The Miyako City Gymnasium was packed, overfilled with fans who had flocked to the Gymnasium for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s latest battle against the BLACKHEARTS, and the match that everyone had anticipated for two months, as Goro Iijima stepped up to the plate to become the savior of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON as he faced “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu…There was electricity in the air before the event even began. The opening match of the night saw DARK SUMMIT score a victory as Izumo Yoritomo and Daisuke Yamazaki teamed with the other young wrestler Shuji Kawashima to defeat the team of Royama the Brave, DRAGON Takagi & Ichiyo Tatsuko in six man competition. Despite the inexperience of his partners, Izumo Yoritomo was like a juggernaut in the match, easily crushing all three of the other wrestlers before he gave Ichiyo Tatsuko an ungodly Nodowa-otoshi for the three count victory.
Two young teams clashed in the second match of the night, as the “Backdrop Brothers” of Kenjiro Amagawa and Mikio Tsuruya took on the newly formed team of Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano, who have begun to be called the “AT Connection” by the fans. Both teams came together in a heated struggle with the other team, and both teams showed off significant skills, however, it was the unity between Amagawa & Tsuruya that proved to be the deciding factor as they debuted a brand new double team maneuver…Ariwa was trapped on the top rope, where Amagawa & Tsuruya followed him up there, before both grabbed him from behind and gave him a DOUBLE AVALANCHE BACKDROP! Ariwa bounced sickeningly on his head, and Tsuruya rushed to hold back Takano as Amagawa covered and scored the three count fall…After the match, the Backdrop Brothers announced their intentions to challenge the winner of NGI/BLACKHEARTS on the 27th, as they are “strongest together” then any other team in CRIMSON…
Speaking of NGI, the two senior members of the four member group teamed up with Eisaku Shimura to take on the BLACKHEARTS in the third match of the night, comprised of Akuma Toyota, Keiji Hirano, and Rui Kuriyama. Despite the volatile characters and situations involved in the match, the match followed a relatively sound formula, as neither team allowed themselves to break loose and the match never tipped the scales of being a wild and crazy brawl. Rui Kuriyama proved to be the undoing of the BLACKHEARTS squad, as Nobuyori Shimizu managed to get a hold of Kuriyama and proceeded to spike him on the back of his head with his “Tsuyosa” German Suplex Hold for the three count victory. After the match, Toyota got in a heated argument with Shimizu and Noguchi, but wisely made the move to retreat before it could escalate any further…
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and Pro-Wrestling FURY continued their storied history of inter promotional work in the fourth match, as the feud that’s developed and spans over both promotions began in earnest today in Miyako City Gymnasium. The two squads of CRIMSON’s MILLENNIUM STARS and FURY’s CHAOTICS took to the field of battle against each other as Millennium S.K., SLAYER & Ryoma Inoue took on FURY’s ATSUKA, YAKUTA & Kotaro Ota in six man competition. Unlike the previous match which had some order despite the hostilities; this was a chaotic mess from the opening bell. ATSUKA and S.K. tore into each other with wild abandon stemming from the words and actions from both sides. SLAYER and YAKUTA squared off, as the two more “power” orientated fighters, while Ota & Inoue tried desperately to have a battle in the middle of the ring that appeared to be a wrestling match. When things calmed down, all six men were visibly tired from their wild fight, but it would be the MILLENNIUM STARS who scored the advantage as they isolated Ota in their corner for a significant length of time after an “accidental” low blow from S.K. to Ota’s most precious part…Kotaro Ota showed how far he’s come as he kept fighting back despite the punishment and abuse that the MILLENNIUM STARS heaped on him, however, even the courageous Ota needed saving when SLAYER absolutely demolished him with the Zanzai Lariat, which caused ATSUKA to break up the pin by kicking SLAYER in the groin while the referee was counting as a receipt from S.K. earlier groin attack on Ota! SLAYER reeled in pain, which allowed Ota to hit his Violent Spark and make the desperate tag to YAKUTA, who came in a ball of fire on SLAYER. SLAYER had still not fully recovered, causing his defenses to weaken which allowed YAKUTA to ground the big junior and lock him in an STF! S.K. broke up the submission by diving off the top rope with a fist drop directly to YAKUTA’s face, and this triggered another riot. In the confusion, Inoue and ATSUKA were tagged in. While everyone else spilled out of the ring in the fight, Inoue had surprisingly taken advantage of the fight with ATSUKA, and had the CHAOTICS member hooked for one of his TOMIKO Specials…until ATSUKA somehow stopped the move, pulling Inoue up out of his suplex and ATSUKA hooked him in one fluid motion before SPIKING him with the ATSUKA Twister for the three count fall! CHAOTICS celebrated their almost flash pinfall victory, while S.K. went berserk in a rage at being upstaged by CHAOTICS and ATSUKA…In response, ATSUKA once again struck the pose that S.K. had used in the photo he sent them…this caused S.K. to get so angry that he stomped off to the back without further word…
Intermission followed the fourth match, giving the fans a chance to get prepared for the upcoming matches…Near the end of intermission; Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Kazushi Mimura came to the ring for an important message…Mimura said that the goal of the Power Source Prelude was to get several key matches out of the way before the Power Source tournament could take place and control the match making process…but then Mimura admitted that he had made a grave error in judgment…He finally explained Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s demands in detail, saying that one of the greatest fears of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, and himself, was if their heavyweight championship would ever be “compromised” again. Mimura said once, long ago, the C-1 Heavyweight Championship had been “stolen”, and since then it had been one of the greatest fears of his if it would ever happen again…Mimura stated that when Akamatsu won the championship, he wasn’t afraid…because the Akamatsu he had heard about, and had cordially spoken with before then would never have been the kind of man to do such a thing…but, he said…that Tatsumichi Akamatsu has changed. Mimura revealed that since he won the championship, it has been nothing but constant threats and fear mongering from Akamatsu as to holding the championship hostage since he is not under a binding contract to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON…the KAZUMA WORLD show where Akamatsu had defended the championship had been a message…A message from Akamatsu that the title was now *his* and he could do with it as he wanted… As such, Mimura found himself in a delicate position…trying to stand up to Akamatsu, but not too much out of fear…With this stated, Mimura revealed Akamatsu’s latest demands…that Yuki Nomura is banned from the Power Source tournament. The BLACKHEARTS must have two wrestlers in both blocks. And if he loses tonight, Goro Iijima is banned from the tournament. Mimura stated that he had agreed to these terms…but only now has he realized his error that Akamatsu had planned.
Regardless if Goro Iijima wins tonight or not…He *CANNOT* participate in the Power Source tournament!
Mimura explained why…that if Goro Iijima wins tonight, he’d be the C-1 Heavyweight Champion…The C-1 Heavyweight Champion has never participated in the tournament, ever. The tournament is designed to crown a #1 contender, and as such, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion has been barred from competing in all three previous tournaments. And if Goro Iijima loses, the agreement that Mimura made was that Goro Iijima would be barred from the tournament…
As such, no matter what happens tonight, CRIMSON President Kazushi Mimura has barred Goro Iijima from participating in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s top tournament of the year!
Mimura publicly apologized to Iijima, but stated that he knew Iijima wouldn’t forgive him… but Mimura said that the Power Source would continue regardless. With that, a list of names came across a screen placed in the back of the building, while Mimura revealed the participants by name…
Block A:
“Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (1st Appearance)
Toshiro Noguchi (3rd Appearance)
Kenjiro Amagawa (2nd Appearance)
Eisaku Shimura (1st Appearance)
Takayuki Ariwa (2nd Appearance)
Rui Kuriyama (1st Appearance)
X
Block B:
Akuma Toyota (3rd Appearance)
Nobuyori Shimizu (3rd Appearance)
Hiroyuki Takano (1st Appearance)
Izumo Yoritomo (1st Appearance)
Keiji Hirano (2nd Appearance)
Mikio Tsuruya (1st Appearance)
Shuji Kawashima (1st Appearance)
The tournament will follow “traditional” rules of a semi finals and finals made up of the block winners and runner ups. As an aside, Mimura stated that no wrestler has ever competed in every single Power Source tournament. The only person who could have done so, Tenshin Komatsu, had to retire for personal reasons.
Mimura did not reveal who the X of Block A is…but said that negotiations were still going on…but that he hoped to be able to reveal who the final X was very soon. With that, Mimura bowed deeply, apologized to Iijima once again, and wished him the best of luck tonight in the main event before he left, and the show continued…
The final show before their conflict to decide who the “STRONGEST-J” was in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Hayato Saigo and Akahito Yamada lead squads into battle in a eight man junior match. Hayato Saigo’s partners included his mentor Keoni Murata, and the HEROIC team of HANZO and MUSASHI Tomizaki. On the flip side it was Naoki Daishi, Natsuo Sakoda & Hiroshi Kuroki with the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Akahito Yamada. Yamada and Saigo opened up the contest against each other, and engaged in a surprisingly strong strike battle, as neither man wanted to fall to their adversary in the upcoming junior struggle, but at the same time, they poured every bit of their power into each strike until both wrestler’s chests had turned a shade of bright red…They then moved into a high spurt counter wrestling sequence, ending with Saigo nearly pinning Yamada with his Matsukasa, only to have Yamada nearly pin him with his Musubime cradle hold…they then both looked at each other while the fans clapped…They finally tagged out, and the match got back to “normal” eight man action. The end of the match saw Hiroshi Kuroki make a mistake with his PRISM maneuver, as Murata was able to counter by dropping to his back causing Kuroki to land on his knees…Murata then immediately followed up with his Backdrop Hold, but Kuroki kicked out at 2.9! HANZO entered the ring, and NAILED Kuroki as he stood up with the Shobo, and Murata followed up with his Great Wave Bodypress for the three count fall.
Despite not being in the Power Source tournament this year, for the second year in a row, many fans still view Yuki Nomura as the #1 face of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. The ace of CRIMSON faced a tough challenge in the semi final of the night, as he was challenged by the only gaijin in CRIMSON, the “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop in a revenge match… Yuki Nomura was given the largest reaction of anyone thus far on the show, while Bishop was greeted by jeering due to his association with the BLACKHEARTS. The early portions of the match saw Yuki Nomura attempting to use speed against his much larger adversary, but the gaijin from Sweet Water refused to budge from any of Nomura’s attacks or tricks, and eventually cut him off with a kitchen sink like knee to the midsection before following it up by applying his Texas Claw Hold! Nomura got to the ropes using his hands, but Bishop pulled him off with a backdrop. The match followed this format for it’s length, as Nomura would attempt to make a comeback, but Bishop’s power allowed him to cut off Nomura at every turn. However, it was Bishop’s overconfidence and eagerness to take the match that proved to be the deciding shift in momentum, as he attempted to land his Texan Bomber finisher on Nomura, however, the cagey Nomura dodged the oncoming attack and cradled Bishop! Bishop kicked out of the cradle, but Nomura immediately leapt onto him with an Oklahoma Roll! Bishop again kicked out, but Nomura locked him in a lightning fast La Magistral! Bishop kicked out a third time, but Nomura just kept throwing cradles at Bishop, to which the big Texan had no defenses for aside from surviving them! The constant barrage of cradles began to have their effect on Bishop, as he began to huff and puff at the constant movement and force needed to kick out of every cradle. He struggled to his feet, but was visibly exausted. Nomura capitalized by landing BRUTAL elbows to the side of Bishop’s face, before hooking him and dropping him with the Shukuen! Nomura covered, and the exhausted Gaijin had nothing left to kick out with, giving Yuki Nomura his second victory over the “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop! The fans cheered Nomura’s intelligent victory, as Nomura took a microphone, and simply screamed out “Gambatte Iijima!” to a huge round of applause and some scattered calls of Iijima’s name before Nomura left the ring area and the lights dimmed in the Miyako City Gymnasium.
Once the lights were dimmed, and everything was calm in the Miyako City Gymnasium, a feeling rose up from the crowd of the 1,600+ faithful who had migrated to the Miyako City Gymnasium for this one match. Several fans screamed out “IIJIMA!” as the wait seemed to linger longer and longer…Finally, introductions began as “Disorder King” began to play in the Miyako City Gymnasium triggering a fantastic reaction as the man who was once Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s invader. The man who was once Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s greatest heel, and the man who once pledged to rule Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON became, for one night, it’s greatest hero. Five years ago, he led an invasion into Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Three years ago he had assumed the title of leader of what later became Rouzeki-GUN. Two months ago, he became the greatest enemy of Tatsumichi Akamatsu. He entered along side Izumo Yoritomo and Daisuke Yamazaki, his two allies that could accompany him, and the fans began to chant his name, something that the “Disorder King” was not used to hearing…He made his way to the ring, a look of determination on his face. He soaked up the cheers as they lasted by posing victoriously for the fans. For one man, this was now the chance to move up from someone who had needed help and trickery to claim the C-1 Heavyweight Championship last year in July. Tonight, it was his chance to assume the role as the strongest in CRIMSON. Tonight, it was time to protect his home promotion. His name was Goro Iijima, and tonight, he had come to rid the wrestling world of the BLACKHEARTS and take back what he had previously held, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion!
The good will of the fans turned to bitter disgust and hatred the second the victorious opening of “Engines of AKI” began to play in the Miyako City Gymnasium. It had only been six months since his arrival on the scene of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, but already the promotion had been defined and carved in such a way that the presence of Tatsumichi Akamatsu could never be forgotten once the healing begins…if it ever did so. Unlike Goro Iijima, who seemed to enjoy hearing the fan’s cheers for the first time in years, Tatsumichi Akamatsu had put on his “game face” already, and seemed to have tuned the fans out of his mind. He paid them no mind as he walked his way to the ring, and his eyes never left Goro Iijima. He had promised to make an “example” out of Goro Iijima, and to prove his own strength by beating him…Tonight, he looked to make his second defense of the championship he claimed back in February. The BLACKHEARTS came out with Akamatsu…but halfway to the ring, Akamatsu turned to Toyota and gave him instructions…with that, Akuma Toyota turned around and *LEFT* taking with him Hirano, Bishop, and Kuriyama! Akamatsu turned back around and walked confidently, without fear to the ring alone…He had made his choice. Whatever heart he once had, had been corrupted and turned black by his image of the world, but his spirit, his courage, and his desire to prove himself as the “strongest” had not diminished. Tonight, he would fight alone; he would face his new challenge head on, without help, and without distraction. This would be a fair fight. This would be the war that either ended the battle, or began a new chapter. Tatsumichi Akamatsu had made his choice.
Noticing what Akamatsu had done, Goro Iijima’s own feelings began to stir…and he instructed Yoritomo and Yamazaki to leave the ringside area as well! Yoritomo began to protest, but Iijima simply told him that he “had to do this alone”, to which Yoritomo lowered his head, and then left with Iijima’s young protégé Daisuke Yamazaki…Akamatsu passed them as he neared the ring and a fire raged in Yoritomo’s eyes…but he followed Iijima’s instructions and left the ring area without incident. As the introductions began by the ring announcer, there were only two men in the ring and ringside. The entire world had seemed to end, existing only as a battlefield for these two men. Two months in the making, when Goro Iijima came to defend Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Two months of hateful words, actions, and battles. It would be decided here, and the fans knew it. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s history, its future, its wrestlers, its fans, it all rested on the shoulders of two men. Two men who would define everything. With that…the bell rang, and a roar erupted from the fans as the match they had waited for began for real.
Both men came out cautiously…but not for long. After a few seconds of circling, it would be Goro Iijima who would strike the first blow, as he leapt towards Tatsumichi Akamatsu and threw a wild palm strike to Akamatsu’s face…However, the Supreme Commander dodged the blow and then landed what could only be called a horrendous knee strike to Goro Iijima’s exposed body. Iijima immediately bent over from the pain, but then screamed and straightened himself up before he threw a CLOSED FIST PUNCH TO AKAMATSU’S FACE! The crowd GASPED as the blow landed clean on Akamatsu’s face with a sickening thud. The seemingly invincible champion reeled from the unexpected and painful attack. Iijima followed up with kicks to Akamatsu’s legs and body, attempting to weaken Akamatsu using any kind of blow he could…However, Akamatsu just kept holding his face, almost ignoring the blows from Iijima…He lowered his hand, and blood almost GUSHED out of Akamatsu’s face from his seemingly broken nose…A look of complete and utter fury erupted from Akamatsu’s face, and his eyes had a crazed look on them as he suddenly grabbed Iijima by the hair without any set up. Iijima attempted to fight free, but Akamatsu just held him…and then KNEED him in the midsection again! Iijima cried out in pain, but Akamatsu continued to hold his hair before delivering another incredibly vicious knee strike! This scene was almost taken verbatim from the Toyota/Akamatsu vs. Shimizu/Noguchi match, as Akamatsu attempted to repeat the tactic that had worked so well against Shimizu…However, Iijima had his own plans in place as suddenly, he spit a CLEAR LIQUID out of his mouth and into Akamatsu’ face! Just like on 7/27/07 when he used this liquid to beat Yuki Nomura for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship! Akamatsu SCREAMED in pain as the liquid got into his broken nose and caused immense pain in the injured portion, and he let go of Iijima’s hair. Iijima immediately capitalized on this momentary action with an Enzuigiri to the back of Akamatsu’ head! Akamatsu reeled and his knees buckled, but Akamatsu used ever bit of his strength to keep his balance. Iijima landed a second, to which the crowd roared in appreciation of! Akamatsu knee’s buckled and HE COLLAPSED TO HIS KNEES! The crowd began to chant Iijima’s name victoriously as he stood over the “Supreme Commander”! Iijima measured Akamatsu…AND THEN LANDED THE KINAN HIGH KICK TO AKAMATSU’S LEFT EAR! The crowd EXPLODED as Akamatsu COLLAPSED ON HIS FACE! Iijima leapt on Akamatsu and rolled him over. He covered Akamatsu, and the entire crowd counted along…BUT AKAMATSU KICKED OUT AT 2.9! Iijima was surprised…but immediately grabbed Akamatsu as he attempted to get up and locked him in the GORO Stretch! The fans cheered wildly as Akamatsu fought to escape the hold…Every time he attempted to power his way out, Iijima got the hold in deeper and tighter…until Akamatsu was forced to go to the ropes for the first time in his Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON stay!
Goro Iijima did a guts pose, indicating that he felt that this was it, the end was near. He had used trickery and his own strength to best Tatsumichi Akamatsu! Akamatsu pulled himself up to his feet shakily. Akamatsu had never expected to be attacked like this, and his body showed it…He turned around…AND RIGHT INTO A SECOND KINAN HIGH KICK! Fans began to leap into the air in happiness as Goro Iijima covered the Supreme Commander! Goro Iijima hooked onto Akamatsu for everything he was worth…AND FOR THE SECOND TIME …TATSUMICHI AKAMATSU…WAS *NOT* BEATEN! The crowd roared…but then realized it was only *2.9*!
Goro Iijima’s face looked crest fallen…He couldn’t believe this turn of events…but then he did ANOTHER guts pose, and waited for Akamatsu to reach his feet! Iijima’s plan was easy to tell, he would CONTINUOUSLY high kick Tatsumichi Akamatsu until he could not longer take any more! Iijima bounced on his feet in anticipation of the kick to come, as Akamatsu struggled to reach his feet…Akamatsu reached his feet… and turned towards Iijima…AND IIJIMA THREW A THIRD KINAN HIGH KICK…BUT AKAMATSU *CAUGHT* THE KICK! Akamatsu caught the third Kinan High Kick, then grabbed Iijima by the throat and HURLED him backwards into a corner! The wind was driven out of Iijima’s body, which caused him to be unable to move out of the way of Akamatsu corner knee strike to the body! Iijima’s entire body lurched painfully forward from the impact, and he bent over clutching his midsection. Akamatsu pulled him out of the corner, and hooked him…before giving what almost looked like a RUNNING PILEDRIVER due to the momentum, spiking Iijima’s head into the mat! Akamatsu began to stomp Iijima in the face, his anger boiling over from Iijima’s tricks and his two near losses. He lifted Iijima after several stomps, and hurled him out of the ring like a sack. Iijima hit the floor with a thud, but immediately began to look for something near him…Akamatsu taunted the fans, and received a chorus of jeers from the angry CRIMSON fans, before he left the ring and approached Goro Iijima…
ONLY TO BE SMASHED IN THE HEAD BY GORO IIJIMA AND A CHAIR! The fans ROARED as the blow landed true, and the seat completely flew off Akamatsu’s head and into the ring! Akamatsu stood without reaction for a second…before he collapsed to the floor! Iijima wasn’t done yet, as he took what remained of the chair, and proceeded to hit Akamatsu with it REPEDIATELY over and over on the floor! The referee attempted to stop Iijima, and was pushed away as Iijima landed more and more shots with the chair! Iijima finally stopped his relentless assault, and attempted to lift Akamatsu into the ring, but the “Supreme Commander” was almost dead weight on the floor…Iijima struggled, and eventually threw Akamatsu into the ring…However, instead of going for the pin, Iijima brought the chair in with him and waited for Akamatsu to stand up…
Six months of warfare. Two months of the title being held hostage. Goro Iijima intended to end it all with one final strike. He waited for Akamatsu to stand up, and sized him up when he began to. Akamatsu stood up, and Goro Iijima rushed forward with a wild swing of the chair, aimed directly at Akamatsu’s face with all the frustration, pain, and anger that had developed in these six months. The chair held all the emotions and feelings of everyone Akamatsu had affected this all began…
The blow was in the middle of being swung…WHEN AKAMATSU JUMPING HIGH KICKED THE CHAIR INTO GORO IIJIMA’S FACE! The chair landed into Iijima’s face coupled with his own swing, and Akamatsu’s power with a sickening crunch, and Iijima collapsed backwards onto the mat seemingly unconscious. Fans began to DESPERATELY scream Goro Iijima’s name as both men laid on the mat for what seemed like ages…Goro Iijima did not move from the blow he had received, while Tatsumichi Akamatsu began to pull himself up to his feet. Akamatsu surveyed the crash scene, and saw that Goro Iijima was not moving…However, the cruel and vindictive side of Tatsumichi Akamatsu began to show itself once again, as he pulled the chair away from Goro Iijima’s body…and threw it out of the ring! Iijima began to move, slowly, as he tried to pull himself up to his feet…but he had been dealt an incredible blow, and his body was slow. It didn’t respond to his commands, and Iijima could only look up as Tatsumichi Akamatsu approached again.
Akamatsu could have covered Iijima. He could have beaten him there. Iijima didn’t have the strength to fight back anymore…but that is not what Tatsumichi Akamatsu did next. He stepped over Iijima, and looked down at him. Iijima desperately reached up, and tried to grab onto anything, anyone, near him to help him get up and fight on…Akamatsu then proceeded to kneel so that he was sitting on Iijima’s midsection in almost the mount position…He then grabbed Iijima’s hands with one arm and pinned them down above Iijima’s head in such a way that a normal man could have escaped…but Iijima could only struggle in vain…Akamatsu then landed a SICKENING palm strike directly to Iijima’s face. Fans began to SCREAM in terror as Akamatsu landed a SECOND palm strike DIRECTLY to Iijima’s face! The speed of Akamatsu’s blows began to speed up, as he delivered SICKENING UNPROTECTED AND UNPROTESTED BLOWS TO IIJIMA’S FACE! Some fans attempted to rush the ring but were held back by security as more and more screams filled the Miyako City Gymnasium. Blood began to gush out of Iijima’s face, and he was completely unconscious. No more fight to be had…but the malevolent side of Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s personality had completely taken over as he CONTINUED TO THROW PALM STRIKES. Finally, the referee had seen enough as he DOVE in front of Goro Iijima’s body and shielded what he could with his own body while screaming desperately “STOP!”. With that sickening display…the battle had come to the end of its length…and Tatsumichi Akamatsu reigned supreme once again.
No one spoke. No one said a thing. Tatsumichi Akamatsu rose off Iijima’s body. His hand was covered in the blood of Goro Iijima, and Akamatsu’s own nose had been almost shattered. Akamatsu did not wait for the title presentation…if one would have been done after such a thing, and simply grabbed his championship from Mimura…He began to walk away…but then he looked back at the ring. Medical help was tending to Goro Iijima, who was not responding…Akamatsu’s attention was devoted to the scene in front of him…he failed to notice movement to his side until it was too late…He turned to his right just in time…
TO EAT A FIREBALL TO THE FACE!
The fans SCREAMED as fire engulfed Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s face from STEPHEN PRIEST who had run through the crowd to get to Akamatsu! The BLACKHEARTS poured out of the back to tend on their leader, as he screamed in pain. Priest was gone in a flash, as if he had never been there in the first place. The show ended with Akamatsu and Iijima both being helped to the back.
One match.
Two Casualties.
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON
4/15/08 [Sky PerfecTV!]
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,670 fans
1. Izumo Yoritomo, Daisuke Yamazaki & Shuji Kawashima defeated Royama the Brave, DRAGON Takagi & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8:42 when Yoritomo pinned Tatsuko with a Nodowa-Otoshi
2. Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano at 12:17 when Amagawa pinned Ariwa after a Avalanche Union Backdrop
3. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Eisaku Shimura defeated Akuma Toyota, Keiji Hirano, & Rui Kuriyama at 13:29 when Shimizu pinned Kuriyama with the Tsuyosa German Suplex Hold
4. PWC HEAT-UP ~ CHAOTICS VERSUS MILLENNIUM STARS: ATSUKA (FURY), YAKUTA (FURY) & Kotaro Ota (FURY) defeated Millennium S.K., Ryoma Inoue & SLAYER at 17:19 when ATSUKA pinned Inoue with the ATSUKA Twister
5. Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata, HANZO & MUSASHI Tomizaki defeated Akahito Yamada, Naoki Daishi, Natsuo Sakoda & Hiroshi Kuroki at 16:02 when Murata pinned Kuroki with the Great Wave Bodypress
6. TEXAS CHALLENGE: Yuki Nomura defeated “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop at 14:36 with the Shukuen
7. DESTRUCTION VERSUS DISORDER ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu (c) defeated “Disorder King” Goro Iijima at 11:17 by referee stoppage [V.2]
Two young teams clashed in the second match of the night, as the “Backdrop Brothers” of Kenjiro Amagawa and Mikio Tsuruya took on the newly formed team of Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano, who have begun to be called the “AT Connection” by the fans. Both teams came together in a heated struggle with the other team, and both teams showed off significant skills, however, it was the unity between Amagawa & Tsuruya that proved to be the deciding factor as they debuted a brand new double team maneuver…Ariwa was trapped on the top rope, where Amagawa & Tsuruya followed him up there, before both grabbed him from behind and gave him a DOUBLE AVALANCHE BACKDROP! Ariwa bounced sickeningly on his head, and Tsuruya rushed to hold back Takano as Amagawa covered and scored the three count fall…After the match, the Backdrop Brothers announced their intentions to challenge the winner of NGI/BLACKHEARTS on the 27th, as they are “strongest together” then any other team in CRIMSON…
Speaking of NGI, the two senior members of the four member group teamed up with Eisaku Shimura to take on the BLACKHEARTS in the third match of the night, comprised of Akuma Toyota, Keiji Hirano, and Rui Kuriyama. Despite the volatile characters and situations involved in the match, the match followed a relatively sound formula, as neither team allowed themselves to break loose and the match never tipped the scales of being a wild and crazy brawl. Rui Kuriyama proved to be the undoing of the BLACKHEARTS squad, as Nobuyori Shimizu managed to get a hold of Kuriyama and proceeded to spike him on the back of his head with his “Tsuyosa” German Suplex Hold for the three count victory. After the match, Toyota got in a heated argument with Shimizu and Noguchi, but wisely made the move to retreat before it could escalate any further…
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and Pro-Wrestling FURY continued their storied history of inter promotional work in the fourth match, as the feud that’s developed and spans over both promotions began in earnest today in Miyako City Gymnasium. The two squads of CRIMSON’s MILLENNIUM STARS and FURY’s CHAOTICS took to the field of battle against each other as Millennium S.K., SLAYER & Ryoma Inoue took on FURY’s ATSUKA, YAKUTA & Kotaro Ota in six man competition. Unlike the previous match which had some order despite the hostilities; this was a chaotic mess from the opening bell. ATSUKA and S.K. tore into each other with wild abandon stemming from the words and actions from both sides. SLAYER and YAKUTA squared off, as the two more “power” orientated fighters, while Ota & Inoue tried desperately to have a battle in the middle of the ring that appeared to be a wrestling match. When things calmed down, all six men were visibly tired from their wild fight, but it would be the MILLENNIUM STARS who scored the advantage as they isolated Ota in their corner for a significant length of time after an “accidental” low blow from S.K. to Ota’s most precious part…Kotaro Ota showed how far he’s come as he kept fighting back despite the punishment and abuse that the MILLENNIUM STARS heaped on him, however, even the courageous Ota needed saving when SLAYER absolutely demolished him with the Zanzai Lariat, which caused ATSUKA to break up the pin by kicking SLAYER in the groin while the referee was counting as a receipt from S.K. earlier groin attack on Ota! SLAYER reeled in pain, which allowed Ota to hit his Violent Spark and make the desperate tag to YAKUTA, who came in a ball of fire on SLAYER. SLAYER had still not fully recovered, causing his defenses to weaken which allowed YAKUTA to ground the big junior and lock him in an STF! S.K. broke up the submission by diving off the top rope with a fist drop directly to YAKUTA’s face, and this triggered another riot. In the confusion, Inoue and ATSUKA were tagged in. While everyone else spilled out of the ring in the fight, Inoue had surprisingly taken advantage of the fight with ATSUKA, and had the CHAOTICS member hooked for one of his TOMIKO Specials…until ATSUKA somehow stopped the move, pulling Inoue up out of his suplex and ATSUKA hooked him in one fluid motion before SPIKING him with the ATSUKA Twister for the three count fall! CHAOTICS celebrated their almost flash pinfall victory, while S.K. went berserk in a rage at being upstaged by CHAOTICS and ATSUKA…In response, ATSUKA once again struck the pose that S.K. had used in the photo he sent them…this caused S.K. to get so angry that he stomped off to the back without further word…
Intermission followed the fourth match, giving the fans a chance to get prepared for the upcoming matches…Near the end of intermission; Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Kazushi Mimura came to the ring for an important message…Mimura said that the goal of the Power Source Prelude was to get several key matches out of the way before the Power Source tournament could take place and control the match making process…but then Mimura admitted that he had made a grave error in judgment…He finally explained Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s demands in detail, saying that one of the greatest fears of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, and himself, was if their heavyweight championship would ever be “compromised” again. Mimura said once, long ago, the C-1 Heavyweight Championship had been “stolen”, and since then it had been one of the greatest fears of his if it would ever happen again…Mimura stated that when Akamatsu won the championship, he wasn’t afraid…because the Akamatsu he had heard about, and had cordially spoken with before then would never have been the kind of man to do such a thing…but, he said…that Tatsumichi Akamatsu has changed. Mimura revealed that since he won the championship, it has been nothing but constant threats and fear mongering from Akamatsu as to holding the championship hostage since he is not under a binding contract to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON…the KAZUMA WORLD show where Akamatsu had defended the championship had been a message…A message from Akamatsu that the title was now *his* and he could do with it as he wanted… As such, Mimura found himself in a delicate position…trying to stand up to Akamatsu, but not too much out of fear…With this stated, Mimura revealed Akamatsu’s latest demands…that Yuki Nomura is banned from the Power Source tournament. The BLACKHEARTS must have two wrestlers in both blocks. And if he loses tonight, Goro Iijima is banned from the tournament. Mimura stated that he had agreed to these terms…but only now has he realized his error that Akamatsu had planned.
Regardless if Goro Iijima wins tonight or not…He *CANNOT* participate in the Power Source tournament!
Mimura explained why…that if Goro Iijima wins tonight, he’d be the C-1 Heavyweight Champion…The C-1 Heavyweight Champion has never participated in the tournament, ever. The tournament is designed to crown a #1 contender, and as such, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion has been barred from competing in all three previous tournaments. And if Goro Iijima loses, the agreement that Mimura made was that Goro Iijima would be barred from the tournament…
As such, no matter what happens tonight, CRIMSON President Kazushi Mimura has barred Goro Iijima from participating in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s top tournament of the year!
Mimura publicly apologized to Iijima, but stated that he knew Iijima wouldn’t forgive him… but Mimura said that the Power Source would continue regardless. With that, a list of names came across a screen placed in the back of the building, while Mimura revealed the participants by name…
Block A:
“Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (1st Appearance)
Toshiro Noguchi (3rd Appearance)
Kenjiro Amagawa (2nd Appearance)
Eisaku Shimura (1st Appearance)
Takayuki Ariwa (2nd Appearance)
Rui Kuriyama (1st Appearance)
X
Block B:
Akuma Toyota (3rd Appearance)
Nobuyori Shimizu (3rd Appearance)
Hiroyuki Takano (1st Appearance)
Izumo Yoritomo (1st Appearance)
Keiji Hirano (2nd Appearance)
Mikio Tsuruya (1st Appearance)
Shuji Kawashima (1st Appearance)
The tournament will follow “traditional” rules of a semi finals and finals made up of the block winners and runner ups. As an aside, Mimura stated that no wrestler has ever competed in every single Power Source tournament. The only person who could have done so, Tenshin Komatsu, had to retire for personal reasons.
Mimura did not reveal who the X of Block A is…but said that negotiations were still going on…but that he hoped to be able to reveal who the final X was very soon. With that, Mimura bowed deeply, apologized to Iijima once again, and wished him the best of luck tonight in the main event before he left, and the show continued…
The final show before their conflict to decide who the “STRONGEST-J” was in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Hayato Saigo and Akahito Yamada lead squads into battle in a eight man junior match. Hayato Saigo’s partners included his mentor Keoni Murata, and the HEROIC team of HANZO and MUSASHI Tomizaki. On the flip side it was Naoki Daishi, Natsuo Sakoda & Hiroshi Kuroki with the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Akahito Yamada. Yamada and Saigo opened up the contest against each other, and engaged in a surprisingly strong strike battle, as neither man wanted to fall to their adversary in the upcoming junior struggle, but at the same time, they poured every bit of their power into each strike until both wrestler’s chests had turned a shade of bright red…They then moved into a high spurt counter wrestling sequence, ending with Saigo nearly pinning Yamada with his Matsukasa, only to have Yamada nearly pin him with his Musubime cradle hold…they then both looked at each other while the fans clapped…They finally tagged out, and the match got back to “normal” eight man action. The end of the match saw Hiroshi Kuroki make a mistake with his PRISM maneuver, as Murata was able to counter by dropping to his back causing Kuroki to land on his knees…Murata then immediately followed up with his Backdrop Hold, but Kuroki kicked out at 2.9! HANZO entered the ring, and NAILED Kuroki as he stood up with the Shobo, and Murata followed up with his Great Wave Bodypress for the three count fall.
Despite not being in the Power Source tournament this year, for the second year in a row, many fans still view Yuki Nomura as the #1 face of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. The ace of CRIMSON faced a tough challenge in the semi final of the night, as he was challenged by the only gaijin in CRIMSON, the “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop in a revenge match… Yuki Nomura was given the largest reaction of anyone thus far on the show, while Bishop was greeted by jeering due to his association with the BLACKHEARTS. The early portions of the match saw Yuki Nomura attempting to use speed against his much larger adversary, but the gaijin from Sweet Water refused to budge from any of Nomura’s attacks or tricks, and eventually cut him off with a kitchen sink like knee to the midsection before following it up by applying his Texas Claw Hold! Nomura got to the ropes using his hands, but Bishop pulled him off with a backdrop. The match followed this format for it’s length, as Nomura would attempt to make a comeback, but Bishop’s power allowed him to cut off Nomura at every turn. However, it was Bishop’s overconfidence and eagerness to take the match that proved to be the deciding shift in momentum, as he attempted to land his Texan Bomber finisher on Nomura, however, the cagey Nomura dodged the oncoming attack and cradled Bishop! Bishop kicked out of the cradle, but Nomura immediately leapt onto him with an Oklahoma Roll! Bishop again kicked out, but Nomura locked him in a lightning fast La Magistral! Bishop kicked out a third time, but Nomura just kept throwing cradles at Bishop, to which the big Texan had no defenses for aside from surviving them! The constant barrage of cradles began to have their effect on Bishop, as he began to huff and puff at the constant movement and force needed to kick out of every cradle. He struggled to his feet, but was visibly exausted. Nomura capitalized by landing BRUTAL elbows to the side of Bishop’s face, before hooking him and dropping him with the Shukuen! Nomura covered, and the exhausted Gaijin had nothing left to kick out with, giving Yuki Nomura his second victory over the “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop! The fans cheered Nomura’s intelligent victory, as Nomura took a microphone, and simply screamed out “Gambatte Iijima!” to a huge round of applause and some scattered calls of Iijima’s name before Nomura left the ring area and the lights dimmed in the Miyako City Gymnasium.
Once the lights were dimmed, and everything was calm in the Miyako City Gymnasium, a feeling rose up from the crowd of the 1,600+ faithful who had migrated to the Miyako City Gymnasium for this one match. Several fans screamed out “IIJIMA!” as the wait seemed to linger longer and longer…Finally, introductions began as “Disorder King” began to play in the Miyako City Gymnasium triggering a fantastic reaction as the man who was once Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s invader. The man who was once Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s greatest heel, and the man who once pledged to rule Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON became, for one night, it’s greatest hero. Five years ago, he led an invasion into Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Three years ago he had assumed the title of leader of what later became Rouzeki-GUN. Two months ago, he became the greatest enemy of Tatsumichi Akamatsu. He entered along side Izumo Yoritomo and Daisuke Yamazaki, his two allies that could accompany him, and the fans began to chant his name, something that the “Disorder King” was not used to hearing…He made his way to the ring, a look of determination on his face. He soaked up the cheers as they lasted by posing victoriously for the fans. For one man, this was now the chance to move up from someone who had needed help and trickery to claim the C-1 Heavyweight Championship last year in July. Tonight, it was his chance to assume the role as the strongest in CRIMSON. Tonight, it was time to protect his home promotion. His name was Goro Iijima, and tonight, he had come to rid the wrestling world of the BLACKHEARTS and take back what he had previously held, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion!
The good will of the fans turned to bitter disgust and hatred the second the victorious opening of “Engines of AKI” began to play in the Miyako City Gymnasium. It had only been six months since his arrival on the scene of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, but already the promotion had been defined and carved in such a way that the presence of Tatsumichi Akamatsu could never be forgotten once the healing begins…if it ever did so. Unlike Goro Iijima, who seemed to enjoy hearing the fan’s cheers for the first time in years, Tatsumichi Akamatsu had put on his “game face” already, and seemed to have tuned the fans out of his mind. He paid them no mind as he walked his way to the ring, and his eyes never left Goro Iijima. He had promised to make an “example” out of Goro Iijima, and to prove his own strength by beating him…Tonight, he looked to make his second defense of the championship he claimed back in February. The BLACKHEARTS came out with Akamatsu…but halfway to the ring, Akamatsu turned to Toyota and gave him instructions…with that, Akuma Toyota turned around and *LEFT* taking with him Hirano, Bishop, and Kuriyama! Akamatsu turned back around and walked confidently, without fear to the ring alone…He had made his choice. Whatever heart he once had, had been corrupted and turned black by his image of the world, but his spirit, his courage, and his desire to prove himself as the “strongest” had not diminished. Tonight, he would fight alone; he would face his new challenge head on, without help, and without distraction. This would be a fair fight. This would be the war that either ended the battle, or began a new chapter. Tatsumichi Akamatsu had made his choice.
Noticing what Akamatsu had done, Goro Iijima’s own feelings began to stir…and he instructed Yoritomo and Yamazaki to leave the ringside area as well! Yoritomo began to protest, but Iijima simply told him that he “had to do this alone”, to which Yoritomo lowered his head, and then left with Iijima’s young protégé Daisuke Yamazaki…Akamatsu passed them as he neared the ring and a fire raged in Yoritomo’s eyes…but he followed Iijima’s instructions and left the ring area without incident. As the introductions began by the ring announcer, there were only two men in the ring and ringside. The entire world had seemed to end, existing only as a battlefield for these two men. Two months in the making, when Goro Iijima came to defend Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Two months of hateful words, actions, and battles. It would be decided here, and the fans knew it. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s history, its future, its wrestlers, its fans, it all rested on the shoulders of two men. Two men who would define everything. With that…the bell rang, and a roar erupted from the fans as the match they had waited for began for real.
Both men came out cautiously…but not for long. After a few seconds of circling, it would be Goro Iijima who would strike the first blow, as he leapt towards Tatsumichi Akamatsu and threw a wild palm strike to Akamatsu’s face…However, the Supreme Commander dodged the blow and then landed what could only be called a horrendous knee strike to Goro Iijima’s exposed body. Iijima immediately bent over from the pain, but then screamed and straightened himself up before he threw a CLOSED FIST PUNCH TO AKAMATSU’S FACE! The crowd GASPED as the blow landed clean on Akamatsu’s face with a sickening thud. The seemingly invincible champion reeled from the unexpected and painful attack. Iijima followed up with kicks to Akamatsu’s legs and body, attempting to weaken Akamatsu using any kind of blow he could…However, Akamatsu just kept holding his face, almost ignoring the blows from Iijima…He lowered his hand, and blood almost GUSHED out of Akamatsu’s face from his seemingly broken nose…A look of complete and utter fury erupted from Akamatsu’s face, and his eyes had a crazed look on them as he suddenly grabbed Iijima by the hair without any set up. Iijima attempted to fight free, but Akamatsu just held him…and then KNEED him in the midsection again! Iijima cried out in pain, but Akamatsu continued to hold his hair before delivering another incredibly vicious knee strike! This scene was almost taken verbatim from the Toyota/Akamatsu vs. Shimizu/Noguchi match, as Akamatsu attempted to repeat the tactic that had worked so well against Shimizu…However, Iijima had his own plans in place as suddenly, he spit a CLEAR LIQUID out of his mouth and into Akamatsu’ face! Just like on 7/27/07 when he used this liquid to beat Yuki Nomura for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship! Akamatsu SCREAMED in pain as the liquid got into his broken nose and caused immense pain in the injured portion, and he let go of Iijima’s hair. Iijima immediately capitalized on this momentary action with an Enzuigiri to the back of Akamatsu’ head! Akamatsu reeled and his knees buckled, but Akamatsu used ever bit of his strength to keep his balance. Iijima landed a second, to which the crowd roared in appreciation of! Akamatsu knee’s buckled and HE COLLAPSED TO HIS KNEES! The crowd began to chant Iijima’s name victoriously as he stood over the “Supreme Commander”! Iijima measured Akamatsu…AND THEN LANDED THE KINAN HIGH KICK TO AKAMATSU’S LEFT EAR! The crowd EXPLODED as Akamatsu COLLAPSED ON HIS FACE! Iijima leapt on Akamatsu and rolled him over. He covered Akamatsu, and the entire crowd counted along…BUT AKAMATSU KICKED OUT AT 2.9! Iijima was surprised…but immediately grabbed Akamatsu as he attempted to get up and locked him in the GORO Stretch! The fans cheered wildly as Akamatsu fought to escape the hold…Every time he attempted to power his way out, Iijima got the hold in deeper and tighter…until Akamatsu was forced to go to the ropes for the first time in his Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON stay!
Goro Iijima did a guts pose, indicating that he felt that this was it, the end was near. He had used trickery and his own strength to best Tatsumichi Akamatsu! Akamatsu pulled himself up to his feet shakily. Akamatsu had never expected to be attacked like this, and his body showed it…He turned around…AND RIGHT INTO A SECOND KINAN HIGH KICK! Fans began to leap into the air in happiness as Goro Iijima covered the Supreme Commander! Goro Iijima hooked onto Akamatsu for everything he was worth…AND FOR THE SECOND TIME …TATSUMICHI AKAMATSU…WAS *NOT* BEATEN! The crowd roared…but then realized it was only *2.9*!
Goro Iijima’s face looked crest fallen…He couldn’t believe this turn of events…but then he did ANOTHER guts pose, and waited for Akamatsu to reach his feet! Iijima’s plan was easy to tell, he would CONTINUOUSLY high kick Tatsumichi Akamatsu until he could not longer take any more! Iijima bounced on his feet in anticipation of the kick to come, as Akamatsu struggled to reach his feet…Akamatsu reached his feet… and turned towards Iijima…AND IIJIMA THREW A THIRD KINAN HIGH KICK…BUT AKAMATSU *CAUGHT* THE KICK! Akamatsu caught the third Kinan High Kick, then grabbed Iijima by the throat and HURLED him backwards into a corner! The wind was driven out of Iijima’s body, which caused him to be unable to move out of the way of Akamatsu corner knee strike to the body! Iijima’s entire body lurched painfully forward from the impact, and he bent over clutching his midsection. Akamatsu pulled him out of the corner, and hooked him…before giving what almost looked like a RUNNING PILEDRIVER due to the momentum, spiking Iijima’s head into the mat! Akamatsu began to stomp Iijima in the face, his anger boiling over from Iijima’s tricks and his two near losses. He lifted Iijima after several stomps, and hurled him out of the ring like a sack. Iijima hit the floor with a thud, but immediately began to look for something near him…Akamatsu taunted the fans, and received a chorus of jeers from the angry CRIMSON fans, before he left the ring and approached Goro Iijima…
ONLY TO BE SMASHED IN THE HEAD BY GORO IIJIMA AND A CHAIR! The fans ROARED as the blow landed true, and the seat completely flew off Akamatsu’s head and into the ring! Akamatsu stood without reaction for a second…before he collapsed to the floor! Iijima wasn’t done yet, as he took what remained of the chair, and proceeded to hit Akamatsu with it REPEDIATELY over and over on the floor! The referee attempted to stop Iijima, and was pushed away as Iijima landed more and more shots with the chair! Iijima finally stopped his relentless assault, and attempted to lift Akamatsu into the ring, but the “Supreme Commander” was almost dead weight on the floor…Iijima struggled, and eventually threw Akamatsu into the ring…However, instead of going for the pin, Iijima brought the chair in with him and waited for Akamatsu to stand up…
Six months of warfare. Two months of the title being held hostage. Goro Iijima intended to end it all with one final strike. He waited for Akamatsu to stand up, and sized him up when he began to. Akamatsu stood up, and Goro Iijima rushed forward with a wild swing of the chair, aimed directly at Akamatsu’s face with all the frustration, pain, and anger that had developed in these six months. The chair held all the emotions and feelings of everyone Akamatsu had affected this all began…
The blow was in the middle of being swung…WHEN AKAMATSU JUMPING HIGH KICKED THE CHAIR INTO GORO IIJIMA’S FACE! The chair landed into Iijima’s face coupled with his own swing, and Akamatsu’s power with a sickening crunch, and Iijima collapsed backwards onto the mat seemingly unconscious. Fans began to DESPERATELY scream Goro Iijima’s name as both men laid on the mat for what seemed like ages…Goro Iijima did not move from the blow he had received, while Tatsumichi Akamatsu began to pull himself up to his feet. Akamatsu surveyed the crash scene, and saw that Goro Iijima was not moving…However, the cruel and vindictive side of Tatsumichi Akamatsu began to show itself once again, as he pulled the chair away from Goro Iijima’s body…and threw it out of the ring! Iijima began to move, slowly, as he tried to pull himself up to his feet…but he had been dealt an incredible blow, and his body was slow. It didn’t respond to his commands, and Iijima could only look up as Tatsumichi Akamatsu approached again.
Akamatsu could have covered Iijima. He could have beaten him there. Iijima didn’t have the strength to fight back anymore…but that is not what Tatsumichi Akamatsu did next. He stepped over Iijima, and looked down at him. Iijima desperately reached up, and tried to grab onto anything, anyone, near him to help him get up and fight on…Akamatsu then proceeded to kneel so that he was sitting on Iijima’s midsection in almost the mount position…He then grabbed Iijima’s hands with one arm and pinned them down above Iijima’s head in such a way that a normal man could have escaped…but Iijima could only struggle in vain…Akamatsu then landed a SICKENING palm strike directly to Iijima’s face. Fans began to SCREAM in terror as Akamatsu landed a SECOND palm strike DIRECTLY to Iijima’s face! The speed of Akamatsu’s blows began to speed up, as he delivered SICKENING UNPROTECTED AND UNPROTESTED BLOWS TO IIJIMA’S FACE! Some fans attempted to rush the ring but were held back by security as more and more screams filled the Miyako City Gymnasium. Blood began to gush out of Iijima’s face, and he was completely unconscious. No more fight to be had…but the malevolent side of Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s personality had completely taken over as he CONTINUED TO THROW PALM STRIKES. Finally, the referee had seen enough as he DOVE in front of Goro Iijima’s body and shielded what he could with his own body while screaming desperately “STOP!”. With that sickening display…the battle had come to the end of its length…and Tatsumichi Akamatsu reigned supreme once again.
No one spoke. No one said a thing. Tatsumichi Akamatsu rose off Iijima’s body. His hand was covered in the blood of Goro Iijima, and Akamatsu’s own nose had been almost shattered. Akamatsu did not wait for the title presentation…if one would have been done after such a thing, and simply grabbed his championship from Mimura…He began to walk away…but then he looked back at the ring. Medical help was tending to Goro Iijima, who was not responding…Akamatsu’s attention was devoted to the scene in front of him…he failed to notice movement to his side until it was too late…He turned to his right just in time…
TO EAT A FIREBALL TO THE FACE!
The fans SCREAMED as fire engulfed Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s face from STEPHEN PRIEST who had run through the crowd to get to Akamatsu! The BLACKHEARTS poured out of the back to tend on their leader, as he screamed in pain. Priest was gone in a flash, as if he had never been there in the first place. The show ended with Akamatsu and Iijima both being helped to the back.
One match.
Two Casualties.
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON
4/15/08 [Sky PerfecTV!]
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,670 fans
1. Izumo Yoritomo, Daisuke Yamazaki & Shuji Kawashima defeated Royama the Brave, DRAGON Takagi & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8:42 when Yoritomo pinned Tatsuko with a Nodowa-Otoshi
2. Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano at 12:17 when Amagawa pinned Ariwa after a Avalanche Union Backdrop
3. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Eisaku Shimura defeated Akuma Toyota, Keiji Hirano, & Rui Kuriyama at 13:29 when Shimizu pinned Kuriyama with the Tsuyosa German Suplex Hold
4. PWC HEAT-UP ~ CHAOTICS VERSUS MILLENNIUM STARS: ATSUKA (FURY), YAKUTA (FURY) & Kotaro Ota (FURY) defeated Millennium S.K., Ryoma Inoue & SLAYER at 17:19 when ATSUKA pinned Inoue with the ATSUKA Twister
5. Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata, HANZO & MUSASHI Tomizaki defeated Akahito Yamada, Naoki Daishi, Natsuo Sakoda & Hiroshi Kuroki at 16:02 when Murata pinned Kuroki with the Great Wave Bodypress
6. TEXAS CHALLENGE: Yuki Nomura defeated “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop at 14:36 with the Shukuen
7. DESTRUCTION VERSUS DISORDER ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu (c) defeated “Disorder King” Goro Iijima at 11:17 by referee stoppage [V.2]
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