{"id":13872,"date":"2014-09-29T09:13:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/?p=13872"},"modified":"2014-09-29T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T13:13:59","slug":"fighting-spirit-review-michinoku-pro-kairyo-kuranshin-on-6814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/reviews\/fighting-spirit-review-michinoku-pro-kairyo-kuranshin-on-6814\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Spirit Review: Michinoku Pro &#8220;Kairyo Kuranshin&#8221; on 6\/8\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/puroresucentral.com\/img4\/michpro6.18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Date: June 8th, 2014<br \/>\nLocation: Korakuen Hall\u00a0in Tokyo, Japan<br \/>\nAnnounced Attendance: 1,368\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Michinoku Pro it seems didn&#8217;t tape anything for the first five months of the year, but fret not Michinoku Pro fans, finally an event of the promotion has been released! This is a pretty big show for them, as their main two titles are both on the line. We have all the major players of Michinoku Pro on the card, including the legends Jinsei Shinzaki and The Great Sasuke. Here is the full card:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>&#8211; Ayumu Gunji vs. Daichi Sasaki<br \/>\n&#8211; Eagles Mask, Macho Pump, and Vancouver Cat vs. Yapper Man 1, Yapper Man 2, and Yapper Man 3<br \/>\n&#8211; Kinya Oyanagi and Hiugaji vs. Manuel Majoli and Ultimo Dragon<br \/>\n&#8211; Ken45, Manjimaru, and Takeshi Minamino vs. Kenbai, Rasse, and Taro Nohashi<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Michinoku Pro Tohoku Tag Team Championship<\/em>: Shinzaki and Numajiro vs. Brahman Kei and Great Sasuke<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship: <\/em>Brahman Shu vs. Fujita &#8220;Jr&#8221; Hayato<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Looks like some of the undercard is clipped but the main matches are shown in full.<\/p>\n<h4 align=\"left\"><strong>Ayumu Gunji vs. Daichi Sasaki<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p align=\"left\">Joined in progress with an Irish whip by Gunji, and Gunji hits a back elbow. Cover, but it gets a two count. Gunji picks up Sasaki but Sasaki hits him off, knees by Gunji, snapmare, and he applies a reverse chinlock. Sasaki gets into the ropes to force a break, Gunji picks up Sasaki and goes for a vertical suplex but Sasaki blocks it. Punches by Gunji but Sasaki lands on his feet when he goes for a suplex and then hits Gunji in the chest. Sasaki throws Gunji into the corner but Gunji kicks Sasaki when he charges in. Gunji goes off the ropes but Sasaki gets him onto his shoulders and hits a Samoan drop. Cover, but it gets a two count. Northern Lights Suplex by Sasaki, but that gets a two count as well. Sasaki applies a camel clutch but Gunji gets into the ropes to force a break. Sasaki picks up Gunji and applies a waistlock, Gunji elbows him off and hits a bulldog. Gunji goes off the ropes but Sasaki rolls him up, Sasaki goes for a kick but Gunji swats him away and dropkicks Sasaki out of the ring. Gunji then goes to the ropes and sails out onto Sasaki with a pescado. Gunji rolls Sasaki back into the ring, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick. Cover, but it gets a two count. Gunji picks up Sasaki but Sasaki slaps him and they trade slaps. Gunji goes off the ropes but Sasaki hits a superkick, cover, but Gunji kicks out. Sasaki picks up Gunji and hits the German suplex hold, and he picks up the three count. Your winner: Daichi Sasaki<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Match Thoughts: <\/strong>A pretty basic opener and a bit clipped up so we missed the exciting beginning of the match. At least they did some moves beyond just strikes and crab holds, which I appreciate, and it was a pretty fluid and crisp match. Not a bad way to open the show but nothing exciting. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score: 4.0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Yapper Man #1, Yapper Man #2 and Yapper Man #3 vs. Macho Pump, Eagles Mask and Vancouver Cat<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Yapper Man #1 and Vancouver Cat start things off.\u00a0 \u00a0They circle each other to start before locking knuckles, but Yapper Man #1 breaks the hold.\u00a0 Tie-up, armdrag by Vancouver Cat and she hits a second one, but Yapper Man #1 rolls her up for a two count.\u00a0 Waistlock by Yapper Man #1, reversed by Vancouver Cat, and Vancouver Cat applies a leglock.\u00a0 Yapper Man #1 rolls out of it, he goes off the ropes but Vancouver Cat hits an armdrag.\u00a0 Yapper Man #1 rolls out of the ring and Vancouver Cat does as well.\u00a0 Macho Pump and Yapper Man #3 get into the ring (Yapper Man #3 is actually a woman, which does come into play in this match), Yapper Man #3 clubs Macho Pump in the chest and goes off the ropes, but Macho Pump pokes her in the eyes.\u00a0 Macho Pump goes for a scoop slam but he puts Yapper Man #3 back down.\u00a0 Now Yapper Man #3 goes for a scoop slam but Macho Pump traps her arm between his legs.\u00a0 Kick by Yapper Man #3 and she kicks Macho Pump in the head before flinging him to the mat.\u00a0 She throws Macho Pump down again, Macho Pump rolls out of the ring as Yapper Man #3 goes up to the top turnbuckle, but Macho Pump walks away before she can dive out.\u00a0 Macho Pump tags in Vancouver Cat while Yapper Man #3 tags in Yapper Man #2.\u00a0 Yapper Man #2 punches Vancouver Cat in the head, Irish whip to the corner, reversed, and Vancouver Cat hits a cartwheel elbow strike.\u00a0 Vancouver Cat goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits an armdrag.\u00a0 Jumping knee in the corner by Vancouver Cat and she hits a drop toehold.\u00a0 Back scratch by Vancouver Cat and she dumps Yapper Man #2 out of the ring.\u00a0 Yapper Man #1 comes in and kicks Vancouver Cat from behind, Yapper Man #3 comes in as well and they all pose on Vancouver Cat.\u00a0 Eagles Mask comes in the ring but Yapper Man #1 throws him in the corner, Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 try to throw Vancouver Cat and Eagles Mask into each other, but they reverse it.\u00a0 Eagles Mask and Vancouver Cat apply leg locks to Yapper Man #2 and Yapper Man #1, Macho Pump walks in the middle of the ring and he poses.\u00a0 Yapper Man #3 comes in the ring to break it up, and then the Yapper Man team dives out onto their opponents.\u00a0 Eagles Mask chops Yapper Man #1 in the corner back in the ring and he hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Eagles Mask picks up Yapper Man #1 but Yapper Man #1 moves when he charges in and hits an elbow drop.\u00a0 Eagles Mask is thrown out of the ring, Macho Pump comes in the ring and he hits a double lariat onto Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2.\u00a0 Macho Pump is along in the ring with Yapper Man #3 and he chases her around, and Macho Pump kisses Yapper Man #3.\u00a0 Macho Pump sets up Yapper Man #3 in the ropes and grabs her chest, but Vancouver Cat comes in the ring and slaps him. Vancouver Cat kicks Macho Pump, enzigieri by Yapper Man #1 to Macho Pump and Yapper Man #2 hits a super kick.\u00a0 Seated senton by Yapper Man #3 to Macho Pump but he holds her there as the referee counts to three.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Yapper Man #1, Yapper Man #2 and Yapper Man #3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 Apparently Macho Pump is a creeper, only in Japan would this type of wrestler interaction be acceptable.\u00a0 That was the main theme of the match, up to that point it was a very basic tag team match with not a lot going on.\u00a0 Even though it was a bit perverted it was fun to see Macho Pump\u2019s own teammate turn on him for his behavior.\u00a0 This might make some people cringe but I\u2019ve watched enough DDT so I\u2019ve seen worse.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Rui Hiugaji and Kinya Oyanagi vs. Ultimo Dragon and Manuel Majoli<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Hiugaji and Majoli start things off.\u00a0 Waistlock by Majoli, reversed by Hiugaji but Majoli reverses it back.\u00a0 Side headlock takedown by Majoli, but Hiugaji reverses it with a headscissors.\u00a0 Majoli gets out of it and applies the side headlock, but Hiugaji gets on the headscissors again.\u00a0 Majoli gets the side headlock back on and gets Hiugaji to his feet, Hiugaji applies his own side headlock but Majoli applies a wristlock.\u00a0 Hammerlock by Majoli and he hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Majoli picks up Hiugaji and he hits a second scoop slam.\u00a0 Standing \u00a0shooting star press by Majoli, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Majoli applies a leg submission hold, he picks up Hiugaji, Irish whip, chops by Hiugaji, Irish whip by Hiugaji and he hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hiugaji picks up Majoli and throws Majoli into the corner, tagging in Oyanagi.\u00a0 Oyanagi uppercuts Majoli, snapmare by Oyanagi and he applies a surfboard.\u00a0 Majoli quickly gets out of it, and Oyanagi tags Hiugaji back in.\u00a0 Chops by Hiugaji and he hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Hiugaji hits another scoop slam, he picks up Majoli and he hits a second one.\u00a0 A third scoop slam by Hiugaji, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hiugaji goes off the ropes but Majoli ducks the lariat, and Majoli hits a double underhook suplex.\u00a0 Cover by Majoli but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Chops by Majoli and he tags in Ultimo Dragon.\u00a0 Kicks to the leg by Ultimo Dragon, Irish whip, and Ultimo Dragon delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Waistlock by Oyanagi but Ultimo Dragon gets away and dropkicks both Oyanagi and Hiugaji<\/p>\n<p>Ultimo Dragon tags in Majoli, and Majoli chops Hiugaji against the ropes.\u00a0 Irish whip by Majoli and he hits a lariat.\u00a0 German suplex hold by Majoli, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Majoli applies a submission hold to Hiugaji, he picks up Hiugaji but Hiugaji hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Hiugaji tags in Oyanagi while Ultimo Dragon is also tagged in, Irish whip by Oyanagi but Ultimo Dragon lands on his feet when he goes for a back bodydrop and hits a back kick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Back kick by Ultimo Dragon but Oyanagi sneaks in a backslide for a two count.\u00a0 Dragon screw leg whip by Ultimo Dragon and he applies an ankle hold.\u00a0 Ultimo Dragon kicks Oyanagi and goes for an Asai DDT, but Oyanagi gets out of it and hits an enzigieri.\u00a0 Ultimo Dragon applies the cobra twist, and Hiugaji comes in and applies a rocking horse to Majoli.\u00a0 Ultimo Dragon finally gets out of his hold and then kicks Hiugaji\u00a0 Irish whip by Ultimo Dragon, reversed, kick by Ultimo Dragon to Hiugaji and he tosses Oyanagi out of the ring.\u00a0 Ultimo Dragon then goes out to the apron but Oyanagi pulls him down to the floor.\u00a0 Back in the ring, Majoli throws Hiugaji into the corner, reversed, and Hiugaji hits a battering ram.\u00a0 Vertical suplex by Hiugaji, he waits for Majoli to get up and hits a spear.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hiugaji picks up Majoli and hits an Alabama Slam, Hiugaji puts Majoli in the crab hold and Majoli submits.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Ultimo Dragon and Manuel Majoli<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Besides the random standing shooting star press, this was a pretty simple match.\u00a0 Dragon was mostly coasting here, he wouldn\u2019t even give the crowd the Asai Moonsault which I\u2019ve noticed he teases a whole lot more than he actually does these days.\u00a0 The other wrestlers all seem perfectly competent but none had much of a \u2018wow\u2019 factor even if they were fundamentally sound.\u00a0 So not a bad match but nothing memorable.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Minamino, Manjimaru, and Ken45\u00b0 vs. Nohashi, Rasse, and Kenbai<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Nohashi and Manjimaru start things off and they trade elbows, Manjimaru goes off the ropes but Nohashi hits a headscissors.\u00a0 Nohashi tags in Kenbai, Kenbai goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving elbow onto Manjimaru.\u00a0 Minamino comes in the ring, Kenbai avoids his charge and hits a top turnbuckle hurricanrana.\u00a0 Ken45 comes in the ring and knocks Kenbai out of it, but Rasse comes in and dropkicks Ken45 out of the ring.\u00a0 Kenbai, Rasse, and Nohashi go off the ropes and all three dive out of the ring onto their opponents.\u00a0 Rasse slides Ken45 back in the ring and hits a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Rasse kicks Ken45 and hits an enzigieri, he goes for a Fisherman suplex but Ken45 blocks it.\u00a0 Boot by Ken45 and he hits a powerbomb for a two count.\u00a0 Ken45 goes off the ropes but Rasse drop toeholds Ken45 into the second rope and Kenbai hits a Tiger Feint Kick.\u00a0 Kenbai goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving double stomp, then Nohashi goes up top and delivers a diving headbutt.\u00a0 Cover, but the pin attempt is broken up. \u00a0Nohashi picks up Ken45, he goes off the ropes but he is cut off.\u00a0 Minamino comes in the ring and punches Kenbai, he goes off the ropes but is tossed to the mat by Rasse.\u00a0 Ken45 hits a lariat onto Rasse, Manjimaru is back, double Irish whip to Rasse, and he gets his with a jawbreaker\/kick combination.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Rasse is picked up and thrown into the corner, and all three hit a running strike in the corner.\u00a0 Cover by Ken45 but Nohashi breaks it up.\u00a0 Minamino picks up Rasse, he puts Rasse on his shoulders but Rasse gets away.\u00a0 Inside cradle by Rasse, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Rasse charges Minamino, but he catches him and hits a death valley bomb.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Minamino puts Rasse in the Shikahama Dynamite, and Rasse has to submit.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Takeshi Minamino, Manjimaru, and Ken45\u00b0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This was too clipped to really give an honest assessment but what we saw was perfectly fine.\u00a0 Kenbai is a Yoshitsune clone, including doing a lot of the same moves.\u00a0 The action was very fast paced, as you would imagine, and there was literally no down time in the match.\u00a0 Entertaining but not enough was really shown.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>(c) Jinsei Shinzaki and Numajiro vs. Great Sasuke and Brahman Kei<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This match is for the Tohoku Tag Team Championship.\u00a0 Kei and Numajiro start things off.\u00a0 Kei asks for a handshake but Numajiro doesn\u2019t bite.\u00a0 He tries again and this time Numajiro shakes his hand.\u00a0 Tie-up, Kei gets Numajiro into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Tie-up, Kei pushes Numajiro in the ropes, Numajiro switches positions with him and Numajiro also gives a clean break.\u00a0 Kick by Kei and he applies a side headlock, takedown by Kei but Numajiro reverses it into a headscissors.\u00a0 Kei gets out of it and goes back to the side headlock,\u00a0 Numajiro struggles to his feet and he applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Elbows by Kei to get out of it and he reverses the hold.\u00a0 Kei drives Numajiro into the corner and Kei tags in Great Sasuke.\u00a0 Great Sasuke crawls around and does a headstand in the corner, but Numajiro pulls him back down.\u00a0 Great Sasuke sits down in the middle of the ring, and Numajiro stomps him.\u00a0 Another stomp by Numajiro and he tags in Shinzaki.\u00a0 Great Sasuke does\u2026 something for a bit while Shinzaki watches him, and Kei spits water on Shinzaki from the apron.\u00a0 Kei throws Shinzaki out of the ring while Great Sasuke takes Numajiro outside the ring as well.\u00a0 Great Sasuke and Kei brawl with their opponents at ringside, with Great Sasuke and Numajiro going up in the crowd.\u00a0 Kei slides Numajiro back into the ring, Kei picks up Numajiro and he chokes Numajiro as he takes him to the mat.\u00a0 Kei puts some luggage in the ring, he sets it between Numajiro\u2019s legs in the corner and he gets the bowling ball.\u00a0 Kei rolls the ball into Numajiro, sending the luggage into his midsection.\u00a0 Snapmare by Kei, cover, and it gets a two count.<\/p>\n<p>Kei punches Numajiro into the corner, Irish whip, reversed, Numajiro avoids Kei\u2019s charge and he kicks Kei to the mat.\u00a0 Numajiro tags in Shinzaki, and Shinzaki hits a swandive chop to the head.\u00a0 Shinzaki goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving shoulderblock to Kei.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shinzaki picks up Kei and throws him into the corner, Numajiro puts the luggage between Kei\u2019s legs as Shinzaki gets the bowling ball and rolls it into Kei.\u00a0 Numajiro picks up Kei, Irish whip, and Numajiro hits a hip attack.\u00a0 Numajiro puts Kei up on the top turnbuckle and goes for a muscle buster, but Kei gets out of it.\u00a0 Numajiro tackles Kei, he goes up to the second turnbuckle and hits a diving leg drop.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kei grabs Numajiro in the groin and kicks him in the chest, but Numajiro catches one and hits a dragon screw leg whip followed by the Shining Wizard.\u00a0 Numajiro puts Kei on the top turnbuckle and hits the muscle buster, cover, but Great Sasuke breaks it up.\u00a0 Shinzaki comes in and kicks Great Sasuke, he goes off the ropes but Great Sasuke punches Shinzaki.\u00a0 Snapmare by Great Sasuke, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Shinzaki rolls out of the way of the diving body press.\u00a0 Shinzaki applies the Gokuraku-Gatame but a mini wrestler emerges from a white box in the ring and stares at Shinzaki.\u00a0 Shinzaki gets up, the mini charges Shinzaki but Shinzaki grabs him by the head, Irish whip, and the mini wrestler hits a spinning headscissors.\u00a0 Shinzaki calls out of the ring and the mini hits a diving crossbody from the apron.\u00a0 Great Sasuke then gets up on the top turnbuckle and hits a senton atomico down onto the crowd.\u00a0 In the ring, scoop slam by Numajiro to Kei and he goes for an avalanche leg drop, but Kei rolls out of the way.\u00a0 A big hooded wrestler gets in the ring and hits a lariat onto Numajiro.\u00a0 Great Sasuke is back in the ring, as Kei kicks Numajiro in the chest.\u00a0 Kei and the hooded wrestler pick up Shinzaki and they hit the Messiah Advent.\u00a0 Great Sasuke remains seated on Numajiro, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners and new champions:\u00a0 Great Sasuke and Brahman Kei<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 I wish I knew someone that watches Michinoku Pro so I knew what was going on here.\u00a0 Clearly I understand Sasuke is the head in a heel stable, who are crazy people, but that\u2019s as far as I got as Sasuke was acting incredibly strange during this match.\u00a0 It was also odd that Kei started out acting normal while Sasuke was the one acting wonky.\u00a0 This was more of a theater match than a real wrestling match as it was constantly interrupted by the heel team\u2019s antics.\u00a0 When it was straight wrestling it was a good match, Shinzaki and Great Sasuke still move around fine, it was just an odd match that was more about Muno Taiyo doing their thing than about the titles.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>(c) Brahman Shu vs. Fujita &#8220;Jr.&#8221; Hayato<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This match is for the Tohoku Jr. Heavyweight Championship.\u00a0 Shu and Hayato circle each other to start, Hayato gets Shu into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Tie-up, headlock by Shu and he goes for Hayato\u2019s arm before re-applying the headlock.\u00a0 Hammerlock by Hayato but Shu hits a drop toehold.\u00a0 Ankle hold by Shu, Hayato applies a side headlock, Shu takes him down and both wrestlers return to their feet.\u00a0 Kick to the arm by Hayato and they traded elbows.\u00a0 Boot by Hayato but Shu returns the favor and they trade shots.\u00a0 Shu goes off the ropes but Hayato kicks him in the chest.\u00a0 Shu rolls out of the ring but Hayato goes out after him, Shu gains the advantage outside of the ring and slams him into a row of chairs.\u00a0 Shu gets a bucket of water but Hayato blocks him from dumping it.\u00a0 They battle up into the crowd, Shu attacks Hayato with a bag but Hayato regains the advantage and kicks Shu in the back.\u00a0 Shu takes Hayato back towards ringside and twists his arm around the ring post.\u00a0 Shu kicks Hayato in the ribs and he hits Hayato in the arm with a chair.\u00a0 Shu picks up Hayato and rolls him back into the ring.\u00a0 Shu takes off the turnbuckle pad and he kicks Hayato in the arm.\u00a0 Shu hits Hayato with the turnbuckle pad and then twists his arm around the exposed corner.\u00a0 Shu snaps Hayato\u2019s arm over the top rope, he picks up Hayato and he applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Shu pushes Hayato down in the corner while Kei gets the luggage box for Shu.\u00a0 The box is placed against Hayato\u2019s head and then Shu uses the bowling bowl to send the luggage into Hayato.\u00a0 Hayato falls out of the ring but is thrown back in, Shu puts on a mask and goes off the ropes but Hayato boots him in the face.\u00a0 They trade kicks, Irish whip by Shu but Hayato dropkicks him in the knee and then in the head.\u00a0 Hayato kicks Kei and Shu from the apron before sliding Shu back into the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Hayato gets back in but Shu kicks him in the stomach, he gets a bucket of water but Hayato takes it from him and splashes both Kei and Shu with the water.\u00a0 Hayato puts Shu in the Tree of Woe, he puts the luggage against Hayato\u2019s head and rolls a bowling ball into it.\u00a0 Hayato kicks Shu in the chest, he goes off the ropes and hits a jumping knee.\u00a0 Enzigieri by Hayato, he goes off the ropes and hits the PK.\u00a0 Cover, but Shu gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Hayato picks up Shu but Shu throws Hayato shoulder-first into the exposed corner.\u00a0 Shu yanks on Hayato\u2019s arm, big boot by Hayato but Shu moves when Hayato charges him in the corner.\u00a0 Armbreaker by Shu, he goes off the ropes and hits La Mistica.\u00a0 Shu keeps the armbar applied but Hayato gets a hand on the ropes.\u00a0 Shu gets his black liquid and drinks some, but Hayato kicks Shu.\u00a0 Hayato gets the black liquid and drinks some, but both block the other from spitting it.\u00a0 Kei grabs Hayato from the apron but he ducks when Shu goes to spit the liquid, and he hits Kei by accident.\u00a0 Hayato spits his own black liquid at Shu and Hayato kicks Shu in the side of the head.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hayato picks up Shu and boots him, cover, but again Shu kicks out at two.\u00a0 Hayato picks up Shu and applies the KID, but Shu gets to the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Hayato picks up Shu and hits a release German suplex.\u00a0 Shu lands in the corner and Hayato hits a pair of running knees.\u00a0 He goes for a third but Kei spits black mist on him from the apron.\u00a0 Shu picks up Hayato and hits the Zombie King.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Shu applies an arm submission but Hayato gets out of it, kicks by Hayato and a cover, but it only gets two.\u00a0 Hayato hits the Helm, cover, but Shu gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Hayato picks up Shu but Kei comes in the ring and hits Hayato in the arm with a kendo stick.\u00a0 High kick by Hayato and he goes for the Kid, but Shu gets out of it and applies the Caterpillar for the three count.\u00a0 Your winner and still champion:\u00a0 Brahman Shu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 This match wasn\u2019t bad, even though I have trouble seeing Shu as a champion caliber wrestler.\u00a0 Apparently DQ is officially off the table in Michinoku Pro, as Shu would not have won if Kei wasn\u2019t constantly getting involved in the end of the match.\u00a0 I always felt a promotion\u2019s biggest title shouldn\u2019t be brought down by constant interference and things like that, although MPro is clearly all-in with the Sasuke stable.\u00a0 Hayato looked fine here, it was just a disjointed match and some of the transitions were non-existent.\u00a0 After all the arm work on Hayato, it was a bit disappointing that it didn\u2019t really come into play at the end, a backslide isn\u2019t the most exciting ending for the main event title match.\u00a0 Some good and some bad here, the action itself was perfectly acceptable, it just didn\u2019t come across as an important title match like it should have.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Final Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best Match:<\/strong> <strong>Jinsei Shinzaki and Kesen Numajiro vs. Great Sasuke and Brahman Kei<\/strong>. There were not any great matches on this event, but this was the best one of the bunch. It had its goofy parts for sure, but Shinzaki and Sasuke can still bring it and the heel team&#8217;s methods kept the match interesting. Nothing too memorable but an entertaining match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MVP:\u00a0 Fujita &#8220;Jr.&#8221; Hayato<\/strong>. Even though he lost, he pulled an above average match out of Brahman Shu. He also played along with Shu&#8217;s ridiculousness which is admirable as well. Really no one came out of this event elevated to me but Hayato looked good here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall:<\/strong> This event was just extremely average. I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ve ever reviewed an event where almost every match hovered right at that &#8216;5 out of 10&#8217; line but this event pulled it off. It was just &#8216;there&#8217;, the matches weren&#8217;t bad but nothing on this card would I recommend in particular as needing to be watched. If you enjoy the Brahmans than this event\u00a0is probably a must, otherwise you can safely skip it and be confident that you aren&#8217;t missing anything.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"smallbrand\"><strong>Grade: D<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tag Team Championship: Jinsei Shinzaki &#038; Kesen Numajiro vs. Great Sasuke &#038; Brahman Kei, Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Brahman Shu vs. Fujita &#8220;Jr&#8221; Hayato, more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":5152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[576,233],"class_list":["post-13872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-michinoku-pro","tag-puroresu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13872"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13877,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872\/revisions\/13877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}