Date: March 21st, 2014 
Location:  Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Announced Attendance: Unknown

My real love in Puroresu, to be honest, is small weird Indy promotions.  While there haven’t really been any events from 2014 that fit that description yet to make video, this is the closest that we have had so far.  It does have some name people but it also has some wrestlers I have never heard of and has an “Electric Chair” Death Match that just sounds fascinating.   Here is the full card:

- Jason Lee vs. Mineo Fujita
- Asosan, Junji Tanaka, Kitai Kubo, and The Atchee vs. Hideki Hosaka, Ichiro Yaguchi, Kenichi Fujii, and Yasu Uike
- Daemon Ueda, KAMIKAZE, and Takuya Sugawara vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Masato Tanaka, and Omatayuuchaku
- Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kohei Sato and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
- ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship: James Raideen vs. Ryouji Sai
- No Ropes Barbed Wire Big Blast Electric Chair Death Match: Atsushi Onita and Shinjiro Otani vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama

I will try to find out who these wrestlers are as I review this event and I will add them to the site in the next few days if they are not already on here somewhere.  Onto the matches!

Jason Lee vs. Mineo Fujita
They circle each other to start, waistlock by Fujita but Lee reverses it into a wristlock.  Fujita reverses it back, hammerlock by Lee but Fujita hits a snapmare.  They trade moves ending with a Fujita headscissors, but Lee gets out of it and both men return to their feet.  Kick by Fujita, Irish whip, reversed, trip by Lee and he goes to a praying position, which confuses Fujita.  Armdrag by Lee and he hits a dropkick.  Lee picks up Fujita but Fujita hits him low and delivers a dropkick.  Lee falls out of the ring and Fujita sails out onto him with a tope con giro, hitting his legs hard into the guard rail in the process.  He gets back up anyway and throws Lee back into the ring, Fujita gets on the apron and hits a slingshot doublestomp.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Fujita picks up Lee and hits a scoop slam, he goes off the ropes and delivers a leg drop.  Cover, but again it gets two.  Fujita picks up Lee but Lee elbows him back and the two trade elbows.  Back fist by Lee but Fujita kicks Lee low as he falls to the mat, possibly on purpose.  Fujita picks up Lee, Irish whip to the corner but Lee kicks Fujita back.  Lee goes off the ropes and hits an enzigieri.  Punch combination by Lee in the corner, he goes off the ropes but Fujita catches him with an atomic drop.  Fujita goes off the ropes but Lee hits a dropkick, cover, but it gets a two count.  Back up, Fujita avoids Lee’s strikes and dropkicks him to the mat.  Fujita goes off the ropes and kicks Lee in the back, cover, but it gets a two count.  Fujita picks up Lee and puts him on his shoulders but Lee rolls him up for a two count.  Irish whip by Fujita but Lee hits a tornado DDT.  La Magistral by Lee, but it gets a two count.  Superkick by Lee and he nails the Game of Death for the three count cover.  Your winner:  Jason Lee

Match Thoughts:  A really basic opening match (lots of dropkicks), but generally not offensive.  I hadn’t seen Fujita in a while, doesn’t seem like his career has progressed since last time I did see him however.  Lee came down with some belts so I guess he was the ‘better’ wrestler going in, and he did dominate the match when Fujita wasn’t connecting with his groin-based offense.  Not much to it but nothing actively bad either.  Score:  4.5

Asosan, Junji Tanaka, Kitai Kubo, and The Atchee vs. Hosaka, Yaguchi, Fujii, and Yasu Uike
Asosan and Yaguchi start things off.  Side headlock by Yaguchi, Asosan Irish whips out of it but Yaguchi shoulderblocks him down.  Snapmare by Yaguchi and he applies a reverse chinlock.  Back up, Yaguchi drives Asosan back and tags in Fujii.  Elbows by Fujii but Asosan returns fire.  They trade chops and elbows, knee by Asosan and he tags in The Atchee.  Clubs to the back by The Atchee, Irish whip, and The Atchee hits a back elbow.  Stomp by The Atchee, he picks up Fujii and hits a scoop slam.  Reverse chinlock by The Atchee and he clubs Fujii in the back.  Fujii goes off the ropes and elbows The Atchee to the mat, he picks him up and tags in Hosaka.  Irish whip by Hosaka and he elbows The Atchee in the chest.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  The Atchee drives back The Atchee and tags in Kubo, elbows by Kubo but Hosaka elbows him back and the two trade shots.  Chops by Hosaka, Kubo grabs him by the nuts and tags in Tanaka.  Elbows by Tanaka, Irish whip, and he hits a back elbow.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Hosaka tags in Uike, Uike kicks Tanaka in the stomach and chest, cover but it gets a two count.  Uike applies a reverse chinlock and he applies an armbar.  Uike tags in Hosaka, Hosaka kicks Tanaka and he hits a vertical suplex.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Hosaka tags in Yaguchi, and Yaguchi stomps down Tanaka in the corner.  Yaguchi picks up Tanaka, Irish whip, and Yaguchi elbows Tanaka in the chest.  Yaguchi elbows his opponents off the apron and he hits a knee drop to Tanaka.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Yaguchi picks up Tanaka and applies a double underhook, hitting a butterfly suplex.  Cover by Yaguchi, but it only gets two.  Yaguchi picks up Tanaka and tags in Fujii, elbows by Fujii to Tanaka and he tags in Hosaka.  Double Irish whip to Tanaka and they hit him with a double elbow strike.  Hosaka scoop slams Tanaka to the mat, cover, but it gets a two count.  Hosaka picks up Tanaka, Tanaka fights back but Hosaka rakes Tanaka in the eyes.  Hosaka picks up Tanaka and he tags in Yaguchi.  Yaguchi picks up Tanaka and he hits a headbutt.  Another headbutt by Yaguchi and he chokes Tanaka with his boot, he picks up Tanaka but Tanaka elbows him back. 

Yaguchi knocks Tanaka to the mat and tags in Fujii.  Fujii picks up Tanaka and stands on Tanaka by the ropes.  Fujii picks up Tanaka and throws him into the corner, tagging in Hosaka.  Hosaka chops Tanaka into the corner and he hits a vertical suplex.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Hosaka tags in Yaguchi and Yaguchi knocks his opponents off the apron.  Yaguchi picks up Tanaka and chops him in the corner, Irish whip, and he hits a lariat.  Uike comes in the ring next and he hits a jumping knee on Tanaka.  Kicks by Uike and he connects with a kick to the side of Tanaka’s head, cover, but it gets two.  Uike waits for Tanaka to get up but Tanaka catches his kick and applies a crab hold.  Fujii quickly breaks it up and Uike tags in Yaguchi, Yaguchi comes off the ropes but Tanaka catches him with a pair of kicks and tags in Asosan.  Asosan hits a lariat onto Yaguchi, Irish whip to the corner, reversed, but Asosan kicks Yaguchi as he charges in and delivers a dropkick.  Asosan’s teammates come into the ring, Yaguchi is snapmared to the mat and everyone hits falling strikes on Yaguchi ending with an Asosan senton.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Kubo is tagged in, he goes off the ropes and he dropkicks Yaguchi in the knee.  Shining Wizard by Kubo, cover, but it gets a two count.  Spinning heel kick by Yaguchi and he tags in Hosaka as Kubo tags in Tanaka.  Hosaka dropkicks Tanaka and he tags in Fujii.  Fujii comes in the ring with his teammates and they all hit running strikes on Tanaka in the corner.  Scoop slam by Hosaka to Tanaka and Fujii hits an elbow drop.  Another elbow drop by Fujii, cover, but it gets a two count.  Fujii and Hosaka pick up Tanaka and they hit a double vertical suplex.  Cover by Fujii, but Asosan breaks it up.  Fujii grabs Tanaka but Tanaka snaps off a backdrop suplex.  Cover, but it gets two.  Tanaka picks up Fujii, he puts him onto his shoulders and hits a Samoan Drop.  Tanaka goes up to the top turnbuckle and delivers a diving headbutt.  Cover by Tanaka, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Asosan, Junji Tanaka, Kitai Kubo, and The Atchee

Match Thoughts:   A pretty blah affair.  None of these guys are particularly good wrestlers (as far as I am aware) and this match kinda showed that.  Pretty basic match with lots of strikes and not overly exciting offense.  It isn’t the worst match I have seen but certainly was dull as hell.  Score:  3.5

Daemon Ueda, KAMIKAZE, and Sugawara vs. Hidaka, Masato Tanaka, and Omatayuuchaku
They brawl to start the match and go outside of the ring, fighting at ringside and into the crowd.  Tanaka pairs up with KAMIKAZE as Omatayuuchaku and Ueda get back into the ring.  Omatayuuchaku and Ueda trade elbows, Omatayuuchaku goes off the ropes and he hits another elbow, but Ueda elbows him back.  Omatayuuchaku finally gets the better of it, he picks up Ueda and he throws Omatayuuchaku into the corner.  Chops by Omatayuuchaku, Irish whip, reversed, but Omatayuuchaku kicks Ueda back.  Back kick by Omatayuuchaku and he hits a springboard doublestomp to Ueda’s back.  Omatayuuchaku picks up Ueda and hits a suplex, cover, but it gets a two count.  Omatayuuchaku picks up Ueda but Ueda elbows him and they trade blows again.  Omatayuuchaku goes for a scoop slam but Ueda headbutts him.  Scoop slam by Ueda, he picks up Omatayuuchaku, Irish whip to the corner but Hidaka runs in the ring.  Ueda picks up Hidaka, he puts him in the corner with Omatayuuchaku and hits a running splash.  Ueda picks up Omatayuuchaku and throws him in the corner before tagging in Sugawara.  Sugawara and KAMIKAZE Irish whip Omatayuuchaku and hit a double back elbow.  Stomps by Sugawara to Omatayuuchaku, he picks up Omatayuuchaku and punches him against the ropes.  Snapmare by Sugawara and he hits a fist drop.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Sugawara tags in KAMIKAZE, snapmare by KAMIKAZE and he rakes Omatayuuchaku in the eyes.  KAMIKAZE and Sugawara stomp down Omatayuuchaku, Sugawara picks him up and clubs Omatayuuchaku in the back.  Elbows by Sugawara in the corner, Irish whip, reversed, but Omatayuuchaku hits a dropkick.  Omatayuuchaku tags in Tanaka, and Tanaka lariats Sugawara in the corner.  Tanaka scoop slams both KAMIKAZE and Ueda before hitting a stunner/DDT combination on Sugawara and KAMIKAZE. 

Tanaka lariats Ueda out of the ring but Sugawara attacks him from behind.  Double Irish whip to Tanaka but Tanaka lariats both KAMIKAZE and Sugawara.  Tanaka picks up Sugawara, Irish whip to the corner and Tanaka hits a jumping elbow strike.  Mounted punches by Tanaka in the corner, he goes off the ropes but Sugawara ducks his attack and hits an enzigieri.  Sugawara tags in KAMIKAZE and KAMIKAZE hits a overhead kick to Tanaka.  Vertical suplex by KAMIKAZE, cover, but it gets a two count.  Elbows by Tanaka to KAMIKAZE, he goes off the ropes but KAMIKAZE kicks Tanaka in the chest.  KAMIKAZE picks up Tanaka and goes for a slam but Tanaka lands on his feet and hits a DDT.  Tanaka tags in Hidaka and Hidaka hits KAMIKAZE with a missile dropkick.  Omatayuuchaku and Tanaka come into the ring too, they throw Ueda into the corner and Hidaka hits a springboard attack.  Hidaka picks up Ueda and slams him to the mat, Tanaka goes up top and hits a diving headbutt.  Cover by Hidaka, but Sugawara breaks it up.  Hidaka elbows Sugawara but Ueda attacks him from behind.  Double Irish whip to Hidaka but he hits a tornado DDT onto Sugawara.  Hidaka waits for Ueda to get up, kick by Ueda and he goes for the Shiranui but Ueda shoves him off.  Sugawara dropkicks Hidaka, then KAMIKAZE slams Hidaka to the mat and he delivers a moonsault.  Ueda picks up Hidaka and drops him with a brainbuster, cover, but it is broken up.  Ueda waits for Hidaka to get up and goes off the ropes but Hidaka ducks the lariat and applies La Magistral for a two count.  Hidaka goes off the ropes but Ueda catches him with a lariat, cover, but Hidaka kicks out at two.  Ueda picks up Hidaka and nails Lucifer’s Hammer, cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Daemon Ueda, KAMIKAZE, and Sugawara

Match Thoughts:  A little better than the last match which I guess isn’t saying much as the wrestler quality was a bit higher.  Seemed like a waste of Tanaka who is probably the best wrestler on this entire card, but he seemed like he was having a good time.  Not much to it but nothing really wrong with it either.  Score:  5.0

Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kohei Sato and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
Daichi and Yokoyama start things off.  They circle each other to start, tie-up, Yokoyama pushes Daichi into the ropes and he gives a clean break.  Tie-up, Yokoyama pushes Daichi into the ropes, Daichi switches positions with him and slaps Yokoyama in the chest.  Yokoyama chops him back and they trade blows, kick to the leg by Daichi but Yokoyama keeps chopping him.  Daichi kicks Yokoyama to the mat and throws him in the corner before tagging in Kazuki. Yokoyama gets away and tags in Sato, Sato and Kazuki circle each other and Sato kicks Kazuki in the back of the leg.  They trade kicks and Sato knees Kazuki in the stomach, Irish whip, reversed, and Kazuki slaps Sato.  Kick to the back by Sato and he tags in Yokoyama.  Kazuki drags Yokoyama by the leg and he tags in Daichi.  Daichi and Yokoyama trade strikes, Yokoyama gets the better of it and he tags in Sato.  Double Irish whip to Daichi and they hit a double shoulderblock.  Sato kicks Daichi and they trade elbows, and Sato hits a knee.  Sato tags in Yokoyama and Yokoyama stomps on Daichi.  Yokoyama picks up Daichi and he hits a scoop slam.  Elbow drops by Yokoyama, cover, but it gets a two count.  Yokoyama slaps Daichi but Daichi slaps him back, and Yokoyama tags in Sato.  Sato knees Daichi in the stomach and hits a hiptoss.  Single leg crab hold by Sato but Daichi gets to the bottom rope.  Dropkick by Daichi and he tags in Kazuki. 

Kazuki kicks Sato in the corner and hits a series of boot scrapes.  Cover, but Sato kicks out at two.  Kazuki goes off the ropes but Sato hits a side slam and tags in Yokoyama.  Yokoyama picks up Kazuki, Irish whip to the corner and he hits a running shoulder tackle.  Scoop slam by Yokoyama and he hits a reverse splash for a two count.  Sato comes in the ring, double Irish whip to Kazuki and Yokoyama hits a powerslam.  Sato hits a Falcon Arrow and Yokoyama follows with a diving elbow drop.  Cover, but Daichi breaks it up.  Yokoyama picks up Kazuki but Kazuki gets away, Yokoyama goes off the ropes but Kazuki levels him with a lariat.  Kazuki tags in Daichi, and Daichi kicks Yokoyama in the chest.  More kicks by Daichi and he finally sends Yokoyama to the mat.  Cover, but Yokoyama is in the ropes.  Daichi hits a backdrop suplex on Yokoyama, cover, but again it gets two.  Daichi puts Yokoyama in a choke hold while Kazuki puts Sato in an ankle hold, but Yokoyama gets into the ropes to force a break.  Daichi picks up Yokoyama, Irish whip to the corner and Kazuki hits a jumping knee as does Daichi.  Triangle Kick by Daichi, cover, but Sato breaks it up.  Daichi picks up Yokoyama and goes for a suplex but Yokoyama blocks it.  Knees by Daichi, he goes off the ropes but Yokoyama elbows him.  Back kick by Daichi and he hits a DDT.  PK by Daichi, cover, but Yokoyama kicks out.  Daichi picks up Yokoyama and hits a Rising DDT, he picks him up again and delivers a second one.  Cover, and Daichi picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto

Match Thoughts:  This was a typical match that has Sato and Hashimoto in it… lots of strikes throughout the entire match.  So if you enjoy strike battles you may like this one a lot, to me it was just ok.  I hadn’t seen Yokoyama before, he looked pretty solid and both teams worked well together so it didn’t seem like two thrown together teams (even if it was).  The ending was definitive, maybe overly so, and it was nice to see Daichi actually pick up a pinfall win over someone.  Some good and some bad, but overall certainly watchable.  Score:  6.0

(c) James Raideen vs. Ryouji Sai
This match is for the ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship.  Tie-up to start, Raideen pushes Sai into the ropes and he gives a clean break.  Tie-up again, waistlock by Raideen but Sai reverses it into a wristlock.  Raideen reverses it back and they trade the hold, Raideen pushes Sai to the mat but Sai gets back to his feet.  They go into a Test of Strength, kick by Raideen and they trade chops.  Kicks by Sai and he applies a reverse chinlock, he pushes Raideen into the corner  and kicks him in the chest.  Irish whip by Sai, reversed, and Sai collapses in the corner.  Irish whip by Raideen and Sai collapses in the corner again.  Sai falls out of the ring as Raideen goes out after him, and Raideen punches Sai around the guard rail into the crowd.  Raideen slams Sai’s head into a steel chair, but Sai knees Raideen in the stomach and kicks him in the chest.  Raideen chops him back and throws Sai back into the ring, cover, but it gets a two count.  Raideen applies a reverse chinlock but Sai gets to the ropes to force a break.  Raideen picks up Sai and delivers a scoop slam.  Cover, but again it gets a two count.  Raideen stomps on Sai, chops by Sai but Raideen chops him to the mat.  Cover by Raideen, but Sai gets a hand on the ropes.  Raideen waits for Sai to get up and goes off the ropes, but Sai catches him with a suplex.  Irish whip by Sai and he hits a big boot, cover, but it gets a two count.  Sai picks up Raideen but Raideen hits a vertical suplex.  Raideen picks up Sai, Irish whip into the corner and Raideen hits a lariat.  Irish whip again and Raideen hits a second lariat, cover, but it gets a two count.  Raideen picks up Sai and he hits a backdrop suplex.  Elbow drop by Raideen, cover, but Sai kicks out at two.  Raideen charges Sai but Sai catches Raideen, Raideen gets away and goes for a powerbomb, but Sai gets Raideen onto his shoulders.  Sai puts Raideen onto the top turnbuckle and joins him, but Raideen elbows him off.  Sai climbs back up but Raideen pushes him off again, but Sai kicks Raideen and climbs up a third time.  Superplex by Sai and they both get up slowly, and Sai hits a running knee in the corner.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Sai picks up Raideen and goes for a suplex but Raideen blocks it.  Elbow by Raideen but Sai hits a delayed vertical suplex.  Cover, but it gets two.  Sai goes up to the top turnbuckle but Raideen rolls out of the way of the doublestomp attempt.  Sai grabs Raideen and hits a Gutbuster, cover, but it gets a two count.  Sai goes off the ropes, but Raideen catches him with a sidewalk slam.  Cover, but Sai gets a shoulder up.  Raideen goes off the ropes and levels Sai with a lariat, cover, but it only gets a two count.  Raideen picks up Sai and nails the powerbomb, cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winner and still champion:  James Raideen

Match Thoughts:  This was a pretty so-so affair.  It was just ‘there’, it was not particularly exciting or interesting from start to finish.  Raideen is solid for the big muscle guy but lacks charisma (think of a slightly smaller Rob Terry), and the match just wasn’t really captivating.  I can’t say it was bad, the action was solid, it was just missing that special something to make it memorable or make it seem like it was a title match.  Score:  5.0

Atsushi Onita and Shinjiro Otani vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama
This is a No Ropes Barbed Wire Big Blast Electric Chair Death Match.  Meaning the barbed wire around the ring is set to blow up, and there is a barbed wire chair that is laced with explosives as well.   They all start off in the ring as there are no tag rules in crazy matches like this, and they start brawling.  Takayama and Onita pair off while Fujiwara chokes Otani on the mat.  Onita tries to throw Takayama into the barbed wire, Takayama blocks it but he can’t throw Onita into the barbed wire either.  Onita kicks Takayama in the stomach, but Fujiwara comes over and headbutts Onita.  Otani elbows both Fujiwara and Takayama but Fujiwara gives him a headbutt and Takayama boots Otani into the barbed wire, setting off our first explosion.  Onita comes up and spits red mist in Takayama’s face and slides him out of the ring under the barbed wire.  Still in the ring Fujiwara rolls over the crispy Otani and covers him, but Otani barely gets a shoulder up.  Fujiwara takes Otani outside the ring and stomps on him while Takayama has gotten the better of Onita as they battle around the ring into the crowd.  Takayama throws Onita into the guard rail while Otani has recovered and is trading chops with Fujiwara.  Punches by Takayama to Onita as Fujiwara and Otani continue to trade chops.  Otani gets the better of Fujiwara while Onita and Takayama get back in the ring.  Onita gets a barbed wire bat and hits Takayama in the chest with it before dropping him with a brainbuster. Onita picks up Takayama as Fujiwara slides back into the ring and attacks Onita from behind.  Takayama boots Onita, and Onita falls into the barbed wire, setting off an explosion.  Fujiwara slaps on the Fujiwara Armbar and cranks it on, but crazy Onita grabs the barbed wire to break up the hold, setting off another explosion which gets Fujiwara off of him (and blows himself up in the process). 

Onita gives the camera a great “I’m too old for this shit” face as he gets back up, and he kicks Fujiwara out of the ring.  He goes to Takayama but Takayama elbows Onita and clubs him in the back.  Otani attacks Takayama from behind and drops him with a backdrop suplex.  Otani puts Takayama near the corner and Otani hits the bootscrapes, but the last one sends Otani into the barbed wire ropes, which sets off an explosion as Otani falls out of the ring.  Onita drops Takayama with a DDT, cover, but Takayama gets a shoulder up.  Takayama gets the better of things and stomps on Onita, but Otani crawls back into the ring and hits Takayama from behind.  Onita gets the barbed wire bat and hits Takayama with it, then both Otani and Onita shoulderblock Takayama into the barbed wire, setting off another explosion.  Onita hits Takayama with another DDT, cover, but Takayama kicks out.  Elbow drop by Otani to Takayama, another cover, but again it gets two.  Otani kicks Takayama out of the ring as Fujiwara rolls back in it, and Onita sprays green mist into Fujiwara’s face.  Otani gets a chair and sits it in the middle of the ring, and then sits Fujiwara on it.  Onita then hits the Big Red Button, which turns off the lights.  As the lights come back on, Onita has the explosive barbed wire chair.  Onita hits Fujiwara in the chest with the barbed wire chair, causing a big explosion.  Cover, but Fujiwara somehow gets a shoulder up.  Fujiwara hulks up and headbutts both Otani and Onita to the mat, Fujiwara picks up Onita and headbutts him as Takayama gets back in the ring, and all four men brawl.  As they are fighting all four of them bumble into the barbed wire, setting off a final explosion.  Onita is the first one up and slowly covers Fujiwara, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Atsushi Onita and Shinjiro Otani

Match Thoughts:  Not really sure what I just watched.   It was sloppy and kinda sad, but also captivating.  I mean I know the explosions are partly for show but Onita’s arm had a noticeable burn on it so it wasn’t all fun and games.  So we have four wrestlers with an average age over 50 doing ugly brawling and mostly just repeatedly falling into the barbed wire to make it go “BOOM!”.  I can’t call it a good match, I just can’t, there wasn’t someone like a Hayabusa or a Great Sasuke to give the match any flair that it desperately needed.  But it was a good throwback to the heyday of FMW, even with the silly ending (Fujiwara didn’t touch the barbed wire on the last spot, he should have just been pinned after the chair shot).  So even though it was rough to watch, it was still… interesting and it is a match that I am glad I saw since it is just further proof that wrestlers are crazy.  Score:  6.0

Final Thoughts:

Best Match:   Atsushi Onita and Shinjiro Otani vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama. By default, right? I mean this whole event was built around this match, I think they went out of their way to make the rest of the card dull just to make the main event better. But it was a crazy match, especially considering how old the wrestlers were. Sure it was really sloppy and lacked structure and was dull aside from the explosions, but it still had that FMW feel to it and it was oddly captivating. Worth watching.

MVP:   Yoshiaki Fujiwara.  Considering his age, Fujiwara was not afraid to get down and dirty in the main event. He took the "big bump" of the match and also showed the most fire with his headbutts. Also even though he was the oldest wrestler in the main event he wasn't the most plodding (that award goes to Takayama) and stayed pretty active throughout the match. Not bad for a senior citizen.

Overall: This was the epitome of a one match card. The first five matches had no real variety... just multi-man matches before a dull title match leading up to the big finale. And the main event didn't disappoint in many ways, it was certainly crazy, but it was also really sloppy and ugly. Which in a way is part of the charm, but it really needed one younger wrestler that could fly around and take the bumps so the older guys could get a breather. Instead they just... got blown up when they needed a breather. It is in a way worth seeing the show just for the main event but you may end up being disappointed, and there is nothing on the rest of the show that anyone needs to go out of their way to see.

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