On the biggest stage of their careers, generational rivals Rui Kuriyama and Daisuke Yamazaki clashed once again. Despite both being BLACKHEART members, Rui Kuriyama would be the final test in Yamazaki’s Trial Series to determine if he was fit to be in the faction…The match played out like most of their usual matches, with both men trading simple moves and holds. However, the gap that has grown between them was more obvious then ever, as Rui Kuriyama began to pull ahead as the match went further. The Kazuma Fujita trainee and Tatsumichi Akamatsu disciple showed that from two of the strongest men in Pro-Wrestling, he has developed at a relatively rapid rate, as he blasted Daisuke Yamazaki with a Kuri Lariat and covered Yamazaki for the three count fall… After the match, Kuriyama demanded that Yamazaki’s name be burned from the history books as a BLACKHEARTS member, telling Yamazaki that he wasn’t, and never would be good enough for the faction…Yamazaki looked crushed, but left the ring without incident.
Four of the strongest wrestlers in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON clashed in a bout titled “POWER BATTLE in IWATE” as it would be Toshiro Noguchi teaming with Kazuki Takagi to take on Izumo Yoritomo and Eisaku Shimura. There was little in the way subtlety in the match, as all four bulldozed their way into each other. Despite being the smallest man in the match, Toshiro Noguchi was not afraid to match power against any of them…In the end; Toshiro Noguchi once again proved his strength as he led Takagi to victory with a Thunder Hammer on Shimura for the three count fall.
Six men with no current direction clashed in a match titled “FIND YOUR DESTINY”. It was Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada, and Natsuo Sakoda against Akira Tomizaki, HANZO, and rookie Shuji Kawashima in six man action. The obvious advantage laid with OVERTHROW from the opening bell, and the three members poured it on throughout the match, forcing Tomizaki, HANZO, and Kawashima to hold on for dear life. It would be in vain as Naoki Daishi crushed Kawashima with his Northern Lights Bomb for the three count finish…After the match, Naoki Daishi took a microphone and said that since his kouhai, Sojiro Sayuki was returning on the 11th for the C-2 Openweight Championship tournament, that HE TOO would enter the tournament! Daishi stated that inbetween now and then; he would aim to increase his mass so that he could better fight bigger enemies, and said that he had found his destiny! Akahito Yamada also gave a speech, announcing that he hadn’t given up his dreams of re-winning the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship and would rededicate his life to winning it…Ironically, Natsuo Sakoda’s declaration was to win his first C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship causing an awkward moment for Yamada and Sakoda as they both realized they were aiming for the same thing…
Before the fourth match of the night pitting the MILLENNIUM STARS against Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata, and Hiroshi Kuroki could take place it was announced that it was time for the live concert! The ring was set up with two microphones and Ryoma Inoue walked out…wearing a full body white jumpsuit carrying an electric guitar! The crowd began to laugh at how Inoue looked, but Inoue had a dead serious look on his face as Ichiyo Tatsuko followed him carrying equipment…Inoue climbed in the ring, and began his performance by first asking if the fans were ready for his unbelievable performance. This netted him more laughter. However, their laughter subsided when a rock tune began to play over the PA system, and Inoue readied himself to begin….Before breaking out in DANCE in tune with the song! Inoue pumped his fist to the right, then shuffled his feet sideways and pumped his fist to the left while screaming out “OI!”…Tatsuko began to scream it out in time with Inoue, and the fans caught on as Inoue led them on a chant! Inoue then began to play on his electric guitar, and played surprisingly well earning a surprisingly supportive reaction from the crowd…Inoue began to sing the rock song with a surprisingly strong and firm voice, earning an even bigger reaction…During the chorus, Tatsuko would run up to the other microphone and give high pitched supportive vocals…The custom made song ended with a blistering solo from Inoue, that saw sweat drip from his face to the mat, before he victoriously concluded it to a huge reaction from the Iwate fans! Inoue was completely spent from one song, but several female fans began to call out for him to do an encore…Inoue prepared to play a second song right when “Murderizer” hit, and SLAYER walked out for their match leaving Inoue very annoyed. Tatsuko hustled to clean up the equipment.
Inoue took his own microphone, and began to DEMAND where Tatsuko & SLAYER had gone on the 25th, saying that he had went to every park near Iwate and could not find them…He then questioned why SLAYER would go to a park anyway, saying that he doesn’t like people, parks or balloons! Tatsuko leapt into action, saying that after they visited a park, they then went out for ice cream, and that Inoue must have just missed them. For whatever reason, this explanation worked on Inoue leading to the entrance of their opponents.
The match itself played out like many of MILLENNIUM STARS matches have of late, as Ryoma Inoue continued to try and play “Mr. Big Boss” as he has called himself by giving out orders. Tatsuko hustled to carry out his orders, but SLAYER simply ignored them which infuriated Inoue. However, despite their miscommunication, it would be SLAYER who would score the win leading up to his C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship challenge against Hayato Saigo as he blasted Saigo’s partner Hiroshi Kuroki with a Zanzai Lariat for the three count fall.
It was only one month ago that the Backdrop Brothers shocked the wrestling world as they suddenly marched to the top of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s stacked tag team division with a victory over Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi…However, their dream had been bitterly dashed just a scant few days later as Goro Iijima and Akuma Toyota defeated them to take the championships…Tonight, the match titled “CHASE THE GOLD” was all about their constant chase of those tag team championships, as they ran into “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop and his partner Keiji Hirano, both from the BLACKHEARTS. The match would come down to which team had the better tag work compared to their opponents, and the advantage laid with the Backdrop Brothers from the opening bell. However, the sheer strength of their opponents kept the match competitive throughout the contest. The Backdrop Brothers would seem to have the match sealed, but Bishop’s sheer strength, and Hirano’s trickery would reverse the course of the match for their opponents…However, in the end, it would be Kenjiro Amagawa who would score yet another victory over his generational rival Keiji Hirano, as he pinned him following a Backdrop to keep the Backdrop Brothers in the hunt for the C-1 Tag Team Championships.
When MOUJA was formed, a rift was created destroying Neo Generation Idealists…Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi both sided with the man who had been by their side since day one, Yuki Nomura…to the shock of almost everyone, the two young members Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano both sided with the revolutionary Seiji Ebisawa and aided in forming the “guerrilla force” of MOUJA to fight the BLACKHEARTS…Toshiro Noguchi was hurt by their young friend’s betrayals…but Nobuyori Shimizu was angered. The original graduate of Ryo Suzuki to enter Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON as a young wrestler has been one of the focuses of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON for years…He aimed his focus at Takayuki Ariwa, the man who has left bloodlust and his desire for competition overwhelm whatever senses that he has…The man who improved remarkably through Noguchi & Shimizu’s help turned his back on them…Since then, Shimizu and Ariwa have wrestled several times, and the contests have always turned into heated and sometimes bloody affairs. Now, the senpai and the kouhai walked into battle against each other in the match titled “FOLLOW THE PATH”, signifying that they are both on respective paths, and have to follow them to their destination…
The match itself began immediately with chaotic fighting. Shimizu, the smaller more agile wrestler threw away all his caution from the opening bell, going right towards the bigger, far stronger Ariwa…Ariwa responded with clubbing blows that took the fight right out of Shimizu early. From there, Ariwa began to throw Shimizu around using his incredible power, the same power that led to him making the semi finals of the 2008 POWER SOURCE tournament. Shimizu would mount offense every so often, but Ariwa would cut him off with a power move, or a clubbing blow. The fans were solidly behind Nobuyori Shimizu, who once again showed his trademark of refusing to go down and stay down. No matter what Ariwa hit Shimizu with, the courageous wrestler would not stay down no matter what. Ariwa hit Shimizu with everything in his arsenal, including a release German Suplex that sent Shimizu slamming on the back of his neck, the Angelos, and the Hammerfall…but no matter what horribly painful move Ariwa used, Shimizu would not stay down…Ariwa set Shimizu up for the Splash Mountain, the move he used to pin Seiji Ebisawa in the 2008 Power Source group stages, but Shimizu began to fight back. The two engaged in a horribly violent trade of elbows, but shockingly, it would be Shimizu who came out the victor, using controlled strikes directly to Ariwa’s face while Ariwa threw wildly in anger. As Ariwa reeled, Shimizu kept the offense going before spiking Ariwa on his head with the Tsuyosa German Suplex Hold…Only to have Ariwa kick out! Shimizu aimed to use his Thunder Fire Powerbomb, but Ariwa used his strength to keep from going up for the move…Shimizu responded with a volley of elbow strikes, before he CLOCKED Ariwa with a spinning elbow, then bounced off the ropes and NAILED Ariwa in the face with a running elbow! Shimizu covered, and gained the three count from knocking out his former kouhai decisively with an elbow! After the match, Shimizu tried to offer Ariwa his hand, while telling him that it “wasn’t too late to turn back”…but Ariwa SPIT at Shimizu before leaving to jeers from the crowd…
Over the microphone, ring announcer Akio Sanada announced intermission sending the fans to the concessions, rest rooms, and simply to walk around…At the announce positions, the three commentators discussed what had taken place tonight already, with most of the focus being drawn towards Ryoma Inoue’s performance, with the female commentator praising his style…However, there was a sudden announcement from Akio Sanada that in five minutes there would be a special guest! Fans began to wander back to their seats before the five minutes elapsed…When five minutes elapsed the lights dimmed in the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium as Akio Sanada dramatically introduced…the WWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION…RYAN BLASIER! The fans gave a surprised but pleased reaction, as the defending WWA World Heavyweight Champion walked out in a black suit trailed by a small American man. Blasier climbed in to the ring, looking every bit the champion with his championship draped over his shoulder and saluted the fans, earning a nice reaction…Blasier began to speak over the microphone, which his personal translator translated…Blasier announced that after claiming the WWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, and just defending it at Summer Games, that he wanted more. More competition, and as such has turned his eyes to Japan! Blasier stated that Kazushi Mimura had offered him a wealthy contract to compete in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, and as such he accepted…Blasier announced 10/13 by name, saying that he would definitely wrestle on that date, earning himself a nice reaction from the fans…Blasier bowed to the fans, before thanking them for their time, earning himself another nice reaction giving the impression of the gentleman champion from America…However, that image of Blasier was somewhat dashed, as he ran his hand through his short brown hair, before sarcastically telling the world that he wants to see what Japan can offer an American World Champion! With that, Blasier strolled out of the ring, refusing to touch the fan’s hands leaving the Iwate fans a little baffled…
Following the surprise visit from the star from America, a video package began to play highlighting the history of Yuki Nomura and Goro Iijima…Footage of them being allies in 2002 in HANGUN was shown, along with Nomura’s eviction by force from HANGUN…Later clips showed how they constantly were at odds, including their brief friendships in 2005 and 2008…However, at the end, the tag line declared them “eternal rivals”…Nomura and Iijima gave comments in black and white about each other. Nomura spoke on Iijima, calling Goro a “snake” and someone who he’s given countless chances to become a better person, and to be his friend but every time Iijima has betrayed him…Iijima’s comments claimed that he actually likes Nomura…but that their own personal stances keeps them at odds. Iijima then demanded that Nomura finally join him in the BLACKHEARTS…but Nomura’s video declared that he would NEVER sell his soul like Goro Iijima had done! With that, the video package ended for the first of three major singles matches on the show. The lights dimmed, as “The Emperor” began to play, as the former “Disorder King” walked to the ring to a serious amount of boos for his betrayal…While once “Glory” hit, Yuki Nomura was rewarded with a beloved reaction from the fans that have been by his side since the end of 2002…The dichotomy was clear from the minute both stepped in the ring. Yuki Nomura: Beloved. Goro Iijima: Hated.
Once the bell rang, Goro began to yell at Nomura, asking him why he “wouldn’t convert” like he had...Nomura replied by saying that he wasn’t interested in selling his soul to the devil that is Tatsumichi Akamatsu…Iijima looked disappointed, but then shook it off and the two locked up…Perhaps because Nomura rejected his appeal, Iijima left nothing back as he raked and ripped at Nomura’s eyes almost immediately. From there, that was the style of the fight, as Iijima used every underhanded tactic he could think of on Yuki Nomura, however, Nomura would fight back with everything he had while trying to stay within the rules…The two men who both fell to Tatsumichi Akamatsu fought tooth and nail with their respective styles. However, there was an odd feeling with the match…Iijima could never keep Nomura at bay; no matter what he did to his hated rival. Yuki Nomura would continuously come back, almost as if he was possessed by some kind of demon…You could see the frustration, and anger at Nomura…Even a Kinan High Kick from Iijima only netted Iijima a two count, which left the former C-1 Heavyweight Champion baffled. Nomura began to rally, and Iijima was at a loss to find a way to stop Nomura’s surge leading to Nomura busting out the Twisted Angel Driver to floor Iijima and gain the three count victory in decisive fashion! After the match, Nomura took a microphone and told Iijima that he had shown the difference between them…Iijima has become complacent in the BLACKHEARTS because he’s GIVEN UP hope! While he, Yuki Nomura, no matter what will never give up and will continue to fight on no matter what takes place! Iijima growled out in anger, but Nomura left Iijima, the better man once again…
It was time for the semi final of the night, and the first of two championship matches. A video package aired of Akuma Toyota’s history…Beginning as a young rookie near the beginning of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, the third of the four rookies that made up the original “first term” with Nobuyori Shimizu, Tenshin Komatsu, and Yujiro Higuchi…Toyota’s rise to power through the ranks of Rouzeki-GUN…His betrayal to the BLACKHEARTS. Winning the C-1 Tag Team Championships twice, and winning the IFS Openweight Championship…On the other hand, clips were shown of Hiroyuki Takano’s shocking win over Katsumi Gakusha through the courtesy of Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE’s footage, but then his losing the title to Yoshiaki Matsuda…Takano’s eventual leading of DYNAMITE, his winding up in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and eventually his betrayal of Neo Generation Idealists to MOUJA…The tag line stated that they had both walked on separate paths to meet up, but only one could claim the championship…Akuma Toyota called Hiroyuki Takano “weak” and stated that he would crush him…Takano praised Toyota’s strength, but said that he would win the war…Toyota promised to “rule over” DYNAMITE for eternity…while Takano promised to return his former Promotion’s championship to them. The final line was Toyota pointing at the camera and bellowing out “Prepare to die Takano!”
Unlike the previous few matches on the show, there was no clear divide between the two men about to wrestle…Akuma Toyota came out first to “Gods of War Arise”, surprisingly as most champions opt to come out second…The IFS title was clutched in his teeth, while his C-1 Tag Team Championship was being dragged along the ground, showing his lack of respect for both championships…Toyota was given a strong negative reaction for all he had done in nine months since the formation of the BLACKHEARTS. Toyota began to spin the C-1 Tag Team Championship above his head like a club…Takano entered second to “BATTLE” to a lukewarm response...Despite all the head way Hiroyuki Takano has made in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, he threw their good will away when he aligned himself with Seiji Ebisawa and the MOUJA army, and his antics since then have earned him no better of responses…However, there was a contingent of fans that cheered Takano, obviously preferring him over Akuma Toyota on this night…With that, the match began to decide who would be the IFS Openweight Champion!
The match followed a simple formula from the opening bell. Akuma Toyota’s power was a huge obstacle that Takano attempted to circumvent with his speed and agility, only to be caught and brutalized. The fans at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium began to get behind Takano, if only because he was the clear underdog against Akuma Toyota’s sadistic power. At one point, Toyota used the bottom rope to choke the life out of Takano, yanking on it over his throat from the floor…Apparently, Toyota’s vow to “fight clean” only went as far as the rules of the match allowed…Takano continued to throw back against Toyota, but would be clubbed down to size with relative ease. Hiroyuki Takano’s chance came when Toyota missed a lariat, and Takano nailed him with a surprise Takano Flash kick to the face! Toyota reeled from the blow, and Takano moved up another gear, trying to use his speed to take the fight to Toyota. Toyota treated Takano like an annoying fly, as he tried to smash him with incredibly powerful but slow blows that Takano dodged nimbly…One of the highlights of the match came when Toyota finally got a hold of Takano, and hoisted him up in the air for a powerbomb, only to have Takano launch himself in the air and come down with a snap style frankensteiner that sent Toyota out of the ring, allowing Takano to immediately fling himself at Toyota with a dive! Takano continued to blitz Toyota with everything he had…but made a back mistake as he went for a flying cross body press…Only to have Toyota BLAST him in Midair with a lariat! Toyota grabbed his arm in pain, but Takano crashed and burned in a heap from the reversal…Takano pulled himself up to his feet, only to eat another lariat! Toyota covered but Takano managed to kick out of the pinfall at two! Takano tried for a sudden Takano Flash as he stood up, but Toyota LARIATED HIS LEG! As Takano grabbed his leg in pain, Toyota gave him a German Suplex Whip that sent Takano crashing on his neck and head! When Takano stood back up, Toyota BEHEADED him with a running lariat! Toyota covered, and was rewarded with the three count to cap off his first successful defense of Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE’s IFS Openweight Championship!
On the big screen at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium, and live for the PPV audience, a video package began to play set to bombastic classical music…The original invasion of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was displayed as Seiji Ebisawa, Katsumi Gakusha and Naoki Daishi ran in during a tag match in January 2003, and hijacked the event with the help of Goro Iijima with the formation of “Spirit International”…A tag line was displayed that simply said “The past can never be forgotten! The old invasion versus the new invasion! Who is strongest?!”…Highlights were shown of Seiji Ebisawa’s incredible rise to power within Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON in 2003 including defeating Stephen Priest in the finals of the 2003 POWER SOURCE, and his victory over Tetsuhiro Kaneda for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship on May 1st 2003. Short clips were played of the press conference where Ebisawa relinquished his championship, and followed his career from then on…A voice over announced Ebisawa as being the first true enemy of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, but that he had earned the respect of the fans, and fellow wrestlers by becoming the strongest in CRIMSON. A black and white Seiji Ebisawa gave his thoughts, saying that he had never entered CRIMSON to destroy it, but instead to become strong himself…And that at some point, CRIMSON no longer became just another place to wrestle. It had become his home. And like anyone who lived in a home, he had to protect it with everything he had…The final clip of this section was Ebisawa tearfully bidding Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON farewell in February 2007…
The music began to turn violent, as footage was played of Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s invasion on October 13th 2007 was shown…The betrayal of Akuma Toyota, and everything that quickly followed. The voice over proclaimed Tatsumichi Akamatsu as “The greatest danger in Pro-Wrestling” and the “Strongest man alive” as clips began to play of his systematic destruction of everything and everyone in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. His victory over Yuki Nomura, his destruction of Goro Iijima including his corruption of him as well…The most brutal clips of what Akamatsu had done in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON were played as the music built to a fever pitch ending with Tatsumichi Akamatsu holding the C-1 Heavyweight Championship above his head and walking away…A black and white Akamatsu appeared, and stated that he had been training for Ebisawa…He still remembered facing him once before in singles competition, and aims to make the difference between them in power that more obvious…
Still photos was shown from their encounter on 9/11/06 at JR Akihabara Station Showa Exit Open Space for Pro-Wrestling ZION…The photos showed Seiji Ebisawa being brutalized for almost the entire match, but refusing to stay down, until Akamatsu trapped him in a high angle crab, forcing Seiji Ebisawa to embarrassingly submit to Akamatsu…Seiji Ebisawa admitted that he had thought he was in Akamatsu’s league, but had been brutally proven wrong…but that this time would be different…
The background music hit it’s climax, as footage was shown of Seiji Ebisawa’s dramatic return to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON beginning on 4/27/08 as he rushed into the ring to save Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi…Footage was shown back and forth of what had happened for each since then…The video concluded with Akamatsu demanding to know what Ebisawa would do to win the match and free his company’s championship…The final line of the video package was Seiji Ebisawa looking dead at the camera and saying, “I will do anything to defeat you, Akamatsu!”.
With that, the action returned to ring side as an incredible buzz went through the crowd. The largest crowd in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON history gathered to watch the “Final Pillar” of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s strength wage war against the man who had promised to destroy the promotion, and rebuild it in his image…The man who wishes to burn Pro-Wrestling to the ground in order to have it birthed again faced the man who simply wants to free the C-1 Heavyweight Championship under no illusion of grandeur or kind actions. A man who is fighting for something he believes in, against a man who will do anything to do what he must. Seiji Ebisawa challenges the strongest, Tatsumichi Akamatsu for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship!
The lights dimmed, as ring announcer Akio Sanada dramatically announced the former two time C-1 Heavyweight Champion, the two time POWER SOURCE tournament winner, Seiji Ebisawa to the ring! Despite being in the prefecture that Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON has always existed in, the fans did not give Seiji Ebisawa the overwhelming ovation that one would expect…The fans cheered, but unlike for Yuki Nomura and Goro Iijima, there was a lack of something…the fans have been disappointed with Seiji Ebisawa’s choice of tactics, and it carried over here…Ebisawa entered as he always does. No ring attire. No fireworks, nothing fancy. He walked to the ring to “Saturday”, as he always has…If the fan’s lack of true emotion for him displeased him, he did not let it show upon his features. Surprisingly, he walked to the ring alone. No Takayuki Ariwa and no Hiroyuki Takano. No seconds whatsoever. The man who has always placed a barrier between himself and others walked to the ring as he walks through life: Alone.
Any lack of emotion displayed for Seiji Ebisawa was not evident for his opponent, as the lights dimmed and the jeers began to appear like magic. The fans could not resist their urge to boo the man who aims to destroy everything they love. Akio Sanada threw his most dramatic attempt behind the C-1 Heavyweight Champion’s name, as the “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu was introduced. A wellspring of hatred had been sprung as the normally reserved and respectable fans began to let loose with everything in their power to make their feelings known. As he walked to the ring, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion seemed to enjoy their jeers, knowing that it was a sign that his plan had been working…The fans were upset. They already knew that if Seiji Ebisawa fell, there would be none of their heroes in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON to stop him. Unless a miracle took place…tonight’s win would seal the fate of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. With a smile on his face that only Akamatsu knew was for, he walked to the ring and climbed in without fan fair, exactly like his opponent had done before him. No trash talk. No theatrics. Just two men, with an entire destiny lingering between them as they readied themselves for battle against each other…
The in ring introductions seemed to linger forever for the fans in the Iwate Prefectual Gymnasium. Tatsumichi Akamatsu handed his championship over to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON owner Kazushi Mimura…Seiji Ebisawa was given a chance to look at it, and time appeared to stand still. His eyes were locked on the championship until Mimura tore the title away from his line of sight…The buzz grew louder after Ebisawa’s longing look. This was what it all came down to. One championship and the two men who both desperately want it, the fate of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON could be considered secondary behind the materialistic desires of both men. With the title, and the introductions done away with, all that was left was the ringing of the bell…Akamatsu looked relaxed, while Ebisawa was anxious for the bell, hunched over as if he was prepared to launch himself…and with that, the bell rang AND EBISAWA RACED ACROSS THE RING!
The crowd erupted as Seiji Ebisawa broke into a dead run at the start of the match, and NAILED Akamatsu with a forearm blow! The invincible champion was caught off guard, and reeled from the blow but for once it was not Tatsumichi Akamatsu who held the advantage! Seiji Ebisawa began to throw vicious elbows while clutching at Akamatsu’s head. The dull though echoing throughout the arena as Akamatsu began to show the effects. Akamatsu attempted to push Ebisawa off, but the 40 year old plus veteran knew this was his best shot, and clung on like a pitbull, refusing to yield and give Akamatsu a second to regain his senses. The blows continued as the fans began to start Ebisawa chants as he furiously threw elbow after elbow. Akamatsu collapsed into the corner, and Ebisawa continued to throw! The announcers admitted that they had lost count of the blows a minute or so ago, as Ebisawa just continued to rain the blows down on Akamatsu’s face, which began to swell visibly, and blood began to leak from a cut on his right cheek bone…Finally, the referee dived between them and separated them…Ebisawa attempted to throw the referee away as Akamatsu collapsed onto a sitting position on the mat…The referee would have none of it, and threatened Ebisawa for his actions…but Ebisawa’s eyes never left Tatsumichi Akamatsu, and he charged again at his hurt foe only to have Akamatsu PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE! The crowd ROARED in disapproval at Akamatsu’s actions, as Ebisawa collapsed in a heap from just one punch!
Both men laid on the ground. Akamatsu’s head swimming from sheer volume of blows he had taken, while Ebisawa was apparently knocked completely unconscious from Akamatsu’s punch. Akamatsu pulled himself together but was obviously unsteady but managed to pull himself over to Seiji Ebisawa’s still prone body, and covered him…but Ebisawa kicked out before the three! Akamatsu pulled Ebisawa up to a sitting position, and began to BLAST him in the side of the head with elbows, in much the same way that Ebisawa had opened up the match with, but the power difference was evident, as Ebisawa’s entire body jumped with every single elbow, the concussive force being used by Akamatsu was absolutely stunning…After several of these, Akamatsu covered once again…but at 2.9, the referee noticed that Ebisawa’s foot had fallen under the bottom rope…It was not Ebisawa that had saved himself, but pure blind luck. The crowd fell in a deafening silence as Seiji Ebisawa lay on the mat, almost appearing to be dead…Some fans began to try and start an Ebisawa chant, but the silence consumed it. The referee evaluated Ebisawa, and seemed to be prepared to stop the match…until Akamatsu stopped him! Akamatsu screamed out that this match was their “destiny” and he would not allow anyone to stop it! Akamatsu and the referee engaged in an argument over stopping it, but Akamatsu ended the argument by telling the referee that if he stopped it he would turn the entire BLACKHEARTS on him for his “crime”. The referee’s face immediately went stark with fear, and he backed away evidently allowing the match to continue…
The faintest sign of life began to appear for Seiji Ebisawa. First it was his hand that clinched and unclenched…Then his arm moved followed by his legs…Slowly but surely, he pulled himself to, as Akamatsu watched him with a mixture of curiosity and malevolence. Ebisawa used to the ropes to climb to his feet, his feet obviously unsteady…He stumbled forward, towards Akamatsu, refusing to step away or buy time…Only to take a THUNDEROUS slap to the face by Akamatsu! Ebisawa fell to his knees from the concussive blow…but he reached up…and grabbed onto Akamatsu’s tights. He would not fall completely… Akamatsu grabbed Ebisawa by his hair and pulled him to his feet before aiming for a Jumping High Kick…Only to MISS as Ebisawa collapsed to the ground at the same time! Akamatsu landed with a thud, but the only thing that was injured was his pride as his face turned beet red in anger and humiliation at missing. Seiji Ebisawa rolled to the floor, his pride obviously giving way to his instincts to get away, as he tried to buy himself time to recover. However, he could not stop Akamatsu from following him to the floor to continue the attack Ebisawa responded by punching Akamatsu directly in the groin as he closed in, earning himself some jeers from the fans. Akamatsu collapsed, his one weakness being exploited, as Ebisawa desperately tried to get his body to work for him again…Both laid on the floor as the ring count began, but both began to stand at the count of ten…Akamatsu charged Ebisawa, but Ebisawa ducked under and Akamatsu flung himself into the ring post! Ebisawa climbed into the ring, as the count continued obviously more worried about recouping then winning the championship at that point…However, at the count of nineteen, Akamatsu pulled himself into the ring as well.
For the first time in several minutes, Seiji Ebisawa was the first one to go on the attack, as the wounded Tatsumichi Akamatsu attempted to back himself in the corner to buy time…Ebisawa again charged in and Akamatsu threw another punch…but Ebisawa showed fantastic reflexed by ducking the blow and landing a elbow strike to Akamatsu’s exposed midsection! Akamatsu let out a guttural groan of pain from the blow, which enabled Ebisawa to move up to his head as he landed several elblows to Akamatsu’s head to stun him, before Exploder Suplexing him out of the corner! YET AKAMATSU IMMEDIATELY REACHED HIS FEET AND DECAPITATED EBISAWA WITH A LARIAT! Ebisawa CRUNCHED on the back of his head as Akamatsu fell to one knee clutching his head. Akamatsu was the first to recover, as he suddenly grabbed Ebisawa, dragged him to the center of the ring and applied a High Angle Crab, the move Akamatsu used to defeat him on 9/11/06! Ebisawa came to life in the hold, as he began to scream in pain. He attempted to use his arms to force himself out…but Akamatsu was far too strong, and simply sat back on the hold, putting more pressure on Ebisawa! The crowd began another chant of Ebisawa’s name, as he struggled in the hold trying to keep himself from being forced to submit. He began to desperately grab on to the mat, and pulled himself across simply using his arm strength…Only to have Akamatsu drag him back to the center of the ring! Ebisawa screamed in pain, as he desperately grabbed onto the referee and began to try and use him as a means of escape, only to have his grip falter and he slip off…Ebisawa’s cries of pain echoed throughout the arena, as even with his back nearly at it’s breaking point, he refused to submit…and again, with everything he had, Ebisawa began to pull himself to the ropes again. Akamatsu sensed it, and began to try and pull Ebisawa back to the middle of the ring, but Ebisawa made one desperate final lunge…And reached the ropes, earning the break! The crowd gave Ebisawa a warm ovation for his struggle, and Ebisawa rolled to the apron to buy himself some time…if he could.
Tatsumichi Akamatsu seemed amused at Ebisawa’s continuous fight against him, and simply waited for Ebisawa to pull himself to his feet on the apron…before he PUNTED him in the face, sending Ebisawa crashing to the floor with a sickening thud on his already injured back! Several female fans in the front row screamed at Ebisawa’s landing, his body almost appearing to be completely ruined…Akamatsu stared at what he had done, before he climbed out of the ring, and lifted the dead weight Ebisawa before placing him on the apron…Instead of following Ebisawa on the apron, he pulled Ebisawa’s head down and hooked it…before lifting him on his shoulders on the floor! Akamatsu took off running AND GAVE SEIJI EBISAWA A TATSUBUSTER ON THE FLOOR! The announcers screamed at how dangerous that was, as the crowd erupted in shock at Akamatsu’s move. Ebisawa laid on the ground, not moving, as Akamatsu pulled himself up, before attempting to cover Ebisawa on the floor with a boot…When they didn’t work, Akamatsu had to physically lift Ebisawa up into his arms like a child, and roll him in the ring.
The crowd was silent, as Ebisawa’s crushed body simply laid on the mat, and Akamatsu aimed to pin him…when suddenly there was a figure running to the ring, and slid into the ring behind the referee and WHACKED him with some kind of weapon! The referee crumbled in a heap, as Akamatsu turned around to who had interfered…as KEIJI HIRANO STARED BACK AT HIS LEADER WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE! Akamatsu’s face was one of shock, rage, and a variety of emotions as Keiji Hirano simply stared at Akamatsu…BEFORE TAKAYUKI ARIWA AND HIROYUKI TAKANO AMBUSHED AKAMATSU FROM OUT OF NOWHERE! The crowd screamed in disapproval as Ariwa, Hirano, and Takano all began to assault the downed Akamatsu! On the other side of the ring, Seiji Ebisawa had pulled himself to a corner, and was watching what was taking place with a smile on his face…Tatsumichi Akamatsu, however, was not amused as the three young men began to kick away at him and let out several screams of rage, as he began to PULL HIMSELF UP DESPITE THE ASSAULT! The crowd began to CHEER Akamatsu as he attacked all three of them! He floored Hirano with a boot to the face, Ariwa with a backhanded chop to the neck, and Takano with a Lariat! Akamatsu stood alone, with blood coming out his right cheek as the fans actually began to clap and applaud the biggest threat in Pro-Wrestling…Akamatsu looked around the ring, and finally found the referee…He began to try and shake him awake, but the referee laid dormant on the ground…Some fans began to scream as SEIJI EBISAWA CAME UP FROM BEHIND AND LOCKED TATSUMICHI AKAMATSU IN A CHOKE SLEEPER!
Akamatsu began to try and fight out of the hold with all his power, with Ebisawa doing everything he could to simply hold on to Akamatsu’s incredibly powerful neck. While Ebisawa attempted to choke Akamatsu the odds continued to mount against Akamatsu, as Keiji Hirano, Takayuki Ariwa, and Hiroyuki Takano all reached their feet. Akamatsu’s eyes grew huge with rage as he fought even harder against Ebisawa’s choke as Ebisawa’s re-enforcements advanced on him, but he could not escape Ebisawa’s death grip on his neck…Like a pack of wild dogs, the three young men pounced on Akamatsu with punches and kicks. Akamatsu growled in rage, as for the first time since his invasion began, it was Tatsumichi Akamatsu who faced a disadvantage in the number game…The huge villain began to obviously falter, as Ebisawa’s grip grew tighter and tighter on his neck…The fans began to start chants for Akamatsu’s name, along with surprisingly, his second in command Akuma Toyota to come out and help him…however, Akamatsu was in no situation to defend himself, and for whatever reason, Akuma Toyota was gone from the scene…Shockingly, someone did finally come out…YUKI NOMURA! The crowd reacted surprisingly as Yuki Nomura ran to ring side, and began screaming at the four of them, demanding to know what they were trying to do…Ebisawa screamed his reply…He was “Doing what you should have done five months ago ago!”…Nomura looked on in shock, as the man who had defeated him for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship was mugged in front of his eyes…His face told the story…He couldn’t figure out if he should be happy, or be scared. Be angry or be sad. He could not decide if what was happening was right or wrong…And all these emotions were shared by the fans as well. As the mugging continued, more and more fans became sympathetic for Akamatsu…but just as many began to cheer on Ebisawa for his methods…In the end, it wouldn’t matter what anyone thought. Akamatsu’s consciousness finally began to fade. The “Supreme Commander” had fought on, against four men, in a choke sleeper for longer then most men could dream of…but even he had his limits, and he was rapidly approaching them…Akamatsu’s entire body sagged, and his eyes closed. A look of jubilation crossed Ebisawa’s face as he realized he had won…MOUJA and Keiji Hirano left the ring, and Takayuki Ariwa walked over to the still unconscious referee, and began to shake him awake through the ropes while pointing desperately at what was going on in the ring…The referee slowly came to…and saw Ebisawa clamped around Akamatsu’s neck for dear life, as the “Supreme Commander” was not moving…He crawled over and checked Akamatsu’s breathing and condition…before wildly gesturing for the bell signaling the end of the contest!
Some fans began to leap into the air in happiness, while others remained seated with a look of confusion, or anger or sadness for what had just taken place. Akamatsu laid on the ground completely unmoving as Ebisawa threw his arms up into the air from his back and the three young wrestlers who had helped him win celebrated…The nightmare was over. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON had finally reclaimed the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, as Yuki Nomura looked on in bewilderment. He simply stared…confused at what had taken place. Kazushi Mimura entered the ring, and shook Seiji Ebisawa’s hand vigorously, overjoyed to finally have the championship freed from Akamatsu’s clutches. After staring in shock…Nomura had finally snapped out of it, and took a microphone…before he DEMANDED to know what was going on! Nomura launched into a tirade on how this was wrong on every possible level, and that Ebisawa had done nothing but devalue the C-1 Heavyweight Championship by taking it back this way…He pleaded with Mimura to strip Ebisawa of the championship…Mimura took his own microphone…and casually asked Nomura who he thought had arranged this all? Nomura’s spirit fell in an instant, as Mimura revealed that when he brought back Ebisawa, he had known from day one how Ebisawa would go about doing this! That was WHY Mimura had given into all of Akamatsu’s demands, to make him think that he had given up…but that he and Ebisawa had been planning from day one for this day. Ebisawa took the microphone from Mimura, and revealed that it had been Mimura who recruited all three of the young men in the ring for him, stating that they were the “brightest” of the young wrestlers, but that they all shared his same philosophy…the only friends you have are yourself, and the only way to make a difference is by force. They were “The Dead” because they held no beliefs. No structure. No ideals. No sympathy. They simply fought for what they desired, no matter what the costs. Yuki Nomura looked as if his entire structure of belief had been shattered, and his head was lowered. He finally spoke into his microphone, and softly stated that it was all wrong…what they had done today was wrong, on every possible level…And that no matter what, he would NEVER accept it, before he spiked the microphone and left the ring to a large reaction from the crowd.
Medical help reached the ring as Akamatsu still was not moving on his side of the ring. Regardless of his condition, the title presentation began with Mimura who was beaming from ear to ear, presented Seiji Ebisawa with the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, becoming the tenth champion…The crowd was torn between absolutely hating this turn of events, while others seemed still overjoyed at what had happened. Ebisawa began to speak in his microphone again while carrying his new C-1 Heavyweight Championship over his shoulder. Ebisawa declared it a “new day” with a “new power” to protect not only Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, not just the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, but all of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON together! Ebisawa thanked Ariwa and Takano for their hard work, while he praised his SPY Keiji Hirano for doing what he had to…Some of the fans began to boo, and the usually calm Ebisawa suddenly got very angry…He demanded to know why they were booing him. He insisted that he had never told the fans that he was a nice man. He was never fighting “the good fight”. Kazushi Mimura had brought him back to do one thing. Protect Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, and regardless if you liked his methods or not…He had done so! He had done the impossible! He had defeated Tatsumichi Akamatsu, and DEMANDED that the fans cheer him! When the fans booed even worse, Ebisawa became furious, his calm demeanor being destroyed…He angrily called them all fools, saying that AKamatsu’s “courageous” fight had made them sympathetic to his situation, but Ebisawa claimed that was wrong. *HE* was the sympathetic one! He had come back from being banished to fight for THEM, to defend THEM, to win for THEM. So what if Akamatsu fought valiantly?! It didn’t matter in the end! The fans should cheer him for what he had done, what he had done for all of them! Ariwa, Takano, Hirano, and Mimura all began to applaud Ebisawa…but the fans bombarded him with jeers.
MOUJA appeared to preparing to leave the ringarea…when suddenly “Gods of War Arise” began to play, and the BLACKHEARTS stormed the ring! The fans actually gave the invading army somewhat of a favorable reaction, as Akuma Toyota took control of the ring…Kuriyama and Bishop tended to Akamatsu, as Toyota grabbed one of the discarded microphones…He called Ebisawa a “bastard”, who had sacrificed his dignity, his respect, and his courage for what he called “victory”, claiming that Ebisawa had instigated a sneak attack on them in the back, leading to them unable to come out to help Akamatsu-sama…Toyota then declared that with Akamatsu out cold for right now, that made HIM acting leader and was prepared to announce something, when Mimura suddenly cut him off…The Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON president asked Toyota why Akamatsu had been allowed to wrestle in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON…Before Toyota could answer, Mimura pointed at the C-1 Heavyweight Championship and stated that the only reason Tatsumichi Akamatsu had been allowed to wrestle in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was because he was C-1 Heavyweight Champion…Mimura then pointed at all the BLACKHEARTS before he stated that their “Invasion” and the “War” was over. Tatsumichi Akamatsu does not have a Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON contract…and as such Mimura stated…HE WILL NOT BE IN CRIMSON ANYMORE! The Iwate fans exploded in jeers as Toyota angrily screamed that Mimura couldn’t do that…but Mimura calmly told him that as Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON owner…he COULD! He then suggested they take some time, and rethink their situation…because as far as he could tell…starting tonight, the BLACKHEARTS no longer existed! With that, MOUJA left… Leaving a dumbfounded BLACKHEARTS to tend to their leader as Toyota continued to hurl out threats…
FINAL CRUSH 2008
7/27/08
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
3,627 fans
1. YOUTH GENERATION STRUGGLE ~YAMAZAKI BLACKHEART TRIAL SERIES FINAL TEST ~ Rui Kuriyama defeated Daisuke Yamazaki at 7:03 with the Kuri Lariat
2. POWER BATTLE in IWATE ~ Toshiro Noguchi & Kazuki Takagi defeated Izumo Yoritomo & Eisaku Shimura at 9:12 when Noguchi pinned Shimura with the Thunder Hammer
3. FIND YOUR DESTINY ~ Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada & Natsuo Sakoda defeated HANZO, Akira Tomizaki & Shuji Kawashima at 10:21 when Daishi pinned Kawashima with the Northern Lights Bomb
4. UNBREAKABLE HATRED ~ SLAYER, Ryoma Inoue & Ichiyo Tatsuko defeated Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata & Hiroshi Kuroki at 14:28 when SLAYER pinned Kuroki with the Zanzai Lariat
5. CHASE THE GOLD ~ Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Keiji Hirano & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 14:17 when Amagawa pinned Hirano with a Backdrop
6. FOLLOW THE PATH ~ Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Takayuki Ariwa at 14:12 with a running elbow
7. THE ENDLESS FIGHT ~ Yuki Nomura defeated Goro Iijima at 14:51 with the Twisted Angel Driver
8. VANQUISH THE DEMON ~ IFS Openweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) defeated Hiroyuki Takano at 16:47 with a lariat [V.1]
9. THE FINAL PILLAR STANDS ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Seiji Ebisawa defeated “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu (c) at 18:17 with a choke sleeper to become the 10th champion
Four of the strongest wrestlers in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON clashed in a bout titled “POWER BATTLE in IWATE” as it would be Toshiro Noguchi teaming with Kazuki Takagi to take on Izumo Yoritomo and Eisaku Shimura. There was little in the way subtlety in the match, as all four bulldozed their way into each other. Despite being the smallest man in the match, Toshiro Noguchi was not afraid to match power against any of them…In the end; Toshiro Noguchi once again proved his strength as he led Takagi to victory with a Thunder Hammer on Shimura for the three count fall.
Six men with no current direction clashed in a match titled “FIND YOUR DESTINY”. It was Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada, and Natsuo Sakoda against Akira Tomizaki, HANZO, and rookie Shuji Kawashima in six man action. The obvious advantage laid with OVERTHROW from the opening bell, and the three members poured it on throughout the match, forcing Tomizaki, HANZO, and Kawashima to hold on for dear life. It would be in vain as Naoki Daishi crushed Kawashima with his Northern Lights Bomb for the three count finish…After the match, Naoki Daishi took a microphone and said that since his kouhai, Sojiro Sayuki was returning on the 11th for the C-2 Openweight Championship tournament, that HE TOO would enter the tournament! Daishi stated that inbetween now and then; he would aim to increase his mass so that he could better fight bigger enemies, and said that he had found his destiny! Akahito Yamada also gave a speech, announcing that he hadn’t given up his dreams of re-winning the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship and would rededicate his life to winning it…Ironically, Natsuo Sakoda’s declaration was to win his first C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship causing an awkward moment for Yamada and Sakoda as they both realized they were aiming for the same thing…
Before the fourth match of the night pitting the MILLENNIUM STARS against Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata, and Hiroshi Kuroki could take place it was announced that it was time for the live concert! The ring was set up with two microphones and Ryoma Inoue walked out…wearing a full body white jumpsuit carrying an electric guitar! The crowd began to laugh at how Inoue looked, but Inoue had a dead serious look on his face as Ichiyo Tatsuko followed him carrying equipment…Inoue climbed in the ring, and began his performance by first asking if the fans were ready for his unbelievable performance. This netted him more laughter. However, their laughter subsided when a rock tune began to play over the PA system, and Inoue readied himself to begin….Before breaking out in DANCE in tune with the song! Inoue pumped his fist to the right, then shuffled his feet sideways and pumped his fist to the left while screaming out “OI!”…Tatsuko began to scream it out in time with Inoue, and the fans caught on as Inoue led them on a chant! Inoue then began to play on his electric guitar, and played surprisingly well earning a surprisingly supportive reaction from the crowd…Inoue began to sing the rock song with a surprisingly strong and firm voice, earning an even bigger reaction…During the chorus, Tatsuko would run up to the other microphone and give high pitched supportive vocals…The custom made song ended with a blistering solo from Inoue, that saw sweat drip from his face to the mat, before he victoriously concluded it to a huge reaction from the Iwate fans! Inoue was completely spent from one song, but several female fans began to call out for him to do an encore…Inoue prepared to play a second song right when “Murderizer” hit, and SLAYER walked out for their match leaving Inoue very annoyed. Tatsuko hustled to clean up the equipment.
Inoue took his own microphone, and began to DEMAND where Tatsuko & SLAYER had gone on the 25th, saying that he had went to every park near Iwate and could not find them…He then questioned why SLAYER would go to a park anyway, saying that he doesn’t like people, parks or balloons! Tatsuko leapt into action, saying that after they visited a park, they then went out for ice cream, and that Inoue must have just missed them. For whatever reason, this explanation worked on Inoue leading to the entrance of their opponents.
The match itself played out like many of MILLENNIUM STARS matches have of late, as Ryoma Inoue continued to try and play “Mr. Big Boss” as he has called himself by giving out orders. Tatsuko hustled to carry out his orders, but SLAYER simply ignored them which infuriated Inoue. However, despite their miscommunication, it would be SLAYER who would score the win leading up to his C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship challenge against Hayato Saigo as he blasted Saigo’s partner Hiroshi Kuroki with a Zanzai Lariat for the three count fall.
It was only one month ago that the Backdrop Brothers shocked the wrestling world as they suddenly marched to the top of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s stacked tag team division with a victory over Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi…However, their dream had been bitterly dashed just a scant few days later as Goro Iijima and Akuma Toyota defeated them to take the championships…Tonight, the match titled “CHASE THE GOLD” was all about their constant chase of those tag team championships, as they ran into “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop and his partner Keiji Hirano, both from the BLACKHEARTS. The match would come down to which team had the better tag work compared to their opponents, and the advantage laid with the Backdrop Brothers from the opening bell. However, the sheer strength of their opponents kept the match competitive throughout the contest. The Backdrop Brothers would seem to have the match sealed, but Bishop’s sheer strength, and Hirano’s trickery would reverse the course of the match for their opponents…However, in the end, it would be Kenjiro Amagawa who would score yet another victory over his generational rival Keiji Hirano, as he pinned him following a Backdrop to keep the Backdrop Brothers in the hunt for the C-1 Tag Team Championships.
When MOUJA was formed, a rift was created destroying Neo Generation Idealists…Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi both sided with the man who had been by their side since day one, Yuki Nomura…to the shock of almost everyone, the two young members Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano both sided with the revolutionary Seiji Ebisawa and aided in forming the “guerrilla force” of MOUJA to fight the BLACKHEARTS…Toshiro Noguchi was hurt by their young friend’s betrayals…but Nobuyori Shimizu was angered. The original graduate of Ryo Suzuki to enter Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON as a young wrestler has been one of the focuses of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON for years…He aimed his focus at Takayuki Ariwa, the man who has left bloodlust and his desire for competition overwhelm whatever senses that he has…The man who improved remarkably through Noguchi & Shimizu’s help turned his back on them…Since then, Shimizu and Ariwa have wrestled several times, and the contests have always turned into heated and sometimes bloody affairs. Now, the senpai and the kouhai walked into battle against each other in the match titled “FOLLOW THE PATH”, signifying that they are both on respective paths, and have to follow them to their destination…
The match itself began immediately with chaotic fighting. Shimizu, the smaller more agile wrestler threw away all his caution from the opening bell, going right towards the bigger, far stronger Ariwa…Ariwa responded with clubbing blows that took the fight right out of Shimizu early. From there, Ariwa began to throw Shimizu around using his incredible power, the same power that led to him making the semi finals of the 2008 POWER SOURCE tournament. Shimizu would mount offense every so often, but Ariwa would cut him off with a power move, or a clubbing blow. The fans were solidly behind Nobuyori Shimizu, who once again showed his trademark of refusing to go down and stay down. No matter what Ariwa hit Shimizu with, the courageous wrestler would not stay down no matter what. Ariwa hit Shimizu with everything in his arsenal, including a release German Suplex that sent Shimizu slamming on the back of his neck, the Angelos, and the Hammerfall…but no matter what horribly painful move Ariwa used, Shimizu would not stay down…Ariwa set Shimizu up for the Splash Mountain, the move he used to pin Seiji Ebisawa in the 2008 Power Source group stages, but Shimizu began to fight back. The two engaged in a horribly violent trade of elbows, but shockingly, it would be Shimizu who came out the victor, using controlled strikes directly to Ariwa’s face while Ariwa threw wildly in anger. As Ariwa reeled, Shimizu kept the offense going before spiking Ariwa on his head with the Tsuyosa German Suplex Hold…Only to have Ariwa kick out! Shimizu aimed to use his Thunder Fire Powerbomb, but Ariwa used his strength to keep from going up for the move…Shimizu responded with a volley of elbow strikes, before he CLOCKED Ariwa with a spinning elbow, then bounced off the ropes and NAILED Ariwa in the face with a running elbow! Shimizu covered, and gained the three count from knocking out his former kouhai decisively with an elbow! After the match, Shimizu tried to offer Ariwa his hand, while telling him that it “wasn’t too late to turn back”…but Ariwa SPIT at Shimizu before leaving to jeers from the crowd…
Over the microphone, ring announcer Akio Sanada announced intermission sending the fans to the concessions, rest rooms, and simply to walk around…At the announce positions, the three commentators discussed what had taken place tonight already, with most of the focus being drawn towards Ryoma Inoue’s performance, with the female commentator praising his style…However, there was a sudden announcement from Akio Sanada that in five minutes there would be a special guest! Fans began to wander back to their seats before the five minutes elapsed…When five minutes elapsed the lights dimmed in the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium as Akio Sanada dramatically introduced…the WWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION…RYAN BLASIER! The fans gave a surprised but pleased reaction, as the defending WWA World Heavyweight Champion walked out in a black suit trailed by a small American man. Blasier climbed in to the ring, looking every bit the champion with his championship draped over his shoulder and saluted the fans, earning a nice reaction…Blasier began to speak over the microphone, which his personal translator translated…Blasier announced that after claiming the WWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, and just defending it at Summer Games, that he wanted more. More competition, and as such has turned his eyes to Japan! Blasier stated that Kazushi Mimura had offered him a wealthy contract to compete in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, and as such he accepted…Blasier announced 10/13 by name, saying that he would definitely wrestle on that date, earning himself a nice reaction from the fans…Blasier bowed to the fans, before thanking them for their time, earning himself another nice reaction giving the impression of the gentleman champion from America…However, that image of Blasier was somewhat dashed, as he ran his hand through his short brown hair, before sarcastically telling the world that he wants to see what Japan can offer an American World Champion! With that, Blasier strolled out of the ring, refusing to touch the fan’s hands leaving the Iwate fans a little baffled…
Following the surprise visit from the star from America, a video package began to play highlighting the history of Yuki Nomura and Goro Iijima…Footage of them being allies in 2002 in HANGUN was shown, along with Nomura’s eviction by force from HANGUN…Later clips showed how they constantly were at odds, including their brief friendships in 2005 and 2008…However, at the end, the tag line declared them “eternal rivals”…Nomura and Iijima gave comments in black and white about each other. Nomura spoke on Iijima, calling Goro a “snake” and someone who he’s given countless chances to become a better person, and to be his friend but every time Iijima has betrayed him…Iijima’s comments claimed that he actually likes Nomura…but that their own personal stances keeps them at odds. Iijima then demanded that Nomura finally join him in the BLACKHEARTS…but Nomura’s video declared that he would NEVER sell his soul like Goro Iijima had done! With that, the video package ended for the first of three major singles matches on the show. The lights dimmed, as “The Emperor” began to play, as the former “Disorder King” walked to the ring to a serious amount of boos for his betrayal…While once “Glory” hit, Yuki Nomura was rewarded with a beloved reaction from the fans that have been by his side since the end of 2002…The dichotomy was clear from the minute both stepped in the ring. Yuki Nomura: Beloved. Goro Iijima: Hated.
Once the bell rang, Goro began to yell at Nomura, asking him why he “wouldn’t convert” like he had...Nomura replied by saying that he wasn’t interested in selling his soul to the devil that is Tatsumichi Akamatsu…Iijima looked disappointed, but then shook it off and the two locked up…Perhaps because Nomura rejected his appeal, Iijima left nothing back as he raked and ripped at Nomura’s eyes almost immediately. From there, that was the style of the fight, as Iijima used every underhanded tactic he could think of on Yuki Nomura, however, Nomura would fight back with everything he had while trying to stay within the rules…The two men who both fell to Tatsumichi Akamatsu fought tooth and nail with their respective styles. However, there was an odd feeling with the match…Iijima could never keep Nomura at bay; no matter what he did to his hated rival. Yuki Nomura would continuously come back, almost as if he was possessed by some kind of demon…You could see the frustration, and anger at Nomura…Even a Kinan High Kick from Iijima only netted Iijima a two count, which left the former C-1 Heavyweight Champion baffled. Nomura began to rally, and Iijima was at a loss to find a way to stop Nomura’s surge leading to Nomura busting out the Twisted Angel Driver to floor Iijima and gain the three count victory in decisive fashion! After the match, Nomura took a microphone and told Iijima that he had shown the difference between them…Iijima has become complacent in the BLACKHEARTS because he’s GIVEN UP hope! While he, Yuki Nomura, no matter what will never give up and will continue to fight on no matter what takes place! Iijima growled out in anger, but Nomura left Iijima, the better man once again…
It was time for the semi final of the night, and the first of two championship matches. A video package aired of Akuma Toyota’s history…Beginning as a young rookie near the beginning of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, the third of the four rookies that made up the original “first term” with Nobuyori Shimizu, Tenshin Komatsu, and Yujiro Higuchi…Toyota’s rise to power through the ranks of Rouzeki-GUN…His betrayal to the BLACKHEARTS. Winning the C-1 Tag Team Championships twice, and winning the IFS Openweight Championship…On the other hand, clips were shown of Hiroyuki Takano’s shocking win over Katsumi Gakusha through the courtesy of Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE’s footage, but then his losing the title to Yoshiaki Matsuda…Takano’s eventual leading of DYNAMITE, his winding up in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and eventually his betrayal of Neo Generation Idealists to MOUJA…The tag line stated that they had both walked on separate paths to meet up, but only one could claim the championship…Akuma Toyota called Hiroyuki Takano “weak” and stated that he would crush him…Takano praised Toyota’s strength, but said that he would win the war…Toyota promised to “rule over” DYNAMITE for eternity…while Takano promised to return his former Promotion’s championship to them. The final line was Toyota pointing at the camera and bellowing out “Prepare to die Takano!”
Unlike the previous few matches on the show, there was no clear divide between the two men about to wrestle…Akuma Toyota came out first to “Gods of War Arise”, surprisingly as most champions opt to come out second…The IFS title was clutched in his teeth, while his C-1 Tag Team Championship was being dragged along the ground, showing his lack of respect for both championships…Toyota was given a strong negative reaction for all he had done in nine months since the formation of the BLACKHEARTS. Toyota began to spin the C-1 Tag Team Championship above his head like a club…Takano entered second to “BATTLE” to a lukewarm response...Despite all the head way Hiroyuki Takano has made in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, he threw their good will away when he aligned himself with Seiji Ebisawa and the MOUJA army, and his antics since then have earned him no better of responses…However, there was a contingent of fans that cheered Takano, obviously preferring him over Akuma Toyota on this night…With that, the match began to decide who would be the IFS Openweight Champion!
The match followed a simple formula from the opening bell. Akuma Toyota’s power was a huge obstacle that Takano attempted to circumvent with his speed and agility, only to be caught and brutalized. The fans at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium began to get behind Takano, if only because he was the clear underdog against Akuma Toyota’s sadistic power. At one point, Toyota used the bottom rope to choke the life out of Takano, yanking on it over his throat from the floor…Apparently, Toyota’s vow to “fight clean” only went as far as the rules of the match allowed…Takano continued to throw back against Toyota, but would be clubbed down to size with relative ease. Hiroyuki Takano’s chance came when Toyota missed a lariat, and Takano nailed him with a surprise Takano Flash kick to the face! Toyota reeled from the blow, and Takano moved up another gear, trying to use his speed to take the fight to Toyota. Toyota treated Takano like an annoying fly, as he tried to smash him with incredibly powerful but slow blows that Takano dodged nimbly…One of the highlights of the match came when Toyota finally got a hold of Takano, and hoisted him up in the air for a powerbomb, only to have Takano launch himself in the air and come down with a snap style frankensteiner that sent Toyota out of the ring, allowing Takano to immediately fling himself at Toyota with a dive! Takano continued to blitz Toyota with everything he had…but made a back mistake as he went for a flying cross body press…Only to have Toyota BLAST him in Midair with a lariat! Toyota grabbed his arm in pain, but Takano crashed and burned in a heap from the reversal…Takano pulled himself up to his feet, only to eat another lariat! Toyota covered but Takano managed to kick out of the pinfall at two! Takano tried for a sudden Takano Flash as he stood up, but Toyota LARIATED HIS LEG! As Takano grabbed his leg in pain, Toyota gave him a German Suplex Whip that sent Takano crashing on his neck and head! When Takano stood back up, Toyota BEHEADED him with a running lariat! Toyota covered, and was rewarded with the three count to cap off his first successful defense of Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE’s IFS Openweight Championship!
On the big screen at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium, and live for the PPV audience, a video package began to play set to bombastic classical music…The original invasion of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was displayed as Seiji Ebisawa, Katsumi Gakusha and Naoki Daishi ran in during a tag match in January 2003, and hijacked the event with the help of Goro Iijima with the formation of “Spirit International”…A tag line was displayed that simply said “The past can never be forgotten! The old invasion versus the new invasion! Who is strongest?!”…Highlights were shown of Seiji Ebisawa’s incredible rise to power within Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON in 2003 including defeating Stephen Priest in the finals of the 2003 POWER SOURCE, and his victory over Tetsuhiro Kaneda for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship on May 1st 2003. Short clips were played of the press conference where Ebisawa relinquished his championship, and followed his career from then on…A voice over announced Ebisawa as being the first true enemy of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, but that he had earned the respect of the fans, and fellow wrestlers by becoming the strongest in CRIMSON. A black and white Seiji Ebisawa gave his thoughts, saying that he had never entered CRIMSON to destroy it, but instead to become strong himself…And that at some point, CRIMSON no longer became just another place to wrestle. It had become his home. And like anyone who lived in a home, he had to protect it with everything he had…The final clip of this section was Ebisawa tearfully bidding Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON farewell in February 2007…
The music began to turn violent, as footage was played of Tatsumichi Akamatsu’s invasion on October 13th 2007 was shown…The betrayal of Akuma Toyota, and everything that quickly followed. The voice over proclaimed Tatsumichi Akamatsu as “The greatest danger in Pro-Wrestling” and the “Strongest man alive” as clips began to play of his systematic destruction of everything and everyone in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. His victory over Yuki Nomura, his destruction of Goro Iijima including his corruption of him as well…The most brutal clips of what Akamatsu had done in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON were played as the music built to a fever pitch ending with Tatsumichi Akamatsu holding the C-1 Heavyweight Championship above his head and walking away…A black and white Akamatsu appeared, and stated that he had been training for Ebisawa…He still remembered facing him once before in singles competition, and aims to make the difference between them in power that more obvious…
Still photos was shown from their encounter on 9/11/06 at JR Akihabara Station Showa Exit Open Space for Pro-Wrestling ZION…The photos showed Seiji Ebisawa being brutalized for almost the entire match, but refusing to stay down, until Akamatsu trapped him in a high angle crab, forcing Seiji Ebisawa to embarrassingly submit to Akamatsu…Seiji Ebisawa admitted that he had thought he was in Akamatsu’s league, but had been brutally proven wrong…but that this time would be different…
The background music hit it’s climax, as footage was shown of Seiji Ebisawa’s dramatic return to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON beginning on 4/27/08 as he rushed into the ring to save Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi…Footage was shown back and forth of what had happened for each since then…The video concluded with Akamatsu demanding to know what Ebisawa would do to win the match and free his company’s championship…The final line of the video package was Seiji Ebisawa looking dead at the camera and saying, “I will do anything to defeat you, Akamatsu!”.
With that, the action returned to ring side as an incredible buzz went through the crowd. The largest crowd in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON history gathered to watch the “Final Pillar” of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON’s strength wage war against the man who had promised to destroy the promotion, and rebuild it in his image…The man who wishes to burn Pro-Wrestling to the ground in order to have it birthed again faced the man who simply wants to free the C-1 Heavyweight Championship under no illusion of grandeur or kind actions. A man who is fighting for something he believes in, against a man who will do anything to do what he must. Seiji Ebisawa challenges the strongest, Tatsumichi Akamatsu for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship!
The lights dimmed, as ring announcer Akio Sanada dramatically announced the former two time C-1 Heavyweight Champion, the two time POWER SOURCE tournament winner, Seiji Ebisawa to the ring! Despite being in the prefecture that Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON has always existed in, the fans did not give Seiji Ebisawa the overwhelming ovation that one would expect…The fans cheered, but unlike for Yuki Nomura and Goro Iijima, there was a lack of something…the fans have been disappointed with Seiji Ebisawa’s choice of tactics, and it carried over here…Ebisawa entered as he always does. No ring attire. No fireworks, nothing fancy. He walked to the ring to “Saturday”, as he always has…If the fan’s lack of true emotion for him displeased him, he did not let it show upon his features. Surprisingly, he walked to the ring alone. No Takayuki Ariwa and no Hiroyuki Takano. No seconds whatsoever. The man who has always placed a barrier between himself and others walked to the ring as he walks through life: Alone.
Any lack of emotion displayed for Seiji Ebisawa was not evident for his opponent, as the lights dimmed and the jeers began to appear like magic. The fans could not resist their urge to boo the man who aims to destroy everything they love. Akio Sanada threw his most dramatic attempt behind the C-1 Heavyweight Champion’s name, as the “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu was introduced. A wellspring of hatred had been sprung as the normally reserved and respectable fans began to let loose with everything in their power to make their feelings known. As he walked to the ring, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion seemed to enjoy their jeers, knowing that it was a sign that his plan had been working…The fans were upset. They already knew that if Seiji Ebisawa fell, there would be none of their heroes in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON to stop him. Unless a miracle took place…tonight’s win would seal the fate of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. With a smile on his face that only Akamatsu knew was for, he walked to the ring and climbed in without fan fair, exactly like his opponent had done before him. No trash talk. No theatrics. Just two men, with an entire destiny lingering between them as they readied themselves for battle against each other…
The in ring introductions seemed to linger forever for the fans in the Iwate Prefectual Gymnasium. Tatsumichi Akamatsu handed his championship over to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON owner Kazushi Mimura…Seiji Ebisawa was given a chance to look at it, and time appeared to stand still. His eyes were locked on the championship until Mimura tore the title away from his line of sight…The buzz grew louder after Ebisawa’s longing look. This was what it all came down to. One championship and the two men who both desperately want it, the fate of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON could be considered secondary behind the materialistic desires of both men. With the title, and the introductions done away with, all that was left was the ringing of the bell…Akamatsu looked relaxed, while Ebisawa was anxious for the bell, hunched over as if he was prepared to launch himself…and with that, the bell rang AND EBISAWA RACED ACROSS THE RING!
The crowd erupted as Seiji Ebisawa broke into a dead run at the start of the match, and NAILED Akamatsu with a forearm blow! The invincible champion was caught off guard, and reeled from the blow but for once it was not Tatsumichi Akamatsu who held the advantage! Seiji Ebisawa began to throw vicious elbows while clutching at Akamatsu’s head. The dull though echoing throughout the arena as Akamatsu began to show the effects. Akamatsu attempted to push Ebisawa off, but the 40 year old plus veteran knew this was his best shot, and clung on like a pitbull, refusing to yield and give Akamatsu a second to regain his senses. The blows continued as the fans began to start Ebisawa chants as he furiously threw elbow after elbow. Akamatsu collapsed into the corner, and Ebisawa continued to throw! The announcers admitted that they had lost count of the blows a minute or so ago, as Ebisawa just continued to rain the blows down on Akamatsu’s face, which began to swell visibly, and blood began to leak from a cut on his right cheek bone…Finally, the referee dived between them and separated them…Ebisawa attempted to throw the referee away as Akamatsu collapsed onto a sitting position on the mat…The referee would have none of it, and threatened Ebisawa for his actions…but Ebisawa’s eyes never left Tatsumichi Akamatsu, and he charged again at his hurt foe only to have Akamatsu PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE! The crowd ROARED in disapproval at Akamatsu’s actions, as Ebisawa collapsed in a heap from just one punch!
Both men laid on the ground. Akamatsu’s head swimming from sheer volume of blows he had taken, while Ebisawa was apparently knocked completely unconscious from Akamatsu’s punch. Akamatsu pulled himself together but was obviously unsteady but managed to pull himself over to Seiji Ebisawa’s still prone body, and covered him…but Ebisawa kicked out before the three! Akamatsu pulled Ebisawa up to a sitting position, and began to BLAST him in the side of the head with elbows, in much the same way that Ebisawa had opened up the match with, but the power difference was evident, as Ebisawa’s entire body jumped with every single elbow, the concussive force being used by Akamatsu was absolutely stunning…After several of these, Akamatsu covered once again…but at 2.9, the referee noticed that Ebisawa’s foot had fallen under the bottom rope…It was not Ebisawa that had saved himself, but pure blind luck. The crowd fell in a deafening silence as Seiji Ebisawa lay on the mat, almost appearing to be dead…Some fans began to try and start an Ebisawa chant, but the silence consumed it. The referee evaluated Ebisawa, and seemed to be prepared to stop the match…until Akamatsu stopped him! Akamatsu screamed out that this match was their “destiny” and he would not allow anyone to stop it! Akamatsu and the referee engaged in an argument over stopping it, but Akamatsu ended the argument by telling the referee that if he stopped it he would turn the entire BLACKHEARTS on him for his “crime”. The referee’s face immediately went stark with fear, and he backed away evidently allowing the match to continue…
The faintest sign of life began to appear for Seiji Ebisawa. First it was his hand that clinched and unclenched…Then his arm moved followed by his legs…Slowly but surely, he pulled himself to, as Akamatsu watched him with a mixture of curiosity and malevolence. Ebisawa used to the ropes to climb to his feet, his feet obviously unsteady…He stumbled forward, towards Akamatsu, refusing to step away or buy time…Only to take a THUNDEROUS slap to the face by Akamatsu! Ebisawa fell to his knees from the concussive blow…but he reached up…and grabbed onto Akamatsu’s tights. He would not fall completely… Akamatsu grabbed Ebisawa by his hair and pulled him to his feet before aiming for a Jumping High Kick…Only to MISS as Ebisawa collapsed to the ground at the same time! Akamatsu landed with a thud, but the only thing that was injured was his pride as his face turned beet red in anger and humiliation at missing. Seiji Ebisawa rolled to the floor, his pride obviously giving way to his instincts to get away, as he tried to buy himself time to recover. However, he could not stop Akamatsu from following him to the floor to continue the attack Ebisawa responded by punching Akamatsu directly in the groin as he closed in, earning himself some jeers from the fans. Akamatsu collapsed, his one weakness being exploited, as Ebisawa desperately tried to get his body to work for him again…Both laid on the floor as the ring count began, but both began to stand at the count of ten…Akamatsu charged Ebisawa, but Ebisawa ducked under and Akamatsu flung himself into the ring post! Ebisawa climbed into the ring, as the count continued obviously more worried about recouping then winning the championship at that point…However, at the count of nineteen, Akamatsu pulled himself into the ring as well.
For the first time in several minutes, Seiji Ebisawa was the first one to go on the attack, as the wounded Tatsumichi Akamatsu attempted to back himself in the corner to buy time…Ebisawa again charged in and Akamatsu threw another punch…but Ebisawa showed fantastic reflexed by ducking the blow and landing a elbow strike to Akamatsu’s exposed midsection! Akamatsu let out a guttural groan of pain from the blow, which enabled Ebisawa to move up to his head as he landed several elblows to Akamatsu’s head to stun him, before Exploder Suplexing him out of the corner! YET AKAMATSU IMMEDIATELY REACHED HIS FEET AND DECAPITATED EBISAWA WITH A LARIAT! Ebisawa CRUNCHED on the back of his head as Akamatsu fell to one knee clutching his head. Akamatsu was the first to recover, as he suddenly grabbed Ebisawa, dragged him to the center of the ring and applied a High Angle Crab, the move Akamatsu used to defeat him on 9/11/06! Ebisawa came to life in the hold, as he began to scream in pain. He attempted to use his arms to force himself out…but Akamatsu was far too strong, and simply sat back on the hold, putting more pressure on Ebisawa! The crowd began another chant of Ebisawa’s name, as he struggled in the hold trying to keep himself from being forced to submit. He began to desperately grab on to the mat, and pulled himself across simply using his arm strength…Only to have Akamatsu drag him back to the center of the ring! Ebisawa screamed in pain, as he desperately grabbed onto the referee and began to try and use him as a means of escape, only to have his grip falter and he slip off…Ebisawa’s cries of pain echoed throughout the arena, as even with his back nearly at it’s breaking point, he refused to submit…and again, with everything he had, Ebisawa began to pull himself to the ropes again. Akamatsu sensed it, and began to try and pull Ebisawa back to the middle of the ring, but Ebisawa made one desperate final lunge…And reached the ropes, earning the break! The crowd gave Ebisawa a warm ovation for his struggle, and Ebisawa rolled to the apron to buy himself some time…if he could.
Tatsumichi Akamatsu seemed amused at Ebisawa’s continuous fight against him, and simply waited for Ebisawa to pull himself to his feet on the apron…before he PUNTED him in the face, sending Ebisawa crashing to the floor with a sickening thud on his already injured back! Several female fans in the front row screamed at Ebisawa’s landing, his body almost appearing to be completely ruined…Akamatsu stared at what he had done, before he climbed out of the ring, and lifted the dead weight Ebisawa before placing him on the apron…Instead of following Ebisawa on the apron, he pulled Ebisawa’s head down and hooked it…before lifting him on his shoulders on the floor! Akamatsu took off running AND GAVE SEIJI EBISAWA A TATSUBUSTER ON THE FLOOR! The announcers screamed at how dangerous that was, as the crowd erupted in shock at Akamatsu’s move. Ebisawa laid on the ground, not moving, as Akamatsu pulled himself up, before attempting to cover Ebisawa on the floor with a boot…When they didn’t work, Akamatsu had to physically lift Ebisawa up into his arms like a child, and roll him in the ring.
The crowd was silent, as Ebisawa’s crushed body simply laid on the mat, and Akamatsu aimed to pin him…when suddenly there was a figure running to the ring, and slid into the ring behind the referee and WHACKED him with some kind of weapon! The referee crumbled in a heap, as Akamatsu turned around to who had interfered…as KEIJI HIRANO STARED BACK AT HIS LEADER WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE! Akamatsu’s face was one of shock, rage, and a variety of emotions as Keiji Hirano simply stared at Akamatsu…BEFORE TAKAYUKI ARIWA AND HIROYUKI TAKANO AMBUSHED AKAMATSU FROM OUT OF NOWHERE! The crowd screamed in disapproval as Ariwa, Hirano, and Takano all began to assault the downed Akamatsu! On the other side of the ring, Seiji Ebisawa had pulled himself to a corner, and was watching what was taking place with a smile on his face…Tatsumichi Akamatsu, however, was not amused as the three young men began to kick away at him and let out several screams of rage, as he began to PULL HIMSELF UP DESPITE THE ASSAULT! The crowd began to CHEER Akamatsu as he attacked all three of them! He floored Hirano with a boot to the face, Ariwa with a backhanded chop to the neck, and Takano with a Lariat! Akamatsu stood alone, with blood coming out his right cheek as the fans actually began to clap and applaud the biggest threat in Pro-Wrestling…Akamatsu looked around the ring, and finally found the referee…He began to try and shake him awake, but the referee laid dormant on the ground…Some fans began to scream as SEIJI EBISAWA CAME UP FROM BEHIND AND LOCKED TATSUMICHI AKAMATSU IN A CHOKE SLEEPER!
Akamatsu began to try and fight out of the hold with all his power, with Ebisawa doing everything he could to simply hold on to Akamatsu’s incredibly powerful neck. While Ebisawa attempted to choke Akamatsu the odds continued to mount against Akamatsu, as Keiji Hirano, Takayuki Ariwa, and Hiroyuki Takano all reached their feet. Akamatsu’s eyes grew huge with rage as he fought even harder against Ebisawa’s choke as Ebisawa’s re-enforcements advanced on him, but he could not escape Ebisawa’s death grip on his neck…Like a pack of wild dogs, the three young men pounced on Akamatsu with punches and kicks. Akamatsu growled in rage, as for the first time since his invasion began, it was Tatsumichi Akamatsu who faced a disadvantage in the number game…The huge villain began to obviously falter, as Ebisawa’s grip grew tighter and tighter on his neck…The fans began to start chants for Akamatsu’s name, along with surprisingly, his second in command Akuma Toyota to come out and help him…however, Akamatsu was in no situation to defend himself, and for whatever reason, Akuma Toyota was gone from the scene…Shockingly, someone did finally come out…YUKI NOMURA! The crowd reacted surprisingly as Yuki Nomura ran to ring side, and began screaming at the four of them, demanding to know what they were trying to do…Ebisawa screamed his reply…He was “Doing what you should have done five months ago ago!”…Nomura looked on in shock, as the man who had defeated him for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship was mugged in front of his eyes…His face told the story…He couldn’t figure out if he should be happy, or be scared. Be angry or be sad. He could not decide if what was happening was right or wrong…And all these emotions were shared by the fans as well. As the mugging continued, more and more fans became sympathetic for Akamatsu…but just as many began to cheer on Ebisawa for his methods…In the end, it wouldn’t matter what anyone thought. Akamatsu’s consciousness finally began to fade. The “Supreme Commander” had fought on, against four men, in a choke sleeper for longer then most men could dream of…but even he had his limits, and he was rapidly approaching them…Akamatsu’s entire body sagged, and his eyes closed. A look of jubilation crossed Ebisawa’s face as he realized he had won…MOUJA and Keiji Hirano left the ring, and Takayuki Ariwa walked over to the still unconscious referee, and began to shake him awake through the ropes while pointing desperately at what was going on in the ring…The referee slowly came to…and saw Ebisawa clamped around Akamatsu’s neck for dear life, as the “Supreme Commander” was not moving…He crawled over and checked Akamatsu’s breathing and condition…before wildly gesturing for the bell signaling the end of the contest!
Some fans began to leap into the air in happiness, while others remained seated with a look of confusion, or anger or sadness for what had just taken place. Akamatsu laid on the ground completely unmoving as Ebisawa threw his arms up into the air from his back and the three young wrestlers who had helped him win celebrated…The nightmare was over. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON had finally reclaimed the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, as Yuki Nomura looked on in bewilderment. He simply stared…confused at what had taken place. Kazushi Mimura entered the ring, and shook Seiji Ebisawa’s hand vigorously, overjoyed to finally have the championship freed from Akamatsu’s clutches. After staring in shock…Nomura had finally snapped out of it, and took a microphone…before he DEMANDED to know what was going on! Nomura launched into a tirade on how this was wrong on every possible level, and that Ebisawa had done nothing but devalue the C-1 Heavyweight Championship by taking it back this way…He pleaded with Mimura to strip Ebisawa of the championship…Mimura took his own microphone…and casually asked Nomura who he thought had arranged this all? Nomura’s spirit fell in an instant, as Mimura revealed that when he brought back Ebisawa, he had known from day one how Ebisawa would go about doing this! That was WHY Mimura had given into all of Akamatsu’s demands, to make him think that he had given up…but that he and Ebisawa had been planning from day one for this day. Ebisawa took the microphone from Mimura, and revealed that it had been Mimura who recruited all three of the young men in the ring for him, stating that they were the “brightest” of the young wrestlers, but that they all shared his same philosophy…the only friends you have are yourself, and the only way to make a difference is by force. They were “The Dead” because they held no beliefs. No structure. No ideals. No sympathy. They simply fought for what they desired, no matter what the costs. Yuki Nomura looked as if his entire structure of belief had been shattered, and his head was lowered. He finally spoke into his microphone, and softly stated that it was all wrong…what they had done today was wrong, on every possible level…And that no matter what, he would NEVER accept it, before he spiked the microphone and left the ring to a large reaction from the crowd.
Medical help reached the ring as Akamatsu still was not moving on his side of the ring. Regardless of his condition, the title presentation began with Mimura who was beaming from ear to ear, presented Seiji Ebisawa with the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, becoming the tenth champion…The crowd was torn between absolutely hating this turn of events, while others seemed still overjoyed at what had happened. Ebisawa began to speak in his microphone again while carrying his new C-1 Heavyweight Championship over his shoulder. Ebisawa declared it a “new day” with a “new power” to protect not only Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, not just the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, but all of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON together! Ebisawa thanked Ariwa and Takano for their hard work, while he praised his SPY Keiji Hirano for doing what he had to…Some of the fans began to boo, and the usually calm Ebisawa suddenly got very angry…He demanded to know why they were booing him. He insisted that he had never told the fans that he was a nice man. He was never fighting “the good fight”. Kazushi Mimura had brought him back to do one thing. Protect Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, and regardless if you liked his methods or not…He had done so! He had done the impossible! He had defeated Tatsumichi Akamatsu, and DEMANDED that the fans cheer him! When the fans booed even worse, Ebisawa became furious, his calm demeanor being destroyed…He angrily called them all fools, saying that AKamatsu’s “courageous” fight had made them sympathetic to his situation, but Ebisawa claimed that was wrong. *HE* was the sympathetic one! He had come back from being banished to fight for THEM, to defend THEM, to win for THEM. So what if Akamatsu fought valiantly?! It didn’t matter in the end! The fans should cheer him for what he had done, what he had done for all of them! Ariwa, Takano, Hirano, and Mimura all began to applaud Ebisawa…but the fans bombarded him with jeers.
MOUJA appeared to preparing to leave the ringarea…when suddenly “Gods of War Arise” began to play, and the BLACKHEARTS stormed the ring! The fans actually gave the invading army somewhat of a favorable reaction, as Akuma Toyota took control of the ring…Kuriyama and Bishop tended to Akamatsu, as Toyota grabbed one of the discarded microphones…He called Ebisawa a “bastard”, who had sacrificed his dignity, his respect, and his courage for what he called “victory”, claiming that Ebisawa had instigated a sneak attack on them in the back, leading to them unable to come out to help Akamatsu-sama…Toyota then declared that with Akamatsu out cold for right now, that made HIM acting leader and was prepared to announce something, when Mimura suddenly cut him off…The Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON president asked Toyota why Akamatsu had been allowed to wrestle in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON…Before Toyota could answer, Mimura pointed at the C-1 Heavyweight Championship and stated that the only reason Tatsumichi Akamatsu had been allowed to wrestle in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was because he was C-1 Heavyweight Champion…Mimura then pointed at all the BLACKHEARTS before he stated that their “Invasion” and the “War” was over. Tatsumichi Akamatsu does not have a Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON contract…and as such Mimura stated…HE WILL NOT BE IN CRIMSON ANYMORE! The Iwate fans exploded in jeers as Toyota angrily screamed that Mimura couldn’t do that…but Mimura calmly told him that as Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON owner…he COULD! He then suggested they take some time, and rethink their situation…because as far as he could tell…starting tonight, the BLACKHEARTS no longer existed! With that, MOUJA left… Leaving a dumbfounded BLACKHEARTS to tend to their leader as Toyota continued to hurl out threats…
FINAL CRUSH 2008
7/27/08
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
3,627 fans
1. YOUTH GENERATION STRUGGLE ~YAMAZAKI BLACKHEART TRIAL SERIES FINAL TEST ~ Rui Kuriyama defeated Daisuke Yamazaki at 7:03 with the Kuri Lariat
2. POWER BATTLE in IWATE ~ Toshiro Noguchi & Kazuki Takagi defeated Izumo Yoritomo & Eisaku Shimura at 9:12 when Noguchi pinned Shimura with the Thunder Hammer
3. FIND YOUR DESTINY ~ Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada & Natsuo Sakoda defeated HANZO, Akira Tomizaki & Shuji Kawashima at 10:21 when Daishi pinned Kawashima with the Northern Lights Bomb
4. UNBREAKABLE HATRED ~ SLAYER, Ryoma Inoue & Ichiyo Tatsuko defeated Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata & Hiroshi Kuroki at 14:28 when SLAYER pinned Kuroki with the Zanzai Lariat
5. CHASE THE GOLD ~ Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Keiji Hirano & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 14:17 when Amagawa pinned Hirano with a Backdrop
6. FOLLOW THE PATH ~ Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Takayuki Ariwa at 14:12 with a running elbow
7. THE ENDLESS FIGHT ~ Yuki Nomura defeated Goro Iijima at 14:51 with the Twisted Angel Driver
8. VANQUISH THE DEMON ~ IFS Openweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) defeated Hiroyuki Takano at 16:47 with a lariat [V.1]
9. THE FINAL PILLAR STANDS ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Seiji Ebisawa defeated “Supreme Commander” Tatsumichi Akamatsu (c) at 18:17 with a choke sleeper to become the 10th champion
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