[The scene opens with an aerial shot
of a temporary 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! We're coming to you
from the Todoroki Athletics Stadium in Kawasaki after Night One of Death Crown 2016! Tonight
saw nothing but first round tournament action as sixteen wrestlers
competed in Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatches! The explosions were
set to go off after ten minutes. The ring was littered with various
weapons for the most hardcore wrestlers in the world to use. When the
night was done, eight competitors had advanced to the later stages
tomorrow night. I'm Yo Kurasawa. Joining me is Pro Wrestling's Rogue
Manager and founder of the Ultraviolence Union – Eric O'Flaherty.
O'FLAHERTY: It's
great to be here. A lot of violence tonight. This is what I wanna
see. This is what attracted me to the business. Deathmatch wrestling
was a dying art for a number of years, and it makes me happy to see
Goro Yamashi bring it back with his promotions – Iron Japan Pro
Wrestling and the newly-formed Death Trip Wrestling!
KURASAWA: Eric
and I will talk about DTW later. Tonight was all about the quest for
the Death Crown.
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
J Murda vs. AKIO
KURASAWA: AKIO
has been through a rollercoaster feud with Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
that's affected the personal and professional lives of him and his
girlfriend, “White Tiger” Kuni Hishida. Hishida's road to
recovery from a broken ankle has seen some bumps. She hasn't
recovered as quickly as she should have, but Kuni was in the front
row to support her man. AKIO started his career as a deathmatch
worker, so this was a return to his roots as he took on J Murda – a
man who lost his feud with Big Ugly after their temporary tag team
broke up following their Team Crown exit. Nene Hishikawa was the
referee for this match. I was joined at ringside by “Samurai X”
Misao Sakurai for Japanese commentary.
POST-MATCH HIGHLIGHTS...
[J
Murda has left. Medics are attending to a bloody AKIO, who's just
starting to stir. The crowd gets riled as a tall blond man in a shiny
suit walks down one of the aisles.]
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] It's Fabulous
Adrian Bagglio! He just won't leave AKIO alone!
SAKURAI: [In
Japanese.] Now AKIO is
at his weakest! This is his best chance to strike!
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] Look! Hishida
is climbing the barricade, but her ankle is still not one-hundred
percent! This is bad!
[FAB
runs over and attacks Hishida before she can get all the way over the
barricade. A knee to the midsection doubles her over. FAB wraps his
arms around her waist and lifts her over his shoulders. Putting his
hands under her arm pits, he lifts her up as she kicks and squirms in
the air, but there's nothing she can do as FAB slams her down on the
ground with the Glamour Shot (Razor's Edge)! FAB pulls a chair out
from under the ring and brings it down over Hishida's bad ankle! He
does it again! And again! And again! Hishida screams out after each
blow!]
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] This is going
to put Hishida out for even longer! FAB has lost it! He was crazy
before! Now he's gone off the deep end!
[FAB
slides into the ring where medics are attending to AKIO. He chases
them away with the chair, then turns his attention to the man he came
for. FAB stabs the chair repeatedly into AKIO'S chest! After doing it
four times, he throws it aside before mounting and hitting him with
free punches to the head! FAB calls for a microphone and reaches
through the ropes to grab it from a dojo student.]
BAGGLIO: You
and me... Tomorrow night! I don't care what your condition is right
now. If you want me gone and out of your life, you have to find it in
yourself to show up in this ring tomorrow night! Fight me in a
Landmine Deathmatch! If you win, then I will leave you alone... If I
win, or if you fail to show up, then
you're mine forever...
[FAB
drops the microphone and slithers on top of AKIO, making sure to get
his crotch in AKIO'S face as he holds himself up and sticks his
tongue out at the camera.]
KURASAWA: [In
Japanese.] AKIO has just
been blown up! He's a bloody mess! They gotta carry him out! How is
he going to be in any condition to beat FAB tomorrow?! Will he even
be able to show up?!
SAKURAI: [In
Japanese.] He doesn't
have a choice if he wants FAB out of his life. FAB also just made
Hishida's road to recovery even more difficult. There has to be
permanent damage in that ankle by now. He's humiliated and ruined the
lives of AKIO and Hishida. AKIO needs to dig deep and be back here
tomorrow night.
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Paul Cannon vs. Dave Manton
KURASAWA: “The
Hardcore Lumberjack” Paul Cannon is known for his ultraviolent
brawls around the American indy scene – the upper midwest in
particular.
O'FLAHERTY: Oh
yeah. I saw him around the Twin Cities a number of times. He's
violent, but he's also very big. There's not much people can do
against Cannon.
KURASAWA: Manton
has earned a lot of notoriety in IJPW. The Winnipeg native broke two
necks with his jumping piledriver during the World Crown Tournament.
It's harder to lift a man the size of Cannon, but that's a lot of
weight on his neck if he gets hit with a jumping piledriver. Nanako
Fujioka with the referee for this match.
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Akuma Usami vs. KANNON
KURASAWA: This
match created a lot of intrigue after the tournament draw. It was the
first of three inner-stable matches tonight. KANNON defeated the
up-and-coming Konosuke Usami at World Crown and took him into what
would become Naraku no Soko. Konosuke became Akuma and hasn't looked
back. Tonight, he fought Naraku no Soko's leader – The King of the
Dark World. The referee for this match was Toyoko Toshikura
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Ronnie Doyle vs. Big Ugly
KURASAWA: Ronnie
Doyle shocked the world again at Violent Conduct – Night Two last
month when he knocked out Nobuyoki Katsushika. That time it was in a
triple threat match where he won the IJPW World Wrestling
Championship. The Belfast brawler entered the Death Crown Tournament
with hopes of leaving Kawasaki with two belts over his
shoulders. Tonight, the champ took on Big Ugly – a Detroit street
fighter and backyard wrestler who's looking to make a mark on IJPW's
singles scene after Freddy Deeds got his neck broken and a team with
J Murda was short-lived. Kuni Ariwara was the referee for this match.
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Trista Capra vs. Nate Narwin
KURASAWA: Nate
Narwin and The Original Deathmatch Queen have had a grudge since the
first round of World Crown. They fought to a thirty minute draw that
resulted in both of their eliminations. In a fatal four way to
determine the first IJPW Television Champion, it was Capra who pinned
Narwin. Both of them already had a lot of personal stake before the
tournament draw. This first round draw made it an even bigger
occasion. Narwin badly wants a return to former glory and Capra wants
to establish her legacy with the most elite hardcore wrestlers.
Tashiaki Suzuki was the official for this match.
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Teiji Shintaro vs. Ricky Holt
KURASAWA: This
was our second inner-stable battle – an all-Ultraviolence Union
affair between members of the former IJPW World Tag Team Champions!
O'FLAHERTY: Teiji
“The Terror” Shintaro has been a joy to manage. Not easy, but a
joy because of how scared he makes his opposition. It's easy to take
up a murderous bastard like Teiji. An anarchist who eats his own shit
and smears it all over himself and attacks his opponents with it.
He's the living embodiment of the deathmatch. However, Ricky Holt has
been my friend since childhood. We grew up together in South
Minneapolis. He's had a tough time these last two months and Ricky's
badly needed a win.
KURASAWA: Cassidy
Reischer was the referee for this match.
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Riddick vs. Jun Hageshii
KURASAWA: Our
last inner-stable match was another all-Ultraviolence Union showdown.
Jun Hageshii drew the wrath of Riddick when he tapped out to Ricky
Holt in the first round of the Team Crown Tournament, ruining a
chance at a Double Crown. Riddick made Jun tap out again a month
later at Violent Conduct, then teamed with him the next night in a
Six-Man Tag that ended in a thirty minute draw.
O'FLAHERTY: Don't
forget that Riddick told Jun he would push him to his limits after
their Violent Conduct match. He told Jun that if he couldn't go with
it, that he would fucking die.
KURASAWA: Would
Jun finally earn respect from the IJPW World Crown holder? The
referee for this match was Masanori Katayanagi.
*** MAIN EVENT ***
Death
Crown Tournament First Round Match
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Curt Fleischer vs. John Scroggs
KURASAWA: Two
of the most bruising gaijin wrestlers headlined the first round. John
Scroggs has voiced his desire to fight Ronnie Doyle for the IJPW
World Wrestling Championship after he wasn't pinned, submitted, or
knocked out in the triple threat match at Violent Conduct – Night
Two. There hasn't been any matches set up yet because anything could
happen in the Death Crown Tournament that might change the order of
contenders. One man who was hoping to use the tournament to earn a
shot at the World title was Curt Fleischer. These two guys weren't
just fighting to advance in this tournament. They fought to be
considered for a World title shot! The referee for this match was
Mabuchi
Hida.
BACK
IN THE STUDIO...
KURASAWA:
Eric,
what are your thoughts after the first round?
O'FLAHERTY:
I
thought AKIO would beat J Murda. These matches are open because you
can get more offense in before ten minutes are up, then hope you have
the energy and toughness to get up from an explosion. That's how J
Murda beat AKIO. The other results don't surprise me, even though I
expected KANNON to beat Usami. I wonder how Naraku no Soko will go
forward after the leader lost to one of his recruits. KANNON seems
like the kind of leader who never wants anyone to outshine him. He
wants to be the clear number one. I bet those two will have a long
talk and maybe even some fists.
KURASAWA:
Do
you think Naraku no Soko might have some in-house trouble after
tonight?
O'FLAHERTY:
Oh
yeah. We'll have to see though. Whatever happens, I'm sure Vera
Vicious and Ashley Thorne will continue to be a tag team.
KURASAWA:
That
will lead us into tomorrow night's card, where those two challenge
for the World Tag Team Championship. The Death Crown quarter-final
draw was held in the ring after the main event. Here are the
tournament and non-tournament matches that are booked for Night Two:
[The
card graphic appears on the screen.]
*** MAIN EVENT
***
Death Crown Tournament
Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
??? 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 Tournament
Semi-Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
??? vs.
???
Death Crown Tournament
Semi-Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
??? vs.
???
Non-Tournament Landmine Deathmatch
Singles Grudge Match
AKIO vs.
Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
Death Crown Tournament
Quarter-Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Riddick
vs. Nate Narwin
Death Crown Tournament
Quarter-Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Curt Fleischer vs. Akuma Usami
Death Crown Tournament
Quarter-Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Ricky Holt vs. Paul Cannon
Death Crown Tournament
Quarter-Final
Exploding
Barbed Wire Deathmatch
J Murda vs. Ronnie Doyle
KURASAWA: After
looking at the card, Eric, what are your predictions for tomorrow?
O'FLAHERTY: Ronnie
over Murda, Holt over Cannon, Fleischer over Usami, Riddick over
Narwin in a dream match that's been many years in the making, FAB
over AKIO, Dixon over Shinagami, Noble Power over Vera and Ashley,
and the Death Crown winner will either be Riddick or Ricky Holt.
KURASAWA: Pulling
for your own guys to go all the way?
O'FLAHERTY: Oh
yeah. The Ultraviolence Union is where the Death Crown belongs.
Riddick vs. Narwin will be the match of the quarter-finals. Two
legendary bastards. Two of the most vile individuals to ever step
into a ring. Riddick's pissed on his brother's corpse. Narwin opened
a beer bottle with a woman's nether regions in the middle of a ring.
They've never faced each other before. To do it for the first time in
an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch? It's going to be a historic
night for many reasons at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium. One of those reasons
could be a historic Double Crown for Riddick.
KURASAWA: That
does it for us tonight. Join us back here tomorrow for Death Crown 2016 – Night Two. For Eric O'Flaherty, I'm
Yo Kurasawa. Good night from Kawasaki, Japan!
