White Canvas Grappling ~ The Comeback [CVerse]

[Scottie]

『WCG INVASION ATTACK 2021 IN AMERICA』 – August 21th, 2021

The V. Thompson Arena (Los Angeles, California, USA) [American Option, Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

1. Devil May Care (Acid II & Stuntman) vs. The Revengers (Japanese Phoenix & Musashi)

2. Team Warrior (Doug Peak & BB Colossus) vs. White Justice (Kimitada Yanagita & Sotatsu Sarumara)

3. Maverick & Marc Speed vs. Mad Dogs (Taheiji Konoe & Zeshin Makioka)

4. WCG American Openweight Championship: Nelson Callum vs. Yasunobu Masuno [4th Defense]

5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn vs. Aldous Blackfriar [2nd Defense]

6. Reiwa Ishingun (Azumamaro Kita, Omezo Shikitei, Maro Shimizu & Kado Kamisaka) vs. Fujio Narahashi, Yoshinaka Taku, Tatsuya Toshitara & Munemitsu Senmatsu

7. WCG United States Heavyweight Championship: Ernest Youngman vs. Hiroyasu Gakusha [3rd Defense]

8. Motoyuki Miyake, Koshiro Ino & Razan Okamoto vs. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge)

9. TCW World Heavyweight Championship: Aaron Andrews vs. Wolf Hawkins [4th Defense]

10. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii vs. Hitomaru Suzuki [7th Defense]

[CGN91]

Sorry guys, FM 24 came out and I've been very busy playing it in my free time. Hope to get the show online tomorrow or friday.

[CGN91]

『INVASION ATTACK 2021 IN AMERICA』 – August 21^th, 2021
The V. Thompson Arena (Los Angeles, Califonia, USA) [American Option, Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

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Los Angeles was the main battlefield this time when White Canvas Grappling held their first ever show in California with wrestler from Total Championship Wrestling and White Canvas Grappling Of America also having matches on the matchcard.

WCG World Heavyweight Champion Bunrakuken Torii and his longtime rival Hitomaro Suzuki had their third meeting this year and for the second time "Machine Gun" came up with the victory over "Genius". These two fought over thirty-five minutes in a classic match which let the fans at the V. Thompson Arena erupted. Torii took Suzuki's head off with a Lariat and finished him up with the Spinning Forearm Smash to overcame the leader of REAL BLOOD. The Champion tried to shake Suzuki's hand but the latter snubbed Torii off and left the ring. Suzuki has one more chance to get his title back when he wins the upcoming White Canvas Trophy.

Total Championship Wrestling's World Championship was on the line in the semi main event between Champ Aaron Andrews and former Champ Wolf Hawkins. The two arch rivals battered each other with everything they had in their tank and the, mostly WCG fans, were absolutely pleased with their performance. "Ace" Andrews successfully defended the title in front of his hometown crowd.

Two titles changed hands this night to two japanese stars. The WCG United States Heavyweight Champion Ernest Youngman failed to defend "his" title against former WCG World Heavyweight title challenger and Golden Canvas Grappling legend Hiroyasu Gakusha. The 3rd WCG American Openweight Champion Nelson Callum was dethroned by former WCG US Heavyweight Champion Yasunobu Masuno to crown himself to the face of WCG Of America. Masuno told the crowd he'll defend the title in Japan to make it the most important american title in the company.

Results~!

1. Devil May Care (Acid II  & Stuntman ) def. The Revengers (Japanese Phoenix & Musashi) (10:09)
2. Team Warrior (Doug Peak  & BB Colossus ) def. White Justice (Kimitada Yanagita  & Sotatsu Sarumara) (08:11)
3. Mad Dogs (Taheiji Konoe & Zeshin Makioka) def. Maverick  & Marc Speed  (09:23)
4. WCG American Openweight Championship: Yasunobu Masuno def. Nelson Callum   - TITLE CHANGE!! (11:31)
5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn  def. Aldous Blackfriar  (14:23) [2nd Defense]
6. Fujio Narahashi, Yoshinaka Taku, Tatsuya Toshitara & Munemitsu Senmatsu def. Reiwa Ishingun (Azumamaro Kita, Omezo Shikitei, Maro Shimizu & Kado Kamisaka) (11:19)
7. WCG United States Heavyweight Championship: Hiroyasu Gakusha def. Ernest Youngman  vs. Hiroyasu Gakusha (15:40) - TITLE CHANGE!!
8. Motoyuki Miyake, Koshiro Ino & Razan Okamoto def. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge) (17:28)
9. TCW World Heavyweight Championship: Aaron Andrews   def. Wolf Hawkins  (26:40) [4th Defense]
10. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  def. Hitomaro Suzuki (35:07) [7th Defense]

[CGN91]

PREDICTION RESULTS

@Scottie 7/10
@The Blonde Bomber 6/10

Thank you Didn't expect any predictions in this diary tbh Hope to get the next posts online this weekend.

[The Blonde Bomber]

I still remember this from 2020!!

[Scottie]

Some big title changes! Glad to see Masuno with some gold.

[CGN91]

『WHITE CANVAS TROPHY FIRST ROUND RECAP』

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The annual White Canvas Trophy kicked off it's sixth edition since the creation in 2016 with quite a change: Instead of having only sixteen men competiting for the trophy, this time the numbers were doubled when thirty-two wrestler went on to win the single elimination tournament.

The first eight matches kicked off the tournament in Hokkaido where we saw the main event between former friends and tag team wrestler. Fujio Narahashi, one half of the WCG World Tag Team Champions and S-1 Festival winner, met his former OWARI partner Azumamaro Kita again. Strong Pitbull was able to beat Kita in a hatred match after a string of brutal Lariato's. Narahashi promised to beat Kita's stablemate Maro Shimizu in the next round, while the latter surprised everyone in the venue by beating multiple WCG Champ Greg Gauge in a good match. Gauge's early exit from the tournament is one of the biggest surprises ever in the history of the White Canvas Trophy.

Pavel Vanzycha def. Akira Arato
Tanyu Toshusai def. Shogun Watoga
KATOU def. Noburo Ikoma
Koshiro Ino def. Taheiji Konoe
Munemitsu Senmatsu def. Tadakuni Toshusai
Brandon Smith def. Ernest Youngman
Maro Shimizu def. Greg Gauge
Fujio Narahashi def. Azumamaro Kita

Night two of the White Canvas Trophy was held in Iwakuni in the Yamaguchi Prefecture in the Chugoku region. Of the remaining eight first round matches the main event stood above every match when hometown hero Razan Okamoto took on his former stablemate and protegé Motoyuki Miyake. After almost thirty minutes of having a great match it was Motoyuki Miyake who shocked the Iwakuni crowd when he hits a series of Penalty Kicks to the chest of his mentor to beat Okamoto. The crowd was dead silent, no one expected another early exit of a WCG stalwart. With a win like this Miyake rise to be one of the tournament's favourites.

Animal Harker def. Shiba Mizoguchi
Logan Diaz def. Findlay O'Farraday
SUKI def. Kado Kamisaka
Tatsuya Toshitara def. Kiyotaka
Yasunobu Masuno def. Gonkuro Kamioka
Morimasa Kato def. Omezo Shikitei
Hitomaro Suzuki def. Ieyoshi Shimakage
Motoyuki Miyake def. Razan Okamoto

Second Round Matches~!

1. KATOU vs. Tanyu Toshusai
2. Koshiro Ino vs. Pavel Vanzycha
3. Brandon Smith vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu
4. Maro Shimizu vs. Fujio Narahashi
5. Logan Diaz vs. Animal Harker
6. Morimasa Kato vs. Tatsuya Toshitara
7. Yasunobu Masuno vs. SUKI
8. Motoyuki Miyake vs. Hitomaro Suzuki

[The Blonde Bomber]

1. KATOU vs. Tanyu Toshusai
2. Koshiro Ino vs. Pavel Vanzycha
3. Brandon Smith vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu
4. Maro Shimizu vs. Fujio Narahashi
5. Logan Diaz vs. Animal Harker
6. Morimasa Kato vs. Tatsuya Toshitara
7. Yasunobu Masuno vs. SUKI
8. Motoyuki Miyake vs. Hitomaro Suzuki

 

Guessing on feeling, Suzuki is one of your top guys, if Miyake can win then this could be a career making performance in the tournament. But he did just defeat Razan so I could see him losing and going into something with Razan. Maybe with Razan being disappointed that he immediately lost, or wanting to redeem his loss.

[CGN91]

『WHITE CANVAS TROPHY SECOND ROUND RECAP』

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The second round of the White Canvas Trophy was split in two shows with four tournament matches on each show. The former xDREAM man Tanyu Toshusai continued his run and beat his former stablemate KATOU to advance to the quarterfinal, which will be the furthest progress he made in a WCG tournament. Speaking of progress, Maro Shimizu took on Fujio Narahashi in the main event and shocked the WCG World Tag Team titleholder by beating him with his Figure Four Necklock to eliminate the S-1 Festival winner of this year. With Koshiro Ino and Munemitsu Senmatsu winning their matches, we have two former Burning Hammer veterans joining in the quarterfinal.

Tanyu Toshusai def. KATOU
Koshiro Ino def. Pavel Vanzycha
Munemitsu Senmatsu def. Brandon Smith
Maro Shimizu def. Fujio Narahashi

Just a night later the second half of the second round saw a huge main event between former WCG World Heavyweight Champion Hitomaro Suzuki and former WCG Intercontinental Champion Motoyuki Miyake. In one of the best matches of the tournament, Miyake yet again shocked the WCG fans by kicking the living hell out of the leader of REAL BLOOD and winning the match to advance to the next round. With wins against Okamoto and now Suzuki under his belt, Miyake probably is the tournament favourite. He'll face Yasunobu Masuno in the next round, which will also be a huge match for him. In a Rogue Squad innerfight, Logan Diaz stepped his game up and beat big Animal Harker.

Logan Diaz def. Animal Harker
Tatsuya Toshitara def. Morimasa Kato
Yasunobu Masuno def. SUKI
Motoyuki Miyake def. Hitomaro Suzuki

Quarterfinal Matches~!

1. Koshiro Ino vs. Maro Shimizu
2. Logan Diaz vs. Tatsuya Toshitara
3. Motoyuki Miyake vs. Yasunobu Masuno
4. Tanyu Toshusai vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu

[CGN91]

『WHITE CANVAS TROPHY QUARTERFINAL RECAP』

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The fairytale of Motoyuki Miyake is still alive! After defeating two former WCG World Heavyweights Champions in a row with Razan Okamoto and Hitomaro Suzuki, Miyake overcame big Yasunobu Masuno in the main event of night number five. Miyake's dangerous penalty kick was the key to victory once again as Masuno ate two of them in the course of the match. Miyake's opponent in the next round will also be a former Burning Hammer contracted wrestler with Tatsuya Toshitara. "Double T" was able to defeat Rogue Squad's Logan Diaz and crushed Diaz' dream of stepping into his uncle's footsteps of being a champion in Japan.

Munemitsu Senmatsu def. Tanyu Toshusai
Koshiro Ino def. Maro Shimizu
Tatsuya Toshitara def. Logan Diaz
Motoyuki Miyake def. Yasunobu Masuno

The other semifinal was completed with Koshiro Ino and Munemitsu Senmatsu. While Ino has beaten Maro Shimizu, who was also on a big run such as Miyake, Senmatsu had his hands full with Tanyu Toshusai, who alligned himself with REAL BLOOD after the demise of xDREAM. Since then Toshusai showed a more reckless attitude which got him a few wins under his belt, however this time Senmatsu was a step too far for him.

Semifinal Matches~!

1. Koshiro Ino vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu
2. Motoyuki Miyake vs. Tatsuya Toshitara

[The Blonde Bomber]

1. Koshiro Ino vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu
2. Motoyuki Miyake vs. Tatsuya Toshitara

 

So I should've went with my gut. Miyake is getting the push here. After three big wins I see his skills carrying to victory. He seems to have gotten the most love in the write ups as well, so him winning is my prediction.

[CGN91]

『WHITE CANVAS TROPHY SEMIFINAL RECAP』

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The final of the 6th White Canvas Trophy is set with two finalists who couldn't be more the opposite than the other. On one side of the bracket 23-year-veteran Koshiro Ino was able to let brave Munemitsu Senmatsu tap out to his Kobra's Bite for going straight into his first tournament final since joining White Canvas Grappling in 2018. Ino just recently lost the RISE Openweight Championship to Heihachiro Sakai in July is desperately to get a success out of this tournament.

Koshiro Ino def. Munemitsu Senmatsu

The other semifinal saw a young and upcoming wrestler being successful when Motoyuki Miyake scored a pinfall victory over Tatsuya Toshitara to book his place in the final. Miyake, just 26 year old and a six year into his pro-wrestling career, is determined to win the White Canvas Trophy and to become a World Champion down the line. The pupil of the legendary Mito Miwa is making waves since joining the "White Rhino" in 2016, winning the inaugral RISE Openweight Championship, the S-1 Tag League alongside KATOU in 2019 and more notable the WCG Intercontinental title in 2020. 

Motoyuki Miyake def. Tatsuya Toshitara

Miyake and Ino met twice in the last year, both matches were during the S-1 Festival. In 2020 Miyake pinned Ino while the latter got revenge this year and has beaten Miyake to get two important points. Who will it be? Koshiro Ino or Motoyuki Miyake?

[The Blonde Bomber]

4 hours ago, CGN91 said:

『WHITE CANVAS TROPHY SEMIFINAL RECAP』

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The final of the 6th White Canvas Trophy is set with two finalists who couldn't be more the opposite than the other. On one side of the bracket 23-year-veteran Koshiro Ino was able to let brave Munemitsu Senmatsu tap out to his Kobra's Bite for going straight into his first tournament final since joining White Canvas Grappling in 2018. Ino just recently lost the RISE Openweight Championship to Heihachiro Sakai in July is desperately to get a success out of this tournament.

Koshiro Ino def. Munemitsu Senmatsu

The other semifinal saw a young and upcoming wrestler being successful when Motoyuki Miyake scored a pinfall victory over Tatsuya Toshitara to book his place in the final. Miyake, just 26 year old and a six year into his pro-wrestling career, is determined to win the White Canvas Trophy and to become a World Champion down the line. The pupil of the legendary Mito Miwa is making waves since joining the "White Rhino" in 2016, winning the inaugral RISE Openweight Championship, the S-1 Tag League alongside KATOU in 2019 and more notable the WCG Intercontinental title in 2020. 

Motoyuki Miyake def. Tatsuya Toshitara

Miyake and Ino met twice in the last year, both matches were during the S-1 Festival. In 2020 Miyake pinned Ino while the latter got revenge this year and has beaten Miyake to get two important points. Who will it be? Koshiro Ino or Motoyuki Miyake?

They're one a piece right now. My gut says Miyake, he seemed showcased the most throughout the tournament. But Ino is a classic top guy who as you mention is looking to get back on his winning ways after losing the Openweight Title. Though he did gain a good amount of momentum to get to the finals, so both finalists are in a good position no matter who comes out on top. My pick is still Miyake though :p.

[CGN91]

『WHITE CANVAS TROPHY FINAL IS OFF!』

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The final of the 6th White Canvas Trophy is off due to an occured injury of finalist Koshiro Ino. WCG President Junnosuke Fukazawa announced that "The Kobra" won't be able to compete against Motoyuki Miyake for the White Canvas Trophy. „This isn't what we want to see, we want to see a final contest between two great athletes. As a company we're thrilled to give the fans the best matches, but this time we need to do something else.“, Fukazawa said at the press conference.

Motoyuki Miyake, the other finalist, wasn't happy with the whole situation: „No this is something I don't want to do. I'm not accepting to get the trophy via forfeit, I want to fight someone one on one.“ Just in time someone made his way to the press conference room and immediatly attacked Miyake from behind with a leather strap: Matthew Keith!

The brother of Greg Gauge wasn't included in the tournament and wasn't seen in WCG since a six man tag team match at Survivor Battle in August where Keith faced the trio of KATOU, Hiroyasu Gakusha and of course Motoyuki Miyake. The two had some issues with one another and it seemed like the match is set!

Edited December 17, 2023 by CGN91

[The Blonde Bomber]

Koshiro getting injured is unfortunate. Thought it does give a story to go back to between the two in the future. I was assuming that Munemitsu would get the match since he was the one Koshiro beat in the semi finals. Feels weird to me that a person who was not in the tournament could come in as a replacement in the finals.
 

I am a fan of press conferences as a way to give out info and possibly start something between two guys. But this felt a bit rushed to me as a way to bring in Keith. I am intrigued if he does win what the other contestants will say since he cut the entire line of participants.

[CGN91]

Thanks for your constant feedback mate

Indeed it was a bit rushed since the schedule was a bit too packed this year and Senmatsu (just a minor injury) won't be fit until the final day, so I looked around and I felt like replacing Ino (and Senmatsu then lol) with someone who wasn't in the tournament. Not gonna lie but random injuries and stuff like this is what makes a promotion more realistic and fun. I mean to get a headache after booking this turmoil was quite fun lol

[The Blonde Bomber]

I agree with that from my experiences too. Injuries put holes in plans, but those holes can lead to a detour that ends up with a interesting result. The fact that Senmatsu got injured too is pretty crazy. I guess that would mean Toshuai & Shimizu would be next in line so they'd have a gripe of Keith being chosen.

[CGN91]

UPDATE

My hard drive died today. It was the hard drive where I had TEW and the save games on, so I'll try to convert the save games (and TEW itself) to the new hard drive when it arrives after christmas.

[The Blonde Bomber]

God speed!

[CGN91]

Update

The hard drive arrived today. So far so good. I can't attach the broken hard drive to convert the game and the saves as well. I'll try my best to get it fixed asap but it could be over for my 2016 to 2020 converted WCG save...😭

[The Blonde Bomber]

Miyake won the finale in my heart!

[CGN91]

Good news: I've got my license key back and can use TEW again.

Bad news: ALL my saves are gone due to the hard drive crash, WCG included. This is hands down the most heartbreaking loss I've had in my gaming history since I played this particular save since TEW 16, converted it into TEW 20 and played it further into the years. 😭

I thank each and everyone of you for contributing to both threads throughout the years!!!

 

On 12/30/2023 at 6:04 PM, The Blonde Bomber said:

Miyake won the finale in my heart!

Yes Miyake would have won the final but he would have lost the big title match against Bunrakuken Torii though. The plan was that Torii vs. Razan Okamoto would have been booked at the big Anniversary show on January 4th where Torii defended the championship yet again to break Okamoto's title defense record to set a new record of ten defensens in one reign. 

Torii would have lost the title in February 2022 in Sapporo to someone I wasn't sure yet. Okamoto would have won the S-1 Festival in March for the first time in his career (!) , the big titlematch in Chiyoda in May would have set Okamoto's third reign as the WCG World Heavyweight Champion!

To write down the few plans I'm having in my mind right now are hurting to be honest. This was a big project for me and I think for a few readers as few over the years. Thank y'all!

[The Blonde Bomber]

This was a journey @CGN91 glad to have seen the evolution of your baby through two generations of TEW. Thanks for enjoyable shows and readings over the years with WCG it was a dynasty I looked forward to checking out each time there was a new post. I can understand the disappointment you feel about losing this save. These circumstances have reminded me to download my saves and databases onto a USB.

 

 

[CGN91]

Thank you for the love @The Blonde Bomber  

I'll be back. I've made some plans to do a new diary in the next weeks, so stay tuned.

[christmas_ape]

It's a shame to hear that about the save, although I've only followed it sporadically your WCG have always stood out to me. Always a breeze to read and yet the promotion felt real, I couldn't imagine now a better format for c-verse puro. So RIP WCG. 

Good luck with your plans!