The Grapefruit Chronicles. You know what to do.
December 4 & 5, 2010 – Sapporo, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Naoki Tanisaki, Yasushi Kanda & Takuya Sugawara
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Naruki Doi & Gamma
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: BxB Hulk
The intro has been updated but Doi and Tanisaki are still shown in World-1, Gamma is still shown in the WARRIORS and the Deep Drunkers still have a segment.
The Grapefruit Chronicles. You know what to do.
The show starts with the announcement that K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka have joined World-1. Yoshino and PAC will celebrate the acquisition the following night by teaming up for a match against the guys they defended their belts against at the Gate of Destiny.
Masato Yoshino {W1} & PAC {W1} vs. CIMA {W5} & Dragon Kid {W5}
PAC and Kid start. They trade holds on the mat. PAC hits a backbreaker. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. CIMA hits Yoshino with a shoulder tackle. Yoshino hits a dropkick and a suicide dive. Kid hits PAC with a pair of kneedrops for 2. CIMA hits a senton. He hits a neckbreaker for 2. Yoshino puts on a chinlock. He puts on the Mark Nulty Special but CIMA counters to a leglock. Kid and CIMA hit a double dropkick. PAC and Yoshino hit Kid with a double back elbow. PAC hits a corkscrew moonsault off Yoshino’s back for 2. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. CIMA hits Yoshino with a vertical suplex while holding PAC in a leglock. He hits PAC with a senton. He hits the X-Factor for 2. PAC hits an enziguiri. He hits a slingshot Ace Crusher and a standing SSP for 2. Yoshino hits Kid with the Sling Blade for 2. He avoids the 619 and hits a powerbomb. He blocks the Christo but can’t block a stunner. CIMA swings Kid into Yoshino. They both hit sentons for 2. Yoshino blocks the stack hurricanrana because that move is stupid. PAC hits CIMA with a hurricanrana. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton. PAC hits a springboard 450 splash for 2. CIMA hits a superkick on Yoshino. Yoshino hits the Torbellino. Kid hits a back heel kick on PAC. PAC hits his awesome German suplex for 2. CIMA and Kid hit Yoshino with a double Tokarev. CIMA hits the Schwein for 2. Kid catches PAC with a super reverse hurricanrana and CIMA hits the Meteora. He stupidly doesn’t go for the pin and tells Kid to hit the Ultra Hurricanrana. Kid hits it but Yoshino makes the save. Kid misses the Dragon Rana and Yoshino hits another powerbomb. He hits a shotgun dropkick to the back. PAC hits the shooting star press for 2. Kid hits the Bible for 2. Yoshino hits the Lightning Spiral for 2. He hits it again for the win at 16:54 shown of 22:52. Low energy, but solid work throughout. I loved the home stretch right up until the derivative finish, too.
Rating: ***¼
The Grapefruit Chronicles. You know what to do.
Not long ago Kzy beat Kotoka with the Impact. After that match Kotoka attacked Kzy backstage. A hair vs. hair match was made between the two of them, with their veteran stable-mates joining in to make it a tag match. We’re reminded that Hulk lost his hair recently, so he’ll have a lot of motivation to help Kotoka from meeting the same fate.
Kzy © & Yasushi Kanda vs. Kotoka © {W1} & BxB Hulk {W1} [Captain’s Fall Hair vs. Hair Match]
Kotoka hits Kzy with a dropkick before the bell. He beats Kzy on the floor and in the ring. Kzy hits an elbow. Hulk hits Kanda with a dropkick. He puts on a chinlock. He hits a basement dropkick. He helps Kotoka hit a double stomp and a legdrop for 2. Kotoka goes after Kzy so Hulk puts Kanda in a seated abdominal stretch. Kanda hits a basement dropkick on Kotoka. This is slow and boring. Kzy blocks a kick and shoves Kotoka. Kanda spits in Kotoka’s face. He hits a bodyslam. Kotoka hits Kzy with a missile dropkick to the back. He hits Kanda with a head scissor takedown. Hulk cleans house with kicks. He hits Kzy with the uranage. He boots Kzy to the floor. Kanda hits a Manhattan drop but Hulk blocks the Jon Woo. Hulk hits the Mouse and a lariat. He sweeps the leg and hits a senton. Kzy saves Kanda from the EVO. Kotoka hits Kzy with the Kenka Kick. He hits an insane DDT for 2. Kzy favors his neck so Kotoka goes after it. Kzy hits a Manhattan drop. Kanda accidentally this him with the Jon Woo. Hulk hits the Complete Shot. Kotoka jumps off Hulk’s shoulders to hit a double stomp. Hulk hits the BxB Star Press. Kzy hits the B-Boy for 2. He hits a low blow and Kanda hits the Jon Woo. Kzy hits the CDJ. Kanda hits Kotoka with a side slam. Kzy smashes chairs over Kotoka’s head for 2. Kanda hits a blue box attack and the Ryus for 2. Hulk hits Kzy with a leg lariat and a punt. He hits the EVO. He hits an axe kick for 2. Kotoka hits a double stomp for 2. He misses a second attempt. Kzy absorbs Kotoka’s elbows and rolls him up for 2. Kotoka hits knee strikes and double stomps. He goes for a diving double stomp but Kanda stops him. Kzy hits a superplex and Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Kzy hits the Impact for the win at 16:24 shown of 20:40. Kotoka tried to bring the intensity but the crowd wasn’t with him. Most of the match was slow and dull but they picked up the pace down the stretch.
Rating: **¾
After the match Kzy shaves Kotoka’s head and Kotoka cries. The most unexpected thing was how little Kotoka cried.
The Grapefruit Chronicles. You know what to do.
CIMA {W5}, Dragon Kid {W5} & Don Fujii {Z} vs. Naoki Tanisaki, Yasushi Kanda & Kzy ends when CIMA hits Tanisaki with the Schwein and Meteora. Backstage he and Kid challenge the Nudniks to a match for the Triangle Gate titles at Final Gate with International WARRIOR Ricochet as their partner.
BxB Hulk {W1} & Masato Yoshino {W1} vs. Shingo Takagi {K} & YAMATO {K}Â sees Hulk pin Takagi after the First Flash, again, and YAMATO attack Hulk after the fact, again. A match between the two of them is made official for Final gate.
YAMATO {K} vs. K-ness {W1} is K-ness’s first match as a member of World-1. He loses it when YAMATO hits him with the Galleria. After the match Gamma comes out to the ring in his Gamma Daiou gimmick. The commentators remind us that Gamma first used this gimmick to respond to Darkside Hulk. He spits red mist in K-ness’s face and hits him with the Gamma Special. If you haven’t seen Gamma Daiou before, he bears a strong resemblance to the Boogeyman in WWE. Gamma then attacks both K-ness AND his own stable-mate Kzy, just to show us how crazy he is. K-ness and Gamma Daiou will wrestle each other at Final Gate.
