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| Gifu Industrial Hall; 25-03-06 | |
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| Fletchanator | Mar 25 2006, 10:23 PM Post #1 |
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Gifu Industrial Hall Saturday March 25 1250 Fans - Billy Thomas came to the ring to welcome the fans to the opening show of the tour, and to officially kick off the "Shukuen Fight Series". In fluent Japanese, he spoke about the challenge from Pro Wrestling MEGA, which was deflected last tour. With MEGA closing its doors, Dream Fujin could now concentrate on putting out the best lucharesu shows in Japan, and possibly the world, Thomas said. This drew a loud round of applause. Thomas finished by paying thanks to those wrestlers who had fought for the Fujingun army against MEGA. Match one: Hasselhoff SE{x} & British Steel [11'08" Tornado DDT] Ultraman Zeta & Ice Dragon{o} - Zeta and Dragon (along with Steel Cougar) are the winners of last tour's Rookie Try-out Series, having been voted onto the main Dream Fujin roster by the fans. This was their debut as roster members, as they faced off against two men who are barely more than rookies themselves, the wigged ones, Hasselhoff SE and British Steel. The match itself was about what you would expect from wrestlers at this level of inexperience, but the fans were entertained nonetheless. Hasselhoff SE (whose gimmick involves a David Hasselhoff mask with a frizzy brown mop of hair sewn on top and red speedo swimming trunks) was in top form, using his slow-motion "beach run" and doing plenty of dancing and grinding against his opponents. Ultraman Zeta (a take on the popular Ultraman cartoon) got the next biggest reaction from the crowd with his superhero-esque poses and high flying. British Steel (his name comes from a Judas Priest album, so he naturally wears a Judas Priest t-shirt and a mask that has a handlebar mustache and mullet wig sewn into it) and Ice Dragon were both quite sloppy in the ring and didn't do anything of any real note. Hasselhoff SE (which stands for Sexy Enormous) picked up the win when he nailed Dragon with a tornado DDT. Match two: Elvis Sunday[NEXT] [13'30" Hawaiian Hangover] Fuego Tigre jr[ILL] - This battle between two touring gaijin wrestlers - Sunday with his eye-catching orange afro and Fuego with his orange and black trunks that mix tiger stripes and flames - was lucharesu at its finest. Both wrestlers are renowned for their energy and speed in the ring, and that was evident as they pulled out all manner of aerial moves and dives. Making his Dream Fujin debut, Fuego Tigre jr impressed with his classic lucha mix of highflying (lots of springboard moves, armdrags and dropkicks) and wacky submission holds. Sunday didn't dabble in the submission side of things, but went to the air often. The fans were in awe as these two basically engaged in a contest of trying to outdo each other. In the end the 30-something veteran Fuego (who is best known to puroresu fans for a match he had against G-Pro Triple Crown champion Jason Storm in 1997) couldn't keep up with the younger and fitter Sunday, falling victim to "The Whole Damn 'Fro"s tornado guillotine facedriver, which he calls the Hawaiian Hangover. Match three: HERO Ishikawa{x} & Wasai Thrillblade [7'45" HERO's Welcome] Apollo Kid III & Kyuki Shonjo{o} - MEGA might be dead, but the remnants of that company are still on the scene, in the form of Ishikawa and Thrillblade. That duo turned up unannounced and came to the ring, Ishikawa getting on the microphone and belittling the Dream Fujin owner, wrestlers and fans. He laid out an open challenge, which brought out Fujingun wrestlers Apollo Kid and Kyuki Shonjo. Apollo and Shonjo, who both lost their matches in the Fujingun vs MEGA best of five series, were eager to get their own back on the former MEGA wrestlers. Shonjo in particular fought hard, refusing to give up despite being hit by several doubleteam moves by Ishikawa and Thrillblade. Ishikawa was the undoubted star of the match, entertaining the fans with his rudo antics, crotch chopping and of course a variety of takes on Da Fistdrop~! Thrillblade seemed disinterested and lazy, while Apollo Kid is shaping up as a perennial mid-carder, because he's limited in the ring, or at least more limited than a lot of other up-and-comers in Dream Fujin. Ishikawa got the expected win, pinning Kyuki Shonjo after his inverted headlock lift into a Michinoku Driver II, HERO's Welcome. Match four: Darkness Kitty! [4'57" Darkness Bomber] Kotaro Shimita - Fresh off his surprise appearance on the side of Fujingun against MEGA, Darkness Kitty! made short work of "K-Bomb". Shimita isn't used regularly in Dream Fujin these days, and he's stuck at the bottom of the pile and going nowhere fast. He doesn't have a gimmick or a look as such, and he's very inconsistent in the ring. Kitty! was in no mood for fun, instead taking the fight right to Shimita from the opening bell and not letting up until he has Shimita down for the 3-count after his pyramid bomb, the Darkness Bomber. Match five: Norihiko Miura [15'00" Time limit draw] Ty Walker[NEXT] - Meaningful, non-televised singles matches are a rarity in Dream Fujin, but one was busted out for the tour opening show here. Miura took a big step up last tour, when he answered the call to represent Fujingun and won a crucial match against Wasai Thrillblade in the Best of 5 series. But on the other hand, Tyrone Walker also had a huge tour, winning the Trinity X titles with Monroe and Sunday. It was a conflict of styles, as the wrestling Monk Miura relied on submission holds and suplexes, while Walker tried to utilise his speed advantage. This produced an intriguing match, with the advantage swinging back and forth, and the crowd showing their appreciation for both wrestlers. About 10 minutes into the match, Miura looked to have the match won after his praying-style piledriver, but Walker kicked out at 2 1/2, then started to fight back, showing great fighting spirit. He turned the tide on Miura, almost getting the 3-count after a jumping lariat. The wrestlers started to trade blows as the time limit expired. Afterwards, Miura and Walker shook hands as the fans applauded their efforts. Match six - Main Event: Griffin James{x} & Tate Monroe[NEXT] [11'22" Yakuza kick] Shoji Tamura & Bombay Kaijin{o} - What an intriguing match! James and Tamura are set to face off for the vacant Independent Super-Lightweight title at the end of the tour, and there's plenty of heat between them. James, fresh off leading Fujingun to victory over MEGA, now has his sights on both the title belt and gaining some revenge on Tamura, whose vicious attack a few weeks back has sidelined James' friend Crazy Bastard Cop with injury. Add to that the fact that Tate Monroe hasn't kept it a secret that he feels slighted about being left out of the title vacancy match, and there was plenty of feeling all round. With his public quest to go unbeaten this tour, and no doubt wanting to prove that he deserves to be in the title match, Monroe seemed more wound up than usual. He started the match, and seemed reluctant to tag out in the early going. In fact, James was forced to tag himself in, glaring at Monroe as he did so. The crowd "ooohhhh"ed when James and Tamura faced off for the first time in the match. As you'd expect, they had a hard-hitting exchange, neither really gaining any ascendancy but both getting in their signature strikes (James throwin' dem 'bows and Tamura showing off his hard, hard kicks). Kaijin was clearly the lesser of the three wrestlers in the match, and Tamura actually showed frustration with his faithful teammate, pushing him and yelling in Kaijin's face a couple of times. Monroe and James had problems of their own, James showing frustration when Monroe ignored his calls for a tag later in the match. Monroe's over-eagerness almost cost his team, when he blindly followed Tamura out of the ring, and fell prey to Kaijin's blue mist to the face outside the ring. That left James on his own against both of his opponents, who overpowered him and hit the gaijin with a beautiful German suplex-roundhouse kick doubleteam move, but James kicked out. Tamura had James lined up for the rolling kouppo kick, but Monroe cleared his eyes just in time, dragging Tamura out of the ring. Kaijin springboarded in... right into a big elbow! James then finished him off with a killer yakuza kick, getting the 3-count. Overall comments: - All eyes are on Griffin James and Shoji Tamura right now, as the anticipation builds towards finding the next Independent Super-Lightweight champion. Tonight's main event got the ball rolling, with James claiming first blood on this tour. - Tamura's heel faction seems to be in big trouble, what with Jeff Kujawa leaving and Tamura being none too pleased with the efforts of his last remaining follower, Bombay Kaijin. - The announcement of James-Tamura for the vacant singles title seems to have fired up two wrestlers in particular, Darkness Kitty! and Tate Monroe. Both feel slighted at not being a part of that match, and that motivation showed tonight, as both men put in strong performances. Monroe's over-eagerness to prove himself could come unstuck at some point though. © Dream Fujin, 2006. Dream Fujin group: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/dreamfujin NEO-International Commons: http://s13.invisionfree.com/NEOInternational NEO-International website: www.geocities.com/neointernationalwrestling |
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