Pride of Puroresu Crown - Day Four

[James Peterson]

PRIDE OF PURORESU CROWN
DAY FOUR
Location: Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium
Capacity: 3000 in attendance 

Mitsuo Shimada vs. Kyo Natsumi

The first match of the evening would be between Mitsuo Shimada and Kyo Natsumi, who circled the ring and kept their eyes on each other before lunging forward, with Shimada pulling out in the last second. Carefully walking round the ring whilst Natsumi watched. The two would complete another circuit of the ring and lunge forward once again, with Shimada continuing to hesitate at the last second - pulling out and rubbing his hand against his jaw, a smirk appearing on his lips as the cameras pan to him. Natsumi shakes his head in annoyance, inviting Shimada for another lock up who accepts and the two approach each other, with Natsumi lunging and once again Shimada walked away with a chuckle. Natsumi then attacked him from behind with a club around the back, to the approval of the audience who applaud him as he led Shimada over to the corner, where he'd continue to lay boots on him. Natsumi then looked for an Irish whip, Shimada reversed and Natsumi hit the corner, with Shimada running at him - Natsumi countered with a powerslam and Shimada rolled out of the ring after the impact.

Shimada arched his back as he walked around the outside of the ring, looking in at the focused Natsumi who waves at him to come back to the ring. Shimada hopped onto the apron and looked at him, gradually, entering the ring with Natsumi running toward him as his second foot in the canvas - knee to the mid section by Shimada who then clubbing him round the back. Grabbing onto him, springboard DDT off of the ropes and he quickly hooked the legs of Natsumi but to no prevail. Shimada smirked and ran his fingers through his hair, nodding as he used the ropes to help himself him whilst Natsumi done the same opposite the ring. Shimada ran toward him only to be met with a back elbow, he stumbled to the center of the ring whilst Natsumi took off to the ropes, bouncing off of them and Shimada managed to leapfrog over him. Natsumi bounced off the opposite ropes and this time, Shimada leapfrogged with his back toward Natsumi, who hit the ropes again - and Shimada greeted him with a flying forearm strike before getting to his feet and posing for the cameras on the outside of the ring.

Natsumi was by the corner in a seated position and Shimada would hold his boot against his face, constantly pushing back against it with Natsumi holding onto the ropes next to him. The referee would count and eventually, Shimada would let go - a grin on his face as he brought Natsumi back up to his feet. He hoisted him up onto his shoulders - fireman carry style, and proceeded with a rolling slam in the position before hoisting himself up onto the second rope, and moonsaulting backwards on the grounded Natsumi, hooking his legs for the pin but to no prevail, yet again. Rolling to the outside Natsumi went and Shimada latched onto the top ropes, senton over it but Natsumi would move out of the way. The back of Shimada landing hard on the outside and Natsumi would clock onto this, bringing Shimada back up onto his feet, and spearing him into the guard railing, wanting to damage the back of Shimada. He then speared him into the edge of the apron before lifting him up onto it. Natsumi hopped up himself and looked for a suplex on the apron, Shimada wouldn't lift and would fight his way out of the position. Natsumi would then deliver a big boot to Shimada which sent him off the apron and crashing to the outside.

Momentum on his side, Natsumi would pick Shimada up and roll him back into the ring and join him. Cover, but to no prevail. He then prepped himself as Shimada made his way up onto his feet, he ran toward him in search of a lariat. Shimada ducked, bouncing off of the ropes and performing a senton kick to Natsumi who stumbled backwards. Shimada then ran towards him, leaping over him in a leapfrog fashion and a one handed bulldog to the canvas. His signature "Eat The Canvas" connecting! Shimada then wiped away the sweat from his forehead and waited for Natsumi to rise to his feet. Once he did, he threw him into the ropes, popping him up as he came back, before slamming him down to the canvas with the pop up powerbomb, his "Destiny Calls" finisher securing a second win for him!

Winner: Mitsuo Shimada (09:02)

Shiro Ibushi vs. Seifer Black

Winner: Shiro Ibushi (injury to Black has forced him out of the tournament!

[Ayako Himura]

Hiroyoshi Suzuki vs. Slade LaVey

Suzuki was looking to redeem himself after suffering a loss last week whilst Slade LaVey was coming off a victory. This match would start off with the competitors exchanging words to one another, bolstering ego's as they approached the center of the ring. Suzuki would strike him with a forearm and Slade would return the favor. Open palm by Suzuki and once again Slade returned the favor. Knee to the mid section by Suzuki would then clubbed him round the back, holding onto his hair as he brought him to the corner of the ring. Kicks to the chest would connect and Slade would struggle to hide his pain from the shots. Suzuki would increase the intensity and the strength behind each shot, wanting to make a statement after his loss early on in the series. He came out of the corner running to the ropes whilst Slade stumbled out of the corner, catching him with a judo throw. Racing back up to their feet, Slade delivered another Judo throw. Once again they raced to their feet and Slade would meet him with a left, a right, spinning backfist, following this with a knee to the face that caught Hiroyoshi Suzuki off guard! Slade would finish the match nice and early with his back to back underhook piledriver, his dominance glowing once again!

Winner: Slade LaVey (3:11)

Jason Cashe vs. John Pariah

The match began with a bit of showboating from both men. They look at each other for a moment and start wailing into each other with hard strikes. Cashe throws a pair of haymaker right hands towards his opponent and floors him. Pariah springs up after a moment and throws a hard back round kick to the back of Cashe's skull. The audience is on their feet as these two competitors go back and forth in this match. Cashe throws his straight right and the jabs and takes Pariah by surprise with a snap belly to back into the canvas. The audience boos a bit as he drops down and throws on that headlock, while giving Pariah a noogie for extra humiliation. Pariah holds on to lift himself up and vault Cashe over into a powerful Saito Suplex onto the top of the Influential One's head.

Pariah decides not to let up on the pressure and pulls Cashe up and straight back down onto his head with the vicious Evenflow DDT. The KoW goes for the pin, but only gets a one count out of the official. The ICONIC one looks at the audience, who also shows their frustration. However, Cashe pops up and hooks the arms, up and under, for three headbutts in a row. Pariah is holding his head in pain, as Cashe also recoils from the massive amount of damage. The audience keeps themselves quit as Cashe curses out loud from the damage. As Pariah comes around, Cashe nails him with a huge kick to the gut and carries him over into a beautiful snap suplex. The Influence rolls himself over and plants Pariah's shoulder down for his first pin attempt. But, Pariah rolls his shoulder out at one and a half.

Cashe breathes in and yells to the crowd, "OKAY... Watch this shit, then!" He picks up Pariah and launches him to the ropes with a hard Irish Whip. Cashe telegraphs that he's going for tRoUbLe Maker, but Pariah gets to his senses and throws a Lariat O' Doom and floors Cashe hard. The audience cheers in a bit of shock as Cashe rolls into a flipping landing onto his back. Pariah nods and moves himself on top of Cashe for another cover, but Cashe pops up fast. "Get outta here with that shit, boy!" As he yells this, Cashe pops Pariah with a hard throat punch. The official yells at him to discontinue his actions. Cashe waves him off, as he spins around and nails Pariah with the discus clothesline. He nods as he gives the receipt back to Pariah for the Lariat O' Doom. Pariah hits the ground and Cashe goes for the pin. However, Pariah pops up and traps Cashe with an armbar, grinding the veteran down hard.

Cashe moves himself towards the ropes and grabs the bottom rope. The referee yells at Pariah to release the hold. As he does, Cashe comes down with his foot into a vicious ankle stomp onto Pariah. John goes down holding his ankle and grimaces in pain. The referee keeps on Cashe about his antics, but the veteran completely ignores his warnings. With Pariah on the ground, prone and ripe, Cashe pops himself to the top rope and drops down with a vicious diving senton. He goes onto the exposed back of his opponent. Pariah gets rolled into the pin, but he kicks out of it fast. It almost seems Pariah is running on instinct at this point. Cashe lifts him up and over again for another snap suplex, but Pariah blocks it. He slips up and under and drops Cashe's throat across the ropes with a drop toe hold.

Cashe is holding his throat and gagging as the coated wire rope hits his voice box. The audience sees Pariah gearing himself up and holding his elbow. He waits for a moment for Cashe to try to stir himself up. As he sees a sign of life, Pariah shoots himself back and into the ropes. He comes back with a spin, aiming the elbow to the back of Cashe's head. But, Cashe moves himself at the very last moment! Pariah can't stop his momentum as he completely misses his opponent. Cashe moves back and vaults himself off the ropes and leaps into the air. He aims the elbow for the top of Pariah's head and connects with every ounce of momentum and malice towards his opponent. Pariah's skull bounces hard, as does the man himself. Cashe watches as his opponent falls to the mat onto his face.

Without much of a flourish, Jason Cashe rolls over John Pariah and pins the shoulders down. The referee slams the hand down three times, and Jason Cashe looks up at the lights in victory. As the referee raises his arm, the Tag Champion is holding his throat in a lot of pain, still on the mat...

Winner: Jason Cashe (10:45)

[Ayako Himura]

Bryan Laughlin vs. Amis Shelton

Laughlin came into this match with the Japanese audience begging the Hunter to stay. Laughlin bowed to the audience in a show of respect and mouthed, "We'll see." The former UWL and 4CW champion went to work on his more flamboyant opponent in quick time. Amis moved around the ring, showing off his speed to his stronger opponent. Bryan decided to cut off Amis with a hard jab to the mouth instead. The Hunter of Horrorwood would spend the match throwing down hard boots to the faster Amis. Shelton managed to get in an overhead kick to Laughlin. The Hunter shrugged it off with a bit of grit and picked up his opponent and dropped him down with a hard atomic drop and pulled him up and over into the turnbuckle. As Shelton slumps back into the corner, Laughlin throws a vicious superkick under the chin! The audience sits at attention, as they realize that Laughlin isn't getting paid by the hour.

Amis stumbles out of the corner, as Laughlin launches a hard European Uppercut. The Hunter then lifts up the stumbling Amis into the fireman's carry, and swings him over into the double knee gut buster! Amis goes flying as Laughlin rolls him over for the pin attempt. As the referee comes down for the three count, Laughlin jumps up and the referee raises his hand. He looks into the camera, as if he has a lot more to prove to the GPC.

Winner: Bryan Laughlin (5:00)

Chris Crippler vs. Chris Madison

The main event would be a big one. Between two wrestling legends in their own right. Chris Crippler; the current SKYFIRE Champion taking on the current FGA Pride Champion, Chris Madison. The two men would stand across the ring from one another and wouldn't divert their eyes away from one another. Both men were focused and ready for what was promised to be a wrestling masterclass between two wrestling icons, and as the bell tolled - the two men would begin their circle of the ring, with Crippler being the man who proposed a knuckle lock in the middle of the ring. Madison would gradually near, being careful and watchful of Cripplers sudden action. Crippler would attempt to boot him in the leg but Madison was quick to avoid any connection, moving backwards sharply. Crippler would shake his head and would mouth "I don't bite", a smirk upon his lips as he invited him for a knuckle lock. Madison would once again approach him and Crippler would swing his boot toward him with Madison catching his foot. Crippler would scurry backwards and hold onto the ropes, his ring awareness being one of his strengths. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders as the referee begun his count.

Letting go of him, Madison would back away and the two men would circle the ring. Lunging forward for a collar to elbow tie up with Crippler quickly getting a hold of Madison's arm, arm wrench and pulling down on it as he brought him to the ropes. Irish whip, Madison reversed and Crippler was off to the ropes, latching onto them to fake the bounce back but Madison didn't flinch, as if he almost knew that fake was coming. Madison then ran toward him with Crippler being quick to stun him with a European uppercut. He followed this with a knee to the gut as he lead him over to the corner. Straightening him up, Crippler would then backhand chop Madison against the chest and an echoing clap would reverberate through the arena. Madison would shake his head, gritting his teeth as he came out of the corner. Crippler was now behind him and looked for the Dragon Suplex. Madison refused to go over, stepping on the foot of Crippler before reversing the move, getting behind him with an initial waist lock which he transitioned into a hammerlock. Crippler would wiggle his way out of it, finding loopholes in an impressive fashion that would even stun Madison as Crippler now had him by the arm, arm wrench and bringing it back round to the back of Madison for a hammerlock. Madison would then force Crippler backwards into the corner.

Releasing him, Madison would come out of the corner and turn around, Crippler running towards him looking for a lariat but Madison would duck and club him round the back. Madison would then Muay Thai hold him and push him back into the ropes, knee's to the mid section of Crippler following as the referee began his count. Madison would then Irish whip Crippler to the opposite set, Crippler bounced back and greeted him with a Lou Thesz Press, which he followed with an abundance of punches to the head. Madison would get him off and crawl over to the corner, where he remained seated, recuperation time. Crippler would greet him with multiple mule kicks to the chest, a sickening amount and Madison had no answers for them. Eventually he stopped and once he did, he hooked the legs but only the two would be counted. Grabbing Madison by his waist from a grounded position, Crippler prepared for a Gutwrench Suplex but to his surprise, Madison wouldn't lift, holding his weight down. Forearm to the mid section of Crippler.

Eventually he released him, holding onto his mid section as "Mayhem" got to his feet. He'd connect with three low leg kicks which would bring Crippler down to his knee's and followed this with a running knee to the face of Crippler who seemed laid out after the move. Madison wasn't done yet. Madison grabbed Crippler with a rear waist lock while trapping one of his arms. Madison pulled on the arm by the wrist and forced him to spin around. Crippler done a full 360 spin, Madison spun himself and hit a rolling elbow strike to the back of Crippler's head. He then fell on top of him for the pin but it wasn't enough to secure a victory.

Gasps from the fans followed and Madison rose to his feet, preparing for the end as he waited for Crippler to get to his feet. Once he did, Madison walked toward him - back elbow to the mid section by Cripper, who then discussed his way round before landing a lariat out of nowhere which sent Madison flipping inside out. He picked Madison up and threw him into the ropes, diving uppercuts. Getting to his feet and hoisting himself up onto the second rope, coming off with a pointed elbow drop. He would then lock him in a Sharpshooter, the Lexington Road Shooter and locked it in tight! At times it looked as if Madison was about to tap, but he didn't - despite nearly tapping he remained strong, and crawled his way toward the ropes, eventually reaching them.

Running his fingers through his hair, Crippler would stand and shake his head in frustration picking Madison up. Looking for the Crippler DDT, Madison grabbed onto his arm and broke out of it, arm wrench, looking for a bicycle knee, Crippler avoided the connection, turning around and this time Madison connected with a bicycle knee! Madison cinched in a front face lock and forced Crippler between his legs while dropping his weight down towards the canvas. While dropping down he swung his right leg over the back of Crippler while keeping his left leg over the back of Crippler! Crippler remained strong but you could tell he was wearing away, and eventually, he tapped out and Madison would attain the victory!

Winner: Chris Madison (13:24)