Big Japan Pro Wrestling 9/5/2021 - Death Mania IX 2021

Big Japan Pro Wrestling 9/5/2021 - Death Mania IX 2021

I saw 7 of the 10 matches here:

Kazumi Kikuta & Takuya Nomura vs Hiroyuki Suzuki & Takuho Kato

Kato hits forearms on Kikuta then headscissors him. Nomura and Suzuki go at it. Suzuki shoulders him over then Nomura hammerlocks him. Nomura kicks him in the back. Kikuta and Suzuki go at it and Kikuta hits palm thrusts to the chest. Suzuki fights back with forearms and Kikuta headbutts him. Suzuki then slams him.

Kato gets in and hits chops on Kikuta then running lariats him. Kato then fallaways slams him and takes another palm thrust. Nomura facekicks Suzuki off the apron then suplexes Kato for 2.  Kato bulldogs him and tags out then Suzuki running lariats Nomura. Suzuki suplexes him then Suzuki and Kato double shoulder him.

Suzuki spears Nomura for 2 then Kikuta superkicks Kato out. Suzuki and Nomura trade forearms then Nomura dropkicks him for 2. Nomura hits a hard slap then PK's him. Nomura then picks up the win with an armbar.

This was a 9 minute opener. Not great or anything Suzuki had a decent showing and it wasn't bad for what it was.

Kazuki Hashimoto, Kosuke Sato & Kota Sekifuda vs. Intelligent Sensational Grand Passion Mask No. 4, Shinya Ishida & Yusaku Ito

#4 and Sato start us off. Sato armlocks him then #4 reverses it on him. Ishida and Kota then get in. Kota shoulderblocks him then is armdragged.Isihida hits a bad body hurricanrana and is dropkicked. Ito and Hash get in and trade forearms then Hash sleepers him. Hash then hits a hard kick to the chest while he is seated.

Sato running dropkicks Ito then Ito facekicks him. Sato michinoku drivers him for 2 and Ito blocks his PK attempt. Ito then ddt's him. Ishida gets in and hits forearms on Sato then does an interesting flying splash in the corner. Ishida then top rope blockbusters him. Ishida pushes him into the ropes, drops down and trips him into a superkick.

Sato hits a nick dropkick on Ishida then Kota gets in. Kota hits his slingshot double footstomp on Ishida and splashes him for 2. Ishida tornado ddt's Kota. #4 gets in and top rope crossbodies then hip attacks Kota. #4 hits a cool blind 2nd rope hip attack.

#4 then hits a top rope hip attack on Kota. He goes for a ripcord but is rolled up and kicked. Hash suplexes #4 then Sato PK's him. Kota then backdrops him into a gutbuster for 2. Kota then hits a top rope frogsplash on #4 and wins it.

This was short and fine with the BJW team winning as expected. Ishida had a good showing and #4 had some interesting offense.

Yuji Okabayashi vs Kengo Takai

Kengo interrupts Yuji on his intro. He misses his lariat attempt and Yuji yells in his air. Kengo then does it back to him and Oka returns. Kengo then bites the ear some and pushes Oka out. Kengo then chokes Oka with a shirt. Oka chokes him outside then runs into the post. Kengo then stands on his shoulder and pulls his arm.

Kengo wraps his arm around the post then Oka hits a bunch of chops on him. Oka slams him and hits a big splash for 2. Oka runs the ropes and gets speared. Kengo then puts him in the anaconda vice. Oka charges at him on the ropes and has the ropes pulled down on him. Oka is on the floor wrapped int a ring mat and Kengo dives on him off the top.

They get back in and trade chops. Kengo suplexes him and hits 2 lariats. He does a spinning forearm then lariats him again for 2. Oka powerslams Kengo for 2 then Kengo bites his fingers. Kengo rolls him up for 2 then hits another lariat for 2. Kengo goes for something but gets powerslammed out of it. Kengo ducks a lariat and gets one on the return then Oka lariats him for 2. Oka then hits a nice powerbomb for the win at 12:52.

This went longer than it needed to. It was fine but I just didn't buy Kengo as the winner here and he did not win. This was a strong style match here with chops, forearms and lariats.

Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match - Ryuji Ito & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Michio Kageyama & Takumi Tsukamoto

They go outside to fight to start and come back in. Kage is first thrown into the tubes on the ropes then has a tube broken on his head. Kage then gets thrown into the tubes by Ito and Ito chairs him. Yuki then gets in and dropkicks Kage then throws him into the tubes again. Kage gets tubes put in the back of his shirt and Ito kicks them.

Ito and Kage trade chest chops then Ito kicks tubes into his back. Ito then hits a tube with a kendo stick into Kage's stomach. Kage has chairs put on him and Yuki double stomps them for 2. Kage then kicks some tubes into Yuki's chest. Takumi finally gets in and flying double chops Yuki then superkicks him hard in the face. Takumi then does a twisting vader bomb splash on tubes on top of Yuki for 2.

Takumi gets up top and is thrown off onto a chair. Takumi then has a chair thrown at him and Ito forearms him. Ito then frankensteiners him from the top. Takumi picks up Ito for a suplex and throws him off of it then Ito and Kage chest forearm battle before Kage ddt's him. Ito takes a superkick and kick combo for 2. Kage suplexes Ito on tubes for 2.

Kage sits on the top and Ito slams tubes into his head. Ito then superplexes Kage off the top onto chairs turned onto their side. Ito then top rope frogsplashes Kage for the win.

The crowd couldn't cheer here and this just wasn't very interesting. Kage just got the crap beaten out of him and got very little offense in.

BJW Tag Team Title Match - Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) (c) vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino

Hino and Kami charge at each other early then trade chops. Hash and Sek go at it and Sek samoan drops him. Hash and Hino trade forearms then Hino fallaway slams him. Sek and Hino take turns chopping Hash outside. Sek then slams Hash and Hino half crabs Hash.

Sek and Hash trade forearms and Sek drops him with one. Hash hits a nice punch and forearm combo on Sek then hits some chest kicks. Kami comes in and shoulders both opponents then shoulders Sek against the ropes. Sek charges at him and gets guided out of the ring then Kami shoulders him off the apron. Kami then throws Hino into the post. Sek and Kami then trade chops and Kami slams him. Sek then 2nd rope crossbodied Kami.

Hino comes in and exploders Kami then Kami flying shoulders him. Hash step up knees him in the corner then DDT's him. Hno and Hash trade forearms and chops then Hash trades his kicks for Hino's chops. Hino gets double teamed and double lariats both opponents.

Sek hits a lariat on Hash then Hash germans and suplexes him. Kami top rope dropkicks Sek then hits a stiff clothesline to the back of his head. Kami then runs him over with a stiff lariat. Hash step up knees Sek in the corner then falcon arrows him. Kami gets stuck on the top and is thrown off by both opponents. Sek and Hino go to charge at Kami at the same time and bump into each other. Hino chops him then accidentally runs into his own partner. Both Sek and Hino take legsweep + lariat combos then Kami backdrops Sek for the win.

It was okay but it went long and they had a slow pace that just never picked up. It could have been a lot better as well if they had a crowd that could cheer.

 BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title Match - Yasufumi Nakanoue (c)s vs Fuminori Abe

Abe rolls through an armlock early then gets an arm lock on him. Naka tries to snapmare Abe to get out of a hammerlock but abe rolls with him. Naka slams Abe then Abe hits a punch and a hard high kick. Naka then slams Abe on the floor. Naka tries to throw Abe in but he bounces off the bottom rope and slaps him. Naka then slams him again on the floor.

Abe takes a higb back body drop twice. Naka throws him hard into the buckles then camel clutches him. Abe comes back with a dropkick to the knee and an enzugiri. Abe spin kicks him then PK's him. Abe then rolls him into a leg lock. Abe then gets flapjacked and Naka vader bombs him for 2. Naka then boston crabs him and Abe ropebreaks.

Abe slaps Naka and they trade forearms. Naka then downs him with one. Naka release germans him, then takes a baseball punch and rebounds with a lariat. They trade forearms then Abe hits his dropkick. Abe hits a nice baseball punch then puts him in the octopus stretch. Naka blocks Abe's baseball punch and lariats him then backdrops him. Naka tries to keep Abe down but he keeps fighting back then Naka hits his top rope elbow. Abe immediately rolls him up on the pin attempt then takes a running forearm.

Abe hurricanrana's him and hits a hard slap to the face. they trade forearms again. Abe headbutts him and takes a lariat for it. Naka then hits a real stiff lariat for the win at 17:08.

I think Abe could have sold a little more here but it was a good junior underdog vs heavyweight match. Abe fought back against the bigger man here and the match made sense. I wouldn't call it a classic but it was good.

BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title TLCC Death Match - Drew Parker (c) vs Yuko Miyamoto

We have a shark cage, ladders, chairs and tables here.

They go to the mat and then duel chairs. Drew pushes one into Yuko's head and dropkicks him. Drew pushes a chair into Yuko's crotch then chairs the end of it. Drew then gets slammed on a couple of chairs. Drew gets his head banged into a ladder and Yuko sunset flips him from the apron for 2. Drew then gets his hand slammed on by a ladder.

Yuko puts a ladder around his head and spins it to hit Drew. Drew and Yuko trade forearms then Drew super kicks him. Drew then does a cool feint through the ropes and hits a jumping stunner. He follows it up with a gorilla press into a head kick. Yuko gets thrown into the buckles but hits a lariat on the rebound then standing moonsaults him. Yuko climbs the shark cage door and Drew pushes it and he falls outside. Drew then flip dives him out there.

They both climb the shark cage and Yuko is thrown off of it crotch first onto the ropes. Drew then meteora's him off the cage. Yuko takes a euro and a stupid hip attack against the cage that probably hurt Drew more. A table is put in the corner standing up and Drew is powerbombed into it.

Yuko beats Drew with a table piece. Yuko climbs the buckles and is thrown from the top rope through a table on the floor. Drew then springboard dropkicks him and hits a coast to coast dropkick. Yuko then comes back with a handspring into a backflip kick, a german and a meteora. Drew gets his knees up for Yuko's top rope moonsault then curbstomps him. Drew then gets on a ladder but is pushed back on it through tables outside.

They fight on top of a ladder and Yuko takes a sunset bomb off of it. Both men get on the cage and fight then Drew takes a sitout driver off of it onto a table for 2. Yuko then moonsaults him off of the shark cage to win it.

They get an "A" for effort here. They took some crazy bumps and did try to put on a show. There wasn't much wrestling going on here and they did way too much without selling it enough, but they did try. There were some really big spots here.

Overall thoughts: Not a bad offering from BJW with the the people in the main really going all out. It was just tough though with a crowd who couldn't cheer and in a darker arena. Add in BJW's lower video quality here and there was some things that could have made it better.