SomeDude03 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 (edited) PGHW - Night of Courage - November 26th, 2022 -Pre Show- Pre-Show - 10 Man Tag - Strength Rush Reborn, The Ring Generals, and William Hayes vs Daigo Goya, Hiroki Machida, Stone Yoshizawa, Mamoru Nagahama, Hirokazu Yamanoue Hayes picks up for the win for his team after a solid match in 9:22. 64 Rating Pre-Show - 8 Man Tag - Nobuyo Hikichi, Masaya Hara, Takenori Doi, Toshiaki Kotani vs Mark Addison, Motoyuki Miyake, Omezo Shikitei, Hitomaro Suzuki Toshiaki wins for his team in a surprisingly good match after 10:42. 80 Rating Post match, the winning group of four would attack Mark Addison, and then Takenori Doi would take a mic and announce that the four of them are going to work together to secure their place as the future of PGHW. Pre-Show - Singles Match - Mabuchi Furusawa vs Totoya Munakata Mabuchi wins after 10:17 in another strong match. 74 Rating -MAIN SHOW- Match 1 - Elite Tag Series Semifinal - The Keith Brothers (A-Block Winner) vs Black Magic (B-Block Runner-Up) In a showdown between three former mainstays in Burning Hammer, with Greg Keith being the only exception, they showed the world exactly why they were brought into PGHW with 20:54 of great action that ended after Greg Keith was able to lock the Proton Lock in on Yasuhiko Taira. 75 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 2 - Elite Tag Series Semifinal - Kobayashi & Kamachi (B-Block Winner) vs Furuta & Nakahata (A-Block Runner-Up) Not wanting to be outshined by the newcomers, the four men in this match went out there with the goal to one-up them and on paper they might've done it. After 14:13, Kobayashi was able to put Shozo Furuta down with a Focus Shift, booking their place in the Main Event of the show against The Keith Brothers. 80 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 3 - Eight Man Tag - Tetsunori Yasuda, Hirobumi Takimoto, Goemon Komiya, Kyoshi Muraguchi vs Decimation & Team Destiny 2022 Beskov pins Goemon after a solid match, hitting him with the Tsar Bomba after 14:16. 78 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 4 - Singles (Re)match - Koshiro Ino vs Matt Blackburn A month after his shocking defeat to Blackburn, Koshiro Ino said he's spent all of November training specifically for a rematch, and he challenged Matt the night before the event for a chance at redemption. Despite his best attempts, the aging Kobra was unable to get it, once again falling victim to Blackburn's Springboard Forearm after 11:12. 62 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 5 - International Tag Team Championship 2v2v2v2 Elite Tag Series Special - Yoshinaka Taku & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (C) vs The Golden Kings (Multimillonario & Pharaoh King) vs Next Level (Kazuhisa Hosotani & Keisuke Koroki) vs Noritoshi Miura & Inejiro Yoshizawa The champs were able to outlast the three guest teams, with Yoshinaka eventually pinning Pharaoh King after 13:50 to keep the belts for him and his tag partner. 74 Rating [Fourth Title Defense] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 6 - Singles Match - KC Glenn vs Brute Kikuchi KC Glenn properly introduces himself to PGHW by picking up the win after 11:18 of incredible action, pinning Kikuchi after hitting Tune Up The Sunshine Band. 80 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 7 - Tag Team Match - Heihachiro Sakai & Tatsuya Toshitara vs The Syndicate Japan (Hirotsugu Satou & Taheiji Konoe) With their manager, Haruki Kudo, cheering them on, Sakai & Tatsuya were able to pull out the win after Sakai hit Hirotsugu with a Sakai Suplex at 14:03 marking yet another successful debut for this new group. 79 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 8 - Singles Match - Hiroaki Nakasawa vs Eien Miyamoto Paired against someone who's quietly had a strong year in Eien Miyamoto, Hiroaki was able to start his time in PGHW off right with a win, pinning Miyamoto with a Compression Powerbomb after 12:59. 62 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 9 - Eight Man Tag - Four Dudes (Masaru Ugaki, Akinori Kwakami, Ryoma Muruyama, Noriyori Sanda) vs Team GLORY (Kozue Kawashima, Kazushige Matsuki, SATO) + Seiji Jimbo Jimbo was able to pick up the win for Team GLORY despite not being a member of the faction, making Akinori Kwakami tap to the Seiji Ocean Lock at 20:47. 82 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 10 - International Championship - Shinji Mihara (C) vs Joshua Taylor In a surprise for two members of The Syndicate Japan, Shinji Mihara would challenge Joshua Taylor to a match after the last night of the Elite Tag Series, justifying it by saying that he wanted to test himself against someone who's held the belt before. After Taylor accepted and Kobe gave it his blessing, the matchup was made. Shinji pins Joshua after a solid but unremarkable match, hitting him with the Spinning Elbow Strike after 21:42. 69 Rating [Eight Title Defense] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 11 - Tag Team Match - KitoGuchi (Chojiro Kitoaji & Bussho Makiguchi) vs The Syndicate Japan (Magnum Kobe & Flint Slater) In an incredible match, KitoGuchi proved why they are one of the best after Bussho Makiguchi was able to nearly decapitate Flint Slater with a Blazing Elbow after 23:12. 90 Rating After the two embraced when the match ended, Bussho asked for a mic and challenged Chojiro to a Glory Crown match at Night Of Wrestling next month because he chose not to enter the Elite Tag Series to continue focusing on his reign with the Glory Crown. With a smirk Chojiro accepted, setting up a match between the two halves of what may be the best tag team on the planet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGHW Elite Tag Series Final Haranobu Kobayashi & Tsurayuki Kamachi vs The Keith Brothers (Matt Keith & Greg Keith) Note, despite Kobayashi & Kamachi having the Glory Tag Crown, this is not for the title and just for the Elite Tag Series The Keith Brothers focused on one thing throughout this entire match, and that was isolating Tsurayuki for as long as possible. Using devastating submission holds to keep him in the ring while Haranobu had to watch on the outside. Tsurayuki would occasionally make the tag, and Haranobu would be able to keep up with the Keiths for a bit, but every time Haranobu would eventually have to tag out after getting hit with one of the brother's incredibly strong offense. The Keith's strategy proved to be able to overpower the Glory Tag Crown Champions, and after Matt Keith was able to trap Tsurayuki in the Proton Lock, Kamachi could do nothing but tap after 28:35, meaning that The Keith Brothers win the Elite Tag Series within their first full month in PGHW, setting up a rematch with Kobayashi & Kamachi in January at Night Of Respect for the Glory Tag Crown. 92 Rating Crowd: 15,000 | Overall Rating: 90 ----------------------------------------------- Post-Show Press Conference: Brought to you by PWLive.com's Puro News Department. Q: Will you be making an effort to try and re-sign Shozo Furuta with his contract coming up next month? A: Yes, absolutely. Losing him would be a nightmare. Q: What are your thoughts on Naonobu Murakami, the owner of BCG? A: They've had an incredible year of growth, from the outside, he's doing good. If you end up seeing this, thank you for Yoshinaka Taku by the way. Q: Hiroaki Nakasawa was struggling from his obviously bad legs tonight, do you think all of this damage could end up with him having to retire? A: Hiroaki is one of the most storied wrestlers in the history of Japanese Wrestling. He's also been around for decades, he knows himself. If he says he wants to wrestle, he wrestles. It's his decision. Q: Looking at your competition, BCG, for a second, what are your thoughts on their head booker Kansuke Konda. A: So Burning Hammer starts imploding and you guys can't even wait two months without trying to start a war between us and another company? Alright. To be quite honest with you I think he's good at his job and that BCG is in a great position having someone like that steer the ship. Edited August 25 by SomeDude03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Updates before the Wrestling Tour, December 2022 Roster: "The Natural" Christopher Gerard. Joining PGHW for his second tour of the year, what was said about Christopher Gerard then still holds true. He's a great wrestler with a good presence who's played a massive part in APW's growth this year. The multi-sport athlete was a highlight during his tour with the company in June and there's a lot of hope with both PGHW's and APW's top brass that he replicates those performances this time. His number of titles has not changed, but his current (and third) APW Commonwealth Championship reign has passed the 200 day mark, breaking his personal record for longest time with the belt. Works for APW. "The Annihilator" Reggie Tate. Also joining PGHW for his second tour of the year, Reggie Tate is a beast. Standing at 6'6, weighing over 300 pounds, and having more athleticism than almost any wrestler at that size, the 30 year old still has a lot of potential that he could potentially hit, though a lot of that depends on whether or not he can beat his reputation as a bit of a locker room cancer. He's won no new titles since his last tour with PGHW in February. For this tour, the former rugby star will be teaming with other former rugby star Lynton Minehead as the tour's obligatory randomly put together test tag team. Works for APW. "The Rhino" Lynton Minehead. Embarking on his first tour and first taste of wrestling outside of the miniscule CWW, Lynton Minehead is a 6'5, 271 pound beast who was trained by British Samurai. While he lacks a lot of the finesse his mentor had in-ring, he makes up for it in sheer in-ring aura. At just 22 years old, if Minehead can start putting the pieces together he has a chance to become a major force in the next generation of British Wrestling. Works for CWW. "Old-School" Neil Warburton. Also taking part in his first tour, Neil Warburton contrasts with Lynton in the sense that he is an incredible technical wrestler who, despite his size, doesn't really have any sort of in-ring aura. A graduate of 21CW's National School of British Wrestling, after not being picked up by the company he started grinding on the British indie scene, eventually getting a deal with CWW where he's won the CWW Submission Championship once and the CWW Championship once, with his reign with that belt ending in October after 399 days and 9 defenses. Works for CWW. The Wolf Pack, made up of Sean Noggin and Sione Tokoeka. A solid tag team with one American and one Kiwi, neither of these wrestlers are known for being charismatic, but they are known for being two of the best young technicians wrestling in the United States today. Years of tag team experience together have made them one of the top teams on the independents, as shown by there two MAW Mid Atlantic Tag Team Championship reigns, with their most recent one also ending in October after 217 days and 3 defenses. Both work for MAW. Other PGHW News: Mark Addison has left PGHW after his contract expired, and Matt Blackburn announced that Ultimate Wrestlers United was no more. The alliance of Nobuyo Hikichi, Masaya Hara, Takenori Doi, and Toshiaka Kotani has been confirmed, though they, like the group of BHOTWG signings, remains unnamed currently. Random News from Other Companies: ELPF has been opened in Amsterdam by Kalu Owusu. The MMA-esque promotion "declared war" on EWA in their opening press release. USPW has signed Drake Young from CWA, Frankie-Boy Fernandes from CZCW, and they re-signed Killer Kass after her short stint in 5SSW. They also announced that they will not be bringing back Sweet Dani Adams after her contract ends this month. SWF will not be re-signing Jungle Lord once his contract expires, and after leaving PGHW, Mark Adonis signed with SWF and was sent down to RIPW. RIPW also now has a weekly TV show. Freddy Huggins has won TCW's King Of Kings tournament. TCW has also signed Masked Cougar from CZCW and Roger Cage from his brief period of unemployment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Yet another Burning Hammer update... More to come post-Night Of Wrestling! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Komine is just enjoying this. At this point, his pettiness is up to the max. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 2 hours ago, monrapi3 said: Komine is just enjoying this. At this point, his pettiness is up to the max. It’s hilarious and I wish companies at war could buy each other out anyway cause I’d 100% take over WLW temporarily just to buy Burning Hammer out of spite. I do have some plans that are going to involve me messing with the game a little bit because of all this, mainly cause outside of CV97’s SWF I don’t ever really see AIs buying other companies, but yeah. I already had a major start of 2023 post planned but I guess it’ll probably have to be spread out across multiple. Should be fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SomeDude03 Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 PGHW - Night of Wrestling - December 25th, 2022 -Pre Show- Pre-Show - 10 Man Tag - Tour Team vs YL/Lower Card Mix Mabuchi Furusawa gets the win for team YL/Lower Card after 8:11. 66 Rating Pre-Show - 6 Man Tag - Strength Rush Reborn + Christopher Gerard vs Hirobumi Takimoto, Tetsunori Yasuda, Koshiro Ino Koshiro Ino wins after 7:23. 70 Rating Pre-Show - 6 Man Tag - Jack Marlow, Eien Miyamoto, Omezo Shikitei vs Mamoru Nagahama, Stone Yoshikawa, Hirokazu Yamanoue Marlowe picks up the win in his PGHW debut after 10:38. 65 Rating -MAIN SHOW- Match 1 - International Tag Team Championship 2v2v2v2 - Yoshinaka Taku & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (C) vs Matt Blackburn & William Hayes vs HarKichi (Masaya Hara & Nobuyo Hikichi) vs The Ring Generals (Marv Statler & Dean Waldorf) Masaya Hara is able to pin Tsuneyo Yanagimoto after 12:03 in a fun proper show opener. 72 Rating [Title Change] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 2 - Tag Team Match - Toshiaka Kotani & Takenori Doi vs Team Dynasty 2022 (Avalanche Takano & Shogun Watoga) In another fast-paced match that helped build up the show's momentum, Shogun Watoga was able to get Takenori Doi tap at 10:35 after synching in the Watoga Lock. 73 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 3 - Singles Match - SATO vs Kyoshi Muraguchi In an incredible match between two wrestlers who's styles mesh really well, SATO was able to get the surprise win after hitting the Wind Sprint Elbow at 12:51. 80 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 4 - Singles Match - Seiji Jimbo vs Brute Kikuchi Seiji puts on a dominant performance against his much bigger opponent, slaying the Brute with his Seiji Ocean Lock at 13:58, meaning he heads into the tournament in honour of his father with a good amount of momentum. 74 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 5 - Historical Japan Championship - Shozo Furuta (C) vs Findlay O'Farraday In a great match, Shozo and Findlay went all out and eventually Furuta was able to hit the big American with his Lariat Clothesline, pinning him at 7:46. 70 Rating [Seventh Title Defense] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 6 - 6 Man Tag - Team GLORY (Kozue Kawashima, Kazushige Matsuki, Minoru Nakahata) vs The Syndicate Japan (Magnum Kobe, Taheiji Konoe, Hirotsugu Satou) Kawashima pins Satou with a Kawashima Driver 2005 after 20:47 of solid action between the two rival factions. This marks one of the rare multi-man victories for Team GLORY against Kobe's faction. 74 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 7 - Singles Match - Heihachiro Sakai vs Viktor Beskov Sakai wins in a fun 14:07 match, somehow picking up the gigantic Beskov for a Sakai Suplex to get the pin. This is the first time Beskov has ever gotten pinned in singles competition in PGHW. 76 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 8 - 6 Man Tag - "Heavy Keithillery" (Matt Keith, Greg Keith, Tatsuya Toshitara) vs Four Dudes (Akinori Kwakami, Noriyori Sanda, Ryoma Muruyama) In a fun showdown between Kudo's group and 3/4 Dudes, Matt Keith was able to win for his team after locking Noriyori Sanda in the Proton Lock, making him tap at 18:14. 78 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 9 - Singles Match - KC Glenn vs Masaru Ugaki In an unsurprisingly incredible match between two wrestlers often regarded as being the best on the planet, Ugaki was able to beat the interloper after catching him with an Ugaki Clutch, making Glenn pass out after 20:21. 88 Rating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 10 - International Championship - Shinji Mihara (C) vs Hiroaki Nakasawa For 20:51, Mihara and Nakasawa threw everything they had at each other, with Mihara on the backfoot for much of the match, unable to deal with Nakasawa's size and experience advantage. However, the longer the match went one the more Nakasawa began to faulter, finding it difficult to keep up with Shinji's ungodly stamina. The end came when in one last attempt to put him down, Nakasawa had Mihara up for a powerbomb, only for Shinji to manage to get out of it, bounce off the ropes, and fly into the former Ace of Burning Hammer with a Spinning Elbow Strike, getting the win after 20:51. 82 Rating [Ninth Title Defense] With this victory, Mihara moves closer to breaking the longest International Championship reign of all time, sitting just 56 days behind Seiji Jimbo's 301 day reign with the belt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match 11 - Glory Tag Crown - Haranobu Kobayashi & Tsurayuki Kamachi (C) vs Black Magic Haranobu Kobayashi shockingly made Yasuhiko Taira submit after 23:23, getting revenge for their tie in the Elite Tag Series, and securing their match rematch against The Keith Brothers after they lost in the finals of the same tournament. 71 Rating [Seventh Title Defense] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGHW Glory Crown Chojiro Kitoaji (C) vs Bussho Makiguchi Outside the ring, these two men were like brothers. They came through the business together, helping each other grow from scrawny young boys to two of the best wrestlers on the planet. They travelled together. It wasn't a Kitoaji Family Christmas without Bussho being there. And inside the ring, their bond was even stronger. Over a decade of working together had seen the two go from a solid tag team to arguably being the greatest of all time. Multiple Elite Tag Series wins, multiple reigns with the Glory Tag Crown, taking part in some of the greatest matches of the 2010s and 2020s. Years of teaming had helped the them know what the other was going to do before they did it, leading to some of the most innovative tag team offense ever seen in wrestling. But tonight, their bond, their brotherhood, their years of tag team competition didn't matter. For the first time since their days as young lions, the two members of KitoGuchi stood across the ring from each other as competitors, ready for war. Bussho Makiguchi, the challenger, the younger of the two, the smaller of the two, the man who clawed his way up through the business through years of effort, who won the Elite Series before his partner did, is once again getting his chance to take what he thinks he needs, what he thinks he wants. Chojiro Kitoaji, the champion, following the destiny set out by his father, one of the most important people in wrestling history, Koryusai Kitoaji, who finally won the Glory Crown after years of trying, is the man standing in his way. From the age of 12 everyone told Chojiro that he had wrestling in his blood, that he didn't just have potential to be a World Champion, but to be better than his father, to be better than any wrestling in any company ever has been or ever will be. An immediate Blazing Elbow from Bussho set the tempo, rocking the unprepared Chojiro enough for Bussho to be able to get a near fall within the first few seconds of the match. From there, Makiguchi would try and lock in submissions on the Champion, with Kitoaji barely able to escape each time before they would be too much for him. As Makiguchi was pushed off trying to lock in a Cloverleaf, Kitoaji was finally able to get himself some breathing room, running to the corner. An attempted running kick from Bussho would be dodged by Chojiro, who was able to run the ropes and hit the Kitoaji Lariat for the first time in the match. While this evened the playing field a bit, Chojiro wasn't able, or wasn't willing, to get all of it, not even going for the pin afterwards. After that, the two men were mostly evenly matched, with slight momentum changes only happening after someone was hit with a major strike or a surprise hold. And it stayed like that until Makiguchi made a mistake. Another attempted Blazing Elbow was dodged by a ducking Chojiro, who once again bounced off the ropes, hitting another, much more forceful, Kitoaji Lariat. Bussho, surviving off what seemed like pure fighting spirit, was able to barely kick out right before the referee's hand went down for the three count. Chojiro stood above his friend, dazed, barely able to hold his weight up, weakly sitting up in the middle of the ring, and he knew what he had to do. Another Kitoaji Lariat was all it took. 37:55. 99 Rating [Third Title Defense] Crowd: 25,845 | Overall Rating: 96 ----------------------------------------------- Post-Show Press Conference: Brought to you by PWLive.com's Puro News Department. Q: There's increasing rumors that Burning Hammer are rapidly heading towards bankruptcy, would you be sad to see a rival company go out of business? A: It's sad when any organization falls apart since it means less jobs for some extremely talented people. Q: Yasunobu Masuno is clearly struggling from his bad leg, are you worried that any more damage could result in a retirement? A: I'm not sure what you watched tonight, cause from everything I saw Yasunobu wasn't struggling at all. Q: Your next event, Night of Respect, is getting a lot closer. Do you already have your plans set up for the first big show of next year? A: I promise you, we're going to be bringing our absolute best. I won't be going into any specifics beyond that. Q: PGHW Night Of Wrestling was a huge success, drawing by far your biggest crowd of the year. How are you feeling after it? A: Honoured. It is a privilege to be a part of this, to help build up this second Golden Era of PGHW. Everyone should be proud to have been a part of this show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 (edited) PGHW 2023: The Battle For The Spirit Of Wrestling Having succeeded with his plans for PGHW, which was cementing their place as the new kings of Japanese Wresting, Yoshimi Mushashibo sets out on another goal. To expand, to finally bring the spirit of Puroresu to the rest of the World. With the upper-brass eyeing potential spots for developmental territories, both inside and outside Japan, and there reportedly being talks of PGHW's relationships with their overseas partners, like TCW in the United States, VWA in Switzlerland, and EILL in Mexico, growing in the coming year, it seems as if 2023 may somehow be more eventful than 2022... 2022 saw them finally win the Battle For Japan, slaying the Dragon, overthrowing the Wrestling Gods, and it looks like 2023 will see that battle expand worldwide with the spirit of wrestling on the line. So, this was an HTML test and also official confirmation that I've made it to the start of the new year in game while setting out some possible directions for this to go. I'm not sure how much, if at all, I'll be able to actually post tomorrow, but I do plan on writing up a new intro for the first post and cleaning up the big summary post on page 1 now that I know how to use backgrounds. Lastly, thank you to @CGN91 for pointing me in the right direction for finding out how to do source code stuff, @psx for the PGHW (and Burning Hammer) rebrands, and @EdJames for some of the updated renders I've been using, specifically for a few of the younger guys like Furuta & Nakahata, and some of the signings from Burning Hammer like the Keith Brothers and their stable. Edited August 29 by SomeDude03 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 (edited) An Alliance Made In Hell The news came out from Reverie's Headquarters first, confirmation that Burning Hammer Of The Wrestling Gods, Japan's most historic company, had been bought by Reverie, the Streaming Giant that had turned USPW from a decent sized company to the most powerful force in wrestling since SWF's Golden Era. Allen Packer made their intentions known early on in the press release, "starting with their Burning Path Tour on January 14th, all Burning Hammer tours and Premium Live Events will be shown live only on Reverie!". Burning Hammer was not dead, they wouldn't be absorbed into USPW to form some unholy behemoth, at least not yet, but this would mark the expansion of Reverie into wrestling's second biggest market, and officially start a 2nd front of the Wrestling War that has been ravaging the U.S. for a decade. "We intend on shifting the product to a more Western Friendly, and more importantly, Family Friendly direction. I understand that over there, they enjoy their Sports Entertainment a bit differently from us, so I don't intend to just turn it into J-USPW, but our investors aren't going to enjoy people breaking their necks on tour shows every night. There's going to have to be some change. Starting with the people on top. When it comes to running the day-to-day operations, we've brought in Akahito Miwa, someone who has years working behind the scenes in Japan while having a vision that aligns with the content that we want to produce, Family Friendly Entertainment. We're proud to welcome him to the Reverie family. For booking we've brought in Naizen Uboshita, someone who we trust to be able to appeal to a younger audience, not just in Japan but across the World. These changes are effective immediately, and both Tadiyuki Kikkawa and Natsu Miyamae have been relieved of their duties. We wish them luck in their future endeavors." 2022 saw a new King of Japanese Wrestling crowned, but with the backing of Reverie, questions are starting to be asked about how long Yoshimi Mushashibo and PGHW can hold off a potentially resurgent Burning Hammer. Phil Vibert, who posted a video of him breaking a chair last night, backing up his promise about "breaking something" if Reverie bought the promotion, made a post that many wrestling fans found scarily accurate. "To paraphrase Nietzsche, The Wrestling Gods are dead, and we have killed them." Edited August 30 by SomeDude03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 (edited) Setting The Stage Part 1 - 2022's Wrestling Awards Men's Wrestler Of The Year Award - Wolf Hawkins (TCW/PGHW) A great year from one of TCW's top stars, Wolf Hawkins is arguably bigger and better than he ever has been before. 2022 saw him work a few dates with PGHW as part of their talent trading agreement. 2023 has the potential to be an even greater year for Hawkins, who's now fully cemented as TCW's top Face and is feuding with their top Heel, Aaron Andrews, for the TCW World Championship. Women's Wrestler Of The Year Award - Brooke Tyler (3) (CWA) The rock that CWA has built their Women's Division around, Brooke hasn't held their belt all year, but has continued to be at the top of the card and at just 29, she'll probably continue to be up there as long as she stays in the company. Men's Tag Team Of The Year Award - Donte Dunn & Shooter Sean Deeley (CWA) An interesting choice to win the award, they may not have been teaming for long, and they may not team up often, with Donte still holding the CWA World Championship, but when they do work together magic happens. Women's Tag Team Of The Year Award - Laura Flame & Lauren Easter (2) (CWA) CWA continues their dominance in the awards, with the Double L tag team winning this award for the second time in two years. Similar to the Men's team, they may not team up often, with Lauren Easter currently holding the CWA Women's Championship, but when they do, they are great. Men's Young Wrestler Of The Year Award - Hurakan (EILL) The man who EILL has put all of their hope in to be the next Champagne Lover truly hit his stride in 2022, and has cemented his place at the top of the card after a few years of mainly doing tag team wrestling. 2023 may be the year he goes from being in contention for the young wrestler award to the overall wrestler award. Women's Young Wrestler Of The Year Award - Jessica Conroy (3) (CWA) The 23 year old has done it again, pulling off a 3-peat with this award. She's still not at the top of the card in CWA's Womens Division, but her slow crawl upwards is starting to become a jog, and this year may finally be the year she wins her first championship in the promotion. Men's Veteran Wrestler Of The Year Award - Axxis Jr (EILL) At 45 years old, Axxis Jr somehow still does things men who are half his age can't do, and while he's not necessarily winning championships anymore, he's still arguably the biggest highlight of any event he's a part of. Women's Veteran Wrestler Of The Year Award - Melody (CWA/USPW) It seems that being let go from USPW was actually a blessing in disguise for the 42 year old, because since returning to Canada she's been able to turn back the clock and be a massive part of the division, even if she's losing more often than not. Men's Independent Wrestler Of The Year Award - Frankie-Boy Fernandes (CZCW/SAISHO/IPW/USPW) It may seem wrong giving the award to someone currently signed to wrestling's evil empire, but he only got the contract because of his excellent performances on the indies this year. Hopefully he'll have a great first full year in USPW. Women's Independent Wrestler Of The Year Award - Fuyuko Higa (5SSW) Say what you want about her backstage, and trust us, people do, but that doesn't matter because when that bell rings there are very few people on Earth, regardless of gender, who are quite as good as Fuyuko is. Company Of The Year - CWA After seeing how many awards they've won, you should have known this was coming. While this year has been excellent for wrestling quality, it's hard to argue against the Canadian company taking this award. If everything goes well, there's a good chance that they may be winning this again come January 1st, 2024. Most Improved Company Of The Year - USPW We are so sorry to be giving this award to them, but they deserve it. The massive influx of major talent from other promotions, like Jay Chord, Edward Cornell, and El Leon, has seen the match quality in USPW reach another level. Match Of The Year - Aaron Knight vs Christian Price vs Ricky DeColt, CWA's Big City Brawl It feels weird giving this award to a non-title match, but this was the most incredible match in a year of incredible matches for CWA. Aaron Knight may not have won Men's WOTY, but if he continues to put on performances like this next year, there's a chance he gets his 2nd award next year. Card Of The Year - PGHW's Night Of Wrestling Recency bias is not real, this is deserved. PGHW may not have reached the heights that a company like CWA did, but they were able to consistently put on great shows and there wasn't a show as great as Night Of Wrestling on December 25th. In a weird twist of what normally happens, PGHW's Main Event, the KitoGuchi showdown between Chojiro Kitoaji and Bussho Makiguchi for the Glory Crown may not have been the best pure wrestling match of the year, but no other promotion was able to match the story telling between the two. Other Awards: Men's Manager Of The Year - Drake Young (2) (USPW/CWA) Women's Manager Of The Year - Raven Robinson (2) (USPW) Men's Play-By-Play - Duane Fry (9) (SWF) Men's Colour Commentator - Yoshimi Mushashibo (PGHW) Women's Colour Commentator - Bella Bryden (2) (USPW) Men's Referee - Darren Smith (5) (SWF) Women's Referee - Erin Lawrence (7) (USPW) The Top 10 Wrestlers In 2022: 1: Wolf Hawkins (TCW/PGHW) 2: Aaron Knight (CWA) 3: Aaron Andrews (TCW) 4: Freddy Huggins (TCW) 5: Velocidad (EILL) 6: Edd Stone (CWA) 7: El Leon (USPW/EILL) 8: Angel of Mercy (EILL) 9: Donte Dunn (CWA) 10: El Heroe Mexicano (EILL) Edited August 30 by SomeDude03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 (edited) Setting The Stage Part 2 - The Wrestling World In 2023 While 2022 didn't see any massive shake-ups in the major players in wrestling outside of the collapse of Burning Hammer and the ascension of PGHW into Wrestling's 2nd Global Company through their deal with OnDem, many of the top companies seem to be on the edge of a massive change, whether that be good or bad simply depends on who we're talking about. Here's the Top 10 biggest companies. USPW remains the top company in wrestling, and after the year they were able to put on, you can actually start to argue that maybe it's deserved. With multiple new stars being picked up from some of the top wrestling promotions from around the World, and the potential for more crossover between them and the newest member of the Reverie family, Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods, 2023 may end up being even more successful than 2022. World Champion - Casey Valentine World Tag Team Champions - Marcus English & Maliek Chamberlain (3) Women's Champion - Jaime Quine (3) National Champion - The Force (3) The Eisens haven't given up the fight in their battle with USPW, and wrestling as a whole is a lot better for it. SWF may not be the best in-ring company by any means, but when it comes to story telling it is hard to find a better show to watch. The incoming loss of Rocky Golden later in the month to USPW will be a massive blow, but with stars like Scythe, Spencer Spade, and Cameron Vessey locked in for a long time, they should be able to steady the ship and keep their heads above water. World Heavyweight Champion - Scythe (2) World Tag Team Champions - Valiant & Rogue (2) North American Champion - Mikey Lau (2) The 3rd of America's Big 3 has been able to turn their misfortune around, even after the loss of Jay Chord, and have a very successful year. Carried by a resurgent Wolf Hawkins and flat out great booking, as long as TCW can keep their stars under contract and out of the hands of the Eisens and Reverie, it looks like they'll be able to stay in this position for a long time. World Heavyweight Champion - Aaron Andrews (4) World Tag Team Champions - Flying Jimmy Foxx & Benny Benson (2) Television Champion - Flint Slater After a great year of growth, PGHW has managed to take the position as the strongest non-American company in wrestling under Yoshimi Mushashibo's leadership. With their huge influx of talent from 2022 getting more used to the roster, and more young stars continuing to improve and climb up the card, 2023 may be the year they start competing with companies overseas, though that is dependent on how they are able to hold off Burning Hammer and their new corporate owners, Reverie. Glory Crown Champion - Chojiro Kitoaji Glory Tag Crown Champions - Haranobu Kobayashi & Tsurayuki Kamachi International Champion - Shinji Mihara International Tag Team Champions - Masaya Hara & Nobuyo Hikichi Historical Japan Champion - Shozo Furuta Canada's top promotion has went from strength to strength in 2022, and for that they were able to further break into the American Market. While they, like every other company outside of the United States, are lagging behind the Big 3 economically, they have a great roster, great TV deals, and the potential for 2023 to be another breakout year. World Champion - Donte Dunn World Tag Team Champions - Syd Collier & Cam Jones (3) Women's Champion - Lauren Easter Television Champion - Jared Johnson (3) Continuing their economic death spiral, 21CW is entering 2023 in a much weaker position than 2022. With just 290,075 dollars in the bank and losing more than 300,000 every month for the past year, there is a chance that 21CW does not make it to 2024 under it's current administration, if at all. World Champion - Bedlam Tag Team Champions - Langton Herring & Compton Valence (3) United Kingdom Champion - Phillip Cooper (2) Mexico's largest promotion, by far, EILL are an economic power with a great roster who are starting to finally expand into the United States. With a great mix of older stars and a bunch of potential future stars, EILL looks as if they will continue to dominate Mexican wrestling for a long time. Campeonato del Mundo - Velocidad Campeonatos de Parejas - El Sultan & El Jefe Militar Campeonato del Mexico - Nicolas Lopez Campeonatos de Trios - Nicolas Lopez, Silver Tiger, Velocidad After a 2022 spent in decline, Burning Hammer has just been bought by Reverie, meaning that their current set of champions is likely to change, but as it stands currently they have a solid group despite their miserable position. World Champion - Munemitsu Senmatsu World Tag Team Champions - Gargantuan & Prometheus (2) Junior Heavyweight Champion - Emerald Angel (3) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions - Jin Miyamoto & El Hijo Del Relampago (2) Japan Champion - Atsumori Takemura (2) After a great 2022 it seems as if the Yakuza Scandal that nearly destroyed World Level has been forgotten. With one of the best rosters in Japan, a positive relationship with every company that isn't Burning Hammer, and a great set of young wrestlers, if they can stop their guys from quitting, like Shogun Watoga, Dark Wing, and Eagle Kawasaki, they can really start to expand in 2023. Universal Champion - Mukuami Maita (2) Tag Team Champions - The Tic & Kaito Doan Show Stealer Champion - White Angel The smallest of the top 10, by far, CZCW is still the king of the American Indies and they have a great set of wrestlers to help continue building their popularity. If they can stop the majors from poaching their talent, and build up some sort of relationship with a major company in another country, CZCW may be able to start biting the heels of the American Big 3 sometime in the next decade, and if not, they'll probably still be putting on some of the best matches in the country. Coastal Zone Champion- Frankie Perez (3) Tag Team Champions - Carlos Barrera & Miguel Rivera (4) Xtreme Champion - Heartbreaker (2) Edited August 30 by SomeDude03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 (edited) Setting The Stage Part 3 - A Story Of Pride, Glory, Honor, and Wrestling It has been 366 days since Yoshimi Mushashibo bought PGHW, for the first time in their history they stand as the sole, undisputed kings of Japanese wrestling, but that doesn't mean their position is unshakeable. While they are doing more than breaking even each month, their entire economic structure is built around their big "Night Of" events, with the rest of the month effectively seeing money just getting set on fire to pay one of the largest rosters in wrestling. They have an international broadcasting deal, showcasing their tour highlights on OnDem, but if they aren't able to start signing overseas PPV contracts soon Burning Hammer may quickly be able to surpass their international presence because of their new deal with streaming giant Reverie. Reverie itself will be the largest challenge for Mushashibo's company. He's wealthy, smart business deals, a short but sweet term in politics, and being the most famous wrestling figure in Japan helps with that, but he doesn't have Allen Packer money. He can't throw 500,000 dollar a month contracts around willy-nilly, he can't beat them in a bidding war. While most of their uppercard either have PGHW in their blood, or are signed to long-term deals, all it takes is for one domino to fall and the structure Mushashibo is trying to build may collapse under itself. But that, in the grand scheme of things, doesn't matter to him. Mushashibo spent his career facing down giants, dueling wrestlers like Dread and Raymond Diaz, and he looks at the field of business in the same way. Reverie is not unbeatable, they do not "own" wrestling, and in his eyes, and more importantly, they do not belong in Japan. They do not belong in Puroresu. The relationship with Burning Hammer before December 31st, 2022 was a rivalry, but now it's a war with various players involved. With their working relationships with companies ranging from miniscule to massive all across the world, Yoshimi's setting the foundations for a wrestling alliance that may, with time, be able to challenge Reverie's dominance. With a working relationship with EILL in Mexico and TCW in the United States, if they can pull in one other major promotion, they could potentially form a group that may not be able to match Reverie in wealth, but in overall popularity. 2023 is the crossroads for Pride Glory Honor Wrestling, and they will either prove their dominance over Japan, pushing back Reverie's encroachment, and securing their place as the leaders of Puroresu, or they will faulter, unable to keep up with expectations and unlimited pockets, once again falling behind Burning Hammer. Either way, 2023, like every other year, should see PGHW put on some great matches. From top to bottom they have what may be the most stacked roster on Earth, with a great mix of past, current, and future stars. The influx of former Burning Hammer wrestlers may have caused some bloat, but it's difficult to argue against bringing in wrestlers who have massive fanbases, even if it means certain wrestlers have to fall onto the pre-show or get left off the card. Here's a look at PGHW's major players entering 2023: Major Stars: Chojiro Kitoaji finally reached the top of the mountain in 2022, winning his 2nd Elite Series and his first Glory Crown. After 15 long years he is finally one of PGHW's top singles competitors, though he still teams with his best friend Bussho Makiguchi occasionally. At just 35, if he can stay healthy, which will always be in question just because of how hard the Royal Puroresu style is on wrestlers, he could potentially have at least another 5 or so years of top level competition in him. Magnum Kobe was another breakout star in 2022. Though his reign with the Glory Crown was short, it finally saw him reach the upper echelons of the company and become it's most profitable star, having even gone viral in places like the United States and Europe. He also just so happens to be the leader of the companies hottest faction, The Syndicate Japan, and may be the best all-around wrestler on the planet. Of course, his recent international popularity may backfire for the promotion, as his relative newness to PGHW compared to a lot of the roster means that if someone, such as Reverie, decides to try and get into a bidding war for him once his contract expires in May, Yoshimi Mushashibo may be left with no choice but to let him go. Kozue Kawashima is still that guy. Post-Pillars, the company gave him the ball and he ran with it, and while he may not always be main eventing now that the promotion has other stars just as, if not more popular than him, he still always puts on a great match and will effectively always be in contention for the Glory Crown until the wheels fall off. He is The Ace for a reason, and as long as 2023 isn't the year the decline finally starts, he'll still be Mr. PGHW once the year closes out. In other news, his 40th birthday is January 29th, and there are rumors that the company is about to announce a surprise Kozue Kawashima 40th Birthday Show in his honor. Masaru Ugaki is PGHW's unsung hero. When he is in the ring there's always a chance that he'll put on the match of the year, and while he spent much of 2022 working with his faction, Four Dudes, he's not declining yet and is still the guy who Yoshimi Mushashibo trusts the most to put on a great match. At 37, time may start catching up with him sooner or later, but as long as his heart is still beating Masaru Ugaki is guaranteed to be the best technical wrestler on any card. He's also rumored to be the man who Yoshimi Mushashibo plans on passing the company to once he decides to retire, though most are expecting that to be at least a decade away. Shinji Mihara was the future, but he's now the present. Spending much of 2022 under the leadership of Magnum Kobe, a long reign with the International Title has seen him take the belt from a secondary part of the card to what may end up being a show's biggest highlight. His ascension up the card from young undercard tag team wrestler to superstar has been Mushashibo's biggest success story, and if he continues to improve in 2023, "The Heir" may be given the keys to the kingdom. Stars: Bussho Makiguchi is one of the best wrestlers on the planet, and while his 2022 may not have been as successful as his tag partner's, he enters 2023 having just main evented last year's best show as one half of the company's match of the year. If he can continue this momentum, 2023 may finally be the year he wins the big one, and if not, it may still finally be the year he truly becomes a main eventer. Haranobu Kobayashi's 2022 is a tale of two halves, the first 6 months were spent like much of his PGHW career, spending his time in a role that someone with his talent should not be in, spinning his roles as a midcard guy who would put on good performances, but still stay lower down the card, but a surprise upset leading to a Glory Tag Crown Title reign finally saw him begin his ascent up the card, and while he still mostly wrestles as a single guy, there's a chance that as soon as his time with the tag belts ends, he may be launched up the card. 2023 may finally be the year that Haranobu reaches his true potential in PGHW. Matt Keith has only been with PGHW since late October, but in that time he's set the company on fire with the help of his brother, Greg Keith, and the rest of his stablemates. While he'll be entering the year as a guy who mainly does tag team wrestling, it's a matter of time until they let him go after the Glory Crown, and once that happens, it's hard to imagine that anyone will be able to stop him from reaching his destiny and becoming one-half of the only Non-Japanese father-son duo to win a World Championship in the country. Seiji Jimbo is the only wrestler on this list entering 2023 in a weaker position than he was in entering 2022, having fallen down the card a good bit compared to his time with the Glory Crown throughout 2020. This doesn't mean the company doesn't have high hopes for him, as 2023 is starting with a tournament that honors his deceased Uncle, PGHW's founder Sadaharu Jimbo, and he's looked at as the obvious favorite to win it. If he can, 2023 may be the Jimbossance. Other Major Players: Heihachiro Sakai is a star in all but name, only lacking the position because of how recently he joined the promotion and the lack of a tournament win that Matt Keith has. Immediately entering the promotion going after Chojiro Kitoaji's Glory Crown, it is a matter of time until the former BHOTWG World Champion gets his shot at the belt, and when he does, it's hard to argue against him being able to win it. Shozo Furuta may not have rocketed up the card as fast as his former tag partner, Shinji Mihara, but his reign with the Historical Japan Championship and victories over established stars have certainly helped him gain his position as a rising star. He's still behind Shinji in a lot of ways, and it'll take a bit for him to catch up if he ever does, but Shozo looks like he'll be one of PGHW's most important pieces for at least the next decade. Greg Keith joined the promotion at the same time as his brother, and while he lacks some of the advantages Matt had when joining the company, having not spent the last few years working for Japan's other wrestling superpower, he's still going to be an important piece of any wrestling card simply because of who he tags with and which faction he's a part of. It's just a matter of time before he joins Matt as one of the company's most popular stars. Viktor Beskov is, in many ways, the successor to a long line of scary foreigners in Japan. He only joined the company last March, but in that time he's managed to climb up the card and become someone who's guaranteed to put on a good performance. If he can keep building up momentum it may not take long for "The Last Tsar" to win his first piece of singles gold in the company. There are other guys I could put here, like Avalanche Takano, KC Glenn, Tatsuya Toshitara, Yoshinaka Taku, Hiroaki Nakasawa, Yasuhiko Taira, Yasunobu Masuno, and even Shogun Watoga, but it's late and I have work tomorrow so I don't feel like making write-ups for each of them. So hopefully mentioning them by name is enough. Edited August 30 by SomeDude03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 (edited) And with that, I think I've managed to get everything I wanted to get finished out before I started with 2023. I've gone through and updated the first 3 posts on page 1, changed the introduction for the start of Year 2, separated the Champion/Tournament/Stable/Tour stuff from the Table Of Contents, and did general format updates on all of that. Being able to put everything in clickable boxes should hopefully stop pages from getting ridiculously long, <details></details> is a potential life saver. I'm not going to go back and change the event/summary posts from previous months just because I would like to keep this going and not spend days accidently typing the most basic of code wrong, hopefully that's not too big of an issue. I can't believe I'm learning the most basic of HTML for this but here I am, hopefully it's still readable and working for everyone, if not please tell me. Anyway, I should be free most of tomorrow outside of work, and Saturday I should also be free to do some posts. Sunday is my birthday and I'm maybe going to Church and definitely partying, and despite Monday being Labor day I still have homework then, so don't expect many, if any, posts on those days. I'm hoping to take everything up a notch in quality with Year 2 so hopefully I'll be able to do that, cheers! Edited August 30 by SomeDude03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I feel like Vibert rn. Packer will buy EVERYTHING. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 (edited) Updates before the Respect Tour, January 2023 Roster: "Leader Of The Pack" Wolf Hawkins. Joining PGHW for his 2nd real tour (his 3rd overall appearance) as a part of their Talent Trading deal with TCW, Wolf Hawkins is coming off arguably the best year in his career. Outside of his first ever Men's Wrestler of the Year award, he hasn't won any new titles since his last appearance, but unlike last time he'll have no association with Magnum Kobe and The Syndicate Japan because of his face turn back in his home promotion. He'll be participating in the Sadaharu Jimbo Memorial Series. Talent Trade from TCW. "The Fastest Man In Mexico" Velocidad. Making his first ever appearance in PGHW, Velocidad isn't your traditional puroresu guy, he's just 5'10 and weighs 217 pounds, and his greatest skill is his ability to fly around the ring, but when you are as good as Velocidad you'll probably be able to have a good match with anyone from any style. In his career he's cemented his place as one of the best tag wrestlers in the history of Mexico, having seven reigns with the EILL Tag Team Championships, one with Rebelde Loco and six with Ultra Spark Jr, and he's had three reigns with the EILL Trios Championships. For his singles career, he's won the EILL Mexican Championship once and he's currently in the middle of his first ever EILL World Championship reign. He will also be participating in the Sadaharu Jimbo Memorial Series. Talent Trade from EILL. "The Assassin Of The Squared Circle" Ernest Youngman. Joining PGHW four his fourth tour with the company, Ernest Youngman is still one of the best wrestlers on the planet and it's still a shock that he's just working the American indies. Since his last tour, he's won the PSW Championship for a 3rd time, though he's just 25 days into his reign. Works for PSW and PWC. "Kill Switch" Frankie Perez. Finally joining PGHW for a tour, Frankie Perez has been a veteran when it comes to Japan, spending a few years with WLW during the 2010s, and having three separate tours with BHOTWG last year. He's not exactly a youngster, but he seems to be far from declining and should have a massive presence during the tour. He's also arguably the greatest American independent wrestler of all time, with a trophy case that includes three CZCW Tag Team Championship reigns, one CZCW Xtreme Championship reign, one MAW Mid American Championship reign, one WLW Modern Japan Championship reign, three CZCW Coastal Zone Championship reigns, a COTT World Heavyweight Championship reign, and a victory in the Sam Keith Classic. He will also be participating in the Sadaharu Jimbo Memorial Series. Works for CZCW and PWC. "The Natural" Nicky Gilbert. Considered one of Australia's most underrated wrestlers for a long time, Nicky has been able to excel after leaving RAW last year, immediately becoming one of APW's biggest stars and shocking the world with his in-ring skills during his surprise tour with WLW last year. He's a great brawler and a surprisingly good technician for someone who's spent the vast majority of his career in the wrestling warcrime that is RAW, and there's a lot of hope that he'll be a big standout during his tour with PGHW. He's a five time RAW Tag Team Champion and a one time RAW Quest Champion, though these achievements won't really be mentioned because they happened with RAW. Works for APW. "Amsterdam's Best" Walker van Cleer. Returning to PGHW for his 2nd tour, Walker van Cleer may not be as big as he used to be back in Europe, but he's still a great wrestler who's capable of doing some great stuff in ring. Outside of that there isn't much to say about him, other than the fact that since his last tour he's signed with EWA, meaning that he'll hopefully be able to start dominating a new promotion that won't be as used to his presence. Works for VWA and EWA. Other PGHW News: The bracket for the Sadaharu Jimbo Memorial Series has been released. The first and second rounds will happen during the Respect Tour, while the Semifinals and Finals will happen at Night Of Respect on January 22nd. Other matches currently confirmed for Night Of Respect include The Keith Brothers taking on Haranobu Kobayashi and Tsurayuki Kamachi for the Glory Tag Crown, Heihachiro Sakai challenges Chojiro Kitoaji for the Glory Crown, and a non-title match between Historical Japan Champion Shozo Furuta and the man he issued a challenge to on January 1st, the leader of his own faction Kozue Kawashima. More matches to be confirmed as we get closer to the date. January will also see a surprise event get hosted, with PGHW hosting Night Of Kawashima on January 29th in honor of his 40th birthday. While the event won't have the usual pomp and circumstance that PGHW's major shows normally have, it'll see Yoshimi Mushashibo make a surprise return to in-ring action, facing Kozue Kawashima in the main event. Chances are this isn't going to be more than a one-off done just to honor Kozue's birthday wish, but it should still hopefully be fun to see arguably the greatest wrestler in history wrestle one more time. Random News from Other Companies: Rocky Golden has officially joined USPW's roster, with internal news from the company revealing that they, already, no longer look at Nicky Champion as the figurehead in the company. Leaks are saying that Nicky's unhappy with their decision, and with his contract expiring in March there are suddenly rumors that the unthinkable may happen. In other news, Rich Money ruptured his spleen and will be out for a few months. 21CW are officially in debt. Edited August 31 by SomeDude03 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 15 hours ago, monrapi3 said: I feel like Vibert rn. Packer will buy EVERYTHING. We have to keep an eye on 21CW that's for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, SomeDude03 said: While the event won't have the usual pomp and circumstance that PGHW's major shows normally have, it'll see Yoshimi Mushashibo make a surprise return to in-ring action, facing Kozue Kawashima in the main event. THE GOAT IS BACK BABY. YOSHIMI! YOSHIMI! YOSHIMI! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 The Semifinals are set for Night Of Respect! Seiji Jimbo vs KC Glenn Shinji Mihara vs Wolf Hawkins The winners of each match will be fighting in the Main Event of Night Of Respect to win the first ever tournament in honor of the company's founder. Some specific match details, along with other reveals for the card will be included in the general tour update. 25 minutes ago, monrapi3 said: THE GOAT IS BACK BABY. YOSHIMI! YOSHIMI! YOSHIMI! You know he couldn't let Allen Packer take over Japan without putting up a fight had to be there for the Ace's birthday. I'm excited to see if the old man can still go or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 7 minutes ago, SomeDude03 said: I'm excited to see if the old man can still go or not. I'm confident he could do a nice performance, with a nice 82 in technical. His physical health tho can be a problem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 January 2023 - Respect Tour PGHW's opened the year with a great tour built around the first two rounds of the Sadaharu Jimbo Memorial Series, with Nights 1 and 2 mostly being made up of the first round, Nights 3 and 4 having a mix of quarterfinal matches and non-tournament matches, and Nights 5 and 6 seeing the semifinalists compete in various warm-up matches with some other multi-mans mixed in as a treat. Night 1's biggest highlight was surprisingly the showdown between Shozo Furuta and Frankie Perez, and while the Historical Japan Champion was able to beat the CZCW Star, Frankie still made a major impact on the fans and may have impressed enough to become a consistent presence for PGHW tours this year. Night 2 saw a less surprising Match Of The Night (and tournament, so far) between International Champion Shinji Mihara and Yoshinaka Taku, which was, unsurprisingly, won by Shinji, though Taku was able to keep up and show just how far he's come since his appearance in the Elite Series last year. Night 3 would see Shozo Furuta once again perform in the match of the night, though this time he would be on the other end, losing to Seiji Jimbo in a close match that'll probably be ran back sometime soon. Night 4 would see Shinji also get his second match of the night in a winning performance against Avalanche Takano. Outside of tournament matches, the only newsworthy match was between Motoyuki Miyake and Koshiro Ino which would see Motoyuki surprisingly pull out the win after Koshiro called an audible after he ruptured his spleen. A potential blessing in disguise for the currently aimless Miyake, it looks like he'll be using this upset and injury to further his bad ass, killer reputation. And for Ino, it looks like he'll be out until March 11th, meaning that depending on the format of the tournament, he may be missing the Elite Series. Outside of that, there's been some more matches set up for Night Of Respect. Velocidad and Magnum Kobe have agreed to a special EILL vs PGHW showcase, Burning Invasion (Hiroaki Nakasawa & Black Magic) have challenged three members of Team GLORY (KazuSATO & Minoru Nakahata) to a six-man match, hoping to start rebuilding their momentum after a disappointing first few months in the company, and Tatsuya Toshitara has challenged Masaru Ugaki to a singles match, potentially drawing his Hammerfall faction into a war with Four Dudes. Current Night Of Respect Card: SJMS Semifinal: Seiji Jimbo vs KC Glenn SJMS Semifinal: Shinji Mihara vs Wolf Hawkins Team GLORY Clash: Kozue Kawashima vs Shozo Furuta Singles Showdown: Tatsuya Toshitara vs Masaru Ugaki EILL vs PGHW: Velocidad vs Magnum Kobe Six-Man Action: Hiroaki Nakasawa & Black Magic vs KazuSATO & Minoru Nakahata Glory Tag Crown: The Keith Brothers vs Haranobu Kobayashi & Tsurayuki Kamachi Glory Crown: Chojiro Kitoaji vs Heihachiro Sakai SJMS Final ...and as always, a few extra multi-mans will be thrown in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 January 22nd, 2023 - Night Of Respect Pre-Show Pre-Show Match - International Tag Team Championship 2v2v2v2 - HarKichi (C) vs Strength Rush Reborn vs The Ring Generals vs Blackburn & Hayes Masaya Hara picks gets the pin at 11:27 to secure the victory for his team. 73 Rating [Third Title Defense] Pre-Show Match - Six Man Tag - Four Dudes (Akinori Kwakami, Noriyori Sanda, Ryoma Muruyama) vs Nicky Gilbert, Walker van Cleer, Ernest Youngman Kwakami manages to get Gilbert to tap win the match at 8:53. 69 Rating Pre-Show Match - Tag Team Match - The Syndicate Japan (Hirotsugu Satou & Taheiji Konoe) vs ADVANCE (Takenori Doi & Toshiaka Kotani) Taheiji dominates the competiton, getting the win after 4:45. 57 Rating Pre-Show Match - Eight Man Tag - Motoyuki Miyake, Mabuchi Furusawa, Yoshinaka Taku, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto vs Frankie Perez, Mamoru Nagahama, Stone Yoshikawa, Hirokazu Yamanoue Motoyuki wins for his time at 12:23. 68 Rating Match 1 - SJMS Semifinal - Seiji Jimbo vs KC Glenn In a great match that saw their two contrasting styles mix together quite well, KC was caught off guard with Seiji's Ocean Lock, tapping after 20:01. This means Seiji Jimbo makes it to the final of the Sadaharu Jimbo Memorial Series. 80 Rating Match 2 - SJMS Semifinal - Shinji Mihara vs Wolf Hawkins In an early contender for match of the year, Wolf Hawkins proved why he won Male Wrestler of the Year for 2022, and Shinji Mihara proved why he was called "The Heir". After going back and forth for 21:17, Wolf was eventually able to hit a Full Moon Rising on the International Champion, getting the win and locking his place in the main event of the show. 94 Rating Match 3 - Tag Team Match - Decimation (Viktor Beskov & Findlay O'Farraday) vs The Wild Men (Jack Marlowe & Brute Kikuchi) In their debut together, The Wild Men had okay chemistry, but just weren't able to compete with Decimation, with Marlowe falling victim to Beskov's Red Devil Lock at 7:36. 66 Rating Match 4 - Singles Match - Bussho Makiguchi vs Kyoshi Muraguchi Guchi pins Guchi after...just kidding. Bussho Makiguchi was able to pick up the win after a match that some fans felt was a bit too short, hitting Kyoshi with a Blazing Elbow at 15:20. After another disappointing performance in a loss, some in PGHW are starting to question whether or not bringing in the former MYSTIC Dragon was a good idea. 78 Rating Match 5 - Six Man Tag - Burning Invasion (Hiroaki Nakasawa, Yasuhiko Taira, Yasunobu Masuno) vs Team GLORY (Minoru Nakahata, Kazushige Matsuki, SATO) Yasuhiko pins Minoru after hitting The Flattener at 7:55 in an okay match. 65 Rating Match 6 - Singles Match - Tatsuya Toshitara vs Masaru Ugaki Masaru wins a good, but disappointing match, making Tatsuya tap after 18:06 with the Ugaki Clutch. 77 Rating Match 7 - EILL vs PGHW Showcase - Velocidad vs Magnum Kobe Despite both wrestlers coming from similar backgrounds, with Velocidad's purer Lucha Libre training and Kobe's years spent in wrestling in a Lucharesu promotion, these two just didn't have great chemistry with each other. The match was still good, but it just didn't meet fans expectations. Kobe was able to pick up the win after 14:41, making Velocidad tap to the Magnum Deathlock. 72 Rating Match 8 - Glory Tag Crown Championship - Haranobu Kobayashi & Tsurayuki Kamachi (C) vs The Keith Brothers (Matt Keith & Greg Keith) In the Elite Tag Series Finals rematch the result remains the same, with the Keith Brothers successfully isolating Tsurayuki long enough for Greg Keith's Proton Lock to be too much for him to overcome, causing Kamachi to tap at 19:36. 79 Rating [Title Change] Match 9 - Special Singles Match - Kozue Kawashima vs Shozo Furuta With the Historical Japan Championship not on the line in this match, it allowed Shozo to play it a lot riskier, going all out against his faction leader. Kawashima's years of experience helped him hold off his younger opponent, spending most of the match in control, but after getting hit with a surprise Lariat Clothesline he got pinned by Shozo Furuta at 20:55 in what may be the biggest upset so far under the Mushashibo regime. 77 Rating Match 10 - Glory Crown - Chojiro Kitoaji vs Heihachiro Sakai In a good, but possibly a bit disappointing between the Glory Crown Champion and the man who never lost the BHOTWG World Championship, the physically outmatched Chojiro Kitoaji was forced to try and play it smart against Sakai, relying on his speed to avoid most of Sakai's major moves. Eventually Sakai made a big enough mistake for Chojiro to hit the Kitoaji Lariat, pinning Sakai at 23:58, and temporarily ending Hammerfall's push for the Glory Crown. 80 Rating [Fourth Title Defense] SADAHARU JIMBO MEMORIAL SERIES FINAL Seiji Jimbo vs Wolf Hawkins In a rematch from last year's Elite Series B-Block, both of these wrestlers were on another level compared to what they were in 2022. They looked like they had been wrestling against each other for decades, not like they were just wrestling their second match together. Trading holds and strikes back and forth for the majority of the match, a surprise kick to the head from Jimbo at the 25 minute mark began to rock Wolf Hawkins, leaving him open for Jimbo to start an offensive barrage that was impossible for him to come back from, and while he didn't tap when the Ocean Lock was applied, he couldn't keep himself from passing out at 31:56. 95 Rating Crowd: 22,059 | Overall Rating: 92 Post-Show Press Conference: Brought to you by PWLive.com's Puro News Department. Q: End Of Year Awards came out earlier in the month and PGHW's Night of Wrestling won Event of the Year for 2022, how much credit do you take for this? A: Not much, it was a Great Show but it's not like I was in the ring that night. Q: The reviews are already coming in and Night Of Respect is already being considered a major success, how do you feel? A: Like I always do after a show, happy and proud. Q: With the Keith Brothers winning the Glory Tag Crown, are they going to be given a spotlight in the coming months? A: We're going to get behind them with a big push and I have a lot of faith in them to be able to exceed expectations. Q: Chojiro Kitoaji recently got voted PGHW Wrestler of the Year for 2022, do you agree with that choice? A: It's hard not to give that award to the wrestler who has the Glory Crown at the end of the year, so I agree with the choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobheadJake Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Enjoying the change in graphics! It only makes sense to have Seiji Jimbo take the first Jimbo Memorial Series, and it might push him back up the card as you hinted at in your roster summary! Wolf Hawkins has become quite important for you too, in his own way. Shinji & Shozo have definitely been set up as your future 1A and 1B, it feels. Only makes sense, considering their abilities. Looking forward to how you cover the Night Of Kawashima show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 7 hours ago, CobheadJake said: Enjoying the change in graphics! It only makes sense to have Seiji Jimbo take the first Jimbo Memorial Series, and it might push him back up the card as you hinted at in your roster summary! Wolf Hawkins has become quite important for you too, in his own way. Shinji & Shozo have definitely been set up as your future 1A and 1B, it feels. Only makes sense, considering their abilities. Looking forward to how you cover the Night Of Kawashima show. Thank you! I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to manage making the HTML look good but I think I've done a decent job at making it all visible and it's definitely a lot more manageable than messing around with Canva like I was doing before. I'm probably gonna keep looking around at cool stuff I can do with it but even if I can't find anything, being able to keep the pre-show and press conference in small little clickable tabs makes scrolling a lot easier. And yep, it's time to set up a true next generation of pillars and those two are the first. Part of the reason they're getting the mega-push is just cause I never got a game going long enough in 2020 to ever really use them at all, so having them on the roster at the start (and getting maybe the best destiny roll I've ever seen on Shinji) lets me try some stuff I've never done. With Wolf, I've never really used the talent trading mechanic outside of playing a COTT save and the new spillover mechanics means that he can actually be useful. It's not a perfect comparison because he doesn't have his Shota Umino, but I'm going for my version of NJPW's Moxley and so far, so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeDude03 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 January 29th, 2023 - Night Of Kawashima note, I had this all typed up but for some reason my computer decided to randomly go back a page and of course the one time this happens when I don't want it to none of the post saved. Yay. Because of that this won't be as descriptive on the actual match details like finishing moves and match times. There also won't be any post-show press conference notes because of this. Sorry about that. Pre-Show Pre-Show Match - Eight Man Tag - ADVANCE (Masaya Hara, Nobuyo Hikichi, Takenori Doi, Toshiaka Kotani) vs The Wild Men (Jack Marlow & Brute Kikuchi) & Strength Rush Reborn (Logan Diaz & James Diaz) Takenoir Doi hit Jack Marlowe with a devastating knee strike to pick up the win for his team. 68 Rating Pre-Show Match - Tag Team Match - Matt Blackburn & William Hayes vs Motoyuki Miyake & Mabuchi Furusawa Blackburn was able to catch Furusawa off guard with his springboard forearm to win for his duo. 70 Rating Match 1 - Singles Match - Minoru Nakahata vs Findlay O'Farraday In Team GLORY's first match of the night, Minoru Nakahata put up a good fight against the Cobb County Behemoth, but there just wasn't anything he could do once he was hit with the Atomic Spinebuster, leading to O'Farraday to get the win. 68 Rating Match 2 - Tag Team Match - Black Magic (Yasuhiko Taira & Yasunobu Masuno) vs Hirobumi Takimoto & Tetsunori Yasuda In another mediocre performance from the former Burning Hammer stars, it's starting to become slightly obvious why at least Yasuhiko Taira was released. Despite that he was still able to pick up the win for his team, beating Tetsunori Yasuda with The Flattener. 61 Rating Match 3 - Tag Team Match - KazuSATO (Kazushige Matsuki & SATO) vs Team Destiny 2022 (Avalanche Takano & Shogun Watoga) In a fun match between two teams that just know how to wrestle really well, SATO was able to pick up Team GLORY's first win of the night, nearly taking Watoga's head off with a Wind Sprint Elbow and really giving KazuSATO some momentum. 78 Rating Match 4 - Historical Japan Championship - Shozo Furuta (C) vs Viktor Beskov In Team GLORY's third match of the night, Shozo Furuta was very obviously still feeling the affects from his match with Kawashima last week at Night Of Respect, and while he was still able to put in a strong, valiant performance against "The Last Tsar", once Beskov had him on the ground and starting raining devastating hammer strikes on his head, he just couldn't stay conscious, losing the match by knock-out. 74 Rating [Title Change] Match 5 - Six Man Tag - Seiji Jimbo, Chojiro Kitoaji, Bussho Makiguchi vs "Heavy Keithillery" (Matt Keith, Greg Keith, Tatsuya Toshitara) vs Four Dudes (Akinori Kwakami, Noriyori Sanda, Ryoma Muruyama) In a match some fans online are already calling the greatest six man tag in wrestling history, these two teams threw everything they had at each other for nearly 20 minutes, with the action only ending once Makiguchi was able to hit Tatsuya with a surprising Blazing Elbow, and Chojiro and Seiji both had to take out a Keith Brother to make sure the pin wasn't broken up. 94 Rating Post-Match, after Seiji had started walking up the ramp and Tatsuya was rolled out the ring, KitoGuchi and the Keith Brothers had a big stare down that looked that it was going to become a brawl. While they didn't start throwing fists, they did plant the seeds for what has the potential to be one of the best tag team matches ever later in the year. Match 6 - Tag Team Match - The Syndicate Japan (Shinji Mihara & Hirotsugu Satou) vs Masaru Ugaki & Ryoma Muruyama A tale of two halves, when Mihara was in the ring with Muruyama, he dominated, and when Ugaki was in the ring with Satou, he dominated, so victory just came down to which duo spent more time wrestling, and that would end up being Ugaki/Satou. Once the Ugaki Clutch was locked in, Satou had to tap. 76 Rating Post-Match, as Shinji was literally carrying Satou up the ramp, Ugaki would point at him and the International Championship, potentially setting up a match for the title at Night Of Destiny next month. SPECIAL SINGLES MATCH w/ Kozue Kawashima (with Yuma Maruya) vs Yoshimi Mushashibo Pre-Match, a promo highlighting Kawashima's accomplishments with PGHW would play. This was mainly done to give Mushashibo to get up from the announce desk to change out of his suit, and to give PRIDE Koiso time to come down and replace Yoshimi. Koiso was picked as the special guest announcer because of his history tagging with Kawashima. Mushashibo entered first and the reaction from the crowd was deafening, everyone in the arena was excited to see the man who dominated PGHW for over two decades return to a wrestling ring for the first time in four years. With this being the first time he's been seen without a suit in over a year, many were surprised at the fact that he looked to be in better shape now than he was in while he was an active wrestler. When Kawashima entered the reaction was just as loud, though that may have been partially spurred on by the fact that puroresu's first couple was being seen on screen at a wrestling event for the first time ever. Kawashima and his wife, 5SSW World Champion Yuma Maruya, have been together for years but they've never officially crossed paths at an event, giving fans in the audience and online a nice surprise. Once the bell rang a few things were made obvious about each competitor. While Yoshimi Mushashibo was old, and definitely not the same wrestler he was when he retired in 2019, he was still arguably the best technician on Earth and could beat anyone if he got the right hold locked in. Kozue Kawashima, despite having just turned 40, looked to be nowhere near retirement, putting on one of the performances of his life (and really, carrying Yoshimi to a great match). While neither man dominated the match, basically revolving around alternating big strikes and slams from Kawashima and holds from Mushashibo. As the match got closer to the end, it looked like the old man was about to beat the Ace, with Mushashibo trapping Kawashima in the excruciating Yoshimi Lock. Just as it looked like Kozue was about to either fade or tap, the screams from Yuma at ringside filled him with enough fighting spirit to break out of the hold and hit Yoshimi with the Kawashima Driver 2005, picking up the win after a solid 24 or so minutes. 86 Rating After a brief post-match celebration from Kozue, Yuma, and PRIDE Koiso, Mushashibo would get back to his feet and embrace Kawashima, thanking him for the great match. And as Mushashibo was about to leave the ring, Kozue stopped him and for a brief few seconds it looked like he was going to hit him with another Kawashima Driver 2005, but instead he just leaned in and whispered something in his ear. While it was unintelligible, a few internet sleuths who claim to be able to read lips said that they were able to make out two words from Kawashima, "Elite Series..." Crowd: 18,093 | Overall Rating: 85 There was no Post-Show Press Conference as Mushashibo was too tired after the match, but PWLive.com's Puro News Department was able to give people a livestream of the live band Kozue Kawashima brought in for his birthday party after the show. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 13 hours ago, SomeDude03 said: Mushashibo entered first and the reaction from the crowd was deafening, everyone in the arena was excited to see the man who dominated PGHW for over two decades return to a wrestling ring for the first time in four years. With this being the first time he's been seen without a suit in over a year, many were surprised at the fact that he looked to be in better shape now than he was in while he was an active wrestler. If they were only real, i would be crying just watching Yoshimi's entrance lmao. I would be chanting 'YOSHIMI! YOSHIMI! YOSHIMI!' infront of my computer monitor. 13 hours ago, SomeDude03 said: While it was unintelligible, a few internet sleuths who claim to be able to read lips said that they were able to make out two words from Kawashima, "Elite Series..." ayo you gon COOK once againnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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