Before a sold out crowd at the Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium, the structure of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON dramatically changed for the first time in many years. Before the first match of the show, Yuki Nomura called every single wrestler in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON to the ring and held what he called the "Group Affiliation Scramble", announcing that just about every wrestler in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON would have to pick their side!
First up was Akuma Toyota, who formally announced the creation of STRONGEST, aiming to present the strongest active Ryo Suzuki graduates. Toyota offered spots to both Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger, but was surprisingly turned down by the two young men. He did not ask Kazuki Takagi to join.
STRONGEST: Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo, Sorai Kamachi & Shuji Kawashima
Yuki Nomura took the center stage next, and like Akuma Toyota formally announcing the creation of "AVENIR". Kenjiro Amagawa was already included in the group. Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger announced that they would like to join the group, feeling that they could learn the most from Nomura. This seemed to not please Toyota, who visibly scoffed at this. The final joiner was Kazuki Takagi, who asked to join but was TURNED DOWN by Nomura! Nomura said that Takagi had too much experience, but Takagi explained that no matter of his "experience", he was still a horrible wrestler and needed guidance. Nomura pondered, but then accepted Takagi, saying that he would treat him as a year one student from this day forward.
AVENIR: Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Kaisen Tiger, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kazuki Takagi
Nomura gestured to MOUJA who had been in a corner huddled together, and rhetorically asked if they had anything they wanted to add. Seiji Ebisawa replied that he had nothing, and was preparing to leave the ring when Ryoma Inoue took the microphone and announced that there was something they needed to deal with. Ebisawa seemed confused, as Ryoma Inoue announced that they would be changing the group's name from MOUJA! Ebisawa demanded to know who had authorized it, to which Inoue looked at Ebisawa coldly and replied, "We did" and gestured to the other seven members of MOUJA. Ebisawa looked less then enthused. Inoue explained that MOUJA had fit when they were fighting the BLACKHEARTS, but now MOUJA or "The Dead" had no meaning in their current state. Ryoma Inoue announced MOUJA as "Yankizoku" with as much flare as he could. Ryoma explained the concept, saying that they were all delinquents in their own way. Having turned on friends, ideals, and even society to band together making them a group of people who became a tribe following the Yanki traditions! Ebisawa practically screamed that he was far too old to be a "yanki", which earned a round of laughter but didn't earn a name change. BIG BOY Tomizaki then excitedly asked if this meant they could wear school uniforms to the ring…
Yankizoku: Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Ikuji Royama, Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko
Rui Kuriyama spoke up next for himself, Bishop and SLAYER saying that right now they didn't have a firm name and would simply go by Kuriyama & Bishop's tag name of the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS. SLAYER actually turned his head to Kamachi and gave what could be construed as a pitiful look. Suddenly, Kamachi grabbed a microphone and began to petition Akuma Toyota to let SLAYER into STRONGEST! Kamachi explained that SLAYER wasn't trained by Ryo Suzuki, but he was still strong. Toyota seemed to be considering, but Rui Kuriyama pulled SLAYER back before saying that SLAYER was THEIR PROPERTY and belonged to them now! Kamachi was visibly seething in rage, but held himself in check as SLAYER continued to stare at Kamachi...
TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, Rui Kuriyama & SLAYER
That left five people standing by themselves. Yuki Nomura asked Toshiro Noguchi what he would do. Noguchi stated that right now he didn't feel like giving anyone his word and wanted to be by himself. Naoki Daishi spoke for himself and Akahito Yamada, saying that Kaisen Tiger had picked his own path and thusly any structure of "OVERTHROW" as a faction were dead. From now on, Daishi and Yamada would team together unaligned. Keoni Murata said that he was considering his options at this point and had no firm decision in plan. Natsuo Sakoda seemed in particular sad, saying that no one had wanted him so for now he's forge his own path...
UNALIGNED: Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada, Keoni Murata & Natsuo Sakoda
The matches were thrown together due to the new alignments. Yankizoku won their first match under their new name, as Mikio Tsuruya scored his first heel win with the Akuji Backdrop Driver over Natsuo Sakoda.
The team of PREDATORS continues to be on a streak, as they teamed up to defeat the Yankizoku team of Ryoma Inoue and Ichiyo Tatsuko. Tatsuko was of course the one to taste defeat, eating Kaisen Tiger's Tiger Suplex Hold for the three count.
Nobuyori Shimizu and Keoni Murata faced off in a rare singles match. The match was back and forth, with both men showing off their skills in a competitive match. However, Shimizu's recent growth in power was too much as he dropped Murata with the Tsuyosa German Suplex for the three count fall.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS faced off against Yankizoku in a six man contest. Despite the all overcoming power of Jake Bishop, the Yankizoku side had too much on them, as Takayuki Ariwa scored a decisive win over Rui Kuriyama with the Angelos.
The main event saw the first ever clashes of AVENIR and STRONGEST in six man action. Yuki Nomura led Kenjiro Amagawa and Kazuki Takagi in a spirited but ultimately failed match against Akuma Toyota, Sorai Kamachi & Shuji Kawashima. Takagi would be the weak link of the AVENIR side, as he ate a Kamachi Big Bang for the three count win...Yuki Nomura was not pleased with Takagi, and told him that if he didn't start getting things going, he would start to put Takagi through "hell drills" on how to make your pinky toe the strongest part of your body…
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
11/25/08
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
750 fans
1. Mikio Tsuruya, Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ikuji Royama defeated Naoki Daishi, Toshiro Noguchi, Akahito Yamada & Natsuo Sakoda at 8'14 when Tsuruya pinned Sakoda with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ryoma Inoue & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8'53 when Kaisen Tiger defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko with a Tiger Suplex Hold
3. Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Keoni Murata at 14'50 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
4. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama at 13'21 when Ariwa pinned Kuriyama with the Angelos
5. Akuma Toyota, Sorai Kamachi & Shuji Kawashima defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi at 15'32 when Kamachi pinned Takagi with the Kamachi Big Bang
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Much like the night before, there was an event before the opening match...Yankizoku all came to the ring with each member wearing what could be considered modified school outfits to better fit their image of the group. The only two exceptions were Ryoma Inoue, who still sported his leather jacket and Seiji Ebisawa who had refused to participate in "dress up" and came out in the exact opposite attire in the form of a formal suit...Each member of Yankizoku besides those two had modifications on their uniform to fit their personality. Ariwa had the arms ripped off his suit to show off his arms. Tomizaki had his wide open showing off his surprising six-pack. Mikio Tsuruya's was two sizes too small; to better showcase his ever increasing gut. Instead of bottoms, Ikuji Royama wore a blue towel around his legs and down to his knees. Keiji Hirano had forgone the top of the uniform entirely. They had decked out Ichiyo Tatsuko in rags, with small holes all over his uniform befitting his rank. Only Hiroyuki Takano wore his uniform like he was actually going to school...
The appearance soon devolved in a mixture of comedy and angst, as Seiji Ebisawa grew increasingly frustrated by the silliness of their looks. Ryoma Inoue, seemingly the voice of all the other members explained that they were simply allowing their true personalities to come out...and then slammed Ebisawa with a barb to the heart by saying that the median age of everyone but Ebisawa in the group was about twenty five years old...but that if you included Ebisawa's age, it would jump just because of him by about two years. Ryoma Inoue then simplified it further by calling Ebisawa old to a round of laughter. Ebisawa insisted that his age brought wisdom and strength to which Inoue agreed, but then told Ebisawa that he couldn't control who they were as people. Inoue said that due to their ages, they were going to cause as much "bullshit" to take place, have as much fun as they can while doing so, and didn’t care at all what anyone thought. Inoue pointed at Ebisawa, and told him he could either accept that, or he couldn't, before leaving with the other Yankizoku members...
Ichiyo Tatsuko has cemented himself as the weakest member of not only Yankizoku, but arguably in CRIMSON. Tatsuko failed in his effort to defeat CRIMSON's newest rookie Shuji Kawashima, and was bested by Kawashima's double rope bounce flying tackle called the "COM DASH!". Kawashima was overjoyed that he actually won a match and held a celebration in the crowd...
The team of OVERTHROW faced off against the unaligned team of Toshiro Noguchi and Keoni Murata in tag action. OVERTHROW got themselves back on track, as Yamada spiked Murata on his head with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold for the three count.
Yankizoku couldn't make it two in arow on successive shows, this time the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS were able to defeat the team of the AT Club + Tomizaki when Bishop squashed Tomizaki with a Texan Bomber. After the match, Takano and Ariwa laid down two challenges. They announced they wanted a tag title shot at DUE TIME, and Takano personally challenged for the C-2 Openweight Championship! As far as could be told, both were accepted.
In the semi main event it was Yankizoku versus AVENIR. The key parts of the battle were the exchanges between Yuki Nomura and Seiji Ebisawa, and the wild and out of control brawling between former Backdrop Brothers Mikio Tsuruya and Kenjiro Amagawa. Seiji Ebisawa scored the fall, forcing Kazuki Takagi to submit to a choke sleeper...After the match, Seiji Ebisawa laid out a challenge to Yuki Nomura, saying that he was tired of Nomura's interference, and demanded a match at DUE TIME! President Nomura considered, but then agreed to the match giving DUE TIME yet another major match!
The main event saw a "one time only" clash of STRONGEST leading towards Akuma Toyota's defense of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against Nobuyori Shimizu. Toyota teamed with Sorai Kamachi to take on Shimizu and Hayato Saigo. Toyota and Kamachi worked the match with an edge to make the fans rally behind Shimizu and Saigo, but neither team could get any kind of advantage and shockingly, the match went to a thirty minute draw! Due to how intense and action packed the match had been, the fans applauded all four men with even some fans asking for an extra period...Toyota and Shimizu squared off on the microphone, with both praising the other but both insisted that they would be the one to walk out of DUE TIME as the C-1 Heavyweight Champion!
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
11/26/08
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
700 fans
1. Shuji Kawashima defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko at 4'32 with the COM DASH!
2. Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Keoni Murata at 10'04 when Yamada pinned Murata with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 13'27 when Bishop pinned Tomizaki with the Texan Bomber
4. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Keiji Hirano, Mikio Tsuruya & Ikuji Royama defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Kaisen Tiger, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kazuki Takagi at 15'32 when Ebisawa submitted Takagi to a Choke Sleeper
5. Akuma Toyota & Sorai Kamachi fought Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo to a 30'00 minute draw.
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Full lineups for the WEEKEND RHAPSODY Events in December were released, along with four matches for this year's DUE TIME. Which Nomura has given a snazzy title to of "EPISODE.5"
Of note, is that on back to back shows, CRIMSON will stay in the Prefecture it has gone to, and run both nights’ action from the same building. This is evidently to reduce booking costs for the venues with the economy doing poorly.
The Backdrop Brothers get their first chance to face each other in singles action on the 6th, while on that same show a four way will determine who will face Hayato Saigo for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship at DUE TIME. Keiji Hirano, Akahito Yamada, Sorai Kamachi & SLAYER all will be fighting for the chance.
The 13th sees Hiroyuki Takano get his wish and faces "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop for the C-2 Openweight Championship. This will be Takano's first shot at a championship since coming to CRIMSON.
On the 14th, a tag match will be held to determine the challengers for the C-1 Tag Team Championships. The team of PREDATORS consisting of Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger will take on the AT CLUB of Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano to see who will face the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS at DUE TIME for the championships.
And finally at DUE TIME on the 24th, we'll see Seiji Ebisawa and Yuki Nomur add another chapter to their feud while for the first time in the *HISTORY* of CRIMSON it will be two Ryo Suzuki graduates fighting for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship as Akuma Toyota aims to defend against stablemate Nobuyori Shimizu!
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/06/08
Akita Terusa (1,000)
1. Keoni Murata & Naoki Daishi vs. BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ryoma Inoue
2. Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda vs. Seiji Ebisawa & Ikuji Royama
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Ichiyo Tatsuko
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima vs. Yuki Nomura, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi
5. BROTHERS COLLIDE: Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Mikio Tsuruya
6. C-1 JUNIOR-HEAVYWEIGHT CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Keiji Hirano vs. Akahito Yamada vs. Sorai Kamachi vs. SLAYER
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/07/08
Akita Terusa (1,000)
1. Shuji Kawashima vs. Mikio Tsuruya
2. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Hiroyuki Takano, Ryoma Inoue & BIG BOY Tomizaki
3. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. Natsuo Sakoda & Keoni Murata
4. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi vs. Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada
5. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Keiji Hirano vs. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Sorai Kamachi & Hayato Saigo
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/13/08
Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Sorai Kamachi & Akuma Toyota
2. Keiji Hirano, Ikuji Royama & Ichiyo Tatsuko vs. Naoki Daishi, Keoni Murata & Akahito Yamada
3. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi vs. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya & BIG BOY Tomizaki
4. Nobuyori Shimizu vs. Natsuo Sakoda
5. Hayato Saigo vs. Toshiro Noguchi
6. C-2 Openweight Championship: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/14/08
Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. Akahito Yamada vs. Keoni Murata
2. Hayato Saigo & Sorai Kamachi vs. Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko
4. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya
5. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama vs. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu & Shuji Kawashima
6. C-1 TAG CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/20/08
Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)
1. Ikuji Royama vs. Natsuo Sakoda
2. Shuji Kawashima vs. Keoni Murata
3. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko vs. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo vs. Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada
5. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Keiji Hirano
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON PRESENTS ~ DUE TIME EPISODE.5
12/24/08
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)
1. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) vs. Keiji Hirano / Akahito Yamada / Sorai Kamachi / SLAYER
2. C-1 Tag Team Championships: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama (c) vs. AT Club/PREDATORS
3. Seiji Ebisawa vs. Yuki Nomura
4. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) vs. Nobuyori Shimizu
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A second letter was delivered to the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON offices earlier today. The letter contained the same demands as the first, but this time contained a legitimate threat, that if their demands weren’t met they would invade, disrupt, and destroy DUE TIME! The letter said Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON had until the 20th to do as they demand, or else.
The letter was signed by the Lone Original Violent Extremists. Or LOVE.
First up was Akuma Toyota, who formally announced the creation of STRONGEST, aiming to present the strongest active Ryo Suzuki graduates. Toyota offered spots to both Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger, but was surprisingly turned down by the two young men. He did not ask Kazuki Takagi to join.
STRONGEST: Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo, Sorai Kamachi & Shuji Kawashima
Yuki Nomura took the center stage next, and like Akuma Toyota formally announcing the creation of "AVENIR". Kenjiro Amagawa was already included in the group. Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger announced that they would like to join the group, feeling that they could learn the most from Nomura. This seemed to not please Toyota, who visibly scoffed at this. The final joiner was Kazuki Takagi, who asked to join but was TURNED DOWN by Nomura! Nomura said that Takagi had too much experience, but Takagi explained that no matter of his "experience", he was still a horrible wrestler and needed guidance. Nomura pondered, but then accepted Takagi, saying that he would treat him as a year one student from this day forward.
AVENIR: Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Kaisen Tiger, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kazuki Takagi
Nomura gestured to MOUJA who had been in a corner huddled together, and rhetorically asked if they had anything they wanted to add. Seiji Ebisawa replied that he had nothing, and was preparing to leave the ring when Ryoma Inoue took the microphone and announced that there was something they needed to deal with. Ebisawa seemed confused, as Ryoma Inoue announced that they would be changing the group's name from MOUJA! Ebisawa demanded to know who had authorized it, to which Inoue looked at Ebisawa coldly and replied, "We did" and gestured to the other seven members of MOUJA. Ebisawa looked less then enthused. Inoue explained that MOUJA had fit when they were fighting the BLACKHEARTS, but now MOUJA or "The Dead" had no meaning in their current state. Ryoma Inoue announced MOUJA as "Yankizoku" with as much flare as he could. Ryoma explained the concept, saying that they were all delinquents in their own way. Having turned on friends, ideals, and even society to band together making them a group of people who became a tribe following the Yanki traditions! Ebisawa practically screamed that he was far too old to be a "yanki", which earned a round of laughter but didn't earn a name change. BIG BOY Tomizaki then excitedly asked if this meant they could wear school uniforms to the ring…
Yankizoku: Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Ikuji Royama, Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko
Rui Kuriyama spoke up next for himself, Bishop and SLAYER saying that right now they didn't have a firm name and would simply go by Kuriyama & Bishop's tag name of the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS. SLAYER actually turned his head to Kamachi and gave what could be construed as a pitiful look. Suddenly, Kamachi grabbed a microphone and began to petition Akuma Toyota to let SLAYER into STRONGEST! Kamachi explained that SLAYER wasn't trained by Ryo Suzuki, but he was still strong. Toyota seemed to be considering, but Rui Kuriyama pulled SLAYER back before saying that SLAYER was THEIR PROPERTY and belonged to them now! Kamachi was visibly seething in rage, but held himself in check as SLAYER continued to stare at Kamachi...
TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, Rui Kuriyama & SLAYER
That left five people standing by themselves. Yuki Nomura asked Toshiro Noguchi what he would do. Noguchi stated that right now he didn't feel like giving anyone his word and wanted to be by himself. Naoki Daishi spoke for himself and Akahito Yamada, saying that Kaisen Tiger had picked his own path and thusly any structure of "OVERTHROW" as a faction were dead. From now on, Daishi and Yamada would team together unaligned. Keoni Murata said that he was considering his options at this point and had no firm decision in plan. Natsuo Sakoda seemed in particular sad, saying that no one had wanted him so for now he's forge his own path...
UNALIGNED: Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada, Keoni Murata & Natsuo Sakoda
The matches were thrown together due to the new alignments. Yankizoku won their first match under their new name, as Mikio Tsuruya scored his first heel win with the Akuji Backdrop Driver over Natsuo Sakoda.
The team of PREDATORS continues to be on a streak, as they teamed up to defeat the Yankizoku team of Ryoma Inoue and Ichiyo Tatsuko. Tatsuko was of course the one to taste defeat, eating Kaisen Tiger's Tiger Suplex Hold for the three count.
Nobuyori Shimizu and Keoni Murata faced off in a rare singles match. The match was back and forth, with both men showing off their skills in a competitive match. However, Shimizu's recent growth in power was too much as he dropped Murata with the Tsuyosa German Suplex for the three count fall.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS faced off against Yankizoku in a six man contest. Despite the all overcoming power of Jake Bishop, the Yankizoku side had too much on them, as Takayuki Ariwa scored a decisive win over Rui Kuriyama with the Angelos.
The main event saw the first ever clashes of AVENIR and STRONGEST in six man action. Yuki Nomura led Kenjiro Amagawa and Kazuki Takagi in a spirited but ultimately failed match against Akuma Toyota, Sorai Kamachi & Shuji Kawashima. Takagi would be the weak link of the AVENIR side, as he ate a Kamachi Big Bang for the three count win...Yuki Nomura was not pleased with Takagi, and told him that if he didn't start getting things going, he would start to put Takagi through "hell drills" on how to make your pinky toe the strongest part of your body…
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
11/25/08
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
750 fans
1. Mikio Tsuruya, Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ikuji Royama defeated Naoki Daishi, Toshiro Noguchi, Akahito Yamada & Natsuo Sakoda at 8'14 when Tsuruya pinned Sakoda with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ryoma Inoue & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8'53 when Kaisen Tiger defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko with a Tiger Suplex Hold
3. Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Keoni Murata at 14'50 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
4. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama at 13'21 when Ariwa pinned Kuriyama with the Angelos
5. Akuma Toyota, Sorai Kamachi & Shuji Kawashima defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi at 15'32 when Kamachi pinned Takagi with the Kamachi Big Bang
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Much like the night before, there was an event before the opening match...Yankizoku all came to the ring with each member wearing what could be considered modified school outfits to better fit their image of the group. The only two exceptions were Ryoma Inoue, who still sported his leather jacket and Seiji Ebisawa who had refused to participate in "dress up" and came out in the exact opposite attire in the form of a formal suit...Each member of Yankizoku besides those two had modifications on their uniform to fit their personality. Ariwa had the arms ripped off his suit to show off his arms. Tomizaki had his wide open showing off his surprising six-pack. Mikio Tsuruya's was two sizes too small; to better showcase his ever increasing gut. Instead of bottoms, Ikuji Royama wore a blue towel around his legs and down to his knees. Keiji Hirano had forgone the top of the uniform entirely. They had decked out Ichiyo Tatsuko in rags, with small holes all over his uniform befitting his rank. Only Hiroyuki Takano wore his uniform like he was actually going to school...
The appearance soon devolved in a mixture of comedy and angst, as Seiji Ebisawa grew increasingly frustrated by the silliness of their looks. Ryoma Inoue, seemingly the voice of all the other members explained that they were simply allowing their true personalities to come out...and then slammed Ebisawa with a barb to the heart by saying that the median age of everyone but Ebisawa in the group was about twenty five years old...but that if you included Ebisawa's age, it would jump just because of him by about two years. Ryoma Inoue then simplified it further by calling Ebisawa old to a round of laughter. Ebisawa insisted that his age brought wisdom and strength to which Inoue agreed, but then told Ebisawa that he couldn't control who they were as people. Inoue said that due to their ages, they were going to cause as much "bullshit" to take place, have as much fun as they can while doing so, and didn’t care at all what anyone thought. Inoue pointed at Ebisawa, and told him he could either accept that, or he couldn't, before leaving with the other Yankizoku members...
Ichiyo Tatsuko has cemented himself as the weakest member of not only Yankizoku, but arguably in CRIMSON. Tatsuko failed in his effort to defeat CRIMSON's newest rookie Shuji Kawashima, and was bested by Kawashima's double rope bounce flying tackle called the "COM DASH!". Kawashima was overjoyed that he actually won a match and held a celebration in the crowd...
The team of OVERTHROW faced off against the unaligned team of Toshiro Noguchi and Keoni Murata in tag action. OVERTHROW got themselves back on track, as Yamada spiked Murata on his head with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold for the three count.
Yankizoku couldn't make it two in arow on successive shows, this time the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS were able to defeat the team of the AT Club + Tomizaki when Bishop squashed Tomizaki with a Texan Bomber. After the match, Takano and Ariwa laid down two challenges. They announced they wanted a tag title shot at DUE TIME, and Takano personally challenged for the C-2 Openweight Championship! As far as could be told, both were accepted.
In the semi main event it was Yankizoku versus AVENIR. The key parts of the battle were the exchanges between Yuki Nomura and Seiji Ebisawa, and the wild and out of control brawling between former Backdrop Brothers Mikio Tsuruya and Kenjiro Amagawa. Seiji Ebisawa scored the fall, forcing Kazuki Takagi to submit to a choke sleeper...After the match, Seiji Ebisawa laid out a challenge to Yuki Nomura, saying that he was tired of Nomura's interference, and demanded a match at DUE TIME! President Nomura considered, but then agreed to the match giving DUE TIME yet another major match!
The main event saw a "one time only" clash of STRONGEST leading towards Akuma Toyota's defense of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against Nobuyori Shimizu. Toyota teamed with Sorai Kamachi to take on Shimizu and Hayato Saigo. Toyota and Kamachi worked the match with an edge to make the fans rally behind Shimizu and Saigo, but neither team could get any kind of advantage and shockingly, the match went to a thirty minute draw! Due to how intense and action packed the match had been, the fans applauded all four men with even some fans asking for an extra period...Toyota and Shimizu squared off on the microphone, with both praising the other but both insisted that they would be the one to walk out of DUE TIME as the C-1 Heavyweight Champion!
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
11/26/08
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
700 fans
1. Shuji Kawashima defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko at 4'32 with the COM DASH!
2. Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Keoni Murata at 10'04 when Yamada pinned Murata with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 13'27 when Bishop pinned Tomizaki with the Texan Bomber
4. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Keiji Hirano, Mikio Tsuruya & Ikuji Royama defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Kaisen Tiger, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kazuki Takagi at 15'32 when Ebisawa submitted Takagi to a Choke Sleeper
5. Akuma Toyota & Sorai Kamachi fought Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo to a 30'00 minute draw.
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Full lineups for the WEEKEND RHAPSODY Events in December were released, along with four matches for this year's DUE TIME. Which Nomura has given a snazzy title to of "EPISODE.5"
Of note, is that on back to back shows, CRIMSON will stay in the Prefecture it has gone to, and run both nights’ action from the same building. This is evidently to reduce booking costs for the venues with the economy doing poorly.
The Backdrop Brothers get their first chance to face each other in singles action on the 6th, while on that same show a four way will determine who will face Hayato Saigo for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship at DUE TIME. Keiji Hirano, Akahito Yamada, Sorai Kamachi & SLAYER all will be fighting for the chance.
The 13th sees Hiroyuki Takano get his wish and faces "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop for the C-2 Openweight Championship. This will be Takano's first shot at a championship since coming to CRIMSON.
On the 14th, a tag match will be held to determine the challengers for the C-1 Tag Team Championships. The team of PREDATORS consisting of Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger will take on the AT CLUB of Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano to see who will face the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS at DUE TIME for the championships.
And finally at DUE TIME on the 24th, we'll see Seiji Ebisawa and Yuki Nomur add another chapter to their feud while for the first time in the *HISTORY* of CRIMSON it will be two Ryo Suzuki graduates fighting for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship as Akuma Toyota aims to defend against stablemate Nobuyori Shimizu!
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/06/08
Akita Terusa (1,000)
1. Keoni Murata & Naoki Daishi vs. BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ryoma Inoue
2. Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda vs. Seiji Ebisawa & Ikuji Royama
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Ichiyo Tatsuko
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima vs. Yuki Nomura, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi
5. BROTHERS COLLIDE: Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Mikio Tsuruya
6. C-1 JUNIOR-HEAVYWEIGHT CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Keiji Hirano vs. Akahito Yamada vs. Sorai Kamachi vs. SLAYER
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/07/08
Akita Terusa (1,000)
1. Shuji Kawashima vs. Mikio Tsuruya
2. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Hiroyuki Takano, Ryoma Inoue & BIG BOY Tomizaki
3. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. Natsuo Sakoda & Keoni Murata
4. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi vs. Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada
5. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Keiji Hirano vs. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Sorai Kamachi & Hayato Saigo
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/13/08
Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Sorai Kamachi & Akuma Toyota
2. Keiji Hirano, Ikuji Royama & Ichiyo Tatsuko vs. Naoki Daishi, Keoni Murata & Akahito Yamada
3. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi vs. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya & BIG BOY Tomizaki
4. Nobuyori Shimizu vs. Natsuo Sakoda
5. Hayato Saigo vs. Toshiro Noguchi
6. C-2 Openweight Championship: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/14/08
Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. Akahito Yamada vs. Keoni Murata
2. Hayato Saigo & Sorai Kamachi vs. Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko
4. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya
5. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama vs. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu & Shuji Kawashima
6. C-1 TAG CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/20/08
Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)
1. Ikuji Royama vs. Natsuo Sakoda
2. Shuji Kawashima vs. Keoni Murata
3. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko vs. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo vs. Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada
5. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Keiji Hirano
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON PRESENTS ~ DUE TIME EPISODE.5
12/24/08
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)
1. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) vs. Keiji Hirano / Akahito Yamada / Sorai Kamachi / SLAYER
2. C-1 Tag Team Championships: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama (c) vs. AT Club/PREDATORS
3. Seiji Ebisawa vs. Yuki Nomura
4. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) vs. Nobuyori Shimizu
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A second letter was delivered to the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON offices earlier today. The letter contained the same demands as the first, but this time contained a legitimate threat, that if their demands weren’t met they would invade, disrupt, and destroy DUE TIME! The letter said Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON had until the 20th to do as they demand, or else.
The letter was signed by the Lone Original Violent Extremists. Or LOVE.
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