:02 of 10:00 - Nagashima wrestled Amano to a 10:00 Time Limit Draw

2:05 of 2:05 - Nagashima pinned Amano after a top rope summersault footstomp

 

 

12. Meiko Satomura -vs- Chikayo Nagashima - (Tournament - Final) [** 1/4]

--- Satomura received a bye to the finals after that Haruyama vs Tamura match ended in a draw, so she's fairly rested after two hard fights compared to Nagashima who's just had a long battle with Carlos. That didn't stop them from having yet another sprint. This one longer then the others lasting over 12 minutes of back and forth action. Nothing new to their formula, but they were motivated and full of energy laying the shorts in. Satomura had the most devestating offence landing the Scorpion Rising for a near fall. But in this match the real killer move was the Death Valleys which took care of Nagashima and gave Satomura the tournament win.

12:06 of 12:06 - Satomura pinned Nagashima after a Death Valley Bomb to win the tournament.

 

 

COMMENTS: The UN-edited version of this tournament which aired on Samurai TV with some clipping.

 

 

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