Minoru Suzuki is the baddest motherfucker in Japan today and this "match" is a shining example why. This thing starts off innocent enough. They scrapple for a bit and when Kawamura starts pummeling Minoru with shots against the ropes, Suzuki slaps on the rope-hung armbar and he's now officially pissed off. Outside the ring, Suzuki blasts him with chairshot after chairshot, and when the ref tries to restore some order, that just pisses Suzuki off more and he starts attacking everyone around him. He tries to use the time keeper's hammer on Kawamura but the ref takes it away. So what does he do? Bloodies Kawamura with a fucking retractable pen and brags about it. Minoru's slaps and headbutts are uber stiff but unfortunately, Kawamura's brief comebacks don't have the same fire or intensity. Near the end, Kawamura goes for a takedown and Suzuki just knees him in the throat, and it's all downhill from there. A big ole dose of brutal punishment from MiSu.

Beginning to watch this show from the start. I've not watched any of these produce shows before, and I actually don't know much about Ryo Kawamura, other than he is some kind of Pancrase guy I believe?

 

How did he come to be running a pro-wrestling show? I kind of get some of the other guys to run produce shows under their name, but he seems an odd one. Was this some kind of anniversary show (results sites seem to indicate show).

 

Only watched the opener so far, which was ok - looking forward to the craziness of the main event.