Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON

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

2011-05-31T20:02:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011-05-31T18:06:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011-05-30T21:41:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[CRIMSON] Farewell for now.

2011-03-17T20:56:00.000-07:00

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

1) Story

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

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

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

2) Lack of interest in Pro-Wrestling

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

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

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

3) Tsunami, Earthquake & Radiation

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

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

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

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

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

[Late CRIMSON] 10/13 - Eight Year Anniversary

2010-11-24T23:38:00.000-08:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010-10-13T16:12:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010-09-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

9/26/10
Jumonji Townsman Gymnasium (500)

9/28/10
Matsushima Townsman Gymnasium (600)

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

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

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

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

2010-09-19T03:29:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

08/23/10
Yamagata Welfare Vacation Center
989 fans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010-08-17T14:19:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010-08-14T01:28:00.000-07:00

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

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

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

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

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

[CRIMSON] 8/13/10 ~ Iwate Memorial Openweight Six Man Cup Second Round

2010-08-13T17:28:00.000-07:00

- NANSEI's former top heel unit, the Pacific Rim Exchange gained a measure of redemption in the only six man non-tournament match of the night. PRE's leader Buntaro Sakata planting Yukihiro Ogura with an STO for the easy victory over Tomizaki, Endo & Ogura...

- The Okinawa Speed Stars and WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE competed in a wild athletic (minus Yoritomo...) battle. After a back and forth struggle, FURY's Kotaro Ota and CRIMSON's Hayato Saigo debuted a new double team maneuver. Ota's Satsugai Savate Kick combined with a thrust kick from Hayato Saigo fired at the same time, crushing Kaisen Tiger's skull in between their vicious strikes. Ota and Saigo dubbed their new double team move the "Oita to Okinawa" or O2O for short...

- American invaders from James Goodwin's promotion in southern California marched to CRIMSON for battle against the open gender team of UNLIMITED STRONGEST. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop displayed southern hospitality by refusing to allow the other two members of his team to attack Chihiro Nomura multiple times, claiming that a real man wouldn't hurt a woman much to his partner's anger...The match became for all intents and purposes a 3 on 2 battle after Nomura finally agreed to step out of the battle to Ariwa, Noguchi & Bishop's relief. This allowed Bishop himself to score the victory with the Texan Bomber on Noguchi. Bishop promised he would make a "full Japan revival" based off this tournament...

- KYOURUI 6's WORLD'S STRONGEST TERRORISTS met their match in the semi final, as they faced off against the "Shining Blazers" former three members of AVENIR. After a back and forth affair, Hiroshi Kuroki targeted Kojiro Kanesaka's knee with several pin-point attacks before locking Kanesaka in an Inverted Figure Four, a move Kuroki rarely if ever uses for the submission. Backstage, Kuroki admitted that he had been practicing the move to avoid being "left behind" by the other four former AVENIR members...

- Nobuyori Shimizu requested one more title defense before the one year mark of his C-1 Heavyweight Champion reign. And he has gotten his challenger. Makoto Saito and Bloody Gears made true on their comments the previous night against the inter promotional UNDYING HEART team. Challenge issuer Makoto Saito, after two Shiraku Blades, cleanly pinned the C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu for the fall. Saito directly propositioned President Yuki Nomura for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship match. Nomura relented to Saito's request, announcing Nobuyori Shimizu who is aiming for his V.7 defense of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship will battle Bloody Gears leader Makoto Saito on September 1st at the Ishinomaki City Gymnasium in Miyagi!

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND
8/13/10
Otsuchi Town Shiroyama Park Gymnasium
1,102 fans (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. Mikio Tsuruya defeated Akio Kobayashi at 5'43 with a lariat
2. Buntaro Sakata [FREE], Kotaro Fujiyama [FREE] & Prince Fiji [FREE] defeated Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura at 9'49 when Sakata pinned Ogura with a STO
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE] defeated Kaisen Tiger, Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE] at 17'49 when Ota pinned Tiger with the O2O
4. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: James Goodwin Jr., [JGP] Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Chihiro Nomura [ATTACK GIRLS] at 10'24 when Bishop pinned Noguchi with the Texan Bomber
5. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Keoni Murata & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE] at 14'39 when Kuroki submitted Kanesaka with an inverted figure four
6. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Rui Kuriyama & Chikao Kessin [FURY] at 18'05 when Saito pinned Shimizu with the Shiraku Blade

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Only the final night remains in the Iwate Memorial Openweight Six Man Cup. Four teams remain. The odd couple pairing of the "new" Okinawa Speed Stars, the American Invaders, The former three members of AVENIR, and the only "unit" left from Bloody Gears.

In addition, after their incident several weeks ago, C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Kenta Arakiki returns to CRIMSON to team with Keoni Murata. They face off against Takayuki Ariwa and Kaisen Tiger. After the open hostility Murata threw at Arakiki for his actions in discarding the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship, can the two possibly co-exist?

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP FINAL
8/14/10 @ Ichinoseki Bunka Center Gymnasium (2,500)

1. Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura vs. Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE]
2. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SEMI FINAL ROUND: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE] vs. James Goodwin Jr. [JGP], Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SEMI FINAL ROUND: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama
4. Kenta Arakiki [FREE] & Keoni Murata vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Kaisen Tiger
5. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama vs. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Chikao Kessin [FURY]
6. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP FINAL ROUND: Okinawa Speed Stars/JGP vs. Shining Blazers/Bloody Gears

[CRIMSON] 8/12/10 ~ Iwate Memorial Cup Opening Round

2010-08-12T01:03:00.000-07:00

- Freelancer Izumo Yoritomo "embraced the true meaning of Okinawa" by coming to the ring wearing a Hawaiian shirt and eating a Watermelon to team with the top two of the Okinawa Speed Stars in Saigo and Ota...The "new" Okinawa Speed Stars proved to be too much for their junior opponents of Tomizaki, Endo & Ogura. Saigo ended the match by using Izumo Yoritomo's shoulders as a launchpad to hit a Moonsault Press on Ogura. FURY's Kotaro Ota and CRIMSON's Hayato Saigo praised Yoritomo for his efforts to fit in. However, Yoritomo balked at the concept of wearing a jumpsuit like theirs when Ota propositioned the idea...

- The inter-promotional WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE put down a spirited effort from NANSEI's former top heel group of the Pacific Rim Exchange. The three masked animal displayed fine teamwork as they circumvented the size advantage of the PRE team. GALLEON scored the victory over the Junior Prince Fiji with the Dividing Driver to advance to the second round.

- Yuki Nomura's daughter Chihiro Nomura was given a harsh introduction to the male side of Pro-Wrestling. Chihiro teamed with Takayuki Ariwa and Toshiro Noguchi to face the KYOURUI 6 team of TsuYamada and PHOENIX. Ariwa and Noguchi throughout the match attempted to protect their President's daughter much to the dissatisfaction of both Chihiro Nomura and Akahito Yamada who took a "special" interest in Nomura...Yamada kept attempting to capture Nomura, and even put her in several...questionable submission holds. Nomura fought back and wounded Yamada with a slap. Yamada stumbled back right into a Thunder Hammer from Noguchi. Chihiro then caught Yamada with a Legroll Clutch for the fast three count! Joy turned to concern as Akahito Yamada announced that this wasn't over between him and the "oujo-chan" as Yamada licked the blood from his lip from Nomura's slap much to Chihiro's dismay.

- The former three members of AVENIR racked up a major victory this time against HEAVY WAR. Akuma Toyota as always dominated the match but faced stiff opposition from the three new STRONGEST members. Shinsuke Takahashi would score the victory for his team by blasting Naoki Daishi in the face with the Clutching Knee. Toyota was unamused by his team's struggles to defeat “weaklings” and suggested putting a ban on teaming with his own allies until they “strengthen” themselves...

- Ryoma Inoue's first opportunity for revenge alongside his new AVENIR allies ended with a crushing defeat. KYOURUI 6 with well traveled freelancer Kojiro Kanesaka were just too much for Hirano, Kawashima, and Inoue to best. Inoue himself was given the unenviable position as the fall dropper, as Unified Openweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano planted Inoue with the Kubikari Driller for the loss...Takano, once again displaying his snake like-dual personality, praised Inoue for attempting to get stronger and his growing family...But then coldly warned that if Inoue kept attempting to seek revenge KYOURUI 6 would make Ryoma regret his decision...

- The odd inter-promotional team of C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu, FURY's Chikao Kessin & HEAVY WAR's Rui Kuriyama proved to be an effective team as they stream rolled through their European competition with limited troubles. Kessin sealing the victory over Johnny Smash with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop. Backstage, Shimizu admitted that he had doubted their abilities as a team but stated that he felt they combined effectively as a unit. Their moment of solidarity was disrupted, as their opponents for the second round (and second night) Bloody Gears interrupted. As always Komatsu bombastically challenged their "mishmash" team to defeat their "true" team much to Shimizu's frustration. Komatsu and Royama walked off leaving Makoto Saito standing with UNDYING HEART. In his usual cool and collected manner, Makoto suddenly asked Shimizu for a C-1 Heavyweight Championship match! Shimizu replied that Saito had to "earn" it like everyone else. Saito nodded his head in agreement and walked off leaving his second night opponents apprehensive...

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND
8/12/10
Iwate Town Training Center
978 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE] defeated Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura at 8'35 when Saigo pinned Ogura with a Moonsault Press
2. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Kaisen Tiger, Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE] defeated Buntaro Sakata [FREE], Kotaro Fujiyama [FREE] & Prince Fiji [FREE] at 7'39 when GALLEON pinned Fiji with the Dividing Driver
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Chihiro Nomura [ATTACK GIRLS] defeated Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & PHOENIX at 10'20 when Nomura cradled Yamada
4. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto at 14'30 when Takahashi pinned Daishi with the Clutching Knee
5. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Hiroyuki Takano, Keoni Murata & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE] defeated Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima & Ryoma Inoue at 15'01 when Takano pinned Inoue with the Kubikari Driller
6. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Nobuyori Shimizu, Rui Kuriyama & Chikao Kessin [FURY] defeated Edward Kingston [FREE], Aldis Levy [FREE] & Johnny Smash [FREE] at 14'36 when Kessin pinned Smash with the Sekai Ichi no Backdrop

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The Second night of the Iwate Memorial Openweight Six Man Cup will see the eight teams battle it out to see who will earn semi final positions. The Okinawa Speed Stars face off against WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE in the first tournament match. UNLIMITED STRONGEST face off against the American invaders from California promotion James Goodwin Promotions. SHINING BLAZERS look to continue their run of fortune against WORLD'S STRONGEST TERRORISTS. And in the main event, UNDYING HEART face off against Bloody Gears.

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND
8/13/10 @ Otsuchi Town Shiroyama Park Gymnasium (1,100)

1. Akio Kobayashi vs. Mikio Tsuruya
2. Buntaro Sakata [FREE], Kotaro Fujiyama [FREE] & Prince Fiji [FREE] vs. Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE] vs. Kaisen Tiger, Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE]
4. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Chihiro Nomura [ATTACK GIRLS] vs. James Goodwin Jr., [JGP] Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop
5. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Hiroyuki Takano, Keoni Murata & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE]
6. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Nobuyori Shimizu, Rui Kuriyama & Chikao Kessin [FURY] vs. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama

[CRIMSON] 8/07/10 ~ Iwate Memorial Openweight Cup Lineups

2010-08-07T01:57:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released the full lineup for the first night of the Iwate Memorial Openweight Six Man Tournament beginning on the 12th. In addition, the preliminary lineup for night two was also released that takes place the very next day on the 13th.

The Bloody Gears team of Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu and Ikuji Royama receive a bye in the first round of the tournament. They are joined with the American invaders, James Goodwin Jr, Stephen Priest, and "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop who also receive a bye through the first round.

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND
8/12/10 @ Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)

1. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura vs. Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE]
2. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Buntaro Sakata [FREE], Kotaro Fujiyama [FREE] & Prince Fiji [FREE] vs. Kaisen Tiger, Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE]
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & PHOENIX vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Chihiro Nomura [ATTACK GIRLS]
4. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki
5. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Hiroyuki Takano, Keoni Murata & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE] vs. Keiji Hirano, Shuji Kawashima & Ryoma Inoue
6. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP OPENING ROUND: Nobuyori Shimizu, Rui Kuriyama & Chikao Kessin [FURY] vs. Edward Kingston [FREE], Aldis Levy [FREE] & Johnny Smash [FREE]

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND
8/13/10 @ Otsuchi Town Shiroyama Park Gymnasium (1,100)

1. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Winners of Les Feuilles Mortes/Okinawa Speed Stars vs. Winners of PRE/WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE
2. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Winners of SLAYERS/UNLIMITED STRONGEST vs. James Goodwin Jr [JGP], Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop
3. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Winners of HEAVY WAR/SHINING BLAZERS vs. Winners of AVENIR/WORLD'S STRONGEST TERRORISTS
4. IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP SECOND ROUND: Winners of UNDYING HEART/European Invasion vs. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama

[CRIMSON] 08/06/10 ~ BLAST3 in HOKKAIDO

2010-08-06T01:04:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to Hokkaido for the second time this year with BLAST3 in HOKKAIDO, drawing a respectable house. Hayato Saigo rebounded from his C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship loss to Kenta Arakiki by schooling the two new young lions Akio Kobayashi and Yukihiro Ogura in a three way battle. Hiroshi Kuroki and Kazuya Endo were up next, with Kuroki putting the former professional fighter and PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion down with the PRISM. HEAVY WAR and Bloody Gears battled in eight man battle. Akuma Toyota once again proving his excellence by beheading Strong Tomizaki with a lariat to score the victory. Takayuki Ariwa greeted his new STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY allies TakaGawa with a definitive victory over KYOURUI 6's Yamada, PHOENIX & Murata. Ariwa scoring the victory with the Angelos over the masked junior PHOENIX. The true combination of NGI, Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi teamed up once again, this time against KYOURUI 6's VANGUARD tag team. Toshiro Noguchi, fresh off his good showing in the Tag Team GPC scored the victory over Mikio Tsuruya with the Thunder Hammer.

Home prefecture hero Keiji Hirano formally accepted his role as the new leader of AVENIR facing off against his first ally in the new unit, Shuji Kawashima. Hirano and Kawashima both sported new theme songs to celebrate their advancement. Both Hirano and Kawashima fought a strong battle, and almost scored the victory with his new “V.O.S.” finishing maneuver. But Hirano proved to be just a little step ahead of Kawashima as he debuted a Dragon Suplex Hold on Kawashima for the three count. Kawashima accepted Keiji Hirano as his leader in AVENIR post-match and the two swore to work together for their future goals. The moment was broken up by RYOMA INOUE and his wife Tomiko Inoue. Sensing what was coming, Yuki Nomura also joined the four in the ring. Ryoma appeared conflicted, before dropping to his knees to bow deeply towards Nomura. Once down, Ryoma requested entrance into AVENIR's second class! Nomura replied that Ryoma would be given the "tightest leash possible" for all he'd done over the last few years, and even directed his wrath to Tomiko, claiming that she would no longer be able to "fight battles" for Ryoma. Ryoma insisted that he would do "whatever it took" to gain the strength to extract revenge for what KYOURUI 6 had done to him, his wife, and their family. Nomura, Hirano, and Kawashima appeared confused at Ryoma's "family" comment...Tomiko clarified by revealing that the two were expecting in the coming months and she would be taking a vacation from professional wrestling. Tomiko's announcement resulted in Ryoma hysterically screaming for Nomura to lend him his legendary strength to seek revenge. Nomura, a father himself of three daughters, appeared to understand Ryoma's plight. Nomura placed his hand on Ryoma's shoulder and formally accepted Ryoma Inoue as the third member of AVENIR's second class! Nomura then approached AVENIR leader Keiji Hirano and requested AVENIR 2.0's participation in the Iwate Openweight Memorial Cup as the 14th team. All four members (Tomiko included) readily agreed to join the tournament...

Kaisen Tiger gained his first opportunity to claim the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship as Yuki Nomura's personally selected challenger to Kenta Arakiki. Alas, it was not meant to be, as Kenta Arakiki used his superior striking ability to dismantle Kaisen Tiger as the match wore on, leading to finishing off the masked tiger warrior with Arakiki's running kick, the Hikitsuri without KYOURUI 6 intrusion. Arakiki once again fanned the flames of antagonism as he once again discarded the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship after claiming the championship was a “meaningless trinket”! However, this time an unlikely suspect retrieved the championship...KYOURUI 6 member KEONI MURATA. Murata, who gave up his role in the "light" to claim the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship in 2009 looked at the championship he'd held twice in the past longingly, before SLAMMING the championship back into Arakiki's chest knocking the champion backwards with it's force. Murata shot Arakiki a murderous look as the other five members of KYOURUI 6 looked on baffled. Murata vacated the ring without a further word leaving his allies perturbed and confused...

BLAST3 in HOKKAIDO
8/06/10
Zepp Sapporo
1,248 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Hayato Saigo defeated Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura at 8'29 when Saigo submitted Ogura with a crab hold
2. Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Kazuya Endo at 7'20 with the PRISM
3. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito, Ikuji Royama & Strong Tomizaki at 16'49 when Toyota pinned Tomizaki with a Lariat
4. Takayuki Ariwa, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 13'53 when Ariwa pinned PHOENIX with the Angelos
5. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi defeated Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya at 17'05 when Noguchi pinned Tsuruya with a Thunder Hammer
6. Keiji Hirano defeated Shuji Kawashima at 15'10 with a Dragon Suplex Hold
7. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Arakiki (c) [FREE] defeated Kaisen Tiger at 14'32 with the Hikitsuri [V.1]

[CRIMSON] 08/04/10 ~ Seven More Teams Announced

2010-08-04T01:45:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released seven more teams for the Iwate Memorial Openweight Six Man Tournament beginning on the 12th.

Unlikely PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Strong Tomizaki and Kazuya Endo field their own team independent of Bloody Gears. They team with fellow undersized junior-heavyweight rookie Yukihiro Ogura in a team named "Les Fueilles Mortes". Strong Tomizaki picked the name. No one knows why.

A second KYOURUI 6 team makes a run at tournament gold. The team, titled "SLAYERS" features C-1 Tag Team Champions Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada teaming with the masked enigma PHOENIX.

Europe joins the United States as they also invade Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Edward Kingston, Aldis Levy, and Johnny Smash aim to make their impact felt on the field.

One of the more unlikely openweight mash-ups is next as the Okinawa Speed Stars enter the field. Hayato Saigo, FURY's Kotaro Ota, and...former sumo competitor Izumo Yoritomo! The Kobe native Izumo Yoritomo has vowed the "embrace the true meaning of Okinawa" to complete the team...

The former NANSEI top heel unit set their sights on tournament victory, as the Pacific Rim Exchange head to CRIMSON! Buntaro Sakata, Kotaro Fujiyama and Prince Fiji aim to prove they are at the caliber of CRIMSON's regulars with a strong showing.

A junior-powerhouse team is next with an animal motif, as WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE head into the field. CRIMSON's own Kaisen Tiger teams with Jet Jaguar from Pro-Wrestling FURY. They are joined with the well beloved GALLEON formally from NANSEI. Can the Tiger, Lion and Jaguar display their skills?

And finally is perhaps the most unique team of them all. Takayuki Ariwa leads Toshiro Noguchi into battle continuing their NGI based team. They are greeted by Yuki Nomura's sixteen year old DAUGHTER, Chihiro Nomura to form an openweight inter-gender team titled "UNLIMITED STRONGEST"!

1. Les Feuilles Mortes: Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura
2. SLAYERS: Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & PHOENIX
3. European Invasion: Edward Kingston, Aldis Levy & Johnny Smash
4. Okinawa Speed Stars: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota [FURY] & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE]
5. P.R.E. Buntaro Sakata [FREE], Kotaro Fujiyama [FREE] & Prince Fiji [FREE]
6. WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE: Kaisen Tiger, Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE]
7. UNLIMITED STRONGEST: Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Chihiro Nomura [ATTACK GIRLS]

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP
8/12/10 @ Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)
8/13/10 @ Otsuchi Town Shiroyama Park Gymnasium (1,100)
8/14/10 @ Ichinoseki Bunka Center Gymnasium (2,500)

The tournament is split up over three nights. The first round will take place on the 12th. The second round on the 13th, and the semi finals and finals on the 14th. The winning team members will all receive 800,000 yen. One more team will be revealed in the coming days along with the bracket for the tournament.

The full field is...

1. UNDYING HEART: Nobuyori Shimizu, Rui Kuriyama & Chikao Kessin [FURY]
2. WORLD STRONGEST TERRORISTS: Hiroyuki Takano, Keoni Murata & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE]
3. HEAVY WAR: Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto
4. JGP: James Goodwin Jr. [JGP], Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop
5. Bloody Gears: Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama
6. SHINING BLAZERS: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki
7. Les Feuilles Mortes: Strong Tomizaki, Kazuya Endo & Yukihiro Ogura
8. SLAYERS: Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & PHOENIX
9. European Invasion: Edward Kingston, Aldis Levy & Johnny Smash
10. Okinawa Speed Stars: Hayato Saigo, Kotaro Ota & Izumo Yoritomo [FREE]
11. P.R.E. Buntaro Sakata [FREE], Kotaro Fujiyama [FREE] & Prince Fiji [FREE]
12. WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURE: Kaisen Tiger, Jet Jaguar [FURY] & GALLEON [FREE]
13. UNLIMITED STRONGEST: Takayuki Ariwa, Toshiro Noguchi & Chihiro Nomura [ATTACK GIRLS]
14. X, X & X

[CRIMSON] 08/01/10 ~ First Six Memorial Cup Teams Announced

2010-08-01T16:33:00.000-07:00

One day after announcing the Iwate Memorial Six Man Cup, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released the listings of the first six teams in the fourteen team tournament.

C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu teams with HEAVY WAR's Rui Kuriyama, and Pro-Wrestling FURY's Chikao Kessin in a special inter-promotional team with the team name UNDYING HEART due to the courage of all three participants....

KYOURUI 6 gets a special partner as the "WORLD STRONGEST TERRORISTS". Unified Openweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano teams with Keoni Murata, and the world traveled Kojiro Kanesaka.

HEAVY WAR fields the remaining three members of their always dangerous unit. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, and Masakazu Fujimoto look to become tournament victors.

Invaders from America arrive once again, this time representing James Goodwin Promotions. Goodwin's son, former BURNING PARADISE tag team champion, James Goodwin Jr. teams with former C-1 Heavyweight Champion Stephen Priest. They both team with former C-1 Tag Team Champion and C-2 Openweight Champion, the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop.

Bloody Gears fields their "top three" of the unit. Makoto Saito and Tenshin Komatsu find themselves teaming with their new recruit Ikuji Royama to search for tournament glory.

And the final team announced are three members of AVENIR's first class, titled the "SHINING BLAZERS". Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi and Hiroshi Kuroki.

1. UNDYING HEART: Nobuyori Shimizu, Rui Kuriyama & Chikao Kessin [FURY]
2. WORLD STRONGEST TERRORISTS: Hiroyuki Takano, Keoni Murata & Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE]
3. HEAVY WAR: Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto
4. JGP: James Goodwin Jr. [JGP], Stephen Priest [JGP] & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop
5. Bloody Gears: Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama
6. SHINING BLAZERS: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP
8/12/10 @ Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)
8/13/10 @ Otsuchi Town Shiroyama Park Gymnasium (1,100)
8/14/10 @ Ichinoseki Bunka Center Gymnasium (2,500)

The tournament is split up over three nights. The first round will take place on the 12th. The second round on the 13th, and the semi finals and finals on the 14th. The winning team members will all receive 800,000 yen.

In addition, two teams will receive byes through the first round to be announced before the event takes place. The remaining eight teams to be revealed in the coming days as well.

[CRIMSON] 7/31/10 ~ News & Lineups

2010-07-31T15:12:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released preliminary details for the remainder of the year up until the yearly DUE TIME event. Yuki Nomura and Nobuyori Shimizu were on hand to reveal the details, with an object covered by black cloth placed behind Nomura...

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returns to action on the 7th with their second event of the year in Hokkaido! BLAST3 will feature a C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship battle. After Kenta Arakiki's actions at BATTLE ZONE, requests for a title match against Arakiki had flown in from all Junior-Heavyweights from CRIMSON past and present. Nomura revealed that he had settled on Kaisen Tiger being Arakiki's first defense, feeling his masked former protege would be a "worthwhile challenge" for the invader...

In addition, Shuji Kawashima and Keiji Hirano will battle it out to settle their differences stemming from their confrontation at BATTLE ZONE. Nomura openly hoped this was only a "speed bump" for the future of AVENIR 2.0...

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON on the 12th to 14th of August will debut a new concept, the IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP. The tournament will be a three night, fourteen team tournament with all events taking place in Iwate. Nomura refused to confirm any teams, but stated that "international" participation would be included.

CRIMSON returns to a regular schedule with "CRIMSON RESONANCE" which will span from the 19th to the 1st, ending with a significant show at the Ishinomaki City Gymnasium.

From there, CRIMSON heads towards their birthday once again. Subtitled "BLACK HOLE BREAK THROUGH", it will mark the one year anniversary of Nobuyori Shimizu's title reign, provided he holds it until then. Shimizu commented that he had then goal "locked in mind", and would do everything to see the milestone accomplished...

The C-1 J-LEAGUE returns to action after almost two years off. The Junior tournament will run from October 30th to November 8th with six events...

And finally, the year ends with DUE TIME. Nomura lifted the covered object, and dramatically removed the black cloth revealing "DUE TIME in RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN ~ RISE TO CRIMSON SKIES ~" in a bold logo. For the first time in history, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON will advance upon Ryogoku Kokugikan, resulting in quite a stir from the press in attendance. Nomura announced that Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON would have a "dramatic" and "exciting" lineup for their first venture at the historic venue.

Nobuyori Shimizu closed out by requesting another challenger for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship between now and the Anniversary. Nomura replied that if any challenger "stood out" between now and October, Shimizu would have a defense...

BLAST3 in HOKKAIDO
8/07/10
Zepp Sapporo (1,500)

1. Hayato Saigo & Akio Kobayashi vs. Toshiro Noguchi & Yukihiro Ogura
2. Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Kazuya Endo
3. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito, Ikuji Royama & Strong Tomizaki vs. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama
4. Takayuki Ariwa, Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi vs. Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata
5. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi vs. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya
6. Shuji Kawashima vs. Keiji Hirano
7. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Arakiki (c) [FREE] vs. Kaisen Tiger

IWATE MEMORIAL OPENWEIGHT SIX MAN CUP
8/12/10 @ Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)
8/13/10 @ Otsuchi Town Shiroyama Park Gymnasium (1,100)
8/14/10 @ Ichinoseki Bunka Center Gymnasium (2,500)

CRIMSON RESONANCE
08/19/10 @ Akita Municipal Gymnasium #2 (1,600)
08/20/10 @ Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2 (800)
08/23/10 @ Yamagata Welfare Vacation Center (1,200)
08/25/10 @ Shiokawa Townsman Gymnasium (1,200)
08/26/10 @ Sano City Hotel Sun Route (1,000)
09/01/10 @ Ishinomaki City Gymnasium (3,800)

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

C-1 J-LEAGUE 2010
10/30/10
11/02/10
11/03/10
11/05/10
11/07/10
11/08/10

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

[CRIMSON] 7/27/10 - BATLE ZONE 2010 ~ ZONE OF DESTINY

2010-07-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

- Fresh Ryo Suzuki graduates Akio Kobayashi and Yukihiro Ohura debuted in the dark match against the SCA team of Toshiro Noguchi and Shuji Kawashima. Kobayashi impressed with his toughness and Ogura impressed with his agility in their losing effort.

- Ikuji Royama's affiliations have been made clear. Royama came to the ring against Takayuki Ariwa with a new theme song flanked by Bloody Gears. Royama, "liberated" from his boundaries, attacked Ariwa viciously throughout the battle. However, Ariwa's strength came through before planting Royama into the canvas with the Splash Mountain. Ariwa dismissed Royama saying he was better off with his ilk then with the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY...

- After three years of hardship, Akira Tomizaki finally has his moment in the sun. The KYOURUI 6 PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions barely recognized Tomizaki and Kazuya Endo as challengers, and could have won the match at any time. Yet they allowed the Bloody Gears team to remain in the match. As if saving all their energy, Tomizaki and Endo fought back suddenly. A Endo Spiral Blow into a CHOKE SLEEPER from Strong Tomizaki sealed their upset victory as Keoni Murata was forced to submit from the hold. Tomizaki and Endo threw a celebration in the ring followed with the fans at ringside in a display of absolute joy...

- Masakazu Fujimoto failed to improve to a winning record in his "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series. Fujimoto battled Bloody Gears leader Makoto Saito in a hard hitting effort. Saito targeted Fujimoto's legs unmercifully throughout leading to the monster becoming weakened and slower. From there, Saito finished off Fujimoto with two Shiraku Blades. Fujimoto was distraught but admitted that those leg kicks "really hurt" so losing was okay...

- AVENIR held their final match as “First Class” AVENIR members. It was clearly treated as an opportunity for each man to show off and have fun as an “exhibition”. Takahashi scored the victory over Hiroshi Kuroki with the White Flash. Then, much to the appreciation of all 4,000+ in attendance, the four embraced and celebrated as a unit for the final time...

- Following their graduation match, the first class of AVENIR were rewarded with a graduation ceremony from Yuki Nomura himself. Amagawa, Takahashi, Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger were all given diploma's and a speech by Yuki Nomura praising the four for their growth as men and pro-wrestlers. The four attempted bravely to withhold their emotions, however, once Shinsuke Takahashi broke down the other three quickly followed. After their graduation, the festivities were interrupted as Akuma Toyota approached the four. Toyota viewed Tiger and Takahashi with eyes filled with contempt as he offered Amagawa and Kuroki spots within HEAVY WAR! Amagawa protested for his friends, however, Toyota refused to listen. Toyota refused to Takahashi as "Fujita's bastard boy", and Tiger as a "foreigner" thereby excluding them from HEAVY WAR participation. Amagawa and Kuroki admitted they were flattered, but that they would never turn their back on their friends and formally rejected Toyota's invitation! Instead Amagawa announced that the four would continue on as a group within the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY! Toyota was incensed by their decision, but departed flanked by HEAVY WAR without incident...

- As the situation calmed down, Yuki Nomura gave a call to any wrestler from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON to join him and the second wave of AVENIR as the "First Class" watched on from the sidelines. Without hesitation, SHUJI KAWASHIMA vaulted over the top rope to join Yuki Nomura and Keiji Hirano. Kawashima appealed to Nomura for the second spot in AVENIR's second class. Nomura in turn queried Hirano for his thoughts. Hirano smugly announced that every leader needs a "subordinate" to follow him around. Kawashima took exception to Hirano's remark leading to the two shouting at each other in anger. Nomura pacified the two young men claiming the decision did not have to be made "today", but instead offered the two a singles match at a later date to settle their issue. Both readily agreed.

- Naoki Daishi received his opportunity to set his old friend Akahito Yamada straight as with Rui Kuriyama the HEAVY WAR duo challenged Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada for the C-1 Tag Team Championships. Daishi and Yamada battled ferociously throughout but no resolution was in sight. Kuriyama, despite giving his all, proved to be the weak link as Tsuruya spiked him with the Murder Carnival. Yamada taunted Daishi post-match claiming that as a heavyweight or junior, Daishi had always been keeping Yamada back from expressing himself, but now he was "free from the bonds of friendship" and a champion.

- KYOURUI 6's momentum continued to build, as Kenta Arakiki became the first outsider to ever hold the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship. Arakiki's sharp attacks and heel tactics went toe to toe with the three time champion Hayato Saigo in a thrilling sprint. Arakiki brutalized Saigo with strikes, but Saigo fought back at every opportunity. Saigo's own style defeated him, as Saigo wiped out attempting a Phoenix Splash. Arakiki capitalized with knees leading into his Satsujinsha before finishing off a rising Saigo with the Hikitsuri for the undisputed clean fall. Arakiki praised Saigo for giving him the "shiny meaningless trinket" before DISCARDING the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship! All hell broke loose as the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship collided to the mat, as PREDATORS, Ikuji Royama, and others stormed the ring to confront Arakiki. Arakiki remained calm despite the army amassed against him, as he forced a ring-boy to carry the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight championship for him and left the ring...

- After over two years seeking retribution, Hiroyuki Takano has finally seized it...but not by his own merits. Takano and Akuma Toyota battled back and forth for the unified Openweight Championship and as always when Akuma Toyota is in a “big match”, the opponent; in this case Hiroyuki Takano, found himself on the defensive for most of the match. The unstoppable juggernaut of destruction known as Akuma Toyota barreled through Takano for most of the match. Takano's attempts at offense were often brushed aside or simply ignored. What Takano did have going for him, was constant interference from KYOURUI 6 as HEAVY WAR struggled to keep KYOURUI 6 from interfering as they pleased. At every opportunity, as K6 member dived into the ring, tripped Toyota, or simply distracted him allowing Takano to make his own comebacks. Nothing KYOURUI 6 or Takano blasted Toyota with would keep the monster from simply rising again much like a horror movie. Toyota began to march against Takano in the later stages of the match, blasting the KYOURUI 6 leader with all his signature moves for near falls. Takano appeared to be all but done for, when KYOURUI 6 played their final trump card. As they distracted HEAVY WAR and referee Hanzo Hijiyama, it would be Kenta Arakiki that finally dented the armor of Akuma Toyota. Using chair and a KNEE KICK, Arakiki BASHED Toyota's face in. Despite being all but knocked unconscious, Toyota still survived the ensuing pinfall attempt. It was clearly evident the damage Toyota had suffered, as Takano moved in for the kill. Takano Driver into a Moonsault Press was met when Toyota kicked out. Takano Axe Kick and Takano Flash but Toyota still remained. The Kubikari Driller directly onto Toyota's head but Toyota continued to fight. A second Kubikari Driller even more vertically aimed but the shoulder of Toyota escaped. With nothing left to fire, Takano began to desperately blast Toyota in the face with a variety of kicks but Toyota with a dazed appearance on his face, rose from the ashes once again to stand. Takano doubled over Toyota with a savate kick to the midsection, before hooking Toyota for a third Kubikari Driller. This time, Takano hooked Toyota in position then weeded Toyota's arm in between his own legs, while grasping both Toyota's leg and his wrist at the same time, Takano dead lifted Toyota in almost a package position, before SPIKING Toyota on the back of his head with the “Shin” Kubikari Driller! Takano collapsed on top of Toyota as the three count came down, giving Takano his much sought after singles victory over Akuma Toyota, and the IFS Openweight Championship!

- Takano's big victory was greeted by vociferous jeers from the audience in attendance. Takano did not care. Takano proclaimed himself as the “UNIFIED OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION” and that he was now the most prestigious singles champion in all of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Claiming superiority over even the C-1 Heavyweight Championship...

- After almost eight years of constantly being placed against each other and at odds, the issue between Nobuyori Shimizu and Tenshin Komatsu has finally been settled. Albeit in an unconventional fashion. Even before the introductions, a wave of enthusiasm and interest few out like waves from the audience for the battle of the two home grown talents. Both Komatsu and Shimizu were treated favorably, however, Komatsu quickly turned the audience against him for cheap shoting Shimizu during a handshake at the match's onset. Komatsu struck a fast pace, attempting to remove Shimizu from conscious thought as quickly as possible. An errant Flying Komatsu Knee Kick allowed Shimizu to floor Komatsu with an elbow and slow the match down. Shimizu and Komatsu traded hold and counter hold while avoiding each other's largest attacks. Both men worked over a body part of the other. Komatsu unmercifully attacked Nobuyori Shimizu's historically weak shoulders while Shimizu sought to stop Komatsu's brutal striking game by targeting Komatsu's knees. With a riveted audience, both men methodically took their time to slowly wear down their biggest rival, neither man wanting to make a single mistake at any point. Thirty minutes elapsed with both men locked in this stalemate when the dam finally burst. Both men began to frantically attack each other with strikes resulting in the two spilling out of the ring and to the floor. Komatsu pulled out a new trick as he countered a Shimizu charge by throwing Shimizu into the post. Komatsu then sandwiched Shimizu's head against the post with a flying Komatsu Knee Kick! Shimizu was obviously hurt, allowing Komatsu to go for the pinfall. However, Shimizu kicked out. Yet Shimizu despite his bravado could do nothing as Komatsu set about savagely attacking Shimizu's head. Komatsu punted Shimizu directly in the face multiple times attempting to straight up knock Shimizu out cold. Yet even after all the abuse, Shimizu kept reaching his feet and kicking out of the ensuing pinfalls much to Komatsu's growing frustration. Realizing that brute force was not going to seal the victory for Komatsu, Komatsu changed gears as he suddenly locked Shimizu in the Iron Cross, the same hold that nearly ended Shimizu's career in the 2007 Power Source finals! Shimizu screamed in pure agony as Komatsu pulled back on Shimizu's shoulders and hyper extended his elbows for the entire world to see. Knowing Shimizu's historically injured arms, Hanzo Hijiyama began to act as if he was stopping the contest to save Shimizu from injury, however Shimizu's frantic pain filled cries telling Hijiyama to not stop the match gave the referee pause. Komatsu responded by applying more pressure on Shimizu's arms. Shimizu attempted to slowly butt scoot himself and Komatsu to the ropes, however Komatsu flatly ignored Shimizu's attempts with a repositioned leg. Shimizu's head began to drop slowly, and it appeared Shimizu had gone unconscious from the pain. Komatsu gave one last squeeze before releasing Shimizu to go for the pinfall...only to have Shimizu kick out at 2.9! Fifty Minutes elapsed rang over the PA system, as Komatsu pulled Shimizu back to his feet...only to have Shimizu fire off a sudden inside cradle! The Iwate fans counted along, but Komatsu kicked out at 2.9 to keep his aspirations alive! Komatsu threw a desperation kick aimed at Shimizu's head, however, Shimizu caught the leg and fired off a lightning fast dragon screw legwhip! Both men laid on the ground slowly recovering before both men, utterly exhausted, climbed to their feet and began to fire off strikes against each other. Komatsu's knees and kicks against Shimizu's elbow strikes. This time, Shimizu's strikes won out as Shimizu laid waste on Komatsu with elbow strikes, before finishing with a charging elbow! Shimizu covered, but Komatsu would be the one to refuse to fall as he kicked out at 2.9 himself! Five minutes remaining rang out from the PA system, as a beaten, battered, bruised, and exhausted Shimizu pulled not only himself but Tenshin Komatsu to their feet. Shimizu grasped Komatsu from behind. Komatsu responded with a half hearted resistence, but could do nothing as Shimizu lifted Komatsu and PLANTED him with the Tsuyosa German Suplex! Shimizu rolled through the hold instead of holding the bridge, bringing Komatsu back up before dropping him with a SECOND Tsuyosa German Suplex! Shimizu rolled through a SECOND time as two minutes rang out over the PA, dropping Komatsu on his head and neck with a perfect Tsuyosa German Suplex! Hanzo Hijiyama counted...but Komatsu escaped at 2.999!! One minute left rang, as Shimizu frantically pulled the unconscious Komatsu back up to his feet. With thirty seconds left, Shimizu lifted Komatsu and SPIKED HIM with the Thunder-Fire Power Bomb! Hanzo Hijiyama dramatically leaped into position to count the fall as the ten second count down began. With SEVEN SECONDS REMAINING,Hanzo Hijiyama counted to three, giving NOBUYORI SHIMIZU HIS SIXTH DEFENSE OF THE C-1 HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! Having expected a time limit draw for virtually the entire battle, the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium EXPLODED in cheers as Shimizu rolled to his back in exhaustion, but with enough left over to pump his arm out in the air to his theme song...

- With sweat pouring down his face and body, Shimizu accepted the title presentation and his trophy, using Toshiro Noguchi to hold onto his prizes for him. Before Shimizu could give his post-match speech, Tenshin Komatsu approached Shimizu...with a smile...Komatsu in breathless tones thanked Shimizu for giving him the best match of his career. And that after two POWER SOURCE tournament victories, it just “wasn't the time” for him to claim the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Komatsu claimed that there were no hard feelings and that he would simply aim his directions elsewhere...Komatsu ended by telling Shimizu “Good Job, Mr. CRIMSON” before leaving. Shimizu barely had any energy left for his post-match speech, but began by thanking all the fans in attendance for coming to the show and supporting Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON continuously for eight years. Shimizu remarked that his title reign was now in it's ninth month and he felt just like how he did last October. That this is a dream. A dream that he never wishes to wake up from. Shimizu, as always, promised to do whatever it took to keep the dream going just a little longer and asked the Iwate audience to continue lending him their strength in the coming months.

BATTLE ZONE 2010 ~ ZONE OF DESTINY
07/27/10
Iwate
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
4,278 fans (Super no Vacancy Full House)

0. Toshiro Noguchi & Shuji Kawashima defeated Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura at 6'38 when Kawashima submitted Ogura with a crab hold
1. PATH TOWARDS DESTINY! REVEAL YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS!: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Ikuji Royama at 11'29 with the Splash Mountain
2. HOPE TOWARDS DESTINY! CLAIM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM! ~ PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo defeated PHOENIX & Keoni Murata (c) at 8'27 when Tomizaki submitted Murata with a choke sleeper to become the 9th champions
3. FEUD TOWARDS DESTINY! REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #7!: Makoto Saito defeated Masakazu Fujimoto at 7'09 with the Shiraku Blade
- Fujimoto improves to 3-4
4. GRADUATE TOWARDS DESTINY! RIDE ON 2010 AVENIR GRADUATING CLASS!: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 9'47 when Takahashi pinned Kuroki with the White Flash
5. FIGHT TOWARDS DESTINY! THE REVENGE OF OLD FRIENDS! ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada (c) defeated Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 10'05 when Tsuruya pinned Kuriyama with the Murder Carnival [V.1]
6. DRIVE TOWARDS DESTINY! DEFEND THE OUTSIDE ONSLAUGHT! C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Kenta Arakiki [FREE] defeated Hayato Saigo (c) at 14'28 with the Hikitsuri to become the 13th Champion
7. SURRMOUNT TOWARDS DESTINY! CROWN THE TRUE OPENWEIGHT! ~ IFS Openweight Championship & C-2 Openweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano (c) defeated Akuma Toyota (c) at 19'42 with the Shin Kubikari Driller to become the 1st Unified Openweight Champion
8. PASS TOWARDS DESTINY! THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF CRIMSON! ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) defeated Tenshin Komatsu at 59'53 with the Thunder-Fire Powerbomb [V.6]

[CRIMSON] 7/21/10 ~ News

2010-07-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON has a historic love of great theme songs and thus promotional tie ups with great bands, however, none of CRIMSON's tie ups with musical artists have been as famous or profitable as with the ever popular heavy metal band Onmyo-za. The Japanese folklore inspired band have supplied several songs to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON as part of their arrangement over the years, including most famously theme music for both Akuma Toyota (Oni Koroshi) and Nobuyori Shimizu (Ikiru Koto to Mitsuketari).

Earlier today, Onmyo-za took a small vacation from their current national tour of Japan, titled “Continue, Ikiru Koto to Mitsuketari" to pay a visit to the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON offices just days before Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's historic BATTLE ZONE event. The two lead singers of Onmyo-za Kuroneko and Matatabi both personally visited with Yuki Nomura and C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu with press present. Onmyo-za thanked Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON for giving the band an outlet for their music, citing Ikiru Koto to Mitsuketari's rise in popularity at the same time Nobuyori Shimizu began using it, even to the extent that it is the flagship song of their current tour. Shimizu instead maintained that the "wonderful aspect" of the song is the reason for the song's popularity...

Onmyo-za and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON vowed to continue their "collaboration" in the future as Onmyo-za prepares to release their 11th Studio album. However, Matatabi and Kuroneko announced their intentions to have Nobuyori Shimizu appear as a special guest for their tour ending concert in September at JCB Hall! Matatabi warned that if Shimizu lost the C-1 Heavyweight Championship before then the deal may be off...The comment was clearly intended as a joke, however, Shimizu vowed once again that he would "refuse" to lose the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. Not only for himself, but as to not damage the "wonderful song" they had given him...

Kuroneko, Matatabi, Nomura & Shimizu all posed for pictures as Shimizu vowed to "continue finding out how to live" as C-1 Heavyweight Champion!

[CRIMSON] 7/18/10 ~ BATTLE ZONE 2010 ~ ZONE OF DESTINY Full Lineup & Preview

2010-07-18T18:29:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON races towards their second biggest show of the year, BATTLE ZONE on the 27th with the largest lineup in several years. In a preshow dark match, Toshiro Noguchi and Shuji Kawashima welcome two new Ryo Suzuki graduates to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Akio Kobayashi standing 183 centimeters, and the junior-heavyweight Yukihiro Ogura look to make a favorable first impression.

BATTLE ZONE kicks off the main card with a singles encounter between Takayuki Ariwa and Ikuji Royama, titled "REVEAL YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS!". For months Ikuji Royama has been shrouded in mystery regarding his true alignment and motivations. Takayuki Ariwa aims to reveal Royama's true intentions through a battle with his own stable mate.

The story of Akira Tomizaki is one of hardship and constant struggle. However, "Strong" Tomizaki has gotten his first chance at stardom as he teams with fellow Bloody Gears member Kazuya Endo to face the KYOURUI 6 team of PHOENIX and Keoni Murata for the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. Can the underdog team of Tomizaki and Endo "Claim the Impossible Dream"?

Masakazu Fujimoto has his seventh match in his "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series. This time, Masakazu Fujimoto faces the leader of Bloody Gears in yet another Bloody Gears/HEAVY WAR battle. Can Fujimoto go 4-3, or is he doomed to be struck down by Makoto Saito's cruel attack?

When Naoki Daishi decided to follow his career at Heavyweight, a cascading effect resulted. Akahito Yamada abandoned his friends and his ideals to join KYOURUI 6 as their "Wild Dog". The result is the C-1 Tag Team Championship match, as Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada aim for V.1 of their Tag Team Championships against HEAVY WAR's Naoki Daishi and Rui Kuriyama. Can Daishi restore order to Yamada's mind, or are the "Wild Dog" and the "Runaway Marauder" destined to reign at the top of the tag team ranks?

In late 2008, Kenjiro Amagawa's desire to become stronger led him to Yuki Nomura. And their joint desires led to the creation of AVENIR, President Yuki Nomura's personal faction to polish and improve pro-wrestlers. In the fifth match, we celebrate the four graduating members of AVENIR. All four champions, and top wrestlers within CRIMSON. For one last night; Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger will wrestle as AVENIR members. The very next day, the 28th, they will no longer be AVENIR members. Where will they go? What will they do? Perhaps not even the four know...

Kenta Arakiki has invaded Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. And within three events, has already made his presence felt. The former Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE and Nansei Nihon Junior-Heavyweight has set his eyes squarely on the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship held by Hayato Saigo. Will Arakiki's wide variety of cruel maneuvers be enough to stop the third reign of the strongest Junior in the world? Or can Hayato Saigo defeat the outsider

One man has always stood in the way of Hiroyuki Takano. He stood in his way in 2008. He stood in his way in 2009. And he's stood in his way in 2010. Even with all of Takano's growth and presence within Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON there has always been one man who refused to recognize him or accept him for anything but a hoodlum: Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ace, Akuma Toyota! Toyota has defeated Takano at every intersection of their careers. However, Takano has found new life as the leader of evil heel faction KYOURUI 6. This match will unify the C-2 Openweight Championship and the IFS Openweight Championship. Can Takano finally claim the IFS that has denied him for so long, or will he be destined to be defeated by Akuma Toyota one more time?

October 13th, 2002. The date of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's first event. It also happens to be the very first match of Nobuyori (then Nobu) Shimizu's career. Three months later, Tenshin Komatsu made his debut against Nobuyori Shimizu. Since then, the careers of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's first two graduates have constantly intersected. Always fighting, always struggling, to determine who the better of the two were. Tenshin Komatsu struggled with his own abilities and a jealousy of Nobuyori Shimizu for years, before finally giving in to his demons. However, at Tenshin Komatsu's weakest moment, after everyone had abandoned him, it was Nobuyori Shimizu who extended his hand to Tenshin Komatsu. The two buried their hatred and their rivalry in December 2009. However, the flames of competition are not so easily extinguished. Tenshin Komatsu was victorious in the 2010 POWER SOURCE tournament, setting up the dreamed match for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship.

Tenshin Komatsu challenges Nobuyori Shimizu for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship in a battle almost eight years in the making. Once and for all, with no hatred and no jealousy, we will finally know who is the strongest; Nobuyori Shimizu or Tenshin Komatsu!

BATTLE ZONE 2010 ~ ZONE OF DESTINY
07/27/10 - Iwate - Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

0. Toshiro Noguchi & Shuji Kawashima vs. Akio Kobayashi & Yukihiro Ogura
1. PATH TOWARDS DESTINY! REVEAL YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS!: Takayuki Ariwa vs. Ikuji Royama
2. HOPE TOWARDS DESTINY! CLAIM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM! ~ PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: PHOENIX & Keoni Murata (c) vs. Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo
3. FEUD TOWARDS DESTINY! REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #7!: Makoto Saito vs. Masakazu Fujimoto
4. FIGHT TOWARDS DESTINY! THE REVENGE OF OLD FRIENDS! ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada (c) vs. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
5. GRADUATE TOWARDS DESTINY! RIDE ON 2010 AVENIR GRADUATING CLASS!: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger
6. DRIVE TOWARDS DESTINY! DEFEND THE OUTSIDE ONSLAUGHT! C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) vs. Kenta Arakiki [FREE]
7. SURRMOUNT TOWARDS DESTINY! CROWN THE TRUE OPENWEIGHT! ~ IFS Openweight Championship & C-2 Openweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano (c)
8. PASS TOWARDS DESTINY! THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF CRIMSON! ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Tenshin Komatsu

[Late CRIMSON] 7/05/10 to 7/17/10

2010-07-18T16:17:00.000-07:00

07/05/10 -
Tochigi
Kinugawa Tourist Hotel Golden Palace
870 fans (No Vacancy)

1. Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Keoni Murata & Ryoma Inoue at 9'29 when Kuriyama pinned Inoue with the Jumping High Kick
2. Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada at 14'38 when Takahashi pinned Yamada with the White Flash
3. Kenjiro Amagawa & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ikuji Royama & Shuji Kawashima at 11'28 when Tiger pinned Kawashima with the Bullet Wrath
4. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Akuma Toyota & Naoki Daishi at 16'39 when Tsuruya pinned Daishi with the Murder Carnival
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 15'02 when Shimizu pinned Endo with a running elbow

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07/08/10
Niigata
No Town Bunka Gymnasium
1,145 fans

1. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama at 7'32 when Kuriyama pinned Saigo with the Kuri Lariat
2. Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Makoto Saito & Strong Tomizaki at 10'02 when Noguchi pinned Tomizaki with the Thunder Hammer
3. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 15'23 when Amagawa pinned Tsuruya with the Burning Cataclysm
4. Akuma Toyota & Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Hiroyuki Takano & Ryoma Inoue at 12'53 when Fujimoto pinned Inoue with the Mt. Fujimoto Bomb
5. Nobuyori Shimizu & Shuji Kawashima defeated Tenshin Komatsu & Kazuya Endo at 16'29 when Kawashima pinned Endo with the VOS

- Once again, Ikuji Royama turned on Hayato Saigo in their tag match. Saigo was prepared for it this time, and briefly fought back, however Royama still connected with a high kick sending Saigo into a Kuri Lariat for the fall...

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07/10/10
Miyagi
Sendai City Gymnasium #2
1,144 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Hiroshi Kuroki fought Kaisen Tiger to a 20'00 draw
2. Kenjiro Amagawa defeated Keoni Murata at 10'02 with a Backdrop Hold
3. Shinsuke Takahashi defeated PHOENIX at 13'26 with the White Flash
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 15'08 when Daishi pinned Inoue with a Northern Lights Bomb
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Hayato Saigo, Takayuki Ariwa & Shuji Kawashima defeated Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito, Ikuji Royama, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 14'39 when Ariwa pinned Endo with the Angelos

- After putting down Endo in the main event, Takayuki Ariwa demanded to know where Ikuji Royama stood as a member of the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY. Ariwa referenced all the turns in tag matches, how Royama was teaming with their enemies, and his lack of support as a member of the group. Ikuji Royama, stoic as always, simply told Ariwa that he should face him in a match to decide his "true intentions". The hot blooded Ariwa readily accepted, making the match for BATTLE ZONE!

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07/13/10
Yamagata
Higashine City Gymnasium
1,147 (Super no Vacancy)

1. Kaisen Tiger defeated Kazuya Endo at 8'40 with the Bullet Wrath
2. Takayuki Ariwa defeated Shuji Kawashima at 9'21 with the Angelos
3. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito & Strong Tomizaki defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki at 16'24 when Komatsu pinned Kuroki with a Komatsu Knee Kick
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX, Keoni Murata & Ryoma Inoue at 13'37 when Toyota pinned Murata with the Akuma Ichimonji
5. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Kenta Arakiki [FREE] defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo at 15'38 when Tsuruya pinned Noguchi with the Murder Carnival

- KYOURUI 6's mysterious X was revealed to be none other then Kenta Arakiki, Hayato Saigo's challenger at BATTLE ZONE! Arakiki aided his new allies to victory in the main event. Afterwards, Hiroyuki Takano called KYOURUI 6 into the ring and revealed Kenta Arakiki as the new member of KYOURUI 6. However, a natrual question arose as there were seven men in the ring (and a female)... All eyes turned towards Ryoma Inoue and his wife Tomiko causing Ryoma to step back before pushing his wife behind him. Hiroyuki Takano approached Ryoma Inoue using taunting language, even going as far as to call him "Ryoma-kun". Takano told Inoue that his performance as a member of KYOURUI 6 was unacceptable, and that as of right now he was being replaced. KYOURUI 6 surrounded the Inoue's on all sides. However, Takano maintained a calm face even going as far as to say that they could "still be friends"...Takano held out his hand for Inoue to shake. Ryoma hesitantly accepted, and the second the two men's hand met, KYOURUI 6 pounced from all angles!

The six members attacked their former ally like a pack of ravenous dogs, as Tomiko Inoue used her bamboo sword to try and drive them off. However, after Ryoma was sufficiently beaten down, KYOURUI 6 turned their attention to Tomiko. Akahito Yamada, wearing a devilish grin, approached Ryoma's wife with a microphone in hand. Yamada made lewd comments to Tomiko even going as far as to suggest Tomiko leave a wimp like Ryoma and become KYOURUI 6's "personal" manager...Tomiko responded with a STRAIGHT PUNCH TO THE JAW. Yamada reeled but suddenly grabbed Tomiko by the hair. Yamada licked the blood coming from his lip, before claiming he would "teach her all about real men". Yamada's advance was broken up by a guttural "You Bastard!" from behind KYOURUI 6, as Ryoma Inoue sprang to his feet and attacked all six KYOURUI 6 members alone!

Ryoma knocked Yamada's microphone aside before using it as a weapon to blungeon his former allies. After every blow, Ryoma screamed as his wife to run. After opening an avenue, Tomiko escaped allowing Ryoma to continue to attack without distraction. However, Ryoma's courageous attack was overcome by the sheer numbers of KYOURUI 6. Inoue was viciously attacked from all sides. Salvation came from an unlikely source, as AVENIR, lead by Yuki Nomura himself ran to his aid with Tomiko leading the way. The six men and one female hit the ring, and after a brief melee, drove KYOURUI 6 from the ring. Tomiko attended to her bleeding and battered husband as AVENIR set up a defensive position.

After KYOURUI 6 retreated, President Yuki Nomura suddenly launched into Ryoma Inoue with a tirade. Nomura demanded to know where the strong young man who debuted against him in 2004 was, or wondered if that Inoue had been lost when he affiliated himself with "beasts" like KYOURUI 6. Nomura propped Inoue into a corner then informed Inoue that if he wanted to be "reborn" and "return to who you once were", there would be a spot saved for him by his side. Inoue simply stared as Nomura, as he and AVENIR left the ring leaving the married couple alone. Ryoma said nothing to his wife, then began to leave the ring. Tomiko ran towards her husband before latching onto his arm. The two then walked to the back with no one else near them.

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07/17/10
Iwate
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
770 fans (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. Masakazu Fujimoto & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 8'32 when Fujimoto pinned Tomizaki with a Powerbomb
2. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada defeated Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama at 14'29 when Takano pinned Kuriyama with the Takano Axe Kick
3, THE FINAL FAREWELL TO CLASS ONE: PHOENIX, Keoni Murata, Kenta Arakiki [FREE] & Ikuji Royama defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 16'03 when Arakiki pinned Kuroki with the Hikitsuri
4. SPECIAL SINGLES BOUT: Tenshin Komatsu defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 17'39 with the Iron Cross
5. SPECIAL SINGLES BOUT: Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Makoto Saito at 22'10 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex

- After the events of the 13th, Kenta Arakiki replaced Ryoma Inoue on the KYOURUI 6 side in the third match. After aiding KYOURUI 6 in defeating AVENIR in their final match as a unit, Arakiki "apologized" for ruining their "special day" after blasting Kuroki in the face with the Hikitsuri.

- Tenshin Komatsu was given a stiff test against Toshiro Noguchi, but after a back and forth battle emerged victorious after locking Noguchi in his rarely used submission hold, the Iron Cross.

- In the main event, Nobuyori Shimizu faced his own test heading into BATTLE ZONE against Bloody Gears leader Makoto Saito. It took Shimizu well over twenty minutes to put down the stoic fighter, but finally was able to with the Tsuyosa German Suplex.

- After the main event, both Tenshin Komatsu and Nobuyori Shimizu held a talk session for the final time before BATTLE ZONE. Both agreed that this was a "destined battle" that was almost eight years in the making. Komatsu recalled being in this same situation three years ago, but maintained that this time his "destiny" would not be derailed. However, Shimizu told Komatsu that winning the C-1 Heavyweight Championship had been his dream from day one in 2002, and that he would do everything in his power to keep his dream alive. Both men shook hands with both promising that their storied history would enter the final chapter, and once and for all, we would know who the best between Nobuyori Shimizu and Tenshin Komatsu is!

[Late CRIMSON] 7/02/10 ~ July Lineups

2010-07-15T17:51:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released the full lineups for the remaining July events, sans BATTLE ZONE. CRIMSON heads to Tochigi, Niigata, Miyagi, Yamagata & Iwate.

On the 13th in Yamagata, KYOURUI 6 of Hiroyuki Takano and Mikio Tsuruya team with a mysterious X to face the team of Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi and Hayato Saigo. Rumors circulate around Ikuji Royama with his recent attitude issues and later teaming with KYOURUI 6 on the 17th...

And on the final event leading into BATTLE ZONE, on the 17th in Iwate there are two special singles matches. The two men headlining BATTLE ZONE face off against their opponent's most famous tag team partner. C-1 Championship challenger Tenshin Komatsu battles Toshiro Noguchi, while C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu faces off against Makoto Saito. In addition, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON gets one last opportunity to see AVENIR's First Class wrestle as a singular unit in eight man action...

07/05/10 - Tochigi - Kinugawa Tourist Hotel Golden Palace (950)

1. Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama vs. PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue
2. PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada vs. Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki
3. Kenjiro Amagawa & Kaisen Tiger vs. Ikuji Royama & Shuji Kawashima
4. Akuma Toyota & Naoki Daishi vs. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa vs. Makoto Saito, Tenshin Komatsu, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo

07/08/10 - Niigata - No Town Bunka Gymnasium (1,500)

1. Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama vs. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
2. Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa vs. Makoto Saito & Strong Tomizaki
3. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata
4. Akuma Toyota & Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Hiroyuki Takano & Ryoma Inoue
5. Nobuyori Shimizu & Shuji Kawashima vs. Tenshin Komatsu & Kazuya Endo

07/10/10 - Miyagi - Sendai City Gymnasium #2 (1,300)

1. Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Kaisen Tiger
2. Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Keoni Murata
3. Shinsuke Takahashi vs. PHOENIX
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama vs. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Hayato Saigo, Takayuki Ariwa & Shuji Kawashima vs. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito, Ikuji Royama, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo

07/13/10 - Yamagata - Higashine City Gymnasium (1,200)

1. Kazuya Endo vs. Kaisen Tiger
2. Takayuki Ariwa vs. Shuji Kawashima
3. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito & Strong Tomizaki
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama vs. Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX, Keoni Murata & Ryoma Inoue
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo vs. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & X

07/17/10 - Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

1. Masakazu Fujimoto & Takayuki Ariwa vs. Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo
2. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada vs. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
3, THE FINAL FAREWELL TO CLASS ONE: Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. PHOENIX, Keoni Murata, Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama
4. SPECIAL SINGLES BOUT: Tenshin Komatsu vs. Toshiro Noguchi
5. SPECIAL SINGLES BOUT: Nobuyori Shimizu vs. Makoto Saito

[Late CRIMSON] 7/01/10 ~ The End of the First Class of AVENIR

2010-07-14T20:13:00.000-07:00

Yuki Nomura along with his proteges from AVENIR held a press meeting at the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON offices in Miyako. The four "graduating" members of AVENIR and Yuki Nomura all appeared in suits and posed for photographs as a unit for the last time. After photographs were taken, the four spoke out regarding their graduation from AVENIR and their future.

The acting leader of AVENIR, Kenjiro Amagawa spoke first. Amagawa admitted that he had attempted to fight their graduation and that he still stubbornly refused to admit to himself that their days as a functioning unit were coming to an end. Amagawa reflected on his time with AVENIR and brought up Mikio Tsuruya betrayal as a "Backdrop Brother" which began Amagawa's odyssey to "strengthen" himself with Yuki Nomura. Amagawa added that all of his career highlights had come as a member of AVENIR under Nomura's guidance. Amagawa thanked Nomura for providing the spark that ignited his career and for helping him discover his true strength inside.

Hiroshi Kuroki admitted that when Yuki Nomura allowed him to join AVENIR, no one knew who he was or had any reason to care. As a Ryo Suzuki graduate who did not venture into CRIMSON, Kuroki's career had ended before it had begun. Kuroki claimed that it wasn't being given entry into CRIMSON that had saved him, but when Nomura had extended his hand to Kuroki as a mentor that had. Kuroki thanked Nomura for the chance, and the opportunity to make friends that he would have for the rest of his life.

Kaisen Tiger was handed the microphone and appeared confused as to what to do. Kuroki leaned in to help translate Kaisen Tiger's words. However, all were shocked as Kaisen Tiger began to speak in perfect Japanese! The other AVENIR members were taken aback, with Nomura exclaiming "Since when do you speak Japanese?!". Kaisen Tiger stoically turned to Nomura and added "I've been practicing!" before breaking in laughter...Tiger thanked everyone in AVENIR for the memories, and his own growth as a pro-wrestler; adding that these were the best moments of his life...

Finally it was Shinsuke Takahashi's turn. Takahashi at first refused to speak but was convinced to by Amagawa. Virtually the second Takahashi opened his mouth to speak. he began to tear up. Takahashi recalled that two years ago he was working at a Bicycling Plant and retired from Pro-Wrestling. It was Nomura who rediscovered him. It was Nomura who faced him in his first wrestling match in two years. It was Nomura who gave him a chance in AVENIR. And it was Nomura that saved his dream. Takahashi proclaimed that everything he had, everything he would ever have, was from the gift Yuki Nomura and AVENIR had given him.

Nomura waited for Takahashi to finish before speaking his own. Nomura denied that he was some type of "savior" of the four. Instead, Nomura pointed out that all he had done was give them guidance. The skill and power the four had displayed had come from inside them. The growth they had all displayed wasn't his doing, it was their own. They were the ones who had made AVENIR great and they were the ones who would continue to improve and grow no matter where they went or what they did. He (Nomura) wasn't the one who had earned the championships they had. And he hadn't reached the very top ranks of tag team wrestling. Nomura thanked the four for being the very best protege's he could have hoped for and then bowed deeply to all four of them.

There was more business to discuss however. Nomura announced that even with the graduation of the four, AVENIR would continue! Nomura reminded the press that there were actually FIVE current members of AVENIR, and the remaining wrestler would assume the new mantle of "Leader" of AVENIR. On cue, returning from almost three months in Europe, Keiji Hirano appeared also decked in a suit! Hirano approached all four of his peers and shook each wrestler's hand in turn before stepping up to stand with Yuki Nomura. Nomura handed Hirano his microphone before stepping back.

Keiji Hirano started by admitting that three months ago, he had left "like a child" after the GOLDEN CHANCE tournament. Hirano thanked Nomura and the rest of AVENIR for allowing him to spend nearly three months to recollect his thoughts and feelings. Hirano added that when he heard of the graduation, at first he was upset that he wasn't being included. But now, Hirano said, he understood why. He (Hirano) isn't prepared to advance to the next stage like the others are. Hirano turned to his rival Kenjiro Amagawa and praised the former AVENIR leader for giving him a goal to aspire to achieve. The road will be rocky at the start and at times it will appear as if AVENIR's second class won't work out. However, Hirano promised that he won't run away or back down from the challenges before him and will aim to be the very best leader of AVENIR he can possibly be!

The five members of AVENIR's “First Class” and their mentor Yuki Nomura posed one more time for photos to close out the session.

[CRIMSON] 6/18 to 6/25 Catchup Results

2010-07-12T14:51:00.000-07:00

06/18/10
Iwate
Iwate Town Training Center
824 fans

1. Strong Tomizaki defeated Keoni Murata at 6'32 with the Samson Clutch
2. PHOENIX defeated Hiroshi Kuroki at 12'35 with the Ressurrection
3. Takayuki Ariwa defeated Kaisen Tiger at 10'43 with a Powerbomb
4. Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama at 8'59 when Amagawa pinned Saigo
5. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 15'38 when Kuriyama pinned Inoue with the Jumping High Kick
6. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito & Kazuya Endo defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Shuji Kawashima at 16'23 when Komatsu pinned Kawashima with the Komatsu Knee Kick

- Takayuki Ariwa battled Kaisen Tiger in a "preparation battle" for Hayato Saigo later in the month. Kaisen Tiger put up a valiant fight, but the size proved to be the deciding factor, as Ariwa finished off Tiger with a Powerbomb.

- Ikuji Royama not only refused to cooperate with Hayato Saigo in match four against TakaGawa, but even went as far as to hit Saigo with a High Kick leading to the finish...

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06/20/10
Akita
Akita Terusa
789 fans

1. Strong Tomizaki defeated PHOENIX at 8'10 with the Samson Clutch
2. Ryoma Inoue defeated Shuji Kawashima at 7'21 with a Fishman's Suplex
3. Tenshin Komatsu, Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Ikuji Royama defeated Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama at 15'48 when Saito pinned Daishi with the Shiraku Blade
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Toshiro Noguchi at 13'19 when Saigo pinned Ariwa with the Matsukasa
5. Hiroyuki Takano, Akahito Yamada, Mikio Tsuruya & Keoni Murata defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 15'05 when Takano pinned Kuroki with the Takano Driver

- After defeating both Keoni Murata and PHOENIX back to back with cradles, Strong Tomizaki issued a challenge to the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions on behalf of Kazuya Endo and himself for BATTLE ZONE. Seeking revenge for their "humiliating" losses, PHOENIX and Keoni Murata agreed...

- Ikuji Royama displayed none of his teamwork issues while teaming with Bloody Gears in match three to face HEAVY WAR. After Bloody Gears were victorious, Makoto Saito offered Royama a spot in their unit. Royama declined, claiming to be loyal to the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY...

- Hayato Saigo scored a direct pinfall victory over Takayuki Ariwa heading into their special singles match, trapping the much larger man on his shoulders with the Matsukasa cradle hold.

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06/23/10
Aomori
Towada Citizen Gymnasium
1,248 fans

1. Kaisen Tiger defeated Shuji Kawashima at 9'20 with the Bullet Wrath
2. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 10'42 when Murata pinned Tomizaki with the BLUE HAWAII
3. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama at 14'58 when Kuroki pinned Saigo with the PRISM
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 14'28 when Daishi submitted Tsuruya with a Jujigatame
5. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi defeated Tenshin Komatsu & Makoto Saito at 18'29 when Noguchi pinned Saito with the Thunder Hammer

- PHOENIX and Keoni Murata easily dispatched Strong Tomizaki and Kazuya Endo in a preliminary non-title match. After beating the Bloody Gears team, PHOENIX and Murata taunted the two and thanked them for providing a "showcase" match at BATTLE ZONE...

- The team of Ariwa, Saigo, and Royama completely fell apart in the second match against AVENIR. Royama abandoned his team after a miscommunication, and another miscommunication between Saigo and Ariwa resulted in Ariwa being knocked out of the match. All three AVENIR members finished Saigo off from there...

- After submitting Mikio Tsuruya, Naoki Daishi once again challenged for the C-1 Tag Team Championships held by Tsuruya and Yamada. The challenge was formally accepted, signing Daishi & Kuriyama versus Tsuruya & Yamada at BATTLE ZONE.

- The legendary teams of CRIMSON battled in the main event for the first time in several years. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi bested Tenshin Komatsu and Makoto Saito heading towards BATTLE ZONE. Noguchi redeemed himself for several months of lack luster performances, blasting Saito with the Thunder Hammer. Shimizu and Komatsu had their first confrontation, as both promised to win at BATTLE ZONE. Shimizu claimed his "dream" would never stop, while Komatsu maintained that from day one it was always his "destiny" to be C-1 Heavyweight Champion, and Shimizu could do nothing to stop him...

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06/25/10
Miyagi
Kobayashi Citizen Gymnasium
1,020 fans

1. Makoto Saito defeated Strong Tomizaki at 5'52 with the Shiraku Blade
2. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Ikuji Royama & Shuji Kawashima at 9'55 when Murata pinned Kawashima with the BLUE HAWAII
3. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Tenshin Komatsu & Kazuya Endo at 13'31 when Tiger pinned Endo with the Bullet Wrath
4. Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi at 16'47 when Takahashi pinned Noguchi with the White Flash
5. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 15'29 when Daishi pinned Inoue with a Northern Lights Bomb
6. SPECIAL SINGLES MATCH: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Hayato Saigo at 17'40 with a Enzui-Angelos

- Ikuji Royama once again appeared reluctant to effectively work as a teammate with a partner, this time with Shuji Kawashima in match two. Royama virtually left Kawashima to be pinned by Murata's BLUE HAWAII...

- After two back to back victories by AVENIR including a huge victory by TakaGawa over Shimizu and Noguchi, Yuki Nomura invited his four protege's to join him in the ring. Nomura then announced that Amagawa, Takahashi, Kuroki & Tiger had "transcended" the boundaries of AVENIR. Amagawa attempted to argue the point, claiming that they were a strong unit together. However Nomura reminded his young leader that AVENIR had been a route to "polish" the four. Nomura praised their growth, and announced that at BATTLE ZONE '10, that the four members would GRADUATE from AVENIR!

- After HEAVY WAR's victory over KYOURUI 6, Hiroyuki Takano issued a grand-stand challenge to Akuma Toyota. Takano called Toyota the "ultimate" in CRIMSON, adding that by defeating Toyota he would finally make his mark on CRIMSON with his own image. Toyota accepted Takano's challenge, but demanded that Takano put up the C-2 Openweight Championship. In response, Takano demanded that Toyota put up the IFS Openweight Championship! Takano's long-standing grudge with Toyota for carrying the defunct championship as a "trophy" exploded, as Takano originally aimed to "retrieve" the IFS Championship years ago. Toyota appeared amused that Takano would still seek a "triffle" such as the IFS Openweight Championship, but agreed, making the match for BATTLE ZONE a DOUBLE Championship match!

- Hayato Saigo attempted to prove himself as a heavyweight wrestler against Takayuki Ariwa, but ended up being beaten by Ariwa's Angelos, this time to the back of the head. Once Saigo recovered, Ikuji Royama invaded the ring and demanded his rematch for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship that Saigo had denied. Royama was cut off as former Nansei Nihon Junior kingpin KENTA ARAKIKI invaded the ring! The former All Pacific Junior-Heavyweight Champion issued a challenge for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship. Much to Royama's chagrin, Saigo accepted Arakiki's challenge for BATTLE ZONE. Royama issued a veiled threat due to being tired of waiting for his rematch before storming off...

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Heading into July, the card for BATTLE ZONE is pretty much filled out with six major matches...

BATTLE ZONE 2010 ~ ZONE OF DESTINY
07/27/10 - Iwate - Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

1. HOPE TOWARDS DESTINY! CLAIM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM! ~ PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: PHOENIX & Keoni Murata (c) vs. Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo
2. GRADUATE TOWARDS DESTINY! RIDE ON 2010 AVENIR GRADUATING CLASS!: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger
3. FIGHT TOWARDS DESTINY! THE REVENGE OF OLD FRIENDS! ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada (c) vs. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
4. DRIVE TOWARDS DESTINY! DEFEND THE OUTSIDE ONSLAUGHT! C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) vs. Kenta Arakiki [FREE]
5. SURRMOUNT TOWARDS DESTINY! CROWN THE TRUE OPENWEIGHT! ~ IFS Openweight Championship & C-2 Openweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano (c)
6. PASS TOWARDS DESTINY! THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF CRIMSON! ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Tenshin Komatsu

[Hachiro Yakuta Produce] BLACK CROW DECADE ~ 06/17/10 @ Shinjuku Club Heights

2010-06-17T23:18:00.000-07:00

Ten years ago, before the dawn of Pro-Wrestling FURY or Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Hachiro Yakuta made his debut against his mentor Ryo Suzuki. In celebration of his tenth year as a pro-wrestler, Yakuta held a specially produced event at Shinjuku Club Heights with support from all three of the major promotions in Japan.

ATSUKA and YAKUTA teamed up once more to defeat their RAGNAROK compatriots Daisuke Iwata and Kyoto Okazaki in a clear half hearted exhibition match. In fact, it almost appeared if Kyoto Okazaki let ATSUKA hook him with a backslide for the flash three count... After the match, ATSUKA called for ten more years of the ATSUKA and YAKUTA team up to which YAKUTA stoically agreed to!

An inter-gender tag match saw Hachiro Yakuta disciple Kojiro Kanesaka return to the spotlight alongside FURY GIRL Kaoru Hamaguchi to face off against the former "Shin Kaiju" Masato Osagawa with his partner ATSUKA disciple AISUKA. After a lengthy match with comedy thrown in as Kojiro did everything in his power to avoid Osagawa (including throwing Hamaguchi at Kaiju at one point...), Hamaguchi pinned her fellow FURY GIRL partner AISUKA with the Hamaguchi Roll.

RAGNAROK battled the full Okinawa Speed Stars in six man junior action. In the end, the Okinawa Speed Stars could not overcome the home field advantage of RAGNAROK, nor their opponent's strength as Yoshihiro Shimoda blasted Fumihiko Shirai with the Torokeru Knee Kick for the fall.

The semi final was a special six man contest. Six of the top heavyweight wrestlers in all of Japan squared off with one unifying factor: All have wrestled Hachiro Yakuta at one point. Naoyuki Watanabe from FURY teamed with Nobuyori Shimizu from CRIMSON along with Seiji Ebisawa from DYNAMITE to face off against Tetsuhisa NAKAI from FURY, Tenshin Komatsu from CRIMSON, and Goro Iijima from DYNAMITE. In the end, the firepower on both sides resulted in a stalemate for an explosive thirty minute draw.

The main event was a flashback to ten years ago, as YAKUTA wrestling under his full name of Hachiro Yakuta fought his mentor and the man he debuted against ten years ago, Ryo Suzuki. Yakuta's abilities were shown to their full extent, as he blazed through Ryo Suzuki in little over nine minutes with the Ace Black for the three count.

Ryo Suzuki congratulated Yakuta on his growth before leaving the ring. Yakuta thanked the audience for attending in his usual dead pan manner, until ATSUKA rushed into the ring. Yakuta appeared surprised, as ATSUKA suddenly produced alcoholic beverages as the other RAGNAROK members came to the ring. With all the members of the stable in the ring, the group shared a toast to ten years of YAKUTA's career and for the next ten to come!

Hachiro Yakuta Produce ~ BLACK CROW DECADE
06/17/10
Tokyo - Shinjuku Club Heights
1,079 fans (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. ATSUKA [FURY] & YAKUTA [FURY] defeated Daisuke Iwata [FURY] & Kyoto Okazaki [FURY] at 9'52 when ATSUKA pinned Okazaki with a backslide
2. Kojiro Kanesaka [FREE] & Kaoru Hamaguchi [FG] defeated Masato Osagawa [FURY] & AISUKA [FG] at 11'46 when Hamaguchi pinned AISUKA with the Hamaguchi Roll
3. Yoshihiro Shimoda [FURY], RYUJI [FURY] & Manabe Tsuji [FURY] defeated Kotaro Ota [FURY], Fumihiko Shirai [FURY] & Hayato Saigo [CRIMSON] at 14'53 when Shimoda pinned Shirai with the Torokeru Knee Kick
4. Naoyuki Watanabe [FURY], Nobuyori Shimizu [CRIMSON] & Seiji Ebisawa [DYNAMITE] fought Tetsuhisa NAKAI [FURY], Tenshin Komatsu [CRIMSON] & Goro Iijima [DYNAMITE] to a 30'00 time limit draw
5. Hachiro Yakuta [FURY] defeated Ryo Suzuki [FREE] at 9'23 with the Ace Black

[CRIMSON] 6/15/10 @ Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium

2010-06-15T16:47:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to action with a show full of unannounced matches. Despite this, the CRIMSON loyalists filled the Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium for a five match card amid the whirlwinds surrounding the company.

In the opening match, Tenshin Komatsu and Makoto Saito aligned for the first time as a tag team in years to face off against their fellow Bloody Gears allies in Strong Tomizaki and Kazuya Endo. Tomizaki and Endo tried their best, but were no match for Saito and Komatsu as Komatsu finished off Tomizaki with a Komatsu Knee Kick.

The PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions from KYOURUI 6; Keoni Murata and PHOENIX scored a surprisingly large victory over the SCA team of Takayuki Ariwa and Ikuji Royama. Royama and Ariwa had difficulty from the start stemming from the upcoming Ariwa/Saigo battle that Royama believes should be his. The tension boiled over, as Royama suddenly BLASTED Ariwa with a high kick and abandoned his partner! With Ariwa stunned, PHOENIX flew in with a beautiful Dark Tides, spiking the super heavyweight for the shock fall!

Masakazu Fujimoto's "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series was revived in the third match, as Fujimoto faced off against Ryoma Inoue. Inoue with help from his wife at ringside put up a fight despite being horrifically outweighed and out sized. In the end, Inoue could do nothing but be spiked by Fujimoto's Mt. Fujimoto Bomb for the fall.

After over two years as a professional wrestler, Shuji Kawashima finally has a finishing move! Teaming with fellow STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY members Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi and Hayato Saigo. Kawasima shocked not only the audience and his opponents, but also his allies when at the end of the battle against AVENIR, Kawashima displayed shocking poise against Hiroshi Kuroki. Kawashima then debuted the V.O.S., Velocity Of Sound, a Sling Blade using the ropes and Kawashima's astounding speed to down Kuroki! Kawashima was congratulated by the SCA, but Kawashima promised that tonight was just the start of his "awakening"...

In the main event, HEAVY WAR battled KYOURUI 6 and emerged victorious, as Akuma Toyota led Naoki Daishi and Rui Kuriyama to victory over Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, and Akahito Yamada. Rui Kuriyama ended the night for Akahito Yamada with a Jumping High Kick.

Post-match, Naoki Daishi and Rui Kuriyama challenged for the C-1 Tag Team Championships leading to a heated shouting match between Yamada and Daishi, the former OVERTHROW team. Daishi claimed he would "return Yamada to his senses", while Yamada claimed that Daishi abandoning him to follow his "selfish desire" had revealed to Yamada the truth of "friends" and "allies" in wrestling. Neither man could verbally prove their point resulting in both men accepting the match with a promise to the other man. Daishi promised to "revert" Yamada, while Yamada swore he would "disfigure" Daishi...

06/15/10
Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
714 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Tenshin Komatsu & Makoto Saito defeated Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 5'20 when Komatsu pinned Tomizaki with a Komatsu Knee Kick
2. Keoni Murata & PHOENIX defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Ikuji Royama at 12'02 when PHOENIX pinned Ariwa with the Dark Tides
3. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #6: Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Ryoma Inoue at 10'29 with the Mt. Fujimoto Bomb
- Fujimoto improves to 3-3.
4. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 16'52 when Kawashima pinned Kuroki with the V.O.S.
5. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada at 19'59 when Kuriyama pinned Yamada with a Jumping High Kick

[FREE] 6/13/10 ~ The Revolution reaches HOT LIMIT!

2010-06-13T04:08:00.000-07:00

One of the hottest young junior tag teams in all of professional wrestling have signed to join forces with Millennium S.K.'s new brand of "revolution", as former Nansei Nihon Professional Wrestling wrestlers HOT LIMIT, Wataru Yamada and Keisuke Rongai join the fray! Much like the previously announced ShinoMura, HOT LIMIT are a linked duo with each man providing the natural contrast to the other. Wataru Yamada is a skilled technical wrestler using suplexes and submission holds. While the "Earnest Heart" of Keisuke Rongai focuses on power to get job done. HOT LIMIT as of late have appeared for Pro-Wrestling FURY in an adversary role. HOT LIMIT have become preoccupied as of late with striking out from a humble base in order to be recognized as the greatest junior tag team in professional wrestling no matter the promotion or location for their invasions. HOT LIMIT's foray into Millennium Productions appears to be yet another step in that direction. Now S.K.'s “revolution” has spread to contain two of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling...

E-COS announced that there will be one more name reveal before event details are finally revealed. The final few names should appear relatively soon. In words that must send chills down the spine of other promotions, the end of the press release announced that the “revolution virus has infected the entire industry”...

The full announced roster thus far for S.K.'s promotion is below:

Millennium S.K.
Masaaki Yasui
SLAYER
Natsuo Sakoda
Shino Hiriyama
Kazuhiro Okamura
Ichiyo Tatsuko
Wataru Yamada
Keisuke Rongai

[CRIMSON] 6/08/10 ~ Dates & Venues

2010-06-08T17:46:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON broke their silence following the dramatic events surrounding the promotion to...announce upcoming events and venues through a press release. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON announced the preliminary dates and venues for their upcoming two month period., after taking almost a month off will resume action in Iwate on the 15th with the "tour" ending officially on the 27th of July for BATTLE ZONE.

In addition, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON will lend it's assistance to Hachiro Yakuta (YAKUTA) on the 17th, as Hachiro Yakuta will celebrate his ten year anniversary as a professional wrestler with a specially produced event titled "BLACK CROW DECADE" from Shinjuku Club Heights in Tokyo.

Also of note, is a ten day break from the 25th to the 5th. And the second half of the series starts in the Kanto region then moves back up towards the Tohoku region...

BATTLE ZONE ~ ZONE OF DESTINY will take place from the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium and will see Tenshin Komatsu gain his C-1 Heavyweight Championship match he earned by winning the POWER SOURCE tournament against the C-1 Heavyweight Champion.

06/15/10 - Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

Hachiro Yakuta Produce ~ BLACK CROW DECADE
06/17/10 - Tokyo - Shinjuku Club Heights (1,000)

06/18/10 - Iwate - Iwate Town Training Center (1,000)
06/20/10 - Akita - Akita Terusa (1,000)
06/23/10 - Aomori - Towada Citizen Gymnasium (1,500)
06/25/10 - Miyagi - Kobayashi Citizen Gymnasium (1,250
07/05/10 - Tochigi - Kinugawa Tourist Hotel Golden Palace (950)
07/08/10 - Niigata - No Town Bunka Gymnasium (1,500)
07/10/10 - Miyagi - Sendai City Gymnasium #2 (1,300)
07/13/10 - Yamagata - Higashine City Gymnasium (1,200)
07/17/10 - Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

BATTLE ZONE ~ ZONE OF DESTINY
07/27/10 - Iwate - Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

1. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: X (c) vs. Tenshin Komatsu

[FREE] 6/08/10 ~ Three more to S.K.!

2010-06-08T17:08:00.000-07:00

In their continued effort to drum up interest in their new venture, E-COS has released three more names that will be joining Millennium S.K.'s new "revolution" promotion in Fukuoka. The codenamed MILLENNIUM PRODUCTIONS now sports a roster of seven wrestlers, as the junior-heavyweight's flock to the "freedom" of S.K.'s vision.

Yet another former Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON roster member has joined S.K.'s rebellion. Ichiyo Tatsuko, who had stints in CRIMSON from 2004-to-2005, and from 2007-to-2009 rejoins with S.K. after being released late last year by CRIMSON in another "cost cutting measure". Tatsuko entered CRIMSON during CRIMSON's failing period from 2004 to 2005 alongside Jurobei as a junior-heavyweight tag team. Neither man achieved much, and after the eccentric Jurobei was fired for his "demons" outside of the ring Tatsuko faded into obscurity. Tatsuko returned to CRIMSON first as a freelancer in 2007, then a full time roster member until being dismissed in late 2009. Tatsuko aligned himself with S.K.'s MILLENNIUM STARS faction, then later Yankizoku. Tatsuko never achieved much in CRIMSON during either period.

However, quite possibly the biggest signing by E-COS for MILLENNIUM PRODUCTIONS thus far was announced in the same press release. Possibly the greatest junior-heavyweight tag team in the world, former Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON roster members, Shino Hiriyama and Kazuhiro Okamura: ShinoMura! ShinoMura were the inaugural IFS Tag Champions from May 2007 to March 2008. Following their championship loss, they alongside Shinichi Honda won BATTLE FUSION's Trifecta Cup in April 2008. DYNAMITE's issues cropped up soon thereafter resulting in ShinoMura leaving the promotion, eventually joining Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON from late 2008 to late 2009 as members of the invading army LOVE. LOVE ended up being a complete failure of an invasion force, thanks to their leader Tenshin Komatsu's downturn. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released ShinoMura at the end of 2009 as yet another "cost cutting measure", but also as a way to kill the group off. Since then, ShinoMura have competed in small spot shows while waiting for a promotion to bring the team in full time. Now, in a coop, E-COS have announced that this championship team will be a featured part of the new Millennium S.K. venture.

Ichiyo Tatsuko, Shino Hiriyama, and Kazuhiro Okamura join Millennium S.K., Masaaki Yasui, SLAYER and Natsuo Sakoda as the announced roster of MILLENNIUM PRODUCTIONS. E-COS hinted at the end of the press release to expect details on the first event soon...

[FREE] 6/05/10 ~ Two more names to S.K.?

2010-06-05T11:54:00.000-07:00

Just hours after Millennium S.K.'s press conference, dominoes continue to fall in what may be 2010's biggest news story. In the wee hours of the night, a press release was sent out from E-COS's headquarters revealing two more names that will be joining Millennium S.K. and Masaaki Yasui in the codenamed MILLENNIUM PRODUCTIONS project.

Unsurprisingly, SLAYER will rejoin his old ally in the new promotion. SLAYER was aligned with Millennium S.K. for most of his Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON stint from 2007 to 2009, before being released by the promotion. S.K. cited SLAYER's release as a gripe against the company in his explosive press conference. Since being released by CRIMSON, SLAYER has been virtually missing from the industry.

However, surprisingly, is the return of Ryo Suzuki and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON true born, Natsuo Sakoda to pro-wrestling. Sakoda left the business in February 2009 citing nagging back injuries. Natsuo "Van" Sakoda was an original member of the MILLENNIUM STARS with S.K. and Hanzo Hijiyama years prior. Sakoda had appeared twice since his departure from the business for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON in a per-spot basis, but had not returned full time. Sakoda had been training to return to action full time, but has opted to join Millennium S.K. in his new "renegade" promotion instead of return to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. This makes the third Ryo Suzuki Graduate to abandon CRIMSON...

At the end of the press conference, S.K. issued an "open letter" to all junior talent in Japan to join him and his revolution. Masaaki Yasui, SLAYER, and Natsuo Sakoda appear to be just the first of many to join S.K.

[CRIMSON] 6/05/10 ~ Nomura Responds

2010-06-05T01:31:00.000-07:00

Shortly after Millennium S.K.'s explosive press conference, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Yuki Nomura called into the famous "Kings of Fighting" television show. Kei Yamamura questioned Nomura on S.K.'s claims, which Nomura flatly denied all of which and accused S.K. of lying to make his "money grab" seem more honorable.

Nomura claimed to have always been on friendly terms with S.K., and couldn't understand his sudden turn against the company. Nomura suggested that S.K.'s injury had "changed S.K.'s perspective", and that if S.K. had wanted additional money CRIMSON would have been more then willing to lend a hand...

Nomura was closed lipped on the news of Ryo Suzuki supplying S.K.'s new promotion with it's own graduate, simply stating that he couldn't comment on it at this point.

Nomura ended by encouraging CRIMSON fans to ignore S.K.'s "bold lies", and to just ignore S.K.'s "undermining efforts" against CRIMSON...

{FREE} 06/05/10 ~ The Press Conference of Millennium S.K.

2010-06-05T01:22:00.000-07:00

One day after Yahoo Sports! Japan reported the resignation of Millennium S.K. a press conference was called at the lobby of the Hyatt Residential Suite in Sawara Fukuoka, the home of Millennium S.K. Millennium S.K. appeared at the press conference wearing a leather jacket over a dapper brown business suit, and black sunglasses. S.K. wasn't alone, as he was flanked by electronic media giant Senichi Takanochi, head of the large media and electronic corporation E-COS. In addition, a young black haired man stood next to S.K. keeping silent...

Millennium S.K. spoke first, solemnly taking off his sunglasses, to address the question on everyone's mind: Why has Millennium S.K. resigned from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. S.K. joked that what he would reveal tonight would make him a "global enemy" to the established Pro-Wrestling industry, but that everything he was about to reveal was 100% true.

S.K. cited the following in a long rant against his former employers.

- S.K. began by explaining his serious neck injury in May 2009. S.K. revealed that he had actually injured his neck the month prior, and had requested time off from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON to heal. CRIMSON President and "Shadow Man" Kazushi Mimura rejected his appeal and forced him to compete in the POWER SOURCE tournament the next month. S.K. was seriously injured as a result early in the tournament.

- When the injury occurred, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON did not; despite claims and reports, pay for Millennium S.K.'s surgery. S.K. was forced to tap into his meager finances to cover the payments needed for his surgery. When a reporter mentioned that Yuki Nomura himself had claimed CRIMSON helped pay for S.K.'s surgery, S.K. became enraged calling Nomura a "liar".

- Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's "CELEBRATE THE STAR" "charity" event in Fukuoka was a complete disaster. CRIMSON drew less then a half full house due to poor promotion, and CRIMSON refused to allow outsider participation on the event. As such, many of S.K.'s friends and rivals were unable to attend. CRIMSON "compensated" by allowing the wrestlers to send videos for the event...

- CRIMSON kept all proceeds from the event. S.K. never saw any amount of money from the gate. The only financial support S.K. received was due to raffles using S.K.'s own merchandise and the generous donations from the citizens of Fukuoka and the wrestlers themselves.

- At CRIMSON's request, S.K. returned to action far sooner then planned or informed to by doctors. In return, S.K. requested an advance payment for all future bookings to help pay his enormous medical bills. CRIMSON President Yuki Nomura responded by not booking S.K. for over two months.

- While S.K. was injured, CRIMSON released S.K.'s friend SLAYER without any warning or reason. When S.K. in queried, S.K. was informed it was a "budgetary cutback", but S.K. openly wondered how CRIMSON could fire a loyal employee like SLAYER while still bringing in new talent to "round out" the roster?

- Prior to his injury, S.K. was pushed aside for new "non-true born" talent constantly being brought into CRIMSON. S.K. claimed that he had sacrificed to stay loyal to CRIMSON through all the down and harsh time, only to have CRIMSON bring in the likes of Akahito Yamada, Hiroyuki Takano, and others who continually pushed S.K. back down the ladder.

- The travel from the southwest of Japan in Fukuoka to the north east in Tohoku had become a liability and too costly for him to maintain the schedule.

S.K. summed up by saying that he had sacrificed his future to help CRIMSON in the "now", but that CRIMSON had responded by not appreciating everything he had sacrificed. An opportunity came for S.K. in April, and after suffering at the hands of Nomura and Mimura, S.K. accepted the offer...S.K. claimed no ill-will to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's audience or it's wrestlers, but that his "breaking point" had long been exceeded.

At this point, Senichi Takanochi approached the podium to clarify what this "better offer" was. Takanochi spoke fondly of Fukuoka and the Kyushu region in general having grown up in the nearby Oita prefecture. Takanochi also claimed to be a life-long pro-wrestling fan, and stated that it was time for a "dedicated promotion to return to Kyushu". Not since Oita Pro has a promotion focused exclusively on the region. To which Takanochi claimed to be fixing starting with Millennium S.K. Takanochi also claimed there was a "gaping hole" in the current pro-wrestling scene by not focusing on the smaller more athletic wrestlers in the industry. Takanochi refused to state how he knew of S.K.'s unhappiness, but claimed to have had an "inside knowledge" of CRIMSON's issues...

With Millennium S.K. hailing from just a short distance from the Hyatt Residental where the press conference was being held, it made "complete sense" to use Millennium S.K. to build a new start for Kyushu in the national Pro-Wrestling scene. The yet unnamed promotion will be funded and operated by Takanochi's "E-COS" company, with Millennium S.K. acting as local promoter and adviser. Takanochi stated that the promotion would operate from now on under the code name "MILLENNIUM PRODUCTIONS" until a formal promotional name could be decided upon.

In addition, Takanochi announced the second member of the burgeoning promotion's roster. Takanochi gestured to the young man who came out with them, allowing the young man to step up to the podium.

The young man, obviously intimidated introduced himself as Masaaki Yasui and revealed that he was a Ryo Suzuki graduate! Yasui's reveal registered as a shock wave through the wrestling press, who began to shout questions regarding what this revelation meant. However, S.K. stepped in and stated that they would not be answering questions at this time...After Yasui recovered his wits, he revealed details about himself. He stands 173 centimeters, weighs 83 kilograms, was born on June 25th 1990 and is the first "graduate" to join the roster.

Suddenly, S.K. stole the podium from the young man Yasui. S.K. issued an "open letter" to any junior-heavyweight in Japan that is unsatisfied, unhappy, or unemployed to formally join his own brand of "revolution" starting from today on. S.K. claimed that the "established old men" running the business wouldn't like his claims or actions, but that through their actions they would "establish a new order" in the industry starring wrestlers like himself, who had been unable to get anywhere in today's current situation!

S.K.'s outburst appeared to be unplanned, as Senichi Takanochi hurriedly called an end to the press conference, but not before S.K. mugged for every camera he could find on his way out.

[CRIMSON] 6/03/10 ~ Breaking News

2010-06-03T20:37:00.000-07:00

Reports are sketchy as of right now, but in the midst of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's current post-POWER SOURCE tournament downtime, the first major blow to the company in months have apparently been registered. Yahoo! Sports Japan reports that earlier today, rumors are circulating that Millennium S.K. tendered his resignation from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON effective immediately. There are of present no details as to why S.K. decided to do so.

Millennium S.K., or Sorai Kamachi, was one of the first of six Ryo Suzuki graduates to advance on Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON who all debuted in the Late 2002 - Early 2003 period. Kamachi was #6, and debuted against #5, Hayato Saigo. Kamachi advanced up the ranks quickly, and captured the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship within his first year. Kamachi turned his back on his "mentor" Keoni Murata and best friend Hayato Saigo then Kamachi modified his name to Millennium Sorai Kamachi, or S.K. S.K. would also form the only junior-exclusive faction in CRIMSON history, the MILLENNIUM STARS with Hanzo Hijiyama and Natsuo Sakoda.

In recent years, S.K. has struggled heavily against the newer wave of Juniors in CRIMSON. S.K. went thirty three months without a single C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship match. S.K. has also battled injuries. In May 2009, S.K. suffered a career threatening neck injury that saw an outpouring of support from the wrestling industry. S.K. made his return in December, but worked a limited schedule there-after including failed bids to reclaim the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight and PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships.

S.K. vanished from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON after his loss to Pro-Wrestling FURY's Etsuya Kawachi in the GOLDEN CHANCE tournament on April 9th. It was rumored S.K. had returned to Ryo Suzuki's school for additional training. That now appears to have just been a cover for S.K.'s latest move.

More details as they become available.

[CRIMSON] CRIMSON CASCADE ~ 6/01/10 @ Korakuen Hall

2010-06-01T15:52:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to action at the legendary Korakuen Hall for CRIMSON CASCADE, the first event in the new path towards BATTLE ZONE in July. In the opening match, KYOURUI 6 member and one half of the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions Keoni Murata scored a comfortable victory over a game Shuji Kawashima, spiking the youth warrior with a Backdrop Hold.

Murata's partner and the other half of the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions fought next, as PHOENIX and Ryoma Inoue of KYOURUI 6 fell to PREDATORS from AVENIR. PREDATORS revenged their failure to recapture the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships, as Kuroki finished off Ryoma Inoue with the PRISM. PREDATORS revealed their intention to challenge for the PWC titles once again, but PHEONIX shut that down, reminding the pair that they had failed twice in a row...

The STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY collided in the third match as former C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama teamed with Takayuki Ariwa to best Toshiro Noguchi and C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Hayato Saigo. Saigo and Ariwa went back and forth to close the battle, before Ariwa decapitated Saigo with the Angelos. After the match, Saigo challenged Ariwa to face him in a singles match after being decisively beaten. Ariwa appeared surprised at Saigo's challenge, but accepted...However, Saigo's challenge to Ariwa sparked outrage from Ikuji Royama who demanded for an immediate rematch against Saigo. However, Saigo refused, claiming that after his match with Ariwa he would accept Royama's challenge...

HEAVY WAR emerged victorious over Bloody Gears as Rui Kuriyama blasted Kazuya Endo with a Jumping High Kick. Kuriyama launched into a tirade on Endo post-match. Kuriyama claimed that despite being trained by Kazuma Fujita and having also gone through the Ryo Suzuki system, that Kuriyama had "earned" his spot in CRIMSON through the years. Kuriyama accused Endo of coasting through based on his former "life" instead of his "wrestling life". Endo attempted to retort, but a vicious slap from Kuriyama dropped Endo. Kuriyama pledged to fully introduce Endo to the "realities" of being a professional wrestler...

For the first time since December at DUE TIME, Hiroyuki Takano defended his C-2 Openweight Championship, this time against the POWER SOURCE winner Tenshin Komatsu. Unlike many KYOURUI 6 matches, Takano played the match straight, perhaps feeling a need to redeem himself after losing to Komatsu in the POWER SOURCE tournament. However, after a thrilling back and forth battle, that didn't stop Ryoma Inoue from interjecting himself with a timely trip from the outside giving Takano enough time to blindside Komatsu with a Takano Flash to the back of Komatsu's head. With Komatsu stunned, Takano engaged “Devil Takano” mode, as he landed Takano Flashes and Takano Axe Kicks to weaken Komatsu, before dropping him vertically on his head with the Kubikari Driller to retain the C-2 Openweight Championship!

Takano crowed over the house microphone, pointing at the beaten Komatsu and reminding everyone that Komatsu wasn't the “rightful” POWER SOURCE champion, and that it should be him (Takano) who main events BATTLE ZONE. However, Takano “invited” Komatsu to win the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, as it would be his “honor” to take the title from Komatsu immediately...

If KYOURUI 6 played the previous match fair, it was only because they were saving up the full use of their powers for the main event. Right from the opening bell, KYOURUI 6 swarmed the ringside with every member in the group using every tactic at their disposal to help Tsuruya and Yamada claim the C-1 Tag Team Championships from TakaGawa. AVENIR responded in kind, resulting in a riotous situation at ringside. In the ring, Tsuruya and Yamada continually abused every rule in the book. And in the end, their tactics paid off. Yamada, while Hanzo Hijiyama's attention was attained by KYOURUI 6 at ringside, proceeded to knock Takahashi out of the match by using his rope to STRANGLE Takahashi into unconsciousness. Amagawa continued on in two on one situation...or more of a 6 on 1 situation, as KYOURUI 6 broke free of AVENIR allowing Keoni Murata to WHACK Amagawa with his surf board! Amagawa's defenses collapsed. Akahito Yamada spiked Amagawa with a release Straight Jacket Suplex into Amagawa's former best friend's Murder Carnival! With Yamada cackling while standing over Takahashi, Tsuruya covered with one knee over Amagawa's chest awarding KYOURUI 6 with the C-1 Tag Team Championships!

KYOURUI 6 booted TakaGawa out of the ring to AVENIR's waiting arms as the Tokyo audience jeered heavily. KYOURUI 6 posed with their championships: Keoni Murata & PHOENIX to one side as PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions, Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada on the other with the C-1 Tag Team Championships, and Hiroyuki Takano in the middle with the C-2 Openweight Championship. Ryoma Inoue was forced to sit on the mat...

CRIMSON CASCADE
6/01/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,895 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Keoni Murata defeated Shuji Kawashima with a Backdrop Hold at 7'12
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue at 12'49 when Kuroki pinned Inoue with the PRISM
3. Ikuji Royama & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo at 14'32 when Ariwa pinned Saigo with the Angelos
4. Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama defeated Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki at 14'20 when Kuriyama pinned Endo with a jumping high kick
5. C-2 Openweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano (c) defeated Tenshin Komatsu at 17'15 with the Kubikari Driller [V.2]
6. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) at 16'17 when Tsuruya pinned Amagawa with the Murder Carnival to become the 11th champions

[ATTACK GIRLS!] 05/30/10 ~ RUSH SERIES Details!

2010-05-30T19:21:00.000-07:00

Ryo Suzuki announced the first ever "formal tournament" in ATTACK GIRLS history titled the "RUSH SERIES" at the end of ATTACK GIRL's ATTACK ANGELS event. Soon thereafter, Suzuki released firm details on the tournament with Minako Suzki, the new PWC International Women's Championship by his side. After being in operation for over a year, Suzuki claimed it's time for ATTACK GIRLS to have their own "Grand Prix" style event...

The RUSH SERIES is a complex round robin tournament set to run for quite a lengthy period of time from June 19th to September 1st. Sixteen women have been selected from the ATTACK GIRLS roster split into four distinct blocks. Minako Suzuki as champion will not be involved, and Miyabi Fujita or as Suzuki called her "That hellish woman" has been banned from the tournament after her actions after losing the championship to Suzuki...

Ryo briefly explained the concept of the "Four Blocks" of the tournament and revealed the participants.

The Technique Block is for those wrestlers with the best technical wrestling abilities in ATTACK GIRLS.

The Violence Block is for those wrestlers with size and strength to their advantage.

The Spirit Block is for those wrestlers on the smaller scale who never give up.

The Youth Block is for the four youngest women in ATTACK GIRLS, in total a median age of eighteen years of age.

Technique Block
Aya Tamura
Kaoru Hamaguchi
Aimi Nakamura
Cherry Okano

Violence Block
Kong Ichiwara
Crusher Hayashi
Naga Masuno
Sadako Miura

Spirit Block
AISUKA
Tomiko Inoue
Jaguar Dream
KURONEKO

Youth Block
Satoko Fukazawa
Chihiro Nomura
Mio Yamazaki
Haruka Ito

Only the one woman in the tournament who has mastered all four "Levels" of being an ATTACK GIRL will be the tournament victor.

Below are the preliminary matches of the tournament. Final match order and additional matches have yet to be determined, and may be decided the day of each event...

06/19/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)
RUSH SERIES - Technical Block: Kaoru Hamaguchi vs. Cherry Okano
RUSH SERIES - Violence Block: Kong Ichiwara vs. Crusher Hayashi
RUSH SERIES - Youth Block: Mio Yamazaki vs. Haruka Ito
RUSH SERIES - Spirit Block: AISUKA vs. Tomiko Inoue

06/30/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)
RUSH SERIES - Technical Block: Aya Tamura vs. Aimi Nakamura
RUSH SERIES - Violence Block: Naga Masuno vs. Sadako Miura
RUSH SERIES - Youth Block: Satoko Fukazawa vs. Chihiro Nomura
RUSH SERIES - Spirit Block:Jaguar Dream vs. KURONEKO

7/13/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)
RUSH SERIES - Technical Block: Aya Tamura vs. Cherry Okano
RUSH SERIES - Violence Block: Kong Ichiwara vs. Naga Masuno
RUSH SERIES - Youth Block: Chihiro Nomura vs. Haruka Ito
RUSH SERIES - Spirit Block: Tomiko Inoue vs. Jaguar Dream

7/20/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)
RUSH SERIES - Technical Block: Kaoru Hamaguchi vs. Aimi Nakamura
RUSH SERIES - Violence Block: Kong Ichiwara vs. Sadako Miura
RUSH SERIES - Youth Block: Satoko Fukazawa vs. Haruka Ito
RUSH SERIES - Spirit Block: AISUKA vs. KURONEKO

8/04/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)
RUSH SERIES - Technical Block: Aimi Nakamura vs. Cherry Okano
RUSH SERIES - Violence Block: Crusher Hayashi vs. Naga Masuno
RUSH SERIES - Youth Block: Chihiro Nomura vs. Mio Yamazaki
RUSH SERIES - Spirit Block: Tomiko Inoue vs. KURONEKO

08/21/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)
RUSH SERIES - Technical Block: Aya Tamura vs. Kaoru Hamaguchi
RUSH SERIES - Violence Block: Crusher Hayashi vs. Sadako Miura
RUSH SERIES - Youth Block: Satoko Fukazawa vs. Mio Yamazaki
RUSH SERIES - Spirit Block:AISUKA vs. Jaguar Dream

9/01/10 @ Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)
RUSH SERIES - SPIRIT VERSUS VIOLENCE:
RUSH SERIES - TECHNIQUE VERSUS YOUTH:
RUSH SERIES - SPIRIT AND VIOLENCE VERSUS TECHNIQUE AND YOUTH:

[ATTACK GIRLS!] ATTACK ANGELS - 5/30/10 @ Ohasama Town Country Plaza

2010-05-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

ATTACK GIRLS! for the very first time held their own event independently from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. The appropriately titled "ATTACK ANGLES" drew a near sellout of the Ohasama Town Country Plaza with two title matches on top! FURY GIRL Jaguar Dream faced off against the strong style attack of Cherry Okano in the opening match. Okano worked over the masked Jaguar with strikes and holds. However, her own inexperience allowed the masked Jaguar Dream to score the victory with the Jaguar Rising.

In the second battle, the gigantic team of Sadako Miura and Crusher Hayashi were victorious over Aimi Nakamura and KURONEKO, when Miura used a Nodowa-otoshi on KURONEKO for the fall.

The Iwate Princess Powers formed once again, and were victorious in the third battle as Satoko Fukazawa and Chihiro Nomura defeated the "rebel" Haruka Ito and the "Gothic Fairy Princess" Mio Yamazaki. Ito, clad in her shirt and jeans took exception to the dark frilly costume of Yamazaki ruining the team's teamwork. Fukazawa scored the victory with a Guillotine Drop on Mio.

In a special singles match, the Zero Bomber Aya Tamura scored an impressive victory over SUKEBAN leader Tomiko Inoue, using her "Zero Cyclone" to finish off the SUKEBAN leader. Tamura challenged the winner of the main event to face her for the championship, claiming that she had been "behind" Suzuki and Fujita for too long now...

In the semi final, the TWIN ATTACK of ATTACK GIRLS were defended for the first time, as DOUBLE FURY, AISUKA and Kaoru Hamaguchi scored their first defense of the championships against the SUKEBAN team of Naga Masuno and Kong Ichiwara. Despite a significant size advantage, DOUBLE FURY were able to make their speed, skill, and teamwork count. Hamaguchi continued to "roll" right on, as she scored the victory for the team with the Hamaguchi Roll on Kong Ichiwara.

The main event pitted the sole outsider in ATTACK GIRLS, "Devil Queen" Miyabi Fujita against the niece of ATTACK GIRLS president and trainer, Ryo Suzuki for the PWC International Woman's Championship. One year ago to the day, these two faced off for the championship in the very same building with Suzuki coming up short. Fujita, whose skill and power are on an entirely different level then the rest of the ATTACK GIRLS battered Suzuki around the ring like a pinball. Suzuki would never stay down no matter what Fujita blasted her with, all 152 centimeters of "Spitfire" refusing to be put down while putting up minor offense. Suzuki survived a Fujita Lariat and a Fujita Axe Driver. However, Fujita lifted Suzuki for the "kill shot" of a second Fujita Axe Driver...Only to have Suzuki float over into a perfect sunset flip...FOR THE SHOCK THREE COUNT!

Miyabi Fujita immediately began to harass referee Yui Ogata, even going so far as to SLAP Ogata so hard she was immediately knocked out. This brought Ryo Suzuki to the ring, and Fujita even went as far as to slap Suzuki, before Suzuki ordered her restrained and taken backstage...Minako Suzuki looked astounded by what had just happened, but even more so at her own title victory. Suzuki was congratulated by the entire Seikigun and her uncle Ryo himself. Suzuki announced her intentions to accept Aya Tamura's challenge for a championship match but Ryo Suzuki cut his niece off...

Ryo Suzuki announced that the next challenger to the PWC International Woman's Championship would be decided by ATTACK GIRLS new tournament, the "RUSH SERIES" and informed everyone to keep their eyes out for information on the tournament soon!

ATTACK GIRLS! ~ ATTACK ANGELS
05/30/10
Ohasama Town Country Plaza
357 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Jaguar Dream defeated Cherry Okano at 6'32 with the Jaguar Rising
2. Sadako Miura & Crusher Hayashi defeated Aimi Nakamura & KURONEKO at 7'32 when Miura pinned KURONEKO with a Nodowa-otoshi
3. Satoko Fukazawa & Chihiro Nomura defeated Haruka Ito & Mio Yamazaki at 9'02 when Fukazawa pinned Yamazaki with a Guillotine Drop
4. Aya Tamura defeated Tomiko Inoue at 14'56 with the Zero Cyclone
5. TWIN ATTACK: Kaoru Hamaguchi & AISUKA (c) defeated Naga Masuno & Kong Ichiwara at 13'26 when Hamaguchi pinned Ichiwara with a Hamaguchi Roll [V.1]
6. PWC International Woman's Championship: Minako Suzuki defeated Miyabi Fujita (c) at 14'35 with a Fujita Axe Driver Cutback Sunset Flip to become the 3rd champion.

[CRIMSON] 5/25/10 ~ CRIMSON CASCADE Lineup!

2010-05-25T16:54:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returns to action on the 1st, for CRIMSON CASCADE at Tokyo Korakuen Hall! Taking place one day after Pro-Wrestling FURY's historic DREAM + INFINITY V, both Nobuyori Shimizu and Akuma Toyota have been given the show off, allowing the other members of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON to shine.

The dominant C-1 Tag Team Champions of TakaGawa, closing quickly on one year as tag champions will defend their gold against the KYOURUI 6 inter-weight challenger team of Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada. This will be TakaGawa's fourth defense of the championships after defeating Team Danger two months ago!

The other big main event will see Hiroyuki Takano defend his C-2 Openweight Championship for the first time in months against the POWER SOURCE 2010 winner himself, Tenshin Komatsu in what is now a grudge match! Takano aims for just his second defense of the C-2 Openweight Championship, while Komatsu has the opportunity to head into his battle against the C-1 Heavyweight Champion as a champion himself!

CRIMSON CASCADE
Tokyo Korakuen Hall (2,100)
6/01/10

1. Shuji Kawashima vs. Keoni Murata
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue
3. Ikuji Royama & Takayuki Ariwa vs. Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo
4. Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama vs. Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki
5. C-2 Openweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano (c) vs. Tenshin Komatsu
6. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) vs. Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada

[ATTACK GIRLS!] News ~ 5/22/10

2010-05-23T00:22:00.000-07:00

For the first time, ATTACK GIRLS! will hold an independent event outside of the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON banner. Ryo Suzuki and the finances ATTACK GIRLS! have built up will fund this special event, titled ATTACK ANGELS at the Ohasama Town Country Plaza!

One year to the day of Miyabi Fujita storming into ATTACK GIRLS! and capturing the PWC International Woman's Championship, she will defend the championship against the same woman she beat for it in the very same building: Ryo Suzuki's niece, Minako Suzuki! This pits the smallest ATTACK GIRL! against the most experienced woman in ATTACK GIRLS! Can Suzuki do it?

In addition, the TWIN ATTACK championships will be defended for the first time, as DOUBLE FURY of Kaoru Hamaguchi and AISUKA will take on the SUKEBAN team of Naga Masuno and Kong Ichiwara.

And in a special singles match, SUKEBAN leader Tomiko Inoue will take on "Zero Bomber" Aya Tamura!

ATTACK GIRLS! ~ ATTACK ANGELS
5/30/10
Ohasama Town Country Plaza (380)

1. Jaguar Dream vs. Cherry Okano
2. Aimi Nakamura & KURONEKO vs. Sadako Miura & Crusher Hayashi
3. Satoko Fukazawa & Chihiro Nomura vs. Haruka Ito & Mio Yamazaki
4. Tomiko Inoue vs. Aya Tamura
5. TWIN ATTACK: Kaoru Hamaguchi & AISUKA (c) vs. Naga Masuno & Kong Ichiwara
6. PWC International Woman's Championship: Miyabi Fujita (c) vs. Minako Suzuki

[ATTACK GIRLS!] 4/26/10 @ Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium

2010-05-23T00:21:00.000-07:00

ATTACK GIRLS! returned to action on the 26th of April at the Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium. In the opening match, the second "Third generation ATTACK GIRL" made her debut, as the Tatsumichi Akamatsu trained Riku "Cherry" Okano debuted against the skyscraper Sadako Miura. Miura's experience and size allowed her to claim victory with a knee kick. The other "Third Generation ATTACK GIRL" the "Gothic Fairy Princess" Mio Yamazaki faired no better against the prestigious power of Crusher Hayashi and the dreaded crab hold. Aimi Nakamura continued her run of success since finding the Northern Heel Hook, this time catching Satoko Fukazawa with the hold for the submission. The FURY GIRLS won out over SUKEBAN in the semi final, with Kaoru Hamaguchi using her Hamaguchi Roll to put down Kong Ichiwara. Hamaguchi and AISUKA accepted Masuno & Kong's challenge post-match for a later TWIN ATTACK title match. And in the main event, Minako Suzuki led Chihiro Nomura to victory over the Fujita-gumi team of Miyabi Fujita and Haruka Ito, as Suzuki scored with her Fireball Bomb over the degenerate Ito. Minako challenged Fujita for the PWC International Woman's Championship. Fujita laughed off the challenge telling Suzuki to "grow up" before challenging her...but Minako's uncle Ryo Suzuki intervened, and made the match official much to the anger of Miyabi Fujita...

ATTACK GIRLS!
4/26/10
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
326 fans

1. CHERRY OKANO DEBUT MATCH: Sadako Miura defeated Cherry Okano at 5'32 with a knee kick
2. Crusher Hayashi defeated Mio Yamazaki at 4'32 with a crab hold
3. KURONEKO & Aimi Nakamura defeated Aya Tamura & Satoko Fukazawa at 7'42 when Nakamura submitted Fukazawa with the Northern Heel Hook
4. Kaoru Hamaguchi, AISUKA & Jaguar Dream defeated Tomiko Inoue, Naga Masuno & Kong Ichiwara at 15'03 when Hamaguchi pinned Ichiwara with the Hamaguchi Roll
5. Minako Suzuki & Chihiro Nomura defeated Miyabi Fujita & Haruka Ito at 13'51 when Suzuki pinned Ito with the Fireball Bomb

[CRIMSON] 5/20/10 ~ News

2010-05-20T00:45:00.000-07:00

- 2010 POWER SOURCE winner Tenshin Komatsu was given a celebratory event in his honor for winning the sixth encounter of the POWER SOURCE. Komatsu posed for pictures with his 2007 and 2010 trophies while Kazuya Endo and Strong Tomizaki held up Komatsu's check for one million yen. After the festivities ended, Komatsu confirmed what many suspected. Komatsu announced his resignation from the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY to reunite with Makoto Saito and his Bloody Gears faction. Komatsu praised STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY leader Nobuyori Shimizu as a person and as a strong champion, but said that after five months regaining his identity, it was now time to return to his own path.

Komatsu reminisced to one year ago at the Kyocera Dome, and how all his aspirations at the time evaporated at DREAM + INFINITY IV against Akuma Toyota. Once again, Komatsu's future path coincides with the mega event, as Nobuyori Shimizu will defend the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against Pro-Wrestling FURY's Akira Takayoshi at DREAM + INFINITY V. Komatsu called for both men to fight hard and that he would eagerly anticipate facing the "better man" on 7/27...

- With the POWER SOURCE concluded, now all eyes turn to Pro-Wrestling FURY's super show in Osaka at the Osaka Castle Hall. Many of the greatest wrestlers in the world will be on display at the annual DREAM + INFINITY, but for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON fans, the top two matches hold the most interest.

Nobuyori Shimizu will defend the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against the always dangerous Akira Takayoshi in the semi final. The two have split preliminary battles, with each man scoring a victory over the other. Shimizu will attempt his fifth defense of the championship which would make him the second most successful champion in history. While Takayoshi aims to become the first FURY wrestler to claim the championship, and only the second outsider to ever hold the C-1 Heavyweight Championship. The winner of this battle will go on to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's BATTLE ZONE on 7/27 to face POWER SOURCE winner Tenshin Komatsu for the championship.

But arguably, all eyes are on the main event as the two strongest men in the pro-wrestling world battle. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's Akuma Toyota battles Pro-Wrestling FURY's Naoki Fukuda for Fukuda's F-MAX Heavyweight Championship. Not only is the battle one of immense strength and stature, there is also history on the line. If Akuma Toyota can defeat Naoki Fukuda, Toyota will become the only man to have held the top championship in the top three promotions in all of Japan! For Fukuda, it is a chance to prove his status as Ace of Pro-Wrestling FURY against the MVP of the wrestling world! In their two preliminary scraps, Fukuda's REAL-ONE faction bested Toyota's HEAVY WAR in a street fight. However, HEAVY WAR fought back by defeating REAL-ONE in a War Games-style cage match. Both matches were highlights by intense violence. With the stakes even higher at Osaka Castle Hall, what can we expect from these two monsters?

No matter the outcome in either of these all important championship matches, the course of Pro-Wrestling in Japan will be altered towards a new path blazed once again at DREAM + INFINITY!

“DREAM + INFINITY V”
May 31, 2010 (PPV/Samurai! TV)
Osaka - Osaka Castle Hall (17,000)

12. C-1 Heavyweight Title ~ GO FOR BROKE! TAKE THE HIGHEST!!: Nobuyori Shimizu [CRIMSON] (c) vs. Akira Takayoshi [FURY]
13. F-MAX Unified Heavyweight Title ~ THIS IS WAR!!: Naoki Fukuda [FURY] (c) vs. Akuma Toyota [CRIMSON]

[CRIMSON] 5/18/10 @ Miyako City Gymnasium ~ POWER SOURCE Finals

2010-05-19T00:43:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's May tradition came to a close in Miyako, at the Miyako City Gymnasium in front of a near sellout crowd of passionate fans. Either 2007 POWER SOURCE winner Tenshin Komatsu or POWER SOURCE 2009 winner Tetsuhisa NAKAI from Pro-Wrestling FURY would become only the second man ever to win the POWER SOURCE tournament!

In the opening match, the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS collided as Rui Kuriyama battled “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop. The two friendly power fighters held nothing back against each other. In the end, Kuriyama proved his progress by blasting Bishop as he charged in for the Texan Bomber with a jumping high kick for the three count! Kuriyama once again appealed for his friend to join him in HEAVY WAR. However, Bishop replied that he felt the need to travel the world and declined Kuriyama's offer...

KYOURUI 6 struck once again in two back to back matches! In match number two, Akahito Yamada and Ryoma Inoue scored a shock upset over C-1 Tag Team Champions TakaGawa but not without constant interference from the other four KYOURUI 6 members. Akahito Yamada ended the battle by spiking Takahashi on his head with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold for the fall...

Yamada and Inoue returned the favor in the next match, as the two aided Hiroyuki Takano and Mikio Tsuruya over C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu and Shuji Kawashima. Tsuruya scoring the victory with the Akuji Backdrop Driver. Takano admitted that KYOURUI 6 had failed in two back to back tournaments, but were now setting their eyes back on the C-1 Tag Team Championships! TakaGawa appeared at ringside, as Takano formally challenged the champions on behalf of Mikio Tsuruya and Akahito Yamada! TakaGawa readily accepted, setting up a future tag championship battle!

HEAVY WAR scored yet another victory coming off their crushing FURY appearance on the 16th. Once again, Toyota led his troops to victory over their enemies, this time over Bloody Gears as Toyota bested Strong Tomizaki with a lariat. Akuma Toyota reiterated his claim of “revenge” against Pro-Wrestling FURY for Takayoshi's title challenge, NAKAI's actions, and Fukuda's attitude. Toyota claimed he would “prove” his vision of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON by crushing Fukuda to claim the F-MAX Heavyweight Championship on 5/31 at DREAM+INFINITY V!

Kouhai and Sempai once again collided in a special singles match. STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY and former Neo Generation Idealist members Takayuki Ariwa and Toshiro Noguchi continued their long standing rivalry. Instead of burning anger and a violent brawl, the two engaged each other in a pure athletic contest pitting Noguchi's intelligence against Ariwa's brute physical power. Ariwa tried multiple times throughout the battle to land his Splash Mountain, only to be countered at every opportunity. Yet Noguchi was no better off, as Ariwa simply absorbed the Thunder Hammer every time...In the end, Ariwa's tank-like body won out, as he wore Noguchi off enough to finally land the Splash Mountain to score an all-important victory over his former mentor!

The first of three straight championship battles kicked off with the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships in a direct rematch of the two team's March 2nd COMPLETIONxDESTINATION battle. KYOURUI 6's PHOENIX and Keoni Murata aimed to make their first defense of the championships against former champions PREDATORS of Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger of AVENIR. After the hijinx earlier in the night, and KYOURUI 6's recent track record, President Yuki Nomura banned the other four members of KYOURUI 6 from ringside before the match began, much to the dissatisfaction of the faction...

With no outside help possible, PHOENIX and Keoni Murata were forced to battle Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger outright. This proved to be a dangerous proposition, as Murata appeared beaten within minutes with Tiger's Bullet Wrath, only to have PHOENIX bail his older partner out. The KYOURUI 6 team were able to use tag team tactics to control much of the match from there out, but as always, PREDATORS were impossible to contain forever, as the two firey AVENIR members made their heroic comeback. Pure luck is all that saved KYOURUI 6. Kaisen Tiger had PHOENIX all but beaten, but slipped when attempting the Tsuki Hikari. Tiger fell short of PHOENIX, allowing PHOENIX to quickly land the Resurrection followed by the Dark Tides for the sudden victory! As the champions fled, Tiger expressed remorse for his accident, but was quickly forgiven by Kuroki...

In February 2009, Hayato Saigo defended the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship over the red hot Ikuji Royama. Royama responded by winning GOLDEN CHANCE in April 2009. On October 13th 2009, Ikuji Royama returned the favor by defeating Hayato Saigo retain his C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship. Since then, Royama has racked up four more defenses of the championship while Hayato Saigo won the GOLDEN CHANCE in April 2009. Now these two will collide to decide who the strongest Junior-Heavyweight in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON is!

Saigo and Royama tore into each other, astounding the crowd with acrobatic moves, and brutal simplicity at the very same time. Saigo spent most of the match being grounded by Royama, but at the same time dodging Royama's kill blows at every opportunity. Royama's game plan consisted of attacking Saigo's injured shoulders and neck from the GOLDEN CHANCE tournament in much the same fashion Royama defeated Millennium S.K. In his last defense. However, Saigo's neck injuries were far less severe allowing the Junior “ace” to fight back. Both men threw caution to the wind at the last stage of the match knowing that nothing short of a crushing blow would defeat the other. Royama at one point uncharacteristically went to the air with a beautiful tope suicida to astound the Miyako audience! Every move of both men were thrown at the other, but not even the Sliding Shotei could keep Saigo down. Saigo proved his superiority and complete power as a Junior as he spiked Royama with not just one Brainbuster, but THREE in a row before climbing to the top and flying off with a MOONSAULT DOUBLE FOOTSTOMP to Royama's sternum! Saigo covered, claiming his historic third reign!

Saigo and Royama exchanged a tense moment post-match, but Royama awarded Saigo with the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship before leaving the ring without incident...Saigo appeared emotional to have made CRIMSON history, and promised to raise the value of the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship even higher this time much to the approval of the loyal CRIMSON audience!

Nothing stood between two men and destiny any longer. Pro-Wrestling FURY and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON would collide once more in the POWER SOURCE finals. Tenshin Komatsu has always flirted with destiny. Once considered the future ace of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, jealousy had allowed Komatsu to waiver from his path. On the flipside, Tetsuhisa NAKAI's second run in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON rests solely on the concept of revenge. NAKAI's run to the C-1 Heavyweight Championship was ruined the year prior. Now, with a change of heart and friends, NAKAI aims to prove once and for all his superiority over Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON.

A “big match atmosphere” flew out from the building as each man was introduced. NAKAI was flanked by his allies from the now named RAGNAROK while Komatsu opted to come to the ring alone clearly intended to win the POWER SOURCE without aid. The early portion of the match saw Komatsu have difficulty dealing with NAKAI's prestigious strength advantage. Every attack Komatsu attempted, NAKAI simply threw Komatsu away as if the “Iron Prince” wasn't at his level. And if Komatsu made any improvement whatsoever, RAGNAROK constantly interfered to ruin Komatsu's chances at gaining momentum. However, despite NAKAI's brutal power Komatsu refused to go down much to NAKAI's immense frustration as Komatsu even survived NAKAI's Devil Eruption. After several minutes of a beating, Komatsu began to make a comeback finally piercing NAKAI's army with knee kicks. Yet it was at this moment that RAGNAROK struck. NAKAI “accidentally” back elbowed referee Hanzo Hijiyama, knocking the former pro-wrestler out cold. Immediately RAGNAROK stormed the ring attacking Komatsu from every angle! Surprisingly, Komatsu's savior would not come from the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY, or CRIMSON at all, as NORIHIRO AKASHI FROM PRO-WRESTLING FURY STORMED THE RING! Akashi began WILDLY attacking all the members of RAGNAROK as Komatsu recovered and assisted the young power fighter in driving RAGNAROK from the ring! RAGNAROK fled to the back as Akashi followed in pursuit leaving only Tenshin Komatsu and Tetsuhisa NAKAI, this time for real! Komatsu and NAKAI immediately engaged in the final battle, as NAKAI's lariats would send Komatsu stumbling into the ropes but Komatsu would fly back at NAKAI with a knee kick! After several such exchanged, neither man held left in the reserve. NAKAI attempted to hit the MAX BULLET on Komatsu, but Komatsu floated out of the move, and swept NAKAI's legs. As NAKAI landed in a sitting position, Komatsu flew off the ropes with a Sliding Knee Kick! Komatsu covered, but NAKAI himself proved his strength by kicking out! Komatsu followed it up with the Shikaeshi but AGAIN NAKAI refused to stay down! Komatsu, feeling the power coursing through him, stomped his foot in time with the audience's clapping before charging off both ropes for a Komatsu Knee Kick...Only to be BEHEADED by a NAKAI lariat! NAKAI collapsed on Komatsu but Komatsu survived again! NAKAI followed it up with a second Devil Eruption, but once again Komatsu refused to give in! Exhausted, NAKAI rested on the middle rope as he waited for Komatsu to stand, before charging for another lariat...only to eat a flying Komatsu Knee Kick to the face! NAKAI collapsed to his knees and Komatsu followed it up with a SECOND Knee to the face! Komatsu collapsed in exhaustion, only to have his face contorted in shock as NAKAI roared in defiance as he pulled to his feet despite Komatsu's best blows! Komatsu charged when NAKAI reached his feet with a THIRD knee strike to the face! Komatsu immediately grabbed the falling NAKAI's head before launching a volley of Knee Kicks to NAKAI's face. Komatsu released his grip and NAKAI collapsed to the canvas. However, before Komatsu could capitalize NAKAI began to rise from the canvas once more. NAKAI could barely reach a sitting position as an exhausted Komatsu approached NAKAI. With the Miyako audience chanting Komatsu's name, Komatsu grabbed the back of NAKAI's head in a thai plum clinch. Komatsu reared his leg back before pulling NAKAI's face towards his knee as it CRASHED into NAKAI's face with a sickening thud! NAKAI snapped back as if he had been shot to the canvas. Komatsu collapsed on top of NAKAI's body with nothing left to give. Hanzo Hijiyama counted, and registered Tenshin Komatsu's SECOND POWER SOURCE tournament victory!

Chants of Komatsu rang out from all 1,500 plus fans in the audience. Only Shuji Kawashima rushed to the ring to check on Komatsu and ice down his body. NAKAI came to, and attempted to get back into the ring but was stopped by President Yuki Nomura who “escorted” NAKAI from ringside. Komatsu was awarded with the POWER SOURCE trophy, and 1,000,000 in yen personally provided by Kazushi Mimura. Komatsu opened up with a joke, saying that perhaps he should be “Mr. POWER SOURCE” from now on, refering his finalist status in 2005, and his two tournament victories. However, Komatsu's victory speech was cut off as Hiroyuki Takano appeared at ringside. The KYOURUI 6 number one accused Komatsu of being a “fake” and that he hadn't beaten him “fair”, referencing their controversial match...

Komatsu naturally replied asking since when did Takano care about being “fair”. Takano brushed Komatsu's insult aside, before claiming that Komatsu wasn't the rightful POWER SOURCE champion, and that the trophy should belong to him! As if on cue, Komatsu was swarmed from behind by the rest of KYOURUI 6 triggering a six on one attack! As Tsuruya and Yamada held Komatsu, Takano claimed Komatsu's trophy and appeared prepared to destroy it when a figure suddenly FLEW into the ring and blindsided Takano with a kenka kick! KYOURUI 6 quickly fled the ring in shock as the man stood in front of Komatsu revealing himself as MAKOTO SAITO! And in Saito's right hand was an old familiar red headband...

Komatsu looked up at Saito with a look of bewilderment and confusion. Saito as usual appeared stoic. However Saito armed himself with a microphone. For the first time since their hatred filled battle at DUE TIME, the two former best friends locked eyes. Saito softly stated that he had been waiting for Komatsu to “return” since returning to CRIMSON in May of last year, and that tonight Komatsu finally returned to the man he considered his best friend in life. With that, Saito dropped Komatsu's old red headband in front of Komatsu adding that he had been keeping it for today. Komatsu clinched the headband in his hand while fighting back tears as he climbed to his feet. Once he did, arguably the greatest tag team in CRIMSON history embraced once again as equals.

05/18/10
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,524 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Rui Kuriyama defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 11'28 with a jumping high kick
2. Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi at 15'49 when Yamada pinned Takahashi with a Straight Jacket Suplex
3. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Nobuyori Shimizu & Shuji Kawashima at 12'52 when Tsuruya pinned Kawashima with the Akuji Backdrop Driver
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki at 10'25 when Toyota pinned Tomizaki with a lariat
5. Takayuki Ariwa defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 15'30 with the Splash Mountain
6. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: PHOENIX & Keoni Murata (c) defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 15'21 when PHOENIX pinned Tiger with the Dark Tides [V.1]
7. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo defeated Ikuji Royama (c) at 15'57 with a Moonsault Double Footstomp to become the 12th champion
8. POWER SOURCE 2010 FINAL: Tenshin Komatsu defeated Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) at 18'12 with a clutching knee kick

[CRIMSON] 5/14/10 @ Gyoda Green Arena ~ POWER SOURCE Night Seven

2010-05-14T23:47:00.000-07:00

Despite a heroic effort, Naoki Daishi just could not match Tetsuhisa NAKAI's brutal power attack. The former Junior-Heavyweight Kingpin almost defeated the brutish NAKAI with a flying jujigatame, but NAKAI battled through the hold surviving Daishi's best efforts. With no more aces left to play, Daishi was a victim waiting to happen, as NAKAI ended Daishi's spirited campaign with the Devil Eruption to advance to his section straight POWER SOURCE finals!

In the other Block Final, Tenshin Komatsu bested Hiroyuki Takano but not without controversy. After intervention from Tsuruya and a chair, Takano pinned Komatsu with the Kubikari Driller. However, Yuki Nomura demanded the match be restarted much to Takano's anger. Komatsu fought back from his "loss" and blasted away on Takano before felling the KYOURUI 6 #1 with two Sliding Knee Kicks for the final fall. Takano appealed for his own restart, but was denied by President Yuki Nomura...

In non-tournament action, Makoto Saito defeated Mikio Tsuruya in a special singles battle. Saito and Bloody Gears fended off assaults from KYOURUI 6 allowing Saito to score with the Shiraku Blade. Saito apologized to Endo and Tomizaki for going out in the first round of the POWER SOURCE this year, but stated that from now on he'd “make his own fate” instead of letting random chance determine his future...

05/14/10
Gyoda Green Arena
1,498 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Akahito Yamada defeated Strong Tomizaki at 6'35 with the Crossface of Yamada
2. PHOENIX defeated Kazua Endo at 9'48 with the Resurrection
3. Hayato Saigo & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Ikuji Royama & Kaisen Tiger at 13'06 when Saigo pinned Tiger with a Brainbuster
4. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Akuma Toyota, Rui Kuriyama & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 16'52 when Ariwa pinned Kuriyama with the Angelos
5. Makoto Saito defeated Mikio Tsuruya at 12'53 with the Shiraku Blade
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FINAL: Tenshin Komatsu defeated Hiroyuki Takano at 18'05 with a Sliding Knee Kick
7. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FINAL: Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) defeated Naoki Daishi at 15'26 with the Devil Eruption

After seven POWER SOURCE tournament nights, CRIMSON returns to Iwate and the Miyako City Gymnasium to decide the 2010 tournament winner. Out of a field of sixteen men, only two remain. Pro-Wrestling FURY's Tetsuhisa NAKAI and the reborn "Iron Prince" Tenshin Komatsu. One of these two will main event Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's BATTLE ZONE on 7/27 facing the C-1 Heavyweight Champion.

In addition, Hayato Saigo will attempt to make history as the only three time C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion as he wages war against the incumbent champion Ikuji Royama, who seeks to make his V.7 defense of the championship.

The PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships also are at stake as KYOURUI 6's PHOENIX and Keoni Murata aim to defend their gold over the very same two men they defeated in claiming the championships, AVENIR's PREDATORS.

In a special singles battle, former NGI members Toshiro Noguchi and Takayuki Ariwa will collide in singles action. Until recently, the two had a significant grudge from Ariwa's defection to MOUJA/Yankizoku, but now with both aligned with the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY the battle will be a “friendly” contest...

05/18/10 @ Iwate - Miyako City Gymnasium (1,600)

1. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop vs. Rui Kuriyama
2. Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue vs. Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi
3. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya vs. Nobuyori Shimizu & Shuji Kawashima
4. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki
5. Toshiro Noguchi vs. Takayuki Ariwa
6. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: PHOENIX & Keoni Murata (c) vs. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger
7. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama (c) vs. Hayato Saigo
8. POWER SOURCE 2010 FINAL: Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) vs. Tenshin Komatsu

[CRIMSON] 5/12/10 @ Motomiya City Gymnasium ~ POWER SOURCE Night Six

2010-05-12T21:11:00.000-07:00

The “Iron Prince” Tenshin Komatsu took one more step towards reclaiming his prior glory today in Fukushima at the Motomiya City Gymnasium. Tenshin Komatsu fought a spirited C-1 Tag Team Champion Kenjiro Amagawa for almost twenty minutes in a back and forth battle. However, Tenshin Komatsu used his superior striking skills to floor the tag champion with his flying knee the Shikaeshi for the three count! Komatsu apologized to Amagawa for his comments days prior and praised the AVENIR leader. Komatsu claimed that Amagawa would have beaten him just months ago, but now that Komatsu has his life back on track, he has rediscovered his passion and abilities. Komatsu promised to continue to evolve and regain everything he's lost!

With Komatsu's victory, the final four are set! In the Block A finals, the Pro-Wrestling FURY invader, Tetsuhisa NAKAI chases his second straight POWER SOURCE victory. However, he will have to get past the now bulked up Naoki Daishi, who looks to finally make his mark as a heavyweight wrestler. NAKAI has a large size advantage, but Daishi has sworn he will submit NAKAI!

The other final, of Block B will see KYOURUI 6's number one, Hiroyuki Takano face off against the reformed and revitalized STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY member Tenshin Komatsu! Takano received a bye to the finals, but Komatsu has paved his path through hard work and effort. Both have sworn total victory. One will be proven to be false.

05/12/10
Motomiya City Gymnasium
902 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Ikuji Royama defeated Kazuya Endo at 5'78 with a high kick
2. Kaisen Tiger & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada at 14'46 when Tiger pinned PHOENIX with the Bullet Wrath
3. Hayato Saigo defeated Keoni Murata at 13'07 with a Phoenix Splash
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi defeated Takayuki Ariwa & Shuji Kawashima at 15'28 when Noguchi pinned Kawashima with the Thunder Hammer
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B SEMI FINAL: Tenshin Komatsu defeated Kenjiro Amagawa at 19'58 with the Shikaeshi

05/14/10 @ Saitama - Gyoda Green Arena (1,600)
1. Strong Tomizaki vs. Akahito Yamada
2. PHOENIX vs. Kazua Endo
3. Hayato Saigo & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Ikuji Royama & Kaisen Tiger
4. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa vs. Akuma Toyota, Rui Kuriyama & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop
5. Makoto Saito vs. Mikio Tsuruya
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FINAL: Hiroyuki Takano vs. Tenshin Komatsu
7. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FINAL: Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) vs. Naoki Daishi

[CRIMSON] 5/11/10 ~ News

2010-05-11T01:39:00.000-07:00

- After coming to following his battle with Tetsuhisa NAKAI, Akuma Toyota went ballistic backstage at the Natori Sport Park. Anything and everything Toyota could find to hurl was hurled, and Toyota placed dents in several walls. President Yuki Nomura himself attempted to pacify the enraged Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON Ace but Toyota could not be tamed. Toyota hurled threats and insults at both Tetsuhisa NAKAI and Pro-Wrestling FURY itself. Toyota cited Akira Takayoshi's C-1 Heavyweight Championship challenge and NAKAI's conduct in CRIMSON several times before claiming "All Out War" from here on out on his enemies. Nomura pleaded with Toyota not to do anything rash, but the beast stormed off after threatening Nomura with violence if he attempted to get in his way...

- Millennium S.K. has been found. Sorai Kamachi has returned to the Ryo Suzuki Dojo, but the reason is as of yet unknown. Perhaps S.K. requires more training after coming back from his neck injury in 2009. Or he could be undergoing what Suzuki has labeled the "Hellish Ordeal Training" reserved only for his best pupils. Tenshin Komatsu in 2003 and Ikuji Royama in 2008 have both undergone the training previously with remarkable shifts in their skills and personalities...

[CRIMSON] 5/11/10 @ Natori Sport Park ~ POWER SOURCE Night Five

2010-05-11T01:28:00.000-07:00

The first of the two Semi Final's were decided in Miyagi at the Natori Sport Park. Block A came down to two of the four men still in play. Naoki Daishi vs. Mikio Tsuruya and Akuma Toyota vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI in their rematch of last year's 7/27 spectacular. Who will go on to 5/14 to face off in the Block A finals?

AVENIR's Hiroshi Kuroki scored a victory to open up the night over Bloody Gears' Strong Tomizaki. Tomizaki attempted several fancy submissions clearly inspired by Tomizaki's recent fasination with professional fighting. None of them worked. Kuroki finished off Tomizaki with the PRISM.

Bloody Gears' remained in the mix with the second bout as Kazuya Enod faced off against KYOURUI 6's Ryoma Inoue. Endo pulled off the upset after forcing both Inoue's to collide, and hitting Ryoma Inoue with the Spiral Blow on the rebound. Tomiko Inoue berated her husband for the collision, who meekly accepted the abuse...

The STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY and AVENIRa KYOURUI 6 were up next against KYOURUI 6, as the team of C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama, Hayato Saigo & Kaisen Tiger battled KYOURUI 6's PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada and Keoni Murata. Royama and Saigo, with hostilities still paramount from their last match together burst through with both men wildly brawling to the backstage area after a miscalculation. Kaisen Tiger put up a strong effort once left on his own, but the KYOURUI 6 forced overwhelmed him, allowing Yamada to lock in the Crossface of Yamada for the submission.

The final non-tournament battle of the night pitted the former tag team of the TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS, Rui Kuriayam and “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop against the most famous team in CRIMSON history, the Neo Generation Idealists of C-1 Heavyweight Champion and best friend Toshiro Noguchi. Both teams fought each other with everything in their power, but in the end, NGI's battle experience paid off with Noguchi flooring Kuriyama with the Thunder Hammer for the fall. Post-match, Kuriyama invited Bishop to join him in HEAVY WAR, but the American only agreed to consider the offer...

HEAVY WAR and KYOURUI 6 collided in the first of the two semi final battles in Block A. HEAVY WAR's Naoki Daishi took on the much larger Mikio Tsurya of KYOURUI 6. From the opening bell, Daishi set a blistering pace attempting to fully wear out the questionable gas tank of Tsuruya. Tsuruya admirably kept up for a lengthy period of time before seemingly tiring. KYOURUI 6 at ringside intervened at this juncture, rampantly interfering to help their second in command. However, Maskazu Fujimoto, Rui Kuriyama, and an assist from Jake Bishop helped even the odds significantly. Tsuruya nearly claimed victory with the Akuji Backdrop Driver, however Daishi flipped out of the maneuver before hitting his own Backdrop! With Tsuruya stunned, Daishi BLASTED Tsuruya with a kick before spiking him with a Northern Lights Bomb! Daishi covered for the flash three count and advancement to the finals of Block A!

The time had come for the rematch of the biggest match in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's history, Akuma Toyota versus Tetsuhisa NAKAI! NAKAI was flanked by his new best friends from FURY, Daisuke Iwata, RYUJI, and Manabe Tsuji while Toyota had HEAVY WAR in his corner with “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop noticeably missing after the assist earlier. The two eyed each other up with a tense atmosphere at ringside with the opposing factions. Finally the match begun and the two charged at each other!

Toyota and NAKAI picked up right where they left off in 2009 with a brutal affair from the opening bell. Both men's chests were bright red with abuse. Just minutes into the battle, KYOURUI 6 suddenly launched an attack at ringside on HEAVY WAR! Within a split second, the two factions had disappeared leaving Akuma Toyota alone against NAKAI and his allies. Toyota characteristically paid no heed as he charged into battle, but not only was Toyota facing NAKAI but also three other men! After both men collided with lariats Toyota spilled out of the ring in a heap...With NAKAI distracting referee Hanzo Hijiyama, NAKAI's allies pounced. WILD STYLE assisted Iwata in lifting Toyota to hit the ASSATSU DRIVER ON THE FLOOR! The three scattered as Hijiyama returned ...The result, much to NAKAI's amusement..was a ring out! Awarding NAKAI the victory and advancement to the Finals of Block A!

With HEAVY WAR returning to the scene NAKAI insulted Toyota, claiming that Toyota was “half a man” as a FURY wrestler to be put away so easily! NAKAI pointed at Naoki Daishi, a man NAKAI holds a significant size advantage over, and begged the former junior-heavyweight to give him a fight on the 14th! Daishi with the Miyagi fans encouragement promised to make NAKAI submit on the 14th no matter what! NAKAI laughed before BLASTING Daishi in the face with an elbow! Daishi fell backwards, as NAKAI laughed while wondering if this was the best CRIMSON could do...

05/11/10
Natori Sport Park
1,027 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Strong Tomizaki at 5'32 with the PRISM
2. Kazuya Endo defeated Ryoma Inoue at 8'20 with the Spiral Blow
3.PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata defeated Ikuji Royama, Hayato Saigo & Kaisen Tiger at 15'53 when Yamada submitted Kaisen Tiger with the Crossface of Yamada
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama at 14'53 when Noguchi pinned Kuriyama with the Thunder Hammer
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A SEMI FINAL: Naoki Daishi defeated Mikio Tsuruya at 16'51 with a Northern Lights Bomb
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A SEMI FINAL: Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) defeated Akuma Toyota at 18'56 by ring-out

[CRIMSON] 5/10/10 @ Amarune Town Gymnasium ~ POWER SOURCE Night Four

2010-05-10T00:28:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's tradition continued with the final first round matches of the 2010 POWER SOURCE tournament! The winner of tonight's two matches will face off on the 12th, two days later in Fukushima!

KYOURUI 6 opened the show up with a solid victory over a combined Bloody Gears/AVENIR team of Strong Tomizaki and Hiroshi Kuroki. The PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions PHOENIX and Keoni Murata displayed their skills as a team over the thrown together tandem. PHOENIX scored the victory after spiking Tomizaki on the back of his head with the Resurrection.

Bloody Gears and AVENIR were in action once again in the second match, but this time at odds. AVENIR's Kaisen Tiger battled Bloody Gears' Kazuya Endo. The former professional judoka fighter put up a strong effort against the always rock solid Kaisen Tiger, but Tiger's abilities proved to be too much for the young superstar. Kaisen Tiger finished off the spirited Endo with the Bullet Wrath...

In the final non-tournament battle of the night, the two men who will face off for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship, Ikuji Royama and Hayato Saigo were forced to team against the KYOURUI 6 team of Akahito Yamada and Ryoma Inoue. Royama and Saigo had difficulty meshing allowing the KYOURUI 6 team to control early and often. Ikuji Royama “accidentally” missed a high kick cracking Saigo in the side of the head, allowing Ryoma Inoue to score the shocking upset with the BackBeat! Saigo and Royama almost came to blows after the match with Royama maintaining his innocence...

The 2010 POWER SOURCE first round in Block B finished up, first with a battle between the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY and HEAVY WAR. HEAVY WAR's young power fighter from the Kazuma Fujita dojo Rui Kuriyama battled the man once thought of as the future ace of CRIMSON, Tenshin Komatsu! Kuriyama's power and Komatsu's “strong” fighting met head on with neither man backing down. Kuriyama scored several near falls with the Kuri Lariat, a Death Valley Bomb, and even a Jumping High Kick. Yet Tenshin Komatsu persisted, and ended up throwing a volley of Komatsu Knee Kicks setting up a Sliding Knee Kick to put Kuriyama down for the three count, advancing Komatsu to face the winner of the next match!

C-1 Tag Team Champion Kenjiro Amagawa, fresh off his first ever C-1 Heavyweight Championship challenge faced a stiff test, the assassin from America, former C-2 Openweight and C-1 Tag Team Champion the “Texas Outlaw” Jake Bishop! The gaijin attacked Amagawa during his entrance, before thrashing Amagawa all around ringside and the Amarune Town Gymnasium itself! Amagawa looked to be out of the match, but in a desperate maneuver countered Bishop's Texan Bomber with a Backdrop Driver! With both wounded, the two traded near falls until Amagawa displayed his fearsome growth, as he blasted Bishop with moves before finishing off the gaijin with the Burning Cataclysm for the three count! With this Amagawa advanced to the semi finals of Block B to face Tenshin Komatsu in two days!

Amagawa performed a microphone appeal post match. Amagawa claimed to have experienced “heaven and hell” when he challenged Nobuyori Shimizu and had grown expoentially as a result! Amagawa promised to win the tournament from here on out, which brought his opponent Tenshin Komatsu to ringside! Komatsu brought up the 2005 POWER SOURCE tournament and how he had made the finals, and the 2007 POWER SOURCE that Komatsu won. Komatsu vowed that 2010 would be “the year” that he finally broke through to reach his potential after being “saved”. Komatsu called Amagawa a 'stepping stone” to victory incensing Amagawa! Both men butted heads in anger, before AVENIR and the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY separated the two heated warriors...

05/10/10
Amarune Town Gymnasium
927 fans (Super no Vacancy Full House)

1. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Strong Tomizaki & Hiroshi Kuroki at 10'51 when PHOENIX pinned Tomizaki with the Resurrection
2. Kaisen Tiger defeated Kazua Endo at 8'22 with the Bullet Wrath
3. Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue defeated Ikuji Royama & Hayato Saigo at 15'03 when Inoue pinned Saigo with the BackBeat
4. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Tenshin Komatsu defeated Rui Kuriyama at 16'30 with a Sliding Knee Kick
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Kenjiro Amagawa defeated "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop at 15'25 with the Burning Cataclysm

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The next two days will decide who will be in contention for the final spots of both Block A and Block B. Four men in Block A and three in Block B remain. In Block A we have Akuma Toyota, Tetsuhisa NAKAI, Naoki Daishi and Mikio Tsuruya. In Block B we have Hiroyuki Takano, Tenshin Komatsu, and Kenjiro Amagawa. One of these seven will challenge Nobuyori Shimizu on 7/27!

05/11/10 @ Miyagi - Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. Strong Tomizaki vs. Hiroshi Kuroki
2. Kazuya Endo vs. Ryoma Inoue
3. Ikuji Royama, Hayato Saigo & Kaisen Tiger vs. PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi vs. "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A SEMI FINAL: Mikio Tsuruya vs. Naoki Daishi
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A SEMI FINAL: Akuma Toyota vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY)

05/12/10 @ Fukushima - Motomiya City Gymnasium (1,000)
1. Kazuya Endo vs. Ikuji Royama
2. Kaisen Tiger & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada
3. Hayato Saigo vs. Keoni Murata
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Shuji Kawashima
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B SEMI FINAL: Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Tenshin Komatsu

[CRIMSON] 5/07/10 @ Akita Terusa ~ POWER SOURCE Night Three

2010-05-06T23:07:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's May traditional tournament, the POWER SOURCE rolled into Akita Terusa for another hot round of tournament action. Hiroyuki Takano, Akuma Toyota and Mikio Tsuruya had already advanced to the second stage. Tonight, two more men would join the final seven.

The night kicked off with yet another KYOURUI 6 battle, this time against a combined AVENIR and Bloody Gears force. Akahito Yamada and Keoni Murata, two defectors to KYOURUI 6 dispatched Hiroshi Kuroki and Strong Tomizaki. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champion Keoni Murata scored the victory for his team, dropping Tomizaki with his BLUE HAWAII.

KYOURUI 6 fared worse next, as PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champion PHOENIX and Ryoma Inoue fought STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY's C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama and AVENIR's Kaisen Tiger. Despite rampant interference from Tomiko Inoue, Ryoma Inoue could do nothing to stop Ikuji Royama from KO'ing him with a Highkick for the three count.

C-1 Junior-Heavyweight top contender Hayato Saigo foguth a game Kazuya Endo in the third match. The former professional fighter used his stinging strikes to keep Saigo off guard, even scoring a near fall with the Spiral Blow. Saigo won out in the end, as he spiked Kazuya Endo with a Brainbuster.

In a battle of POWER SOURCE first round eliminated wrestlers, C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu teamed with the man he drew with Takayuki Ariwa to take on the team of HEAVY WAR's Masakazu Fujimoto and Bloody Gears' leader Makoto Saito. HEAVY WAR and Bloody Gears have not gotten along much at all, which continued here. Saito and Fujimoto constantly bickered leading to many mistakes. This all ended with Saito's anger boiling over, as he blasted Fujimoto in the face with a kenka kick, sending the behemoth into Shimizu's grasp with the Tsuyosa German Suplex for the three count...

Finally, the POWER SOURCE continued as HEAVY WAR's Naoki Daishi battled the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY's Shuji Kawashima. Kawashima, knowing he was vastly out powered by the exceptionally talented Naoki Daishi, attacked early and often using his fantastic speed. Kawashima blasted Daishi with dropkicks and running attacks. Kawashima appeared at times almost a blur, as he ran around the ring like a wild man. Yet Daishi finally caught Kawashima and after a vicious Northern Lights Bomb Daishi applied the Jujigatame for the submission victory and a ticket to the semi finals of Block A!

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and Pro-Wrestling FURY collided once again in what almost seems to be a reoccurring theme of late. Pro-Wrestling FURY's recent change of heart Tetsuhisa NAKAI fought CRIMSON stalwart Toshiro Noguchi. NAKAI was flanked by his new group of friends from FURY; Daisuke Iwata, RYUJI and Manabe Tsuji. Despite their presence at ringside, NAKAI and Noguchi fought a “fair match”, if you ignore NAKAI taking every liberty he could including his own vicious attacks. The closing stretch of the battle saw a ferocious exchange of NAKAI's lariat against Noguchi's Thunder Hammer. Sweat flew off both men after each blow from the intensity. NAKAI changed tactics suddenly by ducking under a Thunder Hammer, hooking Noguchi and threw him with a Half Nelson Suplex! With Noguchi stunned, NAKAI delivered one final thunderous Lariat before covering for the advancement to the semi finals!

NAKAI stole a ringside microphone while being flanked by his new found friends. NAKAI was handed a sheet of paper from RYUJI. With a harsh tone to his voice, NAKAI revealed the sheet of paper to be a bracket of the POWER SOURCE tournament! NAKAI pointed at who his next round opponent would be...AKUMA TOYOTA! NAKAI claimed that this time things would be different and that for almost an entire year he'd been waiting for his chance for revenge. NAKAI promised that this time he would “ruin” Akuma Toyota. And with the man who stopped him out of the way, NAKAI would repeat as POWER SOURCE winner and take the C-1 Heavyweight Championship as his own personal toy!

05/07/10
Akita - Akita Terusa
949 fans (Super no Vacancy)

1. Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Strong Tomizaki when Murata pinned Tomizaki with the BLUE HAWAII
2. Ikuji Royama & Kaisen Tiger defeated PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue at 12'30 when Royama pinned Inoue with a highkick
3. Hayato Saigo defeated Kazuya Endo at 6'26 with a Brainbuster
4. Nobuyori Shimizu & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Masakazu Fujimoto & Makoto Saito at 15'38 when Shimizu pinned Fujimoto with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Naoki Daishi defeated Shuji Kawashima at 5'36 with a Jujigatame
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 17'39 with a Lariat

5/06/10 @ Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2 ~ POWER SOURCE Night Two

2010-05-06T00:36:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's POWER SOURCE continued to rumble forward. With Akuma Toyota and Mikio Tsuruya both advancing to the semi finals of the Block A bracket, tonight would see the first of four semi finalists in the Block B bracket! C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano, and Masakazu Fujimoto's POWER SOURCE future hands in the balance!

The night kicked off with C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama facing off against Bloody Gear's Kazuya Endo in a stiff contest. The two traded strikes for the majority of the match. Endo surprisingly kept up with Royama's blistering strikes before giving in to a high kick for the flash victory.

Ryoma Inoue bounced back from several loses as of late, this time facing and defeating Bloody Gears' Strong Tomizaki. Tomizaki gave a strong effort yet was left with nothing to show for it. Inoue dropping Tomizaki with the Back*Beat.

The final non-tournament battle saw AVENIR and the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY unite to take on three members of KYOURUI 6. Hayato Saigo and PREDATORS proved to be a strong combination, as they bested PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada, and Keoni Murata. Kaisen Tiger further solidifying PREDATOR's claim to a PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships rematch, as Tiger dropped Keoni Murata with the Bullet Wrath for the finish.

The first of two POWER SOURCE tournament matches kicked off, with KYOURUI 6's number one Hiroyuki Takano taking on HEAVY WAR's Masakazu Fujimoto. Fujimoto provided a suitable challenge for KYOURUI 6's top fighter. Still smarting over Takano's trickery late last year to capture the C-2 Openweight Championship, Fujimoto blistered Takano early with power moves and hard chops, forcing Takano to visibly flee multiple times. However, aid from KYOURUI 6 aided Takano in turning the tides to gain the advantage. After a long drawn out battle, Takano's agility won out, as Takano blasted Fujimoto with Takano Flashes and Takano Axe Kicks leading to a beautiful Moonsault Press for the victory to advance to the semi finals of Block B!

With Hiroyuki Takano's advancement, the man Takano would face in the semi finals was to be decided! C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu or Takano's former best friend, Takayuki Ariwa! The now allied, but still distant former Sempai/Kouhai combination fought a ferocious battle that waged much longer then expected. Ariwa's frustrations were visible as the match wore on that he could not seem to put Shimizu away despite hitting Shimizu with every move in his arsenal. Yet, when Shimizu kicked in his “Rope-a-dope” strategy to take back control over a tired Ariwa late, Shimizu was frustrated, as Ariwa's desire could not be subdued so easily. Shockingly, neither man could land the “kill blow” to finish the other off, resulting in a thirty minute time limit draw! Even without a finish, the Aomori audience applauded both men's terrific efforts.

However, this left a large question handing in the air, which forced Yuki Nomura to the ring Nomura, with Hiroyuki Takano climbing in the ring, announced that due to neither Shimizu or Ariwa advancing, that Hiroyuki Takano had gained an immediate bye to the Finals of Block B! Takano stole Nomura's microphone, and proclaimed that the POWER SOURCE was his chance to emerge from a “second string” to “first string” wrestler in CRIMSON after years of hanging behind others. Takano dared any wrestler to defy him or KYOURUI 6's mission to win POWER SOURCE!

05/06/10
Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2
785 fans (Super no Vancancy)

1. Ikuji Royama defeated Kazuya Endo at 5'21 with a high kick
2. Ryoma Inoue defeated Strong Tomizaki at 9'23 with a Back*Beat
3. Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata at 14'37 when Tiger pinned Murata with a Bullet Wrath
4. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Hiroyuki Takano defeated Masakazu Fujimoto at 16'58 with a Moonsault Press
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Nobuyori Shimizu fought Takayuki Ariwa to a 30'00 time limit draw.

[Late CRIMSON] 5/04/10 @ Miyako City Gymnasium ~ POWER SOURCE Night One

2010-05-05T16:17:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's May tradition kicked off with a strong event at the Miyako City Gymnasium! Despite a scant few days of full promotional push, over one thousand three hundred loyal CRIMSON followers gathered. Before the opening bell, all sixteen wrestlers entered the ring one by one, and each gave a short speech. Tetsuhisa NAKAI, the returning winner of last year from Pro-Wrestling FURY displayed his new found attitude, as he disdainfully demanding to know if anyone would have the “guts” to stop him this year.

Nearly every wrestler in the tournament's ire was raised, but none more than Akuma Toyota! Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's ace pointed out that he had beaten NAKAI to retain the C-1 Heavyweight Championship last year, and this year would keep NAKAI from winning the tournament again! However, this in turn rose Makoto Saito's ire, as the stoic fighter informed Toyota that he would have to get past him later tonight!In the end, all sixteen men began arguing, and nearly coming to blows before Yuki Nomura hurridly ushered them out of the ring...

The non-tournament action kicked off with Strong Tomizaki from Bloody Gears facing Akahito Yamada from KYOURUI 6. Yamada obviously felt little threat by Tomizaki, which left Yamada open for a snap Samson Clutch for a near fall, and a follow up Crossface of his own on Yamada! After surviving both, Yamada's anger boiled over as he threw Hanzo Hijiyama across the ring, and then used his rope to choke Tomizaki unconscious for the disqualification...

Bloody Gear's faced AVENIR in the second match, as Hiroshi Kuroki used his speed to avoid Kazuya Endo's submissions and blows, before securing the PRISM for the three count.

Kuroki's other half, Kaisen Tiger faced KYOURUI 6's Ryoma Inoue. Tomiko Inoue at ringside attempted to interfere on behalf of her husband, but found the masked wrestler too cunning to catch. Kaisen Tiger spiked Inoue on his head with a Tiger Suplex Hold for the three count.

The final non-tournament battle saw the two men who will face off for the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship unite to take on KYOURUI 6, as Hayato Saigo and Ikuji Royama teamed to best PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions PHOENIX and Keoni Murata. Royama proving his strength as a top junior by blasting Keoni Murata with the Sliding Shotei for the finish.

The POWER SOURCE tournament kicked off with AVENIR and KYOURUI 6 once again at odds. One half of the C-1 Tag Team Champions Shinsuke Takahashi taking on one half of “VANGUARD” Mikio Tsuruya! The two rivals went right for each other, Tsuruya flirting with being disqualified several times for weapons usage, but relaxed rules from Hanzo Hijiyama kept that from happening. Takahashi's technique took over late in the match, but a chair shot from Takano at ringside ended that. With Takahashi stunned, Tsuruya landed the Murder Carnival to advance to the semi finals of Block A!

Akuma Toyota, leader of HEAVY WAR and Makoto Saito, leader of Bloody Gears faced off in the final match of the night to see who advances to the semi finals. Toyota attempted to smash Saito at every opportunity, but Saito used his cunning striking to dodge and do damage to Toyota. The last few minutes of the match were particularly give-and-take, as both men used most of their top moves. Toyota survived the Shiraku Blade, but Saito could not survive a medley of Lariats, followed by two Akuma Ichimonji's for the three count in a twenty minute plus war! Akuma Toyota declared this as “one traitor” down, and would march through the tournament back to his throne at the top of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON!

05/04/10
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,315 fans

1. Strong Tomizaki defeated Akahito Yamada at 4'15 by disqualification
2. Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Kazuya Endo at 6'28 with the PRISM
3. Kaisen Tiger defeated Ryoma Inoue at 7'35 with a Tiger Suplex Hold
4. Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama defeated PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 12'37 when Royama pinned Murata with the Sliding Shotei
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Mikio Tsuruya defeated Shinsuke Takahashi at 14'51 with the Murder Carnival
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Akuma Toyota defeated Makoto Saito at 21'42 with the Akuma Ichimonji

[Late CRIMSON] 5/01/10 ~ POWER SOURCE Lineups

2010-05-05T15:39:00.000-07:00

For the first time since 2005, the POWER SOURCE tournament will be a single elimination tournament! Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON released the near final lineups to the tournament, just a few days before the tournament began in Miyako.

The tournament has been split into two eight man co-current single elimination tournaments. At the end, on the 18th, the A Block winner and the B Block winner will collide to determine the 2010 POWER SOURCE tournament victor!

Block A:
Akuma Toyota
Mikio Tsuruya
Shinsuke Takahashi
Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY)
Naoki Daishi
Toshiro Noguchi
Shuji Kawashima
Makoto Saito

Block B:
Nobuyori Shimizu
Hiroyuki Takano
Tenshin Komatsu
Masakazu Fujimoto
Takayuki Ariwa
"Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (FREE)
Rui Kuriyama
Kenjiro Amagawa

Noticeable by their absences on the lineups, both Keiji Hirano and Millennium S.K. appear to be missing. After both men failed in their opening round matches at GOLDEN CHANCE, both seem to have made career changes. Keiji Hirano, who cited need for a "break"has left Japan, and will remain in Europe for a significant period of time. This will be Hirano's first ever learning excursion, and much is expected of Amagawa's former rival...

Millennium S.K., on the other hand...No one knows. After losing to FURY's Etsuya Kawachi, S.K. left Tokyo, and has not been seen since. Rumors circulate of S.K. resigning, or perhaps his neck injury is still bothering him. As of right now, there are no known details.

In addition to the POWER SOURCE finals, the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships will be on the line on the 18th, as KYOURUI 6's PHOENIX and Keoni Murata must make a mandatory defense against former champions Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger from AVENIR.

And in the semi main event, Ikuji Royama will aim for defense number seven against Hayato Saigo, who will aim to be the only man to ever win the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship for a third time!

The remaining TBA matches will be dependent on the wrestlers eliminated by the tournament, and will not be announced until the day of the event...

As always, the winner of the 2010 POWER SOURCE will gain a C-1 Heavyweight Championship match, and a staggering one million yen taken directly from Kazushi Mimura and Yuki Nomura's own finances! Truly, there is more at stake this year then in any other year yet!

05/04/10 @ Iwate - Miyako City Gymnasium (1,600)
1. Strong Tomizaki vs. Akahito Yamada
2. Kazuya Endo vs. Hiroshi Kuroki
3. Ryoma Inoue vs. Kaisen Tiger
4. Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama vs. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Mikio Tsuruya vs. Shinsuke Takahashi
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Akuma Toyota vs. Makoto Saito

05/06/10 @ Aomori - Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2 (800)
1. Ikuji Royama vs. Kazuya Endo
2. Strong Tomizaki vs. Ryoma Inoue
3. Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger vs. PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata
4. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Hiroyuki Takano vs. Masakazu Fujimoto
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Nobuyori Shimizu vs. Takayuki Ariwa

05/07/10 @ Akita - Akita Terusa (1,000)
1. Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata vs. Hiroshi Kuroki & Strong Tomizaki
2. Ikuji Royama & Kaisen Tiger vs. PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue
3. Hayato Saigo vs. Kazuya Endo
4. TBA vs. TBA
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Naoki Daishi vs. Shuji Kawashima
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FIRST ROUND: Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY) vs. Toshiro Noguchi

05/10/10 @ Yamagata - Amarune Town Gymnasium (900)
1. Strong Tomizaki & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata
2. Kazua Endo vs. Kaisen Tiger
3. Ikuji Royama & Hayato Saigo vs. Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue
4. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: Tenshin Komatsu vs. Rui Kuriyama
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FIRST ROUND: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop vs. Kenjiro Amagawa

05/11/10 @ Miyagi - Natori Sport Park (1,100)
1. Strong Tomizaki vs. Hiroshi Kuroki
2. Kazuya Endo vs. Ryoma Inoue
3. Ikuji Royama, Hayato Saigo & Kaisen Tiger vs. PHOENIX, Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata
4. TBA vs. TBA
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A SEMI FINAL: Akuma Toyota/Makoto Saito vs. Tetsuhisa NAKAI/Toshiro Noguchi
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A SEMI FINAL: Mikio Tsuruya/Shinsuke Takahashi vs. Naoki Daishi/Shuji Kawashima

05/12/10 @ Fukushima - Motomiya City Gymnasium (1,000)
1. Kazuya Endo vs. Ikuji Royama
2. Kaisen Tiger & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. PHOENIX & Akahito Yamada
3. Hayato Saigo vs. Keoni Murata
4. TBA vs. TBA
5. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B SEMI FINAL: Hiroyuki Takano/Maskazu Fujimoto vs. Nobuyori Shimizu/Takayuki Ariwa
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B SEMI FINAL: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop/Kenjiro Amagawa vs. Tenshin Komatsu/Rui Kuriyama

05/14/10 @ Saitama - Gyoda Green Arena (1,600)
1. Strong Tomizaki vs. Akahito Yamada
2. PHOENIX vs. Kazua Endo
3. Hayato Saigo & Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Ikuji Royama & Kaisen Tiger
4. TBA vs. TBA
5. TBA vs. TBA
6. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK A FINAL: X vs. X
7. POWER SOURCE 2010 BLOCK B FINAL: X vs. X

05/18/10 @ Iwate - Miyako City Gymnasium (1,600)
1. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: PHOENIX & Keoni Murata (c) vs. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger
2. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama (c) vs. Hayato Saigo
3. POWER SOURCE 2010 FINAL: X vs. X

[Late CRIMSON] Quick Results 4/20-4/26

2010-05-04T23:56:00.000-07:00

04/20/10 @ Tochigi - Sano City Hotel Sun Route
875 fans

1. Rui Kuriyama defeated Kazuya Endo at 7'22 with a Jumping High Kick
2. Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue at 10'18 when Takahashi pinned Inoue with a Clutching Knee
3. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada & Keoni Murata defeated Toshiro Noguchi, Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Shuji Kawashima when Yamada submitted Kawashoma with the Crossface of Yamada
4. Kenjiro Amagawa & Kaisen Tiger defeated Makoto Saito & Strong Tomizaki at 13'38 when Tiger pinned Tomizaki with the Bullet Wrath
5. Akuma Toyota, Masakazu Fujimoto & Naoki Daishi defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Tenshin Komatsu & Hayato Saigo at 16'41 when Daishi submitted Komatsu with a Jujigatame

04/22/10 @ Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
580 fans

1. Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Shuji Kawashima at 5'43 with the PRISM
2. Tenshin Komatsu & Ikuji Royama defeated Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa at 16'12 when Komatsu pinned Noguchi with a Sliding Knee Kick
3. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Kaisen Tiger defeated Makaoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 14'45 when Amagawa submitted Tomizaki with a Figure-Four Leglock
4. Mikio Tsuruya, PHOENIX, Keoni Murata & Ryoma Inoue defeated Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama at 14'52 when Tsuruya defeated Kuriyama with the Murder Carnival
5. Nobuyori Shimizu & Hayato Saigo defeated Hiroyuki Takano & Akahito Yamada at 15'32 when Yamada was disqualified

04/23/10 @ Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
624 fans

1. Ikuji Royama defeated Shuji Kawashima at 4'21 with a high kick
2. Naoki Daishi & Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 4'24 by disqualification
3. Tenshin Komatsu & Hayato Saigo defeated Akuma Toyota & Rui Kuriyama at 12'52 when Saigo pinned Kuriyama with the Matsukasa
4. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger at 15'27 when PHOENIX pinned Kuroki with the Dark Tides
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 14'28 when Ariwa pinned Endo with the Angelos

04/26/10 @ Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
680 fans

1. Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 5'26 when Takahashi pinned Tomizaki with the Clutching Knee
2. PHOENIX, Keoni Murata & Ryoma Inoue defeated Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Shuji Kawashima at 9'27 when PHOENIX pinned Kawashima with the Dark Tides
3. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Akahito Yamada defeated Toshiro Noguchi, Ikuji Royama & Takayuki Ariwa at 15'28 when Takano pinned Royama with a Moonsault Press
4. Makoto Saito defeated Rui Kuriyama at 8'46 with the Shiraku Blade
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Tenshin Komatsu & Hayato Saigo defeated Akuma Toyota, Masakazu Fujimoto & Naoki Daishi at 16'40 when Komatsu pinned Daishi with a Sliding Knee Kick

[Late CRIMSON] 4/10/10 ~ GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY Night Two

2010-05-04T23:13:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's fourth annual GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY finished up with an exciting final eight men in the tournament. A serious traffic accident closed travel to and from Korakuen Hall, significantly reducing the attendance for the event...

The final eight kicked off with Kotaro Ota from Pro-Wrestling FURY defeating Hiroshi Kuroki from AVENIR. The two tore the house down with a six minute sprint with Kuroki surviving the Violent Spark and Ota surviving the PRISM. Ota secured the win with a flash Michelada, trapping Kuroki in the center of the ring for the submission.

FURY and CRIMSON battled again in the second bout, as KYOURUI 6's Keoni Murata with ample help from his stable mates bested Etsuya Kawachi. KYOURUI 6 marred the entire match, but the final moments were outrageous. While Ryoma Inoue distracted the referee, Tomiko Inoue slipped in the ring to give Kawachi a low blow...which Murata then followed up with a surf board attack to set up his BLUE HAWAII.

The two top masked wrestlers of CRIMSON battled, as PHOENIX from KYOURUI 6 and AVENIR's Kaisen Tiger did battle. Once again, KYOURUI 6 ran rampant, using superior numbers to frustrate AVENIR at ring side. PHOENIX would win the match on his own, dodging Tiger's Tsuki Hikari, and following up with the Dark Tides for the three count.

The final first round battle saw CRIMSON and FURY face off once again. Saigo came into the match with his shoulder and neck heavily taped from the assault by KYOURUI 6. His opponent, Seiji Sasaki attacked before the bell rang, attempting to overwhelm Saigo with offense. Sasaki made a costly error when he pissed the SS Star Press, allowing Saigo to come backwith two desperation Brainbusters and a Phoenix Splash for the victory. Saigo praised Sasaki's skills, and invited him to participate in next year's tournament...

In non-tournament action, Masakazu Fujimoto's “REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!” series continued, this time against Takayuki Ariwa. Fujimoto ran into a very angry Ariwa, who bombarded Fujimoto with heavy offense, before putting the monster down with a medley of Angelos for the victory. Ariwa promised total victory in the POWER SOURCE this year, while Fujimoto appeared bewildered...

The GOLDEN CHANCE tournament continued, with Kotaro Ota facing off against Keoni Murata. Despite aid from both Kawachi and Sasaki, KYOURUI 6 continued to run rampant throughout, doing everything in their power to aid Murata...Murata would prove his own undoing, as he attempted to use the surfboard to whack Ota, only to have Ota dodge, and Murata bounce the board off the top rope and into his own head...With Murata stunned, Ota capitalized with the Satsugai for the victory. Post-match, Ota gave a love call to Saigo to meet in the finals...

Hated rivals Hayato Saigo and PHOENIX were next up, with a surprising twist. PHOENIX requested KYOURUI 6 “stand down” and return to the back, stating that he would defeat “the man who stole his future” by hand...PHOENIX's charity only extended so far as PHOENIX attacked viciously at the bell. PHOENIX targeted Saigo's injuries throughout, but Saigo fought back courageously. After a medley of big maneuvers, Saigo spiked PHOENIX after a lengthy battle on the top with a Nadare-shiki style Brainbuster for the finish. With this, the battle of the Okinawa Speed Stars was set!

In non-tournament six man action, HEAVY WAR led by Akuma Toyota bested the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY led by Tenshin Komatsu. A back and forth battle, Akuma Toyota's overwhelming power proved the deciding factor, as Toyota beheaded C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama with a lariat. Akuma declared himself the “True Contender” to Nobuyori Shimizu, and stated that he would “easily” win the POWER SOURCE. Even Toyota's own teammates rejected this idea, with each (of the eligible wrestlers) in turn stated their own intentions to win the POWER SOURCE this year!

Hayato Saigo and Kotaro Ota, good friends, were the only two men left in the tournament for a shot at the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship. The two friends shook hands...and were immediately attacked from behind by KYOURUI 6! The bell rang frantically, signaling a no contest just thirty seconds in! Akahito Yamada took a microphone from ringside and used the device to mock both Saigo and Ota. Yamada reminded Saigo that he had “swore” that Saigo wouldn't win the tournament, but now that no one would!

Yamada's laughter and KYOURUI 6's attack dissipated when a combined force of CRIMSON and FURY stormed the ring, all of the junior-heavyweight's with a few exceptions uniting to chase the terrorists, KYOURUI 6 out of the ring! After several minutes of tending to Ota and Saigo, Yuki Nomura approached both men. Upon confirmation, Nomura ordered that both had agreed to continue, and the GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY would have a winner with the FURY and CRIMSON wrestlers as lumberjacks!

Saigo and Ota, despite their friendship attacked each other with abandon. Knowing time was short both men lobbed bombs from the get-go. Saigo survived the Violent Spark and the Satsugai (By rolling into the ropes), and dodged Ota's Michelada twice. Ota survived Saigo's brainbuster, a Phoenix Splash, the Matsukasa, and even a springboard reverse Frankensteiner from the top rope. Ota never once targeted Saigo's injuries in a show of friendship. Saigo countered the Michelada by spearing Ota into a turnbuckle, followed by a Brainbuster and a Phoenix Splash to put down his friend for the GOLDEN CHANCE crown!

Saigo and Ota were both presented with trophies to go with the applause and admiration of both the Korakuen fans and the wrestlers. Saigo and Ota reaffirmed their friendship, and promised to have another battle one day seeing how this one could have gone either way...Saigo promised Ota that he would make history and become the only man to ever win the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship for the third time!

Only the C-1 Heavyweight Championship battle between challenger Kenjiro Amagawa and Champion Nobuyori Shimizu remained. The Korakuen Hall audience was split in their support, but leaned towards Shimizu. Amagawa uses his superior size and technical abilities from the very onset of the match to confound Shimizu. But Shimizu “countered” with his never ending endurance. Amagawa appeared to get tired and desperate, as Shimizu continually survived everything Amagwa threw in his direction. As the match wore on, Shimizu began to assume his dominace, having “rope-a-doped” Amagawa through the early portions. Shimizu leveled Amagawa with all of his signature moves, but Amagawa proved his own ability by surviving. In the end, two rolling Tsuyosa German Suplexes proved to be all they route, giving Shimizu the victory, and tying him as the second most successful C-1 Heavyweight Champion of all time!

After his title presentation, Nobuyori Shimizu began to speak on how much this victory meant to him, when he was suddenly interrupted by Akuma Toyota! Toyota demanded that Shimizu name him as the #1 contender, claiming that he had already “earned” it...Shimizu reminded Toyota that just last month, he had pinned Toyota. However, Toyota claimed the three-way victory “didn't count” and demanded a straight singles match. As Shimizu began to consider Toyota's request, attention in the crowd turned to the entrance way...

Both Toyota and Shimizu turned, as in a well groomed suit, PRO-WRESTLING FURY'S AKIRA TAKAYOSHI STOOD IN THE AISLE! The loyal CRIMSON fans who had braved the situation to attend roared as Takayoshi climbed into the ring. Takayoshi approached Shimizu, and politely requested Shimizu's microphone. Takayoshi praised Shimizu as a strong champion, and cited his own somewhat under-sized stature as a measure of “understanding” Shimizu. The NEW FORCE leader admitted that he had always wondered what it would be like to wrestle Shimizu due to their similarities...Takayoshi then CHALLENGED Nobuyori Shimizu to face him for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship!

Akuma Toyota exploded with rage, screaming loud enough to be heard of how Takayoshi was an “outsider” and not “worthy” of challenging for the title...Shimizu ignored Toyota. Shimizu responded of his own desire to face Takayoshi in the future, before the two stars of two promotions clasp hands, signalling a future title match! Akuma Toyota had procured his own microphone by this point. Toyota ranted on how much of an outrage it was for a FURY wrestler to insult him in such a manner...Toyota vowed to respond with such “outrage” at a later date before storming off...

With Akuma Toyota out of the way, Shimizu asked Takayoshi if he had a date in mind for their title match, but Takayoshi simply smiled, saying “in the future”...Nobuyori Shimizu thanked the fans that had attended despite the circumstances, adding that from now on, he would do everything in his power to be an ace Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON fans could be proud of!

GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~NIGHT TWO
4/10/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,420 fans

1. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Kotaro Ota (FURY) defeated Hiroshi Kuroki at 6'04 with the Michelada
2. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Keoni Murata defeated Etsuya Kawachi (FURY) at 10'23 with the BLUE HAWAII
3. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: PHOENIX defeated Kaisen Tiger at 10'21 with the Dark Tides
4. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Hayato Saigo defeated Seiji Sasaki (FURY) at 6'26 with a Phoenix Splash
5. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #5: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Masakazu Fujimoto at 5'54 with the Angelos
- Fujimoto improves to 2-3
6. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SEMI FINAL: Kotaro Ota (FURY) defeated Keoni Murata at 11'18 with the Satsugai
7. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SEMI FINAL: Hayato Saigo defeated PHOENIX at 12'47 with a Nadare-shiki Brainbuster
8. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Tenshin Komatsu, Toshiro Noguchi & Ikuji Royama at 13'17 when Toyota pinned Royama with a lariat
9. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~FINAL: Hayato Saigo & Kotaro Ota fought to a no contest at 0'42
9a. LUMBERJACK DEATH MATCH ~ GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~FINAL Hayato Saigo defeated Kotaro Ota (FURY) at 17'46 with the Phoenix Splash
10. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) defeated Kenjiro Amagawa at 15'53 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex [V.4]

[CRIMSON] 4/09/10 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall ~ GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~NIGHT ONE

2010-04-10T03:00:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to Tokyo for it's April tradition, the two day junior tournament, GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY! 1,733 fans gathered at Korakuen Hall for the first round of the tournament. Eight wrestlers opened up the night as HEAVY WAR faced off against the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY. Akuma Toyota's reign of destruction since failing to lift the C-1 Heavyweight Championship continued, as Toyota beheaded Toshiro Noguchi with a lariat to score the victory.

The GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY tournament kicked off with a high spirited battle between AVENIR's Hiroshi Kuroki and Bloody Gear's young former professional fighter Kazuya Endo. Endo attempted to use his fighting strikes and techniques to control Kuroki's high energy attack. Kuroki proved to be too much, as he ducked under Endo's Spiral Blow to hit a reverse frankensteiner into the PRISM for the fall, and advancement in the tournament!

One of three Pro-Wrestling FURY wrestlers stepped up to the plate next, as the former Kinniku Kamen Nisei, Seiji Sasaki gave a "leveled up" performance against Bloody Gear's Strong Tomizaki. Tomizaki attempted to use moves similar to Endo's in the prior match, but failed miserably throughout. Sasaki took full control before using his SS Smash, a running ace crusher for the three count and the fourth spot in the second round!

AVENIR and KYOURUI 6 clashed in the third tournament battle, as Ryoma Inoue faced off against the other half of PREDATORS, Kaisen Tiger. Inoue managed to keep up with Kaisen Tiger's attack throughou the battle, but after a comeback from Tiger, Inoue struggled to stay competitive. A failed bamboo sword attack from his wife Tomiko Inoue sealed the match for Inoue, as Kaisen Tiger capitalized with the Bullet Wrath with a hooked cradle for the three count. Surprisingly, Tomiko was meek in admitting her failures to her husband, and instead of an attack on Ryoma's ego and body, the two shared a happy happy love hug in the middle of the ring...

The second of three Pro-Wrestling FURY's wrestlers advanced to the second round, as Kotaro Ota of the famed Okinawa Speed Stars defeated AVENIR's Keiji Hirano. After a back and forth battle, Ota used two Violent Sparks to put the AVENIR member down to the mat for the three count fall. Post-match, Ota gave a friendly love call to fellow Okinawa Speed Stars member Hayato Saigo to make the finals to face him. Meanwhile, Keiji Hirano bitterly accepted his loss, before mentioning that reinventing himself twice had not improved his level, and that maybe it was time for a "break"...

The third of three Pro-Wrestling FURY wrestlers faced off against one of the top stars of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Etsuya Kawachi battled Millennium S.K. in a star studded battle of two famed junior-stars. The two engaged in the longest tournament battle of the night, with both men evenly matched throughout. Both Kawachi and S.K. used all their biggest moves with neither man able to gain an definitive advantage. Great Teacher Kawachi's famed intelligence proved to be the deciding factor as a serious of counters out of each other's big maneuvers ended with Kawachi locking S.K. in a lightning fast GTK II for the flash three count victory! Kawachi attempted to shake S.K.'s hand but S.K. stormed out of the ring, and left the building without word to anyone...

One final first round battle remained, as the heated enemies of Hayato Saigo and Akahito Yamada faced off to determine the final tournament competitor. If a decisive battle was expected, the match itself was a disappointment. Yamada spent the entire match avoiding Saigo raising the ire of Saigo to a fever pitch. After several minutes of stalling, the battle finally began when right on cue KYOURUI 6 attacked, causing a disqualification! Yamada cackled, as KYOURUI 6 went to work targing Saigo's neck ending with Yamada using his rope-assisted Crossface of Yamada to choke and injure Saigo's throat. Pro Wrestling CRIMSON and FURY united to charge the ring chasing KYOURUI 6 out of the ring, but the damage had already been done as Saigo had to have medical help. Backstage Yamada gleefully claimed that he had never said he would "win" the match, instead that he was only going to make sure Saigo couldn't win!

The United States and Japan collided one more time. This time to decide the greatest tag team in the world. Team Danger, the assassins from America faced off against the champions from Japan, TakaGawa! Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi, riding a wave of momentum not often seen charged into battle against their much stronger and larger opponents early on to little success. Walker and Greer appeared to take joy in hurling their smaller opponents around the ring, forcing TakaGawa to tap into their natural agility and pure-wrestling abilities to keep up with Team Danger's power. Team Danger isolated Amagawa for a large portion of the match, using a slow offensive style to keep the high energy champions from fighting back too quickly. The two leaders of AVENIR could not be contained forever, resulting in TakaGawa firing back late in the match. The end of the battle saw both teams launch volley after volley of "death moves" on the other team. In this environment, no team is stronger than TakaGawa, as their high energy style allowed Takahashi to launch volleys of White Flash's and Clutching Knees to weaking Tyrone Walker enough for Amagawa to drop Walker on his head with the Burning Cataclysm for the three count, and TakaGawa's third defense of the tag titles!

After the battle, Team Danger claimed that the referee had been "biased" throughout the match, but claimed that they would return to seek revenge for this "embarrassing loss". An emotional Amagawa claimed that this was the "peak" of his abilities, and tomorrow night he would become a two crown champion as C-1 Heavyweight and C-1 Tag Team Champion!

GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~NIGHT ONE
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,733 fans
4/09/10

1. Akuma Toyota, Masakazu Fujimoto, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Ikuji Royama, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa at 10'38 when Toyota pinned Noguchi with a lariat
2. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Kazuya Endo at 7'26 with the PRISM
3. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Seiji Sasaki (FURY) defeated Strong Tomizaki at 8'11 with the SS Smash
4. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Kaisen Tiger defeated Ryoma Inoue at 10'35 with the Bullet Wrath-gatame
5. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Kotaro Ota (FURY) defeated Keiji Hirano at 14'07 with the Violent Spark
6. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Etsuya Kawachi (FURY) defeated Millennium S.K. at 16'57 with the GTK II
7. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Hayato Saigo defeated Akahito Yamada at 6'56 by disqualification
8. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) defeated Stephen Greer & Tyrone Walker (DEF) at 17'28 when Amagawa pinned Walker with the Burning Cataclysm [V.3]

This sets up tomorrow night's final night of GOLDEN CHANCE. Five Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON wrestlers and three Pro-Wrestling FURY wrestlers will collide with a C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship match on the line against the invincible champion; Ikuji Royama. Hiroshi Kuroki faces off against Kotaro Ota. Keoni Murata after receiving a bye faces off against the great teacher himself, Etsuya Kawachi. The masked mystery PHOENIX faces Kaisen Tiger in a battle of masked men. And the injured Hayato Saigo faces off against Pro-Wrestling FURY's young gun, Seiji Sasaki. In addition, Masakazu Fujimoto has "BATTLE FIVE" of his series, this time against Takayuki Ariwa. HEAVY WAR and the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY face off in six man action. And in the main event, Nobuyori Shimizu aims to make V.4 against one half of the C-1 Tag Team Champions Kenjiro Amagawa. Having chased the C-1 his entire career, Shimizu aims to tie Stephen Priest as the second most successful champion in history. While Kenjiro Amagawa aims to finally realize his destined potential as one of the greatest wrestlers in the world.

GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~NIGHT TWO
4/10/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall (2,100)

1. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Hiroshi Kuroki vs. Kotaro Ota (FURY)
2. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Keoni Murata vs. Etsuya Kawachi (FURY)
3. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: PHOENIX vs. Kaisen Tiger
4. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Hayato Saigo vs. Seiji Sasaki (FURY)
5. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #5: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Takayuki Ariwa
6. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SEMI FINAL: Kuroki/Ota vs. Murata/Kawachi
7. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SEMI FINAL: PHOENIX/Tiger vs. Saigo/Sasaki
8. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama vs. Tenshin Komatsu, Toshiro Noguchi & Ikuji Royama
9. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~FINAL: X vs. X
10. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Kenjiro Amagawa

[Late CRIMSON] March Series 14th to 22nd

2010-04-10T01:28:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON returned to action with a four event series from the 14th to the 22nd. On the 14th, Mikio Tsuruya intentionally disqualified himself against Takayuki Ariwa in order to mock and "rob" his former leader of gaining revenge...Masakazu Fujimoto's "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series began with Fujimoto successfully defeating Shuji Kawashima with his MONSTER RUSH! flying tackle. HEAVY WAR rebounded from recent setbacks with a dominating victory over Makoto Saito's Bloody Gears when Naoki Daishi locked the former professional fighter Kazuya Endo with a Jujigatame for a submission victory. KYOURUI 6 and the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY faced off with Yamada and the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions of Keoni Murata and PHOENIX used every dirty trick available to best the SCA team. Akahito Yamada slammed Hayato Saigo with Murata's surf board before locking the Jr. Heavyweight Ace in the Crossface for the submission. Yamada vowed that win or lose against Saigo during GOLDEN CHANCE, he and KYOURUI 6 would prevent Saigo from becoming victorious...TakaGawa and C-1 Jr Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama defeated the SCA team of C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi and Millennium S.K.. Amagawa continued his streak towards his first C-1 Heavyweight Championship challenge by spiking S.K. with a Backdrop Suplex for the victory.

03/14/10
Mayfair Plaza Sendai Wasse
762 fans

1. Takayuki Ariwa defeated Mikio Tsuruya at 5'26 by disqualification
2. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #1: Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Shuji Kawashima at 6'15 with the MONSTER RUSH!
- Fujimoto improves to 1-0
3. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 13'56 when Daishi submitted Endo with a jujigatame
4. Akahito Yamada, Keoni Murata, PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue defeated Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Keiji Hirano at 15'32 when Yamada submitted Saigo with the Crossface of Yamada
5. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Ikuji Royama defeated Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Millennium S.K. at 15'20 when Amagawa pinned S.K. with a Backdrop Suplex

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Three days later, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON turned towards the Kazuno Memorial Sports Center. The PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Champions of PHOENIX and Keoni Murata bested the team of Naoki Daishi and Shuji Kawashima. Murata using his new BLUE HAWAII finisher to put down Kawashima. Akuma Toyota led his young charge Rui Kuriyama to victory over the SCA force of Tenshin Komatsu and Millennium S.K.. Toyota attempting to rip S.K.'s head off with a lariat for the finish. Mikio Tsuruya attempted to destroy Fujimoto's "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series by intentionally getting himself disqualified five minutes in much to Fujimoto's dissatisfaction...AVENIR's Hirano, and PREDATORS defeated Saito's Bloody Gears faction. Hirano picking up a somewhat rare victory using his moonsault press to down Strong Tomizaki. Takayuki Ariwa scored a small measure of revenge against KYOURUI 6 aided by Hayato Saigo and C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama. Ariwa's ultimate goal, Hiroyuki Takano evaded him throughout the match. Yet Ariwa still downed Ryoma Inoue with the Angelos. Inoue was berated by his wife Tomiko Inoue for his poor performance...TakaGawa proved themselves to be the top flight tag team of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON in the main event. In non-title action, the two leaders of AVENIR dropped the legendary team of C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu and Toshiro Noguchi. Amagawa spiking Noguchi with a Backdrop Hold for the fall. Amagawa spoke post match, claiming that this match against Shimizu was the culmination of everything he had worked towards. Amagawa pledged to attack Shimizu with everything he had. Shimizu replied in turn, encouraging Amagawa's passion saying that he would need every ounce of it to pry the C-1 Heavyweight Championship from his grasp...

03/17/10
Kazuno Memorial Sports Center
921 fans

1. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata defeated Naoki Daishi & Shuji Kawashima at 9'35 when Murata pinned Kawashima with the BLUE HAWAII
2. Akuma Toyota & Rui Kuriyama defeated Tenshin Komatsu & Milliennium S.K. at 10'46 when Toyota pinned S.K. with a lariat
3. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #2: Masakazu Fujimoto defeated Mikio Tsuruya at 5'47 by disqualification
- Fujimoto improves to 2-0
4. Keiji Hirano, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 12'27 when Hirano pinned Tomizaki with a Moonsault Press
5. Takayuki Ariwa, Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 15'37 when Ariwa pinned Inoue with the Angelos
6. Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi defeated Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi at 18'42 when Amagawa pinned Noguchi with a Backdrop Hold

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Two days later, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON hit the Muika Town Sport Community Center. The SCA scored a big tag victory over KYOURUI 6 with Hayato Saigo and Millennium S.K. uniting to defeat Akahito Yamada and Ryoma Inoue. S.K. dropping his former kouhai with the Millennium Driver. Bloody Gears righted several recent losses by defeating three of the other KYOURUI 6 members in a violent match. Makoto Saito proved to be the deciding factor, blasting Murata with the Shiraku Blade. HEAVY WAR and AVENIR collided with Naoki Daishi and Rui Kuriyama coming out victorious over Keiji Hirano and Kaisen Tiger. Daishi spiking Hirano with the Northern Lights Bomb for the fall. Masakazu Fujimoto faced his biggest test since beginning the "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series against his stable leader, Akuma Toyota. Fujimoto attempted to put up a strong fight, but even the massive power fighter found himself unable to best Toyota. Toyota took Fujimoto off his feet with a single lariat that echoed throughout the Muika Town Sport Community Center for the victory. The SCA and to a larger extent "NGI" scored a revenge victory over AVENIR in the main event. The team of Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, and Shuji Kawashima finally stopping the runaway momentium train of TakaGawa. Toshiro Noguchi blasted Shinsuke Takahashi with several Thunder Hammers before a final one put one half the C-1 Tag Team Champions down for the count.

03/19/10
Muika Town Sport Community Center
814 fans

1. Hayato Saigo & Millennium S.K. defeated Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue at 13'57 when S.K. pinned Inoue with the Millennium Driver
2. Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Keoni Murata at 12'46 when Saito pinned Murata with the Shiraku Blade
3. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Keiji Hirano & Kaisen Tiger at 11'48 when Daishi pinned Hirano with a Northern Lights Bomb
4. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #3: Akuma Toyota defeated Masakazu Fujimoto at 9'47 with a lariat
- Fujimoto improves to 2-1
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Shuji Kawashima defeated Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki at 16'44 when Noguchi pinned Takahashi with the Thunder Hammer

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The final stop of March for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON culminated at it's home base of Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium. Ryoma Inoue scored what has become a rare victory, dropping Shuji Kawashima with his suplex variation the Back*Beat for the fall. C-1 Heavyweight Champion Nobuyori Shimizu found himself in the second match from the bottom, teaming with Toshiro Noguchi and Hayato Saigo to best Takayuki Ariwa, C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Ikuji Royama and Millennium S.K. Despite his low card placement, the champion shone before putting Millennium S.K. down with an elbow. Led into battle by Akuma Toyota, HEAVY WAR ran right through Bloody Gears in what is becoming a personal issue between Akuma Toyota and Makoto Saito. Toyota was in rare brutal efficent form before ripping Tomizaki in half with a lariat for the finish. Masakazu Fujimoto's "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series hit another roadblock, then time in the form of "Iron Prince" Tenshin Komatsu. Komatsu attacked Fujimoto's biggest weakness, his lack of speed, throughout the match. This forced the "Monster Fuji" to lower his guard which Komatsu took advantage of with volleys of Komatsu Knee Kicks to gain the victory. The final match leading into GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY saw a full on five on five confrontation between AVENIR and KYOURUI 6. Kenjiro Amagawa gained even more momentium heading into his C-1 Heavyweight Championship Challenge and TakaGawa's C-1 Tag Team Championship defense as Amagawa dropped Murata with a Backdrop Suplex for the three count fall. AVENIR held a talk show session post-match. PREDATORS and Keiji Hirano swore that one of them would win GOLDEN CHANCE~2day, while Takahashi and Amagawa promised to retain the C-1 Tag Team Championships over Team Danger, and Amagawa promised to give everything he had left in his soul to bring the C-1 Heavyweight Championship to AVENIR, and usher in a "new age" led by AVENIR!

03/22/10
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
704 fans

1. Ryoma Inoue defeated Shuji Kawashima at 8'29 with the Back*Beat
2. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo defeated Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Millennium S.K. at 14'36 when Shimizu pinned S.K. with an elbow
3. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama defeated Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo at 8'53 when Toyota pinned Tomizaki with a lariat
4. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #4: Tenshin Komatsu defeated Masakazu Fujimoto at 12'34 with a Komatsu Knee Kick
- Fujimoto improves to 2-2
5. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Keiji Hirano, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata at 18'43 when Amagawa pinned Murata with a Backdrop Suplex

[Late CRIMSON] 03/08/10 ~ News Catchup & Year Schedule

2010-04-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

A mountain of information has emerged from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON in the last few days, including not only event information but also the preliminary schedule for the remainder of 2010!

In March, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON will resume limited action with four events. The focus of the series will be on Kenjiro Amagawa's upcoming challenge for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against Nobuyori Shimizu. In addition, Masakazu Fujimoto embarks on his "REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI!" series with matches against Shuji Kawashima, Mikio Tsuruya, Akuma Toyota & Tenshin Komatsu.

In April, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON continues it's April tradition with GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY, a fourteen man two night tournament at Korakuen Hall. Pro-Wrestling FURY will send three men to take the tournament crown; Etsuya Kawachi, Kotaro Ota and Seiji Sasaki! PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions of PHOENIX and Keoni Murata have been awarded night one byes to the second round on day two. On night one, the assassins from America, Team Danger get their chance to claim the C-1 Tag Team Championships against reigning champions TakaGawa!

The second night of GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY will see Kenjiro Amagawa make his first ever challenge of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship one day after attempting to defend his tag crown. The AVENIR leader will face off against the "Soul" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Nobuyori Shimizu! The GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY champion will get a guaranteed C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship match.

From then on, Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON heads with all sights set for the POWER SOURCE tournament with "Prelude to the Source" in later April.

As if that wasn't enough information, the FULL schedule for the Power Source tournament with eight scheduled dates have been revealed. The tournament returns to a more "traditional" format with two blocks of eight wrestlers each. In addition, all sixteen men in the Power Source have been revealed. Tetsuhisa NAKAI from Pro-Wrestling FURY will return after winning the tournament last year with eyes set on the goal he could not accomplish the first time around: The C-1 Heavyweight Championship. And for the first time ever, the C-1 Heavyweight Champion, either Shimizu or Amagawa will participate in the tournament. As always, the POWER SOURCE winner will go on to challenge for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship and will be awarded a prize of 1,000,000 yen.

Staple Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON events will return. BATTLE ZONE remains on 7/27. The POWER SOURCE winner will face off against the C-1 Heavyweight Champion in the main event, provided the champion does not win the tournament. The FUSION J-LEAGUE will return and run from 9/15 to 9/27. CRIMSON celebrates it's eighth year anniversary on 10/13, and DUE TIME, the seventh incarnation will finish the year off as it always does.

2010 will once again see Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON host it's special free admission New Year's event, taking place at exactly 12:01 am of the new year, “RING IN CRIMSON 2011!”.

03/14/10
Miyagi - Mayfair Plaza Sendai Wasse (1,000)

1. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya vs. Takayuki Ariwa & Ikuji Royama
2. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #1: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Shuji Kawashima
3. Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo vs. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
4. Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki, Kaisen Tiger & Keiji Hirano vs. Akahito Yamada, Keoni Murata, PHOENIX & Ryoma Inoue
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Millennium S.K. vs. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Ikuji Royama

03/17/10
Akita - Kazuno Memorial Sports Center (1,300)

1. PHOENIX & Keoni Murata vs. Naoki Daishi & Shuji Kawashima
2. Akuma Toyota & Rui Kuriyama vs. Tenshin Komatsu & Milliennium S.K.
3. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #2: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Mikio Tsuruya
4. Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo vs. Keiji Hirano, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger
5. Hiroyuki Takano, Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Hayato Saigo & Ikuji Royama
6. Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi vs. Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi

03/19/10 @ Niigata - Muika Town Sport Community Center (1,000)

1. Akahito Yamada & Ryoma Inoue vs. Hayato Saigo & Millennium S.K.
2. Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo vs. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya & Keoni Murata
3. Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama vs. Keiji Hirano & Kaisen Tiger
4. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #3: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Akuma Toyota
5. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Shuji Kawashima vs. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi & Hiroshi Kuroki

03/22/10
Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

1. Ryoma Inoue vs. Shuji Kawashima
2. Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi & Hayato Saigo vs. Takayuki Ariwa, Ikuji Royama & Millennium S.K.
3. Makoto Saito, Strong Tomizaki & Kazuya Endo vs. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
4. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #4: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Tenshin Komatsu
5. Hiroyuki Takano, Mikio Tsuruya, Akahito Yamada, PHOENIX & Keoni Murata vs. Kenjiro Amagawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Keiji Hirano, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger

GOLDEN CHANCE 2DAY
Tokyo Korakuen Hall (2,100)
4/09/10

1. Nobuyori Shimizu, Ikuji Royama, Toshiro Noguchi & Takayuki Ariwa vs. Akuma Toyota, Masakazu Fujimoto, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama
2. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Kazuya Endo vs. Hiroshi Kuroki
3. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Strong Tomizaki vs. Seiji Sasaki (FURY)
4. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Ryoma Inoue vs. Kaisen Tiger
5. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Keiji Hirano vs. Kotaro Ota (FURY)
6. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Millennium S.K. vs. Etsuya Kawachi (FURY)
7. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~ FIRST ROUND: Hayato Saigo vs. Akahito Yamada
8. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) vs. Stephen Greer & Tyrone Walker (DEF)

4/10/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall (2,100)

1. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Winner of Endo/Kuroki vs. Winner of Hirano/Ota
2. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Keoni Murata vs. Winner of S.K./Kawachi
3. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: PHOENIX vs. Winner of Inoue/Tiger
4. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SECOND ROUND: Winner of Saigo/Yamada vs. Winner of Tomizaki/Sasaki
5. REVIVE THE MONSTER FUJI! BATTLE #5: Masakazu Fujimoto vs. Takayuki Ariwa
6. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SEMI FINAL: Endo/Kuroki/Hirano/Ota vs. Murata/S.K./Kawachi
7. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~SEMI FINAL: PHOENIX/Inoue/Tiger vs. Saigo/Yamada/Tomizaki/Sasaki
8. Akuma Toyota, Naoki Daishi & Rui Kuriyama vs. Tenshin Komatsu, Toshiro Noguchi & Ikuji Royama
9. GOLDEN CHANCE~2DAY~FINAL: X vs. X
10. C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Kenjiro Amagawa

PRELUDE TO THE SOURCE

04/15/10 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall (2,100)
04/20/10 @ Tochigi - Sano City Hotel Sun Route (1,000)
04/22/10 @ Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)
04/23/10 @ Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)
04/26/10 @ Iwate - Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

POWER SOURCE ~ Ascending Destiny

05/04/10 @ Iwate - Miyako City Gymnasium (1,600)
05/06/10 @ Aomori - Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2 (800)
05/07/10 @ Akita - Akita Terusa (1,000)
05/10/10 @ Yamagata - Amarune Town Gymnasium (900)
05/11/10 @ Miyagi - Natori Sport Park (1,100)
05/12/10 @ Fukushima - Motomiya City Gymnasium (1,000)
05/14/10 @ Saitama - Gyoda Green Arena (1,600)
05/18/10 @ Iwate - Miyako City Gymnasium (1,600)

Block A:
Akuma Toyota
Mikio Tsuruya
Kenjiro Amagawa
Shinsuke Takahashi
Tetsuhisa NAKAI (FURY)
Naoki Daishi
Toshiro Noguchi
Shuji Kawashima

Block B:
Nobuyori Shimizu
Hiroyuki Takano
Tenshin Komatsu
Masakazu Fujimoto
Takayuki Ariwa
"Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (FREE)
Rui Kuriyama
Makoto Saito

BATTLE ZONE 2010
07/27/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

FUSION J-LEAGUE
09/15/10
09/18/10
09/20/10
09/23/10
09/25/10
09/27/10

EIGHTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
10/13/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

DUE TIME 7th
12/24/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

RING IN CRIMSON 2011!
01/01/11
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

[ATTACK GIRLS] 3/27/10

2010-04-02T22:15:00.000-07:00

ATTACK GIRLS returned to action twelve days after their last event for a minor show. Chihiro Nomura failed to get past the power of Crusher Hayashi falling victim to Hayashi's "Big Crush" falling powerslam. ATTACK GIRL's first "third generation" ATTACK GIRL made her debut, named Mio Yamazaki. Nicknamed the "Gothic Fairy Princess" in training, Mio fit in perfectly with her rebellious partner Haruka Ito. Mio wrestled in a black dress appearing to have come straight from a funeral as the "gothic lolita" fashion trend goes. Mio's debut went well until Aimi Nakamura locked the "gothic princess" in the Northern Heel Hook for the submission. The Fireball Bombers of Aya Tamura and Minako Suzuki returned to their winning ways, pinning Satoko Fukazawa and KURONEKO when Suzuki used her DDT variation for the pinfall. In the main event, the FURY GIRLS faced off against the whole of SUKEBAN in a six woman match. SUKEBAN avenged their recent lack of success, as Naga Masuno spiked AISUKA with the Deep Serpent Bomb for the fall. Masuno challenged DOUBLE FURY for the TWIN ATTACK on behalf of herself and Kong Ichiwara for a future date.

3/27/09
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
326 fans

1. Crusher Hayashi defeated Chihiro Nomura at 6'23 with the Big Crush
2. Aimi Nakamura & Sadako Miura defeated Mio Yamazaki & Haruka Ito at 8'14 when Nakamura submitted Mio with the Northern Heel Hook
3. Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura defeated Satoko Fukazawa & KURONEKO at 9'53 when Suzuki pinned KURONEKO with the Minako's DDT
4. Tomiko Inoue, Naga Masuno & Kong Ichiwara defeated Kaoru Hamaguchi, AISUKA & Jaguar Dream at 13'51 when Masuno pinned AISUKA with the Deep Serpent Bomb

[CRIMSON] 3/02/09 ~ COMPLETIONxDESTINATION

2010-04-02T19:02:00.000-07:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON entered the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium for the first of four stops this year, for COMPLETIONxDESTINATION ~ The Second Destination! Before the festivities could begin, President Yuki Nomura directed the audience's attention to the video screen above the entrance way, where a brand new Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON logo was shown! Nomura stated that one year ago he retired and assumed full control of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON as president, and while not everything had gone as smoothly as he hoped, the past year had been a success. Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON advanced on the largest stage yet in Sendai drawing over six thousand fans. Nomura finished by claiming that 2010 would see CRIMSON ascend to even higher heights!

Keiji Hirano scored another win over KYOURUI 6's Ryoma Inoue with a German Suplex Hold. Ryoma was viciously attacked by his WIFE, Joshi star Tomiko Inoue with a bamboo sword! Tomiko berated her husband's weakness and claimed that she would "instill" his old form much to Ryoma's chagrin.

KYORUI 6'a Keoni Murata & PHOENIX captured the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships, but not without significant shenanigans. PREDATORS controled most of the match with beautiful team work and speed but outside interference from KYOURUI 6's new "mad dog" Akahito Yamada would seal the victory for his team mates. Yamada tied his rope over Kaisen Tiger's throat and then hung him backwards over the top rope. Kaisen Tiger stumbled forward into Keoni Murata's new finisher the BLUE HAWAII, a head and arm clasp TKO for the finish.

Hayato Saigo came out on PREDATOR's behalf to protest the decision which led immediately to Saigo vs. Yamada. The match went thirty seconds before Murata and PHOENIX both stormed the ring causing a disqualification! PREDATORS returned the favor, running off KYOURUI 6. Akahito Yamada taunted Saigo, claiming that he would never get revenge and be in a continual state of frustration...

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's newest faction kicked off their run with a victory over Akuma Toyota's HEAVY WAR. Makoto Saito proved his strength as leader by blasting Rui Kuriyama with the Shiraku Blade for the finish. Saito dubbed his faction the "Bloody Gears" and would pave their path with "fierce" pro-wrestling. Backstage Masakazu Fujimoto began blaming himself for the team's loss while rampaging throughout the backstage area. Despite Daishi, Kuriyama & Toyota's attempts to passify Fujimoto, Fujimoto swore that he would "revive" the "Monster Fujimoto" that he'd lost in his heart...

America's strongest tag team, Team Danger invaded Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON in a Special International Tag Battle. Greer & Walker faced off against two of the strongest wrestlers in CRIMSON, Toshiro Noguchi and Tenshin Komatsu. The experience edge for Team Danger allowed them to control the match with their well versed team abilities. Yet Noguchi and Komatsu were never fully out of the fight throughout. Greer & Walker made Komatsu pay for his outlandish claims, hitting the "Simon Says Die" on Komatsu to knock the "Iron Prince" out of the match. With no partner, Noguchi was hit with a medley of moves before Greer claimed Noguchi's head with the Hellfire Lariat. Team Danger challenged the winners of the C-1 Tag Team Championship match through an interpreter claiming that they would prove that America produces the best wrestlers once again...

For Millennium S.K. seven short months passed as an eternity. After suffering a near career ending neck injury, it would take seven months until S.K. was able to return to the ring in limited action. For the first time in almost two years, S.K. had the opportunity to claim the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship from dominant champion Ikuji Royama. The Iwate audience's hopes rode with S.K. but on this night it was not to be. Royama attacked S.K.'s neck throughout the battle with merciless attacks earning S.K. sympathy and Royama jeers. S.K. courageously fought back, but the damage had culminated. Royama floored S.K. with a high kick, and when S.K. attempted to stand back up, Royama pounced locking S.K. in a side neck crank! With nowhere else to go, and the pain immeasurable, S.K. was forced to submit. Royama's apologies fell on deaf ears with the Iwate audience. Royama claimed that a "burden of strength" meant that he could spare no weakness to defend his championship. Akahito Yamada of KYOURUI 6 appeared and praised Royama's "viciousness" . Before Yamada could make his challenge known, he was speared from behind by Hayato Saigo! The two brawled to the backstage leaving Royama without a clear challenger.

TakaGawa and VANGUARD fought for the #1 tag team position of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. WIth ill feelings spilling from the two team's encounter in January in the FUSION League finals. Tonight it would TakaGawa's turn to emerge victorious. KYOURUI 6 employed every tactic the group knows, attempting to once again rob TakaGawa of the victory but AVENIR+Hayato Saigo were on hand tonight to thwart their every attempt forcing the battle to become a straight tag team encounter. TakaGawa's Tag Team brilliance shined on the big stage leading to Kenjiro Amagawa continuing his incredible momentum, spiking Mikio Tsuruya with his Burning Cataclysm (Head and Leg clasped Backdrop Suplex) for the three count victory, Hiroyuki Takano proclaimed that this only "evened" the battle between the two teams insisting that VANGUARD would return for a third battle. Amagawa and Takahashi, while not disregarding the challenge, both spoke about their own goals. Shinsuke Takahashi set his eyes on the annual POWER SOURCE tournament in May, becoming the first wrestler to announce is participation! Amagawa, however, took another tack. The AVENIR leader challenged the winner of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship match tonight!

That only left the biggest match of the night, and the biggest match of the year in CRIMSON thus far. Nobuyori Shimizu defending his C-1 Heavyweight Championship against his fellow stablemate and former kouhai Takayuki Ariwa along with the "Ace" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, the man who never lost the C-1 Heavyweight Championship, and the leader of HEAVY WAR; Akuma Toyota! The three men paced themselves slowly early on, but it became evident that Shimizu would struggle with either man's power advantage. Shimizu was hit with a medley of moves by both men during the early portions of the match, knocking the C-1 Heavyweight Champion out of the match. This left the two behemoths to fight it out between themselves with sickening blows and power moves. Much like their match that ended in a draw, neither man could definitively gain an advantage as their power canceled each other out. Much like a car crash, the two began to crash into each other with lariats attempting to see whose was strongest. In the end, Ariwa shockingly emerged victorious after both men once again crashed into each other with lariats. Toyota fell, but Ariwa remained standing somehow! This was not a wise decision, as Ariwa suddenly was grabbed from behind and dumped on his head with the Tsuyosa German Suplex! Shimizu rolled through the move hitting a second Tsuyosa German Suplex with a high bridge, gaining the first elimination of the match! The Iwate audience came alive as this left the two men who fought at DUE TIME 2008 against each other once again for the C-1 Heavyweight Championship! Shimizu attacked Toyota, attempting to maintain his momentum, but Toyota ignored Shimizu's blows before flooring the champion with several clubbing hammers to the side of the head. From there, Toyota cooly took over on Shimizu while taunting the champion. Shimizu was berated with claims such as "Worthless champion!" and "Ariwa is stronger than you!" from the monsterous Toyota. The Iwate audience in attendance responded to Shimizu's struggles, as he refused to stay laid out much to Toyota's frustrations. A Lariat wasn't enough. An Akuma Ichimonji wasn't enough. Toyota prepared to use his ultimate limit break, the Sakujo however Shimizu came alive and squirmed out of the move! Over twenty five minutes had passed, leaving Shimizu a wreck from the abuse from the two monsters. However, Shimizu dug deep within his couragious soul and fired off volley after volley of elbows to the side of Toyota's head! Toyota roared in return while responding with clubbing wild blows. Shimizu used his speed to duck under each blow before firing off more elbows! Toyota remained impassive, refusing to be hurt by Shimizu's attack. One final volley seemed to empty Shimizu's tank as Toyota simply stared in return. For the first time as Champion, Shimizu slumped forward in defeat. Beaten by the impossible strength of Akuma Toyota. Toyota teed off on Shimizu with clubbing forearms, ping-ponging Shimizu's body between his two tree like limbs before CRUSHING Shimizu with a lariat! Shimizu bounced off the north-side ropes before collapsing to his knees. Cries of Shimizu rang out from the crowd as Toyota backed off and charged forward with one final larat that WAS COUNTERED BY A DESPERATION LEAPING EUROPEAN UPPERCUT OUT OF NOWHERE! Toyota reeled backwards, allowing Shimizu to fire off more elbows while Toyota was wounded! Shimizu suddenly spinned in place before CRACKING Toyota with a backwards spinning elbow! Shimizu began throwing spinning back and spinning forward elbows, using momentium to crush his elbows into Toyota's head with dull thuds that echoed throughout the Iwate Prefectual Gymnasium! With Toyota almost out cold on his feet, Shimizu hit the ropes at full speed before CRUSHING Toyota with a running elbow!! Both men collapsed on the ground, with Shimizu's last burst of energy placing himself on Akuma Toyota. Neither man moved as the three count was registered, giving NOBUYORI SHIMIZU THE VICTORY OVER AKUMA TOYOTA!

The Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium exploded in cheers and chants of Shimizu's name as STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY members hit the ring to help their leader stand back up. The HEAVY WAR faction helped their leader Akuma Toyota out of the ring and to the back while the SCA and Shimizu stood victorious. When handed the championship, Shimizu collapsed to his knees while holding the championship above his head. When given a microphone, Shimizu proudly claimed that the reign was "real now" having defeated the real champion first hand. However, Shimizu's reign was cut short as Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi appeared in the ring. The normally friendly units were tense and hostile, as Amagawa demanded Shimizu's response to his challenge. Barely able to stand, Shimizu placed his hand out and shook hands with the young leader of AVENIR, making their title match official!

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON
COMPLETIONxDESTINATION ~ The Second Destination!
03/02/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
2,250 fans

1. Keiji Hirano defeated Ryoma Inoue at 8'34 with a German Suplex Hold
2. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: Keoni Murata & PHOENIX defeated Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger (c) at 13'49 when Murata pinned Tiger with the BLUE HAWAII to become the 8th champions
3. Hayato Saigo defeated Akahito Yamada at 0'32 by disqualification
4. Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki defeated Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Rui Kuriyama at 11'49 when Saito pinned Kuriyama with the Shiraku Blade
5. SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL TAG BATTLE: Stephen Greer & Tyrone Walker (DEF) defeated Tenshin Komatsu & Toshiro Noguchi at 10'47 when Greer pinned Noguchi with the Hellfire Lariat
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama (c) defeated Millennium S.K. at 13'57 with a side neck crank [V.6]
7. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) defeated Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya at 17'29 when Amagawa pinned Tsuruya with the Burning Cataclysm [V.2]
8. C-1 Heavyweight Championship ~ THREE WAY MATCH: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) defeated Akuma Toyota & Takayuki Ariwa at 25'41 [V.3]
- Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Takayuki Ariwa at 17'41 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex
- Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Akuma Toyota at 25'41 with a running elbow

LOVE and WRESTLING!

2010-04-01T00:02:00.000-07:00

In the wake of the announced closure of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON a wave of confusion has swept the wrestling world. In a breaking news segment on "Go Fight Win!", a thirty minute special on GAORA, former Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON wrestler Masakazu Fujimoto appeared with hosts Yoshiro Takara and Fumio Kawashima. The shock closure of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON bantered between Fujimoto and the hosts with Fujimoto himself admitting shock at the "snap" closure. Yet, Fujimoto admitted that the "disappearance" of COMPLETIONxDESTINATION had been "worrying" in hindsight...

The hosts questioned Fujimoto on his future which allowed Fujimoto to drop a bombshell. Fujimoto announced that Tokyo Broadcasting System had green lighted the second series of the LOVE SCRAMBLE line. "Ayami Saki" (Sumie Takanohana) will return to fill her previous role, but Fujimoto announced that the new series called "LOVE WRESTLING" would not be a J-Drama, but instead be DRAMATIC WRESTLING! The event will be a twenty six one hour long episode series focused around "Dramatic Pro-Wrestling" with Fujimoto's "Genji Sakuma" filling the new lead role. Each episode will be the top matches from legitimate Pro-Wrestling shows sponsored by TBS under the "LOVE WRESTLING" banner condensed to sixty minutes. Each Pro-Wrestling event will be titled "LOVE and WRESTLING". Fujimoto admitted that he had been put in charge of running the LaW events.

In LOVE SCRAMBLE, Fujimoto played "Genji Sakuma", the lovable yet overweight and nerdy best friend of main character "Ayami Saki". Sakuma watched from the sidelines as Ayami's romantic follies developed. A life-long Pro-Wrestling fan, Genji saved Ayami from attackers in the final episode of LOVE SCRAMBLE using his beloved pro-wrestling techniques to defend Ayami. In the emotional wave that ensued, Genji finally confessed his long withheld feelings for Ayami. To the joy of viewers, Ayami admitted her own feelings uniting the two. LOVE WRESTLING will directly follow LOVE SCRAMBLE several months later. The series will follow "Genji Sakuma" (Masakazu Fujimoto) joining the prestigious "North+West Pro-Wrestling Alliance" as a preliminary wrestler . The series will focus around Genji's trials to advance as a pro-wrestler, and the burgeoning relationship between Genji and Ayami. Now the struggle will feature the challenge to maintain their relationship as Genji's travels will play a significant part of the story, along with the temptations that arise from not only being a pro-wrestler but also by being separated most of the time from each other. Ayami's former boyfriend and Fujimoto's romantic rival, Ryota Wakashiro (played by famous J-Drama star Kenji Ueda) will return. Wakashiro will also enter the N+W PWA in order to prove he is "better" than Genji for Ayami's affections. To further complicate matters, joshi star Reina Takanashi will play herself as the "ace" of the N+W PWA women. Expectedly, Takanashi will provide another "romantic foil” to the story. Ryo Inoue will make his dramatic television debut as the owner of the N+W PWA. Fujimoto described Inoue's character as "eccentric" but would go no further...

The champion of the N+W PWA will be the "Texas Destroyer" more commonly known as pro-wrestler Jake Bishop. Bishop's disappearance from CRIMSON events coincided with Bishop training in Japanese in order to speak key lines during the show. Bishop will play the role of the "super champion" that no Japanese wrestler can surpass. Fujimoto was tight lipped, but suggested that the "series" would be full of both J-Drama and Pro-Wrestling stars in order to give it all an "authentic feel".

The LOVE and WRESTLING events will tie directly into the TV series "LOVE WRESTLING". The fans who attend will be given a full event, but only the "important" moments would be used on the TBS series. A heavy emphasis will be placed on "drama" with in-ring performances and backstage confrontations...

Famous seiyuu Yui Mizuki will provide the opening theme song for LOVE WRESTLING titled "Lovely Delicious Struggle". Fujimoto admitted that he and Bishop had been approached to provide back up vocals and perhaps a routine to accompany the song but both declined. Kenji Ueda will revert to his rock star identity, "UE-DA" to handle the closing theme song titled "The Break".

LOVE and WRESTLING's first event will take place on May 11th and will go weekly thereafter. After six weeks, LOVE WRESTLING will appear on TBS in it's sixty minute format with each event following each week's event. Fujimoto stated that the show will be "50% Pro-Wrestling and 50% Love".

Look for LOVE WRESTLING coming to the Tokyo Broadcasting System this June!

The Status of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON

2010-03-31T23:18:00.000-07:00

Rumors have swirled around Japan about Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON after the promotion went into full shut down mode last month. COMPLETIONxDESTINATION was canceled without explanation, and all tickets purchased were refunded to the purchasers. No press release or information ever leaked from the CRIMSON offices in Iwate.

Minutes ago, an emergency press conference was held at the offices of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON by owner Kazushi Mimura. The press were forced to wait thirty minutes beyond the scheduled start time as Mimura appeared to be running late...Mimura eventually arrived appearing to have just woken up from slumber and was noticeably slurring his words. Mimura apologized, but admitted that he had "fun" the night before in Tokyo...

Mimura wasted no time, announcing the IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF PRO-WRESTLING CRIMSON! The Iwate press were outraged but Mimura coldly ignored their protests. Mimura reminded the press that he had purchased CRIMSON years ago, and for all those years had funded CRIMSON out of his own pocket as first Shirai and then later Nomura "failed" to properly run the company to ever turn a profit. Mimura brought up his announcement in 2008 regarding being "burned out" from running CRIMSON. Now, Mimura added; he is simply BORED of running CRIMSON! Mimura revealed that it had been him that arranged to “let go” all the old Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON stars to create the “next generation” and even had been the one that suggested Tatsumichi Akamatsu to invading. Why? To “make CRIMSON more interesting” to him... What was once a snap purchase all those years ago had simply become a burden for Mimura both mentally and financially. Mimura also revealed that after he made his decision, he and several friends (but explicitly not Yuki Nomura due to hatred) had went out on the town all night in Tokyo before Mimura had returned for the press conference. As Mimura stated; “It's my money again!”

When asked about COMPLETIONxDESTINATION, Mimura coldly stated that he hadn't "felt" like arranging the show and had "lost interest" in preparing it, and thus had simply canceled it and refunded the money rather than be bothered with it.

The topic of ATTACK GIRLS was broached. Mimura stated that he had transferred all control over to Ryo Suzuki and even had given him enough money to fund the promotion for years. On why he did this, Mimura revealed that watching women's wrestling "excited" him. In particular Yuki Nomura's daughter Chihiro...

Mimura announced that all Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON talent, officials, and management had been fired earlier in the day by letter and that he didn't care where they went or what any of them did.

Mimura's final words were "I'm moving back to Tokyo! Farewell worthless Iwate!"

[ATTACK GIRLS} Full Catch Up (8/16/09 to 03/15/10)

2010-03-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

ATTACK GIRLS' August series continued with a shot to Miyagi, traveling outside of Iwate for the first time. Disaster struck as lack of local promotion resulted in an abysmal audience. However, the A-GIRLS put on an entertaining show none the less. The masked duo of KURONEKO and Jaguar Dream disposed of fighter Kyoko Saito and Sadako Miura. Jaguar pinning the former volleyball player with the Jaguar Rising. DOUBLE FURY were given their first setback as a team when they ran into SUKEBAN's Masuno and Ichikawa with Masuno dropping AISUKA with the Deep Serpent Bomb for the pinfall. Minako Suzuki bested fellow ATTACK GIRLS seikigun members in the semi final, with Suzuki spiking the second-match in Nomura with the Fireball Bomb. In the main event, SUKEBAN exploded as Tomiko Inoue teamed with Seikigun member Yuuko Matsumoto to beat Fujita and Ito. Inoue used her rolling neckbreaker Rose Thorn to put Fujita-gumi member Ito down, gaining much needed momentum for the Tomiko/Fujita match later in the month!

8/16/09
Onagawa Town Gymnasium
56 fans

1. KURONEKO & Jaguar Dream defeated Sadako Miura & Kyoko Saito at 7'31 when Jaguar pinned Miura with the Jaguar Rising
2. Kong Ichiwara & Naga Masuno defeated AISUKA & Kaoru Hamaguchi at 8'25 when Masuno pinned AISUKA with the Deep Serpent Bomb
3. Minako Suzuki, Aya Tamura & Aimi Nakamura defeated Crusher Hayashi, Satoko Fukazawa & Chihiro Nomura at 11'46 when Suzuki pinned Nomura with the Fireball Bomb
4. Tomiko Inoue & Yuuko Matsumoto defeated "Devil Queen" Miyabi Fujita & Haruka Ito at 12'46 when Inoue pinned Ito with the Rose Thorn

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ATTACK GIRLS returned to Iwate and the Ohasama Town Country Plaza, but to no greater success where another disastrous crowd greeted them. Aimi Nakamura gained a victory in the opening match, using her new submission the "Norther Heel Hook" on Chihiro Nomura for the submission victory. Naga Masuno continued her reign of terror in the second match, as she spiked Yuuko Matsumoto with the Deep Serpent Bomb. DOUBLE FURY regained their winning ways in the semi final, as AISUKA and Kaoru Hamaguchi bested Minako Suzuki and Aya Tamura. Hamaguchi using her "Hamaguchi Roll" on Aya Tamura for the three count. They once again appealed for an ATTACK GIRLS tag team title to be instated. In the main event, SUKEBAN faced SUKEBAN as SUKEBAN leader Tomiko Inoue attempted to wrestle control of the PWC International Women's Championship from Miyabi Fujita. Fujita had other ideas, leading to her beating Inoue with the one-two punch of a Fujita Lariat and Fujita Axe Driver. Fujita announced her team with Haruka Ito as their own faction, FUJITA-GUMI. Naga Masuno appealed to be Fujita's next challenger but was ignored by Fujita...

8/27/09
Ohasama Town Country Plaza
175 fans

1. Aimi Nakamura & Jaguar Dream defeated Chihiro Nomura & Satoko Fukazawa when Nakamura submitted Nomura with the Northern Heel Hook
2. Haruka Ito & Naga Masuno defeated Sadako Miura & Yuuko Matsumoto at 7'34 when Masuno pinned Matsumoto with the Deep Serpent Bomb
3. Kyoko Saito & Crusher Hayashi defeated Kong Ichiwara & KURONEKO at 9'24 when Saito pinned KURONEKO with a high kick
4. AISUKA & Kaoru Hamaguchi defeated Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura at 13'47 when Hamaguchi pinned Tamura with the Hamaguchi Roll
5. PWC International Woman's Championship: "Devil Queen" Miyabi Fujita (c) defeated Tomiko Inoue at 13'56 with the Fujita Axe Driver [V.1]

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January 2nd Update:

After two disastrous events and an ill fated "tour", ATTACK GIRLS entered a shutdown period that has lasted five months. However, not has been all lost, as news from Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's headquarters have revealed dates for three more ATTACK GIRLS events over the next three months, all originating from CRIMSON's stronghold of Miyako and the Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium. Despite being a much bigger venue, CRIMSON has an agreement with the venue that allows CRIMSON to run the gymnasium at little cost. As a result, ATTACK GIRLS will not lose much from not doing well in the venue.

1/26/09 @ Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

2/02/09 @ Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

3/15/09 @ Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium (750)

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January 13th Update:

ATTACK GIRLS has been struck by their first instance of "runaway wrestler syndrome". Yuuko Matsumoto suffered an injury during training in November. While not severe, the injury has apparently been enough to chase the young girl away from the business. Matsumoto has vanished off all promotional materials, and from the ATTACK GIRLS subsection of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's website.

In addition, Kyoko Saito has decided to focus on her fighting career over her wrestling career, as has been expected for months. She has been released from her ATTACK GIRLS contract. Best of luck to Kyoko-chan!

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ATTACK GIRLS returned to action after five months drawing a small crowd at the Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium. In the opening match school mates Satoko Fukazawa and Chihiro Nomura clashed. Fukazawa used her experience edge to outlast Nomura in a strong match. Haruka Ito with the help of a baton was able to take out Aimi Nakamura. Minako Suzuki and Aya Tamura continued their run as a strong tag team as they united to defeat Crusher Hayashi and KURONEKO. Miyabi Fujita in a special singles match had difficulty dealing with the sheer size of her opponent Sadako Miura. Timely intervention from Haruka Ito saved Fujita with a knee kick allowing Fujita to blast Miura with a Fujita Lariat for the fall. In the main event, FURY GIRLS fought SUKEBAN. Naga Masuno continued to make her path towards Miyabi Fujita as she spiked Jaguar Dream with the Deep Serpent Bomb.

1/26/09
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
324 fans

1. Satoko Fukazawa defeated Chihiro Nomura at 7'41 with a crab hold
2. Haruka Ito defeated Aimi Nakamura at 5'27 with a baton attack
3. Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura defeated Crusher Hayashi & KURONEKO at 9'45 when Tamura pinned KURONEKO with the Blue Sky Dive
4. Miyabi Fujita defeated Sadako Miura at 8'21 with a Fujita Lariat
5. Tomiko Inoue, Naga Masuno & Kong Ichikawa defeated AISUKA, Kaoru Hamaguchi & Jaguar Dream at 14'37 when Masuno pinned Jaguar with the Deep Serpent Bomb

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ATTACK GIRLS returned to action just seven days alter. The quick turnaround significantly harmed the attendance for the repeat event...In the opening match, Kong Ichikawa achieved a rare victory as she flattened Aimi Nakamura with a powerslam. Chihiro Nomura's quest to gain her first victory continued, as KURONEKO used a standing moonsault to put Yuki Nomura's eldest daughter away. Sadako Miura towered over her opponent Satoko Fukazawa and used her sheer size to gain the victory with a knee kick. FURY and ATTACK GIRLS clashed in the semi final, as the three FURY GIRLS were victorious. AISUKA pinned Hayashi with her Viento Clutch keeping the power lifter's shoulders down. FUJITA-GUMI and SUKEBAN clashed in the main event. Masuno further solidified herself as the #1 contender, as she spiked Ito with the Deep Serpent Bomb for the three count.

2/02/09
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
248 fans

1. Kong Ichikawa defeated Aimi Nakamura at 6'21 with a powerslam
2. KURONEKO defeated Chihiro Nomura at 5'27 with a standing moonsault
3. Sadako Miura defeated Satoko Fukazawa at 7'21 with a knee kick
4. AISUKA, Kaoru Hamaguchi & Jaguar Dream defeated Minako Suzuki, Aya Tamura & Crusher Hayashi at 14'28 when AISUKA pinned Hayashi with the Viento Clutch
5. Tomiko Inoue & Naga Masuno defeated Miyabi Fujita & Haruka Ito at 12'48 when Masuno pinned Ito with the Deep Serpent Bomb

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February 15th Update:

ATTACK GIRLS have sanctioned their second set of titles, according to ATTACK GIRLS director Ryo Suzuki. The TWIN ATTACK championship will be contested in a one night seven team tournament on the 15th. Seven teams of two will face off with the right of being the first TWIN ATTACK at stake. The teams are:

Iwate Princess Powers - Satoko Fukazawa & Chihiro Nomura
SUKEBAN - Tomiko Inoue & Kong Ichiwara
Strength & Trouble - Crusher Hayashi & Haruka Ito
North+West All Stars - Aimi Nakamura & Sadako Miura
Fireball Bombers - Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura
Masked Wonders - Jaguar Dream & KURONEKO
DOUBLE FURY - AISUKA & Kaoru Hamaguchi

Due to the structure of the tournament, and being the instigators of the TWIN ATTACK championship, DOUBLE FURY will gain an automatic bye in the first round.

In addition, Miyabi Fujita will aim for her V.2 of the PWC International Woman's Championship as she takes on Naga Masuno. Masuno may prove to be the biggest challenge (litterally and figuratively) for Miyabi in ATTACK GIRLS!

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ATTACK GIRLS crowned the first TWIN ATTACK champions in front of one of the biggest crowds in recent history for the struggling brand. In the opening match the Iwate Princess Powers faced off against SUKEBAN. Fukazawa and Nomura appeared to be out of the match when Nomura countered Inoue's Rose Thorn into her father's Shukuen! Fukazawa followed with a diving guillotine drop for the flash victory. Haruka Ito and Crusher Hayashi could never gel as a team. Ito abandoned her partner, allowing Aimi Nakamura to lock Hayashi in the Northern Heel Hook for submission. The Fireball Bombers easily dispatched the Masked Wonders, with Tamura spiking KURONEKO with the Zero Bomb to advance. The semi finals started with the Iwate Princess Powers facing off against DOUBLE FURY. Fukazawa and Nomura, despite already wrestling put up a strong showing for themselves. Hamaguchi scored the victory by dropping Nomura with the Hamaguchi Roll to advance in the tournament. The second semi final saw Aimi Nakamura and Sadako Miura put up another spirited affair for themselves against the Fireball Bombers. It wasn't enough, as Suzuki scored the victory for her team over Nakamura with the Fireball Bomb. The PWC International Women's Championship saw Miyabi Fujita further cement herself as the stand out star of ATTACK GIRLS. The massive Naga Masuno attacked her strongly, but Fujita weathered the storm and ended up putting Masuno out to pasture with two Fujita Lariats. Fujita openly questioned if she was "too much" for this small promotion to handle...DOUBLE FURY and the Fireball Bombers met in an exciting tag sprint from the opening bell to claim the first TWIN ATTACK gold. Suzuki and Tamura appeared to have the upper hand early, but the exhaustion from an extra match caught up with the Fireball Bombers as the match wore on, allowing DOUBLE FURY to make a resurgence. That proved to be all DOUBLE FURY needed, as they debuted a new team finisher, the "Punk Rock Roll". Hamaguchi lifted the opponent for the Hamaguchi Roll as AISUKA came off the top with a front dropkick sending Tamura careening to the mat in a heap! With that, DOUBLE FURY scored the victory and their first tournament and championships of their young careers!

3/15/09
Miyako 1000 Tokuji Gymnasium
389 fans

1. TWIN ATTACK TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Satoko Fukazawa & Chihiro Nomura defeated Tomiko Inoue & Kong Ichikawa at 6'25 when Fukazawa pinned Inoue with a diving guillotine drop
2. TWIN ATTACK TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Aimi Nakamura & Sadako Miura defeated Haruka Ito & Crusher Hayashi at 5'26 when Nakamura submitted Hayashi with the Northern Heel Hookd
3. TWIN ATTACK TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura defeated Jaguar Dream & KURONEKO at 7'14 when Tamura pinned KURONEKO with the Zero Bomb
4. TWIN ATTACK TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: AISUKA & Kaoru Hamaguchi defeated Satoko Fukazawa & Chihiro Nomura at 10'15 when Hamaguchi pinned Nomura with the Hamaguchi Roll
5. TWIN ATTACK TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL: Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura defeated Aimi Nakamura & Sadako Miura at 5'52 when Suzuki pinned Nakamura with the Fireball Bomb
6. PWC International Woman's Championship: Miyabi Fujita (c) defeated Naga Masuno at 13'57 with the Fujita Lariat [V.2]
7. TWIN ATTACK TOURNAMENT FINALS: AISUKA & Kaoru Hamaguchi defeated Minako Suzuki & Aya Tamura at 14'16 when Hamaguchi pinned Tamura with the Punk Rock Roll to become the first champions

[Late CRIMSON] 2/27/10 ~ The Legendary Team Appears + COMPLETIONxDESTINATION Lineup!

2010-03-02T18:17:00.000-08:00

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON will be invaded by the strongest team from America! President Yuki Nomura, holding pictures of the two famous members of Team Danger, Stephen Greer and Tyrone Walker held a photo op to celebrate the upcoming CRIMSON appearance of the legendary tag team. Nomura explained that while Team Danger is active in Defiance with a third member, it will be the original two members of the tag team appearing in Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON as Defiance Wrestling representatives. President Yuki Nomura praised the legendary "Mr. 300%" Kazuma Fujita for "reopening the global landscape" by traveling to Defiance Wrestling in the United States that made this entire process possible.

Team Danger, Nomura continued, will make their Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON debut at COMPLETIONxDESTINATION in a "SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL TAG BATTLE". Just as Nomura finished his sentence, STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY members Tenshin Komatsu and Toshiro Noguchi appeared with both wearing suits! Nomura stated that Team Danger wouldn't be given a "soft landing" in CRIMSON and instead would be challenged by two former C-1 Tag Team Champions right at the start! Toshiro Noguchi claimed to have heard of Team Danger's exploits and had seen them in their stints in ZION and FREEDOM. Noguchi added that this would be the first time Komatsu and he had teamed, but that given their past tag team successes, they were clearly a "top flight tag team"! Komatsu was far less diplomatic, as even though he admitted he knew of Team Danger, Komatsu claimed that until they accomplished anything in CRIMSON the rest of their accomplishments were meaningless! Komatsu pumped his fist out before saying that Noguchi and Komatsu would open the door for Team Danger and at the same time slam the door back in their faces!

The photo op ended with Noguchi and Komatsu striking fighting poses in front of Team Danger. Komatsu squaring off against Greer and Noguchi against Walker.

With this, the full lineup for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's COMPLETIONxDESTINATION is set! Four championships are on the line, along with a grudge match, a new unit, and a special tag team battle. The PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships are on the line as champions PREDATORS take on KYOURUI 6's Keoni Murata and PHOENIX.

The C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship battle will see Ikuji Royama, entering his eighth month as C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion will battle the returning full form Millennium S.K. in a rematch of last year's GOLDEN CHANCE 2DAY finals.

FUSION Tag League winners, the VANGUARD of KYOURUI 6 Hiroyuki Takano and Mikio Tsuruya will get their rightful C-1 Tag Team Championship match against the AVENIR champions TakaGawa, of Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi. The issue between the teams became personal at the FUSION League finals, but this will be the first full confrontation between the teams in over a month!

And finally, the main event will pit three of the brightest stars of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON against each other in the first ever C-1 Heavyweight Championship Three Way Match! The match will be contested under elimination rules, meaning the winner of the bout will have to eliminate both of his opponents. C-1 Heavyweight Champion, the heart of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, Nobuyori Shimizu faces the stiffest challenge of his career as he faces off against the surging young powerhouse from his own faction the STRONGEST CRIMSON ARMY in Takayuki Ariwa. But both men will have to contend with the indomitable power of the "Ace" of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON, the indestructible wall of HEAVY WAR Leader, Akuma Toyota! No matter what happens in the match, the end result will be the crowning of the undisputed C-1 Heavyweight Champion!

Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON
COMPLETIONxDESTINATION ~ The Second Destination!
03/02/10
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (3,500)

1. Keiji Hirano vs. Ryoma Inoue
2. PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger (c) vs. Keoni Murata & PHOENIX
3. Akahito Yamada vs. Hayato Saigo
4. Makoto Saito, Kazuya Endo & Strong Tomizaki vs. Naoki Daishi, Masakazu Fujimoto & Ruk Kuriyama
5. SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL TAG BATTLE: Stephen Greer & Tyrone Walker (DEF) vs. Tenshin Komatsu & Toshiro Noguchi
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama (c) vs. Millennium S.K.
7. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) vs. Hiroyuki Takano & Mikio Tsuruya
8. C-1 Heavyweight Championship ~ THREE WAY MATCH: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) vs. Takayuki Ariwa vs. Akuma Toyota