DarK_RaideR

Love the cyberpunk logo and titles. Also 100% signing Piper Hale for the Warrior Queen 2020 starting roster.

Another good show, solid from top to bottom. Like the stories, matches, angles and characters.

COTT Mid-American Championship "The Georgia Bulldog" Riley McManus versus The Hangman © CWI Indiana Heavyweight Championship Philippe LaGrenier versus "Spicy" Pepper Pelton © CWI Women's Championship Black Diamond versus Felicia Luck © The Circle City Connection [Threepwood & Grappling] versus The Player's Club w/ Lucinda Lush Nate "the Great" DeMarcus versus Bear Barnes Matt Blackburn versus Davis Wayne Newton Joy Ryder versus "Red" Yvonne Ericks

Quick heads up, this diary isn't dead or on hiatus, I've just been super busy with work, travelling and some life drama. Show's already half written so it should be up within the next day or two. Thank you for your patience.

Scorpion vs. Screamer Calavera vs. El Hijo Del Fantasma Cobra vs. Goblin Prince Blue Wolf vs. Purple Viper Delirium vs. La Estrella Captain Lucha vs. Death's Head

And that is how the eggplant emoji started its career...

Oh my! Deadly Deadshot used Deadly Deadshot! It's super effective!

Oh hell yeah

I choose to believe it is not by accident this came out just as Project Regeneration Vol.1 hit the public

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dalton" data-cite="Dalton" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47534" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I am all for more puro diaries, we definitely need some more!!!</div></blockquote><p> Agreed. Wanna get into PGHW but between the schedule, roster size, history etc I always felt lost. Hoping this will serve as a good introduction</p>

Nice show, surprised that I got that many predictions right. Let's see who these new signings are...

Historian: His writing, storytelling and presentation have led to him sweeping all categories in the last 2 End of the Year awards and that alone speaks volumes. On top of that, he is happy to trade ideas, information, images, code, save games and overall be extremely helpful. And on top of that, he is very active on these forums, to the point where he took on the burden of becoming a moderator. As far as I'm concerned, he's the total package and only sure-fire nomination I just couldn't keep off my 3 picks. Speaking of that, honourable mentions to willr0ck (bunch of logos, belts, re-renders, mods and some great diaries), King Bison (for the re-renders, TITAN mod and diaries) and London (LVerse is my favourite mod). I'm sure you'll all make it to the final nominations, so I'm using my other two votes for two "underdog picks" I do feel deserve the spotlight. Voeltzwagon: If the independent wrestling scene were to ever coalesce into a diary writer, that would probably be Voeltz. Great character writing, great sense of humor, great storytelling and a bunch of amazing diaries to his name, I'm legitimately amazed he still isn't in the Hall of Fame. southside_hitmen: Great graphics, to the point where that total visual overhaul has me wanting to play promotions I otherwise wouldn't bother with like TCW or OLLIE. Some amazing diaries, with the BCG one specifically setting the standard for a lot of the ones that followed, especially in the presentation and visual sectors. Also had a brief stint doing the RW mods after Fleisch and before Questlove took over. Another underappreciated community member who deserves recognition.

Red Star Combat Top 10 Rankings as of February 1st, 2004 Super Heavyweight #1 Colin J L Capes (8-0, 3-0 RSC) #2 Dwight Witherspoon (9-1, 3-1 RSC) #3 Hector Jimenez (5-0, 2-0 RSC) #4 Zsolt Hargitay (10-4, 2-1 RSC) #5 Joe Snettisham (9-5, 0-2 RSC) #6 Daugvinas Blekaitis (5-2, 3-2 RSC) #7 Melvin Yeo (5-1, 3-1 RSC) #8 Zydrunas Sigauskas (4-1, 2-1 RSC) #9 Vasily Klyushev (5-3, 3-3 RSC) #10 Fred Goggins (6-2, 1-2 RSC) Heavyweight #1 Pai Cheng (14-0, 5-0 RSC) #2 Mugur Boc (13-3, 1-1 RSC) #3 Khru Duangjan (20-5, 0-0 RSC) New #4 Percy Catcher (14-7, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ #5 Josef Jankowski (10-1, 1-0 RSC) ⬇️ #6 Dave Lennon (21-9, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ #7 Roope Kuqi (9-1, 0-1 RSC) ⬇️ #9 Wally da Cunha (18-11, 1-1 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Vittorio Pescatelli (8-3, 2-3 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Hanif Hussain (9-3, 3-0 RSC) ⬇️ Light Heavyweight #1 Hyun-Shik Lim (18-3, 2-0 RSC) #2 Carlos dos Santos (18-7, 3-1 RSC) #3 Michael Dali (7-0, 3-0 RSC) #4 Leandro Piquet (22-12, 1-1 RSC) #5 Emil Karlsson (8-0, 0-0 RSC) New #6 Allen LeFleur (13-1, 2-1 RSC) #7 Mahak Kirakosyan (10-3, 3-3 RSC) ⬆️ Daniil Skala (22-11, 0-1 RSC) #8 Tomasz Petrov (4-1, 4-1 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Adrian Swall (11-4, 2-3 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Frankie Burgess (8-3, 3-2 RSC) ⬇️ Middleweight #1 Petey Mack (14-6, 0-0 RSC) ⬆️ #2 Bambang Sriyanto (27-11-2, 1-1 RSC) ⬆️ #3 Kojuro Kudo (16-5-1, 0-0 RSC) ⬆️ #4 Carl Ratcliffe (24-8, 1-1 RSC) ⬆️ #5 Esteban Vega (11-1, 1-1 RSC) ⬆️ #6 Ramin Rostami (8-0, 4-0 RSC) ⬆️ #7 Emile Rachal (7-0, 0-0 RSC) ⬆️ #8 Osvald Kikkas (11-3, 4-1 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Drazen Gabelich (11-7, 0-1 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Leandro Bastos (9-3, 0-1 RSC) ⬆️ Welterweight #1 Simon Vine (26-11, 0-0 RSC) #2 Kafu Bunya (15-4, 0-0 RSC) #3 Hamilton Fonseca Jr (12-3, 3-0 RSC) ⬆️ #4 Dominykas Jankovic (15-7, 2-2 RSC) ⬆️ #5 Carmelo Rossi (15-6, 2-0 RSC) ⬆️ #6 Syed Tan (19-7-1, 0-1 RSC) ⬇️ #7 Mauricio de Terreros (11-1, 2-1 RSC) #8 Piotr Dabrowski (21-10, 2-2 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Mando Romero (12-1, 2-1 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Pavel Radulov (9-3, 1-0 RSC) ⬆️ Lightweight #1 Georges Nouri (18-3, 3-0 RSC) #2 Motoki Hojo (22-8, 0-0 RSC) #3 Folke Dalen (11-1, 4-1 RSC) #4 Min-Soo Sik (10-2, 0-1 RSC) #5 Johan Kavli (7-0, 0-0 RSC) #6 Goncalves Cassaro (7-1, 0-0 RSC) New #7 Harald Hubner (10-6, 1-1 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Chakrit Mamanee (5-1, 4-1 RSC) ⬇️ #9 Jonas Jankowski (4-0, 2-0 RSC) ⬇️ #10 Dominykas Wojcik (4-0, 2-0) ⬇️ Featherweight #1 Francesco Marazzina (24-10, 1-0 RSC) #2 Foggy Lee (15-3, 3-0 RSC) #3 Marco Bernacci (11-3, 0-0 RSC) #4 Rafael Tavares (18-6, 2-1 RSC) #5 Colm Dee (15-7, 0-0 RSC) #6 Jay Dorridge (12-4, 1-1 RSC) #7 Ryan Fenniman (11-2, 0-0 RSC) #8 Ronaldo Freitas (9-1, 2-1 RSC) #9 Louie Sullivan (10-1, 0-0 RSC) New #10 Milovan Ajetovic (9-7, 0-0 RSC) New Women’s Featherweight #1 Rachel McGuiness (12-4, 3-0 RSC) #2 Nora Bethlen (7-0, 3-0 RSC) #3 Annika Sjolin (7-1, 5-1 RSC) #4 Regina de Avila (6-2, 4-2 RSC) #5 Rosamaria Correa (8-2, 2-2 RSC) #6 Zofia Ivanov (4-1, 4-1 RSC) #7 Maja Krawczyk (4-1, 4-1 RSC) #8 Vasya Kaczmarek (9-3, 3-3 RSC) #9 Rugile Wisniewska (4-0, 1-0 RSC) #10 Diana Wozniak (4-0, 1-0 RSC) Women’s Bantamweight #1 Maya Komagata (12-0, 3-0 RSC) #2 Katie-Jayne Paulson (11-1, 3-0 RSC) #3 Katarzyna Wojchiechowska (10-2, 3-1 RSC) #4 Rain Richards (16-1, 0-0 RSC) #5 Thea Higgins (9-3, 1-0 RSC) #6 Tiiu Kass (12-2, 2-2 RSC) ⬆️ #7 Carmen Routhwaite (9-2, 2-2 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Vicki Summers (10-6, 1-2 RSC) ⬇️ #9 Dorothy Gayle (7-3, 1-1 RSC) #10 Agnieszka Hajek (4-2, 4-2 RC) Women’s Flyweight #1 Daljit Samir (14-2, 4-2 RSC) ⬆️ #2 Rennaya Rives (13-1, 3-1 RSC) ⬆️ #3 Manami Ken (12-2, 2-0 RSC) ⬆️ #4 Helena Broderick (10-2, 3-1 RSC) ⬆️ #5 Trish Biel (11-1, 3-1 RSC) ⬇️ #6 Shannon Palmer (12-3, 3-1 RSC) #7 Kimie Igarashi (10-3, 1-1 RSC) ⬆️ #8 Chisaki Gojo (10-3, 2-1) ⬇️ #9 Toni Dietrich (10-2, 2-1 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Natasha Mellow (10-3, 2-2 RSC)

RSC 37 Biel vs Samir Sunday, Week 4, January 2004 – St. Petersburg, Russia Attendance: 556 Preliminary Card <table border="0" bgcolor=#DCDCDC><tr><td align="left" width = "780"> <details><summary></summary>Middleweight: Jan Golob (CR#19, 4-0, 1-0 RSC) def. Franc Markovic (CR#21, 3-1, 1-1 RSC) via Knock Out (Punch) – Round 3 (0:55) [Great] Women’s Flyweight: Kimie Igarashi (WR#20, CR#9, 9-3, 0-1 RSC) def. Kata Mallasz (CR#14, 7-2, 5-2 RSC) via Submission (Heel Hook) – Round 2 (2:45) [Great] Heavyweight: Vittorio Pescatelli (CR#11, 7-3, 1-3 RSC) def. Marko Nikolic (CR#15, 3-0, 1-0 RSC) via TKO (Strikes) – Round 1 (2:51) [Great] Featherweight: Matas Vidmar (CR#19, 2-2, 2-2 RSC) def. Dovydas Novak (CR#14, 2-3, 2-3 RSC) via Knock Out (Kick) – Round 1 (1:57) [Good]</summary></details></details></td></tr></table></details> Main Card Light Heavyweight: Mahak Kirakosyan (CR#11, 9-3, 2-3 RSC) def. Shane Gilchrist (CR#5, 17-9, 0-1 RSC) via TKO (Strikes) – Round 1 (3:52) [Good] Women’s Featherweight: Regina de Avila (CR#4, 5-2, 3-2 RSC) def. Laia Leele (CR#11, 4-3, 3-3 RSC) via Submission (Arm Triangle) – Round 1 (2:23) [Great] Heavyweight: Dave Lennon (CR#5, 20-9, 1-1 RSC) def. Aljur Paras (CR#8, 6-0, 3-0 RSC) via Unanimous Decision [Average] RSC Middleweight Championship: Reed Howlett (WR#12, CR#1, 13-0, 2-0 RSC) def. Shaun Dico (CR#3, 12-1, 5-1 RSC) via TKO (Strikes) – Round 4 (3:42) [Decent] RSC Women’s Flyweight Championship: Daljit Samir (P4P#8, WR#3, CR#2, 13-2, 3-2 RSC) def. Trish Biel (P4P#9, WR#4, CR#1, 11-0, 3-0 RSC) via TKO (Strikes) – Round 4 (4:34) [Decent] - Undefeated champion Trish Biel made her third title defense in the main event, entering as a favourite by far against India’s Daljit Samir after a long series of call outs and public clashing. Each fighter played to their strengths, with Samir pressuring the champion with strikes while Biel used takedowns for some ground and pound in a pretty even contest. Samir’s saving grace was her spectacular ground defense and eventually it allowed her to sprawl back to a standing position in the fourth round to knock down her opponent so she could finish her off with strikes and win the RSC Women’s Flyweight championship. - What could have been a spectacular fight had all the wind taken out of its sails and crammed into this show’s semi main event due to outside circumstances as RSC Middleweight champion Reed Howlett had to defend his title early before time ran out on his contract with Red Star Combat, which he has been reported to be unwilling to renew. Howlett, who will continue to fight in Europe for SIGMA, was booked to fight the recovered former champion Shaun Dico in what RSC officials were probably hoping to be a passing of the torch, before ALPHA-1 swooped in to sign Dico to an exclusive contract. With both fighters having their last one, knowing that whoever would win would immediately get stripped of the title took away some of the fight’s heat. The fighters themselves were no less motivated though, with “Tenacious” Shaun Dico completing 7 out of his 8 attempted takedowns and pressuring his opponent for 4 rounds of ground and pound, while Howlett only had a few good striking moments in the second and third round before a big uppercut floored his challenger for the TKO finish. - An unspectacular fight in the midcard with Heavyweights Dave Lennon and Aljur Paras trading blows for the full three rounds up to a judge decision. Lennon took the fight on the scorecards despite mostly taking blows in the fight, his highlight being a moment before the end of round two when he managed to grapple his opponent against the cage. Paras, despite a good showing, was unable to finish his opponent off or convince the judges and it cost him, not just victory here but his undefeated 6-0 streak overall. - After tapping out Laia Leele at RSC 6: Klyushev vs Rasmussen in 2002 with an Armbar, Portugal’s Regina de Avila went on to defeat Vasya Kaczmarek for the RSC Women’s Featherweight title. Now a year and a half later, with no championship gold at stake, de Avila and Leele met again after a heated build-up on social media, but the outcome was no different. Leele opened up with a risky head kick and got her leg caught, with de Avila catching it to drive her back against the cage and find a way to lock in the Arm Triangle for another submission just a couple of minutes into round 1. - A victory against the odds for 24 year old Armenian boxer Mahak Kirakosyan in the opener, against his opponent of plus ten years. Australia’s Shane Gilchrist was given zero chances of grappling or takedowns, as Kirakosyan’s striking kept him at bay and soon knocked him down to set up the TKO finish. Bonus Fight of the Night: de Avila vs Leele KO of the Night: Vidmar vs Novak Submission of the Night: de Avila vs Leele Post-Fight Daljit Samir: "I lost some momentum in late ’02 early ’03 when I suffered the first two losses in my career, but I made my way back into being the #1 contender and it paid off tonight. Winning the RSC Women’s Flyweight title is one of the greatest moments in my career." Mahak Kirakosyan: ”Oh I still want Tomasz Petrov, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll keep asking and calling him out until he faces me or quits.” Matas Vidmar: ”I’ve put a lot of work during training in working on my kicking power, so I’m glad it paid off tonight in pretty spectacular fashion.”

<p>Rey Soldado vs. <strong>Trickster</strong></p><p> <em>Tough call. Soldado needs the win if he's going to play a part after all the Operation Antivenom thing, but Trickster has (no pun intended) some tricks up his sleeve and Lucha Ref in his pocket</em></p><p> </p><p> Anarchist vs. <strong>Zebra Man</strong></p><p> <em>GIVE ME CHAOS!</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Captain Lucha </strong>vs. Noxious</p><p> <em>Picking up steam after the title loss</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>El Serpiente</strong> vs. Soda De Uva Jr</p><p> <em>El squash de Nachash</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Death's Head</strong> vs. El Orgulloso</p><p> <em>Monster heel time</em></p>

Just give me Warrior Queen 2020 already

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="CGN91" data-cite="CGN91" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="50909" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Love it so far man! Give us a destroyed Mike flying through tables. Bam Bam:cool:</div></blockquote><p> I would also be happy with a revisit to that Spike Dudley crowdsurfing spot</p>

Curious if I'm the only one here, but it feels a bit weird to see Thunder Rosa under her usual (NWA?) gimmick instead of the Kobra Moon one LU Trios Championship Qualifier: Aerovillians vs Sin City Sirens Much more mileage in the girl group, both creatively and in terms of starpower/ring skill. Plus losing to little male high flyers here would rob them of any legitimacy right from the start. Highway Alex vs Gage Don't think Shelley will even consider losing to this guy, but there might be a post-match gang attack on him to establish the heel group as a threat El Hijo de Rey Mysterio vs Bestia 666 Giving the babyface a struggle to have a storyline around

Same problem here. Also when real life ineviatbly ends up deviating from what's going on in my diary. If there's one place you can get away with it, it's Lucha Underground. They re-named, re-gimmicked and re-aligned several well known wrestlers from AAA and the US indies. Really loved LU, especially their first couple of seasons, so I'll be keeping tabs on this diary.

<div style="padding: 15px; border: 3px solid #000000; margin:10px;background: #2C2A2A; max-width:60%;box-shadow: 0 6px 12px ";"> Fri. W3 Apr. 2020 Osaka Athletic Stadium @ Kansai, Japan Event Card Double Main Event 2020 Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Final Block A Winner Big Bruiser Findlay vs Block B Winner SUKI BCG World title match 9th Champion Funakoshi vs Challenger Razan Okamoto Bunrakuken Torii, Blast Ikoma & Yoshinaka Taku vs Dynamite Narahashi, Noritoshi Miura & Inejiro Yoshizawa BCG Challengers Series title match 15th Champion Naozane Goto vs Challenger Sojuro Sen Rokuemon Matsushita, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Yuta Isono vs Giant Brody, Animal Harker & Desperado Dave Barker Roku Sotomura, Sharaku Okimasa, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs Tanyu Toshusai, Morimasa Kato, Masashi Urogataya & Omezo Shikitei Opening match The American Cobras vs Ichiro Mitsukuri and Ryobe Uno</div>

<div style="padding: 15px; border: 3px solid #000000; margin:10px;background: #2C2A2A; max-width:60%;box-shadow: 0 6px 12px ";"> BCG Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2020 Tour - Night 10, Wed. W3 Apr. 2020 Matsuyama @ Shikoku, Japan 49 Fans Pre-show 1. Yoriie Ippitsusai and Takenori Doi def. Kisaka & Hosaka (9m 41s) when Takenori Doi pinned Ikki Hosaka with a Charging Knee Strike. [31] 2. Emperor & Imakura def. Toshinobu Taku and Goro Hatamoto (9m 33s) when Big Boss Emperor pinned Goro Hatamoto with a Double Handed Choke Bomb. [29] Main Show 1. Animal Harker, Yoshisada Matsuzawa, Danjuro Kikuchi and Desperado Dave Barker def. Ichiro Mitsukuri, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Ryobe Uno and Yuta Isono (9m 47s) when Danjuro Kikuchi submitted Yuta Isono with a Step Over Leg Bar. [46] With no more singles matches left to set up, the show opened into a 4 vs 4 tag match. Kikuchi, Barker and Isono stood out mostly, with veterans holding it together and Animal Harker looking a bit like he's fallen down the food chain since losing that BCG World Tag Team titles match while Big Bruiser Findlay went on to win the A Block. 2. Yoshinaka Taku, Roku Sotomura and Sharaku Okimasa def. Blast Ikoma, Masashi Urogataya and Omezo Shikitei (16m 13s) when Yoshinaka Taku pinned Omezo Shikitei with a Full Nelson Bomb. [57] Despite Shikitei's stellar technical wrestling, Ikoma and Urogataya just couldn't cut it as teammates, the tension costing them control of the match several times and ultimately costing them the bout when Yoshinaka Taku got the pin over their teammate. 3. Bunrakuken Torii and Rokuemon Matsushita def. The American Cobras (15m 26s) when Bunrakuken Torii pinned Storm Spillane with a Spinning Forearm Smash. [56] Wrapping up their 2020 Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix with a good run despite not managing to advance to the finals, Torii and Matsushita teamed up to take on arguably the hottest tag team in the company right now. The Cobras worked a very junior heavyweight style in an attempt to keep the match fast and furious, mainly aiming to outrun and exhaust Rokuemon Matsushita. However, the man many feel has been this GP's breakout star and with two 30' matches in a row to his name, once again proved he has the stamina to handle this and held his own from bell to bell, bringing his fearsome power to turn the tide in favour of his team and set up his teammate's finisher on Spillane for the finish. 4. Kadonomaro Kamisaka def. Dynamite Narahashi (16m 06s) by submission with a Triangle Choke. [54] Once again, Narahashi put on a solid performance but really felt like he'd given up after his chances of winning the block had run out. Kamisaka's killer instinct picked this up and he kept the pressure on at all times, constantly attacking his opponent and giving little ground for retaliation as he slammed him about with suplexes to soften up the neck until he finally applied the Triangle Choke for the submission win and his first two points in the GP, saving him from the disgrace of ending up dead last with no points to his name. 5. Tanyu Toshusai def. Kiyotaka (15m 50s) by pinfall with a Dangerous Brainbuster. [61] Toshusai's 2020 GP could be described as a transitional experience, in line with him rising in the ranks after his victory over Furusawa. Despite being mathematically out of the race, he still wrestled this match with a sense of urgency and something to prove, against Kiyotaka who made it anything but easy for him. The submission specialist was quite aggressive in chasing a chance to lock in the Kimura, but this pressure opened him up for some countermoves and in a display of brilliant defensive wrestling, Toshusai was able to set up a Dangerous Brainbuster. Once he hit that move, it was all over. 6. SUKI def. Morimasa Kato (24m 08s) by pinfall with a Mountain SUKI. [64] The main event featured the two leaders of the block with just a single point separating them and everything still left to fight for. SUKI really pressured Kato out of his comfort zone of mat grappling and submission wrestling, with the former INSPIRE star throwing some big slams and the occasional strong style spot into the mix, matching his opponent's ferocity for a classic slow burner of a match that constantly amped up the dramatic tension. The final sequences of the match saw a lot of intense back and forth chain wrestling as the competitors went for their usual submission finishers, but in a surprise twist, SUKI, who's won most of his GP matches by tapping opponents out to his SUKI Special III, changed his game and hit a devastating Mountain SUKI to take Kato down and score a pinfall, winning the match as well as the B Block to face Big Bruiser Findlay in the tour's grand finale show. Block B Final Standings SUKI (9) Morimasa Kato (8) Tanyu Toshusai (7) Dynamite Narahashi (2) Kiyotaka (2) Kadonomaro Kamisaka (2)</div>

I guess congratulations are in order. And please pass him my apologies for not getting here in time to predict for his show earlier Tag Team Match ReDragon vs. The New Day Carmella vs. Scarlett Bordeaux For the Super Nova Championship Matt Riddle vs. Cody Rhodes For the Milky Way Championship

<div style="padding: 15px; border: 3px solid #000000; margin:10px;background: #2C2A2A; max-width:60%;box-shadow: 0 6px 12px ";"> BCG Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2020 Tour - Night 9, Sun. W2 Apr. 2020 Okayama @ Chugoku, Japan 79 Fans Pre-show 1. Sofu Ozawa and Desperado Dave Barker def. Kisaka & Hosaka (9m 51s) when Desperado Dave Barker pinned Ginji Kisaka with a Blast From The Past. [31] 2. Yoriie Ippitsusai and Takenori Doi defeated Emperor & Imakura (9m 56s) when Takenori Doi pinned Noritaka Imakura with a Charging Knee Strike. [31] Main Show 1. Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Ryobe Uno and Yuta Isono defeated Dynamite Narahashi, Danjuro Kikuchi and Goro Hatamoto (8m 04s) when Yuta Isono pinned Goro Hatamoto with an Isono Face Melter. [47] Final night of the A Block opened with a multi man match that was about setting up Kamisaka vs Narahashi as much as it was about the return of cocky young lion Yuta Isono from injury, with Isono picking up the win through his spectacular finisher. Both now out of the race, Kamisaka and Narahashi will be fighting for survival and a good finish in the final night, with the match looking like it could go either way at this point. 2. Kiyotaka, Roku Sotomura and Sharaku Okimasa def. Morimasa Kato, Omezo Shikitei and Toshinobu Taku (16m 11s) when Kiyotaka submitted Toshinobu Taku with a Kimura. [53] Kato standing still on top of his block, he played it safe and it cost his team in the match, with elder statesman Toshinobu Taku taking the fall. Despite the loss, Kato will be entering his final match pretty fresh, it seems, with Kiyotaka looking to cost him some valuable points and save face after a rather disappointing run this year. 3. Tanyu Toshusai, Nobuharu Yokokawa and Yoshisada Matsuzawa def. SUKI, Animal Harker and Ichiro Mitsukuri (16m 02s) when Nobuharu Yokokawa submitted Animal Harker with a Stump Puller. [53] There was no shortage of stiff blows from SUKI on Toshusai in this match, their implied rivalry after Toshusai defeated Furusawa only heating up more in light of their big final match, with SUKI not only needing this last win but also hoping Kato doesn't fare well in his match if he's going to end up stealing the A Block victory in a dramatic photo finish. 4. Blast Ikoma def. Yoshinaka Taku (15m 58s) by pinfall with a Northern Lights Bomb. [50] An exciting, hard hitting match to kick off the night's singles contests, Yoshinaka Taku brought his best game but it just wasn't enough against a fired-up Ikoma who won in convincing fashion, redeeming himself and avoiding a shameful zero point finale in the Grand Prix. 5. Bunrakuken Torii def. Masashi Urogataya (10m 57s) by pinfall with a Spinning Forearm Smash. [62] Urogataya's surprisingly good run in the GP came to an end at the hands of Bunrakuken Torii, the BCG star smashing his way to a quick win in just over ten minutes to end his 2020 YMGP at a good seven points. 6. Big Bruiser Findlay drew with Rokuemon Matsushita (30m) when the time limit expired. [58] The big finale that woud decide the winner of the A Block, this played out as a dramatic clash between the block's two big men and leaders in the point race, with Findlay being much fresher after Matsushita's 30 minute draw against Bunrakuken Torii. Despite technically being the underdog in this match, a position Matsushita rarely finds himself in, he was able to withstand Findlay's onslaught for another spectacular half hour, until he finally managed to hit the Big Bruiser with a sloppy, but functional Chokeslam. Unfortunately for him, the timer ran out just as the referee made it to a count of two, meaning the match officially ended as a draw, with both men sharing a single point and Findlay holding his spot by the skin of his teeth to be declared this years winner of the A Block. Block A Final Standings Big Bruiser Findlay (9) Rokuemon Matsushita (8) Bunrakuken Torii (7) Yoshinaka Taku (2) Masashi Urogataya (2) Blast Ikoma (2)</div>

First of all, glad to have you here (little traffic on this diary) and glad you're enjoying it, thanks for the comments. WEFF is my favorite promotion as well, with SIGMA a close second, but WEFF are pretty much a safe monopoly so I figured I might as well give myself a challenge. Annika Sjolin had a good start by beating then-monster Vasya Kaczmarek but then fell down the ranks, only recently making a decent comeback. Rives failed to capture the gold but she's making a comeback as well, apparently. Idina is the #20 Featherweight in the world rankings with a 7-0 career record to date. Since the game's start she's beaten Shaunagh Stoltman and Velvet Avery by Unanimous and Split decision respectively, with her first decisive victory being over the great Anna Thompson in August of 2003. She is, of course, still employed by WEFF. Trish Biel was sort of an underdog champion for me and a large part of her long reign is due to her not defending the title that often, but she's held onto it alright so no arguing that. Super Heavyweights are a twofold case. One, I figured there's a gap in the market. Two, being mainly a wrestling fan, I had to feature the big monster men. So far they've been disappointing, but I can only downplay that division as I hope for the best.

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><div style="padding: 15px; border: 3px solid #000000; margin:10px;background: #2C2A2A; max-width:60%;box-shadow: 0 6px 12px ";"></p><p> <img alt="Mn4LzCY.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Mn4LzCY.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>BCG Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2020 Tour - Night 8,</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Thu. W2 Apr. 2020</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em> Nagoya City @ Chubu, Japan</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em> 87 Fans</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><div style="text-align:left;"><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Pre-show</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 1. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Goro Hatamoto and Takenori Doi def. The Tokyo Mountains (10m 17s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Goro Hatamoto pinned Kawanari Enomoto with a Hot Shot. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[30]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 2. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Sofu Ozawa and Desperado Dave Barker def. Kisaka & Hosaka (10m 08s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Desperado Dave Barker pinned Ikki Hosaka with a Blast From The Past. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[31]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 3. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Yoriie Ippitsusai and Yuta Isono def. Emperor & Imakura (10m 29s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Yuta Isono pinned Big Boss Emperor with an Isono Face Melter. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[32]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Main Show</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 1. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Masashi Urogataya, Danjuro Kikuchi and Ryobe Uno def. Bunrakuken Torii, Animal Harker and Ichiro Mitsukuri (7m 41s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Masashi Urogataya pinned Animal Harker with a Jumbo Backdrop Suplex. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[47]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Big win for the trio of former GCG wrestlers in the opener, with Torii clearly showing the scars of his battle against Matshushita. Mitsukuri seemed lost without his usual teammate in the injured Koyo Kinoshita and Animal Harker took a spectacular Jumbo Backdrop Suplex for the pin.</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 2. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Blast Ikoma, Roku Sotomura and Sharaku Okimasa def. Omezo Shikitei and Team Taku (15m 46s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Blast Ikoma pinned Toshinobu Taku with a Northern Lights Bomb. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[50]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Yet again, Toshinobu Taku showed he has the skills and experience but not the stamina to hang with the others. Ikoma was foaming at the mouth throughout the match, suplexing people left right and center until he finally made the cover on Taku Sr., his match with Yoshinaka Taku expected to be a hard hitting one, though whether it'll spell redemption for Ikoma or Yoshi Taku's coming of age remains to be seen.</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 3. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Big Bruiser Findlay and The American Cobras def. Rokuemon Matsushita, Nobuharu Yokokawa and Yoshisada Matsuzawa (16m 12s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Storm Spillane submitted Yoshisada Matsuzawa with a Kneeling Boston Crab. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[54]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Matsushita also seemed to still be suffering from the aftereffects of his 30' match against Bunrakuken Torii, more in terms of exhaustion than accumulated damage and his trio of gaijin opponents exploited it to no end, keeping the match fast and exhausting to further wear him down. With the big man of the team out, it was only a matter of time for either Yokokawa or Matsuzawa to take the pin and it was the latter who ended up tapping out to Spillane's submission finisher.</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 4. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Tanyu Toshusai def. Dynamite Narahashi (16m 02s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> by pinfall with a Dangerous Brainbuster. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[53]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>The Yoshifusa Maeda is a gruelling experience, not just physicallly but mentally as well and this match showcased just that. Narahashi, who started off strong but fizzled out later, seemed unmotivated here since he's got no chances of topping the block, he appeared to be simply going through the motions, unlike his opponent who probably felt like he still had something to prove and brought the warrior flame needed to win this.</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 5. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Morimasa Kato def. Kiyotaka (19m 20s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> by submission with a Choke Sleeper. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[58]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Another match heavy on the technical wrestling, this one saw Kiyotaka wrestle with deadly precision as he sought to both set up a Kimura and avoid his opponent's Choke Sleeper. Morimasa Kato seemed to be taking his opponent a bit more seriously after the shock of their previous multi man match and it all led to a slow grappling crescendo of nearly 20 minutes before either man was able to lock on a finisher and keep it there long enough to get a tap, with Kato getting the best of the exchage to still remain ahead in the race.</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> 6. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>SUKI def. Kadonomaro Kamisaka (21m 52s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> by submission with a SUKI Special III. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[62]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Another dramatic main event, with SUKI having zero margin for error and Kamisaka still looking to score his first points in the tournament, but what an impact they would have if he'd be able to get them against this opponent, at this stage of the GP! After the initial rush of SUKI hoping to blitzkrieg his way to a surprise quick victory, it became evident the match would take some time and so it did, going well past the 20 minute mark. Kamisaka kept things slow and grounded, making particularly good use of the Dragonscrew Legwhip the few times he was able to block his opponent's kicks and catch the leg. Seeing the way things were going, SUKI changed his approach and began feinting some moves. Despite Serene K's expressionless face, somehow he was able to tell it worked (or perhaps he simply took a chance and went for it) and finally managed to get Kamisaka in the SUKI Special III for a dramatic submission almost 22 minutes after the opening bell. SUKI and Kato will now clash in the final night of the GP tour in a match that will determine which of the two gets to represent Block B in the big finale.</em></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Block B Standings</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> Morimasa Kato (8)</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> SUKI (7)</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> Tanyu Toshusai (5)</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> Dynamite Narahashi (2)</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> Kiyotaka (2)</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> Kadonomaro Kamisaka (0)</span></div></p></div><p></p>