Date:\u00a0 December 10th, 2014
\nLocation: Tokyo Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan
\nAnnounced Attendance:\u00a0 1,600<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nKenta Kobashi\u2019s Fortune returns for their second event of the year.\u00a0 I guess Kobashi is going the Tenryu route of just running his own events when he wants to with his own favorite wrestlers.\u00a0 Whatever makes him happy I guess.\u00a0 We get participation from a lot of different promotions here, the full card is as follows:<\/p>\n
– Hayato Mashita vs. Minoru Tanaka
\n– Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura
\n– Koji Kanemoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Masaaki Mochizuki
\n– Shane Haste and Quiet Storm vs. Shuji Ishikawa\u00a0 and Tank Nagai
\n– Kohei Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Takuma Sano vs. Takashi Sugiura, Daisuke Sekimoto, and Shiro Koshinaka
\n– Joe Doering and Shingo Takagi vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuji Hino<\/strong><\/p>\nI won\u2019t be reviewing Kobashi and Tenryu\u2019s \u201ctalk battle,\u201d I am sure it was interesting but I don\u2019t speak Japanese so it would go a bit over my head.<\/p>\n
Hayato Mashita vs. Minoru Tanaka<\/strong><\/span>
\nTanaka and Mashita circle each other to start, and they trade kick attempts with none landing.\u00a0 Takedown by Tanaka, front facelock by Mashita but Tanaka gets out of it and both men return to their feet.\u00a0 Tanaka and Mashita lock knuckles, kneelock by Mashita but Tanaka gets to the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Kick by Tanaka, snapmare, and he kicks Mashita in the back.\u00a0 Mashita returns the favor, Tanaka gets back up, snapmare, and he kicks Mashita in the back.\u00a0 Again Mashita does the same to him, and they go back in forth for a few minutes, then they switch to kicks to the chest.\u00a0 Kicks by Mashita but Tanaka catches one and hits a dragon screw.\u00a0 Tanaka goes off the ropes and delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Knee drop to the arm by Tanaka, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Wristlock by Tanaka and he elbows Mashita in the arm.\u00a0 Mashita gets into the ropes, Tanaka picks him up and kicks him into the corner.\u00a0 Kick by Tanaka to the stomach and he hits a headbutt.\u00a0 Irish whip by Tanaka, reversed, and Mashita hits a jumping knee in the corner.\u00a0 Vertical suplex by Mashita and he kicks Tanaka repeatedly in the chest.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Mashita punches Tanaka in the corner, Irish whip, but Mashita kicks Tanaka back before hitting a missile dropkick.\u00a0 Release German suplex by Tanaka and he hits a jumping kick to the head.\u00a0 Kick by Tanaka, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Tanaka applies a cross armbreaker but Mashita gets out of it and applies an ankle hold, but Tanaka gets to the ropes.\u00a0 Kicks to the leg by Mashita but Tanaka kicks Mashita in the head and hits a Minoru Special.\u00a0 Mashita can\u2019t reach the ropes and quickly taps out.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Minoru Tanaka<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 A basic opener but not a horrible one.\u00a0 It was pretty one-sided, Mashita got a few licks in but Tanaka stayed in control.\u00a0 This wasn\u2019t surprising since Tanaka is the seasoned vet, it just made the match less compelling as it never really felt like Mashita had a chance to pull off the upset.\u00a0 Also I hate hate hate the \u2018trading sitting down so you can kick me\u2019 spot, one of my least favorite spots in all of wrestling.\u00a0 So I have to score it down for that but it wasn\u2019t the worst opener I have seen.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\nKairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura<\/span>
\n<\/strong>They lock knuckles to start, wristlock by Satomura, Hojo rolls out of it but Satomura keeps the hold applied.\u00a0 Satomura applies a stretch hold on the mat, side headlock by Satomura but Hojo reverses the hold.\u00a0 Satomura slams Hojo to the mat, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Quick roll-up by Hojo, but it gets a two, and back up they trade elbows.\u00a0 Hojo chops Satomura into the corner, Irish whip by Hojo and she hits a running shoulder tackle.\u00a0 Hojo goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving elbow smash.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hojo picks up Satomura and puts her onto her shoulders but Satomura slides off and elbows Hojo.\u00a0 They trade elbows, kick to the stomach by Satomura and she elbows Hojo into the corner.\u00a0 Irish whip by Satomura and she hits a jumping elbow.\u00a0 Satomura throws Hojo to the mat before picking her back up, uppercuts by Satomura and an Irish whip, and she hits another uppercut.\u00a0 Knees by Satomura, she goes off the ropes but Hojo hits a spear.\u00a0 Hojo goes to pick up Satomura but Satomura pushes her to the mat.\u00a0 Satomura goes for a kick but Hojo catches her leg and applies a kneelock.\u00a0 Single leg crab hold by Hojo but Satomura gets to the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Hojo goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits an elbow drop to Satomura\u2019s back, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hojo picks up Satomura, she goes off the ropes and hits a running elbow strike.\u00a0 Hojo ties up Satomura in the ropes and hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Hojo applies a cross legged submission, but Satomura gets out of it and kicks Hojo in the back.\u00a0 More kicks by Satomura, she picks up Hojo and hits an uppercut.\u00a0 Satomura goes off the ropes and hits a cartwheel double knee strike.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Satomura goes up to the top turnbuckle but Hojo dives out of the way of the diving body press.\u00a0 Hojo covers Satomura but she only gets a two count.\u00a0 Hojo goes off the ropes and hits a sliding elbow smash, cover, but it gets a two.\u00a0 Hojo goes off the ropes but Satomura catches her with a high kick to the head.\u00a0 Spinning kick by Satomura, cover, but Hojo kicks out at two.\u00a0 Elbows by Hojo and Satomura, Hojo goes off the ropes and she hits a spear, but Satomura pushes her off and applies a sleeper.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Satomura puts Hojo on her shoulders but Hojo slides off, but Satomura nails her with a Pele Kick.\u00a0 Satomura picks up Hojo and drops her with a death valley bomb, cover, and she picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winner:\u00a0 Meiko Satomura<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 Some really shady transitions but good overall.\u00a0 Hojo is adorable and Satomura is a seasoned vet that generally puts on entertaining matches.\u00a0 Some of the move combinations were just odd, like Hojo successfully hit the spear but Satomura no-sold it to go on to her next move, at that point why not just have Satomura reverse the spear?\u00a0 Silly things like that happened throughout the match but it didn\u2019t take away from the overall enjoyment too much.\u00a0 A solid joshi match.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\nKoji Kanemoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Masaaki Mochizuki<\/strong><\/span>
\nKanemaru and Hashimoto start things off.\u00a0 Hashimoto pushes Kanemaru into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Wristlock by Kanemaru, Hashimoto reverses it into a wristlock but Kanemaru quickly gets out of it and both men return to their feet.\u00a0 Tie-up, waistlock by Kanemaru, Hashimoto applies a hammerlock but Kanemaru reverses it.\u00a0 Hashimoto takes Kanemaru to the mat before picking him back up and tagging in Kanemoto.\u00a0 Mochizuki is also tagged in, Kanemoto tries to shoulderblock him down but Mochizuki stays up.\u00a0 They trade kicks, both wrestlers go off the ropes and continue kicking each other before they fall to the mat.\u00a0 Kanemoto knees Mochizuki into the corner and tags in Hashimoto. Hashimoto and Kanemoto knee Mochizuki into the corner, and Hashimoto applies a reverse chinlock.\u00a0 Snapmare by Hashimoto and he kicks Mochizuki in the back.\u00a0 Mochizuki gets up, snapmare, and Mochizuki kicks Hashimoto in the back.\u00a0 Kanemoto comes in the ring, Mochizuki grabs him and they fight into the corner.\u00a0 Hashimoto attacks Mochizuki from behind before tossing Mochizuki out of the ring.\u00a0 Hashimoto elbows Mochizuki as all four wrestlers battle outside of the ring.\u00a0 Kanemaru elbows Kanemoto against the railing and he hits an uppercut.\u00a0 Hashimoto on the other side is kicking Mochizuki in the back.\u00a0 Hashimoto and Mochizuki get back into the ring and he tags in Kanemoto. \u00a0Kanemoto kicks Mochizuki in the chest repeatedly, snapmare, and Kanemoto kicks Mochizuki in the back.\u00a0 Elbow by Kanemoto, Kanemoto picks up Mochizuki and he hits an elbow.\u00a0 Mochizuki kicks him back and they trade strikes, snapmare by Kanemoto and he tags in Hashimoto.\u00a0 Hashimoto applies a single leg crab hold and Kanemoto kicks Mochizuki in the leg.\u00a0 Hashimoto and Kanemoto stomp on Mochizuki, and Hashimoto kicks him in the chest.\u00a0 Hashimoto kicks Mochizuki in the head repeatedly, but Mochizuki gets up and kicks Hashimoto in the chest.\u00a0 Mochizuki grabs Hashimoto and throws him out of the ring, and Kanemaru scoop slams him on the exposed floor.\u00a0 Kanemaru is tagged in by Mochizuki, and Mochizuki slides Hashimoto back into the ring for him.\u00a0 Irish whip by Kanemaru and he hits a big boot.\u00a0 Vertical suplex by Kanemaru to Hashimoto, cover, but Kanemoto breaks it up.\u00a0 Kanemaru kicks Hashimoto in the back, and Kanemaru kicks Hashimoto in the leg.\u00a0 Kanemaru tags in Mochizuki, and Mochizuki headbutts Hashimoto low.\u00a0 Mochizuki picks up Hashimoto and chops him in the corner.\u00a0 Mochizuki tags in Kanemaru, Kanemaru picks up Hashimoto and hits a scoop slam.\u00a0 Slingshot senton by Kanemaru, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Kanemaru to Hashimoto and he applies a crab hold.\u00a0 Mochizuki comes in the ring but Kanemoto takes him out, while Kanemaru stomps on Hashimoto in the ring.\u00a0 Hashimoto elbows him back but Kanemaru elbows Hashimoto to the mat.\u00a0 Mochizuki applies a kneelock but it is broken up, Mochizuki tags in Kanemaru and Kanemaru hits a scoop slam to Hashimoto.<\/p>\nAnother scoop slam by Kanemaru, Irish whip, and Kanemaru hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Kanemaru tags in Mochizuki, double Irish whip to Hashimoto but Hashimoto kicks them both in the chest.\u00a0 Dragon screw by Hashimoto to Mochizuki, but Hashimoto is stopped from making the tag.\u00a0 Kanemaru picks up Hashimoto, Irish whip to the corner but Hashimoto hits a lariat.\u00a0 Hashimoto tags in Kanemoto, Kanemoto elbows Mochizuki, Kanemoto goes off the ropes but Kanemaru hits him from the apron.\u00a0 Kanemoto kicks Mochizuki down in the corner and hits a facewash.\u00a0 Mochizuki tags in Kanemaru, Irish whip by Kanemoto but Kanemaru dropkicks him in the knee.\u00a0 Kanemaru goes up top and hits a diving crossbody, Kanemaru slams Kanemoto in front of the corner and hits a split legged moonsault.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kanemaru picks up Kanemoto but Kanemoto elbows him and the two trade shots.\u00a0 Uppercut by Kanemaru but again Kanemoto returns the favor, Kanemoto goes for a kick but Kanemaru catches his leg.\u00a0 Kanemaru goes off the ropes but Kanemoto kicks him in the chest and tags in Hashimoto.\u00a0 Hashimoto picks up Kanemaru, double Irish whip but Kanemaru dropkicks both of them.\u00a0 Mochizuki comes in the ring, and they both hit facewashes on their opponents in opposite corners.\u00a0 They go for running kicks but Kanemoto and Hashimoto catch their legs and switch positions with them, hitting facewashes of their own.\u00a0 Jumping kick by Hashimoto to Kanemaru and he hits a Fisherman Suplex, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Kanemoto goes off the ropes and kicks Kanemaru in the chest, he picks him up and hits a snapmare, then Hashimoto kicks Kanemaru in the chest.\u00a0 Cover, but Mochizuki breaks it up.\u00a0 Hashimoto picks up Kanemaru and goes for a slam but Kanemaru blocks it.\u00a0 Elbows by Hashimoto, he goes off the ropes but Kanemaru hits a lariat and tags in Mochizuki.\u00a0 Mochizuki picks up Hashimoto, Irish whip, reversed, but Mochizuki kicks Hashimoto back and hits a big boot.\u00a0 He hits another big boot as Hashimoto doesn\u2019t go down and then a third, kicks to the chest by Hashimoto but Mochizuki kicks him back.\u00a0 Big boot by Mochizuki in the corner and he hits a kick to the chest, cover, but Hashimoto gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Kanemaru goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving body press onto Hashimoto, then Mochizuki kicks Hashimoto in the chest again.\u00a0 Cover, but Kanemoto breaks it up.\u00a0 Mochizuki and Kanemoto trade strikes until Kanemaru comes over, and Kanemoto starts trading elbows with him.\u00a0 Mochizuki picks up Hashimoto and they start trading punches as well, and Mochizuki applies an ankle hold to Hashimoto.\u00a0 He releases the hold to help out Kanemaru, and both Kanemaru and Mochizuki hit brainbusters to Hashimoto and Kanemoto. \u00a0All four wrestlers are down, and they trade slaps as they get to their knees.\u00a0 Mochizuki goes for a choke on Hashimoto but Hashimoto gets a foot on the ropes.\u00a0 Mounted punches by Mochizuki to Hashimoto, he picks him up and slaps him but Hashimoto slaps him back.\u00a0 Back kick by Hashimoto but Mochizuki kicks him to the mat, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hashimoto goes for Mochizuki\u2019s ankle but the bell rings, as time as expired.\u00a0 The match is declared a Draw.<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0You could tell they were going for the draw by the end of the match but overall it wasn\u2019t bad.\u00a0 A little too kicky for my personal taste but you know that is what you are getting with these guys.\u00a0 At times it didn\u2019t really feel like a tag team match as there wasn\u2019t a ton of cooperation between partners, but the teams were kinda thrown together so at least it made sense.\u00a0 A perfectly acceptable match, it not a bit repetitive at times, but really not my favorite match style and as always I prefer a definite ending if possible.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nShane Haste and Quiet Storm vs. Shuji Ishikawa and Tank Nagai<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Ishikawa and Haste start things off.\u00a0 Ishikawa pushes Haste into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Side headlock by Haste, Ishikawa Irish whips out of it and Ishikawa hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Another shoulderblock by Ishikawa, he goes off the ropes and he finally knocks Haste off his feet.\u00a0 Haste goes off the ropes, and he holds the rope down when Ishikawa charges which sends Ishikawa out of the ring.\u00a0 Haste then goes off the ropes and hits a tope suicida out onto Ishikawa.\u00a0 Haste slides Ishikawa back into the ring and he tags in Storm.\u00a0 Ishikawa tags in Nagai, Nagai and Storm tie-up, side headlock by Nagai, Irish whip, and they collide with both men staying up.\u00a0 Nagai goes off the ropes but he can\u2019t knock Storm over, and Storm hits a jumping shoulderblock.\u00a0 Storm picks up Nagai and chops Nagai into the corner.\u00a0 Storm tags in Haste, snapmare, and Haste dropkicks Nagai in the back of the head.\u00a0 Haste picks up Nagai and they trade elbows, and Haste hits an uppercut.\u00a0 Haste picks up Nagai and tags in Storm.\u00a0 Storm hits a lariat onto Nagai in the corner, and Storm hits a neckbreaker.\u00a0 Elbow drop by Storm, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Storm tags in Haste, double Irish whip and they hit a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Standing moonsault by Haste, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Uppercut by Haste and he stomps on Nagai.\u00a0 Haste tags in Storm, Storm picks up Nagai, Irish whip, and Storm hits a bridging suplex for a two count.\u00a0 Storm throws Nagai into the corner and hits a chop, Irish whip, Nagai kicks Storm back and he hits a diving shoulderblock.\u00a0 Nagai tags in Ishikawa and Ishikawa stomps Storm.\u00a0 Irish whip, and Ishikawa hits a lariat.\u00a0 Scoop slam by Ishikawa and he hits a double stomp off the second turnbuckle.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishikawa picks up Storm, Irish whip, and Ishikawa knees Storm before hitting a snap vertical suplex.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishikawa applies a sleeper but Storm makes it to the ropes to force a break.\u00a0 Ishikawa picks up Storm and goes for a suplex, but Storm blocks it.\u00a0 Elbow by Ishikawa and Storm elbows him back as they trade shots, knee by Ishikawa but Storm hits a vertical suplex and tags in Haste.\u00a0 Haste hits a dropkick to Ishikawa and then hits a leg lariat in the corner.\u00a0 Haste hits a cannonball on Ishikawa, he picks him up and goes for a German suplex but Ishikawa elbows out of it.\u00a0 Ishikawa goes off the ropes but Haste hits a falcon arrow.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Haste picks up Ishikawa and they exchange elbows, uppercut by Haste but Ishikawa hits a release dragon suplex.\u00a0 Ishikawa tags in Nagai and he hits a shoulder tackle on Haste in the corner.\u00a0 Bridging fallaway slam by Nagai, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nagai picks up Haste and elbows him into the corner, double Irish whip and Nagai hits a back elbow.\u00a0 Lariat by Ishikawa, Irish whip and Nagai hits a spinebuster.\u00a0 Running knee by Ishikawa, Nagai picks up Haste and hits a side slam.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Ishikawa takes care of Storm, Nagai waits for Haste to get up but Haste leapfrogs over him and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Haste picks up Nagai, double Irish whip to the corner and Haste hits a lariat.\u00a0 Storm hits a lariat as well, and Haste hits an uppercut.\u00a0 STO by Storm and Haste hits a running knee, cover, but Ishikawa breaks it up.\u00a0 Haste goes off the ropes but Nagai hits a spear.\u00a0 Nagai goes up to the top turnbuckle, but Haste recovers and joins him, hitting a superplex.\u00a0 Jumping kick to the back of the head by Haste, cover, but Ishikawa breaks it up.\u00a0 Storm and Ishikawa trade elbows, and Ishikawa hits a running knee.\u00a0 Storm lariats Ishikawa and pushes him out of the ring, while Haste suplexes Nagai for a two count.\u00a0 Haste picks up Nagai and drops him with the Dynamic Bomb, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Shane Haste and Quiet Storm<\/p>\nMatch Thoughts:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0A good hard hitting match that went straight to the point.\u00a0 Not a lot of \u2018feeling out’ here, just a bunch of brutes slugging it out with each other which sometimes in wrestling is all that you can hope for.\u00a0 Some little selling issues here and there and Storm seemed a step below the rest, but generally just a fun mid-card match that didn\u2019t do any harm even if it wasn\u2019t memorable.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\nKohei Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Takuma Sano vs. Takashi Sugiura, Daisuke Sekimoto, and Shiro Koshinaka<\/strong><\/span>
\nSekimoto and Sato start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, but they break cleanly.\u00a0 Tie-up again, side headlock by Sekimoto, Sato Irish whips out of it but he can\u2019t shoulderblock Sekimoto down.\u00a0 Sekimoto goes off the ropes but he has the same luck, they trade shoulderblock attempts until finally Sato shoulderblocks Sekimoto down.\u00a0 Sekimoto gets back up and trade chops with Sato, but Sato hits a hard elbow.\u00a0 Kick to the back by Sato, he picks up Sekimoto and knees Sekimoto in the stomach.\u00a0 Sato tags in Nakajima, Nakajima throws Sekimoto into the corner and Sekimoto tags in Koshinaka.\u00a0 Nakajima and Koshinaka tie-up, side headlock takedown by Koshinaka but Nakajima quickly gets out of it.\u00a0 Kick by Koshinaka and he rakes Nakajima in the eyes before hitting a hip attack.\u00a0 Another hip attack by Koshinaka, he picks up Nakajima and tags in Sugiura.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to Nakajima and he is hit with a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sugiura applies a reverse chinlock to Nakajima but Nakajima gets to the corner and tags in Sano.\u00a0 Side headlock by Sugiura, Sano Irish whips out of it but Sugiura can\u2019t shoulderblock him down.\u00a0 Sano and Sugiura trade elbows, Sugiura goes off the ropes but Sano hits a back kick.\u00a0 Sano drives Sugiura into the corner and tags in Nakajima.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to Sugiura and he is hit with a\u00a0 double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Reverse chinlock by Nakajima to Sugiura, Sugiura elbows out of it but Nakajima elbows him back.\u00a0 Kicks by Nakajima, and he knocks Sugiura to the mat.\u00a0 Nakajima picks up Sugiura but Sugiura drives him back and tags in Sekimoto.\u00a0 Sekimoto chops Nakajima in the corner, he picks up Nakajima and chops him.\u00a0 Nakajima and Sekimoto trade chops until Nakajima kicks Sekimoto in the chest.\u00a0 Nakajima picks up Sekimoto and he tags in Sato.\u00a0 Snapmare by Nakajima and Sato kicks Sekimoto in the back.\u00a0 Nakajima kicks Sekimoto in the back, and Sato kicks Sekimoto as well.\u00a0 Cover by Sato but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sekimoto chops Sato but Sato elbows him to the mat.\u00a0 Kicks to the chest by Sato, cover, but it gets another two.<\/p>\nSato picks up Sekimoto and goes for a suplex, but Sekimoto blocks it and hits a vertical suplex of his own.\u00a0 Sekimoto tags in Koshinaka, and Koshinaka hits hip attacks on everybody.\u00a0 Koshinaka hits a hip attack off the apron onto Sato, he then throws him towards the stage and hits a hip attack off of it down to the floor.\u00a0 Koshinaka returns to the ring with Sato slowly following, and Koshinaka hits a side Russian leg sweep.\u00a0 Hip attack by Koshinaka, he picks up Sato and goes for a powerbomb, but Sato blocks it and hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Sato tags in Nakajima, Irish whip by Nakajima to the corner and he hits a big boot.\u00a0 Nakajima goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Nakajima goes off the ropes but Koshinaka drops him with a hip attack before tagging in Sugiura.\u00a0 Sugiura hits a big boot onto Nakajima followed by a second one, but Nakajima returns with his own big boot.\u00a0 Spear by Sugiura, he picks up Nakajima and they trade elbows.\u00a0 Nakajima goes for a vertical suplex but Sugiura throws him to the mat.\u00a0 Big boot by Nakajima, he goes off the ropes but Sugiura knees him in the stomach.\u00a0 Sugiura picks up Nakajima and drops him onto the ropes.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sugiura picks up Nakajima and applies a waistlock, reversed, and Nakajima drop toeholds Sugiura into the turnbuckles.\u00a0 Backdrop suplex by Nakajima, he picks up Sugiura and gets him onto his shoulders, but Sugiura slides off.\u00a0 Sugiura and Nakajima trade elbows, kicks by Nakajima but Sugiura catches one and hits Nakajima.\u00a0 Kick to the chest by Nakajima, and both wrestlers are down.\u00a0 Nakajima tags in Sano while Sekimoto is also tagged in, Irish whip by Sano but Sekimoto elbows him back.\u00a0 Back kick by Sano, snapmare, and Sano hits a second turnbuckle doublestomp.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sano picks up Sekimoto, waistlock by Sekimoto and both wrestlers lariat each other.\u00a0 Back kick by Sano and he hits a release German suplex.\u00a0 Sato comes in and hits a Falcon Arrow onto Sekimoto, then Nakajima kicks him in the chest.\u00a0 Sano goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a doublestomp, cover, but Nakajima breaks it up.\u00a0 Sano hits a back kick to Sekimoto before kicking him in the back of the head.\u00a0 Cover, but Sekimoto gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Sano picks up Sekimoto but Sekimoto hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Sugiura picks up Sano and Koshinaka hits a top turnbuckle hip attack.\u00a0 Sugiura then goes up top and hits a diving headbutt to Sano, then Sekimoto comes off the top with a body press.\u00a0 Cover, but it is broken up.\u00a0 Sekimoto goes off the ropes and hits a lariat to Sano, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Sekimoto picks up Sano and hits a German suplex hold, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Takashi Sugiura, Daisuke Sekimoto, and Shiro Koshinaka<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts:<\/strong> I barely recognized Nakajima, he is sporting some odd teenager goatee or something and he is a little thicker than I remember. Anyway, there were too many wrestlers here to get a real flow going but it wasn’t a bad match. It was an odd assortment of wrestlers, I can’t remember the last time I saw Sano and having representatives from so many different promotions meant that team work was a bit limited since they weren’t really familiar with each other. Koshinaka running around doing hip attacks off any elevated location he could find was fun though and Sekimoto looked impressive as usual. It just didn’t have much of a structure and at times just felt too much like “do a few moves, tag out, do a few moves, tag out” etc. Nothing exciting but not a bad showing by the veterans, one of those weird matches you’ll only see on an indy event like this. Score: 5.5<\/span><\/p>\nJoe Doering and Shingo Takagi vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuji Hino<\/strong><\/span>
\nMiyahara and Takagi start things off.\u00a0 Tie-up, Miyahara pushes Takagi into the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Waistlock by Takagi, Miyahara reverses it into a wristlock and he applies a hammerlock.\u00a0 Drop toehold by Takagi but Miyahara quickly gets into the ropes and both wrestlers return to their feet.\u00a0 Tie-up, side headlock by Takagi, Miyahara Irish whips out of it and they collide.\u00a0 Miyahara goes off the ropes and he can\u2019t shoulderblock Takagi down, big kick by Miyahara and they trade strikes, Miyahara goes off the ropes but Takagi shoulderblocks him down.\u00a0 Big boot by Miyahara, they take it to the mat but neither can get an advantage and both wrestlers return to their feet.\u00a0 Hino and Doering are tagged in and Hino makes it clear he is not intimidated. \u00a0Tie-up by Doering, he pushes Hino into the ropes and delivers a chop before backing off.\u00a0 Hino chops Doering back and they trade chops, they then trade elbows as well, side headlock by Hino, Doering Irish whips out of it but Hino can\u2019t shoulderblock him down.\u00a0 He tries again with the same result, Doering goes off the ropes and he shoulderblocks Hino against the ropes. Clubs by Doering and they fight into the corner but Doering tags in Takagi.\u00a0 Takagi and Hino tie-up, Hino pushes Doering into the corner and he tags in Miyahara.\u00a0 Snapmare by Miyahara to Takagi and he applies a reverse chinlock.\u00a0 Back up and they trade elbows, Miyahara goes off the ropes but Doering lariats Miyahara from the apron.\u00a0 Miyahara falls out of the ring, Takagi goes out after him and he throws Miyahara into the guard rail.\u00a0 Doering stomps on Miyahara but Hino comes over and chops Doering.\u00a0 Takagi throws Hino into the guardrail, then Doering throws Miyahara into the railing.\u00a0 Takagi slides Miyahara back into the ring, and Takagi hits an elbow drop.\u00a0 Senton by Takagi and he tags in Doering.\u00a0 Doering and Takagi yank on Miyahara\u2019s legs, Doering picks up Miyahara and applies a stretch hold.\u00a0 Miyahara makes it to the ropes and Doering tags in Takagi.\u00a0 Double Irish whip to Miyahara and they hit a double shoulderblock.\u00a0 Takagi applies a grounded facelock, Irish whip to the corner but Takagi blocks Miyahara\u2019s kick and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Takagi hits a dragon screw leg whip into the ropes on Miyahara before tagging in Doering.\u00a0 Elbow drop by Doering, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Elbows by Doering but Miyahara elbows him back, Miyahara goes off the ropes but Doering hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Doering tags in Takagi, and Takagi elbows Miyahara in the stomach. \u00a0Takagi picks up Miyahara, Irish whip, and Takagi elbows Miyahara in the stomach.\u00a0 Takagi picks up Miyahara and goes for a suplex, but Miyahara blocks it.\u00a0 Takagi goes off the ropes but Miyahara hits a big boot.\u00a0 Miyahara tags in Hino, Irish whip by Hino to Takagi and he hits a shoulderblock.<\/p>\nDoering and Hino exchange elbows, but Takagi attacks Hino from behind.\u00a0 Belly to belly suplex by Hino to Takagi and he hits a senton.\u00a0 Irish whip by Hino but Takagi avoids his charge and tags in Doering.\u00a0 Elbows by Doering, Irish whip, reversed, and Doering hits a shoulderblock.\u00a0 Doering picks up Hino, Irish whip, but Hino ducks the lariat and hits a big one of his own.\u00a0 Hino knocks Takagi off the apron, Hino goes off the ropes and hits a tope suicida onto both Takagi and Doering.\u00a0 Hino rolls Doering back into the ring, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Doering hits him and slams Hino to the mat.\u00a0 Lariat by Doering and he hits a second one followed by an elbow drop.\u00a0 Doering picks up Hino and he hits a delayed vertical suplex.\u00a0 Doering picks up Hino and Hino hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Lariat by Hino, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and he hits a diving body press.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hino tags in Miyahara, big boot by Miyahara and Doering tags in Takagi.\u00a0 Miyahara and Takagi trade elbows, Irish whip by Takagi but Miyahara dropkicks Takagi in the knee.\u00a0 Another dropkick by Miyahara and he hits a jumping elbow.\u00a0 Northern Lights Suplex by Miyahara to Takagi but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Waistlock by Miyahara, he goes for a vertical suplex but Takagi blocks it and hits a suplex of his own.\u00a0 Lariat by Takagi, he goes off the ropes and hits a discus lariat but Miyahara hits a boot and tags in Hino.\u00a0 Irish whip by Hino to the corner but Takagi elbows him back.\u00a0 Hino chops Takagi down into the corner but Takagi gets back up and jaws with Hino.\u00a0 Takagi and Hino trade chops, Takagi goes off the ropes but Hino hits a lariat.\u00a0 Cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Hino picks up Takagi and goes for a powerbomb, but Takagi slides away and hits a lariat.\u00a0 Lariat by Takagi and he hits a backdrop suplex.\u00a0 Hino hits an exploder but Takagi fires back with a lariat.\u00a0 Hino tags in Miyahara while Takagi tags in Doering, Irish whip by Doering but Miyahara moves out of the way and hits a jumping knee in the corner.\u00a0 Waistlock by Miyahara but he drives Doering back in the corner and Miyahara runs in with a lariat.\u00a0 Body press by Doering, cover, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Doering picks up Miyahara and goes for the powerbomb but Miyahara hits a hurricanrana.\u00a0 Big boot by Miyahara and he knees Doering in the head.\u00a0 German suplex hold by Miyahara, but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Miyahara picks up Doering and applies a double underhook but Doering gets out of it and hits a crossbody for a two count.\u00a0 Doering picks up Miyahara and goes for the powerbomb again but Miyahara slides down his back and rolls him up for a two count.\u00a0 Back up they trade elbows, a battle which Doering wins.\u00a0 Cover by Doering but Hino breaks it up. \u00a0Doering picks up Miyahara and hits a death valley bomb, cover, but Miyahara barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 Doering drags Miyahara up and nails the Revolution Bomb, cover, and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Your winners:\u00a0 Joe Doering and Shingo Takagi<\/p>\n
Match Thoughts: <\/strong>A really solid main event.\u00a0 Hino is a boss, and the All Japan guys were fun. Takagi seemed a bit out of place as he isn’t the biggest guy (compared to everyone else in the match), but generally speaking he held his own. It was a bit repetitive in parts, lots of shoulderblocks and things like that, but once they really got into it the second half of the match the action never slowed down to the finish. Just for the sake of mixing things up I wish it wasn’t Doering and Miyahara in the home stretch, I know it probably made things easier to have the finish just include the two All Japan wrestlers but I’d like to have seen something more fresh. Still, a fun hard hitting match, lots of clubberin’ here, and not a bad way to end the show. Score: 7.0<\/span><\/p>\nFinal Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nBest Match:<\/strong> Joe Doering and Shingo Takagi vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuji Hino<\/strong>. It wasn’t really memorable in the grand scheme of things or a match I’d recommend people go out of their way to see, but it was still a really fun main event match. It is always fun to see wrestlers from different promotions mixing it up, especially when one of those wrestlers is Hino as he simply doesn’t care what promotion you are from. He was going toe to toe with Doering as if he was just another wrestler, not a Triple Crown Champion. They also went non-stop from bell to bell and never let things slow down, and overall it was an entertaining match.<\/p>\nMVP:\u00a0\u00a0 Yuji Hino<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is not unusual for Hino to be the MVP of the indy events he is on, because he just stands out as more of a force than everyone else. I mean here he is against the Triple Crown Champion and he is standing there trading shots with him, or going out of his way to attack him just to show that he isn’t afraid of him. And even though Doering is a lot taller than Hino, it didn’t seem unrealistic that he could stand with him as Hino has such a commanding presence. I just wish that he was in the match more as he was the one showing the most drive in the match. I don’t think he will ever get a chance in the big promotions but he has done a lot this year to show that he deserves it.<\/p>\nOverall: <\/strong>This Fortune event was a big step down from the last one. While on the last event it seemed like everyone was putting on maximum effort, this just felt like another indy show. The main event was good, and some of the other matches were solid but it lacked emotion for the most part. Sometimes random pairings work, other times it is lackluster and this event had more of the latter. \u00a0 Just a lot of middling action with little standing out, nothing was really terrible but nothing will stick in your mind for more then a few days. Not much here I can recommend even though the main event was fun.<\/p>\nGrade: D+<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Doering & Shingo Takagi vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuji Hino, Shane Haste & Quiet Storm vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Tank Nagaimore, and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":15949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[639,233],"class_list":["post-15948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-kobashi","tag-puroresu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15948","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=15948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15953,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15948\/revisions\/15953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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