Date: December 10, 2016
Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports
Center
City: Sapporo, Japan
Japanese Commentators: Taka Shimura and
“Samurai X” Misao Sakurai
English Commentators: Yo Kurasawa and
Eric O'Flaherty
Iron Road Qualifying
Match
Nayoko
Kon vs. AKIO
Kon, a student at
the IJPW Dojo, came in needing a big upset against a popular fan
favorite.
Iron Road Qualifying
Match
Takamuku
Arai vs. Hirano Denbe
Takamuku Arai has
continued to make the transition from sumo wrestling to professional
wrestling with impressive results, but the Sumo Hall Playboy drew the
ire of Hirano Denbe – one of the ruthless straight-faced trainers
at the IJPW Dojo.
Iron Road Qualifying
Match
Astro Honami vs. HATOYAMA
These
two junior heavyweights have been a tag team. While they have fought
each other before, the stakes were never higher as these two knew
that a World title shot was at the end of the Iron Road!
Iron Road Qualifying
Match
Lainey
Boyle vs. Isamu Shinagami
Two
former IJPW Television Champions collided! Shinagami lost the belt
more recently and has hit a bump in the road in his battle with
Naraku no Soko. In Sapporo, he found himself against the feisty
Boston Bitch!
#1
Contender for IJPW Television Championship
Suda
Tsukasa vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
Both
of these men qualified for the Iron Road matches at Budokan Hall in
January. In Sapporo, after putting in impressive performances since
the start of the Iron Road, these two men fought for a shot at Vera
Vicious' IJPW Television Championship!
#1
Contenders for IJPW World Tag Team Championship
Doyle
Brothers (Ricky Doyle and Ronnie Doyle) vs. Dave Manton and Stan Ward
Two
hard-hitting gaijin tag teams competed for a shot at the World Tag
Team Championship, which is held by Team Crown holders Nobuyoki
Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka – Noble Power.
Eight-Person
Tag Team Match
Noble
Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka), Muffin Vanderburg,
and Morio Kamisaka vs. Curt Fleischer, Naraku no Soko (Ashley Thorne
and Vera Vicious), and J Murda
A
preview for the Iron Road qualifiers in Yokohama on December 23,
where we will see: Death Crown holder Curt Fleischer vs. World Tag
Team Champion and Team Crown holder Sakura Shizua, World Tag Team
Champion and Team Crown holder Nobuyoki Katsushika vs. J Murda,
Ashley Thorne vs. Muffin Vanderburg, and IJPW Television Champion
Vera Vicious vs. Morio Kamisaka. Katsushika has had a few memorable
battles with Fleischer this past year, with Fleischer winning the
last one in defense of the World Wrestling Championship. Noble Power
and Thorne/Vicious have fought in the Team Crown Final and in a
Landmine Deathmatch for the World Tag Team titles, with Noble Power
winning both times. Vicious and Shizuka have been locked in a feud,
where Vicious recently successfully defended her TV title against her
rival.
*** MAIN EVENT ***
Eight-Person Tag Team
Match
Ultraviolence Union
(Riddick, Ricky Holt, Teiji Shintaro, and Jun Hageshii) vs. John
Scroggs, Nate Narwin, Jona Ziesemer, and El Loco
John Scroggs will defend the IJPW World
Wrestling Championship against World Crown holder Riddick at Yokohama
Arena on December 23. Riddick defeated Scroggs in the World Crown
Final at the Tokyo Dome in May. Ricky Holt has been in a heated
rivalry with legendary junior heavyweight El Loco, who once trained
Holt. Loco lost their only singles encounter so far. Teiji Shintaro's
stabbing on Jona Ziesemer in the throat still haunts the German man,
who beat Teiji in the World Crown Tournament, but has lost to him in
other encounters. Nate Narwin lost to Riddick in a brutal Death Crown
Tournament match and, while him and Riddick have a lot of respect for
one another, Narwin looked to get revenge. Narwin and Scroggs are
known to hang out together backstage, but their friendship doesn't go
further than that.
