ShikariFC Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 In March 2019, two years exactly after the tragic collapse of Golden Canvas Grappling, in his Saitama home Hanshiro Furusawa would start a most unlikely chain of events that would lead to possibly the most noteworthy of comebacks in Japanese wrestling history. Furusawa at the age of 70 feeling like he had some wounds to heal and some relationships to mend made the step to reach out to Yoshifusa Maeda, a man whom he in the past could rightfully have been accused of hating and visa versa, this ill feeling between the two stemming back to Furusawas awful judgement in leading Golden Canvas Grappling into the Modern Japan Movement. Maeda was now the CEO of Black Canvas Grappling who had gained some excellent momentum within the Japanese scene, Maeda was also Hanshiro’s sons boss, Mabuchi Furusawa had continually made his father proud though Hanshiro had never had the chance to see his son live for BCG due to the relationship with Maeda, and this primarily was the driving force behind Hanshiro Furusawa swallowing his pride and at least making the attempt to reconcile with Maeda. But Hanshiro knew it wasn't just Maeda and he unfortunately had a sizeable list of people with whom had ill feeling towards him, there was Kazu Yoshizawa, the man whom was Maedas right hand man, Naonobu Murakami who like Yoshizawa was also working with BCG, past those two there was the legendary “Pistol” Pete Hall and probably the biggest of all the wider Japanese wrestling community. So that covers the relationships he was wanting to mend, the wounds though were arguably the tougher task to face. Furusawa more than anything would like to restore the Golden Canvas Grappling name, in turn maybe restoring his but at this stage of his life how possible was that? Financially maybe it was, physically? It was questionable, his wife wouldn't thank him for entering into such a venture at his age but as with hundreds of men and women who've lived through the wrestling industry, it gets under your skin and into your blood, the itch that you can never quite scratch enough. A ding from his PC broke Hanshiro out of his daydream, a reply to an email he had sent two days ago now, the email was from the Aichi Prefectural Governement..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) Hello folks! After the untimely demise of my BHOTWG diary (tech issues) I have decided on a Golden Canvas Grappling relaunch as my return!. Anybody who followed the BHOTWG diary can expect the same sort of format – Monthly recaps that by and large read like Wikipedia entrys looking back on the event, incorporated with this I will also have the odd interview type post that you'd see on NJPWS website for instance as well as event previews for some of the bigger cards and also some narrative work, mainly in the intro to this diary, to set the scene. Im Using the following Mods C-Verse Venue Expansion Yet To Debut Dojo Grads Womens Revolution Mod Company Logo and banner for GCG are from Here - Belt Renders from Here - Worker renders are from all over the place - so many talented graphics makers! A few quick points about the save - The move from Kansai to Chubu will be explained in future posts - Moving away from Lion branding, Back to Tiger as GCG was originally - Ive edited the database to reflect certain changes explained in past / future posts, these are mainly to do with a few relationships between Hanshiro Furusawa and others - In the default database GCG pop was 14 across the board in japan and 38 in Kansai – Ive changed Chubu pop to 38 and reduces Kansai to 25 - Momentum & Prestige was hard to decide on – database has both set to 0, I decided to keep momentum at 0 due to the company re opening, prestige I've set to 25 which is roughly the same as SAISHO for comparison - Finances are in line with future posts – There is some money about but early game particularly will be tight. - Production values have all been lowered to reflect that of a new promotion with a bit of shadow backing financially Edited February 11 by ShikariFC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddes Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 GCG BABY LETS GOOOOOO Always love a Canvas save and it was a huge bummer when they were closed in game, so I'm well happy you're doing a comeback. With Hanshiro being so divisive in the game, I hope you play into that with his behaviour and with his relationships with certain wrestlers, it'll be fascinating to see where this goes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoe II Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 a lot of interesting avenues to take with a character like Furusawa and how a legacy company deals with/rebounds from such a loss in status. really looking forward to this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) 6 hours ago, Chaddes said: GCG BABY LETS GOOOOOO Always love a Canvas save and it was a huge bummer when they were closed in game, so I'm well happy you're doing a comeback. With Hanshiro being so divisive in the game, I hope you play into that with his behaviour and with his relationships with certain wrestlers, it'll be fascinating to see where this goes Thanks for the kind words! hopefully I can get some things done that I want to in this save! 6 hours ago, Shmoe II said: a lot of interesting avenues to take with a character like Furusawa and how a legacy company deals with/rebounds from such a loss in status. really looking forward to this! Im trying to stick to Cverse history/ lore as much as possible - Already this is much more charachter work heavy than my previous diary so im enjoying that side of it too I will say that a couple of months in and I've already had a super random company take a hostile stance 😂 Edited February 12 by ShikariFC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 May 2019 Hanshiro Furusawa had thought he knew what having heat with someone felt like, as previously mentioned he had a long list of relationships to mend within Pro Wrestling, but nothing compared to that he had felt from his wife these past 6 weeks since announcing that at the ripe ages of 70 (in his case) and 68 (in hers) that they would be moving to Nagoya, four and a half hours drive away. What started as an old mans remorse was quickly turning into a real life business venture, back in March Furusawa had tentatively contacted the Aichi Prefectoral Government, more specifically their sports and cultural funding arm floating the idea of gaining some backing (both financially and in terms of promotion) for launching a Pro Wrestling comapny, he had initially left out the details that it was his intention to relaunch Golden Canvas Grappling, he had figured it would be a hard enough sell as it was to expect someone to trust him to run a company never mind one that he had previously very infamously ran into the ground. Alongside this Furusawa had been seeking out people with whom he had previously burned bridges, some with more success than others. He and Yoshifusa Maeda were never going to be best friends but they had atleast had a few conversations, over the phone and via email to the point where Hanshiro was able to witness his son wrestle live as one of BCG’s top stars, it was also important to Hanshiro that Maeda knew of his intentions with GCG, Maeda was a hard man to gauge but it was atleast apparent that if this relaunch got off the ground BCG and GCG would not be mortal enemies. One key factor of this was Furusawa giving Maeda his word that he would not go looking for his son Mabuchi to join GCG, Mabuchi would be staying with BCG and with them exclusively. Overall Hanshiro had to agree to a few things to bring Maeda around, an agreement to not steal talent from each other, Hanshiro thought it would be some way down the line before that would be a problem for either but understood why it was asked for all the same, Maeda didnt want any BCG talent working for GCG ... this was harder to agree with but it was a necessity that Furusawa would have to work around. Whilst Hanshiro was pleased with the progress made between himself and Maeda unfortunately Kazu Yoshizawa was not as easy to reconcile with, little had been said between the two and it was still felt that Yoshizawa held a deep mistrust for Furusawa, whether this would cause problems down the road was to be seen, Yoshizawa was Maedas right hand man afterall. Pete Hall was a more complicated one, Hanshiro had plans that directly involved Hall and would require him being on board. Hanshiro knew scepticism about him being at the helm of GCG would be high and he had envisaged conceding some of his powers to a board of directors in some shape or form, a group of people who would not be directly involved in the day to day running of the company but would have a say in business decisions, Hanshiro had hoped this would ease some concerns. The first name on this list of directors or overseers (he still hadnt settled on what exactly these people would be called) was “Pistol” Pete Hall – Hall was universally loved amongst puro, closely linked to GCG and if he was to trust Furusawa then it would be a huge statement of intent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) July 2019 Dear Pro Wrestling Fans I, Hanshiro Furusawa, am delighted to announce that Golden Canvas Grappling will be relaunching in 2020. In association with local authorities I have been able to make this dream a possibility, the company will now be based out of Nagoya. Golden Canvas Grappling will be reconnecting with its routes and I will be bringing the company in line with the style, passion and desire of the companies glory days. I can understand there will be many questions and doubts about this venture and I am pleased to announce I will be given the opportunity to address these at an upcoming press confrence in a weeks time, I would encourage you all to please tune in, a written version will be available at a later date. At this moment in time I am unable to say much else other than i am grateful to have the chance to bring Golden Canvas Grappling back to the forefront of Professional Wrestling The Tiger will rise again Hanshiro Furusawa, Golden Canvas Grappling CEO Edited February 12 by ShikariFC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboardTheArk Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 The greatest company in Japanese pro wrestling history is back! Will be following with great interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 29 minutes ago, AboardTheArk said: The greatest company in Japanese pro wrestling history is back! Will be following with great interest. Thank you! already proving challenging but hopefully it makes for some interesting future posts 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DexterXSR Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Just read the BHOTWG diary, and I am very excited for this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 July 2019 Ahead of the Golden Canvas Grappling relaunch press conference, Hanshiro Furusawa and The Aichi Prefectural Government would like to announce the staffing and management structure of the new company Golden Canvas Grappling CEO – Hanshiro Furusawa Golden Canvas Grappling Executive Committee – This consists of three members whom are in place to monitor business activities and oversee CEO Furusawa’s decisions, to advise Furusawa and help create a healthy environment that will see GCG thrive Shinji Miyoshi – A representative of the Aichi Prefectural Government managing the APG’s interests, at any such time where Mr Miyoshi may vacate his post the APG would put forward another person as a replacement. Pete Hall – Highly respected former GCG wrestler, Pete Hall will mostly sit on the committee from his home in America. Sadakuno Nishimuraya – Another highly respected former GCG wrestler, Mr Nishimuraya was also in charge at Pro Wrestling SAISHO and he brings a wealth of experience to the committee. Road Agents – Motoichi Arakida Former BHOTWG & WEXXV wrestler & Junnosuke Fukazawa former 3x GCG Tag Team Champion Referee – Sadanobu Koruba – Returning to the company for relaunch after working for GCG between 2008-2017 Announcers – Masatake Hori – Returning to the company for relaunch after working for GCG between 2003-2017, Hori is also a GCG hall of famer. Ryuzaburo Sugiyama will be on colour commentary The opening Golden Canvas Grappling talent roster is close to completion, please look forward to the announcement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 This is a really promising start! I like how you are building a bit of anticipation, and I'm excited to see what the starting roster looks like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 OOC POST First off thanks to everyone liking and commenting! very nice that there's so many of you interested. Its taking a while longer to get to the point where the diary reverts to more like my BHOTWG one, there's a fair few more "story" based posts yet - a bit out of my comfort zone but I'm enjoying it all the same. The save itself is proving quite challenging which its actually a new experience for me and TEW 😂 I lucky dipped Hanshiro's user talents and it gave me a 0 in leadership which is making life interesting 😂 A few different events have cropped up which actually play out in story terms quite well so yes, in the short, this diary is still going to look and feel a bit different to the event roundup style of my BHOTWG one for the foreseeable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Scottie said: This is a really promising start! I like how you are building a bit of anticipation, and I'm excited to see what the starting roster looks like. Thank you! the roster and press conference will go up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 (edited) Golden Canvas Grappling Talent Roster January 2020 Azumamaro Shimizu, 29 - Golden Canvas Grappling Dojo graduate 2013 Brother Yoshitaka, 38 - Formerly of Hinote Dojo Danjuro Kikuchi, 25 - Formerly of Golden Canvas Grappling Edo Phoenix IV, 28 - Formerly of Hinote Dojo Harumi Okazawaya, 46 - Formerly of Golden Canvas Grappling Kyuichi Matsumoto, 26 - Formerly of WEXXV Lenny Mochin, 29 - Championship Wrestling From Wigan wrestler, working for Golden Canvas Grappling as part of the good relationship between the two Masashi Urogataya, 32 - Formerly of Golden Canvas Grappling, 1x Golden Canvas Grappling Openweight Champion Morimasa Kato, 36 - Formerly of INSPIRE Omezo Shikitei, 30 - Formerly of Hinote Dojo Quick Kick Nakao, 37 - Formerly of Golden Canvas Grappling Ryobe Uno, 22 - Golden Canvas Grappling Dojo graduate 2016 Shingen Miyazaki, 39 - Formerly of Golden Canvas Grappling Tornado Nagai, 37 - Formerly of INSPIRE Yasuhide Tayama, 39 - Golden Canvas Grappling Dojo graduate 1999, Former Golden Canvas Grappling Openweight and Tag Team Champion Yuki Horigoshi, 33 - Formerly of World Level Wrestling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Lions Ritsu Ibata, 20 - Formerly trained at The Ling School Shuga Amano, 22 - Formerly trained at The Tokyo Dojo Yunosuke Fujisaki, 21 - Formerly trained at The Tokyo Dojo Edited February 13 by ShikariFC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Golden Canvas Grappling Relaunch Press Conference - Mr Furusawa, can you talk to us about how you feel sat here as the CEO of GCG? I am happy to be given the chance to bring GCG back to the forefront of puroresu, I wouldn't have been able to do this without the support of the local authorities, specifically the Aichi Prefectural Government, the Golden Canvas Grappling Executive Committee and many others. - How much of this is a personal redemption story? Id be a liar if I said that wasn't part of it, at this stage of my life I am hoping to be able to do some work towards righting previously made mistakes, give some people second chances and I guess that does include myself and again as I just mentioned, do what I can to bring GCG back to the public eye. - Can you talk to us about the roster? As you can see I've bought in a lot of people who have been without regular work since GCG closed its doors, this ties in with what I just said in answer to the last question, giving people second chances, it can be argued that I cost these guys a career before so I want to do what I can to help them now. You'll notice that with the exception of Lenny Mochin these guys were all unemployed, that's a recruitment model I would like to stick to. - Could you elaborate on that recruitment model? What I mean by that is I would rather have a roster 90% at least made up of guys who just work for me here at GCG so as to avoid availability problems - That's surely going to restrict you massively if you are unable to hand out exclusive contracts? It may do, we shall see. - What is the status of the Golden Dojo? We have a training space with a ring and some equipment but in terms of a fully functioning dojo with graduates I think we are still some way off that happening, I 100% want to have the dojo operating fully as soon as possible. - The company has moved from its traditional home to Nagoya, can you tell us some more about this? I wanted to move to an area that currently didn't have a "named" promotion, Nagoya and the wider Aichi/Chubu area seemed perfect, from there I was able to get support from local authorities there and that's what got the move off the ground really. - Lenny Mochin coming in whilst working for CWW suggests there's a working relationship there? Yes of sorts, I wouldn't expect to see any joint shows or a mass of workers between the two but I had spoken to Mr Jenkins, he is a good man and we both have similar ideas about Pro Wrestling, he was happy for me to have Mochin on the roster here. - How about your relationship with Japanese companies? specifically with Black Canvas Grappling? This venture is about making GCG as good as it can be, I'm not interested in any hostilities with anyone. I've spoken to Yoshifusa Maeda, we have spoken productively, we have a no talent stealing agreement in place between both companies and he has also made it clear that he doesn't want BCG talents working with us, some of you might feel like that's a hostile move in itself but I would disagree, I am well aware of my reputation and I would rather do what I can to focus on mending that and focus on things here at GCG, if such agreements are a means to that end then so be it. - The Golden Canvas Grappling Executive Committee, can you talk to us about that and how that works? Again, given my history with GCG before I felt like this was a necessary measure to lead towards myself being trusted to be in this position again. The Executive Committee is made up of great people whom all want to see this venture succeed, that's a good thing and I look forward to working with and alongside them. - What kind of schedule can we expect? Ultimately like everyone else, a traditional touring schedule. In what I hope will just be the short term though I envisage at least one show a month whilst we build up some finances and get people attending shows again, the first series of shows will be called "The Tiger Rises" - What championships will be available? Initially none, the GCG World Heavyweight will be the first to return but that's probably a way down the line, eventually the tag and openweight will be back. - The companies branding now features the Tiger not the Lion, what lead to this decision? Traditionally GCG carried the Tiger in its logo and I wanted to go back to that time, the Lion is with BCG now. ***** Journalists in the room at this point were told we were down to the last two questions ***** - Sorry to be blunt but what if this fails and falls flat on its face? Then I have failed, I'm not sure what else there is to say there. - Ultimately Mr Furusawa what do you think the chances are of Golden Canvas Grappling making an impact in todays market with much more financially powerful companies in the same country? Financially we will have to be careful, for probably quite a long spell of time , in terms of talent I'm confident we can bring in the right people but ultimately luck will play a big part in it too. There are some great companies in Japan and we also have our own history to try and attempt to live up to, I knew all of this when I decided to do this, I am under no illusions how hard this will be, ultimately if GCG can be around for the next 10/20/30 years putting on good quality shows then it will all be worth it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboardTheArk Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Hope you get some good free agent luck with former GCG guys! This diary looks like it was made for me so far lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, AboardTheArk said: Hope you get some good free agent luck with former GCG guys! This diary looks like it was made for me so far lol It’s been a challenge but also probably the most consistent fun I’ve had with TEW in a long while, I’m a few months ahead of the diary and there’s been a few shock free agent names pop up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWoody24 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I really enjoyed your BHOTWG diary. Sucks that you lost it. I also had a BHOTWG game going that was legit my favorite run with a company in TEW that I've ever had. My PC decided after a windows update it didn't feel like working anymore and now I can't get out of the diagnostic screen. I've very sad my BHOTWG game is done and probably lost forever because I have no clue how to fix my issue and it's been like 6 months now haha. I've very excited for this diary and will be following along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsky Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Great to see some GCG love here and this is a great start. A while ago I did a GCG save in the 1977 mod and this is bringing back memories - Furusawa was a pain in that game, so I can see how everyone got annoyed with him. No better time for a redemption story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 11 hours ago, TWoody24 said: I really enjoyed your BHOTWG diary. Sucks that you lost it. I also had a BHOTWG game going that was legit my favorite run with a company in TEW that I've ever had. My PC decided after a windows update it didn't feel like working anymore and now I can't get out of the diagnostic screen. I've very sad my BHOTWG game is done and probably lost forever because I have no clue how to fix my issue and it's been like 6 months now haha. I've very excited for this diary and will be following along Thank you! sorry to hear of your problem, long story short my game wouldn't load because my antivirus just randomly decided it was a threat 3 hours ago, Willsky said: Great to see some GCG love here and this is a great start. A while ago I did a GCG save in the 1977 mod and this is bringing back memories - Furusawa was a pain in that game, so I can see how everyone got annoyed with him. No better time for a redemption story! Its certainly starting from more or less the bottom in 2020! and whilst hiring unemployed / exc GCG isn't a hiring rule as such I feel like this vision of Furusawa would try his best to stick by that so, adds a challenge to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 (The following takes place between January 2020 and March 2020) The launch had gone smoothly, GCG held their first show back on January 15th, The Tiger Rises 1 drew 755 people (headlined by Miyazaki & Nakao vs Okazawaya & Tayama) which was a sell out. As Hanshiro Furusawa had told the press the initial schedule would be made up of stand alone shows – he had booked about two months ahead of time, financially the first show went well but he was anxious about how the next few would go – The Tiger Rises 2 was the following week followed by 3 shows in February. Shortly after the first show PGHW had announced they were cutting ties once and for all with SAISHO and ended their talent trading agreement, this would surely only be bad news for SAISHO. The Executive Committee’s first move came shortly after this news, due to Sadakuno Nishimuraya’s obvious past ties to SAISHO he moved quickly to set up a talent trading agreement between them and Golden Canvas Grappling, although initially Fursawa didn't feel one way or another about this a few weeks later he moved to bring in KAZ and Billy Robinson on short term loans. -------------------------------------- EWA (European Wrestling All-Stars) took a hostile stance towards GCG in early February which was a puzzling move to Hanshiro Furusawa, he knew full well he was hardly liked (despite his continuing efforts) but what he could possibly have done to upset the owners of a sports entertainment product in Europe was totally beyond him. Furusawa unfortunately had more pressing issues, by this time GCG were three shows in and on the eve of the fourth, the first month bought a ¥ 550,000 profit which was pleasing though hardly remarkable – however February was on course to be making a loss, Furusawa would have to look once more at the schedule and at this time he felt a long way from being able to run traditional tours. Aside from this his workers were mostly .... fine? But nothing more than that, it was hard for him to not judge other wrestlers by his standards and without being overly arrogant he knew how good he was, but he had hoped for a little better. Early on the standouts in ring were Omezo Shikitei, though he wasn't great with the boys and didn't help what was already proving to be a worrying backstage atmosphere, but more about that later, Shingen Miyazaki and Yasuhide Tayama had been consistent though both of these were turning 40 the following year, Furusawa was pleased that Marimasa Kato had settled in and was performing steadily, but mostly Furusawa had been watching out for the trio of Azumamaro Shimizu, Danjuro Kikuchi and Masashi Urogataya – due to their age and training he was hoping these three could be the platform to build around long term, Shimizu also had strong loyalty to the company and would be unlikely to leave if BHOTWG came calling (or anyone else for that matter) however Furusawa had to battle with his own expectations once more when assessing these three, they had been okay, Kikuchi probably the better of the three. As earlier mentioned the backstage atmosphere wasn't hideous but also not great, despite his best efforts Furusawa felt like he just didn't mix with some of the boys very well – English lad Lenny Mochin and he didn't really see eye to eye, colour commentator Ryuzaburo Sugiyama was much the same and Furusawa was definitely ready to entertain the possibility of letting him go, aside from these two Furusawa was experiencing a bad attitude from Yunosuke Fujisaki, which considering he was a young lion really didn't sit well with Hanshiro and Fujisaki was staring down the barrel of a release by the time March arrived. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 (The following takes place between March and Early May) Once the financial figures slid across his desk for February the final tally for the month was a loss of ¥725,243, the attendance of the Tiger Rises shows had slid from the inaugural show, most of them sitting around the early 500’s. Furusawa was still viewing June as the kick off point for the company proper – Titles were planned to be defended from then on but the finances were worrying, as it stood he wasn't sure the company could financially support a touring schedule as early as June. The Aichi Prefectural Government had been happy enough with the progress but they were hardly forthcoming with extra funds at the moment, it wasn't something Furusawa wanted to rely on either. The executive commitee had been easy enough to work with, Furusawa did though on occasion feel Pete Hall breathing down his neck, Hall was very keen on bringing in more American talent, the roster at the time had zero, Furusawa had since being in charge always looked to the UK first as he felt it was a better match stylistically, for instance Furusawa had bought in Kevin Yashere whom had been released by 21CW where he wrestled under the name of Edison Silva, at the age of 23 he was already well rounded and Furusawa saw enough to want to bring him in. --------------------------------------- As the company got a few more shows under their belt Furusawa continued to worry about the quality of some of the guys he was able to bring in, increasingly the agreement he had to make with Maeda to not sign any BCG talents seemed damaging. It wasn't just in ring where Furusawa was feeling underwhelmed with the talent, backstage problems continued, Masashi Urogataya and Tornado Nagai had heat with each other, Omezo Shikitei continued being a bad influence backstage when he started a fight with Billy Robinson, even more damaging as Robinson was on loan from SAISHO – Mito Miwa wasn't best pleased. Shikitei continued to be a headache but mainly because he was arguably the best in ring talent Furusawa had, there was only so long he could turn a blind eye and not piss the rest of the boys off. Furusawa had a rethink of the schedule due to the losses in February and reduced the number of shows through March and April with just two shows in March and one In April – The Tiger Rises 7 in March and 8 in April, the third show was the first of a new series of monthly shows Furusawa had launched called “Nagoya Nights”. Nagoya Nights was an idea Furusawa had to give longer matches and more exposure to the younger or frankly poorer members of his roster, he still had great worries about the quality of the guys at his disposal and by April he found himself pouring over notes he had made on unsigned guys looking for anyone who could be a good fit – but more so a good fit mentally and in terms of attitude, backstage feeling was rapidly becoming more and more of a problem. --------------------------------------- At the end of APRIL WLW let go of Mokuami Maita, Furusawa asked around and apparently he had many disagreements with their booker, Haru Kurofuji, a man whom Furusawa was familar with, WLW had also come to terms with the release of White Samurai and Dark Wing for similar reasons, whilst the latter two didn't really interest Furusawa too much in ring Maita was definitely someone he looked at closely. Eventualy Furusawa decided against approaching Maita despite his want for talent, Maita could potentially just add to an already gloomy backstage environment. The company was then hit with deeply upsetting news as right at the start of May, Motoichi Arikida, road agent and mentor of Ryobe Uno tragically passed away at the age of 62 – The first show of May had a ten bell salute to start the show in honour of Arikida and all proceeds from the show went to his family Motoichi Arikida 1958-2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsky Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Damn, losing Arikida is brutal. Guys like him steady the ship, and it looks like the GCG boat is a bit unstable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShikariFC Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 (May) Sat in front of the PC in his office Hanshiro Furusawa was staring at a list of names, all potential talents. The tab next open was a compilation of footage from the GCG that he had currently ran – the collection of best matches so far Shingen Miyazaki vs Omezo Shikitei (The Tiger Rises 7) 64 Omezo Shikitei vs Danjuro Kikuchi (The Tiger Rises 1) 61 Azumamoro Shimizu & Danjuro Kikuchi vs Shingen Miyazaki & Edo Phoenix IV (The Tiger Rises 6) 60 Shingen Miyazaki vs Azumamoro Shimizu (The Tiger Rises 6) 60 Azumamoro Shimizu vs Omezo Shikitei (The Tiger Rises 5) 60 It was clear to see who his top guys were, one was a monumental pain in his ass (Shikitei), Shingen Miyazaki wasn't overly keen on Furusawa due to his handling of one of the many backstage incidents that had risen up over the last few weeks, on the other hand he was pleased to see Kikuchi and Shimizu doing well. It was then that an email popped up in the corner of his screen “From Pete Hall” Furusawa sighed, Hall on him again, he opened it and stared at the screen for a while, it wasn't a worded email, just a screen shot from a popular wrestling publication His phone started ringing, it was Pete Hall.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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