Yuki Nomura held a small press gathering at the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON offices in Miyako to reveal the upcoming lineups for Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON events. Of note, is who Akuma Toyota will aim at making his version one defense of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship against, Goro Iijima! Nomura stated that Toyota had personally requested Iijima, and the wrestling president had accepted Toyota's impassioned plea to get back on the man who betrayed him. As for Ebisawa and his demands, Nomura simply stated that he didn't care what Ebisawa wanted and left it at that...
After the double title challenge between the C-1 Tag Team Champions the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop and Rui Kuriyama against the C-1 Openweight Champion Naoki Daishi and his partner Akahito Yamada, Nomura has signed TWO title matches. First on the 15th at Zepp Sendai, Daishi will defend his C-2 Openweight Championship against Jake Bishop. Ten days later at Miyako City Gymnasium, Jake Bishop & Kuriyama will defend their C-1 Tag Team Championships against OVERTHROW, settling both title issues within a few scant days.
Ryoma Inoue also gets his chance to get the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship after challenging Hayato Saigo on the 25th. This will be Inoue's second challenge for the championship, while Saigo aims to make his version six defense of the championship.
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MOUJA was in action in the first match as Hiroyuki Takano and BIG BOY Tomizaki teamed up to take on the avenging former Millennium S.K. and the ever hopeless Kazuki Takagi in tag competition. Kamachi was virtually fighting the match on his own as Takagi would tag in and be immediately overwhelmed, eventually leading to Kamachi forcing Takagi to take a seat at ringside, turning the match into a handicap match…Takagi would eventually get the “hot” tag and come in a house of fire only to walk right into a bamboo sword attack from Tomizaki followed by the Jet Stream for the three count…After the match, Hiroyuki Takano took a microphone, and for the first time in CRIMSON showed off some intensity…Takano announced that he was tired of “wasting time” in the prelims…then apologized to Tomizaki for insulting him by approximation, but then said that if Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON wouldn’t give him and Ariwa a “chance”, then they would beat their chance out of everyone in their path, including President Nomura!
The revived Rouzeki-GUN was in the second match as Jake Bishop and SLAYER “teamed” to take on the Backdrop Brothers. It was agreed that the Backdrop Brothers would only engage in their “weight loss challenge” once a week, and as such the young team gave their earnest to the match. There was absolutely no teamwork on the Rouzeki-GUN side, as SLAYER refused to cooperate and near the end nailed Bishop with the Zanzai Lariat before leaving the ring and rampaging through the crowd. However, Jake Bishop showed off why he may be one of the strongest gaijins in Japan, as he rallied and eventually hit Mikio Tsuruya after a miscommunication with the Texan Bomber for the three count fall.
Naoki Daishi and Akahito Yamada made quick work of the mismatched team of Keoni Murata and Shuji Kawashima, with Yamada dispatching Kawashima with his crossface hold for the submission victory to send a dominant message for they're C-1 Tag Team Championship chance later in the coming month.
Hayato Saigo led the two young men Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger to victory over the MOUJA team of Ryoma Inoue, Keiji Hirano and Ikuji Royama in the fourth match. After the match, Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger both expressed interest in teaming together, feeling they had natural chemistry as a team...
Akuma Toyota got his first taste of revenge over Goro Iijima, ashe and Nobutori Shimizu teamed up to defeat the team of Goro Iijima and Rui Kuriyama. Iijima spent most of the match running away from Toyota, infuriating the young champion but Kuriyama couldn't avoid Toyota and ate a lariat for the finish.
CRIMSON CONCERTO ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
10/31/08
Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2
634 fans
1. Hiroyuki Takano & BIG BOY Tomizaki defeated Sorai Kamachi & Kazuki Takagi at 8’21 when Tomizaki pinned Takagi with the Jet Stream
2. SLAYER & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya at 10’39 when Bishop pinned Tsuruya with the Texan Bomber
3. Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada defeated Keoni Murata & Shuji Kawashima at 7’42 when Yamada submitted Kawashima with the Crossface of Yamada
4. Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ryoma Inoue, Keiji Hirano & Ikuji Royama at 14’19 when Tiger pinned Hirano with the Bullet Wrath
5. Yuki Nomura, Toshiro Noguchi & HANZO defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 18’03 when Nomura pinned Tatsuko with the Shukuen
6. Akuma Toyota & Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Goro Iijima & Rui Kuriyama at 13’52 when Toyota pinned Kuriyama with a Lariat
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The third stage for the Backdrop Brothers' "Weight Loss Challenge" went relatively smooth as Amagawa weighed in at his usual, while Tsuruya showed improvement by losing half a kilo...They were able to easily defeated Takagi and Kawashima to show good tag form.
Sorai Kamachi was once again matched up with BIG BOY Tomizaki in a form of a grudge match. This time, Kamachi finished off Tomizaki even quicker with an Exploder Suplex for the three count. Kamachi took a microphone and announced that he had two goals to close out the year with. The first was to get revenge on Ryoma Inoue and the other was to claim the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship for the first time in three years!
SLAYER ran through HANZO and Natsuo Sakoda easily, showing absolutely no weaknesses in doing so. Rui Kuriyama led SLAYER to and from the ring, and acted as his spokesman, saying that SLAYER was deadly serious about seeking revenge against Kamachi for abandoning and "forgetting" him...
After winning in the semi main event over C-2 Openweight Champion Naoki Daishi, Jake Bishop had stern words for the junior-heavyweight, saying that he would crush him on the 15th and become a double champion. Daishi praised Bishop's strength but said that there was more to being a pro-wrestler then simply strength...
The Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON Seikigun were victorious in the main event, besting MOUJA in an eight man tag match. However, near the end of the match there were fireworks as Shimizu and Toyota both accidentally nailed Nomura and Noguchi. While Toyota was able to defeat Hiroyuki Takano with a lariat, a huge scene erupted as Toshiro Noguchi actually attacked his former best friend Nobuyori Shimizu...A lengthy four way microphone appeal took place, with Yuki Nomura acting as the mediator...In the end, all four agreed that there was no way that the Seikigun could exist as it was...and with that they DISBANDED the CRIMSON defenses! Akuma Toyota and Nobuyori Shimizu announced that they would formally create "STRONGEST" as a faction...Toshiro Noguchi simply said that he wanted to walk "on his own" for now, with no allegiance to anyone while Yuki Nomura simply stated that he had an idea for where he was going, but as of yet had no firm plans...
11/01/08
Takanosu Town Gymnasium
783 fans
1. BACKDROP BROTHERS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE ~ STAGE 3: Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Kazuki Takagi & Shuji Kawashima at 6'21 when Amagawa pinned Takagi with a Backdrop
2. Sorai Kamachi defeated BIG BOY Tomizaki at 5'35 with an Exploder Suplex
3. SLAYER defeated HANZO & Natsuo Sakoda at 8'19 when SLAYER pinned Sakoda with the Zanzai Lariat
4. Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko, Keiji Hirano & Ikuji Royama at 10'04 when Saigo pinned Hirano with a Brainbuster
5. Goro Iijima, "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama defeated Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada & Kaisen Tiger at 9'12 when Bishop pinned Daishi with the Texan Bomber
6. Akuma Toyota, Yuki Nomura, Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Ryoma Inoue at 16'17 when Toyota pinned Takano with a lariat
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Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON crashed into Zepp Sendai for the first time. In the opening match, the Fourth Stage of the Backdrop Brothers' "Weight Loss Challenge" was an outright failure...Tsuruya gained back the half kilo he had lost, and the Backdrop Brothers were soundly defeated by the MOUJA team of Ryoma Inoue and Ikuji Royama. Royama continuing his unbeaten streak by nailing Tsuruya with his Sliding Shotei for the three count...After the match, Kenjiro Amagawa announced that on the 25th at "BLACKxBLACK" it would be the "Final Stage" for the Weight Loss Challenge, and if they didn't have a good result...he would abolish the team! Tsuruya looked downcast, but followed Amagaws's declaration.
Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger, or "PREDATORS" scored a solid tag team victory over the MOUJA team of BIG BOY Tomizaki and Ichiyo Tatsuko when Tiger planted Tatsuko with a Tiger Suplex Hold. Both stated that they were having the most fun of their careers together, and aimed for the very top of the wrestling world...
The former Seikigun clashed in the third match as the openweight team of Toshiro Noguchi and Natsuo Sakoda defeated Keoni Murata and HANZO. After the match, HANZO gave a microphone appeal and announced that for the last three months had he been working with injuries, and that "BLACKxBLACK" would be his final match as an active wrestler! At this point, President Yuki Nomura came to ringside, and offered HANZO a job in the front office of the promotion, to which HANZO accepted as the fans applauded! HANZO immediately pitched an idea to Nomura to introduce a Joshi division to CRIMSON where all the women have to wear swim suits. Nomura seemed stunned by HANZO's idea, but then called him a pervert and left the ring to laughter.
Goro Iijima and SLAYER defeated Yuki Nomura and Sorai Kamachi in tag action, but not without a story taking place. Despite all the hype of SLAYER wanting revenge on Kamachi, in his first match with his former boss...SLAYER refused to attack Kamachi throughout the match. At one point, Iijima had Kamachi set up for his Kinan High Kick, but SLAYER came to Kamachi's aid with a Zanzai Lariat to Iijima! However, SLAYER's unwillingness to hurt his former boss did not extend to Yuki Nomura, and late in the match while SLAYER was attacking Nomura, Iijima snuck in a low blow and cradled Kamachi for the flash three count. Iijima attempted to berate SLAYER post match, but when Iijima got too angry by slapping SLAYER, SLAYER suddenly grabbed Iijima by the throat and shoved him against a wall and walked away as Kuriyama trailed him to keep an eye on the masked man...
Rouzeki-GUN versus OVERTHROW had a two match series as Akahito Yamada defeated Rui Kuriyama with relative ease. Despite the size advantage, the skill difference was just too much as Yamada slammed Kuriyama on his head with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold. Naoki Daishi didn't fair as well, as he faced the awesome Jake Bishop for the C-2 Openweight Championship. Daishi had problems with Bishop from the opening bell, and had to use his speed, wits, and technical abilities to keep the gaijin at bay, but he couldn't defeat him. The "Texas Outlaw" showing off his terrifying power by nearly decapitating Naoki Daishi with a Texan Bomber for the three count to gain his second championship! Bishop announced that 2009 would be the "Year of Texas" in Japan, and aimed to not only become the strongest Gaijin in Japan, but the strongest CHAMPION in Japan!
The main event saw MOUJA face off against STRONGEST in a four on four elimination match...Shockingly, STRONGEST's partner wasn't Sorai Kamachi, but instead Ryo Suzuki's latest graduate Shuji Kawashima! The first victim in the match was Keiji Hirano, who once again couldn't deal with Hayato Saigo's power, and was dropped with Saigo's brainbuster. MOUJA played aggressive, and targeted Shuji Kawashima, expecting him to be the weakest which he was...However, Seiji Ebisawa left the young man too much strength, and in Kawashima's last burst of strength, he speared Seiji Ebisawa over the top rope eliminating them both! With a three on two deficit, MOUJA looked in dire straights but Takayuki Ariwa was able to even things out against the C-1 Junior champion Hayato Saigo by squashing him with a Splash Mountain for the elimination. With the teams tied up, MOUJA got a helping hand as Goro Iijima ran to ringside and nailed the referee from behind! While the referee was down, Iijima entered the ring and attacked Akuma Toyota and Nobuyori Shimizu...However, Toyota showed his power by fighting back and knocking Iijima out of the fray with a brutal lariat. Toyota turned around right into a vicious Angelos from Takayuki Ariwa and then hit his deadliest of moves the Splash Mountain, gaining the massive upset elimination over the C-1 Heavyweight Champion! Iijima retreated to the back having done his damage, and the crowd in shock as Nobuyori Shimizu faced off against the "AT Club". Shimizu showed off his courage by running into both Ariwa and Takano with no fear, but the two showed off their own strength to keep Shimizu at bay. The AT Club made a costly mistake as Ariwa hit a powerslam and Takano attempted to follow it up with a splash, but Shimizu got his knees up and fought back against the two. After knocking Ariwa out of the fray, Shimizu landed several brutal elbows followed by the Tsuyosa German Suplex. Instead of bridging, Shimizu kept rolling pulling Takano to his feet and then crushing him with a Thunder Fire Powerbomb for the elimination! This brought the match down to the senpai versus his student, as Nobuyori Shimizu and Takayuki Ariwa once again squared off. Both men threw everything they had on each other for five minutes before Shimizu gained the upper hand and crushed Ariwa with a Thunder Fire Powerbomb for the final elimination of the match!
STRONGEST gathered in the ring after the match for a post-match celebration. Sorai Kamachi came to the ring, and asked to join the faction, having been moved by their match, to whom he was given permission...The jovial mood, was somewhat disturbed as Nobuyori Shimizu took a microphone, and announced that if Akuma Toyota defeated Goro Iijima, that he would like the next shot at Akuma Toyota's championship! Shimizu stated that he had never had a single opportunity to fight for the championship, and felt that now, at the peak of his career he could become the champion...Toyota agreed wholeheartedly and the two clasped hands in a promise with Toyota announcing that if the match takes place it will be at DUE TIME in December to a round of applause!
11/15/08
Zepp Sendai
1,100
1. BACKDROP BROTHERS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE ~ STAGE 4: Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya at 9'12 when Royama pinned Tsuruya with a sliding shotei
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8'51 when Tiger pinned Tatsuko with a Tiger Suplex Hold
3. Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda defeated Keoni Murata & HANZO at 10'45 when Noguchi pinned HANZO with a Thunder Hammer
4. Goro Iijima & SLAYER defeated Yuki Nomura & Sorai Kamachi at 14'27 when Iijima pinned Kamachi with a low blow cradle
5. Akahito Yamada defeated Rui Kuriyama at 12'21 with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold
6. C-2 Openweight Championship: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Naoki Daishi (c) at 15'32 with a Texan Bomber to become the second champion
7. ELIMINATION IN SENDAI! STRONGEST ~VERSUS~ MOUJA: Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Keiji Hirano at 33'05 (4 to 3)
- Keiji Hirano (8'14 - Pinfall - Brainbuster) Hayato Saigo
- Shuji Kawashima & Seiji Ebisawa (15'21 - Double Ringout)
- Hayato Saigo (18'53 - Splash Mountain) Takayuki Ariwa
- Akuma Toyota (22'27 - Goro Iijima Intrusion > Splash Mountain) Takayuki Ariwa
- Hiroyuki Takano (27'06 - Thunder Fire Powerbomb) Nobuyori Shimizu
- Takayuki Ariwa (33'05 - Elbow) Nobuyori Shimizu
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The Miyako City Gymnasium played part to CRIMSON's final big show of November, titled "BLACKxBLACK" due to both men in the main event being former BLACKHEART members...In the opening match, SLAYER made very short work of Kazuki Takagi and Shuji Kawashima. SLAYER seemed in an even worse mood then usual (if he has moods...) and blasted both men with Zanzai Lariats in route to pinning Kawashima with one foot on his chest...
In a rematch from the 15th, Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger teamed up to take on Ichiyo Tatsuko and BIG BOY Tomizaki in a fast paced tag sprint. The end result would be the same, as Kuroki landed his PRISM and pinned Tomizaki. After the match, PREDATORS announced their intention to challenge for the C-1 Tag Team Championships, hopefully at DUE TIME in December!
The Backdrop Brothers took on HANZO and Natsuo Sakoda in HANZO's final match as an active wrestler before holding their final Weight Loss Challenge; I suppose in hopes of helping Tsuruya cut a few more pounds. There was controversy before the match even began, as TAKAYUKI ARIWA came out after the Backdrop Brothers! Amagawa was enraged to see Ariwa at ringside, but Tsuruya explained that Ariwa had approached him and offered to help train him to lose the weight in the last ten days. When Amagawa demanded to know why, Tsuruya explained that Ariwa felt "kinship" with them due to being former high school amateur's. Despite his misgivings, Amagawa listened to his friend and calmed down. The match itself was nothing, as the Backdrop Brothers used good tag work in route to victory, with Amagawa submitting Sakoda with a Figure Four. The crowd held their breath as Tsuruya was weighed in post match...and was announced at FOUR KILOGRAMS HIGHER. Amagawa was stunned, before screaming "WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DID YOU DO!?" to which Tsuruya explained that he had went to every single restaurant he could in the Miyako area and had ate as much as he could for the last ten days! Amagawa seemed to be near tears, as he demanded to know why Tsuruya had done it...when Ariwa BLASTED Amagawa from behind with a lariat! The two stomped away at Amagawa before Tsuruya cut a promo on Amagawa, telling him that he "hated" Amagawa for being so naturally talented. While Amagawa could just wake up and do something, Tsuruya had to train for months at it. And began screaming in Amagawa's face about how humiliating that was. Then said that the "Weight Loss Challenge" had been the straw that broke his back, demanding to know how Amagawa could tell him that his weight wasn't good enough for their team? Ariwa took a microphone, and revealed that he had approached Tsuruya with this idea two weeks ago, and they had been planning ever since. Ariwa called Amagawa an "idiot" before the two stomped him a few more times and left the ring to a chorus of jeers as Amagawa laid in the ring hurting, but also crying...
MOUJA and a combined CRIMSON team faced off in the fourth match. The CRIMSON team had miscommunications aplenty, with Noguchi and Shimizu in particular being unable to get on the same pages at all, a complete contrast to their days as a team. Takayuki Ariwa was able to take advantage of this and plast Murata with an Angelos for the pinfall...Post-match, Yuki Nomura announced his new plan for a group after everyone else had left the ring...He announced the formation of "AVENIR" which is French for "Future", saying that he would be accepting young wrestlers and teaching them everything he could. A sudden commotion caught the attention of the fans, as Kenjiro Amagawa struggled past trainers, and fellow wrestlers to slide into the ring. Amagawa, who had wrapping all over his neck and shoulders immediately fell to his knees, bowed low, and then proceeded to bed Yuki Nomura to accept him as his pupil, and to help him get stronger! When Nomura didn't immediately accept, Amagawa began shouting out all his merits. A Jason Ramsey apprentice, Trained at the Suzuki Dojo, Wrestled in PROMO*JAPAN/Pro-Wrestling ZION, held the C-1 Tag Team Championships. When he ran out of things to mention, he simply began to scream out for Nomura to "Please help me get stronger!" Nomura, clearly touched by the young man's courage, and strength got down on one knee, placed a hand on Amagawa's head and formally accepted him as his first student to a roaring round of applause! After the two calmed down, Nomura asked Amagawa what he would have done had Nomura not made the announcement, to which Amagawa replied that seconds after he had been attacked, he had decided in his mind that he would have begged Nomura to train him, no matter what. To which Nomura called him "stubborn" but praised his guile.
OVERTHROW has been completely beaten by Rouzeki-GUN. In the fifth match it was Naoki Daishi and Akahito Yamada attempting to be the first Junior team to ever win the C-1 Tag Team Championships, and took on the team of the "TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS" of "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop and Rui Kuriyama for the championships. Daishi and Yamada had a wonderful strategy. They attempted to keep Bishop out of the match, and isolate the much weaker Rui Kuriyama. And it worked for most of the match. Kuriyama was much too weak to put up much of a fight against OVERTHROW...but eventually Kuriyama was able to buy himself some room with a low blow, and brought in the mammoth Texan. OVERTHROW did their best against Bishop, but the vast power difference was much too much for OVERTHROW to handle, and once again it was Naoki Daishi who was felled, eating a Texan Bomber for the three count fall to give the Texas Roughriders their version one defense of the C-1 Tag Team Championships...
Hayato Saigo has held the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship since April, but tonight he ran into his deadliest challenge thus far of his title reign. Ryoma Inoue, fresh off crushing the identity of Millennium S.K. proved to be a strong challenger for Saigo. It also helped that Ichiyo Tatsuko was at ringside dealing as much damage as he could at all times. Inoue controlled the early goings, as every time Saigo would attempt to get any kind of roll going, Tatsuko would grab a limb, or attack him to keep Inoue on the offensive. However, that changed late into the match as Sorai Kamachi had finally had enough and attacked Ichiyo Tatsuko at ring side, pulling the little annoying man to the back by force. Without Ichiyo Tatsuko to help him, Ryoma Inoue found himself on even ground with Hayato Saigo and was face to face with the near terrifying abilities of CRIMSON's unstoppable Jr. King. However, Inoue showed how much he had leveled up as he managed to survive two Brainbusters from Saigo. However, a Phoenix Splash from Saigo sealed the deal and gave Saigo his verison six defense of the championship, making him the second most successful champion in the history of the championship!
Those expecting an epic match in the main event, pitting Goro Iijima against Akuma Toyota in a revenge match for the championship were sorely disappointed. In a remarkable event, the sheer power difference could not have been more evident from the opening bell. Akuma Toyota stood above Goro Iijima on a level that Iijima has never reached in his entire career, leaving Iijima scrambling to come up with ways to hurt CRIMSON's new ace. Iijima raked eyes, low blowed, cheated, but oddly enough didn't have interference from anyone in Rouzeki-GUN, making the match a true one on one contest. Iijima seemed almost in a panicked state that nothing he was trying was working on Toyota. At one point Iijima nailed Toyota with a Kinan High Kick, but Toyota kicked out at ONE! Iijima even went for his old mysterious mist that he used last year to capture his only C-1 Heavyweight Championship, but Toyota managed to dodge it and level Iijima with a punch to the jaw! With nothing left to throw at Toyota, Toyota suddenly flew into another gear and nailed Iijima with a series of Lariats before picking up the "Disorder King" and easily dispatching him with the Akuma Ichimonji for the three count fall!
Toyota was presented with his championship, and given a very heart felt reaction from the crowd...However, Iijima got up as Toyota was on his way out, and began to call Toyota a sham, claiming that Toyota had used every illegal trick in the book. Ranging from hair pulling, to eye gouging, to low blowing, he claimed Toyota had done them and even mimed the motions. Despite Iijima's name calling, Toyota simply walked away as Iijima screamed that Toyota was a chicken...During this rant, Rouzeki-GUN had all come to ringside, with Kuriyama leading SLAYER on practically a leash to keep him in control...Iijima began to scream at them, demanding to know where they had been during the match. Kuriyama answered for the other two and himself...Saying that for the last few weeks, Bishop and he had been thinking and they came to the conclusion...and Goro Iijima could not be trusted. Kuriyama stated that Iijima had betrayed every single person he had *EVER* aligned with in CRIMSON, and it would only be a matter of time before he turned on them. Bishop clarified the point by yelling into a microphone, "You're a parasite boy!" to which Kuriyama translated and was given a round of cheers. Iijima began to scream "NANI?!?" in response to. Kuriyama then put his thumb against his throat and made a throat slitting gesture...as SLAYER came BOUNDING from behind them both and BEHEADED Iijima with a Zanzai Lariat! Bishop pulled up Iijima and planted him with a Powerbomb as Kuriyama explained that any remains of Rouzeki-GUN ended tonight, along with Goro Iijima's CRIMSON career! Kuriyama then announced that they were their own men, and would go off on their own for now. After several more moves, the three left the ring leaving Iijima in a heap. However, Iijima wasn't done yet as he struggled and crawled over to a discarded microphone to continue his tirades...He finally got a microphone, and the second he began to speak, his Microphone was cut off to a roar of laughter from the fans! With nothing left to do, no energy to get up, and no one coming to help him, Iijima simply rolled to his back, and held up two middle fingers and began to wildly fling them all around at every single person in the building while screaming "I QUIT!"...
CRIMSON CONCERTO ~ BLACKxBLACK
11/25/08
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,425 fans
1. SLAYER defeated Kazuki Takagi & Shuji Kawashima at 4'21 when SLAYER pinned Kawashima with the Zanzai Lariat
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 7'15 when Kuroki pinned Tomizaki with the PRISM
3. BACKDROP BROTHERS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE ~ FINAL STAGE: Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated HANZO & Natsuo Sakoda at 8'21 when Amagawa submitted Sakoda to the Figure Four
4. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano, Keiji Hirano & Ikuji Royama defeated Yuki Nomura, Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Sorai Kamachi & Keoni Murata at 16'32 when Ariwa pinned Murata with the Angelos
5. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Rui Kuriyama & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (c) defeated Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada at 15'21 when Bishop pinned Daishi with the Texan Bomber [V.1]
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) defeated Ryoma Inoue at 19'24 with a Phoenix Splash [V.6]
7. BLACKxBLACK ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) defeated Goro Iijima at 13'17 with the Akuma Ichimonji [V.1]
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In news that's not surprising, the unconditional release of Goro Iijima has been confirmed. As soon as Iijima reached the backstage area, Nomura was apparently ready with a full release, seeming to take glee in what happened to Iijima. Iijima signed on the spot, and with no further word has departed from the promotion. CRIMSON once again loses an original member of the roster, but oddly, the fans seem overjoyed this time...
An odd letter arrived the day after BLACKxBLACK. It read like a declaration of war against Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON along with a list of demands. The writers (apparently more then one due to the plural nature of it), announced that they would be arriving in CRIMSON soon, and wanted among other things an IMMEDIATE vacation of EVERY TITLE IN CRIMSON! They wanted other minor things, such as plush contracts, chances to win every title in the promotion, and the immediate firing of Seiji Ebisawa for "unrelated reasons".
As of right now, Yuki Nomura has reportedly treated it as a joke, saying that if they want to try and "invade" they are more then happy to try.
The letter was signed by the Lone Original Violent Extremists. Or simply "LOVE".
After the double title challenge between the C-1 Tag Team Champions the "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop and Rui Kuriyama against the C-1 Openweight Champion Naoki Daishi and his partner Akahito Yamada, Nomura has signed TWO title matches. First on the 15th at Zepp Sendai, Daishi will defend his C-2 Openweight Championship against Jake Bishop. Ten days later at Miyako City Gymnasium, Jake Bishop & Kuriyama will defend their C-1 Tag Team Championships against OVERTHROW, settling both title issues within a few scant days.
Ryoma Inoue also gets his chance to get the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship after challenging Hayato Saigo on the 25th. This will be Inoue's second challenge for the championship, while Saigo aims to make his version six defense of the championship.
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MOUJA was in action in the first match as Hiroyuki Takano and BIG BOY Tomizaki teamed up to take on the avenging former Millennium S.K. and the ever hopeless Kazuki Takagi in tag competition. Kamachi was virtually fighting the match on his own as Takagi would tag in and be immediately overwhelmed, eventually leading to Kamachi forcing Takagi to take a seat at ringside, turning the match into a handicap match…Takagi would eventually get the “hot” tag and come in a house of fire only to walk right into a bamboo sword attack from Tomizaki followed by the Jet Stream for the three count…After the match, Hiroyuki Takano took a microphone, and for the first time in CRIMSON showed off some intensity…Takano announced that he was tired of “wasting time” in the prelims…then apologized to Tomizaki for insulting him by approximation, but then said that if Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON wouldn’t give him and Ariwa a “chance”, then they would beat their chance out of everyone in their path, including President Nomura!
The revived Rouzeki-GUN was in the second match as Jake Bishop and SLAYER “teamed” to take on the Backdrop Brothers. It was agreed that the Backdrop Brothers would only engage in their “weight loss challenge” once a week, and as such the young team gave their earnest to the match. There was absolutely no teamwork on the Rouzeki-GUN side, as SLAYER refused to cooperate and near the end nailed Bishop with the Zanzai Lariat before leaving the ring and rampaging through the crowd. However, Jake Bishop showed off why he may be one of the strongest gaijins in Japan, as he rallied and eventually hit Mikio Tsuruya after a miscommunication with the Texan Bomber for the three count fall.
Naoki Daishi and Akahito Yamada made quick work of the mismatched team of Keoni Murata and Shuji Kawashima, with Yamada dispatching Kawashima with his crossface hold for the submission victory to send a dominant message for they're C-1 Tag Team Championship chance later in the coming month.
Hayato Saigo led the two young men Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger to victory over the MOUJA team of Ryoma Inoue, Keiji Hirano and Ikuji Royama in the fourth match. After the match, Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger both expressed interest in teaming together, feeling they had natural chemistry as a team...
Akuma Toyota got his first taste of revenge over Goro Iijima, ashe and Nobutori Shimizu teamed up to defeat the team of Goro Iijima and Rui Kuriyama. Iijima spent most of the match running away from Toyota, infuriating the young champion but Kuriyama couldn't avoid Toyota and ate a lariat for the finish.
CRIMSON CONCERTO ~ WEEKEND RHAPSODY
10/31/08
Aomori Movement Park Gymnasium #2
634 fans
1. Hiroyuki Takano & BIG BOY Tomizaki defeated Sorai Kamachi & Kazuki Takagi at 8’21 when Tomizaki pinned Takagi with the Jet Stream
2. SLAYER & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya at 10’39 when Bishop pinned Tsuruya with the Texan Bomber
3. Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada defeated Keoni Murata & Shuji Kawashima at 7’42 when Yamada submitted Kawashima with the Crossface of Yamada
4. Hayato Saigo, Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ryoma Inoue, Keiji Hirano & Ikuji Royama at 14’19 when Tiger pinned Hirano with the Bullet Wrath
5. Yuki Nomura, Toshiro Noguchi & HANZO defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 18’03 when Nomura pinned Tatsuko with the Shukuen
6. Akuma Toyota & Nobuyori Shimizu defeated Goro Iijima & Rui Kuriyama at 13’52 when Toyota pinned Kuriyama with a Lariat
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The third stage for the Backdrop Brothers' "Weight Loss Challenge" went relatively smooth as Amagawa weighed in at his usual, while Tsuruya showed improvement by losing half a kilo...They were able to easily defeated Takagi and Kawashima to show good tag form.
Sorai Kamachi was once again matched up with BIG BOY Tomizaki in a form of a grudge match. This time, Kamachi finished off Tomizaki even quicker with an Exploder Suplex for the three count. Kamachi took a microphone and announced that he had two goals to close out the year with. The first was to get revenge on Ryoma Inoue and the other was to claim the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship for the first time in three years!
SLAYER ran through HANZO and Natsuo Sakoda easily, showing absolutely no weaknesses in doing so. Rui Kuriyama led SLAYER to and from the ring, and acted as his spokesman, saying that SLAYER was deadly serious about seeking revenge against Kamachi for abandoning and "forgetting" him...
After winning in the semi main event over C-2 Openweight Champion Naoki Daishi, Jake Bishop had stern words for the junior-heavyweight, saying that he would crush him on the 15th and become a double champion. Daishi praised Bishop's strength but said that there was more to being a pro-wrestler then simply strength...
The Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON Seikigun were victorious in the main event, besting MOUJA in an eight man tag match. However, near the end of the match there were fireworks as Shimizu and Toyota both accidentally nailed Nomura and Noguchi. While Toyota was able to defeat Hiroyuki Takano with a lariat, a huge scene erupted as Toshiro Noguchi actually attacked his former best friend Nobuyori Shimizu...A lengthy four way microphone appeal took place, with Yuki Nomura acting as the mediator...In the end, all four agreed that there was no way that the Seikigun could exist as it was...and with that they DISBANDED the CRIMSON defenses! Akuma Toyota and Nobuyori Shimizu announced that they would formally create "STRONGEST" as a faction...Toshiro Noguchi simply said that he wanted to walk "on his own" for now, with no allegiance to anyone while Yuki Nomura simply stated that he had an idea for where he was going, but as of yet had no firm plans...
11/01/08
Takanosu Town Gymnasium
783 fans
1. BACKDROP BROTHERS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE ~ STAGE 3: Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated Kazuki Takagi & Shuji Kawashima at 6'21 when Amagawa pinned Takagi with a Backdrop
2. Sorai Kamachi defeated BIG BOY Tomizaki at 5'35 with an Exploder Suplex
3. SLAYER defeated HANZO & Natsuo Sakoda at 8'19 when SLAYER pinned Sakoda with the Zanzai Lariat
4. Hayato Saigo, Keoni Murata & Hiroshi Kuroki defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko, Keiji Hirano & Ikuji Royama at 10'04 when Saigo pinned Hirano with a Brainbuster
5. Goro Iijima, "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop & Rui Kuriyama defeated Naoki Daishi, Akahito Yamada & Kaisen Tiger at 9'12 when Bishop pinned Daishi with the Texan Bomber
6. Akuma Toyota, Yuki Nomura, Nobuyori Shimizu & Toshiro Noguchi defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Ryoma Inoue at 16'17 when Toyota pinned Takano with a lariat
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Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON crashed into Zepp Sendai for the first time. In the opening match, the Fourth Stage of the Backdrop Brothers' "Weight Loss Challenge" was an outright failure...Tsuruya gained back the half kilo he had lost, and the Backdrop Brothers were soundly defeated by the MOUJA team of Ryoma Inoue and Ikuji Royama. Royama continuing his unbeaten streak by nailing Tsuruya with his Sliding Shotei for the three count...After the match, Kenjiro Amagawa announced that on the 25th at "BLACKxBLACK" it would be the "Final Stage" for the Weight Loss Challenge, and if they didn't have a good result...he would abolish the team! Tsuruya looked downcast, but followed Amagaws's declaration.
Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger, or "PREDATORS" scored a solid tag team victory over the MOUJA team of BIG BOY Tomizaki and Ichiyo Tatsuko when Tiger planted Tatsuko with a Tiger Suplex Hold. Both stated that they were having the most fun of their careers together, and aimed for the very top of the wrestling world...
The former Seikigun clashed in the third match as the openweight team of Toshiro Noguchi and Natsuo Sakoda defeated Keoni Murata and HANZO. After the match, HANZO gave a microphone appeal and announced that for the last three months had he been working with injuries, and that "BLACKxBLACK" would be his final match as an active wrestler! At this point, President Yuki Nomura came to ringside, and offered HANZO a job in the front office of the promotion, to which HANZO accepted as the fans applauded! HANZO immediately pitched an idea to Nomura to introduce a Joshi division to CRIMSON where all the women have to wear swim suits. Nomura seemed stunned by HANZO's idea, but then called him a pervert and left the ring to laughter.
Goro Iijima and SLAYER defeated Yuki Nomura and Sorai Kamachi in tag action, but not without a story taking place. Despite all the hype of SLAYER wanting revenge on Kamachi, in his first match with his former boss...SLAYER refused to attack Kamachi throughout the match. At one point, Iijima had Kamachi set up for his Kinan High Kick, but SLAYER came to Kamachi's aid with a Zanzai Lariat to Iijima! However, SLAYER's unwillingness to hurt his former boss did not extend to Yuki Nomura, and late in the match while SLAYER was attacking Nomura, Iijima snuck in a low blow and cradled Kamachi for the flash three count. Iijima attempted to berate SLAYER post match, but when Iijima got too angry by slapping SLAYER, SLAYER suddenly grabbed Iijima by the throat and shoved him against a wall and walked away as Kuriyama trailed him to keep an eye on the masked man...
Rouzeki-GUN versus OVERTHROW had a two match series as Akahito Yamada defeated Rui Kuriyama with relative ease. Despite the size advantage, the skill difference was just too much as Yamada slammed Kuriyama on his head with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold. Naoki Daishi didn't fair as well, as he faced the awesome Jake Bishop for the C-2 Openweight Championship. Daishi had problems with Bishop from the opening bell, and had to use his speed, wits, and technical abilities to keep the gaijin at bay, but he couldn't defeat him. The "Texas Outlaw" showing off his terrifying power by nearly decapitating Naoki Daishi with a Texan Bomber for the three count to gain his second championship! Bishop announced that 2009 would be the "Year of Texas" in Japan, and aimed to not only become the strongest Gaijin in Japan, but the strongest CHAMPION in Japan!
The main event saw MOUJA face off against STRONGEST in a four on four elimination match...Shockingly, STRONGEST's partner wasn't Sorai Kamachi, but instead Ryo Suzuki's latest graduate Shuji Kawashima! The first victim in the match was Keiji Hirano, who once again couldn't deal with Hayato Saigo's power, and was dropped with Saigo's brainbuster. MOUJA played aggressive, and targeted Shuji Kawashima, expecting him to be the weakest which he was...However, Seiji Ebisawa left the young man too much strength, and in Kawashima's last burst of strength, he speared Seiji Ebisawa over the top rope eliminating them both! With a three on two deficit, MOUJA looked in dire straights but Takayuki Ariwa was able to even things out against the C-1 Junior champion Hayato Saigo by squashing him with a Splash Mountain for the elimination. With the teams tied up, MOUJA got a helping hand as Goro Iijima ran to ringside and nailed the referee from behind! While the referee was down, Iijima entered the ring and attacked Akuma Toyota and Nobuyori Shimizu...However, Toyota showed his power by fighting back and knocking Iijima out of the fray with a brutal lariat. Toyota turned around right into a vicious Angelos from Takayuki Ariwa and then hit his deadliest of moves the Splash Mountain, gaining the massive upset elimination over the C-1 Heavyweight Champion! Iijima retreated to the back having done his damage, and the crowd in shock as Nobuyori Shimizu faced off against the "AT Club". Shimizu showed off his courage by running into both Ariwa and Takano with no fear, but the two showed off their own strength to keep Shimizu at bay. The AT Club made a costly mistake as Ariwa hit a powerslam and Takano attempted to follow it up with a splash, but Shimizu got his knees up and fought back against the two. After knocking Ariwa out of the fray, Shimizu landed several brutal elbows followed by the Tsuyosa German Suplex. Instead of bridging, Shimizu kept rolling pulling Takano to his feet and then crushing him with a Thunder Fire Powerbomb for the elimination! This brought the match down to the senpai versus his student, as Nobuyori Shimizu and Takayuki Ariwa once again squared off. Both men threw everything they had on each other for five minutes before Shimizu gained the upper hand and crushed Ariwa with a Thunder Fire Powerbomb for the final elimination of the match!
STRONGEST gathered in the ring after the match for a post-match celebration. Sorai Kamachi came to the ring, and asked to join the faction, having been moved by their match, to whom he was given permission...The jovial mood, was somewhat disturbed as Nobuyori Shimizu took a microphone, and announced that if Akuma Toyota defeated Goro Iijima, that he would like the next shot at Akuma Toyota's championship! Shimizu stated that he had never had a single opportunity to fight for the championship, and felt that now, at the peak of his career he could become the champion...Toyota agreed wholeheartedly and the two clasped hands in a promise with Toyota announcing that if the match takes place it will be at DUE TIME in December to a round of applause!
11/15/08
Zepp Sendai
1,100
1. BACKDROP BROTHERS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE ~ STAGE 4: Ryoma Inoue & Ikuji Royama defeated Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya at 9'12 when Royama pinned Tsuruya with a sliding shotei
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated BIG BOY Tomizaki & Ichiyo Tatsuko at 8'51 when Tiger pinned Tatsuko with a Tiger Suplex Hold
3. Toshiro Noguchi & Natsuo Sakoda defeated Keoni Murata & HANZO at 10'45 when Noguchi pinned HANZO with a Thunder Hammer
4. Goro Iijima & SLAYER defeated Yuki Nomura & Sorai Kamachi at 14'27 when Iijima pinned Kamachi with a low blow cradle
5. Akahito Yamada defeated Rui Kuriyama at 12'21 with a Straight Jacket Suplex Hold
6. C-2 Openweight Championship: "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop defeated Naoki Daishi (c) at 15'32 with a Texan Bomber to become the second champion
7. ELIMINATION IN SENDAI! STRONGEST ~VERSUS~ MOUJA: Akuma Toyota, Nobuyori Shimizu, Hayato Saigo & Shuji Kawashima defeated Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano & Keiji Hirano at 33'05 (4 to 3)
- Keiji Hirano (8'14 - Pinfall - Brainbuster) Hayato Saigo
- Shuji Kawashima & Seiji Ebisawa (15'21 - Double Ringout)
- Hayato Saigo (18'53 - Splash Mountain) Takayuki Ariwa
- Akuma Toyota (22'27 - Goro Iijima Intrusion > Splash Mountain) Takayuki Ariwa
- Hiroyuki Takano (27'06 - Thunder Fire Powerbomb) Nobuyori Shimizu
- Takayuki Ariwa (33'05 - Elbow) Nobuyori Shimizu
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The Miyako City Gymnasium played part to CRIMSON's final big show of November, titled "BLACKxBLACK" due to both men in the main event being former BLACKHEART members...In the opening match, SLAYER made very short work of Kazuki Takagi and Shuji Kawashima. SLAYER seemed in an even worse mood then usual (if he has moods...) and blasted both men with Zanzai Lariats in route to pinning Kawashima with one foot on his chest...
In a rematch from the 15th, Hiroshi Kuroki and Kaisen Tiger teamed up to take on Ichiyo Tatsuko and BIG BOY Tomizaki in a fast paced tag sprint. The end result would be the same, as Kuroki landed his PRISM and pinned Tomizaki. After the match, PREDATORS announced their intention to challenge for the C-1 Tag Team Championships, hopefully at DUE TIME in December!
The Backdrop Brothers took on HANZO and Natsuo Sakoda in HANZO's final match as an active wrestler before holding their final Weight Loss Challenge; I suppose in hopes of helping Tsuruya cut a few more pounds. There was controversy before the match even began, as TAKAYUKI ARIWA came out after the Backdrop Brothers! Amagawa was enraged to see Ariwa at ringside, but Tsuruya explained that Ariwa had approached him and offered to help train him to lose the weight in the last ten days. When Amagawa demanded to know why, Tsuruya explained that Ariwa felt "kinship" with them due to being former high school amateur's. Despite his misgivings, Amagawa listened to his friend and calmed down. The match itself was nothing, as the Backdrop Brothers used good tag work in route to victory, with Amagawa submitting Sakoda with a Figure Four. The crowd held their breath as Tsuruya was weighed in post match...and was announced at FOUR KILOGRAMS HIGHER. Amagawa was stunned, before screaming "WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DID YOU DO!?" to which Tsuruya explained that he had went to every single restaurant he could in the Miyako area and had ate as much as he could for the last ten days! Amagawa seemed to be near tears, as he demanded to know why Tsuruya had done it...when Ariwa BLASTED Amagawa from behind with a lariat! The two stomped away at Amagawa before Tsuruya cut a promo on Amagawa, telling him that he "hated" Amagawa for being so naturally talented. While Amagawa could just wake up and do something, Tsuruya had to train for months at it. And began screaming in Amagawa's face about how humiliating that was. Then said that the "Weight Loss Challenge" had been the straw that broke his back, demanding to know how Amagawa could tell him that his weight wasn't good enough for their team? Ariwa took a microphone, and revealed that he had approached Tsuruya with this idea two weeks ago, and they had been planning ever since. Ariwa called Amagawa an "idiot" before the two stomped him a few more times and left the ring to a chorus of jeers as Amagawa laid in the ring hurting, but also crying...
MOUJA and a combined CRIMSON team faced off in the fourth match. The CRIMSON team had miscommunications aplenty, with Noguchi and Shimizu in particular being unable to get on the same pages at all, a complete contrast to their days as a team. Takayuki Ariwa was able to take advantage of this and plast Murata with an Angelos for the pinfall...Post-match, Yuki Nomura announced his new plan for a group after everyone else had left the ring...He announced the formation of "AVENIR" which is French for "Future", saying that he would be accepting young wrestlers and teaching them everything he could. A sudden commotion caught the attention of the fans, as Kenjiro Amagawa struggled past trainers, and fellow wrestlers to slide into the ring. Amagawa, who had wrapping all over his neck and shoulders immediately fell to his knees, bowed low, and then proceeded to bed Yuki Nomura to accept him as his pupil, and to help him get stronger! When Nomura didn't immediately accept, Amagawa began shouting out all his merits. A Jason Ramsey apprentice, Trained at the Suzuki Dojo, Wrestled in PROMO*JAPAN/Pro-Wrestling ZION, held the C-1 Tag Team Championships. When he ran out of things to mention, he simply began to scream out for Nomura to "Please help me get stronger!" Nomura, clearly touched by the young man's courage, and strength got down on one knee, placed a hand on Amagawa's head and formally accepted him as his first student to a roaring round of applause! After the two calmed down, Nomura asked Amagawa what he would have done had Nomura not made the announcement, to which Amagawa replied that seconds after he had been attacked, he had decided in his mind that he would have begged Nomura to train him, no matter what. To which Nomura called him "stubborn" but praised his guile.
OVERTHROW has been completely beaten by Rouzeki-GUN. In the fifth match it was Naoki Daishi and Akahito Yamada attempting to be the first Junior team to ever win the C-1 Tag Team Championships, and took on the team of the "TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS" of "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop and Rui Kuriyama for the championships. Daishi and Yamada had a wonderful strategy. They attempted to keep Bishop out of the match, and isolate the much weaker Rui Kuriyama. And it worked for most of the match. Kuriyama was much too weak to put up much of a fight against OVERTHROW...but eventually Kuriyama was able to buy himself some room with a low blow, and brought in the mammoth Texan. OVERTHROW did their best against Bishop, but the vast power difference was much too much for OVERTHROW to handle, and once again it was Naoki Daishi who was felled, eating a Texan Bomber for the three count fall to give the Texas Roughriders their version one defense of the C-1 Tag Team Championships...
Hayato Saigo has held the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship since April, but tonight he ran into his deadliest challenge thus far of his title reign. Ryoma Inoue, fresh off crushing the identity of Millennium S.K. proved to be a strong challenger for Saigo. It also helped that Ichiyo Tatsuko was at ringside dealing as much damage as he could at all times. Inoue controlled the early goings, as every time Saigo would attempt to get any kind of roll going, Tatsuko would grab a limb, or attack him to keep Inoue on the offensive. However, that changed late into the match as Sorai Kamachi had finally had enough and attacked Ichiyo Tatsuko at ring side, pulling the little annoying man to the back by force. Without Ichiyo Tatsuko to help him, Ryoma Inoue found himself on even ground with Hayato Saigo and was face to face with the near terrifying abilities of CRIMSON's unstoppable Jr. King. However, Inoue showed how much he had leveled up as he managed to survive two Brainbusters from Saigo. However, a Phoenix Splash from Saigo sealed the deal and gave Saigo his verison six defense of the championship, making him the second most successful champion in the history of the championship!
Those expecting an epic match in the main event, pitting Goro Iijima against Akuma Toyota in a revenge match for the championship were sorely disappointed. In a remarkable event, the sheer power difference could not have been more evident from the opening bell. Akuma Toyota stood above Goro Iijima on a level that Iijima has never reached in his entire career, leaving Iijima scrambling to come up with ways to hurt CRIMSON's new ace. Iijima raked eyes, low blowed, cheated, but oddly enough didn't have interference from anyone in Rouzeki-GUN, making the match a true one on one contest. Iijima seemed almost in a panicked state that nothing he was trying was working on Toyota. At one point Iijima nailed Toyota with a Kinan High Kick, but Toyota kicked out at ONE! Iijima even went for his old mysterious mist that he used last year to capture his only C-1 Heavyweight Championship, but Toyota managed to dodge it and level Iijima with a punch to the jaw! With nothing left to throw at Toyota, Toyota suddenly flew into another gear and nailed Iijima with a series of Lariats before picking up the "Disorder King" and easily dispatching him with the Akuma Ichimonji for the three count fall!
Toyota was presented with his championship, and given a very heart felt reaction from the crowd...However, Iijima got up as Toyota was on his way out, and began to call Toyota a sham, claiming that Toyota had used every illegal trick in the book. Ranging from hair pulling, to eye gouging, to low blowing, he claimed Toyota had done them and even mimed the motions. Despite Iijima's name calling, Toyota simply walked away as Iijima screamed that Toyota was a chicken...During this rant, Rouzeki-GUN had all come to ringside, with Kuriyama leading SLAYER on practically a leash to keep him in control...Iijima began to scream at them, demanding to know where they had been during the match. Kuriyama answered for the other two and himself...Saying that for the last few weeks, Bishop and he had been thinking and they came to the conclusion...and Goro Iijima could not be trusted. Kuriyama stated that Iijima had betrayed every single person he had *EVER* aligned with in CRIMSON, and it would only be a matter of time before he turned on them. Bishop clarified the point by yelling into a microphone, "You're a parasite boy!" to which Kuriyama translated and was given a round of cheers. Iijima began to scream "NANI?!?" in response to. Kuriyama then put his thumb against his throat and made a throat slitting gesture...as SLAYER came BOUNDING from behind them both and BEHEADED Iijima with a Zanzai Lariat! Bishop pulled up Iijima and planted him with a Powerbomb as Kuriyama explained that any remains of Rouzeki-GUN ended tonight, along with Goro Iijima's CRIMSON career! Kuriyama then announced that they were their own men, and would go off on their own for now. After several more moves, the three left the ring leaving Iijima in a heap. However, Iijima wasn't done yet as he struggled and crawled over to a discarded microphone to continue his tirades...He finally got a microphone, and the second he began to speak, his Microphone was cut off to a roar of laughter from the fans! With nothing left to do, no energy to get up, and no one coming to help him, Iijima simply rolled to his back, and held up two middle fingers and began to wildly fling them all around at every single person in the building while screaming "I QUIT!"...
CRIMSON CONCERTO ~ BLACKxBLACK
11/25/08
Miyako City Gymnasium
1,425 fans
1. SLAYER defeated Kazuki Takagi & Shuji Kawashima at 4'21 when SLAYER pinned Kawashima with the Zanzai Lariat
2. Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger defeated Ichiyo Tatsuko & BIG BOY Tomizaki at 7'15 when Kuroki pinned Tomizaki with the PRISM
3. BACKDROP BROTHERS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE ~ FINAL STAGE: Kenjiro Amagawa & Mikio Tsuruya defeated HANZO & Natsuo Sakoda at 8'21 when Amagawa submitted Sakoda to the Figure Four
4. Seiji Ebisawa, Takayuki Ariwa, Hiroyuki Takano, Keiji Hirano & Ikuji Royama defeated Yuki Nomura, Nobuyori Shimizu, Toshiro Noguchi, Sorai Kamachi & Keoni Murata at 16'32 when Ariwa pinned Murata with the Angelos
5. C-1 Tag Team Championships: Rui Kuriyama & "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop (c) defeated Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada at 15'21 when Bishop pinned Daishi with the Texan Bomber [V.1]
6. C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Saigo (c) defeated Ryoma Inoue at 19'24 with a Phoenix Splash [V.6]
7. BLACKxBLACK ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Akuma Toyota (c) defeated Goro Iijima at 13'17 with the Akuma Ichimonji [V.1]
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In news that's not surprising, the unconditional release of Goro Iijima has been confirmed. As soon as Iijima reached the backstage area, Nomura was apparently ready with a full release, seeming to take glee in what happened to Iijima. Iijima signed on the spot, and with no further word has departed from the promotion. CRIMSON once again loses an original member of the roster, but oddly, the fans seem overjoyed this time...
An odd letter arrived the day after BLACKxBLACK. It read like a declaration of war against Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON along with a list of demands. The writers (apparently more then one due to the plural nature of it), announced that they would be arriving in CRIMSON soon, and wanted among other things an IMMEDIATE vacation of EVERY TITLE IN CRIMSON! They wanted other minor things, such as plush contracts, chances to win every title in the promotion, and the immediate firing of Seiji Ebisawa for "unrelated reasons".
As of right now, Yuki Nomura has reportedly treated it as a joke, saying that if they want to try and "invade" they are more then happy to try.
The letter was signed by the Lone Original Violent Extremists. Or simply "LOVE".
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