Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON ~ 3/16/08 @ Natori Sport Park

The two out of three falls contest between the six man teams of Naoki Daishi, C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Champion Akahito Yamada and Natsuo Sakoda against Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata & Hiroshi Kuroki turned out to not be much of a match. Despite the star quality on both sides, the match was decidedly one sided, as OVERTHROW+Sakoda used their collective experience to keep Kuroki, who is still adapted to CRIMSON, isolated which led directly to fall one as Sakoda spiked Kuroki on his head with a Tiger Suplex Hold. Kuroki was knocked out of the match from the damage he had taken, so Murata and Saigo stepped up to try and even the match. However, the three on two advantage became clear as OVERTHROW slowly chipped away at Saigo & Murata’s strength, leading to Yamada cradling Murata for the surprise three count with the Musubime to end the match at 2-0! Saigo was particularly shocked, as OVERTHROW had managed to keep him effectively out of the match…Yamada took a microphone, and praised his upcoming opponent in Saigo, as being very strong…but then said that strength meant nothing if you couldn’t use it, and that Yamada would show that mental strength beats physical strength every time! Saigo had no retort after this crushing loss, leaving many to wonder who really is the strongest Junior in CRIMSON…

Hiroyuki Takano’s trial series against his new friends in NGI continued in the semi final of the night, as Takano took on founding member Toshiro Noguchi in singles competition. The match was hard fought, with Noguchi in particular moving into a “senpai” role, as he used his experience and size advantage to bully and control the match. Takano’s offense was limited to impressive, but fleeting bursts against Noguchi’s strength. However, Noguchi had failed to fully grasp Takano’s reserves, as Noguchi began to tire from attacking his younger opponent, while Takano’s endurance allowed him to begin to fight back. Noguchi attempted to put Takano away with his Thunder Hammer, but Takano countered in the midst of the move with a brilliant leaping spin kick to the face, or as it’s called “Takano Flash”, which caught Noguchi square in the face and stunned him! Takano followed the Flash up with his Takano Driver, slamming down Noguchi, and hooking both legs for the flash three count! After the match, Nobuyori Shimizu and Takayuki Ariwa congratulated both on a strong match…Shimizu thanked Takano for his actions on the 15th, before telling him that no matter what happened on the 25th against Ariwa, he had already proved himself as a valuable member of NGI…Ariwa butted in at this point, saying that even if it didn’t matter in terms of Takano’s joing, the match excited him none the less. Saying that every time he thought about facing Takano and their different styles clashing, it made his “blood boil” to fight someone who had already accomplished so much. Ariwa and Takano clasped hands, before both vowed to give a strong exciting fight on the 25th to celebrate Takano’s joining of NGI!

DARK SUMMIT fell to the BLACKHEARTS in the fouth match of the night, as Toyota led Hirano and Bishop to victory over Iijima, Yoritomo, and Yamazaki. It would be Yamazaki who fell, as Toyota blasted him with a Lariat for the finish. After the match, Toyota took a microphone before disrespectfully asking Iijima if this worthless display was all he had for “Akamatsu-sama”. Hirano then took the microphone from Toyota, and while actually picking at his teeth, called Iijima a “worthless man”, who Akamatsu will crush in less then four minutes. Whatever that had held Iijima back after Toyota’s comments completely lost it after Hirano’s complete lack of respect and he rushed both Toyota and Hirano…However, it proved to all be a ruse as Jake Bishop ran in from the side and nearly DECAPITATED Iijima with a Texan Bomber! Yamazaki recovered enough to watch his mentor being attacked, and tried to come to his aid but Hirano stomped on Yamazaki’s head before holding his head and forcing him to watch as Bishop and Toyota stomped away…On the outside, Yoritomo had recovered only to look into the ring and see what was taking place. Yoritomo’s rage instantly went off, as he climbed into the ring and grabbed both Toyota and Bishop by the throat! Hirano released Yamazaki and charged, but Yoritomo showed off impressive flexibility by still holding the throats of Toyota and Bishop, but still managing to kick Hirano in the face as he ran! Despite all of this, the BLACKHEARTS had yet another trick up their sleeves, as Rui Kuriyama ran in from the aisleway, and NAILED Yoritomo with a chair to the back! The enraged sumo turned around with a look of sheer fury on his face, but before he could get his hands on Kuriyama, he was blasted from behind by a Lariat from Toyota, dropping the sumo on his knees. Hirano took a microphone, and began to scream near Yoritomo’s face, asking him where was his burning desire for revenge against him? Where was Stephen Priest when they needed him? Hirano then leaned close to Yoritomo before saying that they were abandoned and alone and no one would save them from what was about to happen…when just then, YUKI NOMURA rushed to the ring followed by all four members of NGI! Iijima rose to his feet, and joined in on the fight while Yamazaki and Yoritomo laid on the ground. Facing these new odds, the BLACKHEARTS retreated leaving DARK SUMMIT, Yuki Nomura, and NGI in the ring all together…Nomura took the microphone that had been discarded during the attack, and simply told Iijima that he wasn’t alone, and that as long as he still wrestled, he would always fight against the BLACKHEARTS regardless of who stood with him! Nomura extended his hand…and Iijima slowly accepted it, as the two greatest rivals in CRIMSON shook hands to declare their common enemy!


3/16/08
Natori Sport Park
920 fans

1. Nobuyori Shimizu & Takayuki Ariwa defeated Shuji Kawashima & Rui Kuriyama at 4:23 when Ariwa pinned Kawashima with a powerslam after Kuriyama abandoned the match
2. Millennium S.K., SLAYER & Ryoma Inoue defeated HANZO, MUSASHI Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 10:17 when SLAYER pinned Tatsuko with the Megaton Hammer
3. Yuki Nomura, Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Royama the Brave, DRAGON Takagi & Eisaku Shimura at 10:27 when Nomura pinned Takagi with the Shukuen
4. Akuma Toyota, Keiji Hirano & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Goro Iijima, Izumo Yoritomo & Daisuke Yamazaki at 12:17 when Toyota pinned Yamazaki with a Lariat
5. TAKANO NEO GENERATION TRIAL SERIES MATCH TWO: Hiroyuki Takano defeated Toshiro Noguchi at 15:22 with the Takano Driver (Series at 1-1)
6. 2/3 Falls: Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada & Natsuo Sakoda defeated Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata & Hiroshi Kuroki two falls to zero at 15:32
- Natsuo Sakoda pinned Hiroshi Kuroki at 9:34 with a Tiger Suplex Hold
- Akahito Yamada pinned Keoni Murata at 15:32 with the Musubime