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Pro Wrestling MEGA - "We are MEGA!"; Debut show of Dream Fujin's new rival
Topic Started: Dec 28 2005, 04:44 AM (120 Views)
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We are MEGA!
Friday December 23, 2005
Towada Citizen Gymnasium
600 paid fans claimed
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At the beginning of the show, Wataru Yasuda came to the ring and thanked everyone for attending. He then went into a 10-minute rant, taking particular aim at US wrestling and Dream Fujin, which he called "the bastard child of tasteless American wrestling and a Kabuki show at a mental hospital". Yasuda was highly critical of DF owner Billy Thomas, and promised that Pro Wrestling MEGA would be a return to traditional puroresu, putting athletic competition before everything else. He received quite a good ovation afterwards.


Match one:
Ryo Hosaka [8'35" Lariat] Kochiro Miyake
- This was a battle between two unknown rookies. Hosaka wore shiny black pants and a lime green martial arts belt, while Miyake sported black brief-style trunks and boots. Hosaka used some good kicks and was the better of the two - Miyake looked overawed by the occasion and messed up more than one spot. Hosaka finished Miyake off with two hard lariats in a row.


Match two:
Takahiro Uei [6'07" Brainbuster] Shiro Namiguchi
- Uei has been on the indy scene for several years now, most recently wrestling in Dream Fujin before its recent reshuffle. One of the bigger men in Pro Wrestling MEGA, Uei must be pushing the 240-pound limit. Namiguchi is the young man who wrestles under the Uchu Koujin Red mask in Dream Fujin. Without the restrictions of his regular gimmick, Namiguchi was able to wrestle a straight match, and showed that he can actually do it well. He wasn't given too much offence though, as Uei controlled the match and finished it off with a brainbuster.


Match three:
Akitoshi Yano [9'43" Boston crab] Shigeo Hotta
- Yano is another former Dream Fujin wrestler who found himself without a job when the company underwent its changes, so it's good to see him back in the ring. He has dropped his "First Japanese Badass" moniker and the Alex Martinez ripoff gimmick he was using a few months ago, in favour of a shooter look and style. Hotta is the epitomy of the sleazy indy wrestler, with the greasy long hair, stubbly goatee and sloppy style. This match took a long time to get warmed up, with a lot of ground work and a slow, methodical pace. Hotta tried to bring the indy-style spots, but Yano preferred mat wrestling, and worked away on Hotta's right leg with a variety of submission holds, before a Boston crab forced the tap out.


Match four - Main Event:
HERO Ishikawa{x}, Jin Ketsumo and Kuniyoshi Yoshimo [17'32" HERO's Welcome] Wataru Yasuda,
"Wild Zero" Wasai Thrillblade and Hideki Shimoda{o}
- The biggest ovation of the night came when international superstar HERO Ishikawa came to the ring. A loud "HE-RO" chant broke out, and Ishikawa had a big grin on his face. His team also consisted of former Dream Fujin rookie Jin Ketsumo and Kuniyoshi Yoshimo (Super Orange Panda wrestling minus the mask and under his real name). The fans also showed great appreciation for the reunion of Black Wave (Yasuda, Thrillblade and Shimoda) for the first time in many months.
This was a fast-paced match, much like the trios matches we've come to expect from Dream Fujin. Of course, one of Yasuda's biggest gripes with DF is the crazy gimmicks, so that's a major difference here. It was mostly straight wrestling, with absolutely no comedy antics. The flow of the match was classic lucharesu, with the wrestlers pairing off to start with for short one-on-one battles - Ketsumo-Thrillblade, Yoshimo-Shimoda and HERO-Yasuda. That last combination got the biggest crowd response of course, and was closely fought, HERO playing the courageous tecnico and Yasuda the grumpy old man rudo.
Highlights of the match included the three tecnicos hitting triple planchas on their opponents; Yasuda absolutely chopping the crap out of Yoshimo's chest to the point of drawing blood; Thrillblade and HERO trading rudo tactics - bootscrapes, eyerakes, ropeburns etc; and Yasuda almost ending the match with a top rope sitout powerbomb on Ketsumo, only for HERO to make the save.
The end came with HERO and Shimoda in the ring. HERO got his knees up on a senton bomb, which looked very nasty, then hit Shimoda with an STO before finishing him off with the HERO's Welcome (Michinoku Driver IIb) for the 1-2-3.


Overall comments:
This debut show for Pro Wrestling MEGA was definitely a mixed bag. The highpoint was definitely the presence of HERO Ishikawa, who has developed into a bona fide international superstar in recent years, and who should quite obviously be Pro Wrestling MEGA's number one ace. The other positives all involved experienced wrestlers (Yasuda, Thrillblade, Shimoda, Yano etc), all of whom ironically have starred for Dream Fujin in the past.
Yasuda has cobbled together a batch of raw, young rookies, and they're obviously a work in progress. In the short-term there's going to be some sloppy and borderline-unwatchable matches, but in the long-term Yasuda will be hoping to unearth some new talents and develop Pro Wrestling MEGA trueborns.



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