MAHATMA SUPER WORLD PEACE SAISHI ~ PWT Vol. 3 ~ TR:BP Day 4

GM Masaaki “Genki” Sano addressed the fans and thanked the beautiful and historic country of India for allowing MAX-J the opportunity to show the strongest wrestling. He showed off the new MAX Royal Road Championship belt, noting that that “Mountain” Shinjiro Nakama and “Burning Heart” James Edwards would decide the first champion later in the night. With that, he returned to the back and the show began.

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This was a fast-paced match and featured a lot of hard striking between Hunter and Knight which set the tone for the night. At one point, Hunter hit successive roundhouse kicks against AJ that pushed him back into the corner and put him in trouble, but a diving crossbody block by Earth Warrior saved him. In the end, AJ Knight would tapout Shigeru Toyama with a Templar Stretch to end the match.

Having picked up three falls in the TOUKON ROAD thus far, a seated Masaaki Sano in the crowd could be seen making some remarks to his colleague, Rokurou Murakami, the head of the championship committee, pointing at AJ and whispering some remarks. Social media would quickly pick up on this event, though at this point all we have is speculation…

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There was a bit more comedy in this match, as FDJ and Yamazaki used their teamwork to cause problems for Zombie and KOSUKE, at one point witnessing FDJ use a prone Yamazaki as a springboard to launch himself into a stinger splash against KOSUKE in the corner.

Later with Zombie and FDJ in the ring, FDJ hit a thunderous chokeslam that would seem to put away Zombie, but during the pin attempt Zombie latched on FDJ’s skull with the Vise of Virtue! FDJ would moan in pain as Zombie turned the match around and picked up the tapout submission!

Discussing the stunning comeback, Zombie stood in front of the joyous Demon Brigade zealots and told the reporters that he felt the energy from the World Peace Pagoda in the distance and suddenly felt as though all of the world’s Buddhists stood with him in that moment, providing strength and vigor, and he promised that the next tour would be his best yet.

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Gensai started off playfully in the beginning. Well, playful like a tiger toying with its prey. He kept a defense posture and tried to smack GRIM around with open-hand palm strikes, hoping to rattle him. But, with strikes from the top of the foot allowed, GRIM’s footwork came to play with kicks to the thighs and quadriceps and he returned with significant offense to end the round.

The second round witnessed much more ground game. Gensai shot in a few times but GRIM’s takedown defense was quite good as he maintained control and tried to sink his hooks in for a guillotine chokehold but didn’t quite get it. Gensai tried to roll out, but GRIM spread his legs and kept the hold on. The two men spent most of the round grappling in such a manner when the time limit expired.

The fight then went to our panel of judges. The first judge ruled in favor of Gensai. The second gave the match to GRIM. And the third…

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… after a brief pause announced that he scored the fight in favor of GRIM! The Demon Brigade zealots roared as the referee raised GRIM’s hand in victory as Gensai briefly protested the result before shaking his head and leaving the ring.

In as many as two matches, the Demon Brigade’s team of GRIM and Tokyo Zombie had scored falls over both halves of the World Tag Team Champions, leaving many to suggest that this would portend the former champions of the Demon Brigade to receive an opportunity to reclaim the belts.

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GM Sano took the stage and announced that TOUKON ROAD would be traveling next to Europe for what will be known as EUROPA RUSH! It will feature a six-event schedule over a period of two weeks beginning on 3/9 and ending 3/23.

But before then…

Sano said that a local Greek promotion wanted to hold a show in honor of the TOUKON ROAD superstars. On 2/27 and 2/28, in an event booked as TOUKON ROAD SIDE STORY: THE GOLDEN FLEECE, see the graphic below, the wrestlers of MAX-J will compete in the Argos Tag League, a two-night tag team extravaganza. The winners will receive the currently vacant All-Mediterranean Tag Team Championships and defend them over the course of the EUROPA RUSH! tour.

With six men in the match, there were two who stood out, and not always for the best of reasons. Jacob Hammerstein and Alexander Irvine had spent much of the week sparring at one another on twitter and being in the same corner, even keeping the ringpost between them, would not stop the jawing. The two would frequently bring over Minamoto to tag him in, it seemed mainly to get away from the other one.

It was an aggressive start, but new Jr. Heavyweight Champion Chris Ravenna was determined to lead his team and orchestrated a comeback with Troy and Cendana, with at one point Cendana getting Irvine on his shoulders and David Troy jumping off the top-rope with a diving Flash Bang! But Irvine would spill to the outside and we’d see Hammerstein come in as the legal man.

Hammer would keep up offense against Troy, the two trading chops and elbows, with Troy pushing back Hammer. Irvine stuck out his hand to Hammer, but it was unclear if the American Monster did not see it or ignored it, but he kept up the fight against Troy and flipped things around for a moment before Ravenna jumped in with a discus big boot~the Artikulo Uno!

An irritated Irvine broke up the pin and then yelled at Hammerstein as he got up. The two men began arguing with Hammer arguing he didn’t even see his hand out for the tag, Irvine calling “bullshit”… of course, their argument was ended when the Filipino sensation Hercules Cendana clotheslined both over the top rope! From there it was short work as David Troy would use his Flash Bang on Hiro Minamoto to end the match.

The feud between Irvine and Hammer continued on the outside, their out-of-control aggression seeming to disappoint General Manager Sano. The GM took a microphone and told them that he would give them the chance to settle their dispute in the ring during the next MAX-J tour if they would return to the back. After a staredown with one another, the two men nodded and seemed to agree, content that they would get the opportunity to clash where it counts.

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In the early going, Nakama kept up his aggression to try and make use of his towering size advantage. However, to do so he frequently had to eat face kicks and knees from the Burning Heart, one of which created a cut just over his eye which meant that the remainder of the match would look quite messy. When Nakama finally got Edwards in the clinch, he aimed knees to the chest and midsection and threw Edwards for a belly-to-belly suplex that took the fight to the ground.

The two struggled on the ground for several minutes, with Edwards keeping Nakama in his guard. Occasionally, the Mountain would throw a closed hand strike that would miss but nevertheless prompt the referee to warn him about being disqualified if it hit. Suddenly, Edwards captured the arm and transitioned into a triangle hold! Sucking the life out of Nakama, the latter just barely got a foot on the ropes to clear himself out of danger.

Standing once again, Edwards laid into a grounded Nakama with roundhouse kicks. As the Mountain tried to roll to the outside, His representative Arnold Cunningham started shouted at him to stop and he did so at the last moment. The ref reminded him that there were no ring-outs under the rules for the Royal Road Championship and that leaving the ring voluntarily would mean disqualification. This meant that Edwards kept up his assault until Nakama shot in for takedown and, though Edwards blocked the attempt, Nakama was able to get back to his feet and reset.

At this point we surpassed the ten-minute mark and both fighters were searching for a means of putting their opponent away. Edwards hit a spinning backfist and rebounded off the ropes for a jumping Tornado DDT that got a two-count. He then leapt up to his feet and as Nakama was getting up went for the VIOLENT GOSPEL, but Nakama rolled out of the way and jumped up with a running knee strike! Edwards went down hard, and Nakama pinned for a two-count. He then lifted up a groggy Edwards, locked on the rear waistlock, and delivered a picturesque German suplex hold for the…

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3-NO! Edwards somehow twisted the shoulder up.

Nakama in disbelief started jawing with the referee and this was enough for Edwards gain the time to launch a flying knee! Nakama would stumble back into the ropes and drop to a knee. Edwards would go for a Kinshasa, but Nakama would escape by toppling over, sending Edwards tangled up in the ropes. Nakama on his feet would pull him out in a rear waistlock and dump him on his head again for the high-angle German suplex hold! He’d bridge for the…

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The bell would sound!

On the outside of the ring Arnold Cunningham would dance a jig as the attendants would enter the ring with the MAX Royal Road Championship and the tournament trophy in hand, both delivered to Nakama. GM Sano took the microphone and congratulated both fighters on a spirited performance, saying that the company was in good hands with them at the helm.

While Nakama was taking pictures with the belt over his shoulder, Cunningham soon grabbed the microphone and pointed his racket into the crowd and told the pro-wrestling world to beware, that the finest fighting specimen was only 1% tapped into his fighting potential and that soon the world would see the greatest reign of all-time with “Mountain” Shinjiro as the Royal Road Champion.

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As is the tradition in MAX-J for all world title matches, the wrestlers from the back emerged and took their seats ringside for the event. The entrances were spectacular. Mushigahara’s entrance featuring flashing green/gray/black lights as smoke billowed from the entranceway as he walked through the fog of war. There was quite a pause as the smoke cleared and we noticed hundreds of sky lanterns, glowing and floating into the night-sky as “VAJURA ON!” hit and the MAX Heavyweight Champion ZENKI emerged as the fans threw cherry blossoms in his wake.

With the stage set and the match started, both men took a cautious approach. Each time Mushigahara moved forward, ZENKI used his speed and evasive abilities to escape. This seemed to frustrate the God-Beast, who charged forward but ZENKI uses an aikido-like throw to absorb the momentum and trip Mushigahara so he landed with a throat on the ropes. ZENKI used his foot to choke Mushighara until the referee broke it up.

With a few stomps and elbow drops from the champ, he wasted no time in going to the ground and supplying an ankle lock to the much bigger fighter! Mushighara was no fan of being caught in this hold got his fingers on the ropes, though ZENKI held on as long as he could before having to break it off.

Both men being on their feet, ZENKI continued to evade Mushigahara who would soon begin limping after unsuccessfully trying to chase down the champ. It was now when ZENKI’s strategy with the ankle lock became clear, because at Mushigahara’s size, walking on even a semi-injured limb would only make it worse.

Mushigahara having caught on, he decided to hold his ground and challenge ZENKI to come at him. The fans clapped and cheered at the prospect of this as ZENKI stood with his hands on his hips debating the next move. The champ would cautiously approach slowly, slowly… and then in a flash go for a basement enzuigiri to the knee! And then he’d scramble away before Mushigahara could grab him. ZENKI would repeat this strategy several times, playing this game with Mushigahara, slowly weakening his leg with the injured ankle now at the knee. ZENKI would go for it again, and Mushigahara would simply fall on ZENKI as he attempted the basement enzuigiri, this time catching him in his grasp!

Mushigahara now had ZENKI in the full mount and began peppering him with legal open-hand strikes and Mongolian Chops as the champ did everything he could to cover up. As Mushigahara struggled to his feet, he kept Zenki’s tousled mane in the grip of his fingers so as not to lose him and got him in a bearhug! ZENKI struggled for dear life, reaching his hands out to the audience to give him support, the Zealots extending their arms to the sky to give him their energy…

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… and ZENKI began clapping his palms against the side of Mushigahara’s head! He did it again and again, but Mushigahara decided to break the hold by throwing ZENKI for a belly-to-belly suplex! The champ in pain tried to roll away to create some distance, but Mushigahara snatched him by the ankle, dragging the helpless champ back into his clutches and locking in the bearhug once again!

This time ZENKI was in dire straits, but Mushigahara broke the hold and began covering his eyes as he fell to the mat! Apparently, there was a fan in the Demon Brigade section who shined a laser pointer at him in the hopes of rescuing Demon Lord ZENKI. We had heard rumors of the zealots planning to help ZENKI but this was our first sign seeing such an attempt. The fan was ejected and the ref confirmed with Mushigahara that he could continue.

But as Mushigahara stalked ZENKI, the champ jumped up and bounced off the God-Beast’s thigh for a shining wizard, catching him right in the jaw and putting him on his back! ZENKI took this opportunity to ascend to the top rope as the cameras flashed and… he launched for a SHOOTING STAR PRESS… it connected! He had the pin!

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3-NO! Mushigahara would kickout!

The champion wasted no time returning back to the injured leg and locked Mushigahara in a Figure 4 Leg Lock that had the God-Beast struggling. Eventually, however, it would get reversed and ZENKI would let go of the hold. As Mushighara would get up to a knee, ZENKI would fly in again for another shining wizard! And it would connect once more! With Mushigahara down, ZENKI sat up and rested, but also trying to figure out just what he could do to put away his superheavyweight challenger.

Up on his feet, and after a few stomps to his downed opponent, ZENKI returned to going after the injured leg, but Mushigahara used his free one to push ZENKI off of him. The champ tumbled and rolled and when he ran into the fray he found Mushigahara’s hand around his throat…

Mushigahara lift Zenki high up into the air with a double-handed choke, so high in fact that ZENKI swiveled his legs around Mushigahara’s neck and went for the hurricanrana to break free! Although the choke ended, the hurricanrana didn’t quite have the momentum to flip Mushigahara who repositioned ZENKI, spun around several times, and slammed him into the mat with a Holy War powerbomb and the big man LEAPT in a front roll over the champ to bridge him for the pin!

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The bell sounds!

The weight of Mushigahara’s 300 lb frame was too much pressure for the champ to fight against, finally it seemed for the first time in the match the big man finding a way to use his size to his advantage. The fans were in shock, as were the wrestlers sitting in the audience with their mouths agape. Demon Brigade zealots were literally in tears as they watched ZENKI sit up and smack the canvas.

But it was Mushigahara who took center stage on this night, holding up the MAX Heavyweight Championship and roaring into the night-sky of New Delhi as we concluded the first tour of TOUKON ROAD. Mushigahara limped from corner-to-corner as he ascended the second rope as a frustrated ZENKI could only walk back up the ramp. As the footage concluded, Mushigahara pointed to the seated MAX wrestlers and slid a thumb across his throat, sending a message to one and all that the new champion had arrived and that the Era of the God-Beast had arrived in MAXIMUM Japan Pro-Wrestling.

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MAHATMA SUPER WORLD PEACE SAISHI ~ Pro-Wrestling TOUKON Vol. 3 ~ TOUKON ROAD: BLITZ PACIFICA – Day 4
Date: 2/23/2018

1. AJ Knight and Earth Warrior defeat Eron “Lynx” Hunter and Shigeru Toyama (9:54) via submission after Knight uses a Templar stretch on Toyama.
2. Tokyo Zombie and KOSUKE defeat Frank Dylan James and Balloon Yamazaki (10:50) via submission after Zombie uses the Vise of Virtue on James.
3. Sport form rules: GRIM defeats Go Gensai (R2 10:00) via judges' decision, 2-1 (split).
4. Chris Ravenna, David Troy, and Hercules Cendana defeat Jacob Hammerstein, Alexander Irvine, and Hiro Minamoto (15:11) via pinfall when Troy uses the Flashbang on Minamoto.
5. MAX Royal Road Championship Tournament – Final: Shinjiro Nakama defeats James Edwards (18:38) via pinfall with a high-angle German suplex hold to become the 1st champion.
6. MAX Heavyweight Championship: Mushigahara defeats ZENKI (c) (21:04) via pinfall after the Holy War powerbomb to become the 4th champion.