[The scene opens with an aerial shot
of a studio set. There are two men sitting behind a desk. One is Yo
Kurasawa - the legendary commentator, notorious pervert, and current
Vice President of Talent Relations and Head Booker for Iron Japan.
Next to him is Taka Shimura - another veteran voice in puroresu. A
video screen is behind them.]
KURASAWA: Welcome to the English
language highlight show for Iron Japan Pro Wrestling! It was World
Crown – Night Nine and our second night at Budokan this weekend. We
came around the corner tonight and we're going full speed into the
Tokyo Dome tomorrow night!
SHIMURA: Everything
is set after tonight. We determined who will fight in the World Crown
Final and for a shot at the World title. We determined who will
challenge for the IJPW World Tag Team Championship tomorrow night.
KURASAWA: Contenders
were determined and rivalries heated up. There were some surprises
too.
SHIMURA: The
evening started with a dark match. Jackie
Walters took on IJPW Dojo student Atsumori Nakadai. The referee was
Toyoko Toshikura. Walters won with a knockout kick to the head at
6:40. Nakadai has taken a beating this week. First Albert Doxin beat
him into a bloody pulp. Then Jackie Walters kicked his head off.
Non-Tournament Singles Match
Lainey Boyle vs. Satomi Asano
KURASAWA: “The
Boston Bitch” Lainey Boyle is set to take on Muffin Vanderburg at
the Tokyo Dome tomorrow night. Satomi Asano was given the chance to
beat Boyle before her big day at the big dome. She told the press how
she wanted to badly impress in order to break into the IJPW
Television Championship match. The referee for this match was
Kanzaburo
Outakara.
Non-Tournament Singles Match
Danjuro Komatsuzaki vs. Miyazaki Bokkai
KURASAWA:
IJPW Dojo Master Danjuro
Komatsuzaki is locked into a feud with England's Markie Bristow. The
two will collide at the Tokyo Dome. Tonight, Danjuro took on Miyaki
Bokkai – another competitor who was set on getting into the TV
title match. The referee for this match was Tashiaki Suzuki.
Non-Tournament Singles Match
Paul Cannon vs. Big Ugly
KURASAWA: Big
Ugly was on the losing end of an instant classic against John Scroggs
in a second round bloodbath. “The Hardcore Lumberjack” Paul
Cannon was eliminated from the World Crown tournament after losing to
Ricky Doyle on Night One. These two hardcore wrestlers knew what was
on the night – a chance to be the first Television Champion and to
win it at the Tokyo Dome. Mabuchi
Hida was the referee for this match.
Eight Person Tag Team Match
Nate Narwin, Isamu Shinagami, Killer Komukai, and Jun
Hageshii vs. Trista Capra, El Loco, KANNON, and Konosuke Usami
KURASAWA:
Narwin, Shinagami, and Capra
already ensured themselves a chance to be the first IJPW Television
Champion before tonight. Killer Komukai, Jun Hageshii, El Loco,
KANNON, and Konosuke Usami all had a chance to get into that match –
either with an impressive performance or by pinning or submitting
someone in this match who was already in the TV title match.
SHIMURA:
The match started with Narwin
and Loco in the ring. We touched on their history last night. Narwin
and Capra are feuding now. Hageshii has made Loco tap out twice. He
actually eliminated him from the World Crown tournament. Then there's
Killer and Usami, who had a feud at the end of last year that Usami
won. Killer's rise to the top has stagnated while Usami keeps moving
up. There's one odd inclusion, though... KANNON - “The King of the
Dark World.”
KURASAWA:
The official for this match was
Nanako Fujioka.
POST-MATCH INTERVIEW
[Everyone is standing around after the bell. The dojo
students jumped in early to make sure this didn't turn into a
widespread brawl... but they didn't expect any teammates to turn on
each other! KANNON grabs Usami at ringside and throws him hard into
the rails! He sinks him with some solid kicks to the head before
choking him! The students try to get him away, and this allows
Narwin, Capra, and Loco to start fighting each other! Hageshii and
Komukai begin to brawl in the ring! Shinagami clears the ropes and
lands on both of Narwin and Capra at ringside!]
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] It's chaos!
How are we going to get this under control?!
SHIMURA: [In
Japanese.] They got
KANNON off of Usami, but now The King of the Dark World is attacking
the dojo students!
[KANNON whips Jyoji Jumanji into the ring apron.
Jumanji screams out as his back hits hard, but that's soon the least
of his pain as KANNON spits a fireball into his face!]
KURASAWA:
[In Japanese.] That's
Jyoji Jumanji! KANNON just spit fire in his face! He caught all of
it!
SHIMURA:
[In Japanese.] We'll
hear these screams in our nightmares!
[The other students back off KANNON, but Usami jumps
at him and tackles him onto the floor! Additional security and medics
flood the scene to get control of the situation and tend to the
severely burned dojo student, who clutches his face on the floor and
screams.]
Six Person Tag Team Match
Curt Fleischer and Imperial (AKIO and Kuni Hishida) vs.
Noble Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka) and Fabulous
Adrian Bagglio
KURASAWA: IJPW
World Wrestling Champion Nobuyoki Katsushoka was disappointed to be
eliminated from the World Crown tournament last night. While he was
happy to team with his girlfriend, neither of them were too thrilled
to team with Fabulous Adrian Bagglio. FAB stole Kuni Hishida's thong
and then beat her last night. After carrying out an assault, FAB
accepted Kuni's challenge to fight again tomorrow night, but FAB said
that this is more about AKIO. He wants to get rid of Hishida so he
can have AKIO to himself. Not in the ring, but the bedroom!
SHIMURA: Imperial
have been replaced by Noble Power as the number one puroresu couple.
Let's not forget that Katsushika eliminated Hishida in the first
round. Add Curt Fleischer to the mix. He's lost to Katsushika twice,
but he beat up Shizuka here at Budokan last night.
KURASAWA: Kuni
Ariwara was the referee for this contest.
#1 Contenders For IJPW World Tag Team Championship
Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro) vs.
Mallory and Mercy (Mallory Northway and Mercy Monroe)
KURASAWA: “The
General” Ricky Holt
has been vocal about his team's exclusion from the World Tag Team
title tournament. Tonight, him and Teiji “The Terror” Shintaro
finally had their chance to earn a shot. The Ultraviolence Union took
on “The Centerfold” Mallory Northway and “The Queen” Mercy
Monroe.
SHIMURA: You
couldn't ask for more different people. Holt accused Northway and
Monroe of not being “real wrestlers” because of their
cross-platform success. Holt was shaped by the brutal winters of
Minneapolis. He can do it all in the ring, but he loves to fight and
loves ultraviolence. Teiji is an underground deathmatch legend,
coprophile, and a genuine psychopath who used to terrorize the Tokyo
docks. He comes out in his bloody underwear and covered in shit.
Mallory and Mercy come from the warm Arizona desert and have been in
films and magazines.
KURASAWA: But
those ladies are damn good at wrestling, Taka. The referee for this
match was Masanori Katayanagi.
World Crown 2016 Semi-Final Match
Dave Manton vs. Riddick
KURASAWA: Dave
Manton broke two necks in the tournament to get to the semi-final.
Tonight he faced a man who is no stranger to breaking bones and even
ending lives. Manton has fought many people in his life, from bar
room floors and hockey rinks, all the way to the IJPW ring. But he's
never fought a man with the track record and legacy of Riddick. He's
never fought in a match this big before tonight. Cassidy Reischer was
the official for this match and, as you can remember, Riddick
attacked her after losing to Konosuke Usami at the Grand Opening.
*** MAIN EVENT ***
World Crown 2016 Semi-Final Match
Suda Tsukasa vs. John Scroggs
KURASAWA: The
Korakuen Hall magic followed Tsukasa two kilometers to Budokan. The
nation stood together in solid support of Tsukasa heading into this
match with John Scroggs – the man who eliminated Tsukasa's good
friend and World Champion, Nobuyoki Katsushika, from the World Crown
tournament last night. Scroggs established himself as the new
favorite of the tournament. Could Tsukasa continue this fairytale run
and defeat the Baltimore bruiser in his Indian summer? The referee
was Nene Hishikawa.
WRAP-UP
KURASAWA: The
stage is set for tomorrow. We've made through nine nights! Now it's
full steam ahead for the Tokyo Dome tomorrow night. Here is
tomorrow's card, from first match to last:
Eight Person Tag Team Match
Mexico vs. Japan
Los Asesinos (Raul El Aguila, Roberto Lopez, Selena
Martinez) and El Loco vs. Sun Demon, Miyazaki Bokkai, Morio Kamisaka,
and AKIO
Singles Grudge Match
Kuni Hishida vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
Singles Grudge Match
Markie Bristow vs. Danjuro Komatsuzaki
Tag Team Match
Dave Manton and Stan Ward vs. Rotten Saints (Big Ugly
and J Murda)
Singles Grudge Match
Lainey Boyle vs. Muffin Vanderburg
Singles Grudge Match
Konosuke Usami vs. KANNON
IJPW Television Championship
Nate Narwin vs. Trista Capra vs. Isamu Shinagami vs.
Paul Cannon
Six Person Tag Team Grudge Match
Noble Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka) and
Suda Tsukasa vs. Curt Fleischer, Jun Hageshii, and Vera Yordanka
IJPW World Tag Team Championship
Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro) vs.
(c) Doyle Brothers (Ricky Doyle and Ronnie Doyle)
*** MAIN EVENT ***
World Crown 2016 Final
Riddick vs. John Scroggs
KURASAWA: How
did you do on your tournament predictions tonight?
SHIMURA:
I
had Riddick and Scroggs tonight. 2-0! I'm now 41-19-1 in overall
tournament predictions.
KURASAWA: Who
wins the World Crown Final?
SHIMURA: John
Scroggs. Is it me, or has Riddick looked a little slow towards the
end of this tournament? All those brutal matches had to have taken a
toll on his body over the years, and this will be his sixth match in
ten days. Scroggs is bigger. He moves faster. Riddick will need to
turn up the violence and dig deep if he wants to beat Scroggs
tomorrow. Also, Scroggs has beat better opposition in this tournament
than Riddick. I think he has the momentum on his side.
KURASAWA: It's
going to be a historic night at the Tokyo Dome tomorrow. Two of the
best gaijins of all time in the main event to determine the first
World Crown holder and the number one contender to the World
Wrestling Championship at International Incident. The World Tag Team
titles are on the line. We'll determine the first Television
Champion. There are some scores to be settled. But that does it for
us tonight at Budokan. For Taka Shimura, I'm Yo Kurasawa. Good night
from Tokyo!
[FADE TO
BLACK.]
