Battlarts 5/31/97
Otsuka vs. ?
Tanaka vs. ?
Usuda vs. Rambo
Otsuka & Ishikawa & Hoshikawa vs. Funaki & Ono & Krueger
NJ TV 5/31/97
Best of the Super Jr. League Bout: Takaiwa vs. Wagner Jr.
Best of the Super Jr. League Bout: Otani vs. Nakajima
Best of the Super Jr. League Bout: Samurai vs. Tajiri. Very good
Kojima & Nakanishi vs. Goto & Nogami
Koshinaka & Ohara vs. Muto & Choshu
Hashimoto & Sasaki & Iizuka vs. Tenzan & NWO Sting & Hiro Saito
Jd' 6/2/97
Sakai vs. Yabushita. Debut match for both women.
Sogabe vs. Wakizawa
The Goddess Shiratori & Lee & Kosugi vs. Infernal & Neftaly & Ryuna
Cooga vs. The Bloody
Jaguar vs. Esther Moreno
TWF Title: Lioness vs. Bison. One of Jd's best matches.
Champ Forum Groupo Revolucion 6/7/97
2 matches w/ inexperienced wrestlers
Champ Forum Groupo Revolucion 6/14/97
Shinobi & Tsubasa vs. Tony Rivera & ?
Kendo & Pantera & Solar vs. El Brazo & Brazo de Oro & Jose Luis Feliciano
Ultimo vs. Negro Casas
Pancrase 6/15/97
Ito vs. Jong Wan
Yamamiya vs. Kunioku
Schilt vs. Fuke
Delucia vs. Takahashi
Kondo vs. Myers
Suzuki vs. Sutton
Champ Forum Groupo Revolucion 8/16/97
Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa vs. Magnum Tokyo & Shiima Nobunaga. Magnum & Nobunaga show great aerial skills. ***
Brazo De Plata & El Brazo & Halcon Negro vs. Tsubasa & Super Astro & Kendo. Bad match with a ton of wasted time. Even Astro was nothing special here. *
La Fiera & Emilio Charles Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon & Atlantis. Decent match, but the heels have aged so they didn't make the spots look as good as they once did. **1/4
Champ Forum EMLL 8/23/97 taped 8/16 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Shinobi & Tsubasa vs. Brandon & Torbellino. Beginning missing due to a satellite problem. Pretty good.
Ultraman Jr. & Mano Negro Jr. & Mr. Aguila vs. Guerrero de la Muerte & Guerrero Futuro & Violencia. All kinds of great flying spots. These guys aren't polished workers though. ***1/4
Shocker & Mr. Niebla & Super Astro vs. Black Warrior & Rey Bucanero & Felino. Spotfest. Great flying and great bumps. Too short. ***3/4
Champ Forum Michinoku Pro 9/6/97 taped 8/24 Yahaba
Gran Hamada vs. Shoichi Funaki. **1/2
Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. Dick Togo & MEN'S Teioh. ***
Ladder Match: The Great Sasuke vs. Super Boy. *1/2
Champ Forum Groupo Revolucion 9/13/97 taped Arena Naucalpan
Bakeero Torato (sp) & El Porto vs. Macabro Rojo Jr. & Padeishikadoru (major sp)
Mexico vs. Japan Elimination Match: Dr. Cerebro & Fantastic & Solar & Astro Rey Jr. & Olympico vs. TAKA Michinoku & Magnum Tokyo & Shiima Nobunaga & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa. Good match, but way too long.
Ultimo Dragon highlights
Introduction of Magnum TOKYO, SAITO, Dragon Kid, & CRAZY MAX
3/1/98 Arena Naucalpan: Highlights of Dr. Cerebro beating Nobunaga in the IRWG Intercontinental Welterkyu Senshuken decision match
12/6/97 Arena Naucalpan: Highlights of Young Dragon Hai (cup)/Torneo Copa Dragon Juvenil
Introduction of Kanda, Arai, Horiguchi, Mochizuki, Ichikawa, and SAITO
12/12/98 Arena Naucalpan: Highlights of 2nd Young Dragon Hai. 7 minutes of the final between Horiguchi & Arai is shown
Visit to Ultimo Dragon Gym
8/29/98 Arena Naucalpan 6 Man Elimination Match: Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & SAITO vs. Shiima Nobunaga & Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji. ***3/4
More Ultimo highlights
12/12/98 Arena Naucalpan: Shiima Nobunaga & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa & Yoshikazu Taru vs. El Hijo Del Santo & Vampiro Canadiense & Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid. ***
Toryumon
Elimination Match: Magnum Tokyo & Dragon Kid & SAITO vs. Shiima Nobunaga & Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji
Jd' #33 1/14/99 taped 11/22/98 Kyoto KBS Hall
Ryuna vs. Hiroyo Muto
Obacchi Iizuka vs. Esther Moreno
Yuko Kosugi & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Lioness Asuka & The Bloody
Jaguar Yokota vs. Megumi Yabushita
TWF World Tag Titles: Cooga & Sumie Sakai vs. Shark Tsuchiya & Fang Suzuki
Introduction of all the Toryumon wrestlers
1/31/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Genki Horiguchi vs. Yasushi Kanda
Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kenichiro Arai
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Yoshikazu Taru
2/3/99 Kobe Sambo Hall
Yoshikazu Taru & Masaaki Mochizuki (Buko Dojo) vs. Takashi Okamura & Geiichi Kareno (Budo Dojo team)
6 Man Elimination Match: Shiima Nobunaga & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa vs. Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & SAITO
2/6/99 Nagoya
NWA Sekai Welterkyu Oiza Ketteisen: Dragon Kid vs. Dr. Cerebro
NWA Sekai Welterkyu Oiza Ketteisen: Dragon Kid vs. Dr. Cerebro
2/7/99 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
NWA Sekai Welterkyu Senshukenjiai: Dragon Kid vs. Judo Suwa
2/5 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan 2
IRWG Intercontinental Welterkyu Senshukenjiai: Shiima Nobunaga vs.
Magnum TOKYO
2/7/99 Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan
NWA Sekai Welterkyu Tournament *first three matches are edited down to 2-3 minutes
Magnum TOKYO vs. Sumo Fuji
The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro) vs. Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro)
Shiima Nobunaga vs. Sasuke The Great (Michinoku Pro)
Final: Magnum TOKYO vs. The Great Sasuke
4/22/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
SAITO vs. Genki Horiguchi
Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & Kenichiro Arai vs. Shimu Nobunaga
& Judo Suwa & Sumo
Fuji
4/25/99 Club Citta Kawasaki
Kenichiro Arai vs. Sumo Fuji
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Tsubo Genjin
SAITO & Genki Horiguchi & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Shimu Nobunaga
& Judo Suwa & Sumo
Fuji
NWA Sekai Welterkyu Senshukenjiai: Dragon Kid vs. Judo Suwa. Suwa wins title.
Feature on SUWA. He breaks a TV with a mallet.
Feature on Sumo "Dandy" Fuji. He actually acts like a sumo. Also, he squeezes some chicks chi chi.
Feature on CIMA
Highlights of CRAZY MAX in Michinoku
4/22/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: Shiima Nobunaga & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa vs. Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & Kenichiro Arai. Spots, spots, spots, and even more spots. Dragon Kid's mask is ripped off after the match, so Ultimo comes in and uses his good arm to make the save, which was kinda depressing. 10:40 shown.
Feature on TARU
7/16/99 Kanagawa Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan: Shiima Nobunaga & Sumo Fuji & TARU vs. Magnum TOKYO & TAKA Michinoku & Kenichiro Arai. Spectacular match with great action. Any match where TAKA opposes CIMA is certainly worth checking out. None of the other guys impressed me that much though because they do a zillion spots, but fail to make them have any meaning. Somehow the fans were still into most of the near falls, and there were a ton of near falls because they did this like a Michinoku tag with one save after another. ***1/2
8/8/99: Name changes and match highlights
9/14/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall: TARU vs. Magnum TOKYO. Pretty good one-dimensional spot match. TARU's offense was better than normal and Magnum didn't make him do anything too difficult. 9:03 shown.
CIMA at a U.S. Marines base
CIMA on an island. He watched a Habu vs. a Mongoose, and when the Habu wins they put it up like a wrestling result claiming a :49 victory with a choke sleeper.
*COOP available*
Note: most matches are clipped
4/1/00: CIMA vs. Ricky Marvin
4/9/00: CIMA vs. Onryo
4/9/00: CIMA vs. Naoki Sano
4/9/00: CIMA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
3/18/00: Magnum TOKYO & Genki Horiguchi & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. CIMA & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa
3/20/00: Magnum TOKYO & Genki Horiguchi & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. CIMA & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa
3/25/00 NWA Welterweight Title Match: Judo Suwa vs. Genki Horiguchi
4/15/00: Dragon Kid & Tiger Mask & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. CIMA & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa
4/18/00: CIMA & Sumo Fuji & Judo Suwa & Yoshikazu Taru & Makoto vs. Dragon Kid & Tiger Mask & Genki & Horiguchi & Yoshiyuki Saito & Ryo Saito
4/25/00: CIMA & Sumo Fuji & Yoshikazu Taru vs. Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi & Stoker Ichikawa
2/17/01: Final 4+ minutes of a 10 elimination tag where Ryo Saito is taking on Milano. Highlight is the tornado press that Milano does before the end, which is like a corkscrew version of the Lionsault.
2/10/01 Act City Hamamatsu Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Ryuji Hijikata. 3:35 shown
Magnum TOKYO & Kenichiro Arai Ryo vs. CIMA & Big Fuji & TARU. Fast paced with lots of good action. In spite of the lame finish, it looked to be at least a ***1/2 match. 5:25 shown
2/12/01 Hyogo Kobe Chicken George: Dragon Kid SAITO vs. Darkness Dragon & Yasushi Kanda. Pretty good match with an annoying run in finish highlighted by Dragon Kid's swandive version of the Diamond dust. 6:13 shown
2/25/01 Tokyo Differ Ariake: Dragon Kid & Azteca vs. Darkness Dragon & Susumu Mochizuki. Highlight was Dragon Kid doing a Sabu looking double jump moonsault. 6:42 shown
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Masaaki Mochizuki. They wore boxing gloves, but Ichikawa took his off after 30 seconds and laid down so Mochizuki pinned him with a body press off the bottom rope. DUD
Magnum TOKYO & Kenichiro Arai & Genki Horiguchi vs. CIMA & SUWA & TARU. Pretty slow match. It was adequate, but kind of dull since never really picked up. Crazy Max does a good spot where SUWA giant swings the opposition, but instead of releasing him when he has enough momentum (and is tired) CIMA dropkicks the opponent in the head. **1/4
Ryo Saito vs. Big Fuji. Fuji carried the match. He still hasn't developed any offense. The 1st 10 minutes were pretty slow. It got interesting after that, but it was only an 11:51 match so it ended a little after it got good. Saito didn't do much. Fuji ran him over with a bike after the match. **
3/11/01 Zepp Sendai
Highlights of EL NUMERO UNO league matches - Genki Horiguchi vs. Susumu Mochizuki & CIMA vs. Darkness Dragon
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: Magnum TOKYO vs. Kenichiro Arai. Cool moves, mainly by Magnum. He did this incredible elbow drop where it looked like he was going to backflip, but instead he turned in the air. His released Dragon suplex was also really nice. Arai is kind of awkward since various headbutts are the majority of his offense, but he did win with a firebird splash. This match didn't make any sense, but Magnum impressed me with his athleticism and execution. 9:59 shown
3/17/01 Tokyo Differ Ariake
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki. Another good match ruined by a crappy, abrupt screw job ending. Teh highlight was Mochizuki stopping the iconoclasm with a chop to the head then doing a handstand off CIMA's back to get off the top and back into the ring. CIMA then ducked Mochizuki's lariat, but Mochizuki landed on his feet for a German suplex and gve CIMA a climb up enzuigiri. 10:05 shown
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: Dragon Kid vs. Susumu Mochizuki. Dragon did a few awesome flying moves, but looked sloppy even though the match was clipped down to 1/10th. Digest
3/20/01 Aichi Nagoya Shi Taiikukan
Stan Ichikawa vs. Susumu Mochizuki. 3:21 shown
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: Magnum TOKYO vs. Yasushi Kanda. Digest
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: CIMA vs. Ryo Saito. Seemed pretty solid and well worked. 3:21 shown
3/24/01 Kobe Chicken George
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: Magnum TOKYO vs. Big Fuji. Just chaos from the get go with Fuji attacking Magnum while he was walking down the aisle. A wrestling match never ensued as Fuji kept on Tokyo with tactics like choking him with a bull rope until he was disqualified.
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: Ryo Saito vs. Darkness Dragon. Digest
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: Dragon Kid vs. SUWA. These two always work well together, and this was no exception. SUWA took all Dragon's moves well as always, but it was a big disappointing because Dragon lost after so little offense by SUWA. Dragon did an Ace crusher off the second that was impressive because of how far away they landed from the starting point. 8:25 shown
4/8/01 Osaka Bayside Jenny
3 WAY DANCE MATCH: Magnum TOKYO vs. Kenichiro Arai vs. Big Fuji. They didn't seem to have any concept of how to pull this off so they kind of just went back and forth between opponents. They would hit each other, but they didn't do much in the way of sequences. An awkward match that would have been much better under the triangle match rules where two guys fight a singles match and then the winner takes on the third guy. *1/2
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: SUWA vs. Susumu Mochizuki. Digest
EL NUMERO UNO Koshikisen: CIMA vs. TARU. CIMA did a Van Dam kind of spot where he tied TARU up in the tree of woe then did a swandive missile kick to the balls from the opposite side of the ring. Digest
4/14 Tokyo Differ Ariake
Battle Royal
EL NUMERO UNO Tournament Junkessho: Magnum TOKYO vs. SUWA
EL NUMERO UNO Tournament Junkessho: CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
EL NUMERO UNO Tournament Yushoketteisen: Magnum TOKYO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
Kenichiro Arai & Ryo Saito vs. Big Fuji & TARU
4/29 Kobe Chicken George
Magnum TOKYO & Kenichiro Arai & Ryo Saito vs. CIMA & Big Fuji & TARU
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Yasushi Kanda
Kenichiro Arai & Apache vs. Genki Horiguchi & SAITO
Stoker Ichikawa vs. TARU
Dragon Kid & Ricky Marvin & Ryo Saito vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda & Darkness Dragon
Dick Togo vs. Chocoflake K-ICHI
UWA Sekai 6 Man Tag Senshukenjiai: CIMA & SUWA & Big Fuji vs. The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada
Magnum TOKYO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
8/14 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
NWA World Welterweight Title Match: Susumu Mochizuki vs. Ricky Marvin
Kenichiro Arai & Stoker Ichikawa vs. Genki Horiguchi & SAITO
7/29 Kobe Chicken George
CIMA & Big Fuji vs. Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito
Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & Stoker Ichikawa vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda & Darkness Dragon
8/14 Tokyo Korakuen Hall UWA World 6 Man Tag Title 3 WAY DANCE MATCH: CIMA & SUWA & Big Fuji vs. Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda & Darkness Dragon
8/19 Osaka Bayside Jenny: CIMA & SUWA & Big Fuji vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda & Susumu Mochizuki
SAITO vs. SUWA
Genki Horiguchi vs. Apache
Yasushi Kanda & Chocoflake K-ICHI vs. Big Fuji & TARU
NWA World Welterweight Title Match: Susumu Mochizuki vs. Ryo Saito
ABSOLUTAMENTE ~Kanaami 5 WAY Escape Match~: Magnum TOKYO vs. Dragon Kid vs. Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Darkness Dragon vs. CIMA
Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Darkness Dragon. Hell of an opener. Well worked match. Smooth well executed difficult sequences. Kid looked fantastic because he hit all his spots perfectly. Magnum was the least impressive because he was the only one whose execution was a little off. There was a fairly long lull in the middle when the rudos were on offense, but then the match took off. Susumu did one of the longest delayed suplexes in history. ***1/2
5 Minute Exhibition Match: Kenichiro Arai vs. Super Shiisa. This was like the opening of a 20 plus minute technical match from a few decades ago. They did all those wear down holds that have largely been eliminated like the hammerlock, but made them interesting enough with their counters. But then the 5 minutes were up.
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Crown Challenger Decision Match: Apache vs. Ricky Marvin. Aside from a few major blown spots due to slips, this was a nice little battle between AAA and EMLL. Marvin did an awesome super quebrada where he just leaped to the top and right back off. He also did this awesome sequence where he stopped himself with a handstand into the ropes then did a backflip over Apache and went right for a huracanrana, but Apache turned it into the Lion tamer. There were some other spectacular spots, but this too short match was oddly paced and didn't come together as a whole. **1/2
Masaaki Mochizuki & Genki Horiguchi vs. Big Fuji & Ryo Saito. Aside from the unnatural Fuji this was an excellent match. Well worked dramatic match with strong heat. Saito was impressive even though it's weird seeing a match where the rudos offense is better than the technicos. Horiguchi did a great swing DDT, climb-up moonsault, and no touch tope con hilo. Mochizuki put an RVD twist to his climb-up enzuigiri by having Horiguchi throw Fuji a case. ***1/2
taped 12/10/01 Tokyo Komazawa Olympic Koen Taiikukan
Super Shiisa Debutsen: Darkness Dragon & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Dragon Kid & Super Shiisa. You could see that Shiisa could become a real pleasure to watch once he gets more comfortable and confident performing. He's a Kendo type with manuevers that look great because of his amazing athleticism, though they actually do little to no damage. He had some execution and timing problems, but he didn't do any ordinary moves and like Dragon Kid everything was spectacular if it came off right. Kid's stuff was all coming off today, and Darkness & Susumu were doing their usual strong job of making the opposition look good. The match died when they would go on offense, not so much because their offense is weak, but the pace dropped so drastically and there wasn't any spark or intensity. 16:41 of 17:02. ***1/2
Stoker Ichikawa vs. TARU. Same lame old routine from Ichikawa. TARU did nothing. 5:12 of 6:28. DUD
TARU & Big Fuji vs. Kenichiro Arai & Raimu Mishima. Really short, which doesn't bother me given who was involved, but I expect more action if so they aren't asked being to fill time. Arai is a good opponent for stiffs since his headbutt variations can be done to anyone. 4:52. *
NWAWorld Welterweight Title Match: Ryo Saito vs. Genki Horiguchi. Some excellent moves, but that and outside interference were the whole match. A title match should be about the title not about guys at ringside or in the locker room and not building to other matches since the title should be the highest stakes. 12:12 of 12:54. **
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Magnum TOKYO vs. Ricky Marvin. Some brilliant moves, including an amazing dive by each, but they didn't know how to set them up or get anything out of them. There's no concept of defense or weardown in this league. It's just going for big moves consistently and either they are countered or they are hit. That results in the match just ending because it looks about the same throughout when there's no need to work up to anything. SUWA came out after the match acting friendly. Magnum was leery, but eventually agreed to shake his hand only to get jumped. 12:10 of 13:12. **1/2
Hair vs. Hair Lumberjack Match: CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki. To me these stips negate each other. You have two guys fighting for the pride of their locks, but the match is really being decided by who has their back. They made it look like Mochizuki was about dead early on so Horiguchi could save with powder. A little later CIMA was out of it, but Mochizuki inexplicably threw him to the floor and Ultimo wound up fighting Mochizuki, which gave CIMA a long time to recover. The match didn't develope and never gained momentum because it was just do some moves then have some interference. 15:56. **
taped 11/25 Mexico
3 vs. 4 Irregular Match: Milano Collection A.T. & Masato Yoshino & S.B. Tsujimoto vs. Kentaro Mori & Kinya Oyanagei & TARUcito & Takayuki Yagi. Milano was pretty smooth, but this seemed like chaos. 3:03 shown
Young Dragon Hai Kesshosen: Shuji Kondo vs. Toru Owashi. Owashi looked competent, but this was pretty much edited down to the moves. 2:22 of 9:38
2/3 Falls: Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Octagon & Heavy Metal. 1st fall was skipped. Susumu faked getting low blowed to get Metal DQ'd in the 2nd fall. Soon Susumu low blowed Octagon to win the match. It's hard to fathom why people are still amused by this foul stuff, but at least they used to wrestle before them. ?, 0:47 of 1:36, & 2:56.
12/30/01 Kobe Chicken George
SUWA vs. Raimu Mishima
CIMA & TARU vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Darkness Dragon
Tag Tournament Kesshosen: Susumu Mochizuki & Darkness Dragon vs. Big Fuji & Ryo Saito
1/8/02 Tokyo Korakuen Hall UWA World 6 Man Tag Title Match: CIMA & Don (Big) Fuji & TARU vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki & Darkness Dragon
1/24 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan 2
SUWA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
UWA World 6 Man Tag Title Match: CIMA & Don Fuji & TARU vs. Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & Kenichiro Arai
2/3 Fukuoka Hakata Starlane: SUWA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
2/24 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
SUWA vs. Shigeo Okumura
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Darkness Dragon & Genki Horiguchi vs. Magnum TOKYO & Super Shiisa
Mochizuki Contra Mochizuki: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Susumu Mochizuki
2/26 Kobe Chicken George: Takashi Yokosuga & Darkness Dragon & Genki Horiguchi vs. Magnum TOKYO & Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito
3/12 Hyogo Kobe Chicken George: CIMA & SUWA vs. Don Fujii & TARU. Too long for these guys, who don't know how to build the match up. They just reverted to exchanging for much of the early portion. Match picked up at 11 when SUWA made the hot tag, but CIMA was back in 2 1/2 minutes later looking fresh despite having been beat on for the majority of the match. Maybe this was supposed to be some kind of angle because when CIMA & SUWA were going to whip Fujii into the ropes, SUWA shoved CIMA down and traded blows with Fujii. SUWA then hit CIMA when he got up. A few good minutes, but otherwise they weren't doing much beyond pacing themselves. 17:04 of 30:00
3/15 Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Magnum TOKYO vs. SUWA. SUWA attacked Magnum's dancing fairies before the match, with Magnum being too busy prancing and posing elsewhere to save them. M2K hit the ring and teamed up on SUWA though until CIMA & Fujii made the save. The match itself had some decent spots, but ended before I'd even realized they got it going. 5:00. *1/4
3/21 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
El Numero Uno C Block Koshikisen: Stoker Ichikawa vs. SUWA. SUWA was destroying Ichikawa. When he was beating him with a chair on the outside, Magnum jumped him to avenge the title change. Ichikawa got back and got the count out win while TOKYO was chairing SUWA. The problem with this finish is why isn't it a DQ? Magnum isn't allowed to have his way with SUWA right in front of the ref just because SUWA is on the outside. 2:54. DUD
El Numero Uno B Block Koshikisen: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Kenichiro Arai. These two worked well together with Mochizuki attacking and Arai countering on occasion. Arai was overmatched but resiliant. He was getting dominated until he countered a swandive move with a jawbreaker. Even then he didn't have a run of offense, it was just that he was able to hang around, and in this case long enough to eventually pull off the upset. 9:29 of 11:46. ***
El Numero Uno ABlock Koshikisen: Magnum TOKYO vs. Susumu Mochizuki. Susumu used a surprisingly vast knee arsenal to work Magnum's knee the whole match. Magnum was consistent in his selling. He would make little comebacks, but Susumu would stop them short by finding a way to hit the knee. Wrestling was very good, but the acting wasn't so convincing, especially toward the end. 15:51 of 19:19. ***1/4
3/24 Miyagi Zepp Sendai
El Numero Uno C Block Koshikisen: Don Fuji vs. Ryo Saito. 3:01 of 30:00
El Numero Uno A Block Koshikisen: Dragon Kid vs. Magnum TOKYO. Didn't appear to be the quality one might think because both give much better than they take, especially Magnum since his muscles just get in his way. 2:52 of 16:56
El Numero Uno B Block Koshikisen: CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki. Also seemed disappointing with a little sloppy and mistimed segment near the end. 2:56 of 13:43
4/22 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Dragon Scramble Battle Royal
Magnum TOKYO vs. SUWA
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. CIMA
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Magnum TOKYO
4/27 Kobe Chicken George
Magnum TOKYO & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Takashi Yokosuga & Darkness Dragon
NWA World Welterweight Title Match: Ryo Saito vs. Genki Horiguchi
5/11 Tokyo Differ Ariake
One Night Tag Tournament Partner Nintei 4 Way Match: CIMA vs. SUWA vs. Magnum TOKYO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Kintaro Kanemura
One Night Tag Tournament Ikkaisen: SUWA & TARU vs. Don Fuji & Ryo Saito
One Night Tag Tournament Ikkaisen: Masaaki Mochizuki & CIMA vs. Magnum TOKYO & Genki Horiguchi
One Night Tag Tournament Yushosen: SUWA & TARU vs. Magnum TOKYO & Genki Horiguchi
5/21 Kobe Chicken George: Magnum TOKYO & Takashi Yokosuga & Genki Horiguchi vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Dragon Kid & Kenichiro Arai
8/3 Mexico
Handicap Match: SUWAcito & Small "Dandy" Fuji vs. Syachihoko Machines 1-3. 6:19 of 13:12.
Milano Collection AT & Toru Owashi Graduation Match 2/3 Falls: Milano Collection AT & , Mr. Aguila & Latin Lover vs. Toru Owashi & Hector Garza & Super Crazy. 5:20 of 6:09, 5:30 of 6:55, 4:19.
8/11 Tokyo Differ Ariake
Dragon Scramble: Toru Owashi, Anthony W. Mori, Takuya Sugawara, Junya Fukumasa, Second Doi & Kinya Oyanagei. 8:47
Dragon Scramble: Milano Collection A.T., Condotti Shuji, Pescatore Yagi, Berlinetta Boxer, YOSSINO, & "brother" YASSINI. 7:19
Anthony W. Mori & Henry Sugawara III & Phillip J. Fukumasa vs. Condotti Shuji & Pescatore Yagi & Berlinetta Boxer. 13:02 of 14:12.
6. UWA 6 Man Tag Titles #1 Contenders Match: Milano Collection A.T. & YOSSINO
& "brother" YASSINI vs. Kinya Oyanagei & Toru Owashi &
Second Doi. 18:27.
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. SUWA
Raimu Mishima vs. Syachihoko Machines 3 & 4. 0:50 shown
Syachihoko Machines 1 & 2 vs. Stoker Ichikawa. 2:55 shown
Darkness Dragon vs. Dragon Kid
UWA World 6 Man Tag Title Match: TARU & Don Fujii & CIMA vs. Magnum TOKYO & Susumu Yokosuka & Genki Horiguchi
8/13/02 Kobe Chicken George: Ricky Marvin & Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. CIMA & TARU & Don Fujii
Genki Horiguchi & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Takunori Iwasa & Second Doi
Kinya Oyanagi vs. Raimu Mishima
Stoker Ichikawa vs. Ultimo Dragoncito
Ryo Saito & Kenichiro Arai & Super Shisa vs. Anthony W. Mori & Henry III Sugawara & Phillip J. Fukumasa
SUWA vs. Toru Owashi
Ultimo Dragon vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
Magnum TOKYO & Latin Lover & Disco Inferno vs. Condotti Shiji & Pescadore Yagi & Berlinetta Boxer
UWA World 6 Man Tag Title Match: CIMA & Don Fujii & TARU vs. Milano Collection A.T. & YOSSINO & "brother" YASSINI
Mascara Contra Mascara: Dragon Kid vs. Darkness Dragon
taped 9/30
Dragon Kid & Darkness Dragon vs. Magnum TOKYO & Susumu Yokosuka
MS: Very disappointing match that looked like they all just went through
the motions. The Dragons sold for most of the match, but TOKYO & Yokosuka
did more preening than actual inflicting of punishment. Darkness wore his
mask and tore it off himself about 3 minutes in, which made absolutely zero
sense but TOKYO decided to go after Kid’s mask as a result of that.
Kid rolled out a couple of huracanranas, which were literally the only real
highlights of the match. Darkness eventually won it with his Darkness buster
(modified Northern lights bomb) on Yokosuka. Even clipped by 1/3 this still
just dragged on without much in the way of emotion or effort. **
Ryo Saito vs. Genki Horiguchi
MS: These two actually made an effort, but their attempts at a good match
were squelched by horrible booking. Like what every other match would encounter,
there was a lot of interference here to the point it was ridiculous. Speaking
more specifically about this match, here are several example of just how
ridiculous things are in Toryumon. Although the ref would get distracted
from the interference some of the time, the times he didn’t he just
stood there and watched without even warning either party by threatening
a disqualification. In the best sequence of the match, Saito hit 3 rolling
fisherman’s suplexes for what should’ve been a 2 count. Horiguchi
forgot to kick out and/or somebody was late in grabbing the ref, so the ref
just waived off the pin and they continued on. At one point, the ref just
turned his back to the action and faced the crowd (with nobody threatening
interference) so that Horiguchi could throw a groin kick and I guess not
actually get DQ’d. And finally, the ref allowed CIMA to hit Saito with
a blue plastic box but then stopped Horiguchi from doing the same. He did
allow Dragon to hit Horiguchi with it however, which enabled Saito to catch
him in a German suplex for the pin. Had they actually teased the ref favoring
Saito this would’ve made sense, but since they didn’t it came off
as helastupid. They really tried to have a good match, but this was just
a total mess from start to finish. *1/2
Super Shisa & Shiori Asahi & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. TARU & CIMA
& Don Fujii
MS: This was a pretty good match that actually featured what one would expect
from Toryumon. The beginning was fairly slow, but still interesting since
everyone was involved. The last few minutes are what really made the match
though, as CIMA and Shisa were very impressive. Things did threaten to get
out of control a couple of times however as they quickly jumped from about
50 m.p.h to 95, but everyone’s execution was on and CIMA was able to
keep everyone stable for the most part. There was a short segment where TOKYO
and the rest of the blue world order got involved, including attacking the
ref, but this led to a solid finish of Shisa reversing Fujii’s attempt
at a chokeslam into a nice jujigatame for the tap. **3/4
10/8 Osaka Furitsu Taiikukaikan 2
Stoker Ishikawa vs. SUWA
MS: Really (and I do mean really) bad comedy match. And realistically, unless
Sakura’s involved nobody should be having a 10 minute match of this
nature because it’s just way too long. The only funny and notable spot
was when Stoker came off the top with a crossbody that SUWA avoided and Ishikawa
caught the ref. The ref rolled thru on it and got a two count from SUWA and
then pounded his hands in frustration on the mat wanting a faster count.
More interference here that lead to SUWA getting counted out and the theme
from the Lone Ranger playing over the PA. DUD
Darkness Dragon vs. Ryo Saito
MS: Both of these guys looked better than in their matches from the 9/30
taping. More run-ins here, but this time it didn’t really affect the
match. Pretty good build to the finish with Saito rolling out two fisherman’s
busters and then reversing a Dragon counter (attempting his buster) into
a German suplex. After an exchange of some fairly stiff slaps, Darkness hit
a nice enzugiri followed by a successful buster for the bell ringing in his
favor. **1/4
“brother” YASSINI & YOSSINO & Milano Collection A.T. vs.
CIMA & TARU & Don Fujii
MS: At some points this was very good. At others it was hurt by the aforementioned
Russo/Toryumon philosophy that a match on it’s own isn’t entertaining
enough, so let’s empty out the locker room and have a clusterfuck of
confusion. Of course, the best sequences featured CIMA (who seems to outclass
most everyone else in the company) but Fujii and YOSSINO built to a hot finish
where Fujii had to tap to a standing modified head and arms scissors. What
this match and the prior 6-man showed is that Toryumon does have its moments
of greatness, but they are their own worse enemy in overbooking everything
to the point that you’d think Dusty taught Ultimo personally. ***
Dragon Scramble Battle Royal: Don Fujii vs. Taru vs. Dragon Kid vs. Kenichiro Arai vs. Second Doi vs. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Genki Horiguchi vs. Ryo Saito vs. Condotti Shuji vs. Anthony W. Mori vs. Toru Owashi 17:01
El Numero Uno 2003 quarterfinal: Yossino vs. Suwa 3:31
El Numero Uno 2003 quarterfinal: Cima vs. Susumu Yokosuka 7:46
El Numero Uno 2003 quarterfinal: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Milano Collection A.T. 8:29
El Numero Uno 2003 quarterfinal:Genki Horiguchi vs. Magnum Tokyo 3:41
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Stalker Ishikawa 2:15
El Numero Uno 2003 semifinal: Yossino vs. Cima 3:55
El Numero Uno 2003 semifinal: Genki Horiguchi vs. Masaaki Mochizuki 2:52
Ultimo Dragon, Anthony W. Mori, Second Doi, Kenichiro Arai, & Dragon Kid vs. Yassini, Condotti Shuji, Taru, Don Fujii, & Ryo Saito 10:46
El Numero Uno 2003 final: Cima vs. Genki Horiguchi 19:07
Supercar Trio vs. Small Crazy Max vs. Salseros
Jinsei Shinzaki & Shinji Nohashi vs. Kei Sato & Shu Sato
Toru Yano vs. King Ali Baba
Takeshi Minaminno vs. Taiji Ishimori
Ultimo Dragon & Jushin Liger & The Great Sasuke vs. Shodai Tiger Mask & Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask 4