J-ROK Jam Session Ep.1 "Gauze -Mode of Adam-"

[Kira Izumi]

J-ROK Jam Session Ep.1 "Gauze -Mode of Adam-"
At Namba Hatch in Naniwa, Osaka, Japan
February 29th, 2020

僕を見て君は残念そうな顔で言うんだろう
「変わってしまったんだね...もういいや...」

DIMLIM plays they're latest hit song What's Up on the stage as we open up the show. The fans sing along and are jumping up and down while listening to the music. We pan across the venue, usually used as a music hall, as we see a wrestling ring in the center and fans all around it, up to the very edge of the ring. The song concludes as we cut to the commentators who are up in a tech area high above the ring and fans.

Psycho KGB: "J-ROKのサタデージャムセッションの最初のエピソードへようこそ！エピソード1「ガーゼ-アダムのモード」。今夜は大阪の難波にある難波ハッチにいます！"

MUSHI: "そうです、私たちは有名ななんばハッチにいます！そして今夜、私たちは1200人の人でいっぱいになりました！今夜来てくれてありがとう"

Psycho KGB: "今夜は、パックのランディ・エンジェル、ミゲル・ディアス、ゾロサッハと一緒に、ザ・ネイションズ・ウルフ・ファン・アヤメ、ゴー・ハセガワ、望月ユリのユニティのランディとウルフの統一のプレビューで、非常に素晴らしい試合を今夜あなたの人々のために用意しています3月のPPV、Sol-Faでのタイトルマッチ！"

MUSHI: "その後、The Sisters of The RoseがDodo-A-Gogoと対戦し、来月J-ROKパワーバラードチャンピオンシップマッチに参加するチームの半分を決定します！彼らは、The Happy FewとBad Luck Inc.の試合の勝者と対戦します。"

Psycho KGB: "その後、Death Startlingの福島ゾンビ、徳川大スキ、XHF女子チャンピオンの竹内花子 提とカト・オニ、ハンナ・ロックフォードで初のIJWFタグチームチャンピオンになりましょう！これは、来月もd提と花子のタイトルマッチのプレビューです。 武内の再負傷したリブがこれらの試合で彼女を傷つけるのではないかと考えなければならないが。時間だけがわかる！"

MUSHI: "PUREの肉食動物と和泉キラは、今夜ほぼ1年で初めてチームを組みます。 言うまでもなく、SKSヘビー級チャンピオンの大島直樹とチームを組んでいます！ 角がSSSの女神さくらチャンピオンSTRiFEをフィーチャーしますそして、The Happy Fewの黒川ミチルと黒川ケンジリオ。 STRiFEと大島が対決したのはこれが2回目です。"

Psycho KGB: "本田桃子は、初登場のアンバークックと対決します。 ホンダは、2か月前にブレイクベラドンナを破り、印象的な統治を終わらせました。今では、アメリカ陸軍の退役軍人であるアンバークックを倒そうとして、歴史の本に永久的なスポットを刻み込もうとしています。"

MUSHI: "ショーのどこかで、ドラフトショーとSupremacyの謎の男から何かを見ることができます。少なくとも私たちは望んでいます。それでも、そのビデオは一体何を意味するのでしょうか？"

Psycho KGB: "私はそれが何を意味するのか分かりませんが、最後には今日の日付がありました。ですから、今夜のショーの間にいつでも見つけられると確信しています。それを楽しみにしています。"

MUSHI: "そして、メインイベントでは、XHF Tag Team Championshipの試合になります！ 私たちは、今日のビジネスで最も権威のあるタグチームタイトルの1つにマッチを開催できることを非常に光栄に思っており、喜んでいます。 LGBTKOのライアンヤングとブラッディッドフォックスは、ショースティーラーになること間違いなしで、チームフェアテキストに対する防御を目指します！"

We're backstage where we see an old man in a brightly colored rope with dragons and flames on it standing there.

Sanada Inoki: "(Hello my name is Sanada Inoki. I've been wrestling since the age of 15 way back in 1960. So for roughly 60 years. Many of you young kids probably don't remember me in my prime, if at all. But that's ok. I am Sanada Inoki.)"

He says this with determination and clarity. Nodding his head along.

Sanada Inoki: "(I was chosen to be apart of the PURE Stable, a good choice if i do say so myself. Despite being a 74 year old man right now, i can still go with the best of them! Although a little bit slower than i used to be.)"

He laughs at his joke before continuing.

Sanada Inoki: "(But for all of those fans who remember this old man, you know just what these young ones are in for! From my Tatsumaki to my Killer Knees, everyone is in danger! I am not booked to fight tonight, but i will support my fellow stable mates. Good luck to you all tonight! As for me, well you'll see what this old man can do soon enough. Till then, see you all next time.)"

He waves and bows before the camera fades.

Match One: Standard J-ROK Tag Team Rules; 30 Minute Time Limit
The Pack (Randy Angel, Miguel Diaz, & Zolothach) Vs. Youth Of The Nation (Wolf Fang Ayame, GO Hasegawa, & Yuri Mochizuki)

Psycho KGB: "これがJ-ROKでの最初の試合です！"

The match starts out slow with GO Hasegawa and Zolothach going back and forth with move after move against one another. Things start to pick up when Zolothach tags Randy Angel and GO tags in Wolf Fang Ayame.

GO Hasegawa and Yuri Mochizuki begin calling out for Tabitha to get back into the ring and she does with a shriek of rage, but is stopped by the referee. As the ref is busy fighting with Zolothach, illegal double teaming goes on behind his back.

MUSHI: "なんて素敵な動き"

Randy Angel reverses a suplex by Yuri Mochizuki and manages to tag in Miguel Diaz, who comes in on fire while clearing house with the Youth of the Nation. That is until things settle back to normal and Tabitha is called for again to bring her out so that Miguel can be double teamed over and over again.

Miguel manages to tag in Zolothach, who comes in on a rampage, but makes a mistake in her anger for Wolf Fang Ayame to hit the Crescent Moon Kick for the win!

Fumio Daemura: "このゲームの勝者は、長谷川GO、狼牙あやめ、望月百合です！"

The camera starts to flicker a bit at ringside before suddenly cutting to a darkened room, nearly pitch black. The only object that serves as any kind of light source is the faint shape of what appears to be a laptop of sorts projecting illumination off of its screen. Within the room, footsteps are heard pacing around, hands also tapping against the walls within. After a minute, the lights suddenly turn on, laptop now in full view of the camera while a figure, dressed in what looks like a two-piece, navy blue suit complete with black dress shoes, makes their way over to the desk that the device is currently sitting on. The figure’s face, however, remains a mystery as the fixed angle only captures them from the neck and below. As they go to sit, the angle suddenly changes to another camera, this one aimed at around the same level as the table, still unable to capture the person’s face or even the contents of the computer screen. The faint noise of what sounds like the call sound for a video chat begins to echo and soon enough, a small blip goes through and it’s obvious enough now that someone has picked up.

???: “Hello? Hello? Is this coming through clearly?”

Man: “About as clear as it can get. Signal’s awful in this closet space but it’ll do for now I suppose.”

The figure crosses a leg over his knee, hands now clasped in his lap.

Man: “So, shall we dive right into business or is there something I should beforehand before we start getting into the details?”

???: “Not surprised you’d be able to quickly catch on.”

Man: “My resume speaks for itself, my good man.”

The man chuckles briefly, adjusting his cuffs.

???: “If it wasn’t you wouldn’t be here right now.”

Man: “Fair enough.”

???: “But enough small talk, i need you to do a job for me.”

The man pauses for a moment.

Man: “And what’s the job?”

???: “I’m glad you asked…”

The feed cuts out before we can hear what was said after.

Match Two: Semi-Finals of J-ROK Tag Team Championship Mini Tournament; 60 Minute Time Limit
Sisters of The Rose (Sabrina Faith & Regina Mercy) Vs. Dodo-A-Gogo (Lisa Seldon & Anna Mathews)

Psycho KGB: “ゲームは素晴らしいはずです”

MUSHI: “はい！ 両方のチームが戦いながらそれをすべて与えます”

Fumio Daemura: “ゲームは1つの秋に設定され、JROKパワーバラッドチャンピオンシップに挑戦するプレイヤーを決定します。青いコーナーでは、最初に、レジーナの慈悲とアレクシスの恵み、ザ・シスターズ・オブ・ザ・ローズを紹介します！”

Fumio Daemura: “赤コーナーのアンナ・マシュースとリサ・セルドンのチーム、ドードー・ア・ゴーゴーの対戦相手！”

The match starts with Lisa and Alexis in the ring. The bells rings and we’re off! Alexis staggers around before getting kicked in the leg by Seldon. She rushes her with strikes of all kinds before suplexing her and getting Grace irish whipped into the corner. She tags out and they both hit a Black Sunshine combo on Alexis.

Anna grabs hold of her hand and SNAP! there goes Grace’s fingers! She clutches her hand full of broken fingers as she screams in pain. Mathews throws her through the ropes and onto the apron before powerbombing her off the apron and into the barricade, The back of Grace’s head and neck area hits hard and she’s laying down on the ground.

Psycho KGB: “移動中のアレクシスは首に間違って着地しました”

MUSHI: “医師が彼女をチェックします。試合を続けます。”

The doctors are looking after Alexis ringside as Regina comes in to fight now. Anna tags out to Lisa who charges her with a set of double knees, she calls the Horror Pop. Regina is busted open from the move and falls to her knees. An overhead roundhouse kick, a move that Lisa calls the Man Opener, connects and Mercy is out like a light. The referee stops the match as she can’t continue.

Psycho KGB: “ローズシスターズは別のものを盗もうとしましたが、今回はドドスに捕まりました。”

Fumio Daemura: “このコンテストの優勝者、Dodo-A-Gogo！”

It’s half-past nine as the scene comes into focus. The amount of partially disassembled vehicles suggests that we are observing some sort of junkyard. The nighttime sky casts a dull, almost fuzzy haze over the entire area. That haze dissipates a bit like a couple of lamp posts flicker on. The woman known as STRiFE soon appears. She strolls over and leans against one of the posts.

STRiFE: There’s been a lot of chatter about this inaugural event. A lot of excitement; a lot of smiling faces. Everyone’s so eager to be seen.

There’s a short pause.

STRiFE: Me and my crew? We’ve all said our pieces here and there. But for the most part? We’ve been fairly quiet.

A bit of stifled laughter escapes.

STRiFE: No, it’s not because of fear or fright. We’ve just been observing.

Stepping in the frame, the leader of The Happy Few, SERO, glares at the camera operator. OMI, SORA, and REIKON stand on his sides. They all carry the same energy that he does. SERO looks around the environment and lets out a scoff.

SERO: Observing? Like there is too much to observe.

SORA lets out a sigh.

SORA: We were hopeful that things would be different this time. That there wouldn’t be the same dull humdrum. However, it’s the same. It’s the same chatter that we’ve seen in each promotion we’ve arrived at.

Their comments forced a tiny smirk to creep across STRiFE’s face.

STRiFE: Hmm? You weren’t entertained with what you saw?

REIKON rolls her eyes.

REIKON: What is there to be entertained by? Like watching a mediocre movie over and over again, even the dregs of amusement have long since been squeezed out. The same words, reconfigured over and over, but ultimately the same. The only feeling it could elicit is…

With some faked effort she manages to raise her arms and give a shrug.

REIKON: Even being certain of what we would see, I thought perhaps it could at least be spun in an unseen way. But no. Rebranded, reshuffled, filled with new faces, yet the words and attitudes that echo these halls are the same as they are everywhere. It’s no wonder that STRiFE here had to reach outside of those halls to find people capable of standing with her, really.

STRiFE walks over to her stablemates.

STRiFE: That’s one reason.

She snaps her fingers.

STRiFE: But the important reason is that we all share this—

She points to her head.

STRiFE: Everyone here shares a similar mindset. We aren’t here to just be seen. We aren’t here to fuck around. Every single one of us is focused on taking care of business as soon as that bell rings. That is what unifies us.

SORA speaks up.

SORA: Taking care of business is what my family does best.

She nods her head.

SORA: Swift fingers and sly tongues are meaningless once that bell sounds. That is when you all step into our realm. And trust me, there are few very survive there. The majority of you will get eaten alive. Bad Luck Inc. will serve as a fitting example.

She lifts her arm up and places it on OMI’s shoulder.

SORA: There are only a handful of teams that can honestly say that they’ve gotten the better of me and OMI. Individually, we are a major problem for any wrestler. But together? Haha—

SORA doesn’t finish her statement. The camera then shifts over and focuses on OMI’s wicked smirk moment or two. Afterward, the whole group is shown once again.

SERO: It’s a shame that it has to be Izumi, Carnivore, and Ojima. In any other given situation, they'd be slated to succeed. But when the Happy Few arrived here in J-ROK—

The Panther King grins wildly.

SERO: The whole world of this company has changed.

His comments brought a smile to STRiFE’s face. It looks as if she wants to say something else, but she elects not to. Instead, the camera lingers on them all for a bit before it fades out.

Match Three: Semi-Finals of J-ROK Tag Team Championship Mini Tournament; 60 Minute Time Limit
The Happy Few (Mayumi Kurokawa & Rio Kurokawa) Vs. Bad Luck Inc. (Brent Hills & Dan McNamara)

MUSHI: “次に、Bad Luck Inc.がゲームでThe Happy Fewを引き受けました。”

Psycho KGB: “このゲームは、最後のゲームよりもはるかに多くのゲームである必要があります。”

Fumio Daemura: “この試合は60分の時間制限で1つの秋に設定され、来月のJROKパワーバラードチャンピオンシップでDodo-A-Gogoと対戦するチームを決定するために設定されます。青いコーナーでは、最初にリオと黒川真弓のチームを紹介します。ハッピー・フュー。”

Fumio Daemura: “そして、赤コーナーの敵、ブレントヒルズとダンマクナマラ、バッドラックインク！”

The match starts with Dan and Rio. They lock up and it’s Dan who gets the upper hand to start things off. He pushes Kurokawa down before edging her on to come at him. She gets up, frustrated a bit and charges at him. He drives a knee into her midsection before going for a suplex. She lands on her feet and drop kicks him from behind.

Dan goes into the ropes and bounces off them. He is met with a saito suplex and a quick pin attempt. A kick out at one and he’s back up to his feet. They lock up again, this time Rio getting behind him and going for a german, he stops it and gets behind her instead. He drops her down with a belly to back suplex. He tags out to his tag team partner and they hit a superkick/kinshasa combo they call the Bad Time.

MUSHI: “Bad Luck Inc.からの悪い時間！”

Psycho KGB: “リオちゃんにとっては何と悪い時期でしょうか。彼女が注意しなければ、これはすぐに終わります”

A pin attempt and a two count. Broken up by Mayumi this time. Rio tries getting to her corner, but the Bad Luck Inc. duo is showing everyone why they’re called that in this one. Brent pulls Mayumi down and starts brawling with her ringside as his partner puts the high flying athleticism to show against Rio.

Rio catches him and hits him with a rolling elbow before tagging in her tag team partner. Mayumi comes in like a house of fire and hits McNamara with a series of palm strikes before hitting a spinning backfist and a jumping knee. He falls back from the Eye of The Storm combo. He runs towards her and hits a hurricarana. He picks her up after and goes for another move, it’s stopped and she lays him out with some stiff blows to the midsection. Mayumi catches him soon after with a tornado kick out of no where she calls the Super Cyclone.

Fumio Daemura: “この試合の勝者、マユミと黒川リオ、The Happy Few！”

Match Four: Standard J-ROK Tag Team Rules; 30 Minute Time Limit
Death Startling (Hanako Takeuchi, Fukushima Zombie, & Daisuke Tokugawa) Vs. The Pack (Bodhi, Hannah Rockford, & Kat Oni)

MUSHI: “竹内花子とボディは来月XHF女子選手権で戦う予定ですが、今夜は今夜それぞれのstable舎とチームを組みます。”

Psycho KGB: “そうですが、今夜はその試合の良いプレビューになるでしょう。”

The match starts off with Daisuke and Hannah in the ring. Both take a cautious approach towards one another before landing a few quick strikes. Some kicks and jabs, nothing too fancy yet. They lock up and Tokugawa is the one to get the upper hand in the exchange, getting behind her and getting her down with a saito suplex. Hannah hits hard and rolls into a neutral corner.

She gets back up, not once having her eyes off her opponents, she charges and locks up with Daisuke yet again. This time driving a knee deep in his torso. She tries to lift him up, but struggles. He stops whatever she was looking for and instead tries to suplex her. Rockford doesn’t let him and knees him again. Tokugawa drops to a knee and is met with a shining wizard from Rockford. A pin attempt and not even a one for her troubles. She charges him again and this time is met with a sitout spinebuster he calls the Power of The Ancients.

Daisuke tags out sometime after and Zombie comes in. She charges her opponent, Rockford cartwheels out and hits a summersault stunner she calls the Dublin Riot on her. She tags out to her partner Kat Oni. Se springboards in and goes for a hurricanrana, it’s stopped by Zombie who lifts her back up and turns it into a spinning powerbomb. They both get up and start laying in strikes towards one another. An irish whip from Oni sends Fukusima into the ropes.

Psycho KGB: “ゾンビはラリアットをかわし、アイルランド人は鬼をロープにむち打ちます。”

MUSHI: “キャットはロープとスプリングボードddtから飛び出します！大宇津がつながる！”

Kat goes for a pin attempt and gets a two count. It’s broken up by Takeuchi. Zombie and Oni back up to their feet now, Fukushima suplexes Kat, she climbs to the top and hits a moonsault double foot stomp before tagging out to Hanako. Hanako gets her up and goes for a german suplex, she lands on her feet and Oni tags out to Bodhi.

Bodhi and Hanako throw some stiff forearms into each other. They trade off combos and strikes, each one harder than the last. Hanako hits her with a front kick before she runs up the body of Bodhi and does a moonsault onto her as she falls down.

Psycho KGB: “Eiffel D'Parachute!”

One!

Two!

Kick out from Bodhi. Both back to their feet again, trading off moves and reversing holds. Suplexe and other moves can be seen as they both just won’t stay down. Takeuchi would irish whip Bodhi into the ropes, looking to set up some sort of big move, but Bodhi would dodge it and roll her up into a small package. Her partners would cut in and start attacking the two on the outside.

One!

Two!

Three!

Fumio Daemura: “この試合の勝者は、Bodhi、Kat Oni、Hannah Rockfordです！”

As Hanako Takeuchi, Fukushima Zombie, and Daisuke Tokugawa all exit from the ring, this video begins to play on the tron.

Before they can react, a masked fan grabs Daisuke's arm and drives his forearm into his jaw!

MUSHI: "誰かがここでセキュリティを取得します! 凶悪犯は徳川を攻撃しています!"

Psycho KGB: "普段は良いビートダウンをしますが、ファンはバリケードの反対側にいる権利がありません. ここからその凶悪犯を取り出します!"

The fan immediately jumps over the barricade and begins to rain fists down on Daisuke! Lefts and rights hurl down with brutal force! Daisuke manages to push him off, and his Death Startling friends come to his aid! Fukushima and Hanako tackle him to the ground but the fan rolls away before Daisuke can stomp his face in! Fuku and Hanako chase after him but HANAKO TAKES A BOOT TO THE GUT! IRISH WHIP INTO THE BARRICADE! Fuku begins to trade blows to defend her ally but a knee to the gut... PACKAGE PILEDRIVER! Daisuke grabs the fan into a sleeper hold and tears at the mask! The fan desperately tries to grab at the mask, barely keeping it on when he low blows Daisuke. He then rolls him into the ring, AND DELIVERS A SICKENING CURBSTOMP!

Psycho KGB: "それらの動きは信じられないほど馴染みがありました. 一般的に...によってユニゾンで使用されます?"

MUSHI: "何をしているの？"

The fan takes off his jacket, revealing a shirt with the J-Rok logo on it. He then pulls off his mask to boos!

Psycho KGB: "それは！あのあのろくでなしのディラン・ブラック！ 彼はJ-ROKで何をしているの？"

MUSHI: "しばらく前に、ディラン・ブラックは、彼がメキシコまたは日本への遠足に行くと言っていました。彼は日本とJ-ROKに決めたと思います！"

Dylan places his foot across the back of Daisuke's neck, unsheathing a bat from a bag at his feet. The Blacklight. We now know who aimed to target Daisuke, the question is... why?

A man wearing a black shirt and jeans speaks in an upbeat singsong voice from behind a scratched yellow Smiley mask.

Carnivore: “Guess who's back, back again. Carni's back, tell a friend. Guess who's back, guess who's back? Guess who's back, guess who's back? Guess who's back, guess who's back? Guess who's back? I've created Masters of The Mat 'cause nobody wants to see Dream no more. They want Carni, if you want Carni, then this is what I'll give ya.“

Carnivore outstretches his arm as we pan to reveal a man holding a black leather mask in one hand and a katana in the other as he steps into frame. He’s wearing a black leather jacket and cargo pants. Carnivore’s tag team partner, Kira Izumi.

Kira Izumi: “Eight long months it’s been since we had teamed tagether. Only one long month since I’d lost that match at Winter Festival. But tanight, tanight we’ve got a good friend on our side. Someone who’s had dealings with at least one o’ our opponents before, ain’t that right, Ojima-San?”

Naoki nods. Carnivore nods too.

Carnivore: “Eight months it’s been since we had team together, people wanted us to team again, they wanted us to team again because they were debating if we were still the best tag team in the universe. You waited this long, idiots, stop debating.”

Kira Izumi: “In just a few minutes we face one’ve the most dangerous women in the business, along with her new little friends. But if ya think we’re scared, yer dead fuckin’ wrong. We got the SKS Heavyweight Champion in Naoki Ojima, the deadly Carnivore and the violent Killer himself. Ye can hit us as hard as ya want an’ as much as ya can, but we’ll keep comin’ back. An’ in the end we’re gonna be the ones ta come out on top.”

Match Five: Standard J-ROK Tag Team Rules; 30 Minute Time Limit
PURE(Kira Izumi, Carnivore) & Naoki Ojima Vs. Kado(STRiFE, Kenjiro Kurokawa, & Michiru Kurokawa)

MUSHI: “門の健次郎、みしる、STRiFEは、PUREのキラと肉食動物、大島直樹と対戦します来月の大島とSTRiFEのタイトル統一試合のプレビューで。 ”

Psycho KGB: “これら2人は以前、さくらタグリーグで戦っていましたが、今夜はこのゲームのパートナーと状況が異なります。”

Kenjiro and Carnivore are the one to start the match off for us tonight. They start things off nice and slow, trying to get a feel out for one another. Some quick strikes from each before we pick up the pace and they lock up. Kenjiro would catch a kick from Carnivore and lock in a heel hook early on. Carnivore would manage to get out and reverse it into a sharpshooter. He wouldn’t keep it locked in long before Michiru would hit him with a drop kick and break the submission up.

With the help of Michiru, they would hit a double suplex before Kenjiro would hit a project ciampa like move he calls the Kurohitsugi. He’d get a one count from it before the pin would be broken. Him and Carnivore would continue to fight before Carnivore would hit an elevated powerbomb he calls carnivores last hunt, to create some distance and get a tag in. Kira would jump right in and get to work on Kenjiro early on. He’d get caught with a snap german sometime after and Kenjiro would tag in Michiru.

Michiru and Kira would get right to it and trade strikes with one another, Kurokawa would punch him into the corner before laying in some fast chops to his chest. She’d end it with Bloody Tears, a spinning jumping knee strike. She’d throw him down and climb to the top rope before jumping off for an elbow drop. Kira would catch her with a boot to the gut.

Psycho KGB: “キラが彼女を振り向く、背景ドライバー！”

MUSHI: “泉からの解放！”

Both would end up laying on the mat after a lot of tough moves on one another. The fans would cheer and chant to rally up their favorite competitors. Each would make the hot tag to Naoki and STRiFE. Both would get in the ring, not once taking their eyes off one another. The roof would blow off the place even before they would even touch.

Naoki would take charge and drop her with a STOMP! Double foot stomp already. A quick pin attempt and a one count. STRiFE would get back to her feet quickly. Ojima wouldn’t let off and keep up the offence. A much different strategy used tonight compared to the last time they faced off. STRiFE would catch a kick and push him down, locking in a spinning heel hook quickly before transitioning it into a cross armbreaker.

It’d be broken up by Carnivore before the Kurokawa’s would fight Izumi and Carnivore on the outside. STRiFE would hit a running roundhouse kick before going for a quick pin attempt. She’d pick up Ojima and go for the ripcord slap, He’d dodge the slap and hit a straight jacket german on her. a pin attempt and it'd be broken up. STRiFE would tag out to Michiru. She'd continue to fight with Ojima who would eventually hit is TANK! kamegoye finisher for the win.

Fumio Daemura: “この試合のあなたの勝者は、大島直樹、肉食動物、泉キラ！”

Most people familiar with the sport have heard of Wrestle Court. On the off chance that you’re fortunate enough to not be familiar with the tedious inner workings of locker room politics, the idea is that wrestlers will occasionally get together and settle their squabbles in an annoyingly self-important manner. Basically, the worst people in the world self policing their own nonsense.

What’s important to note, is that it’s not an actual court.

It comes as quite a surprise then when we open to the Death Startling (does anyone know the actual spelling??) locker room to find the majority of them gathered around Fukushima. She herself comes complete with big poofy but fairly ill-fitting wig and a hammer she clearly “borrowed” from the ring crew with which she bangs away atop the little plinth she’s set up.

Fukushima Zombie: "Order! Order in the court!"

Fukushima looks out over her team. Hanako, Lisa, Anna, none of whom look particularly impressed.

Lisa Seldon: "This is fucking stupid! All my bones hurt and I don’t want to be here."

Low on responses, Fukushima decides her best option is just to hammer a little more.

Fukushima Zombie: "I will have silence in the court."

The Carnage Carnival winner, probably bleeding internally, leans back in her chair and looks her up and down.

Lisa Seldon: "Fuck off, mate."

Fukushima waves the hammer at her in a very accusatory manner before she manages to get back to the job at hand.

Fukushima Zombie: "Now! Today we must decide the fate of Alpha, Honda, and the Dolls, following their heinous but very hard to explain crimes we can’t talk about."

Anna Daniels: "Who?"

Hanako Takeuchi: "The other two. Not the guy one. Where is he anyway?"

Everyone sort of shrugs, as if they all thought it was someone else’s job to invite him.

Fukushima Zombie: "Anyway! We have been betrayed! In order to form a more cohesive unit, we will all decide on the fate of these traitors."

The Time Lord tilts her head at these shenanigans.

Anna Daniels: "Wait, wait. This is a court, right? We always thought that they were supposed to be able to defend themselves and say guilty or not guilty and then we get into a big argument before inevitably sentencing them to some horrible form of punishment."

And then she smiles. Because of course she fucking does.

Anna Daniels: "Buuuuut since they aren’t here, let’s skip to the fun part!"

Hanako puts her hand up, having decided she has the best idea.

Hanako Takeuchi: "Why don’t we just make their ears burn with icepicks, drive them out to the coast, and dump them in the ocean so they can’t follow it."

There’s a concentrated silence.

Lisa Seldon: "Fine. Anyway, while we’re here we should deal with the much more pressing issue of the team’s very stupid name."

Fukushima Zombie: "Court is adjourned! Everyone go home!"

In her panic, Fukushima swings a little too hard and buries the head of her hammer in the plinth. She decides to leave it there and makes a mad dash from the room as Hanako boos her out.

Match Six: J-ROK New Wave Championship Match; Standard J-ROK Rules; 60 Minute Time Limit
Amber Cooke Vs. Momoko Honda(C.)

MUSHI: “さあ、共同メインイベントの時間です。デビューしたアンバークックは、J-ROKニューウェーブチャンピオンシップで本田桃子と対戦する準備ができているため、ここでのキャリア全体で最大のチャンスを持っています！”

Psycho KGB: “そうですMUSHI！クックは今夜の試合で大きなハードルを抱えています。彼女はわずか2か月前のサクラ少女スタンピードの最終イベントで、ブレイクベラドンナでこのタイトルの2番目に支配的な統治を終えた女性に直面しています。ホンダはその勢いを維持し、アンバークックを初めての対戦相手として、歴史的な統治を開始します！”

Fumio Daemura: “この試合は、60分の制限時間で1つの秋に設定され、J-ROKニューウェーブチャンピオンシップ用です！挑戦者である青いコーナーで最初に紹介します。米国ミネソタ州スティルウォーターの5’6で体重140ポンドの彼女はアンバークックです！”

Fumio Daemura: “そして、彼女の対戦相手は、赤いコーナーで、5'1に立って、体重が114ポンドで、京都から来て、彼女は現在のものです！防衛するJ-ROKのニューウェーブチャンピオン…本田桃子！”

The bell rings and both women stand across the ring from one another. The taller Cooke raises her hand in the air, as if to dare Honda to take it in a test of strength. They lock hands and it’s the United States Veteran who gets the upper hand, bending the champion over her knee and putting pressure on her back. Momoko pushes up and gets out of the predicament, still locked up she gets Amber into a bridge now.

She jumps on top of her, but Amber keeps the bridge. Again, this time she begins to waver a tad bit. Amber is met with another full force attack from the Champion, this time the challenger finally falls. The pin attempt doesn’t even get a one count as Amber lifts up a hand. Momoko pushes it down and the other shoots up, as if a teeter totter in a children's playground. Momoko would leap up and try to drive a knee into Cooke, Cooke would lift her knees up instead and flip over Honda, now giving her a taste of her own medicine.

Momoko gets a shoulder up before the referee can count the pin. She bridges up and Amber tries to knock her back down. Momoko flips Amber onto her back, both still have full grasp of each others hands, they get up to their feet. Amber gets Honda into a headlock before irish whipping her into the ropes. Momoko grabs the ropes and flips over onto the apron, Cooke charges her and eats a jumping kick to the face. Honda springboards in with a hurricanrana. It connects and the pace of this one just picked up a bit.

Psycho KGB: “これまでのところかなり退屈な試合。彼らがやっているのは、手を握ってそこに置くことです！”

MUSHI: “ああ、KGBさんを黙らせてください！それは心理学と呼ばれています！彼らはお互いに取り組もうとしています。すべての試合がライトチューブと血になるわけではないことを知っていますか？”

Psycho KGB: “面白いゲームだけが虫ちゃんです！”

Honda climbs up to the top and looks for another high risk move. She leaps off but this time is caught with a superman forearm Amber calls the Interceptor. She picks up a groggy Honda and goes for a belly to back suplex. Momoko gets dropped right on her stomach groaning in pain. Cooke goes for a pin attempt.

One!

Two!

T-

No a kick out from the champion. A frustrated Amber picks her up again and tries to slam her down. Honda slips out behind her and pushes her shoulder first into the corner. Cooke bounces off the corner as Momoko hits her with a german suplex. She picks her up and grabs her hand after kicking her in the leg with two stiff kicks. Momoko leads her to the closest corner before leaping to the top. She runs across the top rope about midway across the ring before jumping off and hitting a picture perfect hurricanrana.

MUSHI: “住まわし!”

Honda runs to the corner as her challenger is on all fours across the ring now. She yells and starts trying to get the crowd to cheer and chant along with her. Amber gets up to her feet and is met with a charging Honda. Amber throws her up into the air and hits her with a pop up powerbomb! Airburst connects, both ladies laying on the mat and covering one another, the ref counts for a double pin!

One!

Two!

Thre-

No both kick out!

Amber and Honda sit up and start chopping and slapping each other now. Back and forth each goes, getting harder after every exchange. Now up to their knees they keep slapping and chopping each other even more. Both grabbing one another and start laying in knees and forearms into one another now. Screaming as the fans are red hot now, cheering for their favorite wrestlers. Elbows from Amber, Knees from Momoko. Cooke lifts her up by the hair and throws her across the ring. Honda gets up and rests in the corner. Amber rushes towards her, looking for that IED yakuza kick she’s done to so many before.

Momoko rolls out of the way and runs to the otherside of the ring. She gives out a loud blood curdling scream before charging her challenger and hitting the Tsunami Strike shining wizard. She picks her back up and goes for that devastating Cross-Armed Neckbreaker. Cooke Lifts up Momoko and flips her all the way over with a modified northern lights suplex.

Amber gets her up and lays her out with a few clubbing blows to her back. She gets her in position for a package piledriver, looking to end this now. Momoko slips out of the move and rolls up Amber into a gedo clutch. She stands up and hits Amber with a pair of double foot stomps to her chest. Momoko gets her up and goes for her cross-armed neckbreaker again. Cooke tries to suplex her again like last time, but Honda sinks in low to stop it from happening. She drives stiff knees into her chest and face before spinning and hitting the…

Psycho KGB: “地震家! 1! 2! 3! 本田さんがやった！”

Fumio Daemura: “この試合の勝者であり、まだJ-ROKのニューウェーブチャンピオンです。本田桃子！”

We cut to the parking lot of the venue, everyone is already inside and the show’s started already. A giant 7’0 tall monster is outside of the venue, he’s standing behind the venue, away from everyone and anyone. The city is something he hates. His dirty long hair covers his face as he leans on the dumpster out back. Suddenly a group of four masked men in black suits come from around the corner.

Alpha gives them a snide look before turning his attention to something else. The men slowly and calmly approach Alpha one tall man in a black mask walks right by him and shoves something into his gut. The big man looks down and sees red and something sticking out of his gut. The masked man turns the object and yanks it out as Alpha tries fighting back and gets some good licks in before the others gang up on him like a pack of hounds.

He tries fighting back but to no avail, the wound was too much for him as they continue beating him. Punches and kicks keep coming. The relentless beatdown doesn’t seem to have an end. One of them picks him up and powerbombs him onto the hard concrete. Another gets behind him and grabs his neck, twisting it hard. We hear a loud crack and snap before blood pours out of his mouth. The men in suits drag his body off around the corner and shortly we hear a car drive off as three of the original four come back around the corner to hide any evidence that anything happened. One masked man notices the camera outside and smashes it with a rock before the feed cuts out.

Main Event: XHF Tag Team Championship Match; Standard Global Tag Team Rules; 60 Minute Time Limit
Team Fairtex (Tong & Phantom Fairtex) Vs. LGBTKO (Ryan Young & Bloodied Fox)(C.)

Fumio Daemura: "次のコンテストは1つの秋に予定されており、XHFグローバルタグチームチャンピオンシップです！最初の挑戦者をフィーチャー...トンフェアテックスとファントムフェアテックス。チームフェアテックスです！"

"UFC Remix" plays and Team Fairtex comes to ringside wearing traditional Muy Thai fighting gear. They enter the ring and do a brief dance before going to each of the four ring corners and say a brief prayer to honor the fighting gods. Team Fairtex then goes to their corner and jump up and down slapping their faces and chests psyching themselves up before talking strategy.

Psycho KGB: "彼らは戦いの神々を称えます！"

MUSHI: "戦いの神々？それはばかげて聞こえます。印象的だと思う。"

Fumio Daemura: "そして彼らの対戦相手であるXHFグローバルタグチームチャンピオンズ... Bloodied FoxとRyan Young。 LGBTKOです！"

"Sometimes you gotta... close a door... to open a window..."



The thick rolling bassline from "NEW MAGIC WAND" by Tyler the Creator thumps out over the arena. Six letters fade into view on the jumbotrons.



The lights in the arena begin to rotate between all the colors of the rainbow, focusing down on the entry ramp in unison, where Bloodied Fox and Ryan Young walk out, drenched in a sea of rainbow light. Bloodied Fox grins as he comes out, while Young walks out, a fury in his eyes, glaring down at the ring. The two of them stand and soak up the light for a moment, the crowd going bananas for them. Ryan eventually starts marching down the ramp, eyes focused on the ring. Fox follows behind him, grinning and sauntering down the aisle, high-fiving the crowd along the way.

Psycho KGB: "これらの人々はゲイ、クィア、またはバイと呼ばれることにうんざりしていると聞きます。彼らが何であれ。自分を乗り越えてください！"

MUSHI: "彼らは彼らが何であるかです。彼らに話しかけるのは不自由です。"

Bloodied Fox and Tong Fairtex start the match as the bell rings. Tong Fairtex rushes across the ring with a roar, hitting a muay tai kick to the midsection. Bloodied Fox backs up a step and hits a roundhouse kick to the head that staggers Tong backwards to the corner. Bloodied Fox runs at the corner, leaps, and goes for a superman palm strike to the face! Tong ducks out of the way so that Fox strikes the top turnbuckle! Tong Fairtex brings Bloodied Fox up into a fireman’s carry, spins him around, and drops him to the mat. He quickly tags in Phantam Fairtex, who leaps over the ropes, to deliver a flying knee to the gut of Fox.

Tong Fairtex exits the ring as Phantam pulls Fox up and hits a knife edge chop to the throat that brings an admonition from the ref. Phantam acknowledges the complaint as Fox chokes and grasps at his throat. Tong Fairtex slips into the ring while the ref isn’t looking and hits a German suplex. He rolls out of the ring as the ref turns around.

MUSHI: "それは違法です！"

Psycho KGB: "審判はそれを見なかったので、誰が気にします"

Phantam Fairtex moves to pick Bloodied Fox up, but gets nailed with a jawbreaker. Ryan Young hops onto the bottom rope and stretches out as far as he can to encourage Fox to make the tag. Bloodied Fox reaches to make the tag, but Phantam grabs him by the legs and pulls him toward the center of the ring. He stomps Fox a few times before making the tag to Tong.

Phantam picks Fox up to hold him up and Tong bounces off of the ropes, hitting a clothesline!

Tong hits a moonsault stomp and goes for the cover.

MUSHI: "これでしょうか？"

Psycho KGB: "審判が時間内に位置に着くことができるかどうかです！"

One
Tw-Bloodied Fox kicks out!

Tong Fairtex pulls Bloodied Fox up and applies an abdominal stretch. It doesn’t last long before Fox summons all of the strength that he can and tosses Tong away. Ryan stretches out again to try to make the tag. Fox falls to his knees, but makes his way to make the tag. Tong tries to grab him and bring him back into the middle of the ring when Fox kicks him in the face and makes the tag.

MUSHI: "火の家のようなリングに乗ったライアン！"

Ryan Young bounces into the ring, nailing Tong with lefts and rights before hitting an uppercut that drops him. Phantam runs into the ring, but gets nailed with a drop kick that sends him backwards over the ropes.

Ryan runs to the ropes, bounces back and hits a penalty kick that sends a sitting up Tong back to the mat. He climbs to the top rope and hits a frog splash! He finishes the trio of moves off by putting Tong into a kamigoye position. Instead of raising the knee, he hits a bicycle knee for the California Dream III! He goes for the cover as Bloodied Fox blocks Phantam Fairtex!

MUSHI: "これだと思います！"

Psycho KGB: "残念だ。"

One
Two
Three!

Bloodied Fox and Ryan Young stand in the middle of the ring with their titles raised as the Fairtexes slink out of the ring.

Fumio Daemura: "このゲームの勝者、ライアン・ヤングと血まみれのキツネ。 LGBTKO！"