Hawk1665 Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 New Signings! BCG have added to their foreigner side after the loss of Animal Harker and the LA Stars. This time around BCG has aimed for mostly younger talent hoping to groom them into future stars. All three signings are in the 22-24 age range and still very raw but it's clear to see the potential in these new signings. - Chuck Casey: A former amateur boxer and one half of the Casey Brothers; current NYCW tag team champions. Unlike his brother Tully (who refused BCG's advances due to his unwillingness to tour outside of the United States) Chuck has leapt at the opportunity. - Super Massive Destroyer: An absolute unit from the Mid Atlantic region standing 6'10 and weighing over 375 pounds. The masked man is very raw but has the potential to grow into quite the spectacle if given the chance. - Tevita Takulua: Another massive man standing at 6'8. The Tongan is a workhorse in the gym with amazing physical gifts. With his physical gifts the sky could be the limit for Tevita. While it's hard to expect these three to light the BCG ring on fire immediately, they have the potential to be significant signings in the future if things go correctly and will likely join Austin Smooth in the undercards. (ED. I like to have a good selection of foreign wrestlers, but I thought I'd try something different this time by focusing on good young athletes rather than who will produce immediately. Hopefully with time I can build some form of loyalty or relationship with them, so they won't leave once they become talented. Plus, the name "Super Massive Destroyer" is just fun.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 Partial cards for the upcoming Explosion Series three-night event have been released by BCG. The only three events of March, they still have some relevant matches of major importance to the landscape of BCG. Each night will feature Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Qualifying matches. While the total number of participants for the GP haven't been revealed yet, it's clear getting into the GP this year will be the biggest hurdle yet. The only information revealed as to yet is what we’ve gained from these qualifying matches; that there will be atleast two blocks A and B. On Night One the BCG World Tag Team Championships will be on the line as the Apocalypse Riders; Inejiro Yoshizawa and Noritoshi Miura will defend against Bunrakuken Torii and Blast Ikoma. While not an established tag team, Torii and Ikoma are both former BCG World Champions and Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix winners meaning they are always dangerous opponents. Also on Night One are the first Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Qualifying matches. Takenori Doi faces Sharaku Okimasa; while both men would be considered underdogs for the tournament this is still a huge opportunity for the winner while in the second, we see the second chapter in the ongoing war between Kadonomaro Kamisaka and Kiyotaka as they clash once again, this time for entry in the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix. On Night Two there will be a rare five on five elimination match as Black Path take on the BCG army team of BCG World Champion Rokuemon Matsushita, Razan Okamoto, Bunrakuken Torii, Mabuchi Furusawa and Kiyotaka. A true star-studded match and a rare match type results in a truly engaging main event. Also on the show is the Qualifying Matches as Yoshisada Matsuzawa faces Suguru Emoto for a slot in the GP while Ichiro Mitsukuri takes on Sojuro Sen for the fourth spot in the GP. In easily the biggest match of his entire career and coming off the biggest win of his entire career, Yoshinaka Taku challenges Rokuemon Matsushita for the BCG World Championship on Night Three! Matsushita aims for defense number 11 while Taku aims to shock the world! Also on the card Logan Wolfsbaine makes the first defense of his newly won Challenger Series championship as he takes on the recent signee Kyuichi Matsumoto. Matsumoto has had some good success so far since joining BCG, but this will be quite the step up in competition for the "Powerbomb Master". In the GP qualifying matches, we'll see Koyo Kinoshita take on Naozane Goto while Tanyu Toshusai who is still battling injuries, takes on the monster Giant Brody. Toshusai is still nursing his shoulder injury and arguably has the hardest out of all the qualifying matches. It's said that after the Qualifying Matches on Night Three a video package will air covering the entire Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix and the entrants. Black Canvas Grappling Explosion Series Night One March 6th, 2022 ??? Paid 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block A Qualifying Match: Takenori Doi vs Sharaku Okimasa 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block B Qualifying Match: Kadonomaro Kamisaka vs Kiyotaka 3. BCG World Tag Team Championships: Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura (c) vs Bunrakuken Torii & Blast Ikoma Black Canvas Grappling Explosion Series Night Two March 13th, 2022 ??? Paid 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block B Qualifying Match: Suguru Emoto vs Yoshisada Matsuzawa 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block A Qualifying Match: Ichiro Mitsukuri vs Sojuro Sen 3. 5 on 5 Elimination Match: Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura vs Rokuemon Matsushita, Razan Okamoto, Bunrakuken Torii, Mabuchi Furusawa & Kiyotaka Black Canvas Grappling Explosion Series Night Three March 20th, 2022 ??? Paid 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block B Qualifying Match: Koyo Kinoshita vs Naozane Goto 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block A Qualifying Match: Tanyu Toshusai vs Giant Brody 3. BCG Challenger Series: Logan Wolfsbaine (c) vs Kyuichi Matsumoto 4. BCG World Championship: Rokuemon Matsushita (c) vs Yoshinaka Taku 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 The three-night Explosion Series kicked off at the Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium headlined by a BCG World Tag Team Championship match as the Apocalypse Riders held off the challenge of Bunrakuken Torii and Blast Ikoma. Torii and Ikoma proved to be a very strong challenge and showed exceptional chemistry to their combined attack, but the Aces of the tag division proved too much as they put away Ikoma with End of the World to continue their tag team dominance. Given their displayed chemistry as a team one has to wonder if Bunrakuken Torii and Blast Ikoma might become a tag team going forward. In the semi-main event Black Path continued their winning ways as Funakoshi and Yoshinaka Taku flanked by "junior" member Suguru Emoto took out the team of Rokuemon Matsushita, Razan Okamoto and Yoshisada Matsuzawa. Yoshinaka Taku, ahead of the biggest match of his entire career as he challenges Rokuemon Matsushita on Night Three, continued his winning ways this time putting Matsuzawa away with a Full Nelson Bomb for the pinfall victory. Two Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Qualifying matches took place to get two of the final six spots in the coveted tournament. In the first of the two Takenori Doi rebounded from losing the Challenger Series by knocking out Sharaku Okimasa with his charging knee strike for the victory. While in the other Kiyotaka and Kadonomaro Kamisaka clashed in a return match from their battle at Fighting Spirit with another singles match. Kamisaka once again attempted his illegal punch to Kiyotaka, but Kiyotaka was ready this time, catching the arm and spinning Kamisaka around with a rolling Kimura for the submission victory and to punch his ticket into the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix! Kyuichi Matsumoto began his march towards his Challenger Series championship opportunity scoring the victory over a combined effort of foreigners and natives. Matsumoto hitting his Matsumoto Murder Bomb on the aged but still capable Nobuharu Yokokawa for the pinfall victory. And in the opener, we saw the debut of three new foreigners to the BCG ring. Super Massive Destroyer and Tevita Takulua towered over the opposition while Chuck Casey wowed the fans in attendance with his athletic ability. In the end it was Super Massive Destroyer who scored the victory burying Kinpaku Kishi with a choke bomb for the three count. Black Canvas Grappling Explosion Series Night One March 6th, 2022 Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan 7,000 Paid 1. Austin Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer, Tevita Takulua & Chuck Casey defeated Yutaka Ogata, Akira Suzuki, Tetsuya Fujimoto & Kinpaku Kishi at 9'39 when Destroyer pinned Kishi with a Choke Bomb (53) 2. SUKI, Roku Satomura & Ikki Hosaka defeated Mabuchi Furusawa, Ginji Kisaka & Nobuyuki Kubo at 13'52 when Hosaka pinned Kisaka with a tornado DDT (64) 3. Tanyu Toshusai, Naozane Goto, Koyo Kinoshita, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Kyuichi Matsumoto defeated Big Bruiser Findlay, Logan Wolfsbaine, Giant Brody, Sojuro Sen & Nobuharu Yokokawa at 15'42 when Matsumoto pinned Yokokawa with the Matsumoto Murder Bomb (57) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block A Qualifying Match: Takenori Doi defeated Sharaku Okimasa at 13'48 with a charging knee strike (61) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block B Qualifying Match: Kiyotaka defeated Kadonomaro Kamisaka at 15'13 with a kimura (63) 6. Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku & Suguru Emoto defeated Rokuemon Matsushita, Razan Okamoto & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 22'03 when Taku pinned Matsuzawa with a Full Nelson Bomb (78) 7. BCG World Tag Team Championships: Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura (c) defeated Bunrakuken Torii & Blast Ikoma at 24'04 when Yoshizawa pinned Ikoma with End of the World [V.3] (75) Overall: 74 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 (edited) Black Path and the BCG Home Army clashed in the main event of night two of the Explosion Series in a rare five on five elimination match. The rules were a typical Japanese style elimination match won by pinfall, submission, surrender, KO, referee stoppage or over the top rope. Of note was Razan Okamoto and Funakoshi eliminating each other by brawling over the top rope and to the floor. It would be Black Path who emerged victorious but not before a heroic showing by Rokuemon Matsushita who fought valiantly against a two on one situation. But a mistimed big boot allowed Taku to dump Matsushita over the top rope for the surprise victory heading towards his BCG World Championship challenge on the next event! Kyuichi Matsumoto continued his winning ways ahead of his Challenger Series championship match as he bested the young New Yorker Chuck Casey with the Matsumoto Murder Bomb as Logan Wolfsbaine was being held back by Blast Ikoma. Two more Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Qualifying matches took place. In the first of the two Suguru Emoto punched his ticket to the big dance by beating Yoshisada Matsuzawa with a brainbuster suplex. While in the second Ichiro Mitsukuri scored a minor upset when he planted Sojuro Sen with an STO For the victory. Suguru Emoto heads to Block B while Ichiro Mitsukuri heads to Block A respectively. Black Canvas Grappling Explosion Series Night Two March 13th, 2022 Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan 8,000 Paid 1. Austin Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Ginji Kisaka, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 11'12 when Takulua pinned Fujimoto with the Choke Breaker (54) 2. Nobuharu Yokokawa & Takenori Doi defeated Nobuyuki Kubo & Kinpaku Kishi at 9'40 when Doi pinned Kishi with a charging knee strike (55) 3. SUKI, Roku Satomura & Ikki Hosaka defeated Tanyu Toshusai, Sharaku Okimasa & Yutata Ogata at 13'30 when Hosaka pinned Ogata with a tornado DDT (60) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block B Qualifying Match: Suguru Emoto defeated Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 12'35 with a brainbuster suplex (60) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block A Qualifying Match: Ichiro Mitsukuri defeated Sojuro Sen at 17'50 with an STO (59) 6. Blast Ikoma, Naozane Goto, Koyo Kinoshita & Kyuichi Matsumoto defeated Big Bruiser Findlay, Giant Brody, Logan Wolfsbaine & Chuck Casey at 16'32 when Matsumoto pinned Casey with the Matsumoto Murder Bomb (67) 7. 5 on 5 Elimination Match: Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura defeated Rokuemon Matsushita, Razan Okamoto, Bunrakuken Torii, Mabuchi Furusawa & Kiyotaka at 32'11 5-4 (78) - Mabuchi Furusawa eliminated by over the top rope (by Kamisaka) - Kiyotaka eliminated by Kadonomaro Kamisaka - Inejiro Yoshizawa eliminated by Bunrakuken Torii - Kadonomaro Kamisaka eliminated by Razan Okamoto - Razan Okamoto eliminated by over the top rope (by Funakoshi) - Funakoshi eliminated by over the top rope (by Razan Okamoto) - Bunrakuken Torii eliminated by over the top rope (by Yoshinaka Taku) - Noritoshi Miura eliminated by Rokeumon Matsushita - Rokuemon Matsushita eliminated by over the top rope (by Yoshinaka Taku) Overall: 74 Edited August 5 by Hawk1665 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 The Explosion Series finished up its third night at the Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium with a BCG World Championship match. Yoshinaka Taku aimed to score the biggest victory of his career by taking on BCG World Champion Rokuemon Matsushita for the championship. Taku fought valiantly but Matsushita dominated the contest for much of the way reducing Taku to small bursts of high energy attacks. Ultimately, it would be Rokuemon Matsushita who emerged victorious finishing off Taku with a high angle Nodowa-otoshi for the pinfall victory. Matsushita attempted to show respect for Taku after the match only to have Matsushita's attempt at a handshake brushed aside... Black Path continued their reign of dominance over these three events as the other "five" members of Black Path, Funakoshi, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura teamed with "junior" member Suguru Emoto to victory over the combined effort of Razan Okamoto, Bunrakuken Torii, Kiyotaka, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Yoshisada Matsuzawa. Emoto once again proved his superiority over Matsuzawa planting him for the second show in a row with a brainbuster suplex for the pinfall victory and additional momentum going into the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix. The Challenger Series was also at stake as Logan Wolfsbaine successfully scored the first defense of his championship against the challenge of Kyuichi Matsumoto. The two went toe to toe with Matsumoto showing on multiple occasions that he was just a sliver away from scoring the victory. The difference maker was Wolfsbaine's Glorious Driver; spiking Matsumoto on the top of his head for the three-count finish. The final two Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Qualifying matches were also held. In the first of the two Naozane Goto scored the victory over Koyo Kinoshita in what could be considered an upset of sorts. Kinoshita and Goto had a power battle from the opening bell, but Goto's "Goto Slam" proved to be too much for Kinoshita to overcome. And in the second qualifying match Tanyu Toshusai used a clever counter of Brody's Giant Chokeslam by spinning in midair, whipping Brody backwards and deeply into a cross-arm breaker or jujigatame forcing the giant to submit! Black Canvas Grappling Explosion Series Night Three March 20th, 2022 Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan 8,200 Paid 1. Austin Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer, Tevita Takulua & Chuck Casey at 10'08 when Destroyer pinned Suzuki with the Super Massive Bomb (52) 2. Sojuro Sen & Nobuharu Yokokawa defeated Takenori Doi & Kinpaku Kishi at 12'03 when Sen submitted Kishi with the Canadian Backbreaker (56) 3. SUKI, Big Bruiser Findlay, Roku Satomura & Ikki Hosaka defeated Mabuchi Furusawa, Blast Ikoma, Ginji Kisaka & Nobuyuki Kubo at 12'57 when SUKI pinned Kubo with Mountain SUKI (68) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block B Qualifying Match: Naozane Goto defeated Koyo Kinoshita at 14'08 with the Goto Slam (64) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Block A Qualifying Match: Tanyu Toshusai defeated Giant Brody at 15'25 with a jujigatame (55) 6. BCG Challenger Series: Logan Wolfsbaine (c) defeated Kyuichi Matsumoto at 14'55 with the Glorious Driver [V.1] (70) 7. Funakoshi, Inejiro Yoshizawa, Noritoshi Miura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka & Suguru Emoto defeated Razan Okamoto, Bunrakuken Torii, Kiyotaka, Ichiro Mitsukuri & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 21'57 when Emoto pinned Matsuzawa with a brainbuster suplex (75) 8. BCG World Championship: Rokuemon Matsushita (c) defeated Yoshinaka Taku at 20'48 with a Nodowa-otoshi [V.11] (75) Overall: 73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 At the beginning of Intermission during the Explosion Series Night Three event and after the final qualifying matches for the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix had taken place a VTR aired that covered the format of this year's Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix and the entrants. The tournament will feature two blocks of nine men in a round robin format and run from April 2nd until the finals on April 18th in a grueling schedule of ten total events. Each night will feature eight Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix matches and one additional match for a total of nine per night on the main card. Each night one person per block will receive a BYE due to the odd number of people within each block. Six men had won qualifying matches to qualify for the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix to score three places within each block while the other six per block had been selected by BCG management for their accomplishments and recent victorious form. Each block has been balanced so that neither block outshines the other and gives the same equivalent amount of challenge for every participant in the tournament. No one will have an easy ride this year. The following is the Blocks of the 2022 Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix with the wrestler's current achievements and their past victories of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix listed by their name: BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita (BCG World Champion, 2019) Funakoshi (2012, 2013, 2016) Blast Ikoma (2020) Noritoshi Miura (BCG World Tag Champion) Mabuchi Furusawa Big Bruiser Findlay Takenori Doi Tanyu Toshusai Ichiro Mitsukuri BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku (BCG World Champion Challenger) Razan Okamoto (2015, 2018, 2021) Bunrakuken Torii (2014, 2017) Logan Wolfsbaine (Challenger Series) Inejiro Yoshizawa (BCG World Tag Champion) SUKI Kiyotaka Naozane Goto Suguru Emoto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 The full lineups of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix were released and are quite extensive with some of the biggest singles matches of the year taking place within the tournament. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night One April 2nd, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Takenori Doi vs Noritoshi Miura 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Suguru Emoto vs Yoshinaka Taku 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI vs Kiyotaka 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Ichiro Mitsukuri vs Tanyu Toshusai 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Naozane Goto 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Funakoshi 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto vs Bunrakuken Torii 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita vs Big Bruiser Findlay Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Two April 5th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Takenori Doi vs Mabuchi Furusawa 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Tanyu Toshusai vs Noritoshi Miura 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Ichiro Mitsukuri vs Big Bruiser Findlay 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Logan Wolfsbaine vs Suguru Emoto 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Kiyotaka vs Yoshinaka Taku 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto vs Bunrakuken Torii 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita vs Funakoshi 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI vs Razan Okamoto Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Three April 6th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Kiyotaka vs Logan Wolfsbaine 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Ichiro Mitsukuri vs Funakoshi 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Tanyu Toshusai vs Mabuchi Furusawa 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Noritoshi Miura vs Big Bruiser Findlay 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Bunrakuken Torii 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto vs SUKI 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Rokuemon Matsushita 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku vs Razan Okamoto Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Four April 9th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Big Bruiser Findlay 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa vs Noritoshi Miura 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii vs Suguru Emoto 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita vs Takenori Doi 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Kiyotaka vs Naozane Goto 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Razan Okamoto 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku vs Logan Wolfsbaine 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi vs Tanyu Toshusai Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Five April 10th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Noritoshi Miura 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto vs Suguru Emoto 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa vs Ichiro Mitsukuri 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi vs Takenori Doi 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Yoshinaka Taku 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Kiyotaka vs Razan Okamoto 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI vs Logan Wolfsbaine 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay vs Tanyu Toshusai Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Six April 13th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Takenori Doi vs Ichiro Mitsukuri 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Suguru Emoto vs SUKI 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokeumon Matsushita vs Tanyu Toshusai 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Logan Wolfsbaine 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto vs Naozane Goto 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii vs Kiyotaka 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Mabuchi Furusawa 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi vs Big Bruiser Findlay Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Seven April 14th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Ichiro Mitsukuri 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Tanyu Toshusai vs Takenori Doi 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Kiyotaka 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Suguru Emoto vs Razan Okamoto 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Noritoshi Miura vs Rokuemon Matsushita 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Logan Wolfsbaine vs Bunrakuken Torii 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI vs Yoshinaka Taku 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa vs Funakoshi Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Eight April 15th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Suguru Emoto vs Kiyotaka 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Noritoshi Miura vs Ichiro Mitsukuri 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay vs Takenori Doi 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Tanyu Toshusai 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs SUKI 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Logan Wolfsbaine vs Naozane Goto 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii vs Yoshinaka Taku 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa vs Rokeumon Matsushita Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Nine April 17th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma vs Takenori Doi 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa vs Suguru Emoto 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Noritoshi Miura vs Funakoshi 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku vs Naozane Goto 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Ichiro Mitsukuri vs Rokuemon Matsushita 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto vs Logan Wolfsbaine 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay vs Mabuchi Furusawa 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii vs SUKI Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Finals April 18th, 2022 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Semi Final: Block A Winner vs Block B Runner Up 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Semi Final: Block A Runner Up vs Block B Winner 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Final: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dloyeet29 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 That B Block is about to go craaaazy! Also very excited to see how Doi and Mitsukuri perform in the tournament. Predicting a Furusawa/Torii finals 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 The most prestigious tournament in all of Black Canvas Grappling is here once again and with it came an almost festival like atmosphere from the audience in attendance knowing that some of the best wrestling the entire world was about to take place over the next ten shows. But despite that happy atmosphere the action was heated and violent as all eighteen men in the tournament vied for their place in the limelight. In the main event Big Bruiser Findlay became the latest to take a shot at BCG World Champion Rokeumon Matsushita in singles action. The two battered each other but the story remained the same as it has been for almost a year, Rokuemon Matsushita proved to be too much for the battle-hardened warrior from Georgia as Matsushita planted Findlay in the ground with a Nodowa-otoshi for the victory and the all-important two points. Second from the top saw Razan Okamoto and Bunrakuken Torii face off in action. The match built slowly with both men taking their time but that proved to be a costly mistake for both. Near the end of the action with things heating up and Razan Okamoto perched on the top rope looking for a Firebird Splash on Bunrakuken Torii the bell rang signaling that a time limit draw had occurred resulting in a draw! As a result both men get one point each, but neither were satisfied with this result. Rivals since the early days of Black Canvas Grappling Funakoshi and Blast Ikoma punched in their newest chapter of their rivalry. Tonight, it was Funakoshi who proved to be superior of the two hitting a beautiful butterfly backbreaker into a quick cover for the surprise victory with Ikoma kicking out at 3.1, just a split second too late. In other tournament action: Inejiro Yoshizawa submitted Naozane Goto with a step over armbar. Ichiro Mitsukuri planted Tanyu Toshusai with an STO. SUKI bested Kiyotaka with Mountain SUKI. Yoshinaka Taku defeated Suguru Emoto with a Full Nelson Bomb. Noritoshi Miura defeated Takenori Doi with the Storm Rider. All winners receive two points while the losers receive nothing. The opening match saw the two wrestlers with byes for the night Mabuchi Furusawa and Logan Wolfsbaine leading their respective teams in what will be a theme for the tournament going forward; wrestlers with Byes having multiman matches in the opening match. Tonight, it was Furusawa’s team who emerged victorious as Furusawa submitted Kadonomaro Kamisaka for the victory. In another theme for the tournament two preliminary matches were held to get every wrestler on the roster on the card in some form. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night One April 2nd, 2022 Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan 8,000 Paid 0a. Nobuharu Yokokawa & Kyuichi Matsumoto defeated Akira Suzuki & Kinpaku Kishi at 7'43 when Yokokawa submitted Kishi with a Stump Puller (48) 0b. Austin Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer, Tevita Takulua & Chuck Casey defeated Nobuyuki Kubo, Ikki Hosaka, Ginji Kisaka & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 10'05 when Destroyer pinned Fujimoto with a Choke Bomb (53) 1. Mabuchi Furusawa, Koyo Kinoshita, Sharaku Okimasa, Yoshisada Matsuzawa & Yutaka Ogata defeated Logan Wolfsbaine, Giant Brody, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Sojuro Sen & Roku Satomura at 13'11 when Furusawa submitted Kamisaka with the Furusawa Armbar (66) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Noritoshi Miura defeated Takenori Doi at 12'01 with the Storm Rider (56) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku defeated Suguru Emoto at 12'48 with a Full Nelson Bomb (65) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Kiyotaka at 15'52 with Mountain SUKI (66) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Ichiro Mitsukuri defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 14'59 with an STO (62) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa defeated Naozane Goto at 13'39 with a stepover armbar (59) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi defeated Blast Ikoma at 20'39 with a butterfly backbreaker (68) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto drew Bunrakuken Torii at 30'00 (80) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Big Bruiser Findlay at 22'58 with a Nodowa-otoshi (77) Overall: 76 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [2] Funakoshi [2] Noritoshi Miura [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] Blast Ikoma [0] Mabuchi Furusawa [0] Big Bruiser Findlay [0] Takenori Doi [0] Tanyu Toshusai [0] BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku [2] Inejiro Yoshizawa [2] SUKI [2] Razan Okamoto [1] Bunrakuken Torii [1] Logan Wolfsbaine [0] Kiyotaka [0] Naozane Goto [0] Suguru Emoto [0] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 The second night of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 rolled into the New Mei Sports Stadium in front of 9,820 fans. In the main event Razan Okamoto attempted to rebound from his time limit draw to Bunrakuken Torii the night prior only to be bested by SUKI who submitted Okamoto with the SUKI Special III in a minor upset! SUKI gloated over Okamoto post-match much to Okamoto’s frustration. Okamoto shockingly opens the tournament with a 0-1-1 record while SUKI improves to 2-0! In the semifinal we saw a return match from a recent BCG World Championship match between Rokuemon Matsushita and Funakoshi this time for tournament supremacy. Frustratingly for Funakoshi the result remained the same as the giant Matsushita proved to be too much for Funakoshi and planted him with a trio of Nodowa-otoshi's for the pinfall victory improving Matsushita to 2-0 while Funakoshi falls to 1-1. Funakoshi was visibly frustrated after the match kicking the bottom rope multiple times (when he woke up) but there’s nothing Funakoshi could do to change the result of the match. Third from the top saw Bunrakuken Torii rebound from his draw with Razan Okamoto by besting the challenge of Naozane Goto. Goto's power made a difficult challenge for Torii, but Torii secured the victory (and perhaps the knockout) with a rolling forearm smash to the side of Goto's head for the pinfall victory. Yoshinaka Taku continued his winning ways this time against Black Path enemy Kiyotaka. Kiyotaka’s submission game proved to be a difficult challenge for Taku, but Taku was up for the challenge ending Kiyotaka’s night with a full nelson bomb for the pinfall victory. In other action: Logan Wolfsbaine submitted Suguru Emoto with a torture crab hold. Big Bruiser Findlay rebounded defeating Ichiro Mitsukuri with the Atomic Spinebuster. Tanyu Toshusai defeated Noritoshi Miura with a Brainbuster Suplex. Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Takenori Doi with the Furusawa Armbar. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Two April 5th, 2022 New Mei Sports Stadium, Mie, Japan 9,820 Paid 0a. Ginji Kisaka defeated Kinpaku Kishi at 8'14 with a powerbomb (41) 0b. Nobuharu Yokokawa, Austin Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer, Tevita Takulua & Chuck Casey defeated Yutaka Ogata, Ikki Hosaka, Nobuyuki Kubo, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 11'22 when Yokokawa submitted Fujimoto with a stump puller (51) 1. Inejiro Yoshizawa, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Giant Brody, Sojuro Sen & Roku Satomura defeated Blast Ikoma, Koyo Kinoshita, Kyuichi Matsumoto, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 13'49 when Brody pinned Okimasa with a Giant Chokeslam (61) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Takenori Doi at 11'48 with the Furusawa Armbar (72) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Tanyu Toshusai defeated Noritoshi Miura at 13'41 with a Brainbuster Suplex (56) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 12'48 with the Atomic Spinebuster (64) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Suguru Emoto at 15'23 with a Torture Crab (71) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku defeated Kiyotaka at 14'22 with a Full Nelson Bomb (63) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii defeated Naozane Goto at 14'49 with a rolling forearm smash (77) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Funakoshi at 24'17 with a Nodowa-otoshi (78) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Razan Okamoto at 24'36 with the SUKI Special III (81) Overall: 79 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [4] Funakoshi [2] Noritoshi Miura [2] Mabuchi Furusawa [2] Big Bruiser Findlay [2] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] Blast Ikoma [0] Takenori Doi [0] BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku [4] SUKI [4] Bunrakuken Torii [3] Logan Wolfsbaine [2] Inejiro Yoshizawa [2] Razan Okamoto [1] Kiyotaka [0] Naozane Goto [0] Suguru Emoto [0] 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 I should note, if anyone finds any numerical mistakes during this feel free to point them out. Round Robins can be tricky to book and sometimes wins and losses get mixed up. I've done my best to make sure everything is correct but sometimes two points here or there slip up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 Not every show of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix is slated to be held in massive gymnasiums with a scheduled series of "touring" shows in the middle of the tournament for a more "intimate" experience for the loyal fans in attendance. In the main event in what proved to be a disappointing clash between them Razan Okamoto bested Yoshinaka Taku. The two young stars were evenly matched with Taku more then holding his own with the three-time Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix winner but Razan planted Taku with a brainbuster suplex for the three count and the important two points breaking even at 1-1-1 thus far in the tournament while Taku falls to 2-1. Blast Ikoma fought to the best of his abilities but becomes yet another victim of the BCG World Champion Rokuemon Matsushita's war path. Ikoma's suplex orientated offense was ineffective against the giant who simply lowered his hips to block virtually all the suplexes leading to Matsushita putting Ikoma away with the nodowa-otoshi for the victory. Matsushita remains perfect with a 3-0 record while Ikoma has yet to win a single match in his campaign. In what has to be seen as a major upset SUKI was bested by Naozane Goto who caught the cocky superstar and planted him with the Goto Slam for Goto's first victory of the tournament. This sends SUKI down to 2-1 while Goto improves to 1-2. Bunrakuken Torii slipped into first place of Block B with a victory over one half of the BCG World Tag Team Champions Inejiro Yoshizawa blasting the tag team specialist with a rolling forearm smash for the pinfall victory. In other action: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Noritoshi Miura with the Atomic Spinebuster. Mabuchi Furusaw submitted Tanyu Toshusai with the Furusawa Armbar. Funakoshi defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri with a Powerbomb. Kiyotaka submitted Logan Wolfsbaine with a kimura. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Three April 6th, 2022 Sonobe City Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan 700 Paid 0a. Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 8'35 when Destroyer pinned Fujimoto with the Super Massive Bomb (37) 0b. Austin Smooth, Ginji Kisaka, Ikki Hosaka & Chuck Casey defeated Kyuichi Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Kubo, Yutaka Ogata & Kinpaku Kishi at 11'21 when Kisaka pinned Kishi with a Powerbomb (52) 1. Giant Brody, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Roku Satomura, Takenori Doi & Suguru Emoto defeated Koyo Kinoshita, Sojuro Sen, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 14'48 when Doi pinned Okimasa with a charging knee strike (62) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Kiyotaka defeated Logan Wolfsbaine at 12'34 with a kimura (62) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 14'08 with a Powerbomb (73) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 19'09 with a Furusawa Armbar (72) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Noritoshi Miura at 15'31 with the Atomic Spinebuster (64) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa at 16'25 with a rolling forearm smash (71) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto defeated SUKI at 13'37 with the Goto Slam (69) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Blast Ikoma at 16'17 with the Nodowa-otoshi (74) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto defeated Yoshinaka Taku at 18'09 with a Brainbuster Suplex (68) Overall: 69 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [6] Funakoshi [4] Mabuchi Furusawa [4] Big Bruiser Findlay [4] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] Noritoshi Miura [2] Blast Ikoma [0] Takenori Doi [0] BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii [5] Yoshinaka Taku [4] SUKI [4] Razan Okamoto [3] Logan Wolfsbaine [2] Inejiro Yoshizawa [2] Kiyotaka [2] Naozane Goto [2] Suguru Emoto [0] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 Backstage Drama! Trouble with Funakoshi! By all reports backstage after Night Three of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix a major dust up took place during an "inner circle" meeting. During the meeting Funakoshi became incensed due to the subjects being discussed and became belligerent. Funakoshi verbally berated Show Coordinator Masayuki Shiga and the situation threatened to get violent before others intervened. Afterwards Funakoshi attacked lockers and other stationary objects before storming off. The meeting was, as you’d expect, abruptly called off. This isn't the first time Funakoshi has acted out, but this was by far the worst yet. Funakoshi's attitude may be spiraling out of control. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 The Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix continued for the fourth night of the tournament at the Sakai Municipal Ohama Gymnasium. The venue holds only eight hundred in attendance, but the crowd was rocking and rolling from the opening bell continuing the heated atmosphere of the tournament to this point. In the main event Tanyu Toshusai attempted to score the upset victory over Funakoshi but came up short as the MVP of BCG scored the victory with a powerbomb into lariat for the three count. Toshusai was visibly dejected post-match as he once again failed to break through the next level against a top player. Funakoshi improves to six points while Toshusai remains at an unfortunate two points. The longest reigning Challenger Series champion Yoshinaka Taku battled the current Challenger Series champion Logan Wolfsbaine in Block B action. Taku spent most of the match disrespecting his foreign opponent, but Wolfsbaine made him pay at every opportunity with his high-powered offense. In a relatively big upset Logan Wolfsbaine bent Taku's feet to his head with a torture crab hold to force the submission victory in what could be considered the biggest win of Wolfsbaine's career. Blast Ikoma broke the dry spell by scoring the victory over Big Bruiser Findlay. Neither gave an inch with Findlay clubbing away on Ikoma but Ikoma using his suplex and throwing abilities to keep the big man down. Ikoma scored the victory with an exploder suplex chain of three for the all-important first victory of the tournament while Findlay remains at four points. In other tournament action: Razan Okamoto defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa with a firebird splash. Naozane Goto pinned Kiyotaka with the Goto Slam. Rokuemon Matsushita pinned Takenori Doi with the nodowa-otoshi. Bunrakuken Torii defeated Suguru Emoto with a rolling forearm smash. Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Noritori Miura with the Furusawa Armbar. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Four April 9th, 2022 Sakai Municipal Ohama Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan 800 Paid 0a. Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Yutaka Ogata & Kinpaku Kishi at 9'50 when Takulua pinned Kishi with the Choke Bomb (44) 0b. Sojuro Sen, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Austin Smooth & Chuck Casey defeated Sharaku Okimasa, Nobuyuki Kubo, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 10'36 when Sen submitted Fujimoto with the Canadian Backbreaker (49) 1. SUKI, Giant Brody, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Roku Satomura & Ikki Hosaka defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri, Koyo Kinoshita, Kyuichi Matsumoto, Yoshisada Matsuzawa & Ginki Kisaka at 14'28 when Hosaka pinned Kisaka with a Tornado DDT (65) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma defeated Big Bruiser Findlay at 19'26 with an exploder suplex (68) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Noritoshi Miura at 16'37 with the Furusawa Armbar (70) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii defeated Suguru Emoto at 15'20 with a rolling forearm smash (71) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Takenori Doi at 15'20 with a Nodowa-otoshi (60) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto defeated Kiyotaka at 13'42 with the Goto Slam (62) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa at 15'39 with the Firebird Splash (73) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Yoshinaka Taku at 16'28 with a Torture Crab (69) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 17'28 with a Lariat (72) Overall: 72 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [8] Funakoshi [6] Mabuchi Furusawa [6] Big Bruiser Findlay [4] Blast Ikoma [2] Noritoshi Miura [2] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] Takenori Doi [0] BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii [7] Razan Okamoto [5] Yoshinaka Taku [4] SUKI [4] Logan Wolfsbaine [4] Naozane Goto [4] Inejiro Yoshizawa [2] Kiyotaka [2] Suguru Emoto [0] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Tonight's show at the Nara ACT Center marked the halfway point through the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix. In the main event Tanyu Toshusai's slide continued as he faced off and lost to Big Bruiser Findlay in what turned out to be a less than stellar main event. Toshusai has struggled thus far in the tournament and tonight was unfortunately no different as he was planted by Findlay's Atomic Spinebuster for the pinfall victory. Toshusai was once again visibly dejected post-match and could not be consoled by the young boys at ringside before slinking to the back. SUKI and Logan Wolfsbaine collided in the semi-main event with Wolfsbaine looking to continue his recent form while SUKI aimed to rebound to his shocking loss to Naozane Goto. SUKI was far more "on his game" then he has been previously evidently being woken up by his loss to Goto. Tonight, SUKI controlled most of the match against the Challenger Series Champion in route to winning the match with Mountain SUKI. Kiyotaka is another who is definitely struggling this tournament with only one victory to his name, but Kiyotaka has been game in all of his matches thus far refusing to give up despite being (likely) already eliminated from contention for the tournament. Unfortunately, that struggle continued as Kiyotaka fell to Razan Okamoto and his Firebird Splash improving Okamoto to seven points while Kiyotaka remains at just two points. In other tournament action: Yoshinaka Taku defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa. Funakoshi defeated Takenori Doi. Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri. Naozane Goto defeated Suguru Emoto. Blast Ikoma defeated Noritoshi Miura. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Five April 10th, 2022 Nara ACT Center, Nara, Japan 827 Paid 0a. Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Nobuyuki Kubo & Ginji Kisaka at 9'50 when Destroyer pinned Kubo with a Choke Bomb (49) 0b. Nobuharu Yokokawa, Kyuichi Matsumoto, Austin Smooth & Chuck Casey defeated Yutaka Ogata, Kinpaku Kishi, Tetsuya Fujimoto & Akira Suzuki at 11'53 when Smooth submitted Kishi with the Smooth Hold (49) 1. Rokuemon Matsushita, Bunrakuken Torii, Koyo Kinoshita, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa defeated Giant Brody, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Sojuro Sen, Roku Satomura & Ikki Hosaka at 14'46 when Matsuzawa pinned Hosaka with a double arm DDT (65) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma defeated Noritoshi Miura at 16'29 with a Northern Lights Bomb (62) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto defeated Suguru Emoto with the Goto Slam (63) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 15'11 with the Furusawa Armbar (78) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi defeated Takenori Doi at 14'22 with a lariat (69) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa at 16'33 with a Full Nelson Bomb (65) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto defeated Kiyotaka at 15'04 with a Firebird Splash (70) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Logan Wolfsbaine at 18'20 with Mountain SUKI (75) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 17'29 with the Atomic Spinebuster (64) Overall: 67 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [8] Funakoshi [8] Mabuchi Furusawa [8] Big Bruiser Findlay [6] Blast Ikoma [4] Noritoshi Miura [2] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] Takenori Doi [0] BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto [7] Bunrakuken Torii [7] Yoshinaka Taku [6] SUKI [6] Naozane Goto [6] Logan Wolfsbaine [4] Inejiro Yoshizawa [2] Kiyotaka [2] Suguru Emoto [0] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Wakayama saw Night Six of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix and perhaps the biggest "upset" thus far in the tournament. In the main event Funakoshi and Big Bruiser Findlay engaged in a disjointed plodding clobbering mess of a "fight" masquerading as a pro-wrestling match. But to the shock of the fans in Wakayama it wouldn't be Funakoshi emerging victorious as Findlay planted Funakoshi with his Atomic Spinebuster to score the surprise victory! The fans were said to be visibly shocked at the result but politely cheered for Findlay anyway. Funakoshi post-match threw what has become somewhat of a trademark of his post-major loss and attacked ringside objects in a visible show of anger and frustration but no amount of kicking the guard rail could change the result of the match. In the semi-main event Blast Ikoma and Mabuchi Furusawa fought a back-and-forth battle that saw Ikoma's suplexes matched evenly with Furusawa's technical abilities. Ikoma had been on a winning streak of two, but Furusawa snapped that (and nearly Ikoma's entire arm) with his Furusawa Armbar for the submission victory. This loss virtually eliminates Ikoma from the tournament victory but there’s still four more nights of block action so anything might still be technically possible. Naozane Goto is quickly emerging as the spoiler machine as once again Goto upset everyone's brackets with a stunning victory over Razan Okamoto. Much like the SUKI loss, Okamoto might have underestimated the massive man due to their separation on the cards, but Goto proved to be much more than just a speed bump for Okamoto, planting Okamoto with the Goto Slam for the shocking pinfall victory. Could Naozane Goto be a dark horse for the semifinals with these kinds of results or will the massive man run out of gas as we enter the final few nights of the tournament? In other tournament action: Bunrakuken Torii defeated Kiyotaka. Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa. Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Tanyu Toshusai. SUKI defeated Suguru Emoto. Takenori Doi defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Six April 13th, 2022 Kibi Municipal Gymnasium, Wakayama, Japan 818 Paid 0a. Ginji Kisaka & Kinpaku Kishi defeated Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 8'26 when Kisaka pinned Fujimoto with a powerbomb (46) 0b. Sojuro Sen, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Ikki Hosaka & Nobuyuki Kubo defeated Austn Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer, Tevita Takulua & Chuck Casey at 12'11 when Sen submitted Casey with a Canadian Backbreaker (45) 1. Yoshinaka Taku, Noritoshi Miura, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Giant Brody & Roku Satomura defeated Koyo Kinoshita, Kyuichi Matsumoto, Sharaku Okimasa, Yoshisada Matsuzawa & Yutaka Ogata at 12'36 when Taku pinned Ogata with a Full Nelson Bomb (62) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Takenori Doi defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 13'19 with a charging knee strike (61) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Suguru Emoto at 14'18 with Mountain SUKI (60) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokeumon Matsushita defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 15'02 with a Nodowa-otoshi (69) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa at 17'59 with a Torture Crab (75) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto defeated Razan Okamoto at 14'43 with the Goto Slam (59) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii defeated Kiyotaka at 16'25 with a rolling forearm smash (69) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Mabuchi Furusawa defeated Blast Ikoma at 17'43 with the Furusawa Armbar (74) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Funakoshi at 20'11 with the Atomic Spinebuster (67) Overall: 69 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [10] Mabuchi Furusawa [10] Big Bruiser Findlay [8] Funakoshi [8] Blast Ikoma [4] Noritoshi Miura [2] Takenori Doi [2] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii [9] Naozane Goto [8] SUKI [8] Razan Okamoto [7] Yoshinaka Taku [6] Logan Wolfsbaine [6] Inejiro Yoshizawa [2] Kiyotaka [2] Suguru Emoto [0] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 The Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix rolled on to night Seven of Ten in Kobe. Funakoshi and Mabuchi Furusawa clashed in the main event of the evening with Furusawa aiming to continue his recent form while Funakoshi was aiming to recover from his shocking loss to Findlay on the previous night. In what has become a theme for Funakoshi's matches this tournament, the match failed to live up to the potential it had going in but was still a solid enough battle. Funakoshi emerged victorious hitting a brutal lariat nearly taking Furusawa's head off his shoulders for the pinfall victory. With this victory Funakoshi and Furusawa are now tied in points at ten but in a potential tying situation Funakoshi would now have the tie breaking victory. SUKI and Yoshinaka Taku clashed in the semi-main event of the night and unfortunately it failed to measure up to its potential as neither man seemed to gel with the other particularly well. However, despite that it was SUKI who emerged with the victory locking Taku in the SUKI Special III to force the submission. With this win SUKI improves to ten points while Taku remains at six points putting his chances of winning the tournament in major jeopardy. The Challenger Series Champion Logan Wolfsbaine faced the only man to win every achievement in Black Canvas Grappling; Bunrakuken Torii in a yet another major ste up for Wolfsbaine. Logan gave it his all to match Torii with his high powered offense but Torii proved to be too much for Wolfsbaine to defeat yet in his career as Torii KO'd Logan Wolfsbaine with a rolling forearm smash for the pinfall victory. With this loss Torii improves to eleven points while Wolfsbaine is facing elimination from contention with six points. In other tournament action: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Noritoshi Miura. Razan Okamoto defeated Suguru Emoto. Inejiro Yoshizawa defeated Kiyotaka. Takenori Doi defeated Tanyu Toshusai. Blast Ikoma defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Seven April 14th, 2022 Takasago Movement Park Gymnasium, Kobe, Japan 834 Paid 0. Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Sojuro Sen, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Roku Satomura & Ikki Hosaka defeated Ginji Kisaka, Nobuyuki Kubo, Yutaka Ogata, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 12'06 when Satomura submitted Suzuki with a twisted bow and arrow (51) 1. Big Bruiser Findlay, Giant Brody, Austin Smooth, Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Naozane Goto, Koyo Kinoshita, Kyuichi Matsumoto, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 15'06 when Brody pinned Matsumoto with the Giant Chokeslam (62) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 14'11 with an exploder (65) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Takenori Doi defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 14'39 with a charging knee strike (60) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa defeated Kiyotaka at 13'51 with the Yoshizawa Bomb (60) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto defeated Suguru Emoto at 13'43 with a Firebird Splash (61) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Noritoshi Miura at 15'13 with a Nodowa-otoshi (62) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii defeated Logan Wolfsbaine at 16'02 with a rolling forearm smash (74) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Yoshinaka Taku at 17'11 with the SUKI Special III (65) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi defeated Mabuchi Furusawa at 20'01 with a Lariat (69) Overall: 69 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [12] Funakoshi [10] Mabuchi Furusawa [10] Big Bruiser Findlay [8] Blast Ikoma [6] Takenori Doi [4] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Noritoshi Miura [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] BLOCK B: Bunrakuken Torii [11] SUKI [10] Razan Okamoto [9] Naozane Goto [8] Yoshinaka Taku [6] Logan Wolfsbaine [6] Inejiro Yoshizawa [4] Kiyotaka [2] Suguru Emoto [0] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 The second to last night of the group stages for the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix took place tonight at the Doshisha Athletic Center. With just one more block stage show left after this, everything was on the line to decide who advances and who falters ahead of the finish line. In the main event Rokuemon Matsushita faced off against another recent challenger for his BCG World Championship in Mabuchi Furusawa. The match followed a similar vibe as their first with Furusawa aiming to ground the giant Matsushita with his submission based attack while Matsushita relied on brute strength for his attack plan. The two battled for almost the entire thirty minutes but with just seconds left the Matsushita scored the pinfall victory when Matsushita planted Furusawa with a Nodowa-otoshi for the three count to remain perfect in the tournament. With this win Matsushita clinches a position in the semifinals of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix while Furusawa remains at ten points and will have to fight it out on the last day of the tournament. Bunrakuken Torii's quest for a third Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix victory hit a roadblock tonight as Yoshinaka Taku once again rose to the occasion against a top flight opponent, scoring the victory with a beautiful Dragon Suplex Hold. Going in the final night Torii faces off against SUKI while Taku takes on Naozane Goto in two major battles for the Block B crown. Speaking of which, Naozane Goto continued his recent form in the second half of the tournament by scoring the victory over Logan Wolfsbaine in a true power battle between two stud athletes. Despite his recent form, Logan Wolfsbaine was no match for Goto's power attack and fell to the Goto Slam as many have also done in this tournament. SUKI came just that bit closer to clinching a Block B finalist position with a victory over Inejiro Yoshizawa with the SUKI Special III. On the final group night SUKI faces Bunrakuken Torii in what will decide Block B while Inejiro Yoshizawa faces off against Suguru Emoto in what is essentially a battle of pride. In other tournament action: Blast Ikoma defeated Tanyu Toshusai. Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Takenori Doi. Noritoshi Miura defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri. Kiyotaka defeated Suguru Emoto. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Eight April 15th, 2022 Doshisha Athletic Center, Kyoto, Japan 807 Paid 0a. Nobuyuki Kubo, Ikki Hosaka & Ginji Kisaka defeated Austin Smooth, Tetsuya Fujimoto & Akira Suzuki at 9'46 when Kubo pinned Suzuki with a knee strike (40) 0b. Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Yutaka Ogata & Kinpaku Kishi at 9'10 when Destroyer pinned Kishi with a Choke Bomb (42) 1. Funakoshi, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Giant Brody, Roku Satomura & Sojuro Sen defeated Razan Okamoto, Koyo Kinoshita, Kyuichi Matsumoto, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 15'05 when Brody pinned Okimasa with a Giant Chokeslam (68) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Kiyotaka defeated Suguru Emoto at 11'52 with a Kimura (57) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Noritoshi Miura defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 15'23 with an Octopus Hold (60) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Takenori Doi at 13'01 with the Atomic Spinebuster (65) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma defeated Tanyu Toshusai at 15'57 with a Northern Lights Bomb (66) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa at 15'23 with the SUKI Special III (70) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Naozane Goto defeated Logan Wolfsbaine at 13'31 with the Goto Slam (62) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku defeated Bunrakuken Torii at 18'03 with a Dragon Suplex Hold (69) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokeumon Matsushita defeated Mabuchi Furusawa at 29'34 with a Nodowa-otoshi (76) Overall: 74 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [14] Mabuchi Furusawa [10] Big Bruiser Findlay [10] Funakoshi [10] Blast Ikoma [8] Noritoshi Miura [4] Takenori Doi [4] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] BLOCK B: SUKI [12] Bunrakuken Torii [11] Naozane Goto [10] Razan Okamoto [9] Yoshinaka Taku [8] Logan Wolfsbaine [6] Inejiro Yoshizawa [4] Kiyotaka [4] Suguru Emoto [0] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 The Final Group Night Breakdown! With one night remaining we have a clearer idea of who is still in the running for the four spots, two from each block, for the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix semi finals. In Block A Rokuemon Matsushita has already clinched his spot atop Block A having run the table thus far with seven straight victories. In the running still are Funakoshi, Mabuchi Furusawa and Big Bruiser Findlay. Furusawa and Findlay face off on the final night while Funakoshi takes on Noritoshi Miura. If Funakoshi wins and Furusawa wins, then Funakoshi gets the spot due to beating Furusawa. If Findlay wins then Funakoshi is eliminated due to direct victory. If Furusawa wins and Funakoshi loses then Furusawa advances. In Block B things are a little trickier with SUKI, Bunrakuken Torii, Razan Okamoto, and Naozane Goto still in play. Mathematically Yoshinaka Taku has been eliminated at eight points since he can't hope to reach SUKI's 12 or Torii's 11. On the final night Torii and SUKI clash to decide who wins Block B while Okamoto faces Logan Wolfsbaine and Naozane Goto faces off against Yoshinaka Taku. Taku can't advance but can spoil Goto's chances! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 The group stages of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix of 2022 are now in the books as the New Mei Sports Stadium hosted the final night. With several big matches to set up the semi finals of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix all eyes were on the top of the card. Block B dominance was the goal in the main event of the evening as SUKI and Bunrakuken Torii faced off to decide who would win Block B. The end came dramatically as SUKI locked on the SUKI Special III on Torii who refused to submit. Torii nearly reached the bottom rope only to have SUKI roll them backwards to the middle of the ring. Yet Torii was still not yet beaten as he dragged himself to the bottom rope once again only to have SUKI suddenly break the hold, drag Torii to the middle of the ring and clasp the hold on even tighter! Still, Torii refused to submit but eventually the referee had seen enough and called for the bell giving SUKI the victory through referee stoppage! With this victory SUKI secures Block B with fourteen points while we have a playoff for Block B runner up as Bunrakuken Torii will face off against the man he had a time limit draw with earlier in the tournament Razan Okamoto! In the semi main event Mabuchi Furusawa faced off against Big Bruiser Findlay in a battle that would decide the runner up of Block A as Rokeumon Matsushita had already run the table of a perfect 8-0 to win Block A. With Funakoshi already winning his match earlier in the night Furusawa found himself in a situation of having to win to force a playoff while Findlay simply needed to win to advance. Unfortunately for the technical wizard Furusawa was no match for the brute physical power of Findlay who bested Furusawa with the Atomic Spinebuster for the two points. Despite all ending up at twelve points due to directly victory conditions Findlay has advanced to the semi finals with victories over Funakoshi and Furusawa in what has to be seen as a major upset for the tournament as a whole! Razan Okamoto kept himself in the running heading up the card with a victory over Logan Wolfsbaine. The Challenger Series continued his series of good showings against top flight talent but was just a little bit under the grade needed to keep up. Okamoto spiked Wolfsbaine with a Brainbuster Suplex for the pinfall victory and putting himself at an all important 11 points while Wolfsbaine finishes the tournament with six. Naozane Goto has had an impressive second half of the tournament racking up victories to make it potentially possible for a slot in the semi finals of Block B. However, that dream came crashing down on the massive man's head along with his entire body weight as Yoshinaka Taku ended Goto's campaign with a Dragon Suplex Hold for the victory. With this victory both men finish at ten points but Taku ranks "higher" on the final scoreboard due to the direct victory. In other tournament action: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri. Funakoshi defeated Noritoshi Miura. Inejiro Yoshizawa defeated Suguru Emoto. Blast Ikoma defeated Takenori Doi. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Night Nine April 17th, 2022 New Mei Sports Stadium, Mie, Japan 10,000 Paid 0a. Sharaku Okimasa & Ginji Kisaka defeated Yutaka Ogata & Kinpaki Kishi at 9'50 when Okimasa submitted Kishi with a Scorpion Deathlock (53) 0b. Roku Satomura, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Ikki Hosaka defeated Nobuyuki Kubo, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 11'28 when Satomura submitted Fujimoto with the Twisted Bow and Arrow (49) 1. Giant Brody, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Sojuro Sen, Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Tanyu Toshusai, Kiyotaka, Koyo Kinoshita, Kyuichi Matsumoto & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 12'58 when Destroyer pinned Matsumoto with the Super Massive Bomb (63) 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Blast Ikoma defeated Takenori Doi at 14'17 with the Northern Lights Bomb (62) 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Inejiro Yoshizawa defeated Suguru Emoto at 14'02 with the Yoshizawa Bomb (62) 4. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Funakoshi defeated Noritoshi Miura at 15'52 with a Powerbomb Hold (74) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Yoshinaka Taku defeated Naozane Goto at 15'26 with a Dragon Suplex Hold (69) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita defeated Ichiro Mitsukuri at 14'55 with a Nodowa-otoshi (68) 7. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: Razan Okamoto defeated Logan Wolfsbaine at 18'15 with a Brainbuster Suplex (82) 8. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK A: Big Bruiser Findlay defeated Mabuchi Furusawa at 20'35 with the Atomic Spinebuster (79) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 BLOCK B: SUKI defeated Bunrakuken Torii at 25'08 with the SUKI Special III (82) Overall: 80 BLOCK A: Rokuemon Matsushita [16] Big Bruiser Findlay [12] Mabuchi Furusawa [12] Funakoshi [12] Blast Ikoma [10] Noritoshi Miura [4] Takenori Doi [4] Tanyu Toshusai [2] Ichiro Mitsukuri [2] BLOCK B: SUKI [14] Razan Okamoto [11] Bunrakuken Torii [11] Yoshinaka Taku [10] Naozane Goto [10] Inejiro Yoshizawa [6] Logan Wolfsbaine [6] Kiyotaka [4] Suguru Emoto [0] That gives us the final night. The only matches announced thus far are the Block B Playoff, the Semi Finals, Final and a special singles match on the prelims as Black Canvas Grappling’s newest young lions make their debut! 0. Heiji Sakubara & Yasuoka Fukazawa Double Debut Match: Heiji Sakubara vs Yasuoka Fukazawa 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Block B Playoff: Razan Okamoto [11] vs Bunrakuken Torii [11] 2. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Semi Final: Rokuemon Matsushita [16] vs Winner of Torii/Okamoto 3. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Semi Final: SUKI [14] vs Big Bruiser Findlay [12] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 (edited) Finally, the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix reached its final climax. BCG attempted to run the Osaka Castle Hall and fill 16,000 seats but unfortunately only reached slightly more than half full. Nevertheless, the big venue provided a unique atmosphere for the finals. The Semi finals could not begin until we found out who had finished in second place in Block B. Bunrakuken Torii and Razan Okamoto went to a time limit draw during the group stages of the tournament and met once again in a playoff for second place in Block B. Torii was taped up around his neck from his match with SUKI providing Okamoto an easy target throughout the match but Torii heroically fought on despite the damage done and nearly had the victory with a rolling forearm smash. Yet the match belonged to Okamoto who hit a brainbuster suplex into a Firebird Splash for the pinfall victory and a spot in the semi finals. Unfortunately for Okamoto his "Reward" for beating Torii in the playoff was to face BCG World Champion and unbeaten in the group stages Rokuemon Matsushita in the semi finals. Okamoto was visibily tired but fought on bravely against the giant, but Matsushita controlled the entire match with throws and power moves. Matsushita had the match won when suddenly Okamoto rolled the giant up in a cradle for the flash three count! Matsushita was visibly stunned after the match knowing that he had just let his opportunity to reach the finals slip through his grasp with just one move. Despite his shocking loss, Matsushita showed respect for Okamoto post-match and congratulated the much smaller man for his victory. In the second semi final, Block B winner SUKI took on Block A runner up Big Bruiser Findlay. Usually, one would expect SUKI to respond to Findlay's power and brawling with his technical ability but instead SUKI decided to give as good as he got with pure straight-ahead hard-hitting strikes and throws. Yet despite that it was SUKI's technical ability that did carry the day as SUKI slapped on his SUKI Special III. Findlay fought as hard as he could but ended up being forced to submit in order to get out of the hold resulting in the referee stoppage for SUKI to advance to the finals! And with that we only had two men left in the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix and surprisingly both men came from Block B and had met earlier in the tournament. Okamoto looked like death warmed over from his two previous matches while SUKI looked relatively fresh from his match with Findlay surprisingly. Okamoto fought as well as one could expect while SUKI took full advantage of Okamoto's compromised situation. Despite his best efforts and the cheering of the crowd, Okamoto simply had nothing left to offer by the time SUKI slapped on the SUKI Special III. Okamoto fought bravely but passed out in the hold giving SUKI the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix Championship! After the match SUKI mockingly "shook" the hand of the unconscious Okamoto in a show of "respect" before taking the microphone. SUKI gloated about his victory saying that he'd gone 9-1 throughout the tournament and that this proves he is the best wrestler in BCG. With that SUKI formally challenged Rokumon Matsushita to defend the BCG World Championship against him which brought out the giant champion. Matsushita only glared from the entrance way in disgust at SUKI while SUKI attempted to "invite" Matsushita to "his ring". Regardless SUKI maintained that Matsushita's time as champion was over and that a new era led by SUKI was coming at last for BCG! In other action Black Path went 1-1 in trios action as Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku and Kadonomaro Kamisaka were victorious over Mabuchi Furusawa, Blast Ikoma and Kiyotaka. While at the same time Inejiro Yoshizawa, Noritoshi Miura and Suguru Emoto fell in their match with Naozane Goto and MDO. The other notable match was the prelim as the two newest members of the BCG roster made their debuts in a double debut match. In a *truly* atrocious match Yasuoka Fukazawa submitted Heiji Sakubara for the victory. To say both have a long way to go is a gross understatement. Black Canvas Grappling Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Finals April 18th, 2022 Osaka Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan 10,780 Paid 0. Heiji Sakubara & Yasuoka Fukazawa Double Debut Match: Yasuoka Fukazawa defeated Heiji Sakubara at 5'26 with a crab hold (9) 1. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Block B Playoff: Razan Okamoto [11] defeated Bunrakuken Torii [11] at 18'14 with a Firebird Splash (71) 2. Austin Smooth, Roku Satomura & Yutaka Ogata defeated Kinpaku Kishi, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 9'51 when Smooth submitted Suzuki with the Smooth Hold (55) 3. Takenori Doi, Nobuyuki Kubo & Ikki Hosaka defeated Sojuro Sen, Nobuharu Yokokawa & Kyuichi Matsumoto at 11'33 when Kubo pinned Yokokawa with a knee strike (66) 4. Giant Brody, Logan Wolfsbaine, Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Tanyu Toshusai, Ginji Kisaka, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 13'01 when Brody pinned Kisaka with the Giant Chokeslam (65) 5. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Semi Final: Razan Okamoto [11] defeated Rokeumon Matsushita [16] at 15'08 with an inside cradle (68) 6. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Semi Final: SUKI [14] defeated Big Brusier Findlay [12] at 15'48 with the SUKI Special III (70) 7. Naozane Goto, Koyo Kinoshita & Ichiro Mitsukuri defeated Inejiro Yoshizawa, Noritoshi Miura & Suguru Emoto at 15'36 when Goto pinned Emoto with the Goto Slam (71) 8. Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku & Kadonomaro Kamisaka defeated Mabuchi Furusawa, Blast Ikoma & Kiyotaka at 21'24 when Taku pinned Kiyotaka with a Dragon Suplex Hold (78) 9. Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix 2022 Final: SUKI defeated Razan Okamoto at 23'24 with the SUKI Special III to win the 2022 Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix (81) ~Following his win SUKI called out Rokeumon Matsushita to announce his challenge for the BCG World Championship~ (63) Overall: 79 (ED. I want to thank everyone that's read the Diary up to this point. I know I've slowed down on content and it took me some time to get through the YM GP but I found it difficult to write the shows without repeating the same things over and over. There's only so many ways you can write "So and so beat So and So in singles action" without becoming redundant or repetitive. I'm aiming for one to three posts per day if I can manage that. So far, I've been able to maintain at least one post per day but I'd like to get more written so I can get back to actually playing my game since I haven't actually run a show in TEW for four-five days at this point.) Edited August 9 by Hawk1665 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dloyeet29 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 SUKIIIIIIIII. Can't wait to see how Summer plays out for BCG. And take your time with the posts! Round robins can be pretty tedious to book along with the write-ups. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 BCG Announces Schedule for Next Four Months! ~ NEW Championship Announced?! With the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix now in the rear-view mirror it was once again time for Black Canvas Grappling to announce the timing for the next four months of cards. Once again, a press conference was called with President Naonobu Murakami, Show Coordinator Masayuki Shiga and Head of Talent Relations Goemon Inoue in downtown Osaka in front of select sports reporters. The Champion's Road tour begins on May 7th and ends with Test of Champions on May 29th with six total shows. In the main event of Test of Champions SUKI will aim to conquer the giant Rokuemon Matsushita for the BCG World Championship. Matsushita went 8-0 during the group stages of the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix before losing to Razan Okamoto in the semi finals while SUKI went 7-1 during the group stages before winning the tournament. Pre-taped comments were shown on a screen behind Murakami, Shiga and Inoue. SUKI reiterated his stance that Matsushita's size and power had "nothing" on his (SUKI) grappling and agility before vowing to become the new BCG World Champion. Matsushita on the other hand was more respectful saying SUKI had won the title opportunity fair and square but added that he simply didn't like him very much and promised to flatten SUKI like a pancake in route to retaining the BCG World Championship. On June 5th the Sole Survivor returns. The annual "Four Way" will return in the main event, but Murakami announced that there would be a twist. Murakami produced a box and opened said box to reveal a brand-new championship! Murakami declared the belt the "BCG Pacific Openweight Championship" and that the winner of the annual four way will receive the championship to become the inaugural champion. They will then begin defending the championship like any other going forward. One week later the Rising Lion tour begins on June 11th and continues to The Lion Rises on June 26th for seven total dates. Time Battle returns on July 9th and goes to the July 24th but again, there will be a twist. At Time Battle there will be a thirty-man timed battle royale and the winner will receive a future BCG World Championship opportunity. And finally, that brings up to the "big one" as we finally have found out what happened to TagMania from earlier this year. The popular tour has been rebranded as the Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix honoring Yoshifusa Maeda's best friend and early BCG collaborator. The Grand Prix will be tag teams and run from August 5th to August 28th for a total of seven nights plus the final. With that Murakami produced a graphic laying out all the future events and their dates: Champion's Road Night One - May 7th Champion's Road Night Two - May 9th Champion's Road Night Three - May 12th Champion's Road Night Four - May 14th Champion's Road Night Five - May 16th Champion's Road Final Night ~ Test of Champions - May 29th ~ SUKI vs Rokuemon Matsushita Sole Survivor - June 5th ~ BCG Pacific Openweight Championship Decider Rising Lion Tour Night One - June 11th Rising Lion Tour Night Two - June 12th Rising Lion Tour Night Three - June 13th Rising Lion Tour Night Four - June 16th Rising Lion Tour Night Five - June 18th Rising Lion Tour Night Six - June 19th The Lion Rises - June 26th Road to Time Battle Night 1 - July 9th Road to Time Battle Night 2 - July 10th Road to Time Battle Night 3 - July 14th Road to Time Battle Night 4 - July 17th Road to Time Battle Night 5 - July 20th Time Battle - July 24th ~ Time Battle Battle Royale Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night One - August 5th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night Two - August 7th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night Three - August 10th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night Four - August 12th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night Five - August 14th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night Six - August 17th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Night Seven - August 20th Kazu Yoshizawa Grand Prix 2022 Final - August 28th (ED. I'm creating the Pacific Openweight Championship to function as an upper midcard/main event title ala the Intercontinental Title from NJPW and occasionally from WWE. The Challenger Series has too much baggage and generally works well for the lower card guys. This will be something for guys not immediately in the BCG World title hunt to vie for. I may in the future make a Pacific Openweight Tag Team Championship depending on how things shake out but that probably wouldn't be for a while.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Black Canvas Grappling returned to the pro-wrestling grind with the first tour of the Champion's Road. In the main event SUKI once again emerged victorious as he led a team along with Big Bruiser Findlay and Giant Brody over BCG World Champion Rokuemon Matsushita, Koyo Kinoshita and Ichiro Mitsukuri; SUKI scoring the victory with Mountain SUKI over Koyo Kinoshita. After the match SUKI once again taunted Matsushita but quickly fled the scene before Matsushita could get his hands on him. In the semi final Black Path were victorious over the "BCG Home Army" five member team of Razan Okamoto, Mabuchi Furusawa, Naozane Goto, Tanyu Toshusai and Kiyotaka. Toshusai was once again visibly distressed by the loss as he went 1-7 in the Yoshifusa Maeda Grand Prix and continued his losing streak here but there was little that he could do about the result. Third from the top the team of Bunrakuken Torii and Blast Ikoma; or now dubbed "ToriKoma" faced off against the team of Takenori Doi and Ginji Kisaka. The youngsters put up a valiant fight, but the new tag team proved to be too much for them as Ikoma put Kisaka away with the Northern Lights Bomb for the pinfall victory. Black Canvas Grappling Champion's Road Night One May 7th, 2022 New Mei Sports Stadium 10,000 paid 0. Heiji Sakubara defeated Yasuoka Fukazawa at 7'37 with a single leg crab hold (16) 1. Austin Smooth & Nobuyuki Kubo defeated Ikki Hosaka & Yutaka Ogata at 10'21 when Kubo pinned Ogata with a knee strike (59) 2. Kyuichi Matsumoto, Roku Satomura & Suguru Emoto defeated Akira Suzuki, Tetsuya Fujimoto & Kinpaku Kishi at 11'41 when Matsumoto pinned Fujimoto with the Matsumoto Murder Bomb (56) 3. Sojuro Sen, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Sharaku Okimasa & Yoshisada Matsuzawa defeated Logan Wolfsbaine, Super Massive Destroyer, Tevita Takulua & Chuck Casey at 14'54 when Okimasa submitted Casey with a Scorpion Deathlock (62) 4. Bunrakuken Torii & Blast Ikoma defeated Takenori Doi & Ginji Kisaka at 18'20 when Ikoma pinned Kisaka with a Northern Lights Bomb (79) 5. Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku, Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura defeated Razan Okamoto, Mabuchi Furusawa, Naozane Goto, Kiyotaka & Tanyu Toshusai at 21'49 when Yoshizawa pinned Kiyotaka with the Yoshizawa Bomb (78) 6. SUKI, Big Bruiser Findlay & Giant Brody defeated Rokuemon Matsushita, Koyo Kinoshita & Ichiro Mitsukuri at 22'58 when SUKI pinned Kinoshita with the Mountain SUKI (78) Overall: 77 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk1665 Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 The Champion's Road paved a path through Shiga tonight with another heat up show for the upcoming Test of Champions event. In the main event, the newly christened ToriKoma; Bunrakuken Torii & Blast Ikoma teamed up to take on the team of Mabuchi Furusawa and Tanyu Toshusai. Once again, Tanyu Toshusai found himself staring at the lights after a rolling forearm smash from Torii for the three count. After the match Tanyu was once again visibly dejected as his losing streak continues. Furusawa attempted to console his tag partner but was brushed aside. In the semi final Blast Path were once again victorious as Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku, Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura defeated the team of Big Bruiser Findlay, Giant Brody, Logan Wolfsbaine & Chuck Casey. Casey ended up giving a good showing for himself but was overwhelmed by the experience of his opponents leading to him being put away with a Full Nelson Bomb from Taku. After the match Funakoshi and Taku took microphones and to the surprise of their partners and the audience challenged Inejiro Yoshizawa and Noritoshi Miura for the BCG World Tag Team Championships! Funakoshi made sure to add that it was "strictly business" and that there would be no hard feelings from the match. Understandably surprised by this development Yoshizawa and Miura pondered what to do over the microphone before ultimately accepting the challenge for Test of Champions! SUKI once again got the best of Rokuemon Matsushita in six man action, this time teaming with Roku Satomura and Sojuro Sen to defeat Matsushita, Naozane Goto & Yoshisada Matsuzawa. Sojuro Sen scored the submission win with the Canadian Backbreaker for SUKI's team. This led to more taunting by SUKI trying to sucker Matsushita to attack him so the other two could jump him but Matsushita simply stared with pure malice and bid his time. Black Canvas Grappling Champion's Road Night Two May 9th, 2022 Shiga Hotel New Oumi, Shiga, Japan 856 Paid 0. Yasuoka Fukazawa defeated Heiji Sakubara at 6'04 with a crab hold (21) 1. Razan Okamoto, Nobuyuki Kubo & Ginji Kisaka defeated Nobuharu Yokokawa, Sharaku Okimasa & Yutaka Ogata at 12'07 when Okamoto pinned Ogata with a Brainbuster Suplex (58) 2. Austin Smooth, Ikki Hosaka, Super Massive Destroyer & Tevita Takulua defeated Kyuichi Matsumoto, Kinpaku Kishi, Akira Suzuki & Tetsuya Fujimoto at 13'07 when Destroyer pinned Suzuki with the Super Massive Bomb (48) 3. Kiyotaka, Koyo Kinoshita & Ichiro Mitsukuri defeated Kadonomaro Kamisaka, Suguru Emoto & Takenori Doi at 16'08 when Kinoshita pinned Emoto with a Belly to Belly Suplex (66) 4. SUKI, Roku Satomura & Sojuro Sen defeated Rokeumon Matsushita, Naozane Goto & Yoshisada Matsuzawa at 17'35 when Sen submitted Matsuzawa with the Canadian Backbreaker (69) 5. Funakoshi, Yoshinaka Taku, Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura defeated Big Bruiser Findlay, Giant Brody, Logan Wolfsbaine & Chuck Casey at 21'51 when Taku pinned Casey with a Full Nelson Bomb (75) ~ After the match Funakoshi and Yoshinaka Taku challenged Inejiro Yoshizawa & Noritoshi Miura for the BCG World Tag Team Championships! (52) ~ 6. Special Tag Match: Bunrakuken Torii & Blast Ikoma defeated Mabuchi Furusawa & Tanyu Toshusai at 24'08 when Torii pinned Toshusai with a rolling forearm smash (78) Overall: 74 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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