Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON's sixth incarnation of DUE TIME began with an action packed exhibition twelve man battle royal with one minute intervals. Surprises rang out throughout the match. The surprises included the return of gaijin powerhouse "Texas Outlaw" Jake Bishop, the return to active competition of the retired Natsuo Sakoda and even the referee himself, Hanzo Hijiyama! When Sakoda hit his CRASH UP! Springboard DDT on Hijiyama, he was forced to use the limp hand of Hijiyama to count the fall...However, the biggest surprises came at the end, as Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Yuki Nomura entered the match! Nomura hit all his signature moves, but even he was caught off guard as the final entrant was Nomura's mortal enemy the "Disorder King" Goro Iijima! The two took center stage for over two minutes before eliminating each other to the disappointment of the crowd. Three men battled it out for the win and 100,000 yen. Toshiro Noguchi nearly eliminated Rui Kuriyama, only to have Ryoma Inoue come from behind and dump Noguchi. Inoue celebrated, believing Kuriyama had been eliminated as well, only to be blasted from behind with a Kuri Lariat! Kuriyama blasted Inoue with snap jabs, a powerbomb, another Kuri Lariat, before finally finishing Inoue off with a Jumping High Kick for the decisive victory and the 100,000 yen! Kuriyama announced his intention to enter the FUSION League in January, but then announced that if the fans wanted to know who his partner would be they would have to visit him at the bar later tonight...
Earlier in the year, Keiji Hirano turned his back on Yankizoku to "restart" in AVENIR under the guidance of Yuki Nomura. Flash forward several months, and Keiji Hirano finally got his chance to prove himself against the former #2 of Yankizoku, C-2 Openweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano! Takano and Hirano were mirror images of each other throughout the match, seemingly knowing what the other would do before they did it leading to several incredibly athletic reversals and dodges. Hirano scored with several of his Hirano Rockets for a close near fall, but when Hirano went for the Moonsault Press, Takano dodged sending Hirano crushing to the mat. Takano brutally took Hirano's head off with several Takano Flash's to the face, before BRUTALLY dropping Hirano with an axe kick to the back of the head. Takano landed the Takano Driver, but Hirano still had enough fight left to survive the resulting pinfall. Hirano did not have enough, however, to survive a second Takano Driver followed by Takano's beautiful Moonsault Press for the three count and Takano's first defense of the C-2 Openweight Championship! Takano, sounding surprisingly gruff, praised Hirano's attempt but said that the difference between their strength was the most evident difference between their "Mirror Image". Takano patted a sitting Hirano's face tauntingly before telling Hirano to become a "thousand times stronger" before trying again...
Where as the previous match highlighted skill and speed, the follow up bout featured strength and brutality, as the other half of the defunct AT CLUB was in action, the avenging Takayuki Ariwa went to war with one of the men who betrayed him in November, Mikio Tsuruya! Tsuruya jumped Ariwa before the bell could ring with a chair in the aisleway, kicking off a brutal affair. Tsuruya targeted Ariwa's right arm with the chair attempting to remove Ariwa's prodigious strength. If Tsuruya's sneak attack hadn't been enough, BIG BOY Tomizaki ran interference throughout attacking Ariwa like an annoying gnat at every opportunity. Ariwa could not be kept down indefinitely, and Ariwa fought back with clubbing blows using his left arm. When Ariwa attempted for a lift on Tsuruya the damage to Ariwa's right arm kept Ariwa from lifting Tsuruya, allowing Tsuruya to take back control of the match. Tsuruya landed the Akuji Backdrop Driver on Ariwa, only to have Ariwa roll to his feet roaring in defiance. Tsuruya ducked under a left arm lariat to hit a second Akuji Backdrop Driver but Ariwa AGAIN rolled to his feet and this time lariated Tsuruya's head off! With one arm, Ariwa went on a warpath blasting Tsuruya with everything he could muster with one arm before eventually finishing Tsuruya off with two left-arm Angelos for the decisive three count!
The C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship was up next, as the enigmatic masked PHOENIX aimed to dethrone Ikuji Royama's whirlwind title reign and end the supernova's year of success. PHOENIX held a sizable speed and agility advantage including performing some awe inspiring athletic maneuvers to keep Royama's pure ability at bay. PHOENIX kept pouring on the offense, hitting incredible moves including running along the top rope before leaping into a dropkick. PHOENIX's displays not only hurt Royama but earned him immense praise from the CRIMSON fans in attendance. However, Royama proved his strength as champion by not only escaping PHOENIX's Another Lock but also managed to survive PHOENIX's spectacular Another Fate 630 Senton! PHOENIX took flight for the killing blow, the Dark Tides, his Swandive DDT only to have Royama CATCH PHOENIX in mid air, momentarily put him on the ground before hurling him with a Capture Suplex! PHONEIX bounced into a sitting position, allowing Royama to use his final burst of strength to hit the SLIDING SHOTEI! Royama collapsed on top of PHOENIX getting the three count and his fourth title defense! Royama cut a microphone appeal after the match, and admitted that tonight had been a lucky break. Royama claimed that he still had a "long road" to becoming the true inheritor of "Strongest Junior" that the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship should represent, but asked for the fans to follow him in his path to reaching the top!
The first of two returns signaled the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match was next. After suffering neck injury in May, Millennium S.K. made his return to pro-wrestling with all the pomp and circumstance befitting a star. As "MILLENNIUM STAR", S.K.'s most famous song rang the bleached blonde star in; glitter fell from the sky as the crowd went wild. S.K. hammed the reaction as only he can while in his wake Hayato Saigo entered attempting to stay out of S.K.'s spotlight as much as possible. With three teams, and three men in the ring at once, the action was hot and heavy. Early on, S.K. was the focus of the match as he displayed his characteristic agility and speed in countering moves and executing them, much to the delight of the crowd. S.K.'s return seemingly failed to amuse Naoki Daishi who brained S.K. from behind with a kick before giving him a PILEDRIVER much to the anger of not only the crowd but every wrestler in the match. OVERTHROW went to work on S.K. systematically attacking his neck, going as far as to see-saw him over the top rope by his neck until Hayato Saigo could take no more, entering the ring illegally to attack OVERTHROW. Saigo's emotional outburst triggered a riot as PREDATORS themselves entered the ring and all five men went toe to toe. Hanzo Hijiyama visibly threw his hands in the air and walked away allowing all five to go at it. Bodies flew all around ringside, but in the melee everyone forgot Millennium S.K. who recovered during this period. S.K. wheeled Naoki Daishi around before PUNTING him in the groin! Surprisingly this earned him cheers. With Daishi hobbled over, S.K. hooked him and dropped him with the Millennium Driver, covering for the three count to eliminate OVERTHROW! The Iwate fans were ecstatic at the seeming title win of S.K. & Saigo, but were deflated when they were reminded that the match was under elimination rules! With two teams left, the match settled down into a traditional tag team match. That is until PHOENIX suddenly ran to ringside with his head bandaged. Without any warning of provocation, PHOENIX attacked Hayato Saigo from behind, knocking him off the apron! PHOENIX then lifted Saigo and SLAMMED him face first into the floor with the Resurrection! S.K. and PREDATORS both charged around but by the time they got there, PHOENIX's incredible speed had gotten him halfway backstage already...The bout paused as Hayato Saigo was checked on, before it was determined that Saigo could not continue. This did not deter S.K., however, as the returning junior took a microphone and announced that he would face PREDATORS two on one! Despite S.K. bravado, the match was a handicap match and S.K. could only survive for so long before succumbing to the difference in man power. S.K. survived all of PREDATORS top moves including the PRISM and the Bullet Wrath, but Kaisen Tiger's Hikari Tsuki was enough giving PREDATORS an unsatisfying V.2 defense of the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships! Not satisfied with their victory, Hiroshi Kuroki appealed to Millennium S.K. for a rematch between the teams at a later date to which S.K. accepted.
For months Masakazu Fujimoto has lorded over the collective identity of AVENIR with claims of fraud and preferential treatment by their mentor and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Yuki Nomura. Finally the issue would come to head while at the same time bringing back the single most dominant force in Pro-Wrestling today. Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi, the young tag team stars faced off against HEAVY WAR of Masakazu Fujimoto and the ace of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and the MVP of the wrestling world Akuma Toyota! Unlike his peer in the previous match, Akuma Toyota came out with no fanfare surprisingly carrying the IFS Openweight Championship with him to the ring...The difference in size, power, and battle strength immediately perforated throughout the match. Amagawa and Takahashi could maintain themselves against Fujimoto, but every time Toyota entered the ring he would immediately take control as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Toyota's violent attacks throughout the match, along with Fujimoto's taunting of the downed champions resulted in a significant response from the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium audience in favor of the champions TakaGawa. After over ten minutes of assault, the challengers finally displayed a chink in their armor when the two collided into each other with lariats, allowing Takahashi to make a desperate tag out to his senior in AVENIR, Kenjiro Amagawa! Amagawa flew into the ring with an elbow to the back of Toyota, managing to not only knock the ace off his feet but outside of the ring as well! Fujimoto was the recipient of many blistering elbows before responding with wild blows that Amagawa deftly ducked under, before coming up from below with a vicious short elbow to Fujimoto's face! With the massive three hundred plus pound monster stunned, Amagawa hooked him and dropped him with a Backdrop Suplex! A revived Takahashi attempted to play guard, but the awesome power of Toyota allowed him to plow through Takahashi in route to breaking up the pinfall! Toyota threw a hard lariat at Amagawa, but Amagawa once again ducked under the blow as Takahashi flew into the frame with a Clutching Knee to Toyota's face! The stunned ace stumbled backwards right into a high angle Backdrop Driver by Amagawa, crunching Toyota on his neck! Takahashi frantically signaled to Amagawa as he grappled the downed ace, hooking Toyota around the bottom rope for all he was worth! Amagawa lifted Fujimoto, but the monster of Tokyo suddenly came alive, as Fujimoto grabbed Amagwa with both hands and HURLED Amagawa back first into the turnbuckle! With a roar, Fujimoto charged in, only to have Amagawa once again use his superior speed to dodge out of the way, sending Fujimoto crashing into the turnbuckle! Fujimoto collapsed onto his back stunned as Amagawa climbed to the top rope, before flying off with a flying body press! The audience counted along, but Fujimoto powered out of Amagawa's pin at 2.9 to keep HEAVY WAR in the title match! With no other moves left to use on the monster Amagawa lifted Fujimoto and hooked both arms around Fujimoto's neck and his left leg before LIFTING ALL 136 KILOGRAMS OF FUJIMOTO, SPIKING HIM ON HIS NECK AND HEAD WITH THE BURNING CATACLYSM! The crowd counted while Takahashi clutched Toyota as the three count rang down, giving TakaGawa the victory! TakaGawa were treated like conquering heroes post-match while an angry Toyota stormed out of the ring earning jeers...Amagawa spoke at length post-match, saying that their merit as a team wasn't to be decided by anyone except themselves. Amagawa promised that 2010 would be the year of AVENIR to a heavy round of applause and cheers.
Prior to the beginning of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship bout between Nobuyori Shimizu and the "Nagoya Tower" Yujiro Higuchi began, a video package aired. At length, the video package explained the past of both men. Both were graduates of the Ryo Suzuki system and gained entry to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Nobuyori Shimizu was entrant #1 in November 2002, while Higuchi was entrant #4 along with long term partner Akuma "Razan" Toyota in January 2003. Much was made of Akuma Toyota's success while Higuchi's failures. However, the video package using still pictures from Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE highlighted Yujiro Higuchi's rise to fame as the newest disciple of Tatsumichi Akamatsu, the same man who turned Akuma Toyota into who he is. Higuchi's return to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was shown in full, with Higuchi's promise to "elevate" the C-1 Heavyweight Championship by winning it...Once the match began in full, as would be expected, Nobuyori Shimizu's name rang out from the faithful while Higuchi's very presence was detested by the audience. Yujiro Higuchi's power was in full display, as he several times threw Shimizu off like a rag doll during lock up attempts by Shimizu, before CRUSHING the sternum of Shimizu with a knee kick! The blow held enough force to send Shimizu flying out of the ring and crushing to the floor outside! Shuji Kawashim and Kazuya Endo desperately attended to Shimizu as Higuchi shrugged, as if to say "Is this all the strength of CRIMSON"? The champion pulled himself slowly back to his feet while clutching his midsection in obvious agony. Shimizu climbed onto the apron at the count of fifteen, only to have Higuchi march across the ring and deliver a SECOND Knee Kick, this time sending Shimizu flying off the apron and into the railing! Fans shrieked as Shimizu collapsed first to his knees, then to the ground. Despite the possibility of getting an easy ring out, Higuchi climbed out of the ring and rolled Shimizu back into the ring before covering...However, the heart of the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was not so easily distinguished as Shimizu kicked out at two! Unperturbed, Higuchi lifted Shimizu up before grabbing his throat with both hands followed by lifting Shimizu and dropping him back down with the DOUBLE GAUGE five minutes into the match! Higuchi placed his massive foot on Shimizu's chest as the count rang down...BUT NOBUYORI SHIMIZU SURVIVED AT 2.9! The audience roared as Shimizu threw his body off the ground and desperately reached for the ropes, the turnbuckle, anything to pull himself upright as the "Nagoya Tower" slowly stalked his obviously damaged prey. Shimizu pulled himself upright on wobbly legs, only to have Higuchi grab his throat AGAIN! Realizing what was about to happen, Shimizu roared before attempting to fire off a trademark elbow blow...Only to realize that Higuchi's long arms kept Shimizu's blows from landing! A look of despair crossed the champion's face as Higuchi continued to throttle him...In the moment of desperation, insight hit Shimizu as he suddenly STOMPED Higuchi's foot with everything he had! Higuchi winced in obvious pain, but refused to release his grasp. Shimizu responded with almost TEN stomps to the top of Higuchi's foot until the Nagoya Tower had to finally release his death grip to grab his foot in pain! Shimizu seized the chance by landing his OWN knee kick to the kneeling Higuchi's face! Higuchi reeled backwards, waving his arms about to keep his balance but Shimizu refused to retreat as Shimizu launched into volley after volley of elbow strike to Higuchi's face! Despite the blows the Nagoya Tower still refused to topple but Higuchi was wounded enough to allow Shimizu to bounce off the ropes and CLOCK Higuchi with a running elbow! Still Higuchi refused to fall, but Shimizu solved that with a SECOND running elbow to Higuchi's face sending the Tower toppling for the first time in the match! Shimizu collapsed on top of Higuchi but was dismayed to only get a 2.9 after all his hard work! A battered and exhausted Shimizu grabbed a rising Yujiro Higuchi from behind, and to the shock and amazement of the audience, SHIMIZU LIFTED HIGUCHI AND DUMPED HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS WITH THE TSUYOSA GERMAN SUPLEX! Higuchi's own weight and size worked against him, as the count rang down! Higuchi kicked out...but at 3.1, a SPLIT SECOND TOO LATE! The audience at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium roared with chants of Shimizu's name as the title of strongest of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON remained with Nobuyori Shimizu for another day! A dejected Higuchi left the ring without incident as Shimizu was bandaged while being presented his championship. Nobuyori Shimizu admitted that his body had "broken" from the onslaught of Higuchi, but that his soul had never wavered! Shimizu passionately screamed that he would do everything in his power to remain C-1 Heavyweight Champion until he died!
After all the action and festivities, only one match remained for the night and it would not be a pretty affair. As the Barbwire Cage was being constructed, President Yuki Nomura spoke at length, advising families in the crowd to tread carefully, and to those sensitive to extreme violence. Nomura stated that Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON "held no control" over anything that would take place in the confines of the cage...When Nomura's speech ended, roughly 10% of the crowd left the arena unwilling to see the brutality that was about to unfold. As with the prior match, a video package aired going over the history of Tenshin Komatsu and Makoto Saito at length. Their first encounter in May 2005 was highlighted, with Tenshin Komatsu defeating Makoto Saito to reach the POWER SOURCE tournament finals. The two men's run in Rouzeki-GUN and their whirlwind reign as C-1 Tag Team Champions was highlighted, calling the team the "strongest of the time". In black and white, Komatsu's retirement papers were displayed, along with still photos of Makoto Saito's run to win the "King of the Deathmatch" crown after leaving Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. The final shot of Saito and Komatsu as friends was backstage after the tournament when Komatsu handed his best friend his red headband that Komatsu always wore for his entrances...However, color came back as Komatsu's unveiling of LOVE was shown at DUE TIME last year! LOVE was shown doing dastardly things, until Komatsu ran into the brick wall of Akuma Toyota on May 31st at the Kyocera Dome. Still photos displayed the brutal beating Komatsu took in the match in route to losing. The full backstage confrontation between Saito and Komatsu was then shown, as Saito confronted his former friend in the back areas of the Kyocera Dome. The final frames of the two men's previous battles this year were shown, Saito defeating Komatsu on 7/27 and Komatsu returning the favor on 9/27. The video package made clear from statements of both men and the voice over; that regardless of the outcome tonight this would be the "Final Chapter" between the two...The Barbwire Cage was finally shown on camera fully assembled. Unlike most cages, the cage was constructed out of flexible wood with barbwire laced between the wood panels instead of cage mesh. Every inch of the cage was covered in deadly barbwire. The ropes had been removed, making the match even more deadly for both participants. Surprisingly, Tenshin Komatsu entered the cage alone and not flanked by PHOENIX wearing his usual tights and a white t-shirt. Makoto Saito entered alone as well, but Saito came with a costume alteration as he wore the Red Headband that Tenshin Komatsu gave to him last year along with black gloves, a black shirt and jeans while carrying a small black package that he placed as far out of the way as he could...Surrounded by some of the maleficent material in the world, the two former best friends turned mortal enemies started the match off slowly. Neither man wanted to make a mistake and give the other an opportunity to use any of their devastating moves or the barbwire itself. In fact the match paced out like a shoot fight, with both men throwing kicks and checking the others. Both men come from a Karate background, which was on display in the opening stages of the match as neither man could score with a kill blow that they both wanted. This turned to grappling, as both men attempted to out-grapple the other on the math but again neither could gain the upper hand on the other. Saito suddenly changed the complexion of the match by throwing a WICKED sideways head butt that caught Komatsu off guard as it cracked his nose! Saito immediately attempted to whip Komatsu into the barbwire cage! The crowd shrieked as Komatsu slammed onto the brakes using his knees to slow his speed to avoid the barbwire. Saito charged in after Komatsu, only to have Komatsu grab onto Saito's jeans and attempt to force Saito into the wire! Again the crowd shrieked as Saito used every inch of his body to avoid the wire, before using backwards elbow to fight Komatsu's grip off before fleeing away from Komatsu and coincidently the barbwire itself. The match settled back down, as neither man was in any rush to taste the cold flavor of the barbwire. Saito and Komatsu went back to grappling, however, Komatsu displayed surprising ingenuity by grabbing Makoto Saito in a headlock with intentions to drag him head first into the wire! Saito realized Komatsu's intentions as the fans roared. Saito fought against Komatsu's grasp before pulling his head free, then pushing Komatsu towards the barbwire! Komatsu skittered to a stop in front of the wire but could do nothing as MAKOTO SAITO FLEW INTO KOMATSU WITH A CROSS BODY BLOCK SENDING BOTH INTO THE BARBWIRE CAGE! The crowd SHRIEKED as the cage sagged backwards, giving both men a cold hard first hand experience with the wire! Saito had taken a glancing blow, but Komatsu was virtually stickied to the wall. Komatsu stayed locked into the wire for several seconds before his legs finally gave out, and Komatsu collapsed to the canvas leaving half of his shirt in the process! Saito slowly crawled over and covered, but the goggled and gloved Hanzo Hijiyama only registered a 2.5 count as Komatsu somehow kicked out of the pinfall! Saito aimed for the kill as he sized up the visibly bleeding Komatsu for the Shiraku Blade! Saito swung his foot towards Komatsu's face, only to have Komatsu duck his head and EXPLODE upwards with a FLYING KOMATSU KNEE KICK TO SAITO'S JAW! Saito stumbled backwards wounded, allowing Komatsu to fly at him again with a drop kick sending Saito FLYING into another barbwire cage wall! Saito collapsed to his knees, and a recovered Komatsu launched into a volley of slaps to the wounded Saito before backing off several paces and charging in with the SLIDING KNEE KICK! Komatsu covered, but this time it was Saito who displayed his own strength by kicking out at 2.9! Visibly angry, Komatsu climbed into side control on Saito before RAINING DOWN knee's to Saito's midsection! After several of those, Komatsu suddenly swung his left knee around SLAMMING it into Saito's face! Saito's body went limp as Komatsu covered again but again Saito survived the pinfall! Komatsu collapsed in agony next to Saito as both men lay on the canvas attempting to recover from the match...Komatsu moved first, attempting to lift Saito. However the Deathmatch Prince suddenly struck with the Kegaretate to Komatsu's face! Komatsu reeled from the blow, as Saito suddenly fired off a VOLLEY of Kegaretate's to Komatsu's face! Komatsu stumbled backwards until he was back in the barbwire, with a scream of agony! However Saito wasn't finished, as he began to SLAM Kegaretate's into Komatsu's face sending him further and further into the wire with every blow! When Komatsu's legs could no longer hold him up, Saito pulled Komatsu back up to his feet, hooked him from behind and SPIKED Komatsu on the back of his head with a Dragon Suplex Hold! The crowd counted along, many just wishing for the match to end, but Komatsu would have none of it as he kicked out at 2.9! Komatsu slowly pulled himself up to a sitting position only to be BLASTED by Saito's SHIRAKU BLADE! Komatsu's head snapped back and Saito covered but Komatsu suddenly kicked out at 1! Komatsu slapped the mat in frustration before attempting to get back to his feet only to nearly run right into the barbwire again! Saito cooly followed Komatsu, intent to finish the battle once and for all as he suddenly swept Komatsu back into a sitting position, then BLASTED HIM AGAIN with a Shiraku Blade! Again Komatsu snapped back, but Saito this time grabbed Komatsu by the head and pulled him back into a sitting position before blasting him AGAIN with a THIRD Shiraku Blade! Komatsu collapsed to the side, obviously unconscious, yet Saito did not pin Komatsu. Hanzo Hijiyama began to call the match by way of KO when Saito suddenly grabbed Hijiyama and began to THREATEN to throw him into the barbwire if he did! Hijiyama cowered in fear, as the fans in the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium began to subtly jeer Saito...Saito calmly, without a care in the world retrieved the black package he had brought to the ring with him and opened the package revealing WIRE CUTTERS. Saito adjusted his black gloves before he began to go to work cutting a STRIP OF BARBWIRE OFF THE CAGE! Several fans began to frantically scream Komatsu's name as Tenshin Komatsu began to slowly come to as Saito continued his methodical work. Saito finally cut a long strip of wire off the cage and discarded the wire cutters. Saito then began to WRAP his right gloved hand in the barbwire, causing more panic to strike the audience! Having fully wrapped his fist in the wire Saito turned his attention back to Komatsu who had finally pulled himself back to a seating position, Saito put his foot on Komatsu's chest, and pushed his former best friend back down onto the ground before kneeling down next to Komatsu. Komatsu offered virtually no resistance at all as Saito gently grabbed Komatsu's head in his un-barbwired hand and then held his barbwire hand above Komatsu's face. More audience members cried in fright but their cries were in vain as a sickening thud went through the arena as Saito SLAMMED his fist directly into Komatsu's face! Blood immediately began to leak out of Komatsu's forehead from Saito's blow but Saito wasn't done as he proceeded to SLAM HIS FIST INTO KOMATSU'S HEAD FIVE MORE TIMES! Each time more and more blood leaked out of Komatsu's face coating the barbwire around Saito's fist. Saito began SCREAMING in Komatsu's face to "Repent" for everything he had done in the last year. When Komatsu failed to answer by way of unconsciousness, Saito gently awoke Komatsu only to scream in his face again! Komatsu steadfastly refused Saito's near insane demand, but Saito had one final move. Saito once again SLAMMED his fist into Komatsu's face, but this time KEPT his fist on Komatsu's face, while screaming at Komatsu to repent! When Komatsu refused Saito began to TWIST AND TURN THE BARBWIRE INTO KOMATSU'S FACE, COMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HIS EYES! What fans that could still watch screamed in terror as blood came flowing freely from Komatsu's gaping wound now. Komatsu's screams of agony filled the arena followed by Saito's demands. Finally Komatsu broke, and could take no more, screaming "I'M SORRY" and "I REPENT" over and over in almost a babbling rush. Hijiyama, anxious to find anyway to end this took that as a submission and frantically called for the bell finally ending this "match" that had turned into a torture session.
The audience sat in a stunned silence at what they had seen. The doors to the cage were unlocked and doctors rushed to the aid of Komatsu as Saito stoically watched his former best friend be tended to. Saito somehow found a way to get a microphone inside of the cage and in a stone cold voice informed Komatsu that this was their "final chapter". Saito called Komatsu a "worthless man" who would have never allowed to be put in that position two years ago. Saito admitted that his plan had been to defeat Komatsu and become friends with him again, but that feeling Komatsu's complete weakness disgusted him and that from now on he wanted nothing to do with Komatsu: As a friend or as an enemy. With that, Saito spiked the microphone and left to heavy jeers from the crowd...The cage was hastily removed from the ring as Komatsu was tended to. Suddenly, Komatsu pushed all the doctors away from him and suddenly lurched to his feet. The sight of Komatsu was terrifying. A towel had been placed around his head to try and stop the blooding, but the blood had soaked the towel red. His white shirt, or what remained of it, was caked in blood and his skin appeared to be dyed red. The doctors screamed at Komatsu that he needed medical attention, but Komatsu screamed in a shrill voice for them to "shut up" before collapsing to his knees in the center of the ring. Komatsu knelt either in deep thought or despair as the attention of the fans was pulled to ringside, as Nobuyori Shimizu had approached the ring and the remnants of the cage. Shimizu climbed into the ring while taking a long hard look at Komatsu who refused to look at Shimizu. Shimizu picked up the microphone Saito had discarded. Shimizu surprisingly began with a monologue, taking the fans and Komatsu back to what it was like in the Ryo Suzuki system training alongside Komatsu. How they had always been lumped together their entire career and how Komatsu always had more natural talent as a pro-wrestler then Shimizu did. Shimizu paused, before suddenly said that he had never hated Komatsu despite everything Komatsu had done to him over the years. This statement caught Komatsu so off guard that he suddenly buried his hands in his face and silently sobbed. Shimizu went on that he had always seen Komatsu as his peer and felt that if Komatsu didn't hate him that meant he wasn't achieving anything in his career. Shimizu dropped to one knee in front of Komatsu, before telling Komatsu that this was a chance to "restart" everything. To take back Rouzeki-GUN. To take back LOVE. To take back his career and begin again. Shimizu looked away, before telling Komatsu that there was the FUSION League coming up and wondered if Komatsu would be interested in being his partner! Komatsu looked at Shimizu dumbfounded, but Shimizu broke the ice by telling Komatsu that they first had to get Komatsu medical attention...Shimizu extended his hand to Komatsu in friendship and partnership. And for the first time in over seven years, the two generational rivals clasped hands and embraced in front of the ring. The show officially ended with doctors rushing to Komatsu's side as Shimizu helped him to the back...
DUE TIME PART 6th ~ TIME OF DESTINY
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
3,028 fans
December 24th, 2009
1. TIME OF DESTINY - 100,000 YEN BATTLE ROYAL EXHIBITION: Rui Kuriyama won a twelve man battle royal at 15'24
Order of Entrance:
Kazuya Endo & Shuji Kawashima Started
BIG BOY Tomizaki entered at 1'00
Rui Kuriyama entered at 2'00
Jake Bishop entered at 3'00
Keoni Murata entered at 4'00
Ryoma Inoue entered at 5'00
Hanzo Hijiyama entered at 6'00
Natsuo Sakoda entered at 7'00
Toshiro Noguchi entered at 8'00
Yuki Nomura entered at 9'00
Goro Iijima entered at 10'00
Order of Elimination:
BIG BOY Tomizaki (By Kazuya Endo) - Spiral Blow - 1'10
Kazuya Endo & Shuji Kawashima (by Rui Kuriyama) - Ring Out - 2'50
Keoni Murata (by Rui Kuriyama & Jake Bishop) 6'45 - Ring Out -
Hanzo Hijiyama (by Natsuo Sakoda) - CRASH UP! - 7'13
Natsuo Sakoda (by Rui Kuriyama) - Ring Out - 7'58
Jake Bishop (by Toshiro Noguchi) - Ring Out - 8'53
Yuki Nomura & Goro Iijima - Double Ring Out - 12'24
Toshiro Noguchi (by Ryoma Inoue) - Ring Out - 13'03
Ryoma Inoue (by Rui Kuriyama) - Jumping High Kick - 15'24
2. TIME OF DESTINY - MIRROR IMAGE - C-2 Openweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano (c) defeated Keiji Hirano at 9'27 with a Moonsault Press [V.1]
3. TIME OF DESTINY - REVENGE THE BETRAYAL: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Mikio Tsuruya at 10'11 with a left arm Angelos
4. TIME OF DESTINY - CHASE THE IDENTITY ~ C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama (c) defeated PHOENIX at 11'40 with the Sliding Shotei [V.4]
5. TIME OF DESTINY - TRIANGLE TERROR ~ PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger (c) defeated Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada and Hayato Saigo & Millennium S.K. at 22'57 [V.2]
- Millennium S.K. pinned Naoki Daishi at 14'31 with the Millennium Driver
- Kaisen Tiger pinned Millennium S.K. at 22'57 with the Tsuki Hikari
6. TIME OF DESTINY - REVIVE THE DEMON ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) defeated Akuma Toyota & Masakazu Fujimoto at 17'32 when Amagawa pinned Fujimoto with the Burning Cataclysm [V.1]
7. TIME OF DESINTY - DESTROY THE NAGOYA TOWER ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) defeated Yujiro Higuchi (FREE) at 10'46 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex [V.2]
8. TIME OF DESTINY - THE DEVIL INSIDE FINAL CHAPTER ~ BARBWIRE CAGE DEATHMATCH: Makoto Saito defeated Tenshin Komatsu at 23'06 by submission
Earlier in the year, Keiji Hirano turned his back on Yankizoku to "restart" in AVENIR under the guidance of Yuki Nomura. Flash forward several months, and Keiji Hirano finally got his chance to prove himself against the former #2 of Yankizoku, C-2 Openweight Champion Hiroyuki Takano! Takano and Hirano were mirror images of each other throughout the match, seemingly knowing what the other would do before they did it leading to several incredibly athletic reversals and dodges. Hirano scored with several of his Hirano Rockets for a close near fall, but when Hirano went for the Moonsault Press, Takano dodged sending Hirano crushing to the mat. Takano brutally took Hirano's head off with several Takano Flash's to the face, before BRUTALLY dropping Hirano with an axe kick to the back of the head. Takano landed the Takano Driver, but Hirano still had enough fight left to survive the resulting pinfall. Hirano did not have enough, however, to survive a second Takano Driver followed by Takano's beautiful Moonsault Press for the three count and Takano's first defense of the C-2 Openweight Championship! Takano, sounding surprisingly gruff, praised Hirano's attempt but said that the difference between their strength was the most evident difference between their "Mirror Image". Takano patted a sitting Hirano's face tauntingly before telling Hirano to become a "thousand times stronger" before trying again...
Where as the previous match highlighted skill and speed, the follow up bout featured strength and brutality, as the other half of the defunct AT CLUB was in action, the avenging Takayuki Ariwa went to war with one of the men who betrayed him in November, Mikio Tsuruya! Tsuruya jumped Ariwa before the bell could ring with a chair in the aisleway, kicking off a brutal affair. Tsuruya targeted Ariwa's right arm with the chair attempting to remove Ariwa's prodigious strength. If Tsuruya's sneak attack hadn't been enough, BIG BOY Tomizaki ran interference throughout attacking Ariwa like an annoying gnat at every opportunity. Ariwa could not be kept down indefinitely, and Ariwa fought back with clubbing blows using his left arm. When Ariwa attempted for a lift on Tsuruya the damage to Ariwa's right arm kept Ariwa from lifting Tsuruya, allowing Tsuruya to take back control of the match. Tsuruya landed the Akuji Backdrop Driver on Ariwa, only to have Ariwa roll to his feet roaring in defiance. Tsuruya ducked under a left arm lariat to hit a second Akuji Backdrop Driver but Ariwa AGAIN rolled to his feet and this time lariated Tsuruya's head off! With one arm, Ariwa went on a warpath blasting Tsuruya with everything he could muster with one arm before eventually finishing Tsuruya off with two left-arm Angelos for the decisive three count!
The C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship was up next, as the enigmatic masked PHOENIX aimed to dethrone Ikuji Royama's whirlwind title reign and end the supernova's year of success. PHOENIX held a sizable speed and agility advantage including performing some awe inspiring athletic maneuvers to keep Royama's pure ability at bay. PHOENIX kept pouring on the offense, hitting incredible moves including running along the top rope before leaping into a dropkick. PHOENIX's displays not only hurt Royama but earned him immense praise from the CRIMSON fans in attendance. However, Royama proved his strength as champion by not only escaping PHOENIX's Another Lock but also managed to survive PHOENIX's spectacular Another Fate 630 Senton! PHOENIX took flight for the killing blow, the Dark Tides, his Swandive DDT only to have Royama CATCH PHOENIX in mid air, momentarily put him on the ground before hurling him with a Capture Suplex! PHONEIX bounced into a sitting position, allowing Royama to use his final burst of strength to hit the SLIDING SHOTEI! Royama collapsed on top of PHOENIX getting the three count and his fourth title defense! Royama cut a microphone appeal after the match, and admitted that tonight had been a lucky break. Royama claimed that he still had a "long road" to becoming the true inheritor of "Strongest Junior" that the C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship should represent, but asked for the fans to follow him in his path to reaching the top!
The first of two returns signaled the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match was next. After suffering neck injury in May, Millennium S.K. made his return to pro-wrestling with all the pomp and circumstance befitting a star. As "MILLENNIUM STAR", S.K.'s most famous song rang the bleached blonde star in; glitter fell from the sky as the crowd went wild. S.K. hammed the reaction as only he can while in his wake Hayato Saigo entered attempting to stay out of S.K.'s spotlight as much as possible. With three teams, and three men in the ring at once, the action was hot and heavy. Early on, S.K. was the focus of the match as he displayed his characteristic agility and speed in countering moves and executing them, much to the delight of the crowd. S.K.'s return seemingly failed to amuse Naoki Daishi who brained S.K. from behind with a kick before giving him a PILEDRIVER much to the anger of not only the crowd but every wrestler in the match. OVERTHROW went to work on S.K. systematically attacking his neck, going as far as to see-saw him over the top rope by his neck until Hayato Saigo could take no more, entering the ring illegally to attack OVERTHROW. Saigo's emotional outburst triggered a riot as PREDATORS themselves entered the ring and all five men went toe to toe. Hanzo Hijiyama visibly threw his hands in the air and walked away allowing all five to go at it. Bodies flew all around ringside, but in the melee everyone forgot Millennium S.K. who recovered during this period. S.K. wheeled Naoki Daishi around before PUNTING him in the groin! Surprisingly this earned him cheers. With Daishi hobbled over, S.K. hooked him and dropped him with the Millennium Driver, covering for the three count to eliminate OVERTHROW! The Iwate fans were ecstatic at the seeming title win of S.K. & Saigo, but were deflated when they were reminded that the match was under elimination rules! With two teams left, the match settled down into a traditional tag team match. That is until PHOENIX suddenly ran to ringside with his head bandaged. Without any warning of provocation, PHOENIX attacked Hayato Saigo from behind, knocking him off the apron! PHOENIX then lifted Saigo and SLAMMED him face first into the floor with the Resurrection! S.K. and PREDATORS both charged around but by the time they got there, PHOENIX's incredible speed had gotten him halfway backstage already...The bout paused as Hayato Saigo was checked on, before it was determined that Saigo could not continue. This did not deter S.K., however, as the returning junior took a microphone and announced that he would face PREDATORS two on one! Despite S.K. bravado, the match was a handicap match and S.K. could only survive for so long before succumbing to the difference in man power. S.K. survived all of PREDATORS top moves including the PRISM and the Bullet Wrath, but Kaisen Tiger's Hikari Tsuki was enough giving PREDATORS an unsatisfying V.2 defense of the PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships! Not satisfied with their victory, Hiroshi Kuroki appealed to Millennium S.K. for a rematch between the teams at a later date to which S.K. accepted.
For months Masakazu Fujimoto has lorded over the collective identity of AVENIR with claims of fraud and preferential treatment by their mentor and Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON President Yuki Nomura. Finally the issue would come to head while at the same time bringing back the single most dominant force in Pro-Wrestling today. Kenjiro Amagawa and Shinsuke Takahashi, the young tag team stars faced off against HEAVY WAR of Masakazu Fujimoto and the ace of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON and the MVP of the wrestling world Akuma Toyota! Unlike his peer in the previous match, Akuma Toyota came out with no fanfare surprisingly carrying the IFS Openweight Championship with him to the ring...The difference in size, power, and battle strength immediately perforated throughout the match. Amagawa and Takahashi could maintain themselves against Fujimoto, but every time Toyota entered the ring he would immediately take control as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Toyota's violent attacks throughout the match, along with Fujimoto's taunting of the downed champions resulted in a significant response from the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium audience in favor of the champions TakaGawa. After over ten minutes of assault, the challengers finally displayed a chink in their armor when the two collided into each other with lariats, allowing Takahashi to make a desperate tag out to his senior in AVENIR, Kenjiro Amagawa! Amagawa flew into the ring with an elbow to the back of Toyota, managing to not only knock the ace off his feet but outside of the ring as well! Fujimoto was the recipient of many blistering elbows before responding with wild blows that Amagawa deftly ducked under, before coming up from below with a vicious short elbow to Fujimoto's face! With the massive three hundred plus pound monster stunned, Amagawa hooked him and dropped him with a Backdrop Suplex! A revived Takahashi attempted to play guard, but the awesome power of Toyota allowed him to plow through Takahashi in route to breaking up the pinfall! Toyota threw a hard lariat at Amagawa, but Amagawa once again ducked under the blow as Takahashi flew into the frame with a Clutching Knee to Toyota's face! The stunned ace stumbled backwards right into a high angle Backdrop Driver by Amagawa, crunching Toyota on his neck! Takahashi frantically signaled to Amagawa as he grappled the downed ace, hooking Toyota around the bottom rope for all he was worth! Amagawa lifted Fujimoto, but the monster of Tokyo suddenly came alive, as Fujimoto grabbed Amagwa with both hands and HURLED Amagawa back first into the turnbuckle! With a roar, Fujimoto charged in, only to have Amagawa once again use his superior speed to dodge out of the way, sending Fujimoto crashing into the turnbuckle! Fujimoto collapsed onto his back stunned as Amagawa climbed to the top rope, before flying off with a flying body press! The audience counted along, but Fujimoto powered out of Amagawa's pin at 2.9 to keep HEAVY WAR in the title match! With no other moves left to use on the monster Amagawa lifted Fujimoto and hooked both arms around Fujimoto's neck and his left leg before LIFTING ALL 136 KILOGRAMS OF FUJIMOTO, SPIKING HIM ON HIS NECK AND HEAD WITH THE BURNING CATACLYSM! The crowd counted while Takahashi clutched Toyota as the three count rang down, giving TakaGawa the victory! TakaGawa were treated like conquering heroes post-match while an angry Toyota stormed out of the ring earning jeers...Amagawa spoke at length post-match, saying that their merit as a team wasn't to be decided by anyone except themselves. Amagawa promised that 2010 would be the year of AVENIR to a heavy round of applause and cheers.
Prior to the beginning of the C-1 Heavyweight Championship bout between Nobuyori Shimizu and the "Nagoya Tower" Yujiro Higuchi began, a video package aired. At length, the video package explained the past of both men. Both were graduates of the Ryo Suzuki system and gained entry to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. Nobuyori Shimizu was entrant #1 in November 2002, while Higuchi was entrant #4 along with long term partner Akuma "Razan" Toyota in January 2003. Much was made of Akuma Toyota's success while Higuchi's failures. However, the video package using still pictures from Pro-Wrestling DYNAMITE highlighted Yujiro Higuchi's rise to fame as the newest disciple of Tatsumichi Akamatsu, the same man who turned Akuma Toyota into who he is. Higuchi's return to Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was shown in full, with Higuchi's promise to "elevate" the C-1 Heavyweight Championship by winning it...Once the match began in full, as would be expected, Nobuyori Shimizu's name rang out from the faithful while Higuchi's very presence was detested by the audience. Yujiro Higuchi's power was in full display, as he several times threw Shimizu off like a rag doll during lock up attempts by Shimizu, before CRUSHING the sternum of Shimizu with a knee kick! The blow held enough force to send Shimizu flying out of the ring and crushing to the floor outside! Shuji Kawashim and Kazuya Endo desperately attended to Shimizu as Higuchi shrugged, as if to say "Is this all the strength of CRIMSON"? The champion pulled himself slowly back to his feet while clutching his midsection in obvious agony. Shimizu climbed onto the apron at the count of fifteen, only to have Higuchi march across the ring and deliver a SECOND Knee Kick, this time sending Shimizu flying off the apron and into the railing! Fans shrieked as Shimizu collapsed first to his knees, then to the ground. Despite the possibility of getting an easy ring out, Higuchi climbed out of the ring and rolled Shimizu back into the ring before covering...However, the heart of the Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON was not so easily distinguished as Shimizu kicked out at two! Unperturbed, Higuchi lifted Shimizu up before grabbing his throat with both hands followed by lifting Shimizu and dropping him back down with the DOUBLE GAUGE five minutes into the match! Higuchi placed his massive foot on Shimizu's chest as the count rang down...BUT NOBUYORI SHIMIZU SURVIVED AT 2.9! The audience roared as Shimizu threw his body off the ground and desperately reached for the ropes, the turnbuckle, anything to pull himself upright as the "Nagoya Tower" slowly stalked his obviously damaged prey. Shimizu pulled himself upright on wobbly legs, only to have Higuchi grab his throat AGAIN! Realizing what was about to happen, Shimizu roared before attempting to fire off a trademark elbow blow...Only to realize that Higuchi's long arms kept Shimizu's blows from landing! A look of despair crossed the champion's face as Higuchi continued to throttle him...In the moment of desperation, insight hit Shimizu as he suddenly STOMPED Higuchi's foot with everything he had! Higuchi winced in obvious pain, but refused to release his grasp. Shimizu responded with almost TEN stomps to the top of Higuchi's foot until the Nagoya Tower had to finally release his death grip to grab his foot in pain! Shimizu seized the chance by landing his OWN knee kick to the kneeling Higuchi's face! Higuchi reeled backwards, waving his arms about to keep his balance but Shimizu refused to retreat as Shimizu launched into volley after volley of elbow strike to Higuchi's face! Despite the blows the Nagoya Tower still refused to topple but Higuchi was wounded enough to allow Shimizu to bounce off the ropes and CLOCK Higuchi with a running elbow! Still Higuchi refused to fall, but Shimizu solved that with a SECOND running elbow to Higuchi's face sending the Tower toppling for the first time in the match! Shimizu collapsed on top of Higuchi but was dismayed to only get a 2.9 after all his hard work! A battered and exhausted Shimizu grabbed a rising Yujiro Higuchi from behind, and to the shock and amazement of the audience, SHIMIZU LIFTED HIGUCHI AND DUMPED HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS WITH THE TSUYOSA GERMAN SUPLEX! Higuchi's own weight and size worked against him, as the count rang down! Higuchi kicked out...but at 3.1, a SPLIT SECOND TOO LATE! The audience at the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium roared with chants of Shimizu's name as the title of strongest of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON remained with Nobuyori Shimizu for another day! A dejected Higuchi left the ring without incident as Shimizu was bandaged while being presented his championship. Nobuyori Shimizu admitted that his body had "broken" from the onslaught of Higuchi, but that his soul had never wavered! Shimizu passionately screamed that he would do everything in his power to remain C-1 Heavyweight Champion until he died!
After all the action and festivities, only one match remained for the night and it would not be a pretty affair. As the Barbwire Cage was being constructed, President Yuki Nomura spoke at length, advising families in the crowd to tread carefully, and to those sensitive to extreme violence. Nomura stated that Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON "held no control" over anything that would take place in the confines of the cage...When Nomura's speech ended, roughly 10% of the crowd left the arena unwilling to see the brutality that was about to unfold. As with the prior match, a video package aired going over the history of Tenshin Komatsu and Makoto Saito at length. Their first encounter in May 2005 was highlighted, with Tenshin Komatsu defeating Makoto Saito to reach the POWER SOURCE tournament finals. The two men's run in Rouzeki-GUN and their whirlwind reign as C-1 Tag Team Champions was highlighted, calling the team the "strongest of the time". In black and white, Komatsu's retirement papers were displayed, along with still photos of Makoto Saito's run to win the "King of the Deathmatch" crown after leaving Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON. The final shot of Saito and Komatsu as friends was backstage after the tournament when Komatsu handed his best friend his red headband that Komatsu always wore for his entrances...However, color came back as Komatsu's unveiling of LOVE was shown at DUE TIME last year! LOVE was shown doing dastardly things, until Komatsu ran into the brick wall of Akuma Toyota on May 31st at the Kyocera Dome. Still photos displayed the brutal beating Komatsu took in the match in route to losing. The full backstage confrontation between Saito and Komatsu was then shown, as Saito confronted his former friend in the back areas of the Kyocera Dome. The final frames of the two men's previous battles this year were shown, Saito defeating Komatsu on 7/27 and Komatsu returning the favor on 9/27. The video package made clear from statements of both men and the voice over; that regardless of the outcome tonight this would be the "Final Chapter" between the two...The Barbwire Cage was finally shown on camera fully assembled. Unlike most cages, the cage was constructed out of flexible wood with barbwire laced between the wood panels instead of cage mesh. Every inch of the cage was covered in deadly barbwire. The ropes had been removed, making the match even more deadly for both participants. Surprisingly, Tenshin Komatsu entered the cage alone and not flanked by PHOENIX wearing his usual tights and a white t-shirt. Makoto Saito entered alone as well, but Saito came with a costume alteration as he wore the Red Headband that Tenshin Komatsu gave to him last year along with black gloves, a black shirt and jeans while carrying a small black package that he placed as far out of the way as he could...Surrounded by some of the maleficent material in the world, the two former best friends turned mortal enemies started the match off slowly. Neither man wanted to make a mistake and give the other an opportunity to use any of their devastating moves or the barbwire itself. In fact the match paced out like a shoot fight, with both men throwing kicks and checking the others. Both men come from a Karate background, which was on display in the opening stages of the match as neither man could score with a kill blow that they both wanted. This turned to grappling, as both men attempted to out-grapple the other on the math but again neither could gain the upper hand on the other. Saito suddenly changed the complexion of the match by throwing a WICKED sideways head butt that caught Komatsu off guard as it cracked his nose! Saito immediately attempted to whip Komatsu into the barbwire cage! The crowd shrieked as Komatsu slammed onto the brakes using his knees to slow his speed to avoid the barbwire. Saito charged in after Komatsu, only to have Komatsu grab onto Saito's jeans and attempt to force Saito into the wire! Again the crowd shrieked as Saito used every inch of his body to avoid the wire, before using backwards elbow to fight Komatsu's grip off before fleeing away from Komatsu and coincidently the barbwire itself. The match settled back down, as neither man was in any rush to taste the cold flavor of the barbwire. Saito and Komatsu went back to grappling, however, Komatsu displayed surprising ingenuity by grabbing Makoto Saito in a headlock with intentions to drag him head first into the wire! Saito realized Komatsu's intentions as the fans roared. Saito fought against Komatsu's grasp before pulling his head free, then pushing Komatsu towards the barbwire! Komatsu skittered to a stop in front of the wire but could do nothing as MAKOTO SAITO FLEW INTO KOMATSU WITH A CROSS BODY BLOCK SENDING BOTH INTO THE BARBWIRE CAGE! The crowd SHRIEKED as the cage sagged backwards, giving both men a cold hard first hand experience with the wire! Saito had taken a glancing blow, but Komatsu was virtually stickied to the wall. Komatsu stayed locked into the wire for several seconds before his legs finally gave out, and Komatsu collapsed to the canvas leaving half of his shirt in the process! Saito slowly crawled over and covered, but the goggled and gloved Hanzo Hijiyama only registered a 2.5 count as Komatsu somehow kicked out of the pinfall! Saito aimed for the kill as he sized up the visibly bleeding Komatsu for the Shiraku Blade! Saito swung his foot towards Komatsu's face, only to have Komatsu duck his head and EXPLODE upwards with a FLYING KOMATSU KNEE KICK TO SAITO'S JAW! Saito stumbled backwards wounded, allowing Komatsu to fly at him again with a drop kick sending Saito FLYING into another barbwire cage wall! Saito collapsed to his knees, and a recovered Komatsu launched into a volley of slaps to the wounded Saito before backing off several paces and charging in with the SLIDING KNEE KICK! Komatsu covered, but this time it was Saito who displayed his own strength by kicking out at 2.9! Visibly angry, Komatsu climbed into side control on Saito before RAINING DOWN knee's to Saito's midsection! After several of those, Komatsu suddenly swung his left knee around SLAMMING it into Saito's face! Saito's body went limp as Komatsu covered again but again Saito survived the pinfall! Komatsu collapsed in agony next to Saito as both men lay on the canvas attempting to recover from the match...Komatsu moved first, attempting to lift Saito. However the Deathmatch Prince suddenly struck with the Kegaretate to Komatsu's face! Komatsu reeled from the blow, as Saito suddenly fired off a VOLLEY of Kegaretate's to Komatsu's face! Komatsu stumbled backwards until he was back in the barbwire, with a scream of agony! However Saito wasn't finished, as he began to SLAM Kegaretate's into Komatsu's face sending him further and further into the wire with every blow! When Komatsu's legs could no longer hold him up, Saito pulled Komatsu back up to his feet, hooked him from behind and SPIKED Komatsu on the back of his head with a Dragon Suplex Hold! The crowd counted along, many just wishing for the match to end, but Komatsu would have none of it as he kicked out at 2.9! Komatsu slowly pulled himself up to a sitting position only to be BLASTED by Saito's SHIRAKU BLADE! Komatsu's head snapped back and Saito covered but Komatsu suddenly kicked out at 1! Komatsu slapped the mat in frustration before attempting to get back to his feet only to nearly run right into the barbwire again! Saito cooly followed Komatsu, intent to finish the battle once and for all as he suddenly swept Komatsu back into a sitting position, then BLASTED HIM AGAIN with a Shiraku Blade! Again Komatsu snapped back, but Saito this time grabbed Komatsu by the head and pulled him back into a sitting position before blasting him AGAIN with a THIRD Shiraku Blade! Komatsu collapsed to the side, obviously unconscious, yet Saito did not pin Komatsu. Hanzo Hijiyama began to call the match by way of KO when Saito suddenly grabbed Hijiyama and began to THREATEN to throw him into the barbwire if he did! Hijiyama cowered in fear, as the fans in the Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium began to subtly jeer Saito...Saito calmly, without a care in the world retrieved the black package he had brought to the ring with him and opened the package revealing WIRE CUTTERS. Saito adjusted his black gloves before he began to go to work cutting a STRIP OF BARBWIRE OFF THE CAGE! Several fans began to frantically scream Komatsu's name as Tenshin Komatsu began to slowly come to as Saito continued his methodical work. Saito finally cut a long strip of wire off the cage and discarded the wire cutters. Saito then began to WRAP his right gloved hand in the barbwire, causing more panic to strike the audience! Having fully wrapped his fist in the wire Saito turned his attention back to Komatsu who had finally pulled himself back to a seating position, Saito put his foot on Komatsu's chest, and pushed his former best friend back down onto the ground before kneeling down next to Komatsu. Komatsu offered virtually no resistance at all as Saito gently grabbed Komatsu's head in his un-barbwired hand and then held his barbwire hand above Komatsu's face. More audience members cried in fright but their cries were in vain as a sickening thud went through the arena as Saito SLAMMED his fist directly into Komatsu's face! Blood immediately began to leak out of Komatsu's forehead from Saito's blow but Saito wasn't done as he proceeded to SLAM HIS FIST INTO KOMATSU'S HEAD FIVE MORE TIMES! Each time more and more blood leaked out of Komatsu's face coating the barbwire around Saito's fist. Saito began SCREAMING in Komatsu's face to "Repent" for everything he had done in the last year. When Komatsu failed to answer by way of unconsciousness, Saito gently awoke Komatsu only to scream in his face again! Komatsu steadfastly refused Saito's near insane demand, but Saito had one final move. Saito once again SLAMMED his fist into Komatsu's face, but this time KEPT his fist on Komatsu's face, while screaming at Komatsu to repent! When Komatsu refused Saito began to TWIST AND TURN THE BARBWIRE INTO KOMATSU'S FACE, COMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HIS EYES! What fans that could still watch screamed in terror as blood came flowing freely from Komatsu's gaping wound now. Komatsu's screams of agony filled the arena followed by Saito's demands. Finally Komatsu broke, and could take no more, screaming "I'M SORRY" and "I REPENT" over and over in almost a babbling rush. Hijiyama, anxious to find anyway to end this took that as a submission and frantically called for the bell finally ending this "match" that had turned into a torture session.
The audience sat in a stunned silence at what they had seen. The doors to the cage were unlocked and doctors rushed to the aid of Komatsu as Saito stoically watched his former best friend be tended to. Saito somehow found a way to get a microphone inside of the cage and in a stone cold voice informed Komatsu that this was their "final chapter". Saito called Komatsu a "worthless man" who would have never allowed to be put in that position two years ago. Saito admitted that his plan had been to defeat Komatsu and become friends with him again, but that feeling Komatsu's complete weakness disgusted him and that from now on he wanted nothing to do with Komatsu: As a friend or as an enemy. With that, Saito spiked the microphone and left to heavy jeers from the crowd...The cage was hastily removed from the ring as Komatsu was tended to. Suddenly, Komatsu pushed all the doctors away from him and suddenly lurched to his feet. The sight of Komatsu was terrifying. A towel had been placed around his head to try and stop the blooding, but the blood had soaked the towel red. His white shirt, or what remained of it, was caked in blood and his skin appeared to be dyed red. The doctors screamed at Komatsu that he needed medical attention, but Komatsu screamed in a shrill voice for them to "shut up" before collapsing to his knees in the center of the ring. Komatsu knelt either in deep thought or despair as the attention of the fans was pulled to ringside, as Nobuyori Shimizu had approached the ring and the remnants of the cage. Shimizu climbed into the ring while taking a long hard look at Komatsu who refused to look at Shimizu. Shimizu picked up the microphone Saito had discarded. Shimizu surprisingly began with a monologue, taking the fans and Komatsu back to what it was like in the Ryo Suzuki system training alongside Komatsu. How they had always been lumped together their entire career and how Komatsu always had more natural talent as a pro-wrestler then Shimizu did. Shimizu paused, before suddenly said that he had never hated Komatsu despite everything Komatsu had done to him over the years. This statement caught Komatsu so off guard that he suddenly buried his hands in his face and silently sobbed. Shimizu went on that he had always seen Komatsu as his peer and felt that if Komatsu didn't hate him that meant he wasn't achieving anything in his career. Shimizu dropped to one knee in front of Komatsu, before telling Komatsu that this was a chance to "restart" everything. To take back Rouzeki-GUN. To take back LOVE. To take back his career and begin again. Shimizu looked away, before telling Komatsu that there was the FUSION League coming up and wondered if Komatsu would be interested in being his partner! Komatsu looked at Shimizu dumbfounded, but Shimizu broke the ice by telling Komatsu that they first had to get Komatsu medical attention...Shimizu extended his hand to Komatsu in friendship and partnership. And for the first time in over seven years, the two generational rivals clasped hands and embraced in front of the ring. The show officially ended with doctors rushing to Komatsu's side as Shimizu helped him to the back...
DUE TIME PART 6th ~ TIME OF DESTINY
Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
3,028 fans
December 24th, 2009
1. TIME OF DESTINY - 100,000 YEN BATTLE ROYAL EXHIBITION: Rui Kuriyama won a twelve man battle royal at 15'24
Order of Entrance:
Kazuya Endo & Shuji Kawashima Started
BIG BOY Tomizaki entered at 1'00
Rui Kuriyama entered at 2'00
Jake Bishop entered at 3'00
Keoni Murata entered at 4'00
Ryoma Inoue entered at 5'00
Hanzo Hijiyama entered at 6'00
Natsuo Sakoda entered at 7'00
Toshiro Noguchi entered at 8'00
Yuki Nomura entered at 9'00
Goro Iijima entered at 10'00
Order of Elimination:
BIG BOY Tomizaki (By Kazuya Endo) - Spiral Blow - 1'10
Kazuya Endo & Shuji Kawashima (by Rui Kuriyama) - Ring Out - 2'50
Keoni Murata (by Rui Kuriyama & Jake Bishop) 6'45 - Ring Out -
Hanzo Hijiyama (by Natsuo Sakoda) - CRASH UP! - 7'13
Natsuo Sakoda (by Rui Kuriyama) - Ring Out - 7'58
Jake Bishop (by Toshiro Noguchi) - Ring Out - 8'53
Yuki Nomura & Goro Iijima - Double Ring Out - 12'24
Toshiro Noguchi (by Ryoma Inoue) - Ring Out - 13'03
Ryoma Inoue (by Rui Kuriyama) - Jumping High Kick - 15'24
2. TIME OF DESTINY - MIRROR IMAGE - C-2 Openweight Championship: Hiroyuki Takano (c) defeated Keiji Hirano at 9'27 with a Moonsault Press [V.1]
3. TIME OF DESTINY - REVENGE THE BETRAYAL: Takayuki Ariwa defeated Mikio Tsuruya at 10'11 with a left arm Angelos
4. TIME OF DESTINY - CHASE THE IDENTITY ~ C-1 Junior-Heavyweight Championship: Ikuji Royama (c) defeated PHOENIX at 11'40 with the Sliding Shotei [V.4]
5. TIME OF DESTINY - TRIANGLE TERROR ~ PWC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Championships: Hiroshi Kuroki & Kaisen Tiger (c) defeated Naoki Daishi & Akahito Yamada and Hayato Saigo & Millennium S.K. at 22'57 [V.2]
- Millennium S.K. pinned Naoki Daishi at 14'31 with the Millennium Driver
- Kaisen Tiger pinned Millennium S.K. at 22'57 with the Tsuki Hikari
6. TIME OF DESTINY - REVIVE THE DEMON ~ C-1 Tag Team Championships: Kenjiro Amagawa & Shinsuke Takahashi (c) defeated Akuma Toyota & Masakazu Fujimoto at 17'32 when Amagawa pinned Fujimoto with the Burning Cataclysm [V.1]
7. TIME OF DESINTY - DESTROY THE NAGOYA TOWER ~ C-1 Heavyweight Championship: Nobuyori Shimizu (c) defeated Yujiro Higuchi (FREE) at 10'46 with the Tsuyosa German Suplex [V.2]
8. TIME OF DESTINY - THE DEVIL INSIDE FINAL CHAPTER ~ BARBWIRE CAGE DEATHMATCH: Makoto Saito defeated Tenshin Komatsu at 23'06 by submission
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