BCG Thread

[Capelli King]

I had a pretty good run with BCG in 2016, should give it a try in 2020. It seems their roster has been improved slightly and they are in a better overall position with their TV deals.

[Hawk1665]

For me, in pretty much every BCG game since they debuted, the guy is and always will be Funakoshi. I typically have him as a "heel" or at the worst an anti-hero with his own little stable of guys poised against the traditional army. He's pretty much how I love real life puro to be; a bigish, strong, no nonsense tough guy with an aura around him. I've always envisioned him as akin to Suwama or Jumbo Tsuruta.

 

In my 2016 game my big four were Funakoshi, Bunrakuken Torii (technically the top star), Tanyu Toshusai & Yoshinaka Taku. I lost Razan and others super early. But no matter where he was on the card Funakoshi was always the rock that everything else was built off of.

 

I haven't played 2020 much (haven't seen a point since the release was delayed) but I imagine the same will apply. There's guys who are more charismatic, guys who are more flashy, but in the end there's no one who embodies BCG's style and spirit like Funakoshi.

[Hawk1665]

What kind of feuds do you guys go with outside of your title feuds?

 

Tournaments, typically. I usually run the YM GP where it is in the year, then a tag round robin around August-ish, and a year end single elimination tournament akin to the New Japan Cup. I usually use the name "Winter Solstice Cup" cause that's just the name I came up with years ago. I kept The Survivor but turned it into a battle royale. If I found a Junior Division I typically do a BOTSJ analog around June. Everything should mainly focus around the belts though. Set up contenders on shows, have confrontations post-main event to set up the next months big show. Stuff like that. Throw in the occasional conflict between people every so often.

 

Beyond that split people up into factions. You have the "Home Army" likely lead by Torii and Okamoto, give Funakoshi his own group since he's best as a heel/antihero, put the foreigners together, and maybe introduce another faction as a common enemy for everyone. Your Bullet Club or Suzuki-gun comparison.

 

For instance, you could have Yoshinaka Taku betray his father and join SUKI as a new faction. Throw in Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura as the main tag team and Takenori Doi as the young up and comer/job boy. There's your main antagonist faction.

 

I'm not sure how soft heel/face divides yet, but if they are rated on it then all five are better as heels so they'd get bonuses.

[Larrikn]

<p>booked my two first months of BCG.</p><p>

if im being honest i don't really know companies outside of BCG so i didn't know any of the GCG guys going into this save, i ended up doing the generic thing and made them a stable.</p><p>

Any advice for outside guys to bring in to boost the roster a little? Don't wanna have too many tho because i'd like BCG to be fairly self sufficient.</p>

[Hashasheen]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Larrikn" data-cite="Larrikn" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47795" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>booked my two first months of BCG.<p> if im being honest i don't really know companies outside of BCG so i didn't know any of the GCG guys going into this save, i ended up doing the generic thing and made them a stable.</p><p> Any advice for outside guys to bring in to boost the roster a little? Don't wanna have too many tho because i'd like BCG to be fairly self sufficient.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Grab the GCG young boys who didn't make the cut initially. Their technical skills are up to scratch for BCG purposes. Besides that, Taheji Konoe is a good freelance grab. Other WEXXV guys are decent enough for a one-off tour, IMO.</p>

[dloyeet29]

For me, in pretty much every BCG game since they debuted, the guy is and always will be Funakoshi. I typically have him as a "heel" or at the worst an anti-hero with his own little stable of guys poised against the traditional army. He's pretty much how I love real life puro to be; a bigish, strong, no nonsense tough guy with an aura around him. I've always envisioned him as akin to Suwama or Jumbo Tsuruta.

 

Yes I always put Funakoshi in a stable with the Taku’s and usually Sotomura for a little more veteran presence for Yoshinaka to learn from. But I always set up a stable because I always imagine Funakoshi as the “final boss” of BCG, basically being the heart and soul of the company with the wall of his stablemates around him. Whenever he gets a challenger they usually have to beat Sotomura first.

[dloyeet29]

What does anyone else do to balance the BCG schedule? Having YMGP in April, but Lion's Roar not until October feels like a long time to wait for a title shot. Do you give the YMGP title shot earlier and then build up a new contender?

 

I typically don’t have the YMGP explicitly mean that the winner has a title shot like NJPW does, but I use it to set up the challenge around the Lion tour time with the winner basically saying, “Well I’m the best wrestler in BCG, so I should have a match with the champion.

[SidHickenbottom]

Yes I always put Funakoshi in a stable with the Taku’s and usually Sotomura for a little more veteran presence for Yoshinaka to learn from. But I always set up a stable because I always imagine Funakoshi as the “final boss” of BCG, basically being the heart and soul of the company with the wall of his stablemates around him. Whenever he gets a challenger they usually have to hear Sotomura first.

 

Funakoshi is my favorite CVerse character and the rock of any save I'm doing. I don't book that heavily around stables, but I do have him head up a gallery of rogues, too. I put Razan at the head of his own stable (generally with the other orange hair guys!), and Torii his own with Blast and Dynamite.

[Don Hughes]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="SidHickenbottom" data-cite="SidHickenbottom" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47795" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Funakoshi is my favorite CVerse character and the rock of any save I'm doing. I don't book that heavily around stables, but I do have him head up a gallery of rogues, too. I put Razan at the head of his own stable (generally with the other orange hair guys!), and Torii his own with Blast and Dynamite.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Orange hair? Please tell me the stable name is "Freshly Squeezed" <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />:D:D:D:D</p>

[Munit]

Love BCG. My number two behind BHOTWG. There's something about pushing Torii to the moon that seems to always happen in my saves.

[SidHickenbottom]

Orange hair? Please tell me the stable name is "Freshly Squeezed" :D:D:D:D

 

Maybe! LOL. They do have a lot of guys with orange hair or orange highlights. Once you notice, you won't unsee it.

[flat_doughnut]

It seems like initial playthrough point towards Mabuchi Furusawa being very good...

[Dalton]

How's everyone's games going with BCG?

 

Thinking of starting with them as my main save until the T-Verse comes out and want to see how successful everyone is with them.

[SidHickenbottom]

It was going wonderfully until Burning Hammer poached Furasawa and Toshusai during the middle of the Grand Prux, blowing it to bits. Bummer. Now I'm wondering if it makes since to sign some other non-loyal guys to written deals.

[Dalton]

It was going wonderfully until Burning Hammer poached Furasawa and Toshusai during the middle of the Grand Prux, blowing it to bits. Bummer. Now I'm wondering if it makes since to sign some other non-loyal guys to written deals.

 

Aw man that's brutal. Sorry for reopening those wounds lol.

 

One of the beauties of TEW2020 is written contracts while still paying per show. I'd definitely say go for it.

[SidHickenbottom]

Aw man that's brutal. Sorry for reopening those wounds lol.

 

One of the beauties of TEW2020 is written contracts while still paying per show. I'd definitely say go for it.

Yeah, I was able to sign SUKI for $800 a show on a written deal. Now I just wish I had done so preemptively with Furasawa because he had been the best guy in the company.

[Undertakane]

First save with BCG! Continued my three-month save from the trial and ran it all the way up to Roaring Lion IX (season finale event) in October and treating it as the end of Year One for booking. Super Long-Post summarizing my first-year with this company:

 

Some things I did early in the game (April-May 2020) was sign Furusawa and SUKI to Exclusive Written contracts. I figured that BHOTWG or PGHW would try to swoop them from me early on so I locked them up pretty early. Then later on when BHOTWG went from Medium to Big, they started to sign most of my workers (or at least as soon as my workers would hit 50-60 Pop in Japan). Ended up losing a ton of guys that I had plans for in the long-term (American Cobras, Babau & Moroi, Big Bruiser Findlay to name a few). Some of the guys that they tried to took away, I ended up extending to exclusive written contracts since they would be pretty worth in the long run and had plans for them. But yeah, once you get a worker up to 50-60 pop, BHOTWG is bound to offer them an exclusive written contract. Not saying that the predatory hiring logic in the game is bad, but it definitely is an added challenge playing a smaller company.

 

As far as show logistics go, I went with a mix of constant and tour shows throughout the year. For the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix (YMGP) Tour, I set all of the tour dates from Tour to Normal and put them on TV. Same thing for the Sole Survivor Tours. Then the show before and after each event was set to Normal and I would usually have the Challenger Series defended for those shows. The difference in pop gain between running Constant and Tour schedules is really significant.......almost too significant, actually. I went from having 5,000 people at the start of the Grand Prix to having 23,000 people by the end of the Sole Survivor Tour (following the conditions I stated above). By August 2020, I was selling out Kobe Football Stadium at 30,000. One of the drawbacks for having a ton of normal shows is workers complaining for not being in the show. Might consider going back to the Touring Schedule during the tournament tours if this becomes a pain when the time comes.

 

Year of 2020 marks a new beginning for BCG, especially now that they have to fill the void that GCG left. Also meant the rise of stables in BCG (since the promotion doesn't initially start with any stables). Instead of creating 3-5 stables at the beginning of the game, I slowly worked them into the company. First stable to form is SUKI-Gun, which comprised of SUKI (Leader), Yoshinaka Taku, and Black Iron Corps (Azumamaro Kita & Fujio Narahashi). They would debut at the beginning of 2020 after ambushing the main event. Practically the first villainous group in the company, they would make a splash right away with SUKI wining the Challenger Series from Naozone Goto in January 2020 and Black Iron Corps taking the Tag Titles from Yoshizawa and Miura. Their formation would also lead to Mabuchi Furusawa forming his own stable to combat SUKI-GUN called REDEMPTION. This group of heroes would consists of Furusawa, Tanyu Toshusai, Lion Genji and Fuyuhiko Wakabayashi. Up until Roaring Lion IX, SUKI-GUN and REDEMPTION engaged in a feud. In the YMGP, SUKI would score a pinfall over Furusawa to advance to the Finals (and eventually win the YMGP). Then Furusawa would return the favor to SUKI by pinning him in the Sole Survivor Match.

 

Another stable that would later form in July 2020 is the New World Order (yeah, unoriginal, but couldn't think of a good name at the time). Comprised of Big Bruiser Findlay (Leader), Davis Wayne Newton (Leader, especially since he had a great showing at the Sole Survivor Tournament), Logan Wolfsbaine, Giant Brody, Animal Harker, James Diaz (Young Lion Fodder), and American Cobras, they're the main gaijin threat in the company. Moroi would also join this stable briefly (since Babau got signed to BHOTWG first). With Cobras and Moroi leaving for greener pastures, I had to kick them out. Hence, enter Ernest Youngman into the scene (who I had to super out-bid both BHOTWG and TCW after convincing him to work in Japan). Running them as a Bullet Club/NWO irl esque faction, they had their shining moments once in a while. But I'm not ready to push them right to the top just yet. With Findlay leaving after Roaring Lion, DWN and Ernest Youngman will spearhead the group into 2021.

 

A story arc that I've always wanted to do is Razan Okamoto's rise to become the eventual figurehead of BCG. Initially, he starts with the highest SQ in the roster. He's practically the Tanahashi of this company. With this in mind, the story with him is that he has one of the greatest fighting spirits that BCG has ever seen. However, he's always come up short to guys who have greater talent than him such as Torii and Funakoshi. He would come up short against Torii in the Quarter-Final of YMGP and several tag matches up until Sole Survivor. In Sole Survivor, he would actually pin Torii, but come up short against Furusawa (the eventual winner). Going into Roaring Lion IX, Torii offers up a match to settle the score for the year (each scoring pins against each other on major tournaments). The original plan is for Okamoto to win against Torii in Roaring Lion and take off the belt from Funakoshi by Fighting Spirit 2021. However, plans changed as soon as I signed Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (whom he'll be feuding with after Roaring Lion IX). This will probably be a feud similar to Tanahashi/Nakamura since both are oozing charisma. In this save, Yanagimoto also ended up getting more ripped and upping his SQ to 97.

 

The final major stable formed heading to Roaring Lion IX was Art of War (which was created as soon the EX2010 AI disbanded the stable), which comprised of Bunrakuken Torii, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, Jotaro Tanaka (who was a part of AoW in EX2010) and his tag partner Motoyuki Miyake. After Roaring Lion IX, the plan is to have them feud with Razan Okamoto & Rokuemon Matsushita (both who have great chemistry when teaming). May need to form a stable for them to battle against AoW at the beginning of 2021.

 

Since Japanese companies are heavy on tags and multi-man tag matches, tag teams are pretty much an essential on BCG. Notable tag teams at the end of Roaring Lion IX include: Kadonamaro Kamisaka & Morimasa Kato, War Machine (Fuyuhiko Wakabayashi & Lion Genji), Black Iron Corps (Azumamaro Kita & Fujio Narahashi), Blackout (Jotaro Tanaka & Motoyuki Miyake), Bunrakuken Torii & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, Rokuemon Matsushita & Razan Okamoto, Team Smash Mouth (Masked Stranger & Aztec Prince), Mitsukuri & Kinoshita, Wolfsbaine & Harker, and Miura & Yoshizawa (Miura currently injured though). The Roster is pretty stacked with talent to be honest (partly since I extended a lot of them to exclusive written contracts at the expense of profits except for the loyal guys who will be due for a big payday soon). So there's a rule of two for each Pillar (Funakoshi, Torii, Okamoto, SUKI, Furusawa), where each top guy is normally associated with another top guy or an up-and-coming star. As of right now, the top duos are Funakoshi/Ikoma, Torii/Yanagimoto, Okamoto/Matsushita, SUKI/Taku, Furusawa/Toshusai, & DWN/Youngman.

 

I booked Funakoshi as a fighting warrior champion, who is pretty much down to take on anyone that pleases to challenge for the belt. He's booked like Brock Lesnar, where he's winning every title match with dominance or having the last laugh (cuz he's that good). The winner of the YMGP would get a title shot right away at Test of Champions, in which SUKI would lose against Funakoshi in a Champion vs Champion match. Treating the Sole Survivor as the G1 for me, I had Mabuchi Furusawa defend his right to challenge for the Title at Roaring Lion up until the event. At first, it looks like it was gonna be a rematch of last year's main event (assuming that Funakoshi took the title off Furusawa on Roaring Lion XIII). However, SUKI would announce that he is vacating the Challenger Series on The Lion Hunts event in September to make the main event a three-way singles match!

 

At Roaring Lion, Funakoshi would retain the title over two of the most-talented wrestlers in the promotion and continue his dominance. This would leave me to allow SUKI & Furusawa destroy each other for another year up until a blow-off match in 2021!

 

Lo and Behold here's was the Final Card for Roaring Lion IX (Final Grade: 81):

 

Funakoshi © def. SUKI & Mabuchi Furusawa for BCG World Title (82)

Yuta Isono © def. James Diaz for BCG Young Lion Title (43)

Black Iron Corps (Kita & Fujio) © def. War Machine (Wakabayashi & Genji) for BCG World Tag Titles (84)

Bunrakuken Torii def. Razan Okamoto (82)

Tanyu Toshusai def. Big Bruiser Findlay (67)

Blackout (Tanaka & Miyake) def. Kato & Kamisaka (69)

Masashi Urogataya, Orange Tsuchie, Gidayu Katou & Ray Snow def. Shingen Miyazaki, Washi Heat, Inejiro Yoshizawa, & Omezo Shikitei (66)

Tsuneyo Yanagimoto def. Rokuemon Matsushita (78)

Animal Harker, Giant Brody, & DWN def. Dynamite Narahashi, Ryobe Uno, & Yoshisada Matsuzawa (62)

Team Smash Mouth (Aztec Prince & Masked Stranger) def. Yokokawa & Sen (46)

Blast Ikoma & Naozone Goto def. Mitsukuri & Kinoshita (52)

Ernest Youngman © def. Yoshinaka Taku for the BCG Challenger Series (85)

[siah463]

<p><img alt="HulqMFM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HulqMFM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p>

Found this image of a lion skull with a crown over it, so I tinted it gold and used it as SUKI's stable logo since I figured it fits well symbolically.</p>

[drmacbeth]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Undertakane" data-cite="Undertakane" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47795" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>First save with BCG! Continued my three-month save from the trial and ran it all the way up to Roaring Lion IX (season finale event) in October and treating it as the end of Year One for booking. Super Long-Post summarizing my first-year with this company:<p> </p><p> Some things I did early in the game (April-May 2020) was sign Furusawa and SUKI to Exclusive Written contracts. I figured that BHOTWG or PGHW would try to swoop them from me early on so I locked them up pretty early. Then later on when BHOTWG went from Medium to Big, they started to sign most of my workers (or at least as soon as my workers would hit 50-60 Pop in Japan). Ended up losing a ton of guys that I had plans for in the long-term (American Cobras, Babau & Moroi, Big Bruiser Findlay to name a few). Some of the guys that they tried to took away, I ended up extending to exclusive written contracts since they would be pretty worth in the long run and had plans for them. But yeah, once you get a worker up to 50-60 pop, BHOTWG is bound to offer them an exclusive written contract. Not saying that the predatory hiring logic in the game is bad, but it definitely is an added challenge playing a smaller company.</p><p> </p><p> As far as show logistics go, I went with a mix of constant and tour shows throughout the year. For the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix (YMGP) Tour, I set all of the tour dates from Tour to Normal and put them on TV. Same thing for the Sole Survivor Tours. Then the show before and after each event was set to Normal and I would usually have the Challenger Series defended for those shows. The difference in pop gain between running Constant and Tour schedules is really significant.......almost too significant, actually. I went from having 5,000 people at the start of the Grand Prix to having 23,000 people by the end of the Sole Survivor Tour (following the conditions I stated above). By August 2020, I was selling out Kobe Football Stadium at 30,000. One of the drawbacks for having a ton of normal shows is workers complaining for not being in the show. Might consider going back to the Touring Schedule during the tournament tours if this becomes a pain when the time comes. </p><p> </p><p> Year of 2020 marks a new beginning for BCG, especially now that they have to fill the void that GCG left. Also meant the rise of stables in BCG (since the promotion doesn't initially start with any stables). Instead of creating 3-5 stables at the beginning of the game, I slowly worked them into the company. First stable to form is SUKI-Gun, which comprised of SUKI (Leader), Yoshinaka Taku, and Black Iron Corps (Azumamaro Kita & Fujio Narahashi). They would debut at the beginning of 2020 after ambushing the main event. Practically the first villainous group in the company, they would make a splash right away with SUKI wining the Challenger Series from Naozone Goto in January 2020 and Black Iron Corps taking the Tag Titles from Yoshizawa and Miura. Their formation would also lead to Mabuchi Furusawa forming his own stable to combat SUKI-GUN called REDEMPTION. This group of heroes would consists of Furusawa, Tanyu Toshusai, Lion Genji and Fuyuhiko Wakabayashi. Up until Roaring Lion IX, SUKI-GUN and REDEMPTION engaged in a feud. In the YMGP, SUKI would score a pinfall over Furusawa to advance to the Finals (and eventually win the YMGP). Then Furusawa would return the favor to SUKI by pinning him in the Sole Survivor Match. </p><p> </p><p> Another stable that would later form in July 2020 is the New World Order (yeah, unoriginal, but couldn't think of a good name at the time). Comprised of Big Bruiser Findlay (Leader), Davis Wayne Newton (Leader, especially since he had a great showing at the Sole Survivor Tournament), Logan Wolfsbaine, Giant Brody, Animal Harker, James Diaz (Young Lion Fodder), and American Cobras, they're the main gaijin threat in the company. Moroi would also join this stable briefly (since Babau got signed to BHOTWG first). With Cobras and Moroi leaving for greener pastures, I had to kick them out. Hence, enter Ernest Youngman into the scene (who I had to super out-bid both BHOTWG and TCW after convincing him to work in Japan). Running them as a Bullet Club/NWO irl esque faction, they had their shining moments once in a while. But I'm not ready to push them right to the top just yet. With Findlay leaving after Roaring Lion, DWN and Ernest Youngman will spearhead the group into 2021. </p><p> </p><p> A story arc that I've always wanted to do is Razan Okamoto's rise to become the eventual figurehead of BCG. Initially, he starts with the highest SQ in the roster. He's practically the Tanahashi of this company. With this in mind, the story with him is that he has one of the greatest fighting spirits that BCG has ever seen. However, he's always come up short to guys who have greater talent than him such as Torii and Funakoshi. He would come up short against Torii in the Quarter-Final of YMGP and several tag matches up until Sole Survivor. In Sole Survivor, he would actually pin Torii, but come up short against Furusawa (the eventual winner). Going into Roaring Lion IX, Torii offers up a match to settle the score for the year (each scoring pins against each other on major tournaments). The original plan is for Okamoto to win against Torii in Roaring Lion and take off the belt from Funakoshi by Fighting Spirit 2021. However, plans changed as soon as I signed Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (whom he'll be feuding with after Roaring Lion IX). This will probably be a feud similar to Tanahashi/Nakamura since both are oozing charisma. In this save, Yanagimoto also ended up getting more ripped and upping his SQ to 97. </p><p> </p><p> The final major stable formed heading to Roaring Lion IX was Art of War (which was created as soon the EX2010 AI disbanded the stable), which comprised of Bunrakuken Torii, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, Jotaro Tanaka (who was a part of AoW in EX2010) and his tag partner Motoyuki Miyake. After Roaring Lion IX, the plan is to have them feud with Razan Okamoto & Rokuemon Matsushita (both who have great chemistry when teaming). May need to form a stable for them to battle against AoW at the beginning of 2021.</p><p> </p><p> Since Japanese companies are heavy on tags and multi-man tag matches, tag teams are pretty much an essential on BCG. Notable tag teams at the end of Roaring Lion IX include: Kadonamaro Kamisaka & Morimasa Kato, War Machine (Fuyuhiko Wakabayashi & Lion Genji), Black Iron Corps (Azumamaro Kita & Fujio Narahashi), Blackout (Jotaro Tanaka & Motoyuki Miyake), Bunrakuken Torii & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, Rokuemon Matsushita & Razan Okamoto, Team Smash Mouth (Masked Stranger & Aztec Prince), Mitsukuri & Kinoshita, Wolfsbaine & Harker, and Miura & Yoshizawa (Miura currently injured though). The Roster is pretty stacked with talent to be honest (partly since I extended a lot of them to exclusive written contracts at the expense of profits except for the loyal guys who will be due for a big payday soon). So there's a rule of two for each Pillar (Funakoshi, Torii, Okamoto, SUKI, Furusawa), where each top guy is normally associated with another top guy or an up-and-coming star. As of right now, the top duos are Funakoshi/Ikoma, Torii/Yanagimoto, Okamoto/Matsushita, SUKI/Taku, Furusawa/Toshusai, & DWN/Youngman. </p><p> </p><p> I booked Funakoshi as a fighting warrior champion, who is pretty much down to take on anyone that pleases to challenge for the belt. He's booked like Brock Lesnar, where he's winning every title match with dominance or having the last laugh (cuz he's that good). The winner of the YMGP would get a title shot right away at Test of Champions, in which SUKI would lose against Funakoshi in a Champion vs Champion match. Treating the Sole Survivor as the G1 for me, I had Mabuchi Furusawa defend his right to challenge for the Title at Roaring Lion up until the event. At first, it looks like it was gonna be a rematch of last year's main event (assuming that Funakoshi took the title off Furusawa on Roaring Lion XIII). However, SUKI would announce that he is vacating the Challenger Series on The Lion Hunts event in September to make the main event a three-way singles match! </p><p> </p><p> At Roaring Lion, Funakoshi would retain the title over two of the most-talented wrestlers in the promotion and continue his dominance. This would leave me to allow SUKI & Furusawa destroy each other for another year up until a blow-off match in 2021!</p><p> </p><p> Lo and Behold here's was the Final Card for Roaring Lion IX (Final Grade: 81): </p><p> </p><p> Funakoshi © def. SUKI & Mabuchi Furusawa for BCG World Title (82)</p><p> Yuta Isono © def. James Diaz for BCG Young Lion Title (43)</p><p> Black Iron Corps (Kita & Fujio) © def. War Machine (Wakabayashi & Genji) for BCG World Tag Titles (84)</p><p> Bunrakuken Torii def. Razan Okamoto (82)</p><p> Tanyu Toshusai def. Big Bruiser Findlay (67)</p><p> Blackout (Tanaka & Miyake) def. Kato & Kamisaka (69)</p><p> Masashi Urogataya, Orange Tsuchie, Gidayu Katou & Ray Snow def. Shingen Miyazaki, Washi Heat, Inejiro Yoshizawa, & Omezo Shikitei (66)</p><p> Tsuneyo Yanagimoto def. Rokuemon Matsushita (78)</p><p> Animal Harker, Giant Brody, & DWN def. Dynamite Narahashi, Ryobe Uno, & Yoshisada Matsuzawa (62)</p><p> Team Smash Mouth (Aztec Prince & Masked Stranger) def. Yokokawa & Sen (46)</p><p> Blast Ikoma & Naozone Goto def. Mitsukuri & Kinoshita (52)</p><p> Ernest Youngman © def. Yoshinaka Taku for the BCG Challenger Series (85)</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Sounds like a good run.</p><p> </p><p> I'm always surprised how partial everyone seems to be to either Funakoshi or Razan. I lean hard to Bunrakuken as my personal favorite - it feels like he always just a touch better than Funakoshi in particular, plus he is 3 years younger.</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="drmacbeth" data-cite="drmacbeth" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47795" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Sounds like a good run.<p> </p><p> I'm always surprised how partial everyone seems to be to either Funakoshi or Razan. I lean hard to Bunrakuken as my personal favorite - it feels like he always just a touch better than Funakoshi in particular, plus he is 3 years younger.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Heathen! What burial have you forced Funakoshi through for him to be in any way less than Bunrakuken. Funakoshi is the GOAT.</p>

[Dalton]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="siah463" data-cite="siah463" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47795" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><img alt="HulqMFM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HulqMFM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> Found this image of a lion skull with a crown over it, so I tinted it gold and used it as SUKI's stable logo since I figured it fits well symbolically.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That's awesome! The lion is dead, golden logo, everything.</p>

[SidHickenbottom]

Sounds like a good run.

 

I'm always surprised how partial everyone seems to be to either Funakoshi or Razan. I lean hard to Bunrakuken as my personal favorite - it feels like he always just a touch better than Funakoshi in particular, plus he is 3 years younger.

 

So far in 2020, Torii has been better in my save. Good enough to change my plans for him In 2016, he seemed a notch below.

[Narcizo]

Can anyone explain why BLAST Ikoma is so much worse than the elite guys? I mean I can see that he isn’t as good but he doesn’t seem that much worse in terms of skills but his match performance are way off the top guys.

[matt63016]

This is my first time really doing a C-verse save and as a puro nerd I am absolutely LOVING bcg. My only real disappointment with the company tbh is Naozane Goto. The guy just doesn’t seem to have the stamina I need to put on the matches the fans want. Funakoshi has been beast, and I renamed the TagManie tour to the BCG Tag Grand Prix and plan on making it a yearly tournament. Had the Takus as the first ever winner

[matt63016]

<p>Halfway through my first year with BCG, I've run 45 shows and am on the verge of becoming a Medium sized company. Top 10 matches so far are:</p><p> </p><p>

10. Funakoshi© def SATO for the BCG World Heavyweight Title at Yoshifusa Maeda GP Finals 80 rating</p><p> </p><p>

9. Mabuchi Furusawa def Yoshinaka Taku at YMGP Day 7 in the GP Semifinals 80 rating</p><p> </p><p>

8. SUKI def Mabuchi Furusawa Yoshifusa Maeda GP Finals in the YMGP Finals 80 rating</p><p> </p><p>

7. Mabuchi Furusawa def Sojuro Sen at YMGP Day 5 in the GP Quarterfinals 80 rating</p><p> </p><p>

6. Tanyu Toshusai def Mabuchi Furusawa Test of Champions 80 rating</p><p> </p><p>

5. SUKI© def Blast Ikoma for the GCG World Heavyweight Championship at Test of Champions 80 rating</p><p> </p><p>

4. Mabuchi Furusawa def Mitsunari Fugunaga at YMGP Day 1 in the GP First Round 81 rating</p><p> </p><p>

3. Funakoshi© def Yoshinaka Taka for the BCG World Heavyweight Title at Test of Champions 81 rating</p><p> </p><p>

2. SUKI def Big Bruiser Findlay YMGP Day 6 in the YMGP Quarterfinals 82 rating</p><p> </p><p>

1. Funakoshi© def Tanyu Toshusai for the BCG World Heavyweight Title at Sole Survivor 6 83 rating</p><p> </p><p>

Furusawa has been the clear MVP of my save in ring and out of with without question. Dude is constantly passing knowledge to his 3 proteges, offered to put over both Tanyu Toshusai and Omezo Shikitei(have yet to take him up on the offer) but Funakoshi and SUKI with both their title runs have been awesome in their own right.</p>