[CRIMSON] 01/01/11 ~ RING in CRIMSON 2011

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON held it's now annual festival of the new year, RING in CRIMSON, engineered to usher in the new year and be the official first wrestling event of the new year. As always, attendance was free for those who wished to attend as before the show a meet and greet took place with the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON wrestlers and the audience, before a countdown to the new year led to the event beginning in full. Nobuyori Shimizu and Akuma Toyota were in the first two matches against the two least experienced CRIMSON wrestlers, Akio Kobayashi and Yukihiro Ogura respectively. Both Shimizu and Toyota breezed through their match in minutes.

The main event of the three match card saw KYOURUI 6's top two of Hiroyuki Takano and Mikio Tsuruya battle Unified Openweight Champion Kenjiro Amagawa and current AVENIR leader Keiji Hirano in tag team competition. After several minutes, KYOURUI 6 was suddenly assisted by a man wearing a full black and red bodysuit with a black mask with a large red zero painted over it. The masked man attacked Amagawa and Hirano setting up Tsuruya pinning his former tag team partner with the Murder Carnival for the fall.

Takano announced this new masked man as the newest member of KYOURUI 6, bestowing a "0" armband to the masked man. Amagawa and Hirano both demanded to know the masked man's identity, but their requests were ignored, with Takano calling the new masked man KYOURUI 6's "assassin" to complete a full takeover of CRIMSON in 2011...

RING in CRIMSON 2011
01/01/11
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
400 fans

1. Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Akio Kobayashi at 5'46 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
2. Akuma Toyota defeated Yukihiro Ogura at 4'19 with a lariat
3. Mikio Tsuruya & Hiroyuki Takano defeated Keiji Hirano & Kenjiro Amagawa at 15'38 when Tsuruya pinned Amagawa with the Murder Carnival

[CRIMSON] 12/24/10 @ DUE TIME in RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN

For the first time since July 2008, the C-1 Heavyweight Championship saw neither Akuma Toyota or Nobuyori Shimizu fighting for the championship. Instead it was the former tag team, the AT CLUB of Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano colliding for the championship. With bad blood spilling out for over one year with Takano's betrayal of Ariwa, the two held nothing back going full blown for over twenty five minutes. Yet it was the colossus of Miyagi that reigned the day, as Takayuki Ariwa busted out his Splash Mountain not once, but twice to put his former best friend down for the count to claim the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Ariwa made a gesture of friendliness to Takano, but the KYOURUI 6 leader refused Ariwa's hand swearing revenge on Ariwa and the Strongest CRIMSON Army in general...

When Takayuki Ariwa debuted in 2004 for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Ariwa was seen as a strong yet lackluster graduate of the Ryo Suzuki Dojo. While a strong high school wrestler, and a potential college standout, Ariwa was observed as nothing more then a competent rookie. CRIMSON's shutdown in 2005 gave Ariwa time to focus on another love of his: Weight Lifting. When CRIMSON resumed activity in late 2006, Ariwa was noticeably larger in mass and breadth. Ariwa quickly used his newfound power and intensity to gain more attention then ever beginning an ascension up the ranks of CRIMSON both as a fan favorite as a member of NGI, to a despised villain as leader of Yankizoku, Ariwa's stock always seemed to be soaring higher then ever. Now in his sixth year as a professional, Takayuki Ariwa has etched his name as one of the few to ever hold the C-1 Heavyweight Championship and reached the pinnacle of pro-wrestling.

Arguably the battle that filled Ryogoku Kokugikan was the semi final as mentor took to arms against his pupil. The BLACKHEARTS were revived in spirit as the former "Supreme Commander" Tatsumichi Akamatsu faced off against the man he taught, CRIMSON's resident demonic soldier Akuma Toyota. The two abnormally large men collided in a battle of brute strength and power with blows that made fans wince and in some cases look away in disgust. Akamatsu & Akuma's chests were both covered in welts and bright red. Toyota bled profusely from the mouth after a hard punch from Akamatsu that earned jeers from the audience. On the biggest stage of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's entire existence, Akuma Toyota could not be denied as he unleashed his ultimate weapon the Sakujo to spike Akamatsu on his head at an awkward angle for the finish. Toyota declared himself the "King of Fighting” after the match, and revealed his intentions to challenge the C-1 Champion...

After fighting to a time limit draw in November, the two most famous tag teams in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON history faced off once again this time for the C-1 Tag Team Championships.The rivalry between these two teams has existed since 2005 but the end appeared to be nowhere in sight as Tenshin Komatsu and Makoto Saito were the victors this time around with Saito putting Noguchi down with the Shiraku Blade. All four shared a handshake after the battle, but no end of their rivalry appeared to be viewable to onlookers.

After bursting onto the scene in the later half of 2010 to dominate the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON junior scene, Kenta Arakaki finally faced his match against Bloody Gears' Ikuji Royama. The two hard hitters blistered each other with a combination of shoot-style and high flying. In the end, Arakaki became the first to ever kick out of the Sliding Shotei but his valiance ended shortly thereafter as Royama dropped the champion with a high kick for the victory. Despite his loss, Arakaki claimed this was not his CRIMSON swansong, and that he would reclaim the Jr. Heavyweight crown soon...

The PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships continue to bounce around ping-pong style, as the thought unbeatable Okinawa Speed Stars of Hayato Saigo and FURY's Kotaro Ota were bested by PREDATORS, who reclaim the championships. Saigo appeared to blow out his knee on a moonsault dive to the floor on Kuroki & Tiger, which set up the finish minutes later as Kuroki locked Saigo in an inverted figure four making the Junior legend submit hastily. No word was given on Saigo's status, but he was taken to the hospital for inspection.

What should have been a friendly contest between Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi for the vacated Unified Openweight Championship quickly turned into a wild brawl due to heat remaining from their last match together at Wrestling Spirits in November. Amagawa proved to be the hardier of the two, as he eventually spiked Takahashi with the Burning Armageddon to capture the championship. Instead of the battle resolving their differences, Amagawa and Takahashi only appeared to be angrier at each other forcing President Yuki Nomura to intervene, making peace between his two star pupils...

After leaving CRIMSON to film a movie, Darker then Abyss, Masakazu Fujimoto made his return to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Fujimoto shocked the audience by debuting a new look: A complete skinhead, and a dark beard covering a large portion of his face. The look was apparently inspired by Fujimoto's appearance while starring as lead villain in Darker then Abyss. Fujimoto's new look accompanied a new fighting style as Fujimoto completely destroyed KYOURUI 6 member Keoni Murata. Fujimoto landed three high angle power bombs on Murata, a lariat, and finished the former Junior ace off with the Mt. Fujimoto Bomb in less then three minutes...

As expected, Shuji Kawashima was no match for the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop who had his way with the younger man before finishing off Kawashima with his Texan Claw Hold for the submission. Kawashima expected to be taken halfway across the world at Bishop's choice but was surprised when he was handed a train ticket. Bishop revealed that he had booked Kawashima for Ryo Suzuki's world-famous "Hell Training" course, the same that Ikuji Royama and Tenshin Komatsu had undergone which was so severe on both men it fundamentally altered their personalities...Kawashima begged and cried, but was ultimately dragged out by Yuki Nomura and others. Later in the show, a hysterical Kawashima was seen being forcibly placed on the train with Bishop tagging along, having the time of his life at Kawashima's misfortune...

DUE TIME in RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN
~ RISE TO CRIMSON SKIES ~
12/24/10
Ryogoku Kokugikan
9,042 (No Vacancy)

1. PHOENIX & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE] defeated Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura at 6'48 when PHOENIX submitted Kobayashi with the Another Fate
2. Exile if Kawashima Loses Match: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Shuji Kawashima at 12'19 with the Texan Claw Hold
2. Keiji Hirano & Ryoma Inoue defeated Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 8'43 when Hirano pinned Tomizaki with the Savage Arrow
3. Rui Kuriyama & Naoki Daishi defeated Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada at 9'28 when Daishi submitted Yamada with a jujigatame
3. Masakazu Fujimoto Return Match: Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Keoni Murata at 2'34 with the Mt. Fujimoto Bomb
4. Unified Openweight Championship: Kenjiro Amagawa defeated Shinsuke Takahashi at 17'35 with the Burning Armageddon to become the 2nd champion
5. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Kaisen Tiger & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Hayato Saigo & Kotaro Ota (c) [FURY] at 14'06 when Kuroki submitted Saigo with an inverted figure four to become the 12th champions; OSS fails in V.1
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama defeated Kenta Arakaki (c) at 15'26 when Royama pinned Arakaki with a high kick to become the 14th champion; Arakaki fails in V.4
7. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Tenshin Komatsu & Makoto Saito (c) defeated Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi at 19'55 when Saito pinned Noguchi with the Shiraku Blade [V.1]
8. Dream Singles Match: Akuma Toyota defeated Tatsumichi Akamatsu [DYN] at 23'52 with the Sakujo
9. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Hiroyuki Takano (c) at 25'08 with the Splash Mountain to become the 14th champion; Takano fails in V.1

[CRIMSON] 11/21/10 ~ Wrestling Spirits 2010

With no barriers remaining between now and DUE TIME on December 24th, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON presented it's sole show of November, "Wrestling Spirits 2010" at the Miyako City Gymnasium.

CRIMSON sought to determine the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship match at DUE TIME by casting both the champion and challenger. A four man elimination tournament saw Ikuji Royama soundly defeat PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Hayato Saigo and KYOURUI 6 champion Kenta Arakaki to earn the DUE TIME championship match. He will face KYOURUI 6's Kenta Arakaki who retained his C-1 Jr. Heavyweight Championship by defeating freelancer Kojiro Kanesaka with the Hikitsuri. Arakaki was dismissive of Royma'a challenge calling Royama another weak challenger fielded by CRIMSON to take the championship. Royama vowed to prove his dominance as the top junior in the world by defeating Arakaki at DUE TIME.

Shuji Kawashima was easily bested by "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop in humiliating fashion. At one point Bishop let go of a deciding pinfall just to land the Texan Bomber and pin with his foot on Kawashima's chest. The energetic and cocky youth challenged Bishop to a return match at DUE TIME, claiming that if he lost to Bishop he would leave CRIMSON. Amused by Kawashima's demands Bishop agreed to the match with the stipulation that he could choose where Kawashima would be “exiled” to...

The two most famous tag teams in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON history, NGI and the "Demon Dogs" faced off once again in their legendary rivalry. Komatsu & Saito's C-1 Tag Team Championships were not on the line in a match that ultimately went to a thirty minute time limit draw. Shimizu and Noguchi appealed for a C-1 Tag Team Championship match after the draw, a request that was granted by Komatsu & Saito for DUE TIME.

In the wake of Hiroyuki Takano's C-1 Heavyweight Championship victory at Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's anniversary and subsequent vacating of the C-2 Openweight Championship, President Yuki Nomura announced a decision match at DUE TIME to decide the new champion with his two star pupils against each other. Tag team partners Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi, former C-1 Tag Team Champions will face off at DUE TIME to decide the newest champion.

Also announced was Masakazu Fujimoto's return from his sabactical in acting from earlier in the year. Fujimoto starred in the action/triller "Darker then Abyss" as shinhead Shingeki Kamiya as a mass murderer escaped from prison on a violent rampage. Fujimoto will return with a special return match at DUE TIME.

A rare match was displayed in the main event, as three teams fought in a three way, six man, elimination match pitting the Strongest CRIMSON Army of C-1 Heavyweight Champion #1 contender Takayuki Ariwa, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi against HEAVY WAR's Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuiyama and also against KYOURUI 6's Mikio Tsuruya, Keoni Murata & C-1 Heavyweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano. The SCA scored first blood when during the initial confusion Takayuki Ariwa scored with the Splash Mountain on Keoni Murata for the first elimination. KYOURUI 6 answered back by using trickery to get a double ringout elimination on Akuma Toyota and Naoki Daishi dropping HEAVY WAR to one man. The onslaught by KYOURUI 6 continued as a miscommunication by Takahashi & Amagawa saw the two collide with blows on each other. Takano quickly threw Amagawa over the top, and then hit a Takano Axe Kick on the stunned Takahashi for two eliminations within seconds of each other. After their double elimination, Amagawa & Takahashi began to violently argue with both questioning the other if they had planned to attack the other in advance of their title match, forcing SCA members to break up the two...

KYOURUI 6's run was ended by Rui Kuriyama, who had lurked in the match in the background before exploding on Mikio Tsuruya, ending the beating with a vicious jumping high kick for the fall. The three final men went toe to toe, with Kuriyama holding his own against the former AT CLUB before Ariwa finally dropped the young power fighter with an Angelos leaving the match to the two men in the main event of DUE TIME, Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano. The Miyako audience received a small sample of the upcoming match before Takano missed a super kick, allowing Ariwa to grab Takano by the throat and hurl him over the top rope to score the all important victory heading into DUE TIME!

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON
Westling Spirits 2010
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,450 Paid (Super no Vacancy)
11/21/10

1. Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Yukihiro Ogura at 4'52 with a crab hold
2. C-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Elimination Tournament: Ikuji Royama defeated Hayato Saigo at 15'19 with the Sliding Shotei
3. C-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Elimination Tournament: Akahito Yamada defeated Kaisen Tiger at 13'31 with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold
4. Keiji Hirano & Ryoma Inoue defeated Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 10'06 when Hirano pinned Endo with the Savage Arrow
5. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Shuji Kawashima at 7'18 with the Texan Bomber
6. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi drew Tenshin Komatsu & Makoto Saito at 30'00 by time limit draw
7. C-1 Junior Heavyweight Title Elimination Tournament Final: Ikuji Royama defeated Akahito Yamada at 14'46 with a high kick
8. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Arakaki (c) defeated Kojiro Kaneska (FREE) at 16'29 with the Hikitsuri [V.3]
9. ELIMINATION IN MIYAKO! ~ STRONGEST ~VERSUS~ HEAVY WAR ~VERSUS~ KYOURUI 6: SCA (Takayuki Ariwa, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi) defeated HEAVY WAR (Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama) & KYOURUI 6 (Hiroyuiki Takano, Miki Tsuruya & Keoni Murata)
- Ariwa (2'17 Splash Mountain) Murata
- Takano & Tsuruya (10'47 Double Ringout) Toyota & Daishi
- Takano (15'54 Ringout) Amagawa
- Takano (16'01 Takano Axe Kick) Takahashi
- Kuriyama (21'03 Jumping High Kick) Tsuruya
- Ariwa (27'52 Angelos) Kuriyama
- Ariwa (30'01 Ringout) Takano


DUE TIME in RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN
~ RISE TO CRIMSON SKIES ~
12/24/10
Ryogoku Kokugikan (11,500)

1. Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura vs. PHOENIX & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE]
2. Rui Kuriyama & Naoki Daishi vs. Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada
2. Keiji Hirano & Ryoma Inoue vs. Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo
3. Exile if Kawashima Loses Match: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop vs. Shuji Kawashima
3. Masakazu Fujimoto Return Match: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Keoni Murata
4. Unified Openweight Championship: Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Shinsuke Takahashi
5. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Hayato Saigo & Kotaro Ota (c) [FURY] vs. Kaisen Tiger & Hiroshi Kuroki
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Arakaki (c) vs. Ikuji Royama
7. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Tenshin Komatsu & Makoto Saito (c) vs. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi
8. Dream Singles Match: Akuma Toyota vs. Tatsumichi Akamatsu [DYN]
9. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano (c) vs. Takayuki Ariwa

[CRIMSON] Farewell for now.

As of March 17th, 2011 after nearly nine years I have no more plans to continue working on Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. There are significant reasons, which I'll outline below but if you've been following CRIMSON you should have seen this coming. My output for about a year has been significantly lower then before. Does this mean I won't work on CRIMSON ever again? No. It means as of today, I have no plans to do so. This also doesn't mean I have no plans to venture back into E-Puro at some point. It's just for now, instead of keeping CRIMSON on my docket of "to-do", I'm scratching it off. To explain the situation, I'll list reasons below.

1) Story

On October 13th, 2009 Nobuyori Shimizu became the C-1 Heavyweight Champion. When I posted that show, I stated below the results that my "story" was complete. At the time, I didn't think I'd continue CRIMSON. For whatever reason, I forced myself to come back, and the result is the rather poor (IMO) last year of CRIMSON. Nobuyori Shimizu was the first rookie I made specifically for CRIMSON (then BETA) as "Nobu Shimizu". He was followed by Tenshin Komatsu, Razan Toyota & Yujiro Higuchi. I had no idea I was doing in 2002, but I always knew Shimizu was my favorite. But it took until my return to CRIMSON in 2007 (following almost two years off due to a knee injury) that I really defined Shimizu as he is now. I borrowed heavily from concepts that I remembered from ECW, as I defined Shimizu as the "Heart" or "Soul" of CRIMSON. That was what Tommy Dreamer was often described as in ECW. I developed Shimizu into the heavily undersized wrestler who would never give up no matter who he faced. Even when Akuma Toyota had his “god” reign with the C-1, it was Shimizu who was the hero and the draw to the loyal fans.

When Shimizu won the championship in 2009, the plan was for a short two/four month reign. When it came time to lose the title, in the heat of writing the show, I changed the result to Shimizu winning. This repeated itself *four more times*. I couldn't bring myself to have Shimizu lose the championship. A two month reign turned into a twelve month reign. Even when Hiroyuki Takano won the championship, I changed the result to Shimizu winning. It was only by sheer force of willpower did I revert the result. Even then, I couldn't bare to have Shimizu lose definitively. It had to be a referee stoppage. I couldn't bare to have Shimizu "beaten".

Why? Because Shimizu was my story. He came to define everything CRIMSON was for me. I consider his bout against Akuma Toyota at DUE TIME in '08 to be the greatest match I've ever personally wrote. When Shimizu won the championship, I had no where else to go. I'd completed my goal. I do CRIMSON for fun, to tell a story that I personally enjoy. If I was being compensated, I'm sure I could have justified continuing. But that isn't the case, and in my heart I couldn't find anywhere to go with CRIMSON. My booking is very elevation minded, but once I completed by "great work" with Shimizu, everything else was a retread. As a result, I lost interest and my participation and show quality suffered. I have nothing left to "strive" for with CRIMSON.

2) Lack of interest in Pro-Wrestling

When I relaunched CRIMSON in 2007, I made a conscious effort to "evolve". I didn't want to put out horrible work like I felt I had in the past. So I buried myself in studying Pro-Wrestling. I studied old booking, I studied the history of the sport, I studied match constructions, if there was a way to study an aspect of pro-wrestling without actively being in pro-wrestling I did it. I think my booking & writing skills increased exponentially as a result giving CRIMSON a run of work I'm fairly happy with.

That said, I dug too deep. As the saying goes sometimes it's better to be ignorant. By studying so much I discovered that *virtually every promoter in wrestling today is doing it wrong*. And I turned into a virtual Jim Cornette. I can't ignore stupidity and poor booking. The end result, is I can't just enjoy pro-wrestling anymore. I've turned into a movie critic, who can't help by dissect every logic hole or story gap. I can't turn it off no matter how hard I try. I don't know the last time I sat down and honestly enjoyed a pro-wrestling show or event from the bottom of my heart. It's been a long time.

On top of that, I've been a MMA fan for over a decade. But in the last two years or so, I've crossed that barrier into fanaticism. Everything I can get from Pro-Wrestling, I can get from MMA without feeling like an idiot for actually taking an interest. That isn't to say I hate pro-wrestling. A part of me will always love it (I was kind of raised that way with a family that loved watching the business), but my heart is with MMA now. God knows if I had actually gotten an MMA V-Fed to work the many times I've tried, I most likely have never stuck with CRIMSON to begin with.

3) Tsunami, Earthquake & Radiation

Japan has been crippled. Some places more then most, but all aspect of Japanese society are in danger right now. Not only from the aftereffects of the crisis and the ongoing nuclear reactor issues but from a cultural standpoint as well. Japanese society will change, no matter what the outcome ultimately is. The Tohoku region of Japan may never recover in our lifetime from what's happening there. It just so happens, that CRIMSON's region *is* the Tohoku region. Specifically Iwate, Miyagi, Akita & and the like.

Those prefectures have been leveled. The infrastructure of those regions will never be the same again, and we'll never know how many lives have been lost. This is where it becomes an issue with CRIMSON. I have always striven to try and be as realistic as possible with CRIMSON. How do I deal with this? My home office, and virtually all my wrestlers are in the Tohoku region. They live there. They have families. There is absolutely no way that an event like this wouldn't have done major damage to not only CRIMSON's offices in Iwate but to the families and lives of my wrestlers & management. Yuki Nomura, my top name and my president has three daughters and lives in the Iwate Prefecture. Did the Nomura family all escape harm? How unrealistic would be it if EVERYONE I employe escaped? And on the radiation front we have no idea how bad that could end up being, other then it's not good as it is and could get exponentially worse as time goes on.

But how do I deal with this while not trivializing or appearing to use this event for storyline purposes? As far as running events, I'm not even sure if my base arena the Miyako Tokuji 1000 Gymnasium is even STANDING now. There's no infrastructure to support running events in those regions. And even running Kanto is out of the question given how things are going there. Economically speaking, there's almost no way to continue running CRIMSON right now realistically.

Until I work out my own emotional qualms with running CRIMSON, and the sheer economics of it, there is absolutely no way I will be able to even think of running CRIMSON.

I want to stress that this doesn't mean I've "quit". I may launch a new project in a few months, I may not. I may come back to CRIMSON in six months and come up with a BS reason why I haven't been running. I don't know. It will all depend on where I'm at in a few months, and where Japan is at. I'm not a psychic, I can't predict the future, so I ultimately don't know where this will all end up.

[Late CRIMSON] 10/13 - Eight Year Anniversary

- With the day of CRIMSON's emergence as a top flight global promotion drawing near, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON celebrated their eighth year as an active promotion with a jam packed Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium event. The eight C-1 1Night Challenger Determination Tournament participants were brought to the ring one by one to open up the event. Yuki Nomura ended the festivities by giving a pep talk to the eight wrestlers, calling main eventing DUE TIME for the C-1 Heavyweight Champion the "highest peak" for any CRIMSON wrestler. All eight pledged their full intent to win the tournament, as one would expect...

- The most unlikely of the eight competitors in the opening eight man battle royal emerged victorious, as notorious freelancer Kojiro Kanesaka used his intelligence and "rodent" like trickery to score the victory. Bloody Gears members Endo & Tomizaki began early with cooperation, but that ended when Tomizaki offered Endo his hand. Endo accepted, and was immediately small packaged for the elimination. Ikuji Royama proved once again to be a dominant force as he scored three eliminations, taking out almost half of the field himself. Yukihiro Ogura, Strong Tomizaki & Ryoma Inoue were all blasted by Royama and pinned. The battle came down to Kojiro, Royama & Hiroshi Kuroki. Kuroki & Royama attempted to double team Kojiro,but their "alliance" fell apart quickly. This allowed Kojiro to come up from behind and dump both men for the double elimination. Kojiro mocked the CRIMSON juniors post-match saying that "freelancers' like himself and Kenta Arakaki were taking over the ranks...

- Naoki Daishi and Takayuki Ariwa opened up the 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT with a fast paced contested battle. Daishi attempted to use technique and speed to overcome Ariwa's brute power but ultimately fell victim to a trio of Angelos for the three count fall.

- Rui Kuriyama and Shinsuke Takahashi battled in a "forgotten wrestler" battle, as both men have struggled to find their singular purpose in CRIMSON. Despite both of their mutual lowly singles status, Takahashi proved to be a far stronger wrestler then Kuriyama and ended the night for the young power grappler with the White Flash.

- In a perfect example of youth vs. experience, Shuji Kawashima attempted to make good on his promises to make 2011 the "Year of Kawashima" by running through veteran Toshiro Noguchi. Noguchi ended those aspirations with a perfectly placed Thunder Hammer.

- Finally, the two leaders of AVENIR battled it out as original leader Kenjiro Amagawa battled his successor, the second leader of AVENIR Keiji Hirano. For years these two have had a fierce generational struggle, and this was no different as both men wasted little time in dropping bombs on each other. Once again Amagawa proved to be the stronger wrestler of the two, as he unleashed his limit break on Hirano to secure the victory, spiking Hirano with the Burning Armageddon for the victory.

- Interpromotional team the Okinawa Speed Stars of Kotaro Ota and Hayato Saigo secured the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships over KYOURUI 6's PHOENIX and Keoni Murata. This marks Kotaro Ota's first run with the championships, and Hayato Saigo's second. Saigo & Ota's "Okinawa 2 Oita" proved to be too much for Keoni Murata to survive. Ota & Saigo mentioned defending the championships all around the wrestling world as the "strongest junior tag team" in existence...

- The semi finals finally came pitting Takayuki Ariwa and Shinsuke Takahashi against one another. With a history as rivals within tag teams, both men knew each others' weaknesses well and went at each other with fury. Takahashi scored early and often with his quick finishers, but Ariwa proved to have too tough a hide to go down easily from Takahashi's blows. Ariwa fought back, blistering Takahashi with heavy blows and his trademark attacks. Takahashi was done in with a combination of the Hammerfall, and then as he rose to his knees, a THUNDEROUS Angelos for the three count and Takayuki Ariwa's advancement to the finals!

- On the other side of the bracket, Kenjiro Amagawa and Toshiro Noguchi faced off for the right to face Takayuki Ariwa in the finals of the one night tournament. Noguchi set a deliberate pace early in the match, the veteran knowing he couldn't keep up with Amagawa's youthful energy. Noguchi couldn't contain Amagawa's energy for long leading to a fantastic series between the two trading their heaviest moves. Youth won out over experience in the end, as Noguchi was dumped on his head with a Backdrop Suplex Hold for the three count, giving Kenjiro Amagawa the right to face Takayuki Ariwa in the finals of the tournament to main event DUE TIME!

- In what was one of the worst guarded secrets of the modern pro-wrestling age, Yujiro Higuchi's "X" partner was revealed to be none other then his mentor, and Akuma Toyota's former mentor, Tatsumichi Akamatsu! Despite this set back, CRIMSON "Ace" Akuma Toyota and his foreign partner; the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop engaged their DYNAMITE opponents in what was a horrifically violent match. Minutes into the match, both Higuchi and Bishop appeared to be bleeding from the forehead and noses due to a FIST FIGHT on the floor as Toyota and Akamatsu had a brief moment to size each other up with neither man emerging victorious. For the most part, Toyota and Akamatsu were never given a chance to firmly battle it out, with only teases here and there. But the awesome power of the once invader Akamatsu proved to be enough even in small bursts as he blasted Bishop with a Jumping High Kick for the fall. Following the decision, Akuma Toyota's legendary rage exploded. Toyota secured a house microphone then DEMANDED a singles rematch against Tatsumichi Akamatsu! Akamatsu refused the match claiming that Akuma held nothing to offer him as an opponent...Toyota replied that he would prove once and for all that he was never Akamatsu's "disciple" or "Student", and that instead he had learned everything from CRIMSON itself! Toyota ended by claiming that Akamatsu refused because Akamatsu knew he could not win if the two of them fought! Now it was Akamatsu's turn to become enraged as he charged across the ring and PUNTED Toyota in the face making a dull thud echo throughout the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium. Toyota crashed out of the ring where ringboys quickly grabbed Toyota to restrain him. Akamatsu screamed at Toyota over the microphone to "know his rank in the world", adding that he would now demonstrate Toyota's "level" by destroying him on CRIMSON's grandest stage! December Twenty-Fourth! DUE TIME at the Ryogoku Kokugikan! With that Higuchi and Akamatsu stormed out, but not before Akamatsu gave a punt to rookie Yukihiro Ogura who simply held the ropes open for Akamatsu...

- After that display of violence, it now became to decide the first half of the DUE TIME main event, as either Takayuki Ariwa or Kenjiro Amagawa would take their final step into the immortal hall of fame that is Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's DUE TIME event. To show off how important the battle was, Takayuki Ariwa debuted a new "Big Match" theme, a cover of his theme song done by the world famous JAM Project. The combined effect of extra ring-time by Kenjiro Amagawa in his previous matches gave Takayuki Ariwa and small advantage early in the match as he took control using his superior power game. Despite the assault by one of CRIMSON's strongest wrestlers, Amagawa held in strongly, refusing to give in while regaining his strength. Amagawa fought back, leading to several thrilling exchanges between the two men and many close falls. Both men threw out their hardest shots but neither man could put the other away. Only two moves remained, both men's "Limit Break", but neither man could secure the other is in either the Splash Mountain or the Burning Armageddon. Who would first claim their respective move? The answer would be Takayuki Ariwa, who softened up Amagawa with elbows and three Angelos, before hurking the young warrior high into the air with the Splash Mountain for the three count! Ariwa's response was almost hysterical as after climbing from the very bottom of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON after debuting in 2004, Ariwa had finally reached the "peak" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Not only a guarenteed C-1 Heavyweight Championship match, but also in the main event of DUE TIME in front of eleven thousand CRIMSON loyalists!

- Just months after reuniting as friends, Makoto Saito and Tenshin Komatsu reaffirmed why they were at one time considered the greatest tag team in all of Japan, as the two leaders of Bloody Gears dispatched of KYOURUI 6's tag team of Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada to "liberate" the C-1 Tag Team Championships. Tsuruya and Yamada put up a strong fight against the former champions, but Tenshin Komatsu ended their struggle with a Sliding Knee Kick to Yamada's face for the victory. Komatsu and Saito held a long session post-match in the ring with both waxing poetically on their past. Komatsu joked that last year the last thing he had thought would be possible, would be holding these championships with Saito again. Saito replied by finally asking Komatsu a question he'd been pondering (in his own words)...Saito asked Komatsu if he had ENJOYED their Deathmatch at last year's DUE TIME, and wondered if Komatsu would be willing to defend their titles in one...Komatsu's response was to stare blankly at Saito for several seconds before FLEEING THE RING. In his usual stoic manner, Saito watched Komatsu run from the ring at high speeds before stating "I'll take that as a "maybe"...

- With the first half of DUE TIME's main event settled, it was not time to determine who would defend the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against Takayuki Ariwa in front of the largest CRIMSON audience in history. Would it be the man who betrayed Takayuki Ariwa last November forming KYOURUI 6, Hiroyuki Takano or would it be the "heart" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON who went into the event as the now longest (defending) C-1 Heavyweight Champion in history, one year to the day of his winning the championship, Nobuyori Shimizu? KYOURUI 6 attempted to interfere almost as soon as the bell rang, but a unified force of the CRIMSON Seikigun & AVENIR led by Yuki Nomura forced Takano's soldiers away from the ring much to Takano's despair. Forced to fight Shimizu alone, Takano took the early portions of the match easy, bailing out of the ring multiple times. Despite Shimizu's injured shoulder from Takano's cowardly attack, Takano refused to directly attack Shimizu head on. Instead, Takano kept trying to lure Shimizu into a trap by following him out of the ring. Shimizu would have none of it, leading to an admittedly boring opening few minutes. When the match finally formally began, Takano and Shimizu proved to be a excellent battle as Shimizu outpaced Takano in terms of technical wrestling, but Takano made up for that deficiency with his agility and quickness. A pitched battle resulted, but after twenty five minutes began to firmly switch to the side of Hiroyuki Takano. He hit Shimizu with everything under the sun, but as always, the heart of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON would not be so easily destroyed, as Shimizu relentlessly emerged from every submission and pinfall Takano tried. With his limit break failed, Hiroyuki Takano held no other cards left to play. Save one...Sheer unadulterated violence. Takano began to PUNT Shimizu relentlessly in the head, using Takano Flashes and Takano Axe Kicks, the later of which crushed Shimizu's face into a bloody pulp. After the fifth straight Takano Axe Kick, Takano could only watch in horror as Shimizu, guided by some supernatural strength of soul began to rise once again from unconsciousness. It's doubtful Shimizu knew where he was, or even who he was anymore. All that was left was an undying heart to never give up and to always press on in the face of unending danger. With the crowd chanting his name, Shimizu reached his feet but the horrific nature of his face scared even the hardiest of men in the audience. Takano himself hesitated for a second at what he saw before him. Only for a second did Takano, as he fired off a snapping Takano Flash catching the staggering Shimizu directly behind the head. Shimizu collapsed to all fours, and Takano readied for the kill blow with yet ANOTHER Takano Axe Kick...Before Hanzo Hijiyama suddenly leaped between the two of them waving the match off. The Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium was filled with cries of Shimizu's name as ringside doctors flooded into the ring to check on Shimizu. Takano staggered backwards into a neutral corner stunned at what had just happened. As doctors tended to Shimizu, cries of "NO!" came flying out of the huddle, from Shimizu himself, as he passionately attempted to convince Hijiyama to continue the match. Noguchi and others hit the ring to console Shimizu and help the doctors carry him to the back, as Takano was formally announced as the NEW C-1 Heavyweight Champion! KYOURUI 6 hit the ring to celebrate their greatest achievement yet with their leader.

- Takano and KYOURUI 6's celebration lasted for several minutes, and included copious amounts of alcoholic beverages brought to the ring by Keoni Murata. However, the fun and brevity was abruptly disturbed as Takayuki Ariwa appeared at ringside wearing shorts and a towel over his shoulders. Takano beckoned his soldiers back as Ariwa climbed into the ring. Ariwa accepted a microphone from Hanzo Hijiyama. Ariwa opened up by congratulating his former best friend on his accomplishment, telling Takano to be proud of ending the reign of Nobuyori Shimizu through his own merits. Ariwa continued by saying that eleven months ago, Takano had betrayed him displaying his "true colors" as a wolf in sheep's clothing fooling everyone with his good looks. But deep within behind his outward personality and within his heart was a true dragon, a predator, waiting for any weakness to attack and consume at any cost. Takano had ducked, avoided, and escaped from every attempt Ariwa engineered for revenge for eleven months. But in two months, at DUE TIME, at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, there was no longer anywhere to go. Nowhere for Takano to hide. Takano subtly moved KYOURUI 6 between him and Ariwa, as Ariwa pointed at Takano. Ariwa announced that at DUE TIME, the "glorious reign" of Hiroyuki Takano would come to a halt as he would finally extract revenge out of Takano. Not just for himself, but for every single CRIMSON wrestler Takano and KYOURUI 6 had attacked and cheated. For every fan who paid to see great matches, and instead had KYOURUI 6 constantly ruin them with their antics. Ariwa pledged to "destroy" Takano, and thereby KYOURUI 6 with one definitive victory. With that, Ariwa pulled his towel over his head and left the ring leaving Takano alone in the ring clutching the C-1 Heavyweight Championship...

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON Eight Year Anniversary
~ BLACK HOLE BREAK THROUGH ~
10/13/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
4,000 paid (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. EIGHT MAN C-1 JUNIOR-HEAVYWEIGHT CHALLENGER BATTLE ROYAL: Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE] defeated Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger, Ryoma Inoue, Ikuji Royama, Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura at 18'48
- Endo eliminated by Strong Tomizaki via Small Package at 1'28
- Ogura eliminated by Ikuji Royama via High Kick at 3'10
- Kaisen Tiger eliminated by Kojiro Kanesaka at 7'42 via ring out
- Tomizaki eliminated by Ikuji Royama at 9'27 by Sliding Shotei
- Ryoma Inoue eliminated by Ikuji Royama at 13'03 by High Kick
- Ikuji Royama & Hiroshi Kuroki eliminated by Kojiro Kanesaka at 18'48 by double ringout
2. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Naoki Daishi at 9'10 with the Angelos
3. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Rui Kuriyama at 12'29 with the White Flash
4. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Toshiro Noguchi defeated Shuji Kawashima at 7'52 with the Thunder Hammer
5. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Kenjiro Amagawa defeated Keiji Hirano at 10'12 with the Burning Armageddon
6. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Hayato Saigo & Kotaro Ota [FURY] defeated Keoni Murata & PHOENIX (c) at 16'39 when Ota pinned Murata with the O2O to become the 12th champions
7. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Shinsuke Takahashi at 11'04 with the Angelos
8. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: Kenjiro Amagawa defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 14'43 with a Backdrop Suplex Hold
9. SPECIAL TAG TEAM ENCOUNTER: Yujiro Higuchi (DYN) & Tatsumichi Akamatsu (DYN) defeated Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 19'22 when Akamatsu pinned Bishop with a Jumping High Kick
10. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FINAL: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Kenjiro Amagawa at 17'31 with the Splash Mountain
11. C-1 Tag Team Championship: Makoto Saito & Tenshin Komatsu defeated Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada (c) at 23'29 when Komatsu pinned Yamada with the Sliding Knee Kick to become the 12th champions
12. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano defeated Nobuyori Shimizu (c) at 27'32 by referee stoppage to become the 13th Champion

[Late CRIMSON} Results Catch Up 9/21 to 10/01

9/21/10
Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2
700 Paid (No Vacancy)

1. Keiji Hirano, Ryoma Inoue & Yukihiro Ogura defeated Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki & Akio Kobayashi at 8'11 when Hirano submitted Kobayashi with a crab hold
2. Shuji Kawashima defeated Strong Tomizaki at 9'49 with the VOS
3. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Ikuji Royama & Kazuya Endo at 12'29 when Murata pinned Endo with the BLUE HAWAII
4. Makoto Saito & Tenshin Komatsu defeated Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 13'38 when Komatsu pinned Kuriyama with a Komatsu Knee Kick
5. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Kenjiro Amagawa at 16'02 when Toyota pinned Noguchi with a Lariat
6. Nobuyori Shimizu, Takayuki Ariwa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Kaisen Tiger defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Kenta Arakaki & Akahito Yamada at 17'53 when Tiger pinned Yamada with the Bullet Wrath

- After winning in the main event, Kaisen Tiger appealed for another C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship match against Kenta Arakaki. This in turn brought out Ikuji Royama who complained about always being "passed over". Like a line of dominoes, wrestler after wrestler came to the ring to challenge Arakaki. With no other alternative, or clear challenger, Yuki Nomura announced that at the Anniversary, all the available wrestlers would have a BATTLE ROYAL to determine Arakaki's next challenger!

9/26/10
Jumonji Townsman Gymnasium
515 paid (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. Kenta Arakaki & Akio Kobayashi defeated Naoki Daishi & Yukihiro Ogura at 5'45 when Arakaki pinned Ogura with the Hikitsuri
2. Ikuji Royama defeated Strong Tomizaki at 7'42 with a High Kick
3. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Kazuya Endo defeated Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima & Ryoma Inoue at 14'34 when Saito pinned Kawashima with the Shiraku Blade
4. Akuma Toyota, "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Kaisen Tiger & Hiroshi Kuroki at 15'39 when Kuriyama pinned Kuroki with a Jumping High Kick
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Hayato Saigo, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 19'05 when Noguchi pinned Murata with the Thunder Hammer

- KYOURUI 6 attacked after the main event, ending up with Hayato Saigo trapped in the ring against PHOENIX & Keoni Murata. However, before things could get out of hand, KOTARO OTA sprinted to the ring chasing off the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions. Ota claimed to have "just been in town" but couldn't watch his friend be ganged up on. Ota then challenged the "coward" champions to face him and Saigo at the 10/13 Anniversary! A angry PHOENIX readily agreed, making the match!

9/28/10
Matsushima Townsman Gymnasium
589 Paid (Super no Vacancy)

1. Kenta Arakaki defeated Yukihiro Ogura at 5'39 with a double footstomp
2. Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima & Ryoma Inoue defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Kaisen Tiger & Akio Kobayashi at 9'23 when Hirano pinned Kobayashi with the Hirano Rocket
3. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Akuma Toyota, "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 18'29 when Shimizu pinned Kuriyama with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
4. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 19'46 when Royama pinned PHOENIX with the Sliding Shotei

- Hiroshi Kuroki failed to attend the event due to a traveling mistake forcing a hastily rebooked event...

- After Bloody Gears bested KYOURUI 6, Tenshin Komatsu and Makoto Saito challenged Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada for the C-1 Tag Team Championships for 10/13. Yamada pointed out that both Komatsu & Saito had lost recently in their C-1 Championship challenges and were not "worthy challengers". In response, Komatsu sweetened the deal by offering to put up their Iwate Memorial Cup winnings for a championship match. Letting greed get the better of them, Tsuruya & Yamada agreed...

10/01/10
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
750 Paid (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. Shinsuke Takahashi drew Naoki Daishi at 20'00
2. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Rui Kuriyama at 14'51 when PHOENIX pinned Kuriyama with the Dark Tides
3. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroshi Kuroki at 13'38 when Bishop pinned Kuroki with the Texan Bomber
4. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo defeated Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima, Ryoma Inoue, Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura at 13'38 when Endo pinned Ogura with the Spiral Blow
5. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Kenta Arakaki defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Hayato Saigo & Kaisen Tiger at 21'27 when Takano pinned Tiger with the Kubikari Driller

- After the final match, President Yuki Nomura introduced the eight men who would face off in the challenger single elimination tournament at the Anniversary. Nomura announced each match, then allowed both men to give their thoughts. Takayuki Ariwa vs. Naoki Daishi began. Daishi admitted that his first year as a heavyweight had failed to go as he hoped, but that by winning the C-1 Heavyweight Championship he'd prove his "worth" as a heavyweight wrestler. Ariwa declared 2010 his year of "Never giving up" in the face of adversity and of gradual progression. Ariwa claimed that winning the tournament and the C-1 would be the "final cap" in what has been a transitional year.

Next up was Shinsuke Takahashi vs. Rui Kuriyama. Takahashi admitted that 2010 had been a rough year, but that he was ready to "progress" from a tag team wrestler into a top line single wrestler starting from this day forward. Kuriyama claimed that his chances of winning the entire tournament were slim, but that he was eager to display what Akuma Toyota had been teaching him and shock the world.

The third match announced was Toshiro Noguchi vs. Shuji Kawashima. Noguchi nostalgically looked back one year ago when he faced Nobuyori Shimizu in the finals of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship tournament, and came within an eyelash of claiming the championship. Despite his best friend holding the championship, Noguchi clarified that he wanted nothing more then to hold the championship one time in his CRIMSON career. Shuji Kawashima brashly declared 2011 as "Kawashima's Year", and that he would go into 2011 AS C-1 Heavyweight Champion!

The final tournament first round match was the only one previously announced as AVENIR's first and second generation leaders clash. Kenjiro Amagawa admitted that he didn't want to wrestle Hirano, but would do his best to educate Hirano through the match. This lit Hirano's short fuse, as Hirano demanded to know if Amagawa thought he would be a "easy victory". Amagawa insisted that he hadn't meant that, but Hirano would hear none of it. Hirano promised to "show the promise" of AVENIR's second class by defeating the leader of AVENIR's first class!

In addition, C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu and Unified Openweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano also gave their thoughts. Much like Noguchi before him, Shimizu looked back to one year ago where his dream had been realized. Now one year later, and the longest reigning champion in years, Shimizu claimed his dream would continue past 10/13 and indefinitely through the future. Shimizu added that there was nothing Takano could do to him to separate the C-1 Heavyweight Championship from his grasp.

Takano surprisingly agreed, calling Shimizu a "stubborn man" who would do anything to keep the championship. Takano promised to do his best in a surprisingly friendly manner to Shimizu. However the darkness within Takano resurfaced as Takano admitted that he probably couldn't beat Shimizu, which is why he had taken out "insurance"...On cue KYOURUI 6 stormed the ring drawing the attention of Shimizu and all eight of the other wrestlers in the ring. Takano BRAINED Shimizu from behind with what appeared to be a metal bar hidden within his track suit while Shimizu was distracted. Takano lifted the unconscious Shimizu, and HURLED Shimizu into the ringpost, directly with Shimizu's historically injured right shoulder! KYOURUI 6 retreated like the hyena's they are as the eight men in the ring discovered Shimizu's body, clutching his shoulder...

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Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON Eight Year Anniversary
~ BLACK HOLE BREAK THROUGH ~
10/13/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

0. Kenta Arakaki vs. Akio Kobayashi
1. EIGHT MAN C-1 JUNIOR-HEAVYWEIGHT CHALLENGER BATTLE ROYAL: Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger, Ryoma Inoue, Ikuji Royama, Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo, Yukihiro Ogura & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE]
2. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Takayuki Ariwa vs. Naoki Daishi
3. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Shinsuke Takahashi vs. Rui Kuriyama
4. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Toshiro Noguchi vs. Shuji Kawashima
5. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Keiji Hirano vs. Kenjiro Amagawa
6. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Keoni Murata & PHOENIX (c) vs. Hayato Saigo & Kotaro Ota [FURY]
7. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: Ariwa/Daishi vs. Takahashi/Kuriyama
8. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: Noguchi/Kawashima vs. Hirano/Amagawa
9. SPECIAL TAG TEAM ENCOUNTER: Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop vs. Yujiro Higuchi (DYN) & Mr. X
10. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FINAL: X vs. X
11. C-1 Tag Team Championship: Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada (c) vs. Makoto Saito & Tenshin Komatsu
12. C-1 Heavyweight Championship vs. Unified Openweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano (c)

[Late CRIMSON] 9/15/10 News & Anniversary Lineup

It is now confirmed! After his heinous cowardly actions on the 1st, Hiroyuki Takano has been granted his challenge by Nobuyori Shimizu for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Yuki Nomura announced the news earlier today. An enraged Shimizu proclaimed that on the one year anniversary of his C-1 Heavyweight Championship reign, he would reclaim his stolen championship belt from Takano!Equally enraged at Takano's actions, President Nomura revealed that Hiroyuki Takano would be putting up his Unified Openweight Championship making the contest a title for title battle! After nearly a year of the terrorist actions of KYOURUI 6, Shimizu pledged to rid Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON of the man he helped recruit in 2008, by defeating Hiroyuki Takano to send him packing from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON!

In addition, in what may be the worst kept secret in modern wrestling history, Yujiro Higuchi returns to invade Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ten months after his last raid failed to capture the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. This time, he returns with the always popular "Mr. X" to battle HEAVY WAR's new top two of Akuma Toyota and "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop. As if the setup wasn't enough of a giveaway, the match is titled "THE THREE YEAR STORY CONTINUES"...

With Shimizu & Takano fighting for the main singles championships, and Akuma Toyota tied up in his own matters there are no clear C-1 Heavyweight Championship contenders. Thus, President Yuki Nomura announced a ONE NIGHT TOURNAMENT to decide who would go on to face the winner of Shimizu/Takano at DUE TIME at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan! Last year, a one night tournament was held that saw Nobuyori Shimizu fulfill his seven year quest to win the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Now eight new faces would have the opportunity to do the same.

The first two names announced for the tournament, are the two men who already declared their own battle at the Anniversary. Former AVENIR leader Kenjiro Amagawa will battle the new AVENIR leader Keiji Hirano in the first announced tournament match. The winner will gain an opportunity to go on to fight for the tournament crown, along with all the glory of beating the other man.

Leading up to the Anniversary, CRIMSON will hold small scale shows with no prior lineup announced in Akita, Aomori, Miyagi & Iwate. These are significantly lower scale events then usual and as such held in much smaller venues then per usual. No word was given on why the down scale was taking place, but after several tours of lower then usual gates, it can be assumed it is a cost-cutting measure...

9/21/10
Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2 (800)

9/26/10
Jumonji Townsman Gymnasium (500)

9/28/10
Matsushima Townsman Gymnasium (600)

10/01/10
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)


Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON Anniversary
~ BLACK HOLE BREAK THROUGH ~
10/13/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

1. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Keiji Hirano vs. Kenjiro Amagawa
2. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: X vs. X
3. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: X vs. X
4. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: X vs. X
5. SPECIAL TAG TEAM ENCOUNTER ~ THE THREE YEAR STORY CONTINUES: Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop vs. Yujiro Higuchi (DYN) & Mr. X
6. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: X vs. X
7. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: X vs. X
8. 1NIGHT C-1 CHALLENGER DETERMINATION TOURNAMENT FINAL: X vs. X
9. BREAK THROUGH THE HONOR OF CRIMSON ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship vs. Unified Openweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano (c)

[Late CRIMSON] CRIMSON RESONANCE - 8/19 to 9/01

It has been an unbelievably hard week on me, to such a level that I cannot remember one this bad before. So when faced with no way to deal with events around you, it's time to return to the one thing you CAN control...

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- Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to action with the first show in the CRIMSON RESONANCE tour. No advanced matches were released for any of the events, significantly harming attendance...

- True to his word, Akuma Toyota had formed a new team with "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop as the new top two of HEAVY WAR. The two behemoths proved to be an effective team as they put down C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu and Hiroshi Kuroki, Bishop pinning Kuroki with the Texan Bomber. Kuriyama and Daishi were "banished" to the opening matches, where they defeated the top two of the second class of AVENIR, Keiji Hirano and Shuji Kawashima.

- KYOURUI 6 have reclaimed the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. PHOENIX and Keoni Murata proved to still be an effective duo despite the turmoil surrouding Murata and Arakaki within the group. PHOENIX righted their upset loss to Bloody Gears' Strong Tomizaki and Kazuya Endo by trapping Tomizaki in his neigh unbreakable Another Space for the submission victory. With this, KYOURUI 6 now control every title in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON with the exception of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship...

08/19/10
Akita Municipal Gymnasium #2
1,087 fans

1. Kenta Arakaki & Akio Kobayashi defeated Ryoma Inoue & Yukihiro Ogura at 5'37 when Arakaki pinned Ogura with a Flying Double Footstomp
2. Rui Kuriyama & Naoki Daishi defeated Keiji Hirano & Shuji Kawashima at 12'29 when Daishi submitted Kawashima with a Jujigatame
3. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito & Ikuji Royama defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Kaisen Tiger at 16'38 when Royama pinned Tiger with the Sliding Shotei
4. Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada at 15'31 when Ariwa pinned Yamada with the Angelos
5. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Nobuyori Shimizu & Hiroshi Kuroki at 16'28 when Bishop pinned Kuroki with the Texan Bomber
6. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki (c) at 15'37 when PHOENIX submitted Tomizaki with Another Space to become the 10th champions.

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- The new AVENIR continue to struggle, as once again they tasted defeat; this time to their predecessors from AVENIR's first class. After downing Hirano with a Backdrop Hold, Amagawa encouraged Hirano to keep fighting towards success. The words seemed to anger Hirano more then please him...

- The new top two of HEAVY WAR hit a road block themselves, as C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu with a "stronger" partner in Takayuki Ariwa were able to stop their onslaught; Ariwa dropping the American Bishop with a strong Angelos.

- After aiding his allies KYOURUI 6 in defeating Bloody Gears Arakaki taunted Keoni Murata, who had been forced to watch from ringside. Arakaki referred to Strong Tomizaki, whom Arakaki had pinned, as a "weak" wrestler and questioned Murata's abilities for being submitted b y Tomizaki on 7/27. The two nearly came to blows until the masked PHOENIX stepped between the two, even going as far as to speak informing Arakaki that he had also been in that match and to not overstep himself... Murata angrily promised a "full revival" of the old Keoni Murata to rip the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship from Arakaki's grasp...

08/20/10
Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2
758 fans

1. Keoni Murata & Akio Kobayashi defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Yukihiro Ogura at 7'35 when Murata pinned Ogura with the BLUE HAWAII
2. Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo defeated Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 13'27 when Saigo pinned Daishi with a Brainbuster
3. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Kaisen Tiger defeated Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima & Ryoma Inoue at 15'03 when Amagawa pinned Hirano with a Backdrop Hold
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 15'40 when Ariwa pinned Bishop with the Angelos
5. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, Kenta Arakaki & PHOENIX defeated Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki at 18'34 when Arakaki pinned Tomizaki with the Hikitsuri

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- Nobuyori Shimizu led the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY to victory over Bloody Gears in the semi final. The C-1 Heavyweight Champion sent a message to his opponent on the 1st by blasting Saito's disciple Kazuya Endo with Saito's finishing move, the Shiraku Blade for the pinfall...

08/23/10
Yamagata Welfare Vacation Center
989 fans

1. Ryoma Inoue defeated Yukihiro Ogura at 3'29 with a crab hold
2. Keoni Murata defeated Akio Kobayashi at 5'34 with the Great Wave Bodypress
3. PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada & Kenta Arakaki defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 13'46 when Arakaki pinned Kuroki with the Hikitsuri
4. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 13'32 when Takano pinned Kuriyama with a Moonsault Press
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Hayato Saigo, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki at 15'40 when Shimizu pinned Endo with a Shiraku Blade
6. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Keiji Hirano & Shuji Kawashima at 17'39 when Bishop pinned Kawashima with the Texan Bomber

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- Makoto Saito responded to Nobuyori Shimizu's actions two night's prior, as Saito used Shimizu's signature maneuver: The German Suplex. To add insult to injury, Saito used the Tsuyosa German Suplex to down Shimizu's best friend and long-term tag team partner Toshiro Noguchi...

- Kenta Arakaki tasted personal defeat for the first time since venturing to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON from the hands of the man he defeated for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo! C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu and Hayato Saigo downed Unified Openweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano and C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Kenta Arakaki in a thrilling contest. In the end, Arakaki survived two brainbusters, a Tsuyosa German Suplex and a moonsault press. However, Saigo's beautiful Phoenix Splash proved to be too much for the incumbent champion...

08/25/10
Shiokawa Townsman Gymnasium
1,087 fans

1. Akio Kobayashi defeated Yukihiro Ogura at 3'42 with a crab hold
2. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Keiji Hirano & Ryoma Inoue at 11'04 when Daishi submitted Inoue with a Jujigatame
3. Kaisen Tiger & Shuji Kawashima defeated Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata at 7'42 by ring out
4. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Mikio Tsuruya & PHOENIX at 15'38 when Toyota pinned PHOENIX with a lariat
5. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki defeated Toshiro Noguchi, Takayuki Ariwa, Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki at 16'38 when Saito pinned Noguchi with a German Suplex Hold
6. Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo defeated Hiroyuki Takano & Kenta Arakaki at 19'49 when Saigo pinned Arakaki with the Phoenix Splash

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- After KYOURUI 6 defeated the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY in the semi final, Hiroyuki Takano revealed his intentions to challenge the winner of the Nobuyori Shimizu/Makoto Saito title bout in five days. Shimizu refused to comment on Takano's challenge, instead insisting that he was only facing towards Makoto Saito.

- A special tag team bout headlined the final event before CRIMSON's venture to the Ishinomaki City Gymnasium as the team of Akuma Toyota and Jake Bishop faced the new PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions of PHOENIX and Keoni Murata. The two junior-heavyweights put up a strong battle, going over sixteen minutes against their massive opponents, yet still tasted defeat as PHOENIX was downed by Bishop's Texan Bomber...

08/26/10
Sano City Hotel Sun Route
915 fans

1. Ikuji Royama defeated Strong Tomizaki at 6'10 with a High Kick
2. Naoki Daishi, Rui Kuriyama & Akio Kobayashi defeated Keiji Hirano, Ryoma Inoue & Yukihiro Ogura at 8'40 when Daishi submitted Ogura with a jujigatame
3. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama & Kazuya Endo defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 14'58 when Saito pinned Kuroki with the Shiraku Blade
4. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Kenta Arakaki defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo at 15'38 when Yamada submitted Noguchi with the Crossface of Yamada
5. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 16'34 when Bishop pinned PHOENIX with the Texan Bomber

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- Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON headed to the Ishinomaki City Gymnasium for a strong showing of over three thousand two hundred fans in attendance.

- Once again, AVENIR 2.0 fell to AVENIR 1.0 as Kenjiro Amagawa spiked Shuji Kawashima with a Backdrop Hold for the three count. Keiji Hirano's patience finally snapped, as he demanded to face Kenjiro Amagawa in a singles match at Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's Anniversary on 10/13! Amagawa attempted to persuade Hirano away from this decision, however; the hotheaded Hirano would have none of it. Reluctantly, Amagawa agreed.

- KYOURUI 6 continued their complete domination in the fourth match, as Hiroyuki Takano led Tsuruya, PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada to victory over Bloody Gears. After dropping Endo with the Kubikari Driller, Takano announced that he would be at ringside for the main event as the "rightful next challenger" as Unified Openweight Champion. Takano would later appear between the C-1 Jr. and C-1 HW title matches in a dapper black suit with both championships on his shoulders...

- Akuma Toyota and "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop gained revenge for their own loss this tour, as the massive duo bested Takayuki Ariwa and Toshiro Noguchi, with Bishop landing his patented "Texan Bomber" on Takayuki Ariwa for the victory. The real story came after the match was over, as "MOTOR HEAD" began to play bringing in Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE's Yujiro Higuchi! The two former MISSION:POWER members stood in the ring together for the first time in quite some time. Higuchi, wearing jeans and a black t-shirt announced that he had been sent back to CRIMSON with a declaration of challenge by Higuchi's leader. Without revealing names, Higuchi demanded to know if Toyota accepted the challenge. Even without the mention of his name, many audience members immediately picked up on who this "leader" was...Toyota replied telling Higuchi to pick the date and time. Higuchi stated that it would be a tag team match, then Higuchi pointed at the CRIMSON Anniversary "10/13/10" banner hanging from the ceiling, adding that it was "Time to finish what was started almost three years ago"...

- True to his word, Keoni Murata revived the old Keoni Murata who was a champion of heroes for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON against HANGUN and the MILLENNIUM STARS for years. Murata faced off against Kenta Arakaki wearing his old yellow trunks with his hair returned to his natural black color. In addition, Murata wrestled a purely clean match using many of his technical wrestling tricks he'd abandoned when he joined Yankizoku last year. Murata tried his very hardest to wrestle the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion from Kenta Arakaki as KYOURUI 6 (minus Takano) watched from ringside. In the end, what has been true for years was true once again, as Murata simply couldn't keep up with the much younger Arakaki. Eventually Arakaki took control over Murata and brutally wore down the legend before finishing Murata off with the Hikitsuri. Post-Match, Arakaki laid into Murata verbally with everything he could think of. Arakaki accused Murata of being "soft", "weak", an "old man", and a "goody goody". Arakaki even went as far as to suggest he would banish Murata from KYOURUI 6 himself. Arakaki did not notice PHOENIX climbing in the ring, until he was suddenly shoved away from Murata. In a rare act of friendship in a group of tyrants, PHOENIX began to angrily shout at Arakaki to "know his place" within KYOURUI 6, calling Murata a "valuable member" of their group and a champion. Arakaki argued back, but was stopped cold when PHOENIX simply stated that if Arakaki didn't back down, HE would challenge Arakaki for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship. Showing restraint (and perhaps fear of PHOENIX), Kenta Arakaki suddenly changed tunes and became friendly. The C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion began to praise Murata's skills and attempted to placate PHOENIX as KYOURUI 6 wandered backstage...

- Makoto Saito, after five years in and out of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON finally received his first C-1 Heavyweight Championship match against incumbent champion Nobuyori Shimizu. Unluckily for Saito, Shimizu was not prepared to give up the championship without a serious, serious fight. Saito found himself bombarded early on in the match by Shimizu's high impact, and high spurted offense. However, Saito found the answer to the energy of Shimizu by targeting Shimizu's legs with strong leg kicks, attacks, and submissions to wear the champion steadily down. As is Shimizu's custom, no amount of damage would make Shimizu give in to Saito's painful holds forcing Saigo to eventually change tactics by headhunting for the knock out. Saito nearly scored a KO off a high kick, but Shimizu climbed to his feet at the count of nine, only to be immediately dropped with a savate kick into a Shiraku Blade. Yet, somehow, Shimizu once again climbed to his feet to retain his championship. Saito went for a kill blow with the Shinto Akuji, but this proved to be a turning point in the match as Shimizu dodged Saito's diving kick leading to a volley of elbow's, followed by a running elbow to the back of Saito's head, and one to the face. When Saito rolled out of the ring, Shimizu followed with an Elbow suicidia. From then on, the match was fully on as both men traded moves and bombs that would take out a normal man many times over. Saito had all the desire, heart, and determination of a champion but Shimizu held the championship experience which proved to be the deciding factor. Shimizu waited Saito out, allowing Saito to fire off all his powerful moves before countering with pinpoint attacks; The end result; Saito wounded and Shimizu unwounded. Shimizu pressed his advantage with elbows and even a Thunder Fire Powerbomb, but Saito survived all of them. Finally, one last desperate Tsuyosa German Suplex planted Saito on his shoulders for the three count giving Shimizu his SEVENTH defense of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship!

- After Shimizu had recovered, the title presentation was held with Hiroyuki Takano lurking in the shadows watching Shimizu. During his microphone appeal, Shimizu finally could not take it anymore, and demanded to know what Takano wanted. The KYOURUI 6 leader approached Shimizu with a cheshire's grin, before simply telling Shimizu that he wanted his "rightful" championship match. Shimizu considered Takano's demand, before informing the KYOURUI 6 leader that he didn't feel like rewarding Takano for his thuggish behavior and would face a DIFFERENT challenger at the CRIMSON Anniversary! Takano's grin fell, twisted in a face of pure anger but when Shimizu refused to back down, Takano nodded before backing off himself. Shimizu watched Takano until he climbed out onto the apron, before turning around to address the crowd once again. As the fans screamed, Takano leaped over the top rope back in the ring, before BRAINING Shimizu in the back of the head with one of his championships. Takano went to work with his designer shoes, kicking at the prone unconscious body of Shimizu. the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY charged the ring forcing Takano to flee the ring, but in fleeing Takano scooped up the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Safely at ringside, now surrounded by KYOURUI 6, Takano screamed that if Shimizu wanted his championship back, he would HAVE to face him at the CRIMSON Anniversary now!

09/01/10
Ishinomaki City Gymnasium
3,243 fans

1. Rui Kuriyama defeated Akio Kobayashi at 3'39 with a Jumping High Kick
2. Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Naoki Daishi & Yukihiro Ogura at 6'10 when Kuroki pinned Ogura with the PRISM
3. Hayato Saigo, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kaisen Tiger defeated Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima & Ryoma Inoue at 13'52 when Amagawa pinned Kawashima with a Backdrop Hold
4. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada defeated Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki at 13'28 when Takano pinned Endo with the Kubikari Driller
5. Akuma Toyota & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Toshiro Noguchi at 15'32 when Bishop pinned Ariwa with the Texan Bomber
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Arakaki (c) defeated Keoni Murata at 16'49 with the Hikitsuri [V.2]
7. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) defeated Makoto Saito at 28'40 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex [V.7]

[CRIMSON] 8/14/10 ~ Iwate Memorial Openweight Cup Finals

- Kenta Arakiki and Keoni Murata's tag team in the fourth match as expected fell apart leading to Arakiki blasting Murata with the Hikitsuri to set up the Splash Mountain from Takayuki Ariwa...Arakiki and Murata began exchanging heated words over Arakiki's disrespect for the CRIMSON Junior Heavyweight Championship. The issue was settled by Hiroyuki Takano who coldly encouraged the two to settle their issues with a match.

- HEAVY WAR fell once again in six man competition, this time ot the interpromotional team of C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, and FURY's Chikao Kessin. Rui Kuriyama tasted defeat by eating Kessins' Sekai Ichi no Backdrop. Toyota berated his recruited soldiers for their weakness as of recent. Toyota claimed that tonight was the last time he would team with Daishi or Kuriyama until they "displayed their strength". Instead, Toyota revealed his new tag team partner, and the newest member of HEAVY WAR, former BLACKHEART member "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop!

- The Iwate Memorial Openweight Six Man Cup entered the final stage. In the first semi final, the Okinawa Speed Stars claimed a surprising upset as the openweight team took the fall over the American Invaders from JGP. Ota and Saigo using their new "Oita to Okinawa" double team finisher to put down former C-1 Heavyweight Champion Stephen Priest. In the other semi final, Bloody Gears took on the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY team of Amagawa, Takahashi & Kuroki in a high spurt offense orientated match. Makoto Saito pulled through for Bloody Gears, blasting Takahashi with the Shiraku Blade for the fall.

- The final was thus set up for the Interpromotional Openweight team of the Okinawa Speed Stars against the CRIMSON born Bloody Gears. The speed of Ota and Saigo combined with the raw power of Yoritomo proved to give Bloody Gears quite the issue with their striking and basic attack style. And yet soon Bloody Gears isolated the weakest link of the Okinawa Speed Stars, as they kept Ota and Saigo out of the match and isolated Yoritomo for most of the match. A brutal attack on Yoritomo with strikes ensued, capped off with a jumping high kick by Royama into the Shikaeshi from Komatsu for the decisive tournament victory!

- Tenshin Komatsu, Ikuji Royama & Makoto Saito were all rewarded with trophies and their own personal checks for winning the tournament. Komatsu proclaimed the the second half of 2010 would be Bloody Gears' chance to break through as the dominant faction in CRIMSON. Royama reiterated his goal of winning back the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship "as soon as possible". Makoto Saito displayed emotion as he talked about never receiving a C-1 Heavyweight Championship match in all his years of CRIMSON service and added that he would use everything in his power to claim the C-1 Heavyweight Championship from Nobuyori Shimizu on September 1st in Miyagi!

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP FINAL ROUND
8/14/10
Ichinoseki Bunka Center Gymnasium
1,674 fans

1. Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE] defeated Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura at 4'29 when Jaguar submitted Kobayashi with the Jaguar Special II
2. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SEMI FINAL ROUND: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE] defeated James Goodwin Jr. [JGP], Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 15'39 when Ota pinned Priest with the O2O
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SEMI FINAL ROUND: Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki at 13'42 when Saito pinned Takahashi with the Shiraku Blade
4. Takayuki Ariwa & Kaisen Tiger defeated Kenta Arakiki [FREE] & Keoni Murata at 9'47 when Ariwa pinned Murata with the Splash Mountain
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Chikao Kessin [FURY] defeated Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 15'32 when Kessin pinned Kuriyama with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop
6. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP FINAL ROUND: Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama defeated Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE] at 16'40 when Komatsu pinned Yoritomo with the Shikaeshi

[CRIMSON] 8/14/10 ~ Fujimoto nabs movie role!

In what may be one of the more significant stories for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON this year, Masakazu Fujimoto has landed a starring role in a upcoming thriller titled "Darker than Abyss". Masakazu Fujimoto had recently backed off from acting to concentrate on his Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON career after the filming of LOVE SCRAMBLE's second season which aired earlier this year. Fujimoto had shown resentment over being “typecast” after LOVE SCRAMBLE as the “lovable lug” but leaped at the opportunity given to him for Darker than Abyss.

Directed by American-Japanese director Robert Takahashi, Darker than Abyss profiles the escape of a famed hyper criminal from incarceration and his thirty six hours of torment unleashed on the unsuspecting Japanese public. Masakazu Fujimoto has been cast in the lead role as the arch villain himself, Shigeki Kamiya. A former underworld criminal, when the movie begins; Kamiya has been sentenced to death for multiple cold blooded murders. Kamiya uses cunning and violence to stage an escape. What ensues following Kamiya's escape is described as a "hyper violent reign of terror" as Kamiya exacts his "revenge" on Japanese society.

This marks the first time Fujimoto has received a starring role and his second role in a major motion picture.

As of right now, Darker than Abyss is only scheduled for Japanese theatrical release, but director Robert Takahashi has already began implementing preliminary international distribution plans. Filming begins later this month in August. Filming is expected to wrap up in late November or Early December.

As would be expected, Masakazu Fujimoto will be taking an absence from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON for filming. In his place, CRIMSON will bring back the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop to a full time roster position in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON.