Ichimi Gun - 04/14/07
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,150 Paid (Sellout)
1. Shino Nakao beat Mineo Ueda (7:05) with a King Kong knee drop. (*3/4)
- A basic match between the two rookies. The much larger Nakao dominated most of it, and after holding his footing on a drop kick slammed Ueda down, charged the ropes and flattened him with a knee drop.
2. CLLL MEXICAN TRIOS TITLES: Akihito Suzuki, Roach Hanamizu & Taku Shizuma [C] beat Ryuji Saito, Hiromi Hasagawa & Yuichi Hida (13:11) when Shizuma pinned Hida after the Hinomaru. (**3/4)
- The MURDER FREAKS + Shizuma fended off the Ichimi juniors and Hokkaido Puroresu's Hida in a rousing sprint. Saito and Hasagawa displayed some effect double-teams, including a camel clutch/face kick combo, but the team experience of Suzuki and Hanamizu was at times too much to handle. Suzuki tossed Hida outside and tied up Saito, as Hanamizu caught Hasagawa with a moonsault bodyblock for two. He dropped him with the Dick Spike (Michinoku Driver II) for 2 1/2. Hida fought through Suzuki and dropkicked Hanamizu to the outside, Hasagawa following out. Shizuma charged in with a spinning heel kick to Hida, and followed up with the Hinomaru to take the match!
3. Mitsuaki Komura & Seiichi Yamura beat Shun'en Ogiwara & Ishin Akaishi (10:02) when Yamura pinned Akaishi after a Shining Wizard. (**)
- The odd-couple team of Ichimi loyalist Ogiwara and Tsuwamono protégé Akaishi were constantly at one another's throats, Ogiwara begging violence while Akaishi was more interested in a serious contest with their opponents. This boiled over in the end of the match, as after Akaishi ripped his chair away Ogiwara turned and decked him with a lariat, setting up Yamura's Shining Wizard.
4. Hiroshi Abe & Ichiro Tsuji beat Tetsuhiro Kaneda & Daichi Matsumoto (14:03) when Abe pinned Kaneda with a backdrop suplex hold. (**3/4)
- One of the Kanda Office's mystery members canceled their appearance, leaving Takayuki Morita to second Kaneda and Matsumoto. The other two surprises were Kanda's protégé Hiroshi Abe and Yoshihiro Yujiro understudy Tsuji, who seemed to have undergone a big transformation. Sporting jeans, a "KANDA OFFICE" muscle shirt and bushy afro-like hair, Tsuji charged in at the bell with a huge dropkick to the Matsumoto, knocking the big man off his feet! The teams brawled on the outside for a while, Referee Okano nearly throwing the match out. Back inside Abe and Kaneda squared off, trading middle kicks (Abe) and elbow shots (Kaneda), before Kaneda launched off the ropes and decked Abe with a running high kick. Things eventually broke back down, and amidst chaos Abe nearly forced a submission out of Kaneda with the Abe Lock. Matsumoto broke it up which brought in Tsuji, who scooped him up into the Tsuji Spike (Fujiyama Buster)! Abe saw his chance and, after striking Kaneda with a kick barrage, dunked the CHAOTICS kingpin with a backdrop suplex hold to take it! Tsuji got on the microphone afterwards and taunted the Ichimi fans, claiming this was the first of two Kanda Office victories this night...
5. WSC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Kensei Tsuwamono [C] beat Taro Nakayama (25:39) with a Northern Lights bomb. (***1/4)
- After shockingly pinning Tsuwamono at the last Ichimi rally, upstart Taro Nakayama earned his shot at the Blazing Fighter's WSC Title. The match began with a test of strength, again surprisingly won by Nakayama, who tossed Tsuwamono with a side suplex before locking on a headlock. Nakayama would continue this advantage until Tsuwa finally had enough, and slapped a chop away before cracking Taro in the jaw with a straight punch! Tsuwa would wear on Nakayama's neck with some basic holds, setting up for a Strange Hold Gamma, but Taro fought off each attempt at the submission. The first true near fall came late in the match, as Nakayama ducked under Tsuwa's attempted lariat and caught him on the turn around, Knee kicking him hard in the chest and covering for 2 1/2! Taro bounced off the ropes as Tsuwa stood back up, clubbing him with another Knee kick and hooking both legs for a 2.9 count! The crowd sensed another upset and began "Taro!" chants as Nakayama positioned Tsuwamono in the corner, and climbed up top. He tried a diving body press, the move that defeated Tsuwamono on 3/20, but Tsuwa got his knees up and Nakayama crashed down hard! Tsuwa pulled him to his feet and grabbed him by the hair, decapitating him with a lariat and cover...for just 2, Nakayama powering up and tossing him off! Taro rose and screamed, both men charging the ropes. Taro came in with a jumping knee but Tsuwamono had him scouted, and nearly took him out of his boots with another lariat! Tsuwamono made another pinfall attempt, Taro squeaking out at 2.5 this time. Tsuwamono let out a battle cry and pulled Nakayama back to his feet, measuring for another lariat. Taro ducked under this one, and immediately scooped Tsuwa into a Death Valley Bomb, driving him on his head! Both men were on the mat for an extended period, Nakayama finally pulling himself up with the ropes. He positioned Tsuwamono in the corner and went up top, finally scoring with the diving body press...only for Tsuwamono to kick out at 2.9, Referee Okano's hand just shy of the mat! The crowd cried out in a mixed reaction, Nakayama slapping the mat in frustration. He allowed Tsuwamono to get to his feet before charging the ropes again, but he'd given the Blazing Fighter too much time, Tsuwamono dodging out of the jumping knee! Taro turned right into his Tsuwamono's Northern Lights bomb, the WSC Champion retaining in a hard fought contest! Afterwards the two men shook hands, Tsuwamono raising Nakayama's arm to the Korakuen crowd's cheers.
6. Yoshikazu Kanda beat TSUKYO (13:01) with a running high kick. (**)
- We finally came to the main event, Ichimi Gun kingpin TSUKYO battling arguably Japan's strongest wrestler. Deadman's "Blood" ushered in a hero's welcome for TSUKYO, who appeared waving a barbed-wire wrapped flag pole that sported an Ichimi Army banner! Kanda entered next to a mixed ovation, Ichimi loyalists giving way to fans eager to see "Mr. Puroresu" in action after a long period out of the limelight. Kanda would not fully make it to the ring, as TSUKYO dropped the pole and launched himself from the top rope, toppling Kanda and his seconds as the bell rang! The crowd was electric as TSUKYO drug to his feet and attempted an Irish whip...only for Kanda to reverse things, throwing TSUKYO with such force that the metal rail toppled over with him! Kanda entered the ring and waited patiently, TSUKYO dragging himself up and cautiously climbing to the apron. "TSUKYO!" chants began as he climbed in and the two met center ring, circling one another before locking up. Kanda overpowered TSUKYO and got a waistlock, before shoving the "Shibuya Danger Man" out and leveling him with a koppou kick! Kanda covered with a knee across TSUKYO's throat for 2, some fans jeering at his disrespect. Kanda continued to beat TSUKYO around the ring, at one point tossing him into the buckle and unloading with a chop/guh punch barrage. TSUKYO's opening would come from there however, as after ducking a punch he kicked Kanda down low, staggering "Mr. Puroresu" back and dropping him to a knee. TSUKYO charged out with a dropkick to the face, Kanda finally toppling! TSUKYO went to the middle buckle and connected with a moonsault press, hooking a leg for two. He grabbed his barbed-wire flagpole and waited as Kanda stood, striking him over the forehead! Kanda again fell to a knee and TSUKYO went behind, shoving Kanda to the mat. Letting out a cry of "YATTA!" TSUKYO locked Kanda in an Ichimi-style camel clutch, choking him with the barbed wire! The crowd frenzied as Kanda struggled to the ropes, finally finding them and using the momentum to propel TSUKYO throw the middle, TSUKYO crashing hard to the outside. Kanda rolled out with them, still clearly dazed, and offered a couple of stomps to the Ichimi kingpin's back. TSUKYO fought back up and blocked a short lariat, clubbing Kanda with a forearm barrage to stagger him. He grabbed a chair and jabbed it into Kanda's stomach, before smacking him in the back a couple of times and rolling back in. TSUKYO charged off the ropes and launched himself out with a suicide tope...only to find Kanda back on his feet, "Mr. Puroresu" swinging the chair and catching TSUKYO in the head on his way out! TSUKYO smacked the pavement at a strange angle and Kanda rolled inside. More "TSUKYO!" calls came as ring doctors checked him out, and when TSUKYO wearily pulled himself up the crowd was at fever pitch, TSUKYO rolling into the ring. Visibly shaken, TSUKYO used the ropes to prop himself up, but Kanda charged in with a running high kick to the face, TSUKYO slumping back to the mat. Kanda pulled TSUKYO out of the corner and half-heartedly covered, Referee Okano registering the three count.
Ring doctors rushed in immediately after the bell and tended to TSUKYO, even Kanda appearing a bit worried. The show ended on that sour note, TSUKYO stretchered out of Korakuen Hall...
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The report out of Korakuen Hall was that TSUKYO had suffered what appeared to be a fairly serious concussion, and ring doctors were strongly advising him against competing against best friend ZERO Kubota at MAX Japan's debut rally. TSUKYO himself had other plans, and attempted to keep the media at bay long enough to have the match. Showing little signs of injury, TSUKYO managed to defeat ZERO in a blood-bathed contest that was also ZERO's first death match.
NO LIMIT FOR CRUELTY - Fluorescent Tube Deathmatch: TSUKYO pinned ZERO Kubota (20:18) after a fluorescent tube assisted Shibuya Nadare.
Unfortunately TSUKYO's condition only worsened from there, and the Ichimi Gun's shows (financed nearly entirely out of TSUKYO's pocket) were put on indefinite hold as the "Shibuya Danger Man" took a leave of absense from wrestling, not competing for three months. He attempted a return at Sakaigama Puroresu Gumi's "777 VISUAL RAVE" in a nostalgia match against old rival Tsuyoshi Kyoto, but afterwards was visibly shaken.
His future uncertain, TSUKYO has stayed out of public eye, and the Ichimi Gun have yet to promote another show.
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