[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! After seven
straight nights at Korakuen Hall, we have moved two kilometers south
to Budokan for Night Eight and Nine.
SHIMURA: Budokan
is the birthplace of Iron Japan Pro Wrestling. This is where we held
our Grand Opening.
KURASAWA: There's
been a lot of tensions building over the course of World Crown 2016.
Some rivalries are starting to form. Things are heating up in both
tournament and non-tournament action.
SHIMURA: Tonight's
festivities started with a dark match between Astro Honami and IJPW
Dojo student Haruhi
Sarumara. Kuni Ariwara was the referee. Haruhi took it to Honami in
the first five minutes. Honami couldn't handle her brutal shoot style
and stiffness, so he tried for quick pin attempts and ranas. Honami
almost got a pin at around 11:30 when Haruhi missed a jumping knee,
leading to Honami hitting the Astro Crusher (Gori Crusher). Both
competitors had near falls in the last moments. Honami had her in a
rana pin, but she kicked out at two at 14:59. The match ended in a
time limit draw a second later.
Non-Tournament Singles Grudge Match
Kuni Hishida vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
KURASAWA:
FAB
made “White Tiger” Kuni Hishida a target by attacking her and
stealing one of her thongs. Hishida has been open about her
frustrations and hoped to score a victory in this match. Cassidy
Reischer was the official for this main card opener.
POST-MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
[FAB scoops up the Singapore cane and cracks it
between Hishida's eyes! She drops to one knee. FAB steps back and
swings like he's playing for the Tokyo Giants, whacking her upside
the head and knocking her into her right side. FAB stands over her,
gyrates his hips, then hits her two more times before throwing the
cane to the side. He reaches into his right boot, takes out Hishida's
thong, and smells it.]
SHIMURA:
[In
Japanese.] There's
something wrong with this man. He's going to be lucky if someone
doesn't beat him up backstage.
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] He
might get beat up now! Here comes AKIO!
[AKIO runs out and slides into the ring. FAB rolls
out of there. AKIO stands on the middle rope and screams at FAB as he
smirks back up the entryway, holding Hishida's thong up in the air.
AKIO asks for a microphone from one of the dojo students.]
AKIO:
You
are scum! You have no honor! You are a thief! A bully! A coward! How
about you fight me inste–
[Hishida now has a microphone. FAB
is getting a microphone of his own.]
HISHIDA: No...
I must beat him. This is my battle. I can do this. I can beat him.
BAGGLIO: That's
what I want to hear, my little Kuni. I want to fight you again. I
want to destroy you. I want to do away with you because you are in my
way. Make no mistake though. This isn't really about you, Kuni...
This is about him...
[Points at
AKIO.]
He is my end game. It's him that I ultimately want.
AKIO: You
want me? Then come down here and fight me! Let's do this now!
BAGGLIO:
[Grins.] Oh
no... I don't want you in the ring. I
want you in my bedroom.
[Bagglio licks
his lips. AKIO is disgusted.]
Kuni... You and me at the Tokyo Dome on Monday... AKIO, you and me
afterward... Don't bother dressing up on Monday, because it's all
coming off!
SHIMURA: [In
Japanese.] Oh my... Is
this really happening? What a bunch of trash this is, Yo.
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] It's trashy
and that's what Bagglio wants. He wants to bring opponents into his
element.
Non-Tournament Tag Team Match
Mallory and Mercy (Mallory Northway and Mercy Monroe)
vs. Trans-Pacific Poison (Ginger Mattingly and Nori Imoo)
KURASAWA:
Mallory and Mercy. “The Centerfold” and “The Queen.” These
two Arizona women have fought and teamed up a lot over the years.
They love each other and hate each other. They're both cross-platform
stars who are famous in Los Angeles circles. They're facing Ricky
Holt and Teiji Shintaro here tomorrow night to determine the number
one contenders to the IJPW World Tag Team Championship. Tonight,
Mallory and Mercy went up against Trans-Pacific Poison – one of the
teams Ricky Holt severely criticized by saying they didn't belong in
the tournament to crown the first World Tag Team Champions.
SHIMURA: Even
though him and Mattingly have a past and are apparently friends. With
friends like that, who needs enemies?
KURASAWA: This
was a big opportunity for Trans-Pacific Poison to put themselves in
contention. Nanako
Fujioka was the official for this contest.
Non-Tournament Singles Grudge Match
Curt Fleischer vs. Sakura Shizuka
KURASAWA:
Sakura
Shizuka has received a lot of hate recently. Ricky Holt, Jun
Hageshii, and Vera Yordanka are three of the people who have attacked
Shizuka and her relationship with IJPW World Wrestling Champion
Nobuyoki Katsushika. Fleischer hasn't done that, but he did say that
he would show her what a real man is like after beating Katsushika in
last night's main event. The problem for him is that he lost.
Fleischer didn't take too kindly to Shizuka's words to the press by
reminding him it's the second time he lost to her man. With Fleischer
furious about losing to Katsushika and Shizuka voicing fury in
regards to the locker room sentiment against her, there was a lot of
anger doing into this match.
SHIMURA:
Everyone
wondered if Shizuka lost her mind. Who wants to get into the ring
with Fleischer? People who are Fleischer's size don't even seek that
fight.
KURASAWA:
The
referee for this contest was Kanzaburo Outakara.
Non-Tournament Eight Person Tag Team Match
Nate Narwin, Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji
Shintaro), and Isamu Shinagami vs. Trista Capra, El Loco, Jona
Ziesemer, and Konosuke Usami
KURASAWA:
There's a lot of backstories in
this match. We'll start with the one concerning the IJPW Television
Championship, which will be decided at the Tokyo Dome on Night Ten.
Nate Narwin and Trista Capra battled to a 30 minute draw in the first
round. They were entered into a match that would determine the first
TV Champion, but others have been given the opportunity to put
themselves in the match if they impressed. Isamu Shinagami did that
by pinning Trista Capra in a tag team match.
SHIMURA:
There were other people in this
match who fought during the tournament. Konosuke Usami eliminated
Ricky Holt from the tournament, and Jona Ziesemer eliminated Ricky
Holt. Those were both in the second round. Usami can say he's
defeated 2/3's of the Ultraviolence Union before tonight.
KURASAWA:
El Loco has history with Nate
Narwin and Ricky Holt. His history with Narwin goes back years ago.
They were a tag team. Narwin was a bad influence on the most
successful Cruiserweight Champion in history. He got him into alcohol
and hard drugs. Loco followed Narwin out the door when the
controversial Canadian got banned from wrestling in 2008. They
competed in outlaw territories until Narwin basically left Loco for
dead. Facing drug an alcohol addiction, Loco spent years pulling
himself out of the gutter. He started the Loco Combat Club in
Brooklyn. Last year, he took in a hot prospect by the name of Ricky
Holt, who moved from Minneapolis after signing with an American
promotion. Holt eventually attacked Loco in his gym office after
closing hours, stole his mask, and set his face on fire. The two have
crossed paths in the ring a few times here in IJPW after Loco came
out of retirement.
SHIMURA:
Look at the violent people in
this match. Narwin, Shintaro, Holt, Capra, Shinagami, and we know
Loco is capable of going to a dark place too... These are some of the
most notorious people in just to wrestling, but in society as a
whole.
KURASAWA:
Mabuchi Hida was the referee
for this match.
POST-MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
[The
fighting continues after the bell. Narwin and Capra brawl on the
outside, with Narwin whipping her into the steel rails. Shinagami is
choking Usami. Holt and Loco are trading blows, but Holt gets the
advantage and stomps on him in the corner. Teiji takes the fork out
of his bloody and shitty underwear and stabs Ziesemer in the throat!]
KURASAWA: Holy
shit! [In
Japanese.] Teiji stabbed
Ziesemer! Teiji stabbed Ziesemer in the throat!
SHIMURA: [In
Japanese.] It's stuck in
his throat! We have a serious situation on our hands!
[Ziesemer tries to roll out of the ring but Teiji
grabs him. There's a tug-of-war between the Tokyo Terror and the IJPW
Dojo students, all while Ziesemer bleeds all over himself from the
cut on his head and the stab wound in his throat. Some of the
students get in to pull Teiji away, but he just headbutts and punches
them all down. It gives the other students and some trainers the
chance to get Ziesemer out of there and quickly carry him out of
there.]
POST-MATCH UPDATE
KURASAWA: Ziesemer
was rushed to a nearby hospital and is said to be in critical
condition. We'll give you more updates throughout the rest of World
Crown.
World Crown 2016 Quarter-Final Match
David Manton vs. Freddy Deeds
KURASAWA: Both
of these men contributed to the major injury total before going into
tonight. David Manton broke Sandra Paisley's neck with a jumping
piledriver on Night One. Freddy Deeds broke Nobuo Shimizu's neck on
Night Six in the second round. Deeds is under a lot of scrutiny after
he dances around the ring while Shimizu was being put on a stretcher.
SHIMURA: Manton
is a bouncer and former beer league hockey enforcer. Deeds is a very
talented all-rounder who can make it a street fight if it goes that
way.
KURASAWA: Masanori
Katayanagi was the referee for this match.
POST-MATCH UPDATE
SHIMURA: Manton
takes out another! This time it was a man who definitely deserved it!
What goes around comes around, Yo.
KURASAWA: Freddy
Deeds will be sitting next to Shimizu in the hospital. He also has a
broken neck. That's the sixth person who has suffered a major injury
during World Crown.
World Crown 2016 Quarter-Final Match
Riddick vs. Ricky Doyle
KURASAWA: Riddick
has done it all. The most iconic and hardcore gaijin of all-time took
on another gaijin who hopes to leave as big of a mark on puroresu as
Riddick. Ricky Doyle is one-half of the IJPW World Tag Team
Champions. The Doyle Brothers could be defending those belts against
Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro in the near future. Tonight, the
Belfast native had to fight their fellow Ultraviolence Union member.
SHIMURA: There
was a lot of intrigue about this match. Ricky Doyle is known to make
a lot of people tap out. Riddick is a tough son of a bitch who has
been in some of the bloodiest matches in the history of professional
wrestling. After the quarter-final draw last night, many wondered if
Ricky Doyle could go down as the man who made Riddick tap out.
KURASAWA: Tashiaki
Suzuki was the official for this match.
World Crown 2016 Quarter-Final Match
Suda Tsukasa vs. Jun Hageshii
KURASAWA: Suda
Tsukasa's Indian summer has become one of the biggest storylines
during World Crown. “The King of Korakuen Hall” defeated
HATOYAMA, Fujimaro Odaka, and Albert Dixon to get to this point. Of
of them were much younger, and they were either faster in the case of
HATOYAMA, or they were bigger and stronger like Odaka and Dixon. The
Korakuen Hall magic worked for Tsukasa, but the tournament shifted to
Budokan on Night Eight, where he took on the very angry Jun Hageshii.
SHIMURA: Hageshii
defeated Nori Imoo, Lolly Lea, and El Loco to get to this point. With
the victory over the legendary El Loco being a feather in his cap,
the Osaka native said he was determined to add another feather by
beating Tsukasa.
KURASAWA: Let's
not forget that Hageshii is the main who took out a machete after his
first round win against Imoo. This man doesn't just want to take over
the world. He wants to burn it down. He has no respect for the
legends of this business.
KURASAWA: Did
the Korakuen Hall magic follow Tsukasa to Budokan? The official for
this match was Nene Hishikawa.
*** MAIN EVENT ***
World Crown 2016 Quarter-Final Match
John Scroggs vs. Nobuyoki Katsushika
KURASAWA: The
IJPW World Wrestling Champion, Nobuyoki Katsushika, defeated Curt
Fleischer last night in their rematch from the Grand Opening. His
quarter-final opponent was another big and nasty man by the name of
John Scroggs. The Baltimore man has had some bruising classic with
Stan Ward, Big Ugly, and Jona Ziesemer on his way to the
quarter-finals.
SHIMURA: Scroggs
might not be as strong as Fleischer, but he's incredibly fast. His
speed and agility is freakish for a man his size. This was something
new for the World Champion, whose matches in the tournament had been
no longer than ten minutes up to tonight.
KURASAWA: Toyoko
Toshikura was the referee for this main event between two of the
biggest, strongest, and hard-hitting wrestlers in the world.
WRAP-UP
KURASAWA: Shocking
scenes at Budokan!
SHIMURA: A lot
of people lost money. Katsushika was the favorite to win the whole
tournament. Now Ronnie Doyle might have to wait longer to get his
shot at the World title. That's who Katsushika was going to pick
after Ronnie knocked him out in the World Tag Team title tournament.
KURASAWA: How
did you do for tournament predictions?
SHIMURA: I
had Deeds
over Manton, Ricky Doyle over Riddick, Hageshii over Tsukasa, and
Katsushika over John Scroggs. I was 0-4!
KURASAWA:
You've
been so good too.
SHIMURA:
I'm
now 39-19-1 in overall tournament predictions.
KURASAWA:
Taka
and I conducted the semi-final draw in the ring after the main event.
Here is what Night Nine looks like tomorrow, from first match to
last:
SUNDAY – NIGHT NINE
Nippon Budokan
Tokyo, Japan
Non-Tournament Matches
Lainey Boyle vs. Satomi Asano
Singles Match
Danjuro Komatsuzaki vs. Miyazaki Bokkai
Singles Match
Paul Cannon vs. Big Ugly
Eight Person Tag Team Match
Nate Narwin, Isamu Shinagami, Killer Komukai, and Jun
Hageshii vs. Trista Capra, El Loco, KANNON, and Konosuke Usami
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
#1 Contenders For IJPW World Tag Team Championship
Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro) vs.
Mallory and Mercy (Mallory Northway and Mercy Monroe)
Tournament Matches
David Manton vs. Riddick
Suda Tsukasa vs. John Scroggs
KURASAWA:
What are your semi-final
predictions, Taka?
SHIMURA:
Riddick over Manton and Scroggs
over Tsukasa. Riddick is more experienced and he'll turn it up from
here. I think Riddick will really kick it into gear. He's struggled
for a year and now the World Crown belt and a shot at the World title
is so close. Scroggs will beat Tsukasa because, even though we're all
enjoying Tsukasa's Indian summer, the reality is that a man like
Scroggs will overwhelm him. He's not just bigger and stronger, but
faster too. He hits harder. Tsukasa will really need to dig deep if
he wants to be in the final.
KURASAWA:
That does it for us tonight.
Join us again tomorrow. We'll be here again at Nippon Budokan Hall
for World Crown – Night Nine. For Taka Shimura, I'm Yo Kurasawa.
Good night from Tokyo!
[FADE TO BLACK.]
