June 2003 Report Archive

News and Report Archive

6/30/2003- Pescatore Yagi has officially changed his name to "Bakery Yagi". YOSSINOs' Byakuya may be also be known as Sol de Medianoche. K-ness debuted a new mask at World, this one silver in colour, and also a new silver and black outfit. No photos have surfaced yet, however.

6/30/2003- Some World fallout. If Tenryu isn't the first challenger to Magu, it will be Don Fujii. While Tenryu showing up in Toryumon sounds completely outlandish, there is some sort of connection between he and Magu, and he chose Magu to be his tag partner in WAR once. K-ness seems to have re-separated his previously injured shoulder, but right now it is too soon to say how long he will be out. Araken still is suffering from his broken pinky, and YOSSINO is not yet 100%, so the next tour could be very light. K-ness vs. YOSSINO has been called the MVP bout, with the main being called "uncanny, but still not full potential for these 2". The rest of the summer will now be focused on establishing Shin M2K, and the ItaConne split. I will have some comments and thoughts tomorrow, since I have already begun to see some complaining abound.

６/28/2003- World results! Reports said it is completely sold out except a small portion of the top floor. I apologize for the downtime last night.

CMAX and the ItaConne brawled a bit after the opener. The match itself sounded like a typical, hot ItaConne/CMAX 6 man. Yagi did break out the French Bread attack though.
President Okamura initially arrived ignoring Stalker while greeting fans. Stalker produced a marriage certificate (!!?), and out came Assemblyman Sasuke. During the match Stalker bribed Ted Tanabe, and Tanabe did some slow counts during the match....
During intermission, the debut match of Nobuhiko Oshima (CIMA) and Katsumasa Kuroki (Magu) from 1997 was played.
The ItaConne tried to interfere in match 5, but YOSSINO and K-ness aligned to fight them off, keeping the match clean.. K-ness put the belt around YOSSINOs' waist afterwards, showing respect. Milano then shook YOSSINOs' hand, restoring peace. The move YOSSINO won with is a modified Sol Naciente. The name means Midnight Sun or Short Night, keeping up the wordplay, as this counters the Setting sun of the Sol Noches El
Mochi praised Kid and Araken, saying they fought as he wanted them to, after his scolding at Korakuen.
Magnum said CIMA earned his respect today, and they both were the strongest in Toryumon truly.
During the main, CIMA pulled out the Tornillo plancha for the first time in some time, but sadly he injured K-ness in the process, as K-ness needed to be taken out on a stretcher.
Magu challenged Geni'chiro Tenryu (!!!!) to a UDG belt match at the 7/13 Hakata Star Lanes show.

6/27/2003- Received the 5/11 Mexico special today. Thoughts here. World is tomorrow night, and we will be bringing live coverage here at Toryumon USA. A full card is not yet announced, what currently is is listed here.

6/22/2003- Huge update to the Toryumon X profile page (updated again at 6 PM EST). Please try to not be too creeped out by the heel Mariachi band......

6/22/2003- Mie results. Nothing out of the ordinary.

6/21/2003- Ueda results. Once again BATA throws more names onto his finisher. No idea what this variant could be, as always ><). As far as I know, Yagi is wrestling in the baker outfit he wore at Korakuen. I would expect him to change alot of his offense to fit the baker gimmick, as opposed to the Fisherman. Very good to have him back though, as he gives the ItaConne 5 again, evening up with the other units. Final show before World tonight!

6/20/2003- I get mailed all the time asking how one can train with the Toryumon teachers. Well, now I can answer. As far as I have been told, it will be all X participants, although not Taiji or Shu Sato, the 2 figureheads. Please direct all questions to the mail address provided, since I don't know anything else.

"Wrestlers from AAA in Mexico and the Toryumon
Promotion In Japan will be putting on 3 clinics at the
Chikara Wrestling Factory in Allentown Pa on July 5th
and 6th . Anyone interested in coming and training
in Mexico city as the Japanese do can take this time
to talk with the Toryumon trainer who will be doing
the clinic or can contact Chad at
intlprowrestling@yahoo.com
The space has been filling up quickly so
contact us today to get in. You can also direct
questions to the nice folk at Chikara at chikarawrestling@aol.com "

6/20/2003- Aichi results. SUWA, Araken and YOSSINO cancelled off, to rest up for World. No new matches made today, but the ones I listed below are now 100% confirmed.

6/19/2003- Here is the World lineup as it stands. Milano, YASSINI, Yagi{?}, Doi, Fujii, TARU, SUWA, Mishima, Iwasa, and Anthony still left with no matches. They will probably do the ItaConne vs CMAX in a 6 Man, and Doi and Mishima vs. Iwasa/Anthony.

6/29/2003- Kobe World Hall
Condotti Shuji vs. Touru Owashi vs. JUN
Stalker Ichikawa vs. X
UWA 6 Person Tag Titles: Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka[c] vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Araken
NWA Welterweight Title: YOSSINO[c] vs. K-ness
UDG Championship: CIMA[c] vs. Magnum TOKYO

6/19/2003- Korakuen results and report.

Pescatore Yagi returned from his exile in his fathers' bakery. He intruded on the main, breaking a loaf of french bread over SUWAs' knee. It caused SUWA great pain, and forced him to tap to the Gorilla. JUN immediately challenged for Shujis' newly won title, but Touru Owash ireturned from the abyss, and also challenged for it. A 3 Way title match was made for World, but President Okamura said Owashi could not make the weight requirements for a Jr. title, so it would be non-title match.
Magnum and CIMA had one of their last preliminary skirmishes before World. Both once again throwing each others trademark moves back and forth, Magu with an Icono, CIMA attempting a Hip Gyration Franken. In the end, CIMA pinned Genki with the Schwein, while Magu pinned Fuji with the Egoist at the same time, for the draw. Afterwards, powder was thrown in CIMAs' eyes, and Magu gave him a Schwein
YOSSINO is still not 100% from his shoulder injury, but he said he would be ready for World. After the match, K-ness attacked him and put him in the Sol Noches El
Magu questioned the validity of Shin M2K, saying if Mochi continued to fight with them, the name would fall. Mochi also had some harsh words for them. Araken said they would continue to fight hard to win the audience approval. Mochi, Araken and Kid will be the team to oppose DF at World in the UWA 6 Person tag title match.

6/18/2003- Aichi results. Big Korakuen tonight with the BC Junior title 3 Way.

6/17/2003- Some notes from the Gaora page blogs. K-ness has said that sometime in July he would like to face Mochi 1 on 1.....in a game of Pachinko. YASSINI continues to post everyday, and has began to endear himself greatly to the Toryumon net fans (myself included), some even starting to post their "BGM" at the end of their BBS postings like YASSI does. Mochi even recently got into the act.^^ Dragon Kid talked about a strange dream he had, where he and Mochi tagged against 2 Americans. During a stretch on the apron, Kid ended up going to the back and taking a nap...leaving Mochi alone.......Slow news day, yes.
BGM: Ayumi Hamasaki "I Am...."

6/15/2003- Okayama results. Word going around is YOSSINO has a shoulder injury, hopefully he will be OK for World.

6/12/2003- Received VamoAmi #51 yesterday, with CIMA vs. Ultimo. Not sure what to make of the match, as 40% of it was not shown. The parts shown were disappointing, I think more because of Ultimo. I have to rewatch it and see. I find I have grown to HATE the VamoAmi production and announcing. The crowd is mixed far too low, and the announcers have gotten very ignorant towards the in ring action. CIMA was the guest this month, and he once again made jokes towards everyone and everything, making everything seem as if it was a comedy match, especially Genki and the Backslide phenomenon, which sadly IS already closing in on comedy. I wish Uno Dos Tres aired more. There were several very good matches, with DF vs ItaConne and the UWA 6 person title match standing out. Hopefully I can get the X/Mexico special within the week. Matchlisting is up in TV History.

6/10/2003- Todays' results. Homecoming for Ryo today, although Mochi instructed the fans to boo him, since he had changed so much since the last time he was there. Araken again off for injury, YOSSINO again for mystery reasons.

6/9/2003- Fukushima results. Araken and YOSSINO off today. Araken has a fractured finger, it is unknown whether it will cause a large amount of missed time. YOSSINO was off for unknown reasons, he wasn't in the building at all. I don't know yet if there is a difference between BATAs' normal Moonsault + Press and this new Bros. version.

6/9/2003- Late night update. The BC Jr. title 3 way with Mochi vs SUWA vs Dotti will occur at the 6/19 Korakuen show. This could open up all 3 to wrestle in other matches at World. JUN vs. Raimu is also rumoured for World, expect a nasty squash there, if they do it. Magu used the Venus~Iconoclasm on yesterdays show, continuing the one-upping.

6/8/2003- Interesting show today. The move CIMA won with is a combination of Egoist Driver and Schwein. It starts as an Egoist would, but when the opponent reaches the shoulders, it ends like a Schwein. The British Commonwealth title match at World is starting to look more and more like a 3 way, with Dotti joining SUWA and Mochi. A little bit of playful dissention in the ItaConne as of late, as they have been bickering on the ItaConne blog on the GAORA page. YASSINI has been posting every day, sometimes using vulgar language, MIlano scolded him for posting recklessly. YOSSINO says he is becoming angry with everyone.... It is looking more and more like BelBel will leave the ItaConne and stay with the Super car Trio with Murcielago and Lambo MIura.

6/7/2003- Niigita results. JUN teaming with CMAX for the first time.

6/6/2003- Todays' results. JUN once again stated he would crush the ex-T2P members.

6/5/2003- GAORA schedules updated, game schedule for September up, and new photo added to JUNs' profile. Toryumon will run Budokan Hall in Tokyo for their September big show this year, on 9/26. YASSINI and Condotti, according to YASSIs' recent post on the ItaConne blog, will be unveiling a new renkei work called "Big Head Train". Yep......

6/4/2003- Chicken results and reports. GAORA schedule for July was announced, 54 will air for the first time on 7/1, and cover today's Chicken, and the 6/9 Korakuen. 55 airs 7/27, and covers the 7/6 Kagoshima and 7/13 Hakata shows. The Hakata show will also be a Uno Dos Tres! airing.

--Magu vs. CIMA was officially made the World main. They held a signing ceremony, after which Magu spit on the belt.
--JUN attacked Doi and the ItaConne team after the opener, saying he would crush the remains of T2P. He didn't make a CMAX in ring debut, but he appeared wearing a C+R shirt. He seconded CMAX in the main, but left quickly.
--CIMA and Magu both used the others' finishing combo to win. Magu with the Thrust Kick~Schwein, CIMA with the Savate Kick~Step Kick Enzuigiri~Egoist. Both also provoked the other after their matches, but got no response.
--K-ness and YOSSINO was officially made a title match
--Mochi was named #1 contender to SUWAs' British Commonwealth title, They will now meet at World. Condotti said he hadn't yet given up on being in the match. Look for something to happen at the 6/19 Korakuen show.
--Kid and Araken came out after the main, and challenged for the UWA 6 person tag belts. Probably those 2 and Doi vs. the DF team at World.

6/1/2003- Todays' results. Magu once again using one of CIMAs' moves to win. Super Shisa is close to being able to return, he would presumably join the Iwasa/Anthony/Stalker non-existent unit.