BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING” Results

May 2, 2021

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING”, 02/05/2021
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market
161 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: Shunma Katsumata & MAO defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya when MAO pinned Naya with the Cannonball 450 through a plastic case (10:18).
2. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: Super Sasadango Machine & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (w/ Masayoshi Takeuchi) defeated Atsushi Onita & Yumehito Imanari when Kuroda pinned Imanari with a Fire Bat Full Swing (4:27).
3. Joshi Pro Wrestling Match: Yuna Manase defeated Mecha Pandita with the Oppai Ye (16:01).
4. Chris Brookes defeated Shota with a Cradle (17:39).
5. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Final – Current Blast 8-Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Yumehito Imanari, Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya defeated Super Sasadango Machine, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Shunma Katsumata & MAO when Onita pinned Machine with a Current Blast Brush Bat With 5 Inch Nail Full Swing (8:08).

The Spring Tag Tournament went completely out the window after the 1st Round matches. Shunma Katsumata & MAO beating Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya isn’t anything out of the ordinary. But Katsumata & MAO then interfered in the second match, helping Super Sasadango Machine & Tetsuhiro Kuroda beat Atsushi Onita & Yumehito Imanari in something of an upset. Onita complained to Takagi afterwards, pointing out that if he doesn’t at least reach the final then half of the fans won’t come back to see the next Bakuha Koshien show. The fans agreed and applauded when Takagi announced the final was now an 8-Man Tag Match with their teams joining forces against the two winning teams.

The “God Caught In Barbed Wire” Masayoshi Takeuchi provided the special weapons in the current blast matches. He was motivated by two things: the special occasion that is Golden Week and also his rocky relationship with Onita over the years. Takeuchi gave Kuroda a barbed wire baseball bat set on fire to win their first match. His other creation in the final was a brush-like current blast bat with 5 inch nails sticking out of it. Takagi also brought in the Dramatic Dream bike and crashed into a bat swing from MAO to set off a big explosion. Onita intercepted the blast bat with nails from Sasadango and hit him with it for another big explosion. That was enough to get Onita’s team the win.

Compared to everything else on the show, Chris Brookes Vs Shota sounds like it was out of place because they had a regular wrestling match. Shota had Brookes scouted and found ways to avoid the Praying Mantis Bomb. Brookes himself had some counters to throw back at his opponent and it worked out of him in the end. After a long back and forth, Brookes got the better of Shota and won with a Cradle.

Yuna Manase used her charm to confuse Mecha Pandita. The robot couldn’t understand what to do when she did some sexy poses in the ring. Manase’s actual attacks hurt her more than Pandita though because she was just hitting a 7,000 pound piece of metal. A breakthrough came when Pandita hit its head off Manase’s chest and suffered great damage from it. With its weakness discovered, Pandita was hit with the Boinmaker and then finished off with the Oppai Ye.


God Caught In Barbed Wire, Yuki Arai Training, Takeshita Has His Confidence Back

April 28, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 01/05/2021
WRESTLE UNIVERSE

1. Nodoka Tenma Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Hyper Misao Vs Nao Kakuta
3. Mirai Maiumi & Suzume Vs Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo
4. Yuki Kamifuku, Yuki Aino & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Hikari Noa, Raku & Pom Harajuku
5. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Miyu Yamashita & Marika Kobashi

Saturday’s show was originally going to take place Itabashi Green Hall. It is now an empty arena show in an undisclosed venue (probably the Ochanomizu Dojo). The matches here are the last previews before “YES! WONDERLAND 2021” on Tuesday.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING”, 02/05/2021
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market

1. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya Vs Shunma Katsumata & MAO
2. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: Atsushi Onita & Yumehito Imanari Vs Super Sasadango Machine & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (w/ Masayoshi Takeuchi)
3. Joshi Pro Wrestling Match: Yuna Manase Vs Mecha Pandita
4. Chris Brookes Vs Shota
5. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Final – Current Blast Death Match: X & X Vs X & X

Kanagawa is one of the prefectures not affected by the state of emergency so an audience of fans will be at the Bakuha Koshien show.

Super Sasadango Machine & Tetsuhiro Kuroda have called upon the “God Caught In Barbed Wire” Masayoshi Takeuchi to attend the show. Takeuchi built many of the weapons FMW used in their famous death matches. Kuroda invited him to the show and also made a request for him to build a very special weapon to use in the tournament.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YES! WONDERLAND 2021 ~WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR DREAMS~”, 04/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger Decision 3 Way Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Mizuki Vs Shoko Nakajima
2. Pom Harajuku & Haruna Neko Vs Mahiro Kiryu & Moka Miyamoto
3. Hyper Misao, Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Nao Kakuta, Marika Kobashi & Raku
4. Yuki Arai Debut Match: Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo Vs Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai
5. International Princess Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c) Vs Hikari Noa
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel (c) Vs Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Miyu Yamashita

Yuki Arai held a public training session with Miyu Yamashita and Miu Watanabe in the Ochanomizu Dojo. She practiced the Kakato Otoshi axe kick with the intention of making that her signature move. She also did rope work and Shoulder Tackle drills. She doesn’t get to train in Tokyo often because she does most of her idol duties in Nagoya. She is also upset that her debut match will not have a live audience but she is grateful it is still able to go ahead.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2021”, 04/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Akito Vs Mad Paulie
2. 3 Way Match To Bring Back The Smile On Kikutaro’s Face After All He’s Been Through: Danshoku Dieno Vs Antonio Honda Vs Kikutaro
3. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuki Iino
4. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara & Nabe Yakan (c) Vs Keigo Nakamura, Hideki Okatani, Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
6. DDT Extreme Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Chris Brookes (E/c) Vs Saki Akai (I/c)
7. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Soma Takao

Fresh back from his American expedition, Konosuke Takeshita has regained the confidence he lost over the last year. It is a very difficult time to travel abroad and he didn’t do anything particularly special in AEW. He just wrestled three matches as himself and was rewarded with a lot of recognition across the board. With his confidence back, Takeshita ultimately aims to stand in front of Jun Akiyama once more. But first he has the Ultimate Tag League and the DDT Vs NOAH tag match at “CYBERFIGHT FESTIVAL 2021” to focus on. Whenever Takeshita returns to AEW his goal is to appear on “DYNAMITE” and face the likes of Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho.