[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!
[FADE
TO BLACK.]
