Iron Japan Pro Wrestling held a draw for the first ever Death Crown Tournament earlier today at the promotion's headquarters in Tokyo. The draw was broadcasted on national television and radio. Along with the draw, two non-tournament matches were announced for Night Two.
NIGHT ONE - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Kawasaki, Japan
Death Crown 2016 Tournament First Round
*** MAIN EVENT ***
Two of IJPW's Biggest Bruisers!
Curt Fleischer vs. John Scroggs
All-Ultraviolence Union!
Riddick vs. Jun Hageshii
All-Ultraviolence Union!
Teiji "The Terror" Shintaro vs. "The General" Ricky Holt
Grudge Match!
"Original Deathmatch Queen" Trista Capra vs. Nate Narwin
Belfast vs. Detroit!
IJPW World Wrestling Champion Ronnie Doyle vs. Big Ugly
All-Naraku no Soko!
Akuma Usami vs. KANNON
Northern Minnesota vs. Southern Manitoba!
"The Hardcore Lumberjack" Paul Cannon vs. Dave Manton
AKIO Returns to the Deathmatch!
J Murda vs. AKIO
NIGHT TWO - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Kawasaki, Japan
*** MAIN EVENT ***
Death Crown 2016 Tournament Final
??? vs. ???
Non-Tournament Landmine Deathmatch
IJPW World Tag Team Championship
Naraku no Soko (Ashley Thorne and Vera
Vicious) vs. (c) Noble Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka)
Non-Tournament Landmine Deathmatch
IJPW Television Championship
Isamu Shinagami vs. (c) Albert Dixon
Death Crown 2016 Tournament Quarter and Semi-Finals!
[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 Eric O'Flaherty – a pale man in an Irish flat cap. A
video screen is behind them.]
KURASAWA:
Welcome to the English language
highlights show for Iron Japan Pro Wrestling's Violent Conduct 2016!
I'm Yo Kurasawa, and I'm joined my Pro Wrestling's Rogue Manager and
Ultraviolence Union founder Eric O'Flaherty.
O'FLAHERTY:
Hey!
KURASAWA:
This was our second straight
night at Budokan Hall. The IJPW World Wrestling Championship was
defended in a triple threat match that fans waited for since June!
There was five grudge matches on the card, and an IJPW Television
title match with a lot of heat! Let's get to the action from
tonight...
Tag Team Match
Naraku
no Soko (KANNON and Akuma Usami) vs. Astro Honami and HATOYAMA
KURASAWA:
Naraku no Soko and a
four-person side made up of Astro Honami, HATOYAMA, Trista Capra, and
Miyazaki Bokkai fought to a time limit draw last night. Tonight, the
young junior heavyweight side of Honami and HATOYAMA took on KANNON
and Akuma Usami to start Night Two. Naraku no Soko featured in the
first three matches tonight, and many felt there was a strong
possibility of them getting a clean sweep. Kanzaburo Outakara was the
referee for this match.
Singles Grudge Match
Ashley Thorne vs. Trista
Capra
KURASAWA: Ashley
Thorne turned on her mentor, Trista Capra, during International
Incident back in June. She then beat her at the Tokyo Dome on Night
Three. Trista failed to get revenge last night in the eight-person
tag team match, but tonight was her chance. Capra went into tonight
saying that the war with Naraku no Soko will continue, even if she
won. At 54-years-old, this looks like it could be one last war for
the Original Deathmatch Queen. Cassidy Reischer was the referee for
this match.
Singles Grudge Match
Sakura Shizuka vs. Vera
Vicious
KURASAWA: This
grudge match has been in the making since May, when Vera Yordanka was
one of many who criticized Sakura Shizuka's relationship with
Nobuyoki Katsushika, saying she was using him to get to the top.
There was serious tension between these two fan favorites. Then
Vera's life changed when she got sucked into Naraku no Soko. She went
from the Bulgarian punk rocker to a soldier for KANNON. Sakura and
Vera crossed paths last month when their respective teams met in the
Team Crown Tournament final, where Noble Power won. Sakura had
another memorable night last night when her and Katsushika won the
IJPW World Tag Team Championship in the main event. Could Sakura
continue her awesome weekend, or would Vera spoil it? Masanori
Katayanagi was the referee for this match.
IJPW Television
Championship
Suda
Tsukasa vs. (c) Albert Dixon
KURASAWA:
It was a dark day when Albert
Dixon won the IJPW Television Champion from Lainey Boyle at Team
Crown last month. He challenged her to the match, claiming he
deserved a shot after beating Lainey in the World Crown Tournament.
Dixon then defeated Lainey against last night after “The Boston
Bitch” invoked her rematch clause. But Suda Tsukasa wasn't going to
let Dixon get away with insulting fans in the front row. He called
Dixon a disgrace to the belt and called out his racism and ignorance.
Dixon tried to wiggle out, but I made the match happen. Tsukasa then
sent him running after a jumping high kick to the head! Budokan Hall,
all of Japan, and many people around the world rallied behind Tsukasa
in this IJPW Television Championship match. Tashiaki Suzuki was the
referee.
POST-MATCH
HIGHLIGHTS
[Dixon
holds his title belt in the air and screams derogatory remarks at the
fans. Then Budokan Hall falls into darkness. There's an eerie
stillness until Isamu Shinagami's music creeps up!]
KURASAWA:
[In Japanese.] Isamu
Shinagami! He's back from his brief American tour! He said the fight
with Naraku no Soko is far from over, but what's this about?! He's
interrupting the Television Champion's celebration!
[Shinagami
slowly makes his way down the aisle. Dixon is red in the face with
anger. Shinagami climbs into the ring and the lights come up. Dixon
points at his belt and demands respect, but Shinagami just stares him
down. Dixon takes a few steps to him and gets increasingly hostile,
but Shinagami doesn't move an inch. Dixon slaps Shinagami across the
face and grins like a jackass, but he's not aloud to grin for long!
Shinagami blinds him with the green mist! Dixon desperately rolls out
of the ring with his belt and stumbles away, trying to wipe the mist
from his eyes as he bumps into the rails on his way out!]
Singles Grudge Match
Danjuro Komatsuzaki vs.
Markie Bristow
KURASAWA: This
feud started during World Crown when these two men made a bet to see
who would go further in the tournament. Danjuro won the bet, but he
would go on to attack Bristow in the ring and reference a falling out
at a restaurant. There's no secret that Danjuro hates gaijins, and he
hasn't had a nice thing to say about Bristow's home country. The
Manchester, England native wanted to do more than avenge a loss to
Danjuro, and make up for getting pinned in last night's six-person
Japan vs. The World tag team match. Markie Bristow wanted to beat
Danjuro's well-known xenophobia out of his system. Jimmy Erikson was
the referee for this match.
Six-Person Tag Team
Match
Ultraviolence Union
(Riddick and Jun Hageshii) and Big Ugly vs. Dave Manton, Stan Ward,
and J Murda
KURASAWA: Riddick
defeated Jun Hageshii in an Ultraviolence Union Test Match last
night. It was a match where, despite knowing that they had to team up
tonight, they still beat and bloodied each other up quite a bit.
Riddick shamed Jun for submitting and told the young star that he was
going to get pushed to his limits. This six-person match also
included the Big Ugly/J Murda rivalry, which was decided after Big
Ugly beat him last night in their second straight encounter. Manton
and Ward were on the losing end of a six-man tag team match last
night, and hoped to be on the different end tonight. Toyoko Toshikura
was the referee for this match.
Singles Grudge Match
Ricky Holt vs. El Loco
KURASAWA: Ricky
Holt moved from Minneapolis to New York last year and joined the Loco
Combat Club gym during his first North American run. Holt turned on
Loco in January in an event that both men have gone on to describe.
Basically, Holt went to Loco's gym after it closed, beat him up, took
his mask, and burned his face before throwing the mask in New York
Bay. The two have crossed in multi-person tag matches, where the
legendary 17-time Cruiserweight Champion hasn't had any luck.
Speaking of bad luck, Ricky has had a torrid August. He's been pinned
in every match he's been in and lost the IJPW World Tag Team titles
last night. This was more than a grudge match that has been building
for months. Both men badly needed to win and get back on track.
Nanako Fujioka was the official for this heated bout.
Six-Person Tag Team
Match
Mallory and Mercy (Mallory
Northway and Mercy Monroe) and Ricky Doyle vs. Nate Narwin, Curt
Fleischer, and Paul Cannon
KURASAWA: These
six competitors fought in an eight-person match last night. Tonight,
John Scroggs and Ronnie Doyle were in the main event, so these
wrestlers had to continue without them. Mallory and Mercy's Hollywood
style is such a contrast to Ricky Doyle's upbringing in Belfast.
They've never really gotten along before. Compare that to their
opponents – three hard-drinking bar room brawlers from Canada and
Minnesota, and they've been known to hang out in and out of the
arena. Mabuchi Hida was the referee for this match.
Singles Grudge Match
Teiji Shintaro vs. Jona
Ziesemer
KURASAWA: Not
many men would seek out and challenge Teiji “The Terror”
Shintaro. That's what Jona Ziesemer has done after Teiji stabbed him
in the throat with a fork back in May during World Crown. Ziesemer
was noticeably graying even before then, but now his hair has gotten
even more gray. He's way too young to have such gray hair, which has
led many to speculate the Berlin native's physical and mental health.
He has all the talent in the world to be at the top of this business,
but Teiji's madness is on another level. Why would Ziesemer challenge
a man who comes out in only his underwear and is caked in his own
feces? Even if there's revenge to be sought? Nene Hishikawa was the
referee for this match.
***
MAIN EVENT ***
IJPW World Wrestling
Championship
Triple Threat Match
John
Scroggs vs. Ronnie Doyle vs. (c) Nobuyoki Katsushika
KURASAWA:
Nobuyoki Katsushika looked like
a wrestling god when he came to the ring at Budokan Hall tonight. He
has the IJPW World Wrestling Championship belt around his waist and
two belts on his shoulder – the IJPW World Tag Team Championship
and the IJPW Team Crown. He's been in phenomenal form, but there have
been two people who have gotten the best of him – Ronnie Doyle and
John Scroggs. Doyle knocked out Katsushika in the World Tag Team
title tournament in April, while Scroggs eliminated him in the World
Crown Tournament – a tournament where Katsushika said he would
grant Ronnie a shot at the World title if he won. Scroggs and Doyle
both felt that had strong claims to be contenders to the World title.
Instead of doing a number one contenders match, Katsushika was driven
by his desire to be recognized as the company's ace by calling for a
triple threat match! Whoever got a pin, submission, or KO would win
the belt! Kuni Ariwara was the referee for this match.
BACK
IN THE STUDIO...
KURASAWA:
Eric, what are your thoughts on
tonight's main event?
O'FLAHERTY:
I knew this would happen,
except Katsushika can't make any excuses because he was the one who
got beat.
KURASAWA:
Were there any standout
performers for you tonight?
O'FLAHERTY:
Teiji Shintaro. My client beat
a man who many thought could be a dark horse in the World Crown
Tournament. Teiji did it in under six minutes. Everyone who enters
the Death Crown Tournament next month better be damn worried. Teiji
is the living embodiment of the deathmatch. That tournament was built
for him. Other than Teiji, I thought Vera Vicious was very impressive
in her match against Sakura Shizuka. Joining Naraku no Soko and
ditching that first world feminist was the best thing she could have
done.
KURASAWA:
How do you feel about Isamu
Shinagami's return?
O'FLAHERTY:
What's going on? First he
promises to continue his war against Naraku no Soko, and now he's
after Albert Dixon? I can see some of what he's trying to do, but who
knows? Maybe he wants to win the TV title, take it off a man everyone
hates, then use it to bait someone from Naraku no Soko into a match?
But we'll see what he has to say...
KURASAWA:
This does it for us tonight.
IJPW will be back in action for Death Crown 2016 on September 23rd
and 24th. Both nights will be at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium in Kawasaki. The tournament
draw will be held this Wednesday at the IJPW Headquarters here in
Tokyo. It will be aired on television and radio at noon. For Eric
O'Flaherty, I'm Yo Kurasawa. Good night from Budokan Hall!
[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 Eric O'Flaherty – a pale man in an Irish flat cap. A
video screen is behind them.]
KURASAWA:
Welcome to the English language
highlights show for Iron Japan Pro Wrestling's Violent Conduct 2016!
I'm Yo Kurasawa. This was the first of two critical nights at Budokan
Hall. The IJPW World Tag Team Championship was defended in the main
event against the Team Crown winners, who earned their shot by
winning that tournament last month. We had a few grudge matches on
the card and a rematch for the IJPW Television Championship. Joining
me on this highlights show is Pro Wrestling's Rogue Manager and
Ultraviolence Union founder, Eric O'Flaherty.
O'FLAHERTY:
Let's get to these fucking
matches, shall we?
KURASAWA:
O'Flaherty isn't working by the
hour tonight!
Eight Person Tag Team
Match
Japan vs. Mexico
Sun Demon, Killer Komukai, and Tokyo Queens (Tae Muraguchi and Kayoko
Komon) vs. Los Asesinos (Raul La Escopeta, Roberto Lopez, and Selena
Martinez) and El Loco
KURASAWA: El
Loco faces Ricky Holt tomorrow in a grudge match that has been in the
making since January. Tonight, he teamed up with his fellow Mexicans,
including the recently renamed and refocusing Raul La Escopeta, who
trained at the Loco Combat Club in Brooklyn.
O'FLAHERTY: He
also teamed with that goober Roberto Lopez, who looks ridiculous
while wearing Sawa's mask. Then there's Selena Martinez. I'll give
her credit for hanging in an IJPW ring, but that's as much credit as
I'll give her.
KURASAWA: Team
Mexico took on a more thrown-together side representing Japan. Sun
Demon and Killer Komuki have badly looked for anything that can turn
their luck around in IJPW. Both men are capable of doing much better.
They teamed with the Tokyo Queens – an unlikely pairing who could
grow to become more of a presence in the tag team division. Which
team made their country proud? Team Japan or Team Mexico? Toyoko
Toshikura was the referee for this match.
Tag Team Grudge Match
Charm Explosion (Muffin Vanderburg and Nicki Scherer) vs. Lolly Lea
and Lorie Koenig
KURASAWA:
Lolly, Lainey, and Lorie –
The Deadly Three from America's women's indie scene – focused in on
Muffin Vanderburg when Nicki Scherer was out with a broken arm, and
hoped to take her and prevent Charm Explosion from entering the Team
Crown Tournament. Muffin weathered the storm, Scherer recovered, and
Charm Explosion competed in the tournament. But they didn't forget
about what The Deadly Three tried to do! They were looking for
revenge against Lolly and Lorie in tag team action tonight. Kanzaburo
Outakara was the official for this match.
Singles Grudge Match
Big Ugly vs. J Murda
KURASAWA:
Big Ugly found himself without
a tag team partner when Freddy Deeds got his neck broken during the
World Crown Tournament. He quickly found a tag team partner in J
Murda, who grew up in the same area of Detroit as him and Freddy.
They were willing to put a complicated past behind them and work
together in the Team Crown Tournament last month. It all fell apart
when Big Ugly tapped out in the first round and J Murda flipped! The
two fought the next night at the Tokyo Dome, where Big Ugly got the
win. Tempers haven't settled though, and these two hardcore brawlers
fought once again! The referee for this match was Mabuchi Hida.
Six-Person Tag Team
Match
Japan vs. The World
Warrior Syndicate (Danjuro Komatsuzaki, Ryuichi Hojo and Hirano
Denbe) vs. Markie Bristow, Dave Manton, and Stan Ward
KURASAWA:
IJPW Dojo Master, Danjuo
Komatsuzaki, will take on Markie Bristow tomorrow in a match that
both men have agreed to call a feud ender. Tonight, the newly-formed
Warrior Syndicate, spear-headed by Danjuro's nationalistic fervor
that started this whole rivalry, took on a team of gaijins from all
around the world. Markie Bristow comes from Manchester, England. Dave
Manton is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Stan Ward is from Bandera, Texas.
Manton and Ward wouldn't normally side with Bristow, but they don't
appreciate Danjuro trashing gaijins.
O'FLAHERTY:
Danjuro is an absolute cunt. I
can't believe this man is the IJPW Dojo Master. He might be a good
trainer and know a lot about wrestling, but what a shit head.
KURASAWA:
The referee for this match was
Nanako Fujioka.
Singles Grudge Match
Date Night Fallout
AKIO vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
KURASAWA:
Fabulous Adrian Bagglio has
found himself to be one of the most controversial figures in
wrestling in these last few months. He aspired to take out AKIO's
longtime girlfriend and tag partner, Kuni Hishida, at World Crown in
hopes of getting AKIO all to himself... in the bedroom. He infamously
forced himself on Hishida in his first match with her during World
Crown, and refused to go away, even after she beat him on Night Ten
at the Tokyo Dome. FAB stalked the couple from the shadows for a
month before striking at International Incident – Night Three,
where FAB broke Hishida's ankle by sticking it in a chair and jumping
on it from the top rope. Last month at Team Crown, AKIO and FAB
fought in a match that Bagglio only agreed to because of the added
stipulation. AKIO had to go out on a date with FAB if he lost, and he
did. The date night didn't go over so well a week later, as you saw
live-streamed on the IJPW Network. AKIO snapped after FAB's
disturbing advances and beat him up at the restaurant. Tonight was
the date night fallout!
O'FLAHERTY:
And to be honest, we never said
this would be a classy puroresu show... I'm just glad this isn't
1996. People would use FAB to represent an entire group of oppressed
people. But nope. It's 2016 and everyone knows this guy is just
fucked in the head. He preys on everyone. We don't even know his
actual sexuality, if he even has one, or if he just gets off on
making people uncomfortable.
KURASAWA:
Cassidy Reischer was the
referee for this bout.
Eight-Person Tag Team
Match
Naraku
no Soko (KANNON, Akuma Usami, Vera Vicious, and Ashley Thorne) vs.
Trista Capra, Astro Honami, HATOYAMA, and Miyazaki Bokkai
KURASAWA:
Naraku no Soko represented very
well during the Team Crown Tournament. Both teams made the
semi-finals, and even though both fell to Noble Power, they proved to
be a threat here in Iron Japan Pro Wrestling. With Isamu Shinagami
away in the United States, it looked as if they only had Trista Capra
gunning for them as she seeks revenge against former partner Ashley
Thorne. But the Original Deathmatch Queen found three other people
who don't like Naraku no Soko, and teamed with them tonight before
taking on Ashley Thorne tomorrow night. The referee for this match
was Masanori Katayanagi.
IJPW Television
Championship
Lainey Boyle vs. (c) Albert Dixon
KURASAWA:
Albert Dixon has become one of
the most hated men in Japan after his racist and disparaging comments
towards our people. He's insulted us in the ring and on the internet.
He was a well-known bigot even before he came to Iron Japan Pro
Wrestling. The former Arkansas cop and college football offensive
lineman defeated Lainey Boyle for the IJPW Television Championship
last month at Team Crown, but “The Boston Bitch” has proven to be
one of the fiercest competitors in Iron Japan. She might be small,
but she literally packs a dangerous punch. She invoked her rematch
clause for night, and there were many people behind her tonight.
Dixon was determined not to lose to what he called a “damn woman
who should be pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen.” Nanako Fujioka
was the referee for this match.
POST-MATCH
HIGHLIGHTS
[Albert
Dixon celebrates his victory by holding the IJPW Television
Championship over his head. He walks over to one side of the ring and
berates the ringside fans, points to his title belt, and reminds them
that he's the champ with a few spit-spewing insults. The mood changes
when Suda Tsukasa's music hits! Dixon is furious! The aging King of
Korakuen Hall walks down the aisle at Budokan Hall with a passionate
fire in his eyes. He grabs a microphone and gets in the ring.]
TSUKASA:
[In Japanese.] I
cannot sit back and watch you continue to insult my people! You are a
disgrace to the IJPW Television Championship! That belt deserves a
champion with grace and dignity! Not a scumbag who lives with hatred
and ignorance! Albert Dixon! I challenge you to a match! I want to
fight you for the Television Championship back here tomorrow night!
[Dixon
doesn't understand any of that. He walks over to the side of the ring
where Yo Kurasawa and “Samurai X” Misao Sakurai are sitting at
the announce table. He gets a microphone from a dojo student.]
DIXON:
Hey! You two! You guys speak
English, right?!
KURASAWA:
Yeah, we both do!
DIXON:
Then what the hell did this
little bastard say to me?!
KURASAWA:
[Takes off his headset and
picks up a microphone.] He
challenged you to a title match tomorrow night!
DIXON:
The hell?! It ain't happenin'!
I got a damn plane to catch. I came out here and defended my belt.
Now I gotta go back to 'Murica and get the fuck out of this country.
I hate this damn place!
KURASAWA:
You can't get on that plane!
DIXON:
Why the hell not?! This place
stinks! The food sucks! The women are ugly! I gotta get outta here as
soon as possible!
KURASAWA:
Because you're the Television
Champion! That belt is supposed to be defended regularly! It's
supposed to be defended on nearly every show!
DIXON:
Yeah, and I defended it
tonight! I ain't gonna accept this little bastard's challenge!
KURASAWA:
You don't have a choice! As the
head booker, I'm putting you in that match tomorrow night! You will
defend the IJPW Television Championship against Suda Tsukasa!
[Dixon
flips! What he doesn't know is that Tsukasa is measuring him up from
behind. Dixon turns around and is knocked down by a jumping high kick
to the head! He drops the belt and rolls out of the ring. Dixon
reaches back in and grabs the belt, but not without taking a few
stomps! Dixon furiously storms out as Tsukasa plays to the chanting
crowd! He climbs up onto the middle turnbuckle, stares a hole through
Dixon, then looks around. He passionately beats his right fist over
his heart and pumps it in the air.][/i]
Doyle Brothers (Ricky Doyle and Ronnie Doyle) and Mallory and Mercy
(Mallory Northway and Mercy Monroe) vs. John Scroggs, Curt Fleischer,
Nate Narwin, and Paul Cannon
KURASAWA:
John Scroggs and Ronnie Doyle
will challenge for Nobuyoki Katsushika's IJPW World Wrestling
Championship tomorrow night in a triple threat match. Both men had a
chance to get the first shot tonight in this eight-person tag team
match. The Hollywood star power of Mallory and Mercy teamed with the
Doyle Brothers and their brand of Belfast grit. Scroggs' crew
consisted of guys who he normally hangs out with in the locker room –
the angry mountain of muscle that is Curt Fleischer, the drugged and
drunk Nate Narwin, and “The Hardcore Lumberjack” Paul Cannon.
Jimmy Erikson was the referee, making for an all-gaijin affair in
this match.
Singles Match
Ultraviolence Union
Test Match
Riddick vs. Jun Hageshii
KURASAWA: These
two men... Well, Eric, since you're the Ultraviolence Union
manager...
O'FLAHERTY: I
recruited Jun Hageshii into the stable because he was known as a
rising star and potential future World Champion with a lust for
blood. He's different from the other members of the group in that he
prefers torturing his opponents with submission holds. The others can
do that too, but it's Jun's specialty. So Ricky and Teiji were
already a team. We brought in Jun to partner up with Riddick and help
Riddick go for a Double Crown, since, ya know... Riddick won World
Crown. Thing is that Jun tapped out to Ricky in the first round of
the Team Crown last month and Riddick was pissed. So Riddick
challenged him to this match. This was a Test Match for Jun. He
needed to prove himself to the greatest gaijin in puroresu history.
Not any easy task for the young lad.
KURASAWA: Riddick's
a hard man to please! I've known him since 2002, so I know from
experience. Kuni Ariwara was the referee for this match.
POST-MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
[Jun is
breathing hard as Riddick shows him the middle finger once again
before kicking a leg out from under him. Riddick drags Jun back over
the barbed wire bat...]
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] Riddick's put
the figure four back on Jun, and both men are once again sitting on
the barbed wire baseball bat!
SAKURAI: [In
Japanese.] What's the
point of doing this?! What's going through Riddick's mind? Why sit on
the barbed wire bat like that?
KURASAWA:[In Japanese.] It
can't be pleasant for their ass and crotch right now. I think this
some weird way for Riddick to show Jun how to endure pain. I don't
know. It's weird.
[Riddick lets
go of the figure four, goes over to the ropes, and grabs a
microphone. Jun is pulling the barbed wire out of the crotch area of
his tights. Riddick stands over him and leans in.]
RIDDICK: Other
than the figure four leg lock, I was feeling the same shit you
felt... and you tapped. Again. I'd beat that stupid fucking mohawk
off your head right now if we weren't teaming up tomorrow. If
O'Flaherty didn't insist on you being in the Union, I'd take that
barbed wire down there and wrap it around your neck for wasting my
fucking time! You're the one who cost me a Double Crown! You got
hardcore tonight, and we both bled... but
you quit. Again. I'll
tell you what's gonna happen... I'm gonna make something out of you.
One way another, I'm gonna make you into something... Because you're
a talented wrestler and you can get violent. But compared to the true
hardcore icons? Compared to a man like me? Compared to someone like
Teiji Shintaro? You're nowhere fucking close. You'll probably never
be at our level of toughness, but I'm going to try and get you there.
You have no other option but to fucking take it and get pushed to
your limits, because if you don't, Jun... oh, I'll still turn you
into something, but not what you want. You'll be remembered more as
just another victim in my career. If you don't have it in you to take
what I'm gonna throw at you, Jun... you're
gonna fuckingdie.
[Riddick throws
the microphone down on Jun and walks away, leaving the young star
broken and disappointed, but determined to rebuild.]
*** MAIN EVENT ***
IJPW World Tag Team
Championship
Noble Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka) vs. (c)
Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro)
KURASAWA:
It's been an eventful month for
“The General” Ricky Holt and Teiji “The Terror” Shintaro,
hasn't it?
O'FLAHERTY:
And not in a good way. The
Ultraviolence Union signed with a promotion out in Las Vegas. In the
last month, Ricky's been pinned by two guys who aren't as good –
one in a singles match and another when he teamed with Riddick. Then
Teiji got released from the promotion for, and I shit you not, for
being “too hardcore.” I have the letter they sent me for the
official release. They described him as “on another level.” But
we have him right here in Iron Japan Pro Wrestling – a real
promotion. He's the most dangerous man in professional wrestling, and
you don't see IJPW wrestlers accepting excuses from these soft
wrestlers who can't stand that there's a violent force in this world
that far surpasses them.
KURASAWA:
Ricky and Teiji have grudge
matches tomorrow night. Holt vs. El Loco and Shintaro vs. Jona
Ziesemer. But tonight, they had to defend the IJPW World Tag Team
Championship against Noble Power – who earned this opportunity
after winning the Team Crown Tournament. Nobuyoki Katsushika came
into this weekend with two belts – the World title belt and a Team
Crown belt. Everyone knew there was a good chance he could leave with
three belts by the end of Night One. The crowd was heavily behind him
and his girlfriend, Sakura Shizuka. Nene Hishikawa was the referee
for this match.
BACK
IN THE STUDIO...
KURASAWA:
What are your thoughts on the
outcome of tonight's main event?
O'FLAHERTY:
This has been a really shit
month for the Ultraviolence Union. August has been incredibly
frustrating. Now we don't have the World Tag Team titles. Seriously,
what a fucking lousy month. And we lose it to fucking Noble Power of
all people. Don't get me wrong, that's a damn good team. But fucking
Katsushika is walking around with three belts!
KURASAWA:
This is the card for tomorrow
night, from first match to last on the screen. Take a look, Eric, and
give me your initial thoughts...
Tag Team Match
Naraku no Soko (KANNON and
Akuma Usami) vs. Astro Honami and HATOYAMA
Singles Grudge Match
Ashley Thorne vs. Trista
Capra
Singles Grudge Match
Sakura Shizuka vs. Vera
Vicious
IJPW Television
Championship
Suda Tsukasa vs. (c)
Albert Dixon
Singles Grudge Match
Danjuro Komatsuzaki vs.
Markie Bristow
Eight-Person Tag Team
Match
Ultraviolence Union
(Riddick and Jun Hageshii) and Big Ugly vs. Dave Manton, Stan Ward,
and J Murda
Singles Grudge Match
Ricky Holt vs. El Loco
Six-Person Tag Team
Match
Mallory and Mercy (Mallory
Northway and Mercy Monroe) and Ricky Doyle vs. Nate Narwin, Curt
Fleischer, and Paul Cannon
Singles Grudge Match
Teiji Shintaro vs. Jona
Ziesemer
*** MAIN EVENT ***
IJPW World Wrestling
Championship
Triple Threat Match
John Scroggs vs. Ronnie
Doyle vs. (c) Nobuyoki Katsushika
O'FLAHERTY:
Naraku no Soko feature in the
first three matches. They're going to sweep. I'm a Trista Capra fan,
but I think Thorne beats her again.
KURASAWA:
Do you think Trista will be
brushed aside? We don't know when Shinagami will come back from the
United States and continue his fight against Naraku no Soko. It looks
like Trista might have to fight the war with what she has.
O'FLAHERTY:
And she finds these people who
hate Naraku no Soko too, but they don't seem very dedicated. And how
fucking dedicated can Shinagami be to fighting them? He had the match
against them at International Incident – Night Three and just
fucked off to America afterward.
KURASAWA:
Well, he did have those
commitments set before he even started the fight against them.
O'FLAHERTY:
I don't know... We know he's
supposed to come back soon. Anyway... Dixon will beat Tsukasa. Don't
let all the shit after the match fool you. Dixon's a big bad man and
he'll successfully defend his belt. Bristow will defeat Danjuro
to end the feud. Riddick, Jun, and Big Ugly will win that six-man tag
match. Ricky's beating El Loco. I don't care how amped Loco gets for
it. Ricky's shit month will inspire him to get the victory. Narwin's
side wins the six-person tag team match, and then Teiji Shintaro...
KURASAWA:
Your guy...
O'FLAHERTY:
Oh yeah. Ziesemer comes back
after Teiji stabbed him in the throat with a fork back in May during
World Crown. Ziesemer wants to “face the monster,” and he'll get
the fucking monster. He may have beaten the monster during the World
Crown Tournament, but tomorrow night will be a different result.
Teiji The Terror will come out on top, and Jona will wish he never
returned to the ring.
KURASAWA:
What's your prediction for the
main event?
O'FLAHERTY:
Before tonight, I kept saying
that Katsushika is an idiot for setting up this triple threat match.
He didn't have to do it. He could lose his title without being
pinned, submitted, or knocked out... But this guy is on a different
level right now. He's only suffered two bumps in the road up to this
point – being knocked out by Ronnie Doyle in the World Tag Team
Championship tournament and losing to John Scoggs in the World Crown
Tournament. Maybe Doyle knocks him or Scroggs out tomorrow? Doyle is
a dominating presence in that ring, but Katsushika looks like he
could kick it into gear and leave this building tomorrow with three
belts – the IJPW World Wrestling Championship, the IJPW World Tag
Team Championship, and the IJPW Team Crown belt.
KURASAWA:
You don't think Scroggs could
win it tomorrow?
O'FLAHERTY:
The only way Katsushika doesn't
leave with the strap tomorrow is if Ronnie Doyle hits someone with a
knockout blow.
KURASAWA:
All of this is going down
tomorrow night. It's Night Two of Violent Conduct 2016! Back here at
Budokan Hall! That does it for us tonight. For Eric O'Flaherty, I'm
Yo Kurasawa. Good night from Tokyo!
Noble Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and
Sakura Shizuka) vs. (c) Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji
Shintaro)
Singles Match
Ultraviolence Union Test Match
Riddick vs. Jun Hageshii
Eight-Person Tag Team Match
Doyle Brothers (Ricky Doyle and Ronnie
Doyle) and Mallory and Mercy (Mallory Northway and Mercy Monroe) vs.
John Scroggs, Curt Fleischer, Nate Narwin, and Paul Cannon
IJPW Television Championship
Lainey Boyle vs. (c) Albert Dixon
Eight-Person Tag Team Match
Naraku no Soko (KANNON, Akuma Usami,
Vera Vicious, and Ashley Thorne) vs. Trista Capra, Astro Honami,
HATOYAMA, and Miyazaki Bokkai
Singles Grudge Match
Date Night Fallout
AKIO vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
Six-Person Tag Team Match
Warrior Syndicate (Danjuro Komatsuzaki,
Ryuichi Hojo and Hirano Denbe) vs. Markie Bristow, Dave Manton, and
Stan Ward
Singles Grudge Match
Big Ugly vs. J Murda
Tag Team Grudge Match
Charm Explosion (Muffin Vanderburg and
Nicki Scherer) vs. Lolly Lea and Lorie Koenig
Eight-Person Tag Team Match
Japan vs. Mexico
Sun Demon, Killer Komukai, and Tokyo
Queens (Tae Muraguchi and Kayoko Komon) vs. Los Asesinos (Raul El
Aguila, Roberto Lopez, and Selena Martinez) and El Loco
Night Two - Sunday, August 28
Nippon Budokan
Tokyo, Japan
*** MAIN EVENT ***
IJPW World Wrestling Championship
Triple Threat Match
John Scroggs vs. Ronnie Doyle vs. (c)
Nobuyoki Katsushika
Singles Grudge Match
Teiji Shintaro vs. Jona Ziesemer
Six-Person Tag Team Match
Mallory and Mercy (Mallory Northway and
Mercy Monroe) and Ricky Doyle vs. Nate Narwin, Curt Fleischer, and
Paul Cannon
Singles Grudge Match
Ricky Holt vs. El Loco
Six-Person Tag Team Match
Ultraviolence Union (Riddick and Jun
Hageshii) and Big Ugly vs. Dave Manton, Stan Ward, and J Murda
Singles Grudge Match
Danjuro Komatsuzaki vs. Markie Bristow
IJPW Television Championship
TBD
Singles Grudge Match
Sakura Shizuka vs. Vera Vicious
Singles Grudge Match
Ashley Thorne vs. Trista Capra
Tag Team Match
Naraku no Soko (KANNON and Akuma Usami)
vs. Astro Honami and HATOYAMA
[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 Eric O'Flaherty – a pale man in an Irish flat cap. A
video screen is behind them.]
KURASAWA: Welcome to the English
language highlight show for Iron Japan Pro Wrestling! I'm Yo
Kurasawa. We're coming to you from the Tokyo Dome after Night Two of
Team Crown 2016. Last night saw first round action at Budokan Hall as
sixteen teams entered with a chance to become the first ever Team
Crown holders, as well as earn a shot at the IJPW World Tag Team
Championship at Violent Conduct next month. There were other matches
on the card tonight. We had three grudge matches and an IJPW
Television title match. Joining me to my left is Pro Wrestling's
Rogue Manager and founder of the Ultraviolence Union, Eric
O'Flaherty.
O'FLAHERTY: Hey.
It's great to be here at the Tokyo Dome once again. After having
Tokyo Dome shows in May, June, and July, we won't be back here until
Battle Bash in February. Everyone wanted to make a lasting impression
on one of the biggest shows of the year. I know my guys in the
Ultraviolence Union wanted to continue the success we've had in Crown
Tournaments.
KURASAWA: We
had eleven matches on tonight's show, so let's get to the action.
Team Crown 2016
Quarter-Final
HATOYAMA and Astro
Honami vs. Naraku no Soko (Vera Vicious and Ashley Thorne)
KURASAWA: Vera
Vicious and Ashley Thorne are a new team, but they're not new to tag
team wrestling. This tournament gave them the chance to establish
themselves in Iron Japan's tag team scene. Astro Honami and HATOYAMA
are two young junior heavyweights who are better known as singles
wrestlers, but they joined forces in hopes of finding more success as
tag team wrestlers. Kuni Ariwara was the referee for this opening
bout.
Team Crown 2016
Quarter-Final
Tokyo Queens (Tae
Muraguchi and Kayoko Komon) vs. Naraku no Soko (KANNON and Akuma
Usami)
KURASAWA: Naraku
no Soko was well represented with both teams making it to Night Two.
KANNON and Akuma Usami were the favorites in this match. Tokyo Queens
are no stranger to the underdog label after they got an upset against
DanHojo at Budokan last night. Could the unlikely duo pull it off
against the new evil and sadistic force in IJPW? Toyoko Toshikura was
the referee for this match.
Team Crown 2016
Quarter-Final
Ultraviolence
Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro) vs. Charm Explosion (Muffin
Vanderburg and Nicki Scherer)
KURASAWA: “The
General” Ricky Holt and Teiji “The Terror” Shintaro are the
defending IJPW World Tag Team Champions. The Tag Team Champions are
allowed to pick their challengers if they win the Team Crown
Tournament. Charm Explosion defeated Rotten Saints last night, and
they were up against another team of hardcore wrestlers tonight. It
was two beauties vs. a violent all-rounder and a shit-covered monster
in this quarter-final match. Nanako Fujioka was the referee for this
match.
Team Crown 2016
Quarter-Final
Noble Power
(Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka) vs. Doyle Brothers (Ronnie
Doyle and Ricky Doyle)
KURASAWA: The
Doyle Brothers defeated Noble Power at Puroresu Power – Night Two
back in April in a tournament to determine the first ever IJPW World
Tag Team Champions. Ronnie Doyle famously knocked out current IJPW
World Wrestling Champion Nobuyoki Katsushika in that match with a
devastating punch. Ronnie was already booked to meet Katsushika in a
World title match at Violent Conduct in a triple threat match that
will also include John Scroggs. Both of these teams were not just
looking to become Team Crown holders and earn a shot at the Tag Team
titles, but Ronnie and Katsushika had a chance at a glorious weekend
during Violent Conduct. Who continued their pursuit to become a Team
Crown holder and double champion? Cassidy Reischer was the referee
for this match.
Singles Grudge Match
J Murda vs. Big
Ugly
KURASAWA: These
two Detroit natives came together when Freddy Deeds got his neck
broken during the World Crown Tournament. Despite the complicated
history Murda claims between him and the original Rotten Saints, he
was willing to forget about it when Big Ugly reached out to him for a
Team Crown run. Big Ugly tapped out last night, and J Murda was not
happy with it. These two men greed to a match at the Tokyo Dome to
see if that would settle their differences. Masanori Katayanagi was
the referee for this match.
Singles Grudge Match
AKIO Must Date FAB If He Loses!
AKIO
vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
KURASAWA: This
infamous feud started during World Crown when Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
defeated Kuni Hishida in a match that featured some disgusting antics
from FAB. He basically committed sexual assault in that ring. He
stated that his goal was to get rid of Kuni because he wanted AKIO
all to himself! Kuni defeated FAB on Night Ten at the Tokyo Dome, but
FAB lurked in the shadows and stalked the couple leading up to
International Incident – Night Three, where FAB stuck Kuni's ankle
in a chair and broke it. The only way AKIO could get a chance at
revenge was if he agreed to go on a date with FAB if he lost
tonight's match! Jimmy Erikson was the referee.
Team Crown 2016
Semi-Final
Naraku
no Soko (Vera Vicious and Ashley Thorne) vs. Ultraviolence Union
(Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro)
KURASAWA: At
this point in the night, we saw a possibility of an all-Naraku no
Soko final. Both of these teams are new, with Holt and Shintaro
having teamed since January, but the Ultraviolence Union outfit have
shown that you can come together quickly and go as far as to win
title belts in a short amount of time. The two most feared factions
in Iron Japan were represented in this Team Crown Semi-Final bout.
The referee was Nene Hishikawa.
Team Crown 2016
Semi-Final
Noble Power
(Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka) vs. Naraku no Soko (KANNON
and Akuma Usami)
KURASAWA: It
was good vs. evil in this semi-final match. With Vera and Thorne
pulling an upset against the World Tag Team Champions, we were
looking at a strong possibility of an all-Naraku no Soko final. But
KANNON and Akuma Usami couldn't get too ahead of themselves. Standing
in their way was the formidable Noble Power. The jolly blue giant and
his girlfriend wanted to bring light into the final. Masanori
Katayanagi was the referee for this match.
IJPW Television Championship
Albert
Dixon vs. (c) Lainey Boyle
KURASAWA: Lainey
Boyle has been an impressive force here in Iron Japan. She's picked
up knockout victories and has even broken the bones of men who are
much bigger than her. “The Boston Bitch” had an impressive
showing last month when she defeated Trista Capra for the IJPW
Television Championship, defeated her in the re-match, and then broke
one of Fujimaro Odaka's ribs at the Tokyo Dome. Tonight, Lainey went
up against the man who knocked her out of the World Crown Tournament
– former Arkansas cop, college football offensive lineman, and a
well-known bigot by the name of Albert Dixon. Dixon hasn't had much
good things to say about Japan, so the fans were behind Lainey in
this one. Nanako Fujioka was the referee for this title match.
Singles Grudge Match
John
Scroggs vs. Killer Komukai
KURASAWA: John
Scroggs had a big night at International Incident – Night Three. In
the first match, he chokeslammed Killer Komukai straight to hell and
got a knockout victory for his team. By the end of the night, he was
booked in a triple threat match for the IJPW World Wrestling
Championship at Violent Conduct next month. However, Killer Komukai
hasn't been able to swallow his pride after Scroggs' brutal
chokeslam. He's been struggling to get going here in IJPW and still
picked a fight with the bruising World Crown finalist. Mabuchi Hida
was the referee for this match.
***
MAIN EVENT ***
Team Crown 2016 Final
Naraku
no Soko (Vera Vicious and Ashley Thorne) vs. Noble Power (Nobuyoki
Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka)
KURASAWA: There
was more to this match than just a Crown Tournament final. Before
Vera got sucked into Naraku no Soko, she had criticized Sakura
Shizuka and her relationship with Katsushika. Vera, and many others,
accused Sakura of not being who she appears to be and said she's with
Katsushika for the glory. Vera has maintained that same opinion even
after her transformation into a member of Naraku no Soko. So this
wasn't just about the Team Crown and getting a shot at the World Tag
Team titles. This was personal! Kanzaburo Outakara was the referee
for this match.
BACK
IN THE STUDIO...
KURASAWA: So
Eric, how do you feel after tonight's big show?
O'FLAHERTY: I'm
obviously disappointed about my guys not winning Team Crown, but
that's what Crown Tournaments are like. You get the random draws
after each round and sometimes upsets happen. We can accept that. It
sucks that we couldn't take this Crown too.
KURASAWA: How
do you feel about Noble Power challenging Holt and Shintaro at
Violent Conduct?
O'FLAHERTY: Ricky
talked a lot of shit about those two and made the same accusations
against Shizuka that many others have. I know they'll want payback,
but this is also a big chance for Holt and Shintaro to shine and show
what they can do here in Iron Japan.
KURASAWA: What
are your thoughts on AKIO being forced to date FAB?
O'FLAHERTY: Sucks
to be him. How is all of that going to work, exactly? Is there a time
set up for the date?
KURASAWA: Their
date is scheduled for this upcoming Saturday and will be
live-streamed on the internet. There's no scheduled end time. We just
know FAB wants to get AKIO into his bed!
O'FLAHERTY: Good
luck with that.
KURASAWA: I
don't know how he's going to do that either. You know AKIO won't take
any shit.Anyway,
there's two scheduled matches for Violent Conduct weekend on August
27th and 28th. Saturday's main event will be the IJPW World Tag Team
Championship match between the Team Crown holders, Noble Power, and
defending champions Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro – the
Ultraviolence Union. Sunday's main event will see Nobuyoki Katsushika
defend his IJPW World Wrestling Championship against Ronnie Doyle and
John Scroggs in a triple threat match. Any predictions for those two
bouts, Eric?
O'FLAHERTY: Katsushika's
leaving with only the Team Crown belt he gets to carry around for a
year. John Scroggs will be our new World Champion. You don't have to
pin the champ. Whoever gets a pin, submission, or knockout first will
be the winner. I can't believe Katsushika wanted this match. He's
statistically unlikely to leave with the World title.
KURASAWA: The
rest of the Violent Conduct cards will be announced next week. That
does it for us at the Tokyo Dome. For Eric O'Flaherty, I'm Yo
Kurasawa. See you at Budokan Hall on Violent Conduct weekend, and
good night from Tokyo!
