Akita Terusa saw it's first night of two back to back CRIMSON events. Before the event took place, AVENIR called a special training session in the middle of the ring. Nomura threw out demands during the workout like a drill Sargent. Unsurprisingly Kenjiro Amagawa set the pace for the young men easily, showing how athletically gifted he truly is as nothing Nomura threw at him could hinder him. PREDATORS both kept up, but not without troubles. At the end of the spectrum was Kazuki Takagi who at one point began watching the other three, and then screamed that there was no way he could possibly do as well as they could. For his comment, Nomura began his "hell training", using Amagawa to demonstrate what he wanted. Amagawa planted his foot forward and began to sway back and forth frantically, using his lead foot to control his speed, balance and weight. Nomura then explained that almost all power standing up could be traced to how strong the feet of the wrestler is. Takagi looked less then enthused to try this out, and when he attempted to sway as violently as Amagawa had been, Takagi managed to somehow spin in place and slam to the ground...Nomura then told the big man that from now on, he wanted to see Takagi practicing at almost all times to which Takagi nearly cried...
In the opening match, the Unaligned team of Keoni Murata and Naoki Daishi proved to be too much for the Yankizoku team of BIG BOY Tomizaki and Ryoma Inoue, with Murata pinning Tomizaki with a Backdrop Hold.
Yankizoku rebounded in the second match, as Seiji Ebisawa and the unbeaten since his return Ikuji Royama were victorious over the unaligned team of Toshiro Noguchi and Natsuo Sakoda. Royama showing the victory over Sakoda with a Sliding Shotei.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS easily dispatched the Yankizoku team of Takayuki Ariwa and Ichiyo Tatsuko, pinning who else but Ichiyo Tatsuko. Bishop and Ariwa clashed a few times in the match with neither man coming away stronger for it...but Tatsuko was the one to eat the Texan Bomber for the three count.
STRONGEST clashed with AVENIR in the fourth match. STRONGEST emerged victorious after Toyota blasted a dead tired Kazuki Takagi with a lariat for the three count. Nomura was not pleased with Takagi's display, brought out a wooden stick from under the ring and proceeded to beat Takagi to the back while screaming about "beating the talent out of him"...
The Backdrop Brothers were supposed to collide in the fifth match, but it was clearly not to be. From the opening bell, Tsuruya used every heel tactic he could think of in order to be disqualified, but the referee refused to do so! The two began to exchange brutal elbows in the center of the ring. Amagawa with his better form, but Tsuruya with his more mass meant neither could get the upperhand...until Yankizoku invaded the ring for the disqualification! All nine members began to attack Kenjiro Amagawa, but a combined force of STRONGEST and AVENIR ran out to chase the heel army away! Yuki Nomura tended to Amagawa's wounds and then launched into a tirade on Seiji Ebisawa's cowardice. Nomura then made a grandstand challenge...challenging Seiji Ebisawa to a BANISHMENT MATCH! The crowd in Akita Terusa were caught off guard by Nomura's guts to challenge Ebisawa to such a match. Ebisawa replied, saying that he couldn't trust Nomura to actually banish himself from the ring since he's the President...but Nomura swore that if he lost he would *never* wrestle in CRIMSON again! But then said that if Ebisawa lost, there wouldn't be anyone to overturn the banishment this time. Seiji Ebisawa paused for a lengthy period of time while Ryoma Inoue tried to convince Seiji Ebisawa to not accept...but then Seiji Ebisawa ACCEPTED the challenge from Yuki Nomura, and then promised to seal away the identity of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's figure-head once and for all!
The C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship challenger was decided in a four way elimination match pitting almost all the sides of CRIMSON against each other. Keiji Hirano represented Yankizoku, Akahito Yamada represented unaligned, SLAYER represented the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS, and Sorai Kamachi represented STRONGEST. Early on, the match was almost paced as a tornado tag as Keiji Hirano and Akahito Yamada found themselves working together to take on the temporarily reunited SLAYER and Sorai Kamachi. With no issues at all, SLAYER fell effortlessly back into task of listening to Kamachi's demands. The alliance between Yamada and Hirano crumbled however, as Yamada suddenly slammed Hirano on the back of his head around the seven minute mark with a german suplex, and Kamachi came flying off the top with his Kamachi Big Bang for the elimination! SLAYER and Kamachi worked over Yamada for several minutes, but Yamada was able to cause a miscue as SLAYER accidentally beheaded Kamachi with the Zanzai Lariat! SLAYER looked...concerned? but Yamada caught him as he was staring at his old leader with the Musubime to score the only weakness SLAYER has, the cradle for the elimination! This left two former C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champions to duke it out for the right to face Saigo and after seven minutes of thrilling action, Yamada scored the Straight Jacket Suplex Hold to win the championship shot!
Akahito Yamada cut a tearful microphone appeal post match, saying that it had been almost eight months since Hayato Saigo bested him for the championship, and that he would reclaim his form from earlier this year and take back the championship! Hayato Saigo entered the ring to loud calls of his name, and the two had a brief stare down, before Saigo extended his hand and the two rivals clasped hands in a show of respect!
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/06/08
Akita Terusa
821 fans
1. Keoni Murata & Naoki Daishi defeated BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ryoma Inoue at 11'52 when Murata pinned Tomizaki with a Backdrop Hold
2. Seiji Ebisawa & Ikuji Royama defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda at 12'38 when Royama pinned Sakoda with a Sliding Shotei
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8'02 when Bishop pinned Tatsuko with a Texan Bomber
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima defeated Yuki Nomura, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi at 14'19 when Toyota pinned Takagi with a Lariat
5. BROTHERS COLLIDE: Kenjiro Amagawa fought Mikio Tsuruya to a no-contest at 2'13
6. C-1 JUNIOR-HEAVYWEIGHT CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Akahito Yamada defeated Keiji Hirano, Sorai Kamachi & SLAYER at 21'41
- Hirano (Kamachi Big Bang - 7'13) Sorai Kamachi
- SLAYER (Musubime - 14'03) Akahito Yamada
- Sorai Kamachi (Straight Jacket Suplex Hold - 21'41) Akahito Yamada
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Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to Akita Terusa for the Sunday day of WEEKEND RHAPSODY on the 7th. In the opening match, Mikio Tsuruya showed his own strength by destroying STRONGEST's Shuji Kawashima with the Akuji Backdrop Driver for the fall. Tsuruya took a microphone and cut a taunting promo on Amagawa, demanding to know where his "brother" was, and why he wasn't coming out to fight him. Amagawa sprinted to the ring as fast as he could, but Tsuruya tauntingly left the ring and then backpedaled to the back while making ridiculous faces at Amagawa...
Jake Bishop scored an indirect fall over Hiroyuki Takano leading into to their C-2 Openweight Championship match, as the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS scored the win over Takano, Inoue, and Tomizaki. Of note, is that all three members of the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS were sporting cowboy boots, which seemed to give SLAYER problems throughout...
PREDATORS scored a solid victory heading into their C-1 Tag Team Challenge Determination match, as they defeated the unaligned team of Natsuo Sakoda and Keoni Murata, with Kaisen Tiger scoring the win with his Bullet Wrath.
AVENIR continues to have problems with Kazuki Takagi. Before the match even began, Yuki Nomura demanded to know why Takagi hadn't been showing up to their practices...to which Takagi screamed that Nomura beats him with a stick when he does show up. Nomura then punished Takagi by forcing him to sit on the apron and not tag in, turning the match into a virtual three on two handicap match... Near the end, Takagi tagged himself in, and was immediately crushed by a Toshiro Noguchi Thunder Hammer for the three count fall. Yuki Nomura was baffled by what had happened until he saw Takagi in the ring. Takagi then ran to the back with a very angry AVENIR chasing after him.
STRONGEST and Yankizoku clashed in the main event. Yankizoku brought their A-game to the table, but they couldn't overcome the awesome power of STRONGEST, leading to Nobuyori Shimizu getting the three count after blasting Keiji Hirano with a running elbow. Surprisingly, the other STRONGEST members, including Shimizu's own opponent Akuma Toyota allowed Shimizu to cut a heart felt promo. Shimizu brought up his debut, his years as a tag team member, his injuries and how through it all he never gave up. Shimizu called the 24th the "culmination of everything I've ever worked for", and then told Akuma Toyota to bring everything he had to bear on him on that night, because Shimizu stated that he wouldn't give up, he wouldn't defeated. Akuma Toyota would have to *KILL HIM* to win the match. Toyota stepped forward, and said that he planned on using everything he's ever learned to defeat Shimizu and the two promised to have the best match they possibly could to a round of applause, not only from the fans but from Saigo and Kamachi as well...
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/07/08
Akita Terusa
807 fans
1. Mikio Tsuruya defeated Shuji Kawashima at 4'07 with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
2. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Ryoma Inoue & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 11'26 when Bishop pinned Tomizaki with the Texan Bomber
3. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Natsuo Sakoda & Keoni Murata at 14'41 when Tiger pinned Sakoda with the Bullet Wrath
4. Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi at 12'14 when Noguchi pinned Takagi with the Thunder Hammer
5. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Sorai Kamachi & Hayato Saigo defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Keiji Hirano at 16'21 when Shimizu pinned Hirano with a running running elbow
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STRONGEST and the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS faced off in the opening match. The overall power of Sorai Kamachi and Akuma Toyota proved to be too much for SLAYER and Rui Kuriyama to overcome leading to Kuriyama eating a lariat from the C-1 Heavyweight Champion Akuma Toyota. Backstage after the match, Sorai Kamachi confided in Akuma that he was secretly pulling for him in his match with Shimizu. Toyota thanked Kamachi for being a "good friend".
Yankizoku scored a strong victory despite having Ichiyo Tatsuko in the lineup over the unaligned team of Naoki Daishi, Keoni Murata, and Akahito Yamada. Ikuji Royama practically carried his team on his back in route to hitting his Sliding Shotei on Keoni Murata for the three count fall.
AVENIR and Yankizoku clashed in the third match. Sadly, no Takagi hijinx, as it turns out Takagi had shown up earlier in the day and applied himself in training...However, comedy wouldn't be the main attraction in the match as most of the match revolved around brutal exchanges between the former best friends Kenjiro Amagawa and Mikio Tsuruya, but as usual neither man could get the upperhand on the other. The end of the match came with Amagawa and Tomizaki alone in the ring...To the shock and amazement of the fans, Amagawa hooked Tomizaki and DROVE his head into the mat with the SUPERDRIVER! Naturally, Tomizaki had nothing left to use to kick out of after taking the legendary move...Amagawa grabbed a microphone, and said that he had learned that move many months ago from Jason Ramsey himself but that from today on he was SEALING it! Amagawa then said that he would unseal it when he could use it on Tsuruya, saying with gravity that from now on, it would be his "ultimate limit break" that he ONLY used to defeat Tsuruya from this day forward! Tsuruya picked up his own microphone, and simply said that Amagawa would have to first hit the move to "unseal it", saying that there's no way a pretty golden boy like Amagawa would defeat him! A heated back and forth scuffle of words erupted at this point, but Yuki Nomura stepped in and used his power to sign the two to a NO DISQUALIFICATION DEATH MATCH at DUE TIME! Tsuruya was surprisingly confident, saying that he would "scar" Amagawa's pretty face and body so he never forgets that night...
Nobuyori Shimizu scored a decisive victory in the fourth match, as he easily bested junior Natsuo Sakoda with the Tsuyosa German Suplex to continue his streak of success going into 12/24.
Hayato Saigo and Toshiro Noguchi faced off in what may be their first ever encounter against each other. The match was described as a "wonderful" big man versus small man match, with Noguchi using his size advantage to keep the much quicker Saigo at bay. However, Noguchi couldn't keep Saigo at bay forever, but Saigo caught Noguchi off guard with the Matsukasa cradle for the flash three count!
Hiroyuki Takano got his first chance to win a CRIMSON championship since joining the promotion. Sadly, it wasn't a pleasant night. Takano faced off against the awesome brutality and power of the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop who seems to be dead set on proving himself as the strongest champion in Pro -Wrestling, as he manhandled Takano for most of the match. Despite both men being listed as heels, the crowd began to rally behind Takano as he faced off against Bishop's power. Takano stunned and nearly won with the Takano Flash, however, Bishop kicked out and within seconds crushed Takano with the Texan Bomber for the three count fall to retain his championship...
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/13/08
Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. Sorai Kamachi & Akuma Toyota defeated SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama at 10'18 when Toyota pinned Kuriyama with a lariat
2. Keiji Hirano, Ikuji Royama & Ichiyo Tatsuko defeated Naoki Daishi, Keoni Murata & Akahito Yamada at 12'14 when Royama pinned Murata with the Sliding Shotei
3. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 15'16 when Amagawa pinned Tomizaki with the Superdriver
4. Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Natsuo Sakoda at 8'02 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
5. Hayato Saigo defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 16'21 with the Matsukasa
6. C-2 Openweight Championship: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (c) defeated Hiroyuki Takano at 14'05 with the Texan Bomber [V.1]
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Akahito Yamada and Keoni Murata, the two men who faced off in the finals of the Junior tournament earlier this year faced off in the opening match to kick the night off with a blast. Once again, Yamada came out ahead of Murata, once again submitting the former Junior ace with the Crossface of Yamada.
The "Perfect Junior Team" of Hayato Saigo and Sorai Kamachi of STRONGEST were victorious over the unaligned openweight team of Toshiro Noguchi and Natsuo Sakoda. Noguchi and Sakoda put up a valiant fight, but Sorai Kamachi put Sakoda away with the Kamachi Big Bang for the three count.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS and Yankizoku faced off in the third match, with the ROUGHRIDERS coming out on top, as Jake Bishop scored the decisive win once again wit hthe Texan Bomber on Ichiyo Tatsuko.
Yankizoku scored a decisive win over AVENIR in the fourth match as Seiji Ebisawa and Mikio Tsuruya teamed up to defeated Yuki Nomura and Kenjiro Amagawa. After a blatant sneak wooden sword attack by BIG BOY Tomizaki behind the referee's back, Tsuruya landed his Akuji Backdrop Driver for the three count.
STRONGEST continue to be the strongest, as Akuma Toyota and Nobuyori Shimizu combined strength to defeat the team from Yankizoku of Ryoma Inoue and Ikuji Royama, as Toyota blasted Inoue with a Lariat for the finish.
The challengers for the C-1 Tag Team Championship at DUE TIME were decided, as the AT CLUB will get their first chance at the championships. The PREDATORS of Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger put up a spirited fight against their much larger opposition, but the sheer individual strength of Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano proved to be too much as Ariwa blasted Kuroki with his Angelos, only to have Takano follow it up with the Takano Driver for the three count.
As soon as the bell rang, the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS hit the ring and began to attack the AT CLUB with abandon. The AT CLUB fought back against Bishop and Kuriyama. However, they made a huge mistake by knocking Bishop out of the ring...Bishop grabbed a nearby chair and went to work after getting back into the ring, laying out both Ariwa and Takano. It finally took the entire Yankizoku group's arrival to cause Bishop to finish his assault and leave, but not without screaming about how the championships were "his"...
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/14/08
Natori Sport Park
1,015 fans
1. Akahito Yamada defeated Keoni Murata at 13'12 with the Crossface of Yamada
2. Hayato Saigo & Sorai Kamachi defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda at 15'42 when Kamachi defeated Sakoda with the Kamachi Big Bang
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama defeated Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 13'51 when Bishop pinned Tatsuko with the Texan Bomber
4. Seiji Ebisawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Yuki Nomura & Kenjiro Amagawa at 15'04 when Tsuruya pinned Amagawa with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
5. Akuma Toyota & Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama at 13'12 when Toyota pinned Inoue with a Lariat
6. C-1 TAG CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 18'42 when Takano pinned Kuroki with the Takano Driver
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The final show before DUE TIME saw relatively little happen. Ikuji Royama crushed Natsuo Sakoda in less then four minutes with his Sliding Shotei, continuing his fearsome streak.
Shuji Kawashima put up a spirited fight against Keoni Murata, but the veteran finally dropped Kawashima on his neck and head with a Backdrop Hold for the three count.
Yankizoku scored the final victory before DUE TIME against AVENIR when Mikio Tsuruya pinned Takagi with the Akuji Backdrop Driver...After the match, Ebisawa taunted Nomura, saying that he hoped Nomura enjoyed working in the office, because after the 24th he'd only be able to do that from now on...
STRONGEST defeated the unaligned team of Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada in a highly enjoyable spring. Akuma Toyota scored the decisive win over Noguchi with a Lariat.
The AT CLUB sent a message to the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS in the main event. Before the match could begin, The AT CLUB along with Keiji Hirano sneak attacked Jake Bishop, knocking him out of the match early on...Rui Kuriyama and SLAYER put up a good fight without their leader, but in the end were unable to beat Yankizoku, as Takayuki Ariwa pinned Rui Kuriyama with the Hammerfall.
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/20/08
Iwate Town Training Center
905 fans
1. Ikuji Royama defeated Natsuo Sakoda at 3'14 with the Sliding Shotei
2. Keoni Murata defeated Shuji Kawashima at 7'01 with a Backdrop Hold
3. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi at 18'55 when Tsuruya pinned Kazuki Takagi with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo defeated Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada at 14'46 when Toyota pinned Noguchi with a Lariat
5. Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Keiji Hirano defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama at 15'21 when Ariwa pinned Kuriyama with the Hammerfall
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The full lineup for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's final event of the year, DUE TIME was announced in a press statement from President Yuki Nomura himself. The event will take place at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium.
The opening match sees the Yankizoku team of Ikuji Royama and Ichiyo Tatsuko take on the AVENIR and STRONGEST combined team of Kazuki Takagi and Shuji Kawashima.
Four unaligned wrestlers will clash in the second match, as Naoki Daishi and Natsuo Sakoda will take on the team of Toshiro Noguchi and Keoni Murata.
In an odd match, Yankizoku will field Keiji Hirano and BIG BOY Tomizaki to take on one man...the invincible SLAYER! President Nomura suggested that if SLAYER could somehow come out victorious, he could see yet another C-1 Junior title match in his future...
Sorai Kamachi finally gets his chance to take revenge on the man who destroyed the MILLENNIUM STARS, Ryoma Inoue in the fourth match. Kamachi has fought the lower wrestlers of Yankizoku until now, and finally gets a full chance for revenge.
The Backdrop Brothers will clash for the second time, but unlike the first time, this time the bout will be contested under No- Disqualification rules! Hijinx will surely happen, but Amagawa is so determined to avenge his betrayal, that he signed to this match that doesn't favor him in the least...
At the beginning of this year, it was Akahito Yamada that caused Hayato Saigo to not make the finals of the Junior tournament. In April of this year, it was Hayato Saigo that ended the Junior Championship reign of Akahito Yamada. Now, in the final title defense of the year, Akahito Yamada gets the chance to avenge his championship loss by taking the championship from Hayato Saigo. No matter what happens, these two could end up having the match of the year.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS aim to make their second defense of the C-1 Tag Team Championships, but in their path is the fantastic team from Yankizoku of the "AT CLUB". Ariwa and Takano have both had a fantastic year, and aim to climax the year with their first tag team championships...However, no one is as hot as the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop who has seemingly improved overnight to a brand new level. Can the AT CLUB use their combined strength and speed to best the awesome tenacity and fearlessness of Bishop & Kuriyama?
In January 2003, Seiji Ebisawa invaded Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON leading the "Spirit International" faction. From that day forward, he was locked in a respectful rivalry with the ace of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Yuki Nomura. The two would face off countless times, with both seemingly being about even in their skills. In January 2007, Yuki Nomura defeated Seiji Ebisawa for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Now, in December 2008 the two will face off again but this time it will be the *LAST* time. The loser of them atch, as per agreement will be "Banished". For Yuki Nomura, it would be his first. For Seiji Ebisawa it would be his second...but Yuki Nomura has pledged that as President the banishment would be for life. In the end, one of them must go. And in the end, with the loss of Goro Iijima, there will be only one "pillar" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON left standing...
STRONGEST was created to unify the strongest Ryo Suzuki graduates in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON under one group. The two men who forged the concept are the two strongest active graduates in wrestling. C-1 Heavyweight Champion Akuma Toyota and Number one Contender Nobuyori Shimizu. When Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was founded, Ryo Suzuki joined the promotion. Both acting as a wrestler, and as head trainer using his own training school to train wrestlers. The first graduate into Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was Nobuyori Shimizu. The third was Akuma Toyota. Both men leveled at different rates. Nobuyori Shimizu became the tag kingpin with Toshiro Noguchi, holding the C-1 Tag Team Championships for over three years. Akuma Toyota remained in the undercards. A betrayal of best friend and fellow Ryo Suzuki graduate Yujiro Higuchi paved the way to Toyota's leveling as a member of Rouzeki-GUN. Toyota would turn to the BLACKHEARTS, becoming a student of "Supreme Commander" Tatsumichi Akamatsu.
Now, at the end of 2008, the two who have followed completely different paths only to find themselves together will clash against one another for the greatest prize in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON.
The list of accomplishments...
Akuma Toyota:
C-1 Heavyweight Champion
Power Source 2008 Finalist
Power Source 2007 Semi Finalist
C-1 Tag Team Championship (2)
Nobuyori Shimizu
C-1 Tag Team Champion (2)
Power Source 2007 Finalist
This will be Nobuyori Shimizu's first ever challenge for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. And the first time in history that two Ryo Suzuki students have fought for the championship belt.
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON PRESENTS ~ DUE TIME EPISODE.5
12/24/08
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)
1. YOUTHFUL EXCERCISE: Ikuji Royama & Ichiyo Tatsuko vs. Kazuki Takagi & Shuji Kawashima
2. CHOOSE YOUR PATH!: Naoki Daishi & Natsuo Sakoda vs. Toshiro Noguchi & Keoni Murata
3. TWO ON ONE HANDICAP: Keiji Hirano & BIG BOY Tomizaki vs. SLAYER
4. AVENGE THE STARS: Sorai Kamachi vs. Ryoma Inoue
5. BROTHERS DIVIDED ~ No Disqualification Deathmatch: Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Mikio Tsuruya
6. RETURN OF STRONGEST-J ~ C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) vs. Akahito Yamada
7. WILD BATTLE in IWATE ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama (c) vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano
8. DETERMINE THE FINAL PILLAR ~ BANISHMENT MATCH: Seiji Ebisawa vs. Yuki Nomura
9. WHO IS STRONGEST! ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) vs. Nobuyori Shimizu
In the opening match, the Unaligned team of Keoni Murata and Naoki Daishi proved to be too much for the Yankizoku team of BIG BOY Tomizaki and Ryoma Inoue, with Murata pinning Tomizaki with a Backdrop Hold.
Yankizoku rebounded in the second match, as Seiji Ebisawa and the unbeaten since his return Ikuji Royama were victorious over the unaligned team of Toshiro Noguchi and Natsuo Sakoda. Royama showing the victory over Sakoda with a Sliding Shotei.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS easily dispatched the Yankizoku team of Takayuki Ariwa and Ichiyo Tatsuko, pinning who else but Ichiyo Tatsuko. Bishop and Ariwa clashed a few times in the match with neither man coming away stronger for it...but Tatsuko was the one to eat the Texan Bomber for the three count.
STRONGEST clashed with AVENIR in the fourth match. STRONGEST emerged victorious after Toyota blasted a dead tired Kazuki Takagi with a lariat for the three count. Nomura was not pleased with Takagi's display, brought out a wooden stick from under the ring and proceeded to beat Takagi to the back while screaming about "beating the talent out of him"...
The Backdrop Brothers were supposed to collide in the fifth match, but it was clearly not to be. From the opening bell, Tsuruya used every heel tactic he could think of in order to be disqualified, but the referee refused to do so! The two began to exchange brutal elbows in the center of the ring. Amagawa with his better form, but Tsuruya with his more mass meant neither could get the upperhand...until Yankizoku invaded the ring for the disqualification! All nine members began to attack Kenjiro Amagawa, but a combined force of STRONGEST and AVENIR ran out to chase the heel army away! Yuki Nomura tended to Amagawa's wounds and then launched into a tirade on Seiji Ebisawa's cowardice. Nomura then made a grandstand challenge...challenging Seiji Ebisawa to a BANISHMENT MATCH! The crowd in Akita Terusa were caught off guard by Nomura's guts to challenge Ebisawa to such a match. Ebisawa replied, saying that he couldn't trust Nomura to actually banish himself from the ring since he's the President...but Nomura swore that if he lost he would *never* wrestle in CRIMSON again! But then said that if Ebisawa lost, there wouldn't be anyone to overturn the banishment this time. Seiji Ebisawa paused for a lengthy period of time while Ryoma Inoue tried to convince Seiji Ebisawa to not accept...but then Seiji Ebisawa ACCEPTED the challenge from Yuki Nomura, and then promised to seal away the identity of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's figure-head once and for all!
The C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship challenger was decided in a four way elimination match pitting almost all the sides of CRIMSON against each other. Keiji Hirano represented Yankizoku, Akahito Yamada represented unaligned, SLAYER represented the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS, and Sorai Kamachi represented STRONGEST. Early on, the match was almost paced as a tornado tag as Keiji Hirano and Akahito Yamada found themselves working together to take on the temporarily reunited SLAYER and Sorai Kamachi. With no issues at all, SLAYER fell effortlessly back into task of listening to Kamachi's demands. The alliance between Yamada and Hirano crumbled however, as Yamada suddenly slammed Hirano on the back of his head around the seven minute mark with a german suplex, and Kamachi came flying off the top with his Kamachi Big Bang for the elimination! SLAYER and Kamachi worked over Yamada for several minutes, but Yamada was able to cause a miscue as SLAYER accidentally beheaded Kamachi with the Zanzai Lariat! SLAYER looked...concerned? but Yamada caught him as he was staring at his old leader with the Musubime to score the only weakness SLAYER has, the cradle for the elimination! This left two former C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champions to duke it out for the right to face Saigo and after seven minutes of thrilling action, Yamada scored the Straight Jacket Suplex Hold to win the championship shot!
Akahito Yamada cut a tearful microphone appeal post match, saying that it had been almost eight months since Hayato Saigo bested him for the championship, and that he would reclaim his form from earlier this year and take back the championship! Hayato Saigo entered the ring to loud calls of his name, and the two had a brief stare down, before Saigo extended his hand and the two rivals clasped hands in a show of respect!
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/06/08
Akita Terusa
821 fans
1. Keoni Murata & Naoki Daishi defeated BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ryoma Inoue at 11'52 when Murata pinned Tomizaki with a Backdrop Hold
2. Seiji Ebisawa & Ikuji Royama defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda at 12'38 when Royama pinned Sakoda with a Sliding Shotei
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8'02 when Bishop pinned Tatsuko with a Texan Bomber
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima defeated Yuki Nomura, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi at 14'19 when Toyota pinned Takagi with a Lariat
5. BROTHERS COLLIDE: Kenjiro Amagawa fought Mikio Tsuruya to a no-contest at 2'13
6. C-1 JUNIOR-HEAVYWEIGHT CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Akahito Yamada defeated Keiji Hirano, Sorai Kamachi & SLAYER at 21'41
- Hirano (Kamachi Big Bang - 7'13) Sorai Kamachi
- SLAYER (Musubime - 14'03) Akahito Yamada
- Sorai Kamachi (Straight Jacket Suplex Hold - 21'41) Akahito Yamada
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Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to Akita Terusa for the Sunday day of WEEKEND RHAPSODY on the 7th. In the opening match, Mikio Tsuruya showed his own strength by destroying STRONGEST's Shuji Kawashima with the Akuji Backdrop Driver for the fall. Tsuruya took a microphone and cut a taunting promo on Amagawa, demanding to know where his "brother" was, and why he wasn't coming out to fight him. Amagawa sprinted to the ring as fast as he could, but Tsuruya tauntingly left the ring and then backpedaled to the back while making ridiculous faces at Amagawa...
Jake Bishop scored an indirect fall over Hiroyuki Takano leading into to their C-2 Openweight Championship match, as the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS scored the win over Takano, Inoue, and Tomizaki. Of note, is that all three members of the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS were sporting cowboy boots, which seemed to give SLAYER problems throughout...
PREDATORS scored a solid victory heading into their C-1 Tag Team Challenge Determination match, as they defeated the unaligned team of Natsuo Sakoda and Keoni Murata, with Kaisen Tiger scoring the win with his Bullet Wrath.
AVENIR continues to have problems with Kazuki Takagi. Before the match even began, Yuki Nomura demanded to know why Takagi hadn't been showing up to their practices...to which Takagi screamed that Nomura beats him with a stick when he does show up. Nomura then punished Takagi by forcing him to sit on the apron and not tag in, turning the match into a virtual three on two handicap match... Near the end, Takagi tagged himself in, and was immediately crushed by a Toshiro Noguchi Thunder Hammer for the three count fall. Yuki Nomura was baffled by what had happened until he saw Takagi in the ring. Takagi then ran to the back with a very angry AVENIR chasing after him.
STRONGEST and Yankizoku clashed in the main event. Yankizoku brought their A-game to the table, but they couldn't overcome the awesome power of STRONGEST, leading to Nobuyori Shimizu getting the three count after blasting Keiji Hirano with a running elbow. Surprisingly, the other STRONGEST members, including Shimizu's own opponent Akuma Toyota allowed Shimizu to cut a heart felt promo. Shimizu brought up his debut, his years as a tag team member, his injuries and how through it all he never gave up. Shimizu called the 24th the "culmination of everything I've ever worked for", and then told Akuma Toyota to bring everything he had to bear on him on that night, because Shimizu stated that he wouldn't give up, he wouldn't defeated. Akuma Toyota would have to *KILL HIM* to win the match. Toyota stepped forward, and said that he planned on using everything he's ever learned to defeat Shimizu and the two promised to have the best match they possibly could to a round of applause, not only from the fans but from Saigo and Kamachi as well...
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/07/08
Akita Terusa
807 fans
1. Mikio Tsuruya defeated Shuji Kawashima at 4'07 with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
2. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Ryoma Inoue & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 11'26 when Bishop pinned Tomizaki with the Texan Bomber
3. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Natsuo Sakoda & Keoni Murata at 14'41 when Tiger pinned Sakoda with the Bullet Wrath
4. Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Kazuki Takagi at 12'14 when Noguchi pinned Takagi with the Thunder Hammer
5. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Sorai Kamachi & Hayato Saigo defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Keiji Hirano at 16'21 when Shimizu pinned Hirano with a running running elbow
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STRONGEST and the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS faced off in the opening match. The overall power of Sorai Kamachi and Akuma Toyota proved to be too much for SLAYER and Rui Kuriyama to overcome leading to Kuriyama eating a lariat from the C-1 Heavyweight Champion Akuma Toyota. Backstage after the match, Sorai Kamachi confided in Akuma that he was secretly pulling for him in his match with Shimizu. Toyota thanked Kamachi for being a "good friend".
Yankizoku scored a strong victory despite having Ichiyo Tatsuko in the lineup over the unaligned team of Naoki Daishi, Keoni Murata, and Akahito Yamada. Ikuji Royama practically carried his team on his back in route to hitting his Sliding Shotei on Keoni Murata for the three count fall.
AVENIR and Yankizoku clashed in the third match. Sadly, no Takagi hijinx, as it turns out Takagi had shown up earlier in the day and applied himself in training...However, comedy wouldn't be the main attraction in the match as most of the match revolved around brutal exchanges between the former best friends Kenjiro Amagawa and Mikio Tsuruya, but as usual neither man could get the upperhand on the other. The end of the match came with Amagawa and Tomizaki alone in the ring...To the shock and amazement of the fans, Amagawa hooked Tomizaki and DROVE his head into the mat with the SUPERDRIVER! Naturally, Tomizaki had nothing left to use to kick out of after taking the legendary move...Amagawa grabbed a microphone, and said that he had learned that move many months ago from Jason Ramsey himself but that from today on he was SEALING it! Amagawa then said that he would unseal it when he could use it on Tsuruya, saying with gravity that from now on, it would be his "ultimate limit break" that he ONLY used to defeat Tsuruya from this day forward! Tsuruya picked up his own microphone, and simply said that Amagawa would have to first hit the move to "unseal it", saying that there's no way a pretty golden boy like Amagawa would defeat him! A heated back and forth scuffle of words erupted at this point, but Yuki Nomura stepped in and used his power to sign the two to a NO DISQUALIFICATION DEATH MATCH at DUE TIME! Tsuruya was surprisingly confident, saying that he would "scar" Amagawa's pretty face and body so he never forgets that night...
Nobuyori Shimizu scored a decisive victory in the fourth match, as he easily bested junior Natsuo Sakoda with the Tsuyosa German Suplex to continue his streak of success going into 12/24.
Hayato Saigo and Toshiro Noguchi faced off in what may be their first ever encounter against each other. The match was described as a "wonderful" big man versus small man match, with Noguchi using his size advantage to keep the much quicker Saigo at bay. However, Noguchi couldn't keep Saigo at bay forever, but Saigo caught Noguchi off guard with the Matsukasa cradle for the flash three count!
Hiroyuki Takano got his first chance to win a CRIMSON championship since joining the promotion. Sadly, it wasn't a pleasant night. Takano faced off against the awesome brutality and power of the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop who seems to be dead set on proving himself as the strongest champion in Pro -Wrestling, as he manhandled Takano for most of the match. Despite both men being listed as heels, the crowd began to rally behind Takano as he faced off against Bishop's power. Takano stunned and nearly won with the Takano Flash, however, Bishop kicked out and within seconds crushed Takano with the Texan Bomber for the three count fall to retain his championship...
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/13/08
Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. Sorai Kamachi & Akuma Toyota defeated SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama at 10'18 when Toyota pinned Kuriyama with a lariat
2. Keiji Hirano, Ikuji Royama & Ichiyo Tatsuko defeated Naoki Daishi, Keoni Murata & Akahito Yamada at 12'14 when Royama pinned Murata with the Sliding Shotei
3. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 15'16 when Amagawa pinned Tomizaki with the Superdriver
4. Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Natsuo Sakoda at 8'02 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
5. Hayato Saigo defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 16'21 with the Matsukasa
6. C-2 Openweight Championship: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (c) defeated Hiroyuki Takano at 14'05 with the Texan Bomber [V.1]
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Akahito Yamada and Keoni Murata, the two men who faced off in the finals of the Junior tournament earlier this year faced off in the opening match to kick the night off with a blast. Once again, Yamada came out ahead of Murata, once again submitting the former Junior ace with the Crossface of Yamada.
The "Perfect Junior Team" of Hayato Saigo and Sorai Kamachi of STRONGEST were victorious over the unaligned openweight team of Toshiro Noguchi and Natsuo Sakoda. Noguchi and Sakoda put up a valiant fight, but Sorai Kamachi put Sakoda away with the Kamachi Big Bang for the three count.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS and Yankizoku faced off in the third match, with the ROUGHRIDERS coming out on top, as Jake Bishop scored the decisive win once again wit hthe Texan Bomber on Ichiyo Tatsuko.
Yankizoku scored a decisive win over AVENIR in the fourth match as Seiji Ebisawa and Mikio Tsuruya teamed up to defeated Yuki Nomura and Kenjiro Amagawa. After a blatant sneak wooden sword attack by BIG BOY Tomizaki behind the referee's back, Tsuruya landed his Akuji Backdrop Driver for the three count.
STRONGEST continue to be the strongest, as Akuma Toyota and Nobuyori Shimizu combined strength to defeat the team from Yankizoku of Ryoma Inoue and Ikuji Royama, as Toyota blasted Inoue with a Lariat for the finish.
The challengers for the C-1 Tag Team Championship at DUE TIME were decided, as the AT CLUB will get their first chance at the championships. The PREDATORS of Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger put up a spirited fight against their much larger opposition, but the sheer individual strength of Takayuki Ariwa and Hiroyuki Takano proved to be too much as Ariwa blasted Kuroki with his Angelos, only to have Takano follow it up with the Takano Driver for the three count.
As soon as the bell rang, the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS hit the ring and began to attack the AT CLUB with abandon. The AT CLUB fought back against Bishop and Kuriyama. However, they made a huge mistake by knocking Bishop out of the ring...Bishop grabbed a nearby chair and went to work after getting back into the ring, laying out both Ariwa and Takano. It finally took the entire Yankizoku group's arrival to cause Bishop to finish his assault and leave, but not without screaming about how the championships were "his"...
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/14/08
Natori Sport Park
1,015 fans
1. Akahito Yamada defeated Keoni Murata at 13'12 with the Crossface of Yamada
2. Hayato Saigo & Sorai Kamachi defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda at 15'42 when Kamachi defeated Sakoda with the Kamachi Big Bang
3. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama defeated Keiji Hirano, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 13'51 when Bishop pinned Tatsuko with the Texan Bomber
4. Seiji Ebisawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Yuki Nomura & Kenjiro Amagawa at 15'04 when Tsuruya pinned Amagawa with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
5. Akuma Toyota & Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama at 13'12 when Toyota pinned Inoue with a Lariat
6. C-1 TAG CHALLENGER DETERMINATION: Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 18'42 when Takano pinned Kuroki with the Takano Driver
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The final show before DUE TIME saw relatively little happen. Ikuji Royama crushed Natsuo Sakoda in less then four minutes with his Sliding Shotei, continuing his fearsome streak.
Shuji Kawashima put up a spirited fight against Keoni Murata, but the veteran finally dropped Kawashima on his neck and head with a Backdrop Hold for the three count.
Yankizoku scored the final victory before DUE TIME against AVENIR when Mikio Tsuruya pinned Takagi with the Akuji Backdrop Driver...After the match, Ebisawa taunted Nomura, saying that he hoped Nomura enjoyed working in the office, because after the 24th he'd only be able to do that from now on...
STRONGEST defeated the unaligned team of Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada in a highly enjoyable spring. Akuma Toyota scored the decisive win over Noguchi with a Lariat.
The AT CLUB sent a message to the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS in the main event. Before the match could begin, The AT CLUB along with Keiji Hirano sneak attacked Jake Bishop, knocking him out of the match early on...Rui Kuriyama and SLAYER put up a good fight without their leader, but in the end were unable to beat Yankizoku, as Takayuki Ariwa pinned Rui Kuriyama with the Hammerfall.
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
12/20/08
Iwate Town Training Center
905 fans
1. Ikuji Royama defeated Natsuo Sakoda at 3'14 with the Sliding Shotei
2. Keoni Murata defeated Shuji Kawashima at 7'01 with a Backdrop Hold
3. Seiji Ebisawa, Ryoma Inoue, Mikio Tsuruya, BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko defeated Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Kazuki Takagi at 18'55 when Tsuruya pinned Kazuki Takagi with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
4. Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo defeated Toshiro Noguchi, Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada at 14'46 when Toyota pinned Noguchi with a Lariat
5. Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Keiji Hirano defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, SLAYER & Rui Kuriyama at 15'21 when Ariwa pinned Kuriyama with the Hammerfall
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The full lineup for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's final event of the year, DUE TIME was announced in a press statement from President Yuki Nomura himself. The event will take place at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium.
The opening match sees the Yankizoku team of Ikuji Royama and Ichiyo Tatsuko take on the AVENIR and STRONGEST combined team of Kazuki Takagi and Shuji Kawashima.
Four unaligned wrestlers will clash in the second match, as Naoki Daishi and Natsuo Sakoda will take on the team of Toshiro Noguchi and Keoni Murata.
In an odd match, Yankizoku will field Keiji Hirano and BIG BOY Tomizaki to take on one man...the invincible SLAYER! President Nomura suggested that if SLAYER could somehow come out victorious, he could see yet another C-1 Junior title match in his future...
Sorai Kamachi finally gets his chance to take revenge on the man who destroyed the MILLENNIUM STARS, Ryoma Inoue in the fourth match. Kamachi has fought the lower wrestlers of Yankizoku until now, and finally gets a full chance for revenge.
The Backdrop Brothers will clash for the second time, but unlike the first time, this time the bout will be contested under No- Disqualification rules! Hijinx will surely happen, but Amagawa is so determined to avenge his betrayal, that he signed to this match that doesn't favor him in the least...
At the beginning of this year, it was Akahito Yamada that caused Hayato Saigo to not make the finals of the Junior tournament. In April of this year, it was Hayato Saigo that ended the Junior Championship reign of Akahito Yamada. Now, in the final title defense of the year, Akahito Yamada gets the chance to avenge his championship loss by taking the championship from Hayato Saigo. No matter what happens, these two could end up having the match of the year.
The TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS aim to make their second defense of the C-1 Tag Team Championships, but in their path is the fantastic team from Yankizoku of the "AT CLUB". Ariwa and Takano have both had a fantastic year, and aim to climax the year with their first tag team championships...However, no one is as hot as the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop who has seemingly improved overnight to a brand new level. Can the AT CLUB use their combined strength and speed to best the awesome tenacity and fearlessness of Bishop & Kuriyama?
In January 2003, Seiji Ebisawa invaded Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON leading the "Spirit International" faction. From that day forward, he was locked in a respectful rivalry with the ace of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Yuki Nomura. The two would face off countless times, with both seemingly being about even in their skills. In January 2007, Yuki Nomura defeated Seiji Ebisawa for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Now, in December 2008 the two will face off again but this time it will be the *LAST* time. The loser of them atch, as per agreement will be "Banished". For Yuki Nomura, it would be his first. For Seiji Ebisawa it would be his second...but Yuki Nomura has pledged that as President the banishment would be for life. In the end, one of them must go. And in the end, with the loss of Goro Iijima, there will be only one "pillar" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON left standing...
STRONGEST was created to unify the strongest Ryo Suzuki graduates in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON under one group. The two men who forged the concept are the two strongest active graduates in wrestling. C-1 Heavyweight Champion Akuma Toyota and Number one Contender Nobuyori Shimizu. When Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was founded, Ryo Suzuki joined the promotion. Both acting as a wrestler, and as head trainer using his own training school to train wrestlers. The first graduate into Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was Nobuyori Shimizu. The third was Akuma Toyota. Both men leveled at different rates. Nobuyori Shimizu became the tag kingpin with Toshiro Noguchi, holding the C-1 Tag Team Championships for over three years. Akuma Toyota remained in the undercards. A betrayal of best friend and fellow Ryo Suzuki graduate Yujiro Higuchi paved the way to Toyota's leveling as a member of Rouzeki-GUN. Toyota would turn to the BLACKHEARTS, becoming a student of "Supreme Commander" Tatsumichi Akamatsu.
Now, at the end of 2008, the two who have followed completely different paths only to find themselves together will clash against one another for the greatest prize in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON.
The list of accomplishments...
Akuma Toyota:
C-1 Heavyweight Champion
Power Source 2008 Finalist
Power Source 2007 Semi Finalist
C-1 Tag Team Championship (2)
Nobuyori Shimizu
C-1 Tag Team Champion (2)
Power Source 2007 Finalist
This will be Nobuyori Shimizu's first ever challenge for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. And the first time in history that two Ryo Suzuki students have fought for the championship belt.
Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON PRESENTS ~ DUE TIME EPISODE.5
12/24/08
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)
1. YOUTHFUL EXCERCISE: Ikuji Royama & Ichiyo Tatsuko vs. Kazuki Takagi & Shuji Kawashima
2. CHOOSE YOUR PATH!: Naoki Daishi & Natsuo Sakoda vs. Toshiro Noguchi & Keoni Murata
3. TWO ON ONE HANDICAP: Keiji Hirano & BIG BOY Tomizaki vs. SLAYER
4. AVENGE THE STARS: Sorai Kamachi vs. Ryoma Inoue
5. BROTHERS DIVIDED ~ No Disqualification Deathmatch: Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Mikio Tsuruya
6. RETURN OF STRONGEST-J ~ C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) vs. Akahito Yamada
7. WILD BATTLE in IWATE ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama (c) vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Hiroyuki Takano
8. DETERMINE THE FINAL PILLAR ~ BANISHMENT MATCH: Seiji Ebisawa vs. Yuki Nomura
9. WHO IS STRONGEST! ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) vs. Nobuyori Shimizu
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