2/7/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall - Return of the Hexagon - T2P One Night Stand
1. LUCHA PRELIMINAR EN CLASSICA
Jorge Rivera (9:10 Placenta) Milanito Collection a.t.
2. PARADISE FOR MAXIMO
Kagetora, Gamma (12:46 Ikkitousen) Mototsugu Shimizu{L}, Maximo
3. KEEP ON GROUP
Shu Sato{W}, Kei Sato (11:18 From Kagetora Intrusion & Ikkitousen) Taiji Ishimori{L}, Little Dragon
4. 唯・我・独・尊・勇・住・邁・進
Toshiaki Kawada (16:38 Head Kick) Touru Owashi
5. LUCHA LIBRE CLASSICA BEST & NEXT
Milano Collection AT{W}, Ibushino, Berlinetta Boxer (27:01 IR2) Shuji Kondo, brother YASSHI{L}, Takuya Sugawara
The show opened with formal retirement ceremonies for the long departed Phillip J. Fukumasa and Toryumon X graduate Gallardo.
Shimizu returned to his orange camouflage shirt costume, after wearing all black in Ring Soul. Kagetora also has a completely new look, wrestling without his mask now. The match went pretty much as expected, with Maximo doing his usual stuff, and Shimizu getting beat on quite a bit. The amount of streamers thrown for Shimizu was said to be incredibly large.
The Satos entered as Shachihoko 3 & 4 but almost immediately removed their masks. They mocked Taiji, and stomped on the old Sailor Boys KEEP ON JOURNEY cd, and tore up Taijis' ddoor portrait. Their heel group STONED was seconding them, and the match began out of control. Kagetora interfered leading to the fall.
Kagetora appealed to Owashi for a rematch from their 9/9 match.
Kawabata and a Livedoor representative came out after intermission. They announced the partnership would continue for now. There were some brief Oyanagei related shenanigans after that.
Taijiri, of WWE/ECW/BJW fame came out before the main event and sat at ringside.
The main recaptured the magic of the T2P era Lucha Libre Classica 6 man tags. Boxer had his masked stripped midway through, but he remained faithful to the ItaCon side as Jet. The IR2 is a modified facebuster. Similar to SUWAs' FFF, but instead of a double underhook, the arms are trapped and the victim is lifted by waistlock. Milano afterwards said he would be returning to the US, asking fans to patiently await his next return.
Ultimo announced his revival will occur on 4/16 in Korakuen Hall. Kondo and the rest of the dragondoor group will not participate. This will be the first Japanese appearance for the current class in Mexico. Hiromi Horiguchi, Hajime Ohara, Kazuchika Okada, Kanjyuuro Matsuyama, Passion Hasegawa, Banana Senga will have their debut here. 2 matches have been announced for this so far:
-Ultimo Dragon, El Hijo del Santo vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Atlantis
-Banana Senga, Passion Hasegawa vs. Kanjyuuro Matsuyama, Kenzo Suzuki
"Dragomania" was then announced as the name for the 5/13 Arena Mexico show. This show will have participation from Milano, Tajiri, and The Great Muta(!?).
On paper right now it looks like there will again be 2 Toryumon factions warring in Japan, the Kondo led dragondoor and Asais' revival group that debuts on 4/16. Perhaps this will lead to another Japan vs. T2P style feud, which was of course the high point of Toryumon Japan.
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