BCG: Lions of Puroresu

[DarK_RaideR]

I had a hunch that you'd favour The Wild Ones but wow. I just don't see anything in Animal Harker, I really don't. I always fire him and give Findlay a singles run. Same with Dynamite, I fire him too.

I do like to go full King's Road with my puroresu, everyone's got a part to play and everyone's a cog in the greater machine.

 

By the way, roster post on the first page has been updated.

[LaEstrella]

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[DarK_RaideR]

Great show, and I'm not just saying that because of my perfect tournament bracket

Oh snap, you are correct! Congratulations and thanks gor your support

[DarK_RaideR]

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<span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>BCG Fighting Spirit 2020 - Night 1</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">, </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Mon. W4 Feb. 2020</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>

Osaka @ Kansai, Japan</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>

598 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;">

</span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>The Tokyo Mountains def. Goro Hatamoto and Noritaka Imakura (10m 05s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Kawanari Enomoto pinned Noritaka Imakura with a Mountain Crush. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[28]</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>Sofu Ozawa, Yuta Isono, Mitsukuri & Kinoshita def. Omezo Shikitei, Desperado Dave Barker, Takenori Doi and Big Boss Emperor (9m 36s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Koyo Kinoshita pinned Big Boss Emperor with a Belly To Belly Suplex. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[42]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

2. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Kamisaka & Kiyotaka def. Roku Sotomura and Tanyu Toshusai (15m 54s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Kiyotaka submitted Roku Sotomura with a Kimura. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[53]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

3. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Masashi Urogataya, Morimasa Kato, Danjuro Kikuchi and Ryobe Uno def. Naozane Goto, Dynamite Narahashi, Ippitsusai & Okimasa (10m 02s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Morimasa Kato submitted Yoriie Ippitsusai with a Choke Sleeper. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[50]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

4. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Yoshisada Matsuzawa, Miura & Yoshizawa and Yokokawa & Sen def. Giant Brody, The Wild Ones and The American Cobras (15m 12s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Yoshisada Matsuzawa pinned Marvel Malloy with a Double Arm DDT. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[60]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

5. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Funakoshi and Rokuemon Matsushita def. Team Taku (15m 10s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Rokuemon Matsushita pinned Toshinobu Taku with an One-Handed Choke Slam. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[57]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

6. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Furusawa & SUKI def. Blast Ikoma and Bunrakuken Torii (15m 36s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Mabuchi Furusawa submitted Blast Ikoma with a Furusawa Armbar. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[67]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

~ Furusawa may be nursing an injury, but he and SUKI are as dangerous as ever. They proved it by making it to the finals of TagMania despite their eventual loss and they proved it again this night, getting a big win over Ikoma and Torii.</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

~ The BCG World Tag Team champions met this year's TagMania winners in a multi man match for the first time in this tour and it certainly won't be the last as Yoshizawa & Miura will be facing Harker & Findlay in a match for the titles at Fighting Spirit when the tour ends.</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

~ Strong start and a good showing from BCG's new signings as Urogataya, Kato, Kikuchi and Uno won their match while Shikitei, despite his team's loss, really shone in the opening contest as he clearly carried the entire match.</span></p></div><p></p><p></div></p></div><p></p>

[DarK_RaideR]

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<span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>BCG Fighting Spirit 2020 - Night 2</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">, </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>Thu. W4 Feb. 2020</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>

Nagoya City @ Chubu, Japan</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><em>

85 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>Noritaka Imakura def. Iron Hyodo (9m 53s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> by pinfall with a Northern Lights Suplex. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[25]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

2. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Yuta Isono and Goro Hatamoto def. Kisaka & Hosaka (9m 42s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Yuta Isono pinned Ginji Kisaka with an Isono Face Melter. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[27]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

3. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Yoshisada Matsuzawa and Takenori Doi def. The Tokyo Mountains (9m 46s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Yoshisada Matsuzawa pinned Kawanari Enomoto with a Double Arm DDT. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[34]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

4. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Omezo Shikitei and Desperado Dave Barker def. Kubo & Ogata (10m 21s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Omezo Shikitei submitted Yutaka Ogata with a STF. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[30]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

5. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Mitsukuri & Kinoshita def. Danjuro Kikuchi and Ryobe Uno (9m 52s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Koyo Kinoshita pinned Danjuro Kikuchi with a Belly To Belly Suplex. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[45]</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>Giant Brody and Naozane Goto def. Kamisaka & Kiyotaka (15m 16s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Naozane Goto pinned Kadonomaro Kamisaka with a Goto Slam. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[48]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

2. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Masashi Urogataya, Morimasa Kato and Roku Sotomura def. Sofu Ozawa, Ippitsusai & Okimasa (16m 12s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Roku Sotomura submitted Sofu Ozawa with a Twisted Bow And Arrow. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[47]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

3. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>The Wild Ones and The American Cobras def. Miura & Yoshizawa and Team Taku (15m 08s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Big Bruiser Findlay pinned Toshinobu Taku with an Atomic Spinebuster. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[50]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

4. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Furusawa & SUKI def. Yokokawa & Sen (15m 23s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when SUKI pinned Sojuro Sen with a Mountain SUKI.</span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[44]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

5. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>Funakoshi, Rokuemon Matsushita and Tanyu Toshusai def. Bunrakuken Torii, Blast Ikoma and Dynamite Narahashi (16m 29s)</strong></span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> when Rokuemon Matsushita pinned Dynamite Narahashi with an One-Handed Choke Slam. </span><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"><strong>[55]</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

~ Funakoshi and Torii crossed swords once more, this time in a 3 vs 3 match but it was the big man Rokuemon Matsushita who got the pin for his team as Funakoshi remains unchallenged until his title match against a recovered Okamoto.</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

~ Another victory for SUKI and the injured Mabuchi Furusawa, over veterans and former BCG World Tag Team champions Yokokawa & Sen this time. SUKI once again had to work the brunt of the match to protect his teammate, but that didn't stop him from doing a damn good job and coming off with the win.</span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#F5DEB3;">

~ Team Wild Ones made it one each against team Yoshizawa & Miura, in light of their upcoming tag titles match. Both the challengers and the American Cobras put on a great performance and it paid off when they also got the win over the champions and BCG mainstay duo Team Taku.</span></p></div><p></p><p></div></p></div><p></p>

[Historian]

Omezo Shikitei and Desperado Dave Barker def. Kubo & Ogata (10m 21s) when Omezo Shikitei submitted Yutaka Ogata with a STF. [30]

 

Now that's good booking.

[CPBHBK]

SUKI once again had to work the brunt of the match to protect his teammate

 

I'm calling a feud :3

[Dalton]

Is Desperado Dave Barker the next Pistol Pete Hall?

[Historian]

Is Desperado Dave Barker the next Pistol Pete Hall?

 

Oh I think he definitely has the chops to walk a mile in those Tony Lama's.

[DarK_RaideR]

I'm calling a feud :3

I've teamed two ex-GCG guys up and hired some ex-GCG talent but haven't put them all in a stable, so it's not completely out of the question

Is Desperado Dave Barker the next Pistol Pete Hall?

He might turn out to. So far he's a young lion and a much needed fall guy for gaijin teams in multi man matches. Gottapay the dues first, look at the Cobras: COTT and CZCW Tag Team champions but only made it to the quarter finals of TagMania this year. It's a slow paced booking style, for sure.

[DarK_RaideR]

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BCG Fighting Spirit 2020 - Night 3, Sun. W4 Feb. 2020

Hiroshima @ Chugoku, Japan

77 Fans

 

Pre-show

1. Kubo & Ogata def. Goro Hatamoto and Iron Hyodo (10m 09s) when Nobuyuki Kubo pinned Goro Hatamoto with a Running Knee Side-Swipe. [22]

2. Kisaka & Hosaka def. Big Boss Emperor and Desperado Dave Barker (9m 42s) when Ginji Kisaka pinned Big Boss Emperor with a Butterfly Powerbomb. [31]

 

Main Show

1. Omezo Shikitei, Takenori Doi, Yokokawa & Sen def. Sofu Ozawa, Yuta Isono, Mitsukuri & Kinoshita (10m 20s) when Nobuharu Yokokawa submitted Yuta Isono with a Stump Puller. [45]

2. Mabuchi Furusawa, SUKI, Masashi Urogataya, Danjuro Kikuchi and Ryobe Uno def. Roku Sotomura, Kamisaka & Kiyotaka and Ippitsusai & Okimasa (15m 36s) when Danjuro Kikuchi submitted Sharaku Okimasa with a Step Over Leg Bar. [48]

3. Rokuemon Matsushita, Miura & Yoshizawa def. Giant Brody and The Wild Ones (14m 35s) when Rokuemon Matsushita pinned Animal Harker with an One-Handed Choke Slam. [48]

4. Dynamite Narahashi, Morimasa Kato and The American Cobras def. Naozane Goto, Yoshisada Matsuzawa and Team Taku (14m 34s) when Morimasa Kato submitted Toshinobu Taku with a Choke Sleeper. [52]

5. Bunrakuken Torii and Blast Ikoma def. Funakoshi and Tanyu Toshusai (20m 36s) when Blast Ikoma pinned Tanyu Toshusai with a Northern Lights Bomb. [60]

 

~ Big win in the main event for Torii and Ikoma, the former gaining ground over Funakoshi in hopes of a potential title rematch while the latter got the pinfall over the up-and-coming Tanyu Toshusai.

 

~ Morimasa Kato continues to impress, this time putting on a great performance in the semi main event and managing to tap out the veteran Toshinobu Taku with a Choke Sleeper.

 

~ Miura & Yoshizawa picked up the win over challengers the Wild Ones this night thanks to the help of the massive Matsushita who brought some much needed power to their team, the real loser of that match though was Giant Brody who left with a severely bruised pectoral muscle.

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BCG Fighting Spirit 2020 - Night 4, Wed. W1 Mar. 2020

Matsuyama @ Shikoku, Japan

48 Fans

 

Pre-show

1. Mitsukuri & Kinoshita def. Kubo & Ogata (10m 08s) when Ichiro Mitsukuri pinned Yutaka Ogata with a S.T.O.. [36]

2. The Tokyo Mountains def. Goro Hatamoto and Big Boss Emperor (10m 12s) when Shogo Awatari pinned Big Boss Emperor with a Mountain Crush. [27]

3. Kisaka & Hosaka def. Noritaka Imakura and Iron Hyodo (10m 09s) when Ginji Kisaka pinned Noritaka Imakura with a Butterfly Powerbomb. [27]

 

Main Show

1. Sofu Ozawa, Toshinobu Taku, Omezo Shikitei and Yoriie Ippitsusai def. Giant Brody, Takenori Doi, Yokokawa & Sen (10m 25s) when Omezo Shikitei submitted Takenori Doi with a STF. [38]

2. Masashi Urogataya, Morimasa Kato and Sharaku Okimasa def. Roku Sotomura and Kamisaka & Kiyotaka (16m 15s) when Masashi Urogataya pinned Roku Sotomura with a Jumbo Backdrop Suplex. [52]

3. Desperado Dave Barker, The Wild Ones and The American Cobras def. Inejiro Yoshizawa, Noritoshi Miura, Naozane Goto, Yoshinaka Taku and Yuta Isono (9m 47s) when Marvel Malloy pinned Yuta Isono with a Marvel Breaker. [44]

4. Bunrakuken Torii, Funakoshi, Yoshisada Matsuzawa and Dynamite Narahashi def. Danjuro Kikuchi, Ryobe Uno and Furusawa & SUKI (9m 48s) when Dynamite Narahashi pinned Ryobe Uno with a Narahashi Cutter. [43]

5. Rokuemon Matsushita def. Blast Ikoma and Tanyu Toshusai (16m 23s) when Rokuemon Matsushita pinned Tanyu Toshusai with an One-Handed Choke Slam. [51]

 

~ A rare three way match headlined this event and Rokuemon Matsushita came out on top of it, with Ikoma and Toshusai working together to eliminate his massive size and power advantage but ultimately succumbing to the big man in a pretty long match, a testament to Matsushita's improved cardio.

 

~ The quartet of former GCG employees almost picked up a big win in the semi main event as they were on the same page for the entire match, unlike their opponents who were severely held back by constant arguments between Funakoshi and Torii. The situation did create some trouble for the BCG team, but Matsuzawa was able to make something out of it and use it to trick the inexperienced Uno into letting his guard down, puzzled as he was over what was going on, which in turn allowed Narahashi to rush in and hit him with a cutter for the pin.

 

~ Victory as well for the winners of this year's TagMania tournament, on top of another great showing for the American Cobras who were also involved in the finish. Desperado Dave Barker and Yuta Isono are clearly breaking ahead of their fellow young lions in terms of performance and this match was no exception, which would explain why BCG seem to trust them enough with more and more spots on the main card, including matches that are not the opening contest.

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BCG Fighting Spirit 2020 - Night 5, Sat. W1 Mar. 2020

Kobe @ Kansai, Japan

595 Fans

 

Pre-show

1. The Tokyo Mountains def. Iron Hyodo and Goro Hatamoto (10m 06s) when Kawanari Enomoto pinned Iron Hyodo with a Mountain Crush. [24]

2. Kisaka & Hosaka def. Big Boss Emperor and Noritaka Imakura (9m 47s) when Ikki Hosaka pinned Noritaka Imakura with a Tornado DDT. [24]

 

Main Show

1. Toshinobu Taku, Ryobe Uno, Desperado Dave Barker and Takenori Doi def. Yoriie Ippitsusai, Sofu Ozawa, Nobuyuki Kubo and Yuta Isono (9m 37s) when Ryobe Uno submitted Nobuyuki Kubo with a Scorpion Deathlock. [35]

2. Yoshinaka Taku, Naozane Goto, Yoshisada Matsuzawa, Danjuro Kikuchi and Omezo Shikitei def. Rokuemon Matsushita, Yokokawa & Sen and Mitsukuri & Kinoshita (9m 41s) when Omezo Shikitei submitted Koyo Kinoshita with a STF. [52]

3. Roku Sotomura and Kamisaka & Kiyotaka def. Masashi Urogataya, Morimasa Kato and Sharaku Okimasa (16m 24s) when Roku Sotomura submitted Sharaku Okimasa with a Twisted Bow And Arrow. [55]

4. Bunrakuken Torii, Dynamite Narahashi and Miura & Yoshizawa def. The Wild Ones and The American Cobras (15m 02s) when Bunrakuken Torii pinned Storm Spillane with a Spinning Forearm Smash. [59]

5. SUKI and Blast Ikoma def. Funakoshi and Tanyu Toshusai (21m 24s) when SUKI submitted Tanyu Toshusai with a SUKI Special III. [67]

 

~ Another spectacular main event this night and another chapter in the ongoing grudge between SUKI and the man who defeated his injured teammate at BCG Heritage back in January, Tanyu Toshusai.

 

~ "Machine Gun" Bunrakuken Torii came through for his team in the semi main event, nailing Storm Spillane with a thunderous Spinning Forearm Smash as the two teams scheduled to wrestle for the BCG World Tag Team titles at Fighting Spirit continue to trade wins back and forth throughout the tour leading up to the event.

 

~ Big Boss Emperor and Noritaka Imakura apparently are the latest young lion team to be formed on the BCG roster, as the duo showcased exceptional chemistry together in their pre-show match against Ginji Kisaka and Ikki Hosaka despite their loss. It wasn't all good news in the pre-show though, as Awatari delivered a nasty powerbomb on Iron Hyodo, who landed badly and apparently damaged his lower back. The Tokyo Mountains continue to be a well oiled tag team of big men, but their track record of injuries handed out continues to grow and unless they can get safer fast, they may be faced with the chopping block before they can properly debut in the main card of a major show.

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[DarK_RaideR]

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BCG Fighting Spirit 2020 - Night 6, Tue. W2 Mar. 2020

Kyoto @ Kansai, Japan

591 Fans

 

Pre-show

1. Mitsukuri & Kinoshita def. The Tokyo Mountains (10m 17s) when Koyo Kinoshita pinned Kawanari Enomoto with a Belly To Belly Suplex. [38]

2. Kisaka & Hosaka def. Emperor & Imakura (10m 19s) when Ikki Hosaka pinned Noritaka Imakura with a Tornado DDT. [31]

 

Main Show

1. Omezo Shikitei, Yoshisada Matsuzawa and Yuta Isono def. Naozane Goto, Toshinobu Taku and Goro Hatamoto (10m 02s) when Omezo Shikitei submitted Goro Hatamoto with a STF. [36]

2. Roku Sotomura and Sofu Ozawa def. Ippitsusai & Okimasa (15m 39s) when Roku Sotomura submitted Sharaku Okimasa with a Twisted Bow And Arrow. [45]

3. Yokokawa & Sen and The American Cobras def. Danjuro Kikuchi, Ryobe Uno, Masashi Urogataya and Morimasa Kato (9m 41s) when Storm Spillane submitted Ryobe Uno with a Kneeling Boston Crab. [54]

4. Desperado Dave Barker and The Wild Ones def. Takenori Doi and Miura & Yoshizawa (10m 10s) when Desperado Dave Barker pinned Takenori Doi with a Blast From The Past. [55]

5. Bunrakuken Torii, Rokuemon Matsushita, Dynamite Narahashi, Tanyu Toshusai and Yoshinaka Taku def. Funakoshi, Blast Ikoma, SUKI, Kadonomaro Kamisaka and Kiyotaka (20m 26s) when Bunrakuken Torii pinned Kadonomaro Kamisaka with a Spinning Forearm Smash. [69]

 

~ A pretty crowded main event for this show, but one that delivered nonetheless. Torii shone yet again at the helm of his team alongside big man Rokuemon Matsushita, while SUKI's presence seemed to throw his own teammates off.

 

~ Desperado Dave Barker is clearly going places, both literally (as he moved permanently to Japan during this tour) and figuratively as he found himself in the semi main event of this show alongside Harker and Findlay, as well as the finish of him getting the pin over Takenori Doi.

 

~ While Barker has been a breakout star for BCG's young lions, his Japanese counterpart in Yuta Isono was not as lucky, not only because he wrestled in the opening match but also because he ended the night with some apparent damage on one calf that will most likely keep him away from the Fighting Spirit show.

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[DarK_RaideR]

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BCG FIGHTING SPIRIT

Fri. W2 Mar. 2020

Osaka Athletic Stadium @ Kansai, Japan

Event Card

 

Main Event

Funakoshi & Blast Ikoma vs SUKI & Masashi Urogataya

 

The American Cobras vs Bunrakuken Torii & Rokuemon Matsushita

 

BCG World Tag Team titles match

13th Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs TagMania 7 Winners Animal Harker & Big Bruiser Findlay

 

Naozane Goto & Team Taku vs Morimasa Kato, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Sojuro Sen

 

Roku Sotomura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs Tanyu Toshusai, Yoriie Ippitsusai & Sharaku Okimasa

 

Opening match

Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura vs Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita</div>

[LaEstrella]

Main Event

Funakoshi & Blast Ikoma vs SUKI & Masashi Urogataya

 

The American Cobras vs Bunrakuken Torii & Rokuemon Matsushita

 

BCG World Tag Team titles match

13th Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs TagMania 7 Winners Animal Harker & Big Bruiser Findlay

 

Naozane Goto & Team Taku vs Morimasa Kato, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Sojuro Sen

 

Roku Sotomura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs Tanyu Toshusai, Yoriie Ippitsusai & Sharaku Okimasa

 

Opening match

Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura vs Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita

[BornToFail]

<p>Main Event</p><p>

<strong>Funakoshi & Blast Ikoma</strong> vs SUKI & Masashi Urogataya</p><p> </p><p>

The American Cobras vs <strong>Bunrakuken Torii & Rokuemon Matsushita</strong></p><p> </p><p>

BCG World Tag Team titles match</p><p>

13th Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs <strong>TagMania 7 Winners Animal Harker & Big Bruiser Findlay</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Naozane Goto & Team Taku vs <strong>Morimasa Kato, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Sojuro Sen</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Roku Sotomura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs <strong>Tanyu Toshusai, Yoriie Ippitsusai & Sharaku Okimasa</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Opening match</p><p>

<strong>Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura</strong> vs Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita</p>

[CPBHBK]

Funakoshi & Blast Ikoma vs SUKI & Masashi Urogataya

 

The American Cobras vs Bunrakuken Torii & Rokuemon Matsushita

The Cobras get some moment going

 

BCG World Tag Team titles match

13th Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs TagMania 7 Winners Animal Harker & Big Bruiser Findlay

I'm not sure which way this will go, but I can see Findlay going into singles so I think they retain

 

Naozane Goto & Team Taku vs Morimasa Kato, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Sojuro Sen

 

Roku Sotomura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs Tanyu Toshusai, Yoriie Ippitsusai & Sharaku Okimasa

 

Opening match

Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura vs Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita

[Historian]

BCG FIGHTING SPIRIT

Fri. W2 Mar. 2020

Osaka Athletic Stadium @ Kansai, Japan

Event Card

 

Main Event

Funakoshi & Blast Ikoma vs SUKI & Masashi Urogataya

I think SUKI and Urogataya winning here sets SUKI up to be Funakoshi's challenger moving forward.

 

The American Cobras vs Bunrakuken Torii & Rokuemon Matsushita

I think the rising gaijin team shocks everyone by pinning Matsushita here.

 

BCG World Tag Team titles match

13th Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs TagMania 7 Winners Animal Harker & Big Bruiser Findlay

They continue their climb by taking the belts.

 

Naozane Goto & Team Taku vs Morimasa Kato, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Sojuro Sen

 

Roku Sotomura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs Tanyu Toshusai, Yoriie Ippitsusai & Sharaku Okimasa

 

Opening match

Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura vs Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita

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Fri. W2 Mar. 2020

Osaka Athletic Stadium @ Kansai, Japan

Rating: 69

Attendance: 4.543, Views: 49.712 (0.06 on Shogun TV)

 

Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura vs Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita

A standard multi man match to open the show, this one was a chance for BCG’s undercard to shine and shine they did, with Imakura and Big Boss Emperor especially trading blows with Kubo, Mitsukuri and Kinoshita. As hard hitting as they come, the blows rained down back and forth until Kikuchi and Shikitei got their moments to bring down the pace of the match with their grappling. Ryobe Uno picked things back up with a series of big suplexes but he was unable to hit one on the massive Big Boss Emperor, who regained control of the match as it headed towards the finish that came down to the double team moves of Emperor and Imakura on one side and Mitsukuri and Kinoshita on the other. Clearly more experienced as a duo, Mitsukuri and Kinoshita were able to overcome the natural chemistry of their opponents and shortly before the ten minute mark, Mitsukuri hit an S.T.O. over Imakura to get the pinfall victory.

 

Ryobe Uno, Nobuyuki Kubo, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Koyo Kinoshita defeated Omezo Shikitei, Danjuro Kikuchi, Big Boss Emperor & Noritaka Imakura in 9:45 when Ichiro Mitsukuri pinned Noritaka Imakura with a S.T.O.. [42]

 

Roku Sotomura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Kiyotaka vs Tanyu Toshusai, Yoriie Ippitsusai & Sharaku Okimasa

If the opening contest was heavy on the striking, this match was all about technical wrestling. Tanyu Toshusai, who’s not primarily known as a technical wrestler, proved he’s more than able to hang with the other competitors in this match in what was a very cerebral chess game of a contest as the six men chain wrestled back and forth with holds, counterholds, reversals and submissions. Very much a wrestling purist’s dream, this one escalated slowly to bigger and bigger moves as each grappler sought to soften up the opposition and set up their finishing move but it was Roku Sotomura that was able to lock it in, trapping Yoriie Ippitsusai in the Twisted Bow and Arrow in the center of the ring for the tap.

 

In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Roku Sotomura and Kamisaka & Kiyotaka defeated Tanyu Toshusai and Ippitsusai & Okimasa in 16:10 when Roku Sotomura submitted Yoriie Ippitsusai with a Twisted Bow And Arrow. [57]

 

Naozane Goto & Team Taku vs Morimasa Kato, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Sojuro Sen

The last of the multi man matches to wrap up the undercard, this was very much a strong style contest that tested the competitors’ toughness and fighting spirit, true to the event’s name. Goto’s fearsome power was rivalled by the ruggedness and occasional double team maneuver of Yokokawa & Sen, with Morimasa Kato picking his spots to attempt and wear down the former sumo wrestler. Goto had more than his size and power to rely on though, as Team Taku brought their own experience as a team to help him fight back, with Toshinobu Taku acting as the de facto team captain shouting directions from the apron. His actual in-ring contribution wasn’t as great in terms of showmanship, but the veteran still knew how to hold the match together and rely on his son for the bigger spots, all of which made for a pretty competitive contest. Still, Yokokawa & Sen were able to outsmart their opponents and it really showed once they were able to neutralize Toshinobu Taku for a significant amount of time, after which his team’s cohesion collapsed. Yoshinaka Taku had his attention torn between the match and checking on his father, leading Goto to essentially take on the opposition all alone and eventually crumble, allowing Sojuro Sen to get the pinfall on him.

 

In a decent match, Morimasa Kato and Yokokawa & Sen defeated Naozane Goto and Team Taku in 16:13 when Sojuro Sen pinned Naozane Goto. [57]

 

BCG World Tag Team titles match

13th Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs TagMania 7 Winners Animal Harker & Big Bruiser Findlay

Harker and Findlay cashed in their TagMania 7 win here for a title shot, following a back and forth clash with the champions throughout the entire Fighting Spirit tour. Yoshizawa and Miura were well aware they were facing two powerful, hard hitting opponents here so they took a slow, cautious approach to this match, trying to keep the pace down and prevent it from turning into a slugfest that would benefit their challengers. The Wild Ones, on the other hand, did the exact opposite but even when they realized they couldn’t get their way due to their opponents’ evasive tactics, they tweaked their approach and instead made sure to make each blow count. Big shots, thunderous forearms and some fearsome slams from Findlay gave the defending champions a run for their money, making sure they tried to minimize his participation in the match and instead try to keep Harker in as much as possible, who they were able to isolate and wear down much easier thanks to their teaming experience. Harker found an unlikely way to escape the tight spot he was in and instead of trying to get back to his corner for a tag, he instead managed a sharp shoulder block that knocked Miura off the apron, a cue for his teammate to circle the ring and get involved by starting a ringside brawl. Referee Tawaraya tried to get the match back in the ring but at the same time was lenient enough to let the wrestlers fight it out, well aware that this high profile title match wasn’t going to end by disqualification like that. Findlay really turned the complexion of the match around with his hardcore-ish moves on the outside, but an instinctive last second dodge from Yoshizawa sent him charging with a spear head first into the barricade. With Findlay down and Harker still being the legal man, Miura and Yoshizawa got back to work on him and soon enough were able to finally hit their combo finisher on him to retain, just ten second short of the twenty minute mark.

 

In a bout that had great wrestling and good heat, Miura & Yoshizawa defeated The Wild Ones in 19:50 when Noritoshi Miura pinned Animal Harker with The End Of The World. Miura & Yoshizawa make defence number three of the BCG World Tag Team titles. [74]

 

The American Cobras vs Bunrakuken Torii & Rokuemon Matsushita

Wasting no time as soon as the bell rang, Spillane and Torii locked up in a death grip as they traded lightning fast and super stiff forearms back and forth, much to the delight of fans who voiced their approval. Slowly getting the better of his opponent, Torii backed Spillane to a corner and unloaded with a series of, well, machine gun forearms, before backing out as the clear winner of the exchange to comfortably tag Matsushita in. The big man tossed Spillane around a couple of times, perhaps testing what opposition he could offer or maybe showcasing his dominance, but Spillane was able to roll through a flapjack and tag Malloy in. Using his speed, agility and a few slingshot moves off the ropes for the extra momentum, Malloy managed to get some offense going, although it barely caused Matsushita to take a few steps back, never really giving him much trouble. Still, not willing to burn up his stamina against such a quick opponent, Matsushita tagged Torii back in and fans were treated to another fast sequence of moves, a beautiful choreography of violence and chain wrestling skills. Spillane wasn’t shy about sneaking in a blow after his partner whipped Torii to the ropes and from that point on, the Cobras took over with classic tag tactics, isolating Torii and using quick tags to always keep the fresh man in as they hit all their big moves to wear down their opponent. What they got for their troubles was a near fall, as Torii kicked out and refused to be pinned. Malloy attempted to pull him back up and take him to the Cobras’ corner, but a rush of adrenaline gave Torii a second wind and he hit Malloy with a forearm so impactful it knocked him down to the mat. Rushing back for the tag to Matsushita, the 375-pounder ran across the ring like a truck and hit Spillane with an avalanche, making full use of his body mass and momentum, before getting to work on a more tired and thus slower Malloy. After taking him to the mat with a decapitating lariat, Matsushita picked Malloy up for what seemed to be a powerbomb on the turnbuckles. In a moment of inspiration, Torii directed his partner to turn around, tagged himself in and ascended to the top rope, flying high to deliver his Flying Forearm finisher together with Matsushita’s powerbomb, a devastating combo that shook the ring before Torii floated over for the cover.

 

In a bout that had superb wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Bunrakuken Torii and Rokuemon Matsushita defeated The American Cobras in 15:13 when Bunrakuken Torii pinned Marvel Malloy with a Flying Forearm Off Top. [71]

 

Funakoshi & Blast Ikoma vs SUKI & Masashi Urogataya

Though not advertised as such, this was obviously a BCG versus GCG match. Black Canvas loyalists Funakoshi and Ikoma squared off with former GCG stars SUKI and Urogataya, with the added narrative layer of Urogataya more or less having to fill in for the injured Mabuchi Furusawa. This fact was pointed out during a couple of spots where SUKI clearly was waiting for his partner to chip in but was left high and dry, as Urogataya lacks the instinctive understanding that Furusawa has with SUKI, but otherwise not overdone. From bell to bell, the match played out like a textbook puroresu main event: slow paced and escalating, smashmouth hard hitting and all that building on a rock solid technical foundation. Urogataya, being the least “proven” man in the match, was initially faced with scorn from Ikoma, but after reversing a few of his lightning-fast, explosive suplexes into chickenwing holds or downright suplexes of his own, he forced Ikoma, Funakoshi and fans in attendance to take him seriously. Clearly the most exciting exchanges happened between the BCG World champion and SUKI, even leading to a near fall that almost sealed a future title match between them, but it was Ikoma who took the full force of a SUKI Special III for the pin by the end of the 20+ minute confrontation.

 

In a bout that had superb wrestling and good heat, SUKI and Masashi Urogataya defeated Funakoshi and Blast Ikoma in 21:47 when SUKI submitted Blast Ikoma with a SUKI Special III. [73]

 

After the winners left the ring, Funakoshi was left trying to pick up Ikoma and help him to the back when Razan Okamoto came out with a mic in hand for a quick promo, saying that while he’d technically not been cleared to wrestle tonight, he was only days from a full recovery and would be seeing Funakoshi at the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix for their title match.

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Funakoshi: "Tonight was hard, our opponents were better and we lost. I know there have been people who doubt if I’m worthy to carry this title, but I’ll be the first to remind them I wasn’t on my own out there. So far I’ve successfully defended my title in singles matches and next month it will be no different against Razan Okamoto."

 

SUKI: "**** this! I bust my ass in that ring, get win after win over the biggest names in this company and what do I have to show for it? Nothing! Meanwhile, that ******** Okamoto spends all of the year so far on the sidelines and he’s the one who gets a shot at the BCG World title? That’s ********!"

 

Animal Harker: "First the BCG Challengers Series title, now this. I’m cursed! AAAAARGH!"

 

Sojuro Sen: "Tonight I proved size alone does not a champion make. When me and Goto get in the ring again, I’m taking the BCG Challengers Series title from him."</div>

[LaEstrella]

Nice show, some good match grades as well. I really like the way it all looks on the background, very sleek.

 

My predictions were terrible this show lol, you must have been taking revenge on me for that fantastic tournament bracket of mine.

[DarK_RaideR]

Nice show, some good match grades as well. I really like the way it all looks on the background, very sleek.

 

My predictions were terrible this show lol, you must have been taking revenge on me for that fantastic tournament bracket of mine.

Thank you. I think my booking for BCG is extremely predictable once you get the hang of it, give it a few more shows. Speaking of shows and tournaments, stand by for the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Press Conference, announcing the two blocks for this year's round robin tournament!

[DarK_RaideR]

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BCG Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2020 Press Conference Highlights

 

 

~ Yoshifusa Maeda himself presented the new Grand Prix trophy at the press conference, a samurai statuette that’s been welcomed as a more spectacular visual upgrade to the previous chest-like trophy. With the new prize, the participants and blocks for the tournament were announced, with the ten show tour breaking down into five alternating nights for each block, culminating to the winners of each facing off at the final show.

 

 

~ Block A includes last year’s winner Rokuemon Matsushita, who failed to convert his win to a championship but will certainly be looking for back to back wins, a feat only accomplished by Funakoshi during the first two tournaments. Of particular interest will be his clash with Big Bruiser Findlay, a proper hoss fight against a man who’ll be looking to succeed as a singles star after winning TagMania 7 but failing to capture the BCG World Tag Team titles. Yoshinaka Taku is a similar case, slowly establishing himself as a singles competitor and leaving his father’s shadow, while Masashi Urogataya will certainly look to make an impression in his first ever YMGP and things are certainly looking good since he joined BCG, especially with him and SUKI winning the main event of Fighting Spirit against Funakoshi and Ikoma. Last but certainly not least, “Machine Gun” Bunrakuken Torii, a 2 time winner of the tournament himself, will be out to regain his momentum and secure himself another chance at the BCG World title after his failure to capture it back at Heritage.

 

 

~ Block B features the ever-dangerous and increasingly frustrated SUKI, whose showdown against Tanyu Toshusai is highly anticipated. Having been quite vocal in his criticism of BCG management, SUKI now has the chance to win the tournament and thus earn himself a shot at Funakoshi’s BCG World title, while Toshusai is out to beat him after previously defeating Mabuchi Furusawa. Also interesting in this block should be the match between technical wizards and frequent teammates Kadonomaro Kamisaka and Kiyotaka, either of which could prove to be a dark horse in this race. No shortage of technicians in Block B as Morimasa Kato is also there and looking to establish himself after a solid run with BCG so far, while Dynamite Narahashi, who’s been doing well but just can’t do so consistently and break the glass ceiling above him, will be getting a chance to prove he belongs with the best of them.

 

 

~ The final show on the third Friday of April will not just be about the Grand Prix but will feature a double main event as Funakoshi will be defending the BCG World title against Razan Okamoto. The match, which came about after Okamoto pinned Funakoshi in a match at TagMania 7, was originally scheduled to take place at Fighting Spirit but had to be moved due to Okamoto getting injured. Both men said they are confident about the outcome and actually glad about the move in schedule, believing the event to be an even bigger stage than Fighting Spirit and thus elevating the importance of their contest.

 

 

~ The BCG World title is not the only one scheduled to be defended on the final night of the tour though, as the BCG Challengers Series title will also be on the line after Sojuro Sen was able to pin champion Naozane Goto at Fighting Spirit. A former holder of the title himself, Sojuro Sen said he will “teach Goto a masterclass in warrior spirit” with the former sumo competitor himself promising to “eat him up and spit him out” by the end of the match.

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[LaEstrella]

<p>Looks like a good tournament. Group A is STACKED.</p><p> </p><p>

Will we be predicting the entire tournament including tour shows or just the final show?</p>

[christmas_ape]

I liked Funakoshi's subtle dig at Blast in the post show segment, I think I might have mentioned it before but those really are the perfect way to add character to a performance heavy promotion.