Sunday, October 9, 2016

IJPW Iron Road: Fukuoka

[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! I'm Yo Kurasawa. We're coming to you from the Fukuoka Kokusai Center – our first stop on the Iron Road! Which four competitors qualified for the 4 vs. 4 Iron Road matches at Budokan Hall in January? You'll see, but that wasn't all we had tonight. Death Crown holder Curt Fleischer took on Ronnie Doyle for the IJPW World Wrestling Championship, and Isamu Shinagami put his Television title on the line in a rematch from Death Crown as he took on Albert Dixon. Joining me for these highlights is Eric O'Flaherty – Pro Wrestling's Rogue Manager and founder of the Ultraviolence Union.

O'FLAHERTY: This is the third week in a row where I've worked with you on shows, Yo. That's between Iron Japan and Death Trip Wrestling. And we'll work together next week at the Nishinari Kumin Center for DeathTube in Osaka. I'm not complaining though. As long as you keep those hands above the table where I can see them.

KURASAWA: Let's get these highlights underway...

Tag Team Match
Masuko Matashichi and Masaru Maeda vs. Astro Honami and HATOYAMA

KURASAWA: Masuko Matashichi and Masaru Maeda are the top students at the IJPW Dojo. Masuko is the golden boy, while Masaru is the problem child. They're both scheduled to compete in Iron Road qualifying matches. Tonight, the students got their televised match! They took on the junior heavyweight duo of Astro Honami and HATOYAMA – a regular team here in IJPW, but they've been drawn against each other on the Iron Road! That won't be until the Sapporo show on December 10th. The referee for this match was Nene Hishikawa.


Eight Person Tag Team Match
Riddick, Big Ugly, Danjuro Komatsuzaki, and Jocelin Masterson vs. Dave Manton, Miyazaki Bokkai, Florenza Peretz, and Haruhi Sarumara

KURASAWA: These eight competitors will be competing against each other in Iron Road qualifying matches! This was an opportunity to draw first blood and get some momentum before the October 24th show in Matsuyama. The qualifying matches for that show are: Haruhi Sarumara vs. Danjuro Komatsuzaki, Big Ugly vs. Florenza Peretz, Miyazaki Bokkai vs. Jocelin Masterson, and Riddick vs. Dave Manton. Sarumara takes on on Dojo Master and Manton has a chance to get revenge after being knocked out of the World Crown Tournament by the eventual winner – Riddick. Toyoko Toshikura was the referee for this match.


Iron Road Qualifying Match
Jona Ziesemer vs. Tae Muraguchi

KURASAWA: Jona Ziesemer came into IJPW as one of the most gifted and innovative wrestlers in the world, but the Berlin native crossed paths with your client, Eric – Teiji “The Terror” Shintaro.

O'FLAHERTY: Crossing paths with Teiji can send anyone's life into a downward spiral. Jona beat him in the World Crown Tournament, but Teiji got the last laugh when he stabbed him in the throat with a fork. Then Teiji beat him at Violent Conduct – Night Two. Ziesemer's been graying this whole time.

KURASAWA: Ziesemer hoped to turn it around on the Iron Road, where he took on lucharesu-style wrestler and one-half of the Tokyo Queens – Tae Muraguchi. Tashiaki Suzuki was the referee for this match.
Iron Road Qualifying Match
Ryuichi Hojo vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio

KURASAWA: Fabulous Adrian Bagglio is coming off a lost feud with AKIO, and hoped to use the Iron Road to move on. Ryuichi Hojo is another man who's badly wanted to move on after losing a short feud to Muffin Vanderburg. He's received great scorn for starting that feud in the first place when he stuffed Muffin's head down his tights for a piledriver. He's been the weak link in DanHojo and Danjuro Komatsuzaki has been public with his disappoint. He says the students at the IJPW Dojo don't have much respect for Hojo. While a lot of people wanted to see Hojo lose tonight, the creepy FAB isn't a hero by any means. Cassidy Reischer was the referee for this match.



Iron Road Qualifying Match
Jackie Walters vs. Jun Hageshii

KURASAWA: Jun Hageshii has been considered the weak link of the Ultraviolence Union. He tapped out to cost Riddick a shot at a Triple Crown at Team Crown and tapped out to Riddick at Violent Conduct – Night One. It took an explosion to put him down against Riddick in the first round of the Death Crown Tournament. Two weeks later and Jun was up against Jackie Walters – a gaijin woman who feels her deadly strikes can put anyone down. The official for this match was Kuni Ariwara.


IJPW Television Championship
Albert Dixon vs. (c) Isamu Shinagami

KURASAWA: Isamu Shinagami returned from a brief North American tour at Violent Conduct – Night Two and challenged the hated racist that this Albert Dixon. Shinagami took a break from his war against Naraku no Soko even on the domestic front and went for the IJPW Television Championship, which he won at Death Crown – Night Two in a Landmine Deathmatch. Shinagami then told Naraku no Soko to come at him! However, nobody has seen or heard from Naraku no Soko since Death Crown, but we've heard a lot from the former Arkansas cop on Twitter. For someone who hates Japan so much, he couldn't trigger his rematch clause and come back soon enough. Kanzaburo Outakara was the referee for this match.
 

Iron Road Qualifying Match
Teiji Shintaro vs. Suda Tsukasa

KURASAWA: Suda Tsukasa is the oldest man on the IJPW roster and is hailed by many as a puroresu icon. He's respected wherever he goes and is considered a national treasure. Tonight, “The King of Korakuen Hall” took on a national nightmare – a violent anarchist coprophile known as Teiji “The Terror” Shintaro. The Fukuoka Kokusai Center was mostly behind Tsukasa, but Teiji has his own fans who admire his one-of-a-kind chaos and bloodshed. Masanori Katayanagi was the referee for this match.


IJPW World Wrestling Championship
Curt Fleischer vs. (c) Ronnie Doyle

KURASAWA: These two men met in the Death Crown Final, where Fleischer came out on top. Fleischer beat some top opposition, including John Scroggs – a man many thought deserved a World title shot before the tournament. Fleischer threw him out of the way and earned a shot against the Belfast brawler. These are two of the most punishing and imposing men in all of professional wrestling. Could Fleischer walk out with both the Death Crown and World title belts over his shoulders? Or would Ronnie avenge his loss in the Death Crown Final in his first World title defense? Mabuchi Hida was the referee for this match.




BACK IN THE STUDIO...

KURASAWA: Eric, what are your thoughts after tonight?

O'FLAHERTY: Well, it's fucking disappointing to see Jun get knocked out like that. Then the night got worse when Teiji failed to qualify for the Iron Road matches at Budokan. Other than those two matches, the results went exactly how I predicted. I knew Fleischer would become World Champion. It makes me proud to see a fellow Twin Cities native take the big gold belt. He's a bar-fighting legend back home. Ronnie has the most dangerous punch in the world, but you need a shotgun to knock out Fleischer.

KURASAWA: Our next stop is the Matsuyama City Community Center on October 24th. Here are the matches scheduled for that show...

[A graphic appears on the screen...]

*** MAIN EVENT ***
IJPW World Tag Team Championship
Ultraviolence Union (Ricky Holt and Teiji Shintaro) vs. (c) Noble Power (Nobuyoki Katsushika and Sakura Shizuka)

Iron Road Qualifying Match
Dave Manton vs. Riddick

Eight-Person Tag Team Match
John Scroggs, Nicki Scherer, Lolly Lea, Ginger Mattingly vs. Los Asesinos (Roberto Lopez and Selena Martinez), Killer Komukai, and Ricky Doyle

IJPW Television Championship
Isamu Shinagami vs. (c) Albert Dixon

Iron Road Qualifying Match
Miyazaki Bokkai vs. Jocelin Masterson

Iron Road Qualifying Match
Big Ugly vs. Florenza Peretz

Iron Road Qualifying Match
Haruhi Sarumara vs. Danjuro Komatsuzaki

Eight-Person Tag Team Match
Suda Tsukasa, Astro Honami, HATOYAMA, and Masuko Matashichi vs. Jona Ziesemer, Jackie Walters, Fabulous Adrian Bagglio, and Masaru Maeda

KURASAWA: What are your predictions for that show?

O'FLAHERTY: We have two weeks between then and now. Things can happen. For now though, I'm going to predict... Hmmm... Not gonna predict the eight-person opener. Danjuro beats his student, Big Ugly beats Peretz, Masterson beats Bokkai, Dixon beats Shinagami to win this TV title series, not calling the other eight-person match, Riddick beats Manton, and we end the show with new World Tag Team Champions – my guys, the Ultraviolence Union! “The General” Ricky Holt and Teiji “The Terror” Shintaro!

KURASAWA: That does it for us here tonight in Fukuoka. Join us for our second stop on the Iron Road, the Matsuyama City Community Center, on October 24th. For Eric O'Flaherty, I'm Yo Kurasawa. Good night from Fukuoka!


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