Autistic Dragon

New Japan Pro Wrestling presents Sakura Genesis 2020 Full Card. March 3rd, Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo Japan. IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Championship match. Tetsuya Naito(c) vs "Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii Triple Threat IWGP Tag Team Titles Match Golden Aces (Hirosho Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi) vs Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zach Sabre Jr) vs Cold Darkness* (Evil & Sanada) Never Openweight Championship Match "The Dragon" Shingo Takagi(c) vs "Aerial Assassin" Will Ospereay IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship Match Roppongi 3K (Yoh & Sho)(c) w/Rocky Romero vs Drunken Outlaws* (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi) vs Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) Bullet Club (jay White, Kenta, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Hikuleo) w/"Master Heater" Jado & Gedo vs Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, Toru Yano & Robbie Eagles) Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) vs Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, Douki & Taka Michinoku) Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) vs Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yuji Nagata * Neither of these names were ever used, i just think they fit their respective teams.

My sole commenter wants to see it? That's enough for me!

NWA sends Tom Zenk to the WWF for Jimmy Snuka.

Taped before Main Event in the Civic Center. Originally airing on 11/5/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Bob Caudle & David Crockett. "British Magician Steve Wright defeats B.T Express with the "Octopus Hold". "Crippler" Chris Benoit defeats The Pearl with a "Dragon" suplex. "Pretty" Paul Roma defeats The Black Scorpion with a diving elbow drop. Main event. The Beasts of Burden (Rip Morgan & Nord the Barbarian) defeat Buffalo Soldiers (Ranger Ross & Brickhouse Brown). The Beasts may have severed their connection but they didn't come to this match alone as The Assassin was following close behind. He was also instrumental to their victory hitting Brown with a "loaded" headbutt. In other news.... It's announced that at Starrcade Sean Moony will be holding a special interview with the latest major signing for the NWA.

From the Civic Center in Roanoke VA. Previously recorded & airing on 11/4/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie Ring announcer/Interviews: Sean Moony Match #1 Doug Gilbert vs "The Thoroughbred" Tommy Cairo w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller Gilbert's Law Men and co-Six man tag team champion Wendell Cooley pinned Robert Fuller in the final night of the Starrcade Series A block and that seems to have lit a fire in the Stud Stable. The two factions have been facing off around the loop and tonight it comes to TV. The two put on a fun Southern flavored opener. Gilbert climbs the ropes looking for something big but Cairo grabs the refs attention allowing Fuller to shove Gilbert off and he lands throat first on the top rope. Cairo capitalizes with the "Bucking" (Ally Oop) for the three. Fuller hands Cairo Gilbert's title and the two heels pose with it to a chorus of boos. Match #2 Junkyard Dog defeats The Red Cyclone with the "Thump". JYD joins Mooney and cuts right to the point. He's sick and tired of Debeers finding some way to slip through his fingers so he went directly to the matchmakers and they signed a match where it's impossible for Debeers to escape. It's JYD vs Debeers for the US title at Starrcade.....in a Dog Collar match! Match #3 Angel of Death defeats Rick Sanchez with the "Death Sentence". Match #4 The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) vs The Samoan Island Tribe (Fatu & Alofa) The Samoans don't back down leading to a at times chaotic slugfest with the massive Alofa in particular withstanding some hard shots from the Road Warriors. Still the Legion of Doom is on a massive roll and Fatu finally goes down to the "Doomsday Device". After their hands are raised, Hawk grabs the mic and says he and Animal and calling those "two little horsey boys" Anderson and Race to put the tag titles on the line at Starrcade! Match #5 "World's Strongest Man Bill Kazmaier defeats Herbert Walker with a running powerslam. The Four Horsemen are out in force for a interview with Mooney. Dillon says Garvin getting past Orton was the fluke of the century and he'd have a better chance finding ice in the Sahara and then beating the World champion. Blanchard adds that it's a disgrace that a man of his class and stature has to defend the most prestigious prize in wrestling against a "blue-collar bum no better than the sweathogs in the stands". When asked about the Road Warriors challenge Race says "painted up goofs" like them are the reason people can't take wrestling seriously. Ole agrees and says that's why it'll feel so good when they take out those embarrassments to the sport old school style. Match #6 The New Breed (Sean Royal & Chris Champion) defeat The Cardinals with the "Wave of the Future". Main Event. "Rugged" Ron Garvin vs "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel Wahoo was the only man to actually defeat Garvin during the Starrcade Series and requested a rematch which Garvin accepted. Solie muses how the main event of Starrcade could be affected if Wahoo can defeat Garvin again. The chops reverberate throughout the building as the two men go to town on each other. We almost get a repeat of their Starrcade Series match when Wahoo once again counters a sunsetflip into a pin attempt but this Garvin summons a burst of strength allowing him to pull McDaniel back, completing the sunsetflip and holding the struggling Chief down for three. Wahoo is frustrated but accepts a handshake before raising Garvin's hand. As he's doing that, Joe Lightfoot runs down, slides into the ring and hitting him from behind with the "War club" and ditching before anyone can react. The show ends with Garvin and officials checking on the downed Wahoo.

Some major stops between now and Superclash 3. Whoever wins between Colon and Jumbo will pose a serious threat to the World title. The McNicholas Arena hosted the biggest show Western States Wrestling ever held so seeing it come up brought back found memories. It's ironic but by bringing in all these celebrities for the supershows, the AWA is actually doing what made the WWF the most famous company in the world. Hell yeah baby! It's Vader Time in the AWA!

Maeda throwing shade at Onita. Rings setting up a USA branch would be a huge step forward.

Excited to see the UWF's first tag match. Looks like the search for a TV deal is going well.

I managed to watch the first two episodes yesterday. Honestly the in-ring action was so so but it was nice to hear the two of you cracking jokes on commentary. I'm planning to watch the rest when I have time.

November 3, 1996 Camp Cornette At Halloween Scream Killer Kyle and The Punisher seemed to strike an alliance with the Heavenly Bodies when they interfered in the tag title match. Any doubt was removed when Cornette accompanied Kyle to the ring for his match against Pat Tanaka. After a racket shot halted a rally by Tanaka allowing Kyle to claim the win, he & Cornette joined St John for a promo where the "Louisville Lip" did what he does best, run down anybody and everybody who even slightly annoys him. He especially went after Bert Prentice "that fat carny should have stuck to selling hot dogs out of the trunk of his car." as well as the Thugs "The next time we step into the ring with them we're gonna bash in the half a brain those two share!" He finishes by saying Camp Cornette is here to take control of Smoky Mountain Wrestling and take it too heights never even imagined. The New Church. James Mitchell was in a foul mood and his Moondogs could sense it. They beat the fire out of two unlucky locals while Mitchell joined commentary and spent the whole time ranting about Brian Christopher embarrassing him at Halloween Scream. The Moondogs won their match in a matter of minutes but they weren't finished and the mauling continued. Eventually the Rock n Roll Express(Gibson with a large bandage from Halloween Scream) came down to prevent two televised murders and a brawl breaks out. The Express are doing well until Bruiser Bedlam ran down and leveled them both with a double clothesline. A 3-2 assault continues until Brian Christopher runs down with a chair and cleared the ring after a few hard shots. To be fair to them Mitchell's madmen still want some more and security struggles to keep them from returning to the ring. After things calm down, Caudle announces that the two sides will meet in next week's main event in a six man tag. Bull Pain. After he finishes George South off with the two handed chokeslam, which Mantell calls the "Pain Game", he joins St John who asks why he got involved in the main event of Halloween Scream. Pain says he did it for the same reason he does anything in this business...MONEY. He says he's been offered a significant amount of money to run Jim Duggan out of Smoky Mountain Wrestling. St John asks who's offering the bounty and Pain tells him to mind his own business! Caudle immediately accuses Mantell who say Duggan has made enemies in every part of this business so it could be anyone. Debbie Combs. Women's wrestling legend Debbie Combs is brought out by Bob Caudle. She says she's been watching Smoky Mountain Wrestling from her home in Nashville and was so thrilled to see a wrestling company that valued the traditions she was brought up on. Her speech is cut off by the arrival of Chris Candido and Tammy Fytch. Candido says he's sick of hearing about tradition and that it's time to focus on the future of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, namely himself. Combs curtly tells them to hit the bricks.Fytch replies that nobody wants to listen to a "frumpy has been" like Combs when they could look at a knockout like her. Their back and forth gets progressively heated until Brian Lee comes down to stand beside Combs at which point Candido and Fytch retreat. Thanksgiving Thunder. The next big event is announced to be Thanksgiving Thunder, which will take place Thanksgiving night at the Knox Central High School Gymnasium in Barbourville, Kentucky.

50 grand and a title shot should attract the best around for the battle royal at Season's Beatings. Muraco and Humongous continue their rolls. No offense to him but I think the only place Jimmy has a shot with Terri is in his head. I feel bad for the Shiek, it must suck to have your money frozen for something your friend did. The Samoans hunting the tag titles should be fun to watch though. Absolute fire by the Funker. The Texas Outlaws are not to be overlooked. The union of Simmons and Reed could spell Doom for the Nation. Mando certainly hit his target with the cream this time.

Von Erich and Gordy can't wait to get it on and cost themselves a potential World title shot. Los Guerreros are on point and ready for whoever's next. I think The Asylum were mad they were in a non title match. Flowers isn't giving up. Though I'm sure Gagne doubling the bounty helped him with that decision. The Gunslingers don't approve of Baby Doll running her mouth. The fact that Coast to Coast win by DQ because Miller & Oliver shoved them out of the way to get to their actual targets cracked me up. Black Bart repays Adidas for his gift and now it's like Iceman's win never happened. Stomper interrupting the battle royal to try and claim the bounty was a cool moment. Sarge wins it all and gets his clash with Nikita.

The Renseto Brothers must've earned their title shot this time right? Though Riggins & Baxter impressed with a win over The Cubans. The Assassin also deserves a rematch with Michaels after Knighton sticks his nose where it doesn't belong. Though i'm curious as to how much longer Knighton means to keep getting involved since the champ doesn't seem in too much of a hurry to pay what he "owes".

Thanks to all of you who followed along. If there's interest i'd be willing to write a Sakura Genesis 2020 card as a sort of epilogue.

March 20, 2020 City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka, Nagaoka 2020 New Japan Cup Semifinals. Kenta defeats "Cold Skull" Sanada with the "Go to sleep" "Stone Pittbull" Tomohiro Ishii defeats "Switchblade" Jey White w/Gedo after Gdo accidentally hit White with brass knuckles. March 21,2020 2020 New Japan Cup Finals. City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka, Nagaoka "Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii defeats Kenta with a Brainbuster. Winner of the 2020 New Japan Cup: Tomohiro Ishii!

Martel v Pillman sounds like a great opener to any wrestling card. If anyone could bring a good match out of Mongo, it'd be Benoit. I think there was a bit of a mixup. You say the match between Scorpio and Kidman is because the latter eliminated the former in the US title battle royal, but the battle royal takes place after their match. Still congrats to both men for leaving with a title. Looking forward to RVD challenging for the TV title. Taz with a huge win over Bam Bam. While it would've been cool to see the Faces of Fear get a run with the gold, I can't blame you for going with a team like The Enforcer and Beautiful Bobby. I am however shocked that Callis was able to slap both Meng and Barby and is still alive. I don't know if Flair and Dr Death ever had a 1v1 but I'm sure Flair would've made Williams look great.

Hercules gets the boot from the Family. I think we all saw this coming. MSG sees a tag team exhibition before Hogan and Savage end the show with some exciting action.

NWA releases Ox Baker and signs Jody Hamilton as a manager.

October 28, 1988 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond VA The National Wrestling Alliance presents... FRIGHT NIGHT! Four Corners Elimination match. Winn challenge for the NWA United States Tag Team Titles at Starrcade. Order of elimination. The Renegade Warriors are eliminated when Alofa pins Chris with a Samoan drop. The Samoan Island Tribe are eliminated when Hiroshi Hase makes Fatu submit to the "Scorpion Death Lock". The Zero Fighters are eliminated when Paul Jones shoves Yamada off the top allowing the Sheepherders to hit a double gutbuster. Winners: The Sheepherders Special Challenge match. Brett "Hack" Sawyer defeats "The Latin Heartthrob" Al Perez. Perez had Sawyer in position for the German suplex but Sawyer grabbed Theodore Long's shirt which distracted him enough to miss Sawyer delivering a mule kick. Perez understandably lets go which allows Sawyer to hit his own German suplex for the win. NWA Heritage Title. "Pitbull" Kerry Brown defeats "Black Bullet" Shaska Whatley w /"Number One" Paul Jones after botched interference from Jones lead to a Powerbomb to retain the title. Interestingly, The Super Destroyer came down to help Whatley to the back but not before having a staredown with Brown. 3-2 Chicago Street Fight. In a violent, bloody brawl The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) defeat The Beasts of Burden (Rip Morgan & Nord the Barbarian) "The Notorious" Ox Baker after delivering the "Doomsday Device" to Baker through a table! As the Road Warriors celebrate with the fans, The Beasts of Burden pull themselves up and, seeing their manager failing to do the same, leave without him. Col Debeers interrupts the introductions declaring that the match cannot take place as referee Theodore Long is CLEARLY conspiring with the Junkyard Dog. When asked what proof he could possibly have, Debeers replies that "thugs and hoodlums of this nature will always stick together." Hearing this Jim Crockett Jr(who's been at ringside all night) gets in the ring and says Debeers has two options. He can either fulfill his contractual obligations and defend his title or he can forfeit at which point the title will be awarded to JYD. Debeers is apoplectic but finally relents. NWA United States Title. If Debeers loses by count-out or disqualification he loses the title. Col Debeers(c) vs Junkyard Dog ends in a double disqualification. They keep brawling after the bell and it takes the entire security team to separate them. Something has to be done here. Before the main event, it was announced that Starrcade would air live on pay per view on Thanksgiving night, November 23rd from The Omni in Atlanta Georgia! 1988 Starrcade Series Final. "Rugged" Ron Garvin defeats "The Ace" Bob Orton w/JJ Dillon. After a gripping bout in which both men showed their full range as both wrestlers and brawlers, Orton seemed to be on the verge of hitting his trademark Super-plex. Garvin manages to shove him off the top rope and when Orton slowly gets up, Garvin goes for his top rope sunsetflip. Orton isn't "The Ace" for nothing however and manages to grab Garvin's legs and drop down for a count of 2.9999. They put some distance between them as they pull themselves up only for Orton to come charging for a lariat which Garvin ducks. Orton comes back around for another attempt only to run directly into the "Hands of Stone" punch. Garvin collapses on top for the 1...2...3! Ron Garvin is going to Starrcade!

Portland. Spicoli continues to prove himself in defeat. Azul wins by a nose. Albright brings the Payne. After months of silence, Ferrari snaps and lays down the law for the entire Playboy Club. The Harts either need to bring in more family or at least some friends. Haynes show the NoE he isn't afriad of the darkside. Portland night 2. The Can-Am Express and the American Ninja pick up some respectable wins. Eddie scores huge by beating the former champ BT. Rose show Tina how much of a winner he is. Rhodes battles the paranormal...and comes out alive. Windham gets desperate against The Patriot. Eugene. Regal ground the Eagle, Backlund is struggling against the big men of the west coast. Bigelow & Neidhart must've been a true slugfest. Steamboat/Finlay has the makings of a classic. Candido is after a second reign and taking the champ to the limit is a great way to get that chance. Pillman's TV title reign continues to be a highlight.

The Saints get the crowd warmed up but Sarge truly brings the heat. The Rose's and the Wild Ones with the classic "screw each other over" angle. Miller has been quite the troublemaker in this game. An alliance with Oliver and Jumbo could shake the AWA. Speaking of new alliances, Luscious Lanny and the Glamour Boys should be a fun trip.

Gotta say, I did NOT see RPG being a secret Fargo coming. Looks like everyone and their brother wants a shot at the tag titles. Sometimes literally. Love the hustle Bert is showing to hype the Spooktacular.

Semifinals for the 2020 New Japan Cup. 3.20 City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka, Nagaoka Jey White vs Tomohiro Ishii Kenta vs Sanada Frinals for the 2020 New Japan Cup 3.21 City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka, Nagaoka Jey White/Tomohiro Ishii vs Kenta/Sanada

3.16 Toyama "Stone Pitbull" Tomohiro Ishii defeats "Rouge General" Bad Luck Fale w/"Master Heater" Jado with the Avalanche Brainbuster. 3.17 Saitama "Switchblade" Jey White w/Gedo defeats "The Flamboyant" Juice Robinson by countering "Pulp Fiction" into "Blade Runner". 3.18 Shizuoka Kenta defeats "King of Darkness" Evil "Cold Skull" Sanada defeats "Gold Star" Kota Ibushi by avoiding the "Phoenix Splash" and hitting the Moonsault.

(Sorry for skipping the TV show this week. It only added a few matches ) October 28, 1996 Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City, Tennessee Halloween Scream Leatherface wins a costume battle royal last eliminating Koko Ware (dressed as a pirate) American Kickboxer and Tarek the Great wrestle to a 15 minute time limit draw. Open challenge match. "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher defeats Bruiser Bedlam w/Father James Mitchell after ducking under a clothesline and pulling the big man down in a crucifix. PG-13 (Wolfie D & JC Ice) w/Cash Flo defeat Flash Flannigan & "Superstar Bill Dundee after interference from Flo allowed Wolfie D to pin Flanagan. Prince of Darkness match "No Gimmicks Needed Chris Candido defeats "Primetime" Brian Lee after the blonde woman in a nurse outfit and featureless mask comes down after Lee accidentally takes out the ref and lifts Candido's hood. He grabs a chair and nails Lee with it while the nurse wakes up the ref who makes a groggy three count. The nurse jumps on Candido who takes off the mask so he can plant a kiss on....TAMMY FYTCH! Double Dog collar match The Moondogs (Rex & Spot) w/Father James Mitchell defeat The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) after Mitchell passes the Rex his bone and he KO's Gibson. Smoky Mountain Tag Team Titles The Thugs (Tracy Smothers & Dirty White Boy)(c) defeat The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey)/Jim Cornette by DQ after Punisher and Killer Kyle storm the ring and attacks the champs. It quickly becomes clear this was part of the plan as the Bodies join in with Cornette even getting some shots in. Finally the face locker room clears out and they send the heels into retreat. Trick or Treat match for the Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Title. "Dirty" Dutch Mantell(c) defeats "Hacksaw Jim Duggan in the bloody slugfest that saw the two brawl through the arena. Towards the end, Leatherface ran down and blindsided Duggan eventually putting him through a table with a two handed chokeslam allowing Mantell to make the pin to retain. Leatherface helped Mantell up and handed him his title before unmasking to reveal Bull Pain.