FREEDOMS 7/19/2022 Jun Kasai Produce Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2022 Vol. 1

FREEDOMS 7/19/2022 Jun Kasai Produce Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2022 Vol. 1

 

Ayumu Honda & Chicharito Shoki vs Dragon Libre & Rekka

This is joined in progress. Dragon is taking dropkicks then he takes corner strikes. Shoki running dropkicks him then kicks him hard in the back. Dragon dropkicks Shoki. Shoki takes corner moves from both opponents then Rekka hits a nice corner leg lariat on him. Shoki hurricanrana's Rekka and then does a leg lariat that he doesn't even see.

Honda armdrags Rekka then flying kicks him. Rekka then backdrops him. Dragon top rope crossbodies Honda then bulldogs and basement dropkicks him. Dragon then spinning neckbreakers Honda. Dragon takes a running double back elbow then a running double bulldog and basement dropkick. Honda does a nice flying armbar on Dragon and taps him out with it.

It was clipped but it was a nice little fast paced opener.

Kamui vs Takahiro Katori

They trade some holds early. Kamui shoulders Katori over and Katori does his cat pose. Katori then springboard reverse crossbodies him and dropkicks him out. Kamui pulls out Katori and puts him into the post.

They go back in and Kamui hits corner stomps then Kamui slams Katori on his stuffed animal. Kamui then kicks him while he is in tree of woe and baseball slides him. They trade forearms and Kamui running forearms him. Katori suplexes him. Kamui runs at him and Katori holds up his stuffed animal for the distraction. Katori then step up enzugiri's him and release saito suplexes him for 2.

Katori sleepers Kamui then Kamui spinning cradle shocks him for 2. Katori gets hung over the top rope and Kamui top rope double stomps him for 2. Kamui misses a 450 then Katori does a crucifix submission. Kamui drops him out of it. Katori ddt's him on the apron then top rope frogsplashes him for 2. They trade forearms and Kamui slaps him. Katori dropkicks him back then Kamui hits a running forearm. Kamui pele kicks him then Kamui kudo drivers him and wins it.

The first half was okay, but they went too long and really lost the plot in the second half and kicked out of stuff they shouldn't have.

 

GENTARO vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa

We join this one in progress. Takaiwa knocks him over with a forearm then drops him with a chop. Takaiwa footchokes him then headscissors him. Takaiwa drops him with another forearm then Gentaro keylocks his arm. Gentaro bangs the arm off his shoulder and armbars him but Takaiwa ropebreaks. Gentaro gets a running lariat in the corner then Takaiwa slams him. Takaiwa then drops a top rope elbow for 2.

Gentaro goes back to the armbar and Takaiwa ropebreaks. Gentaro neckbreakers him  then his a nice top rope elbow of his own. Gentaro tries to work the arm again and is lariated then death valley drivered. Gentaro comes back with a backdrop then hits another for 2.

Gentaro rolls him up for 2. Takaiwa reverses a backdrop then lariats him. Takaiwa then brainbusters him for 2. Takaiwa then death valley drivers him for 2. Gentaro slaps him and rolls him for 2. Takaiwa and Gentaro mess up something then Gentaro crucifix submissions him for the win.

Gentaro tried here but Takaiwa wasn't interested much in the work the arm storyline and didn't bother to work that into the match.

Scramble Bunkhouse Street Fight - Gunso & Mataro Aoki vs. Rina Yamashita & Takashi Sasaki

I've never seen Aoki or Gunso. One of them has awful death metal playing throughout their whole match. There is a barbed wire bat in the ring and both teams have to rush to get it. Rina gets it first but Gunso throws her out then Sasaki gets it. Aoki top rope dropkicks Sasaki then Aoki jumps off of Gunso's back and rams a chair into Sasaki. Gunso then chairs Sasaki for 2. Rina takes some double team offense then Sasaki is double flapjacked onto Rina. Aoki and Gunso then double shoulder Rina.

Gunso back elbows Rina then does a grounded octopus to her. Rina tries to slam Gunso on a chair and barely is able to do so. Rina then double lariats both opponents. Sasaki gets in and leg lariats Gunso then suplexes Aoki. Gunso then short ddt's Sasaki. Gunso goes up top and Sasaki throws a chair at him. He asks for the music to be turned off and his wish is granted. Babyface of the show right there for me. It gets turned back on though. Sasaki then top rope superplexes Gunso.

Rina goes for a running splash on the corner on Aoki and he just falls over to avoid it. He then grabs her by the throat and 2nd rope back elbows her. Rina backdrops Aoki then is tripped int oa kick from Gunso. Gunso then slingshot leg drops Rina. Rina fights off Aoki and Gunso 1v2 with forearms then she takes a sandwich enzugiri. aoki is then lifted into a tornado ddt on Rina. Aoki then tope con hilo's Sasaki outside. Gunso brainbusters Rina then misses a top roe legdrop. Sasaki then gets a barbed wire bat and hits his opponents. Sasaki ddt's Aoki but misses a kick and is rolled up. Sasaki then michinoku drivers him and Aoki rolls im up for 2.

Sasaki high kicks Aoki then does a stiff powerbomb on him for 2. Sasaki then does something like a v-trigger and laraits him for 2. Sasaki then powerslams Aoki and wins it.

It was just an average match. Nothing too special about it. Aoki and Guns worked over the faces until they made a comeback and won it.

King Of FREEDOM Tag Team Title Gadget & Iron Wire Board Death Match - Soul Meat (Tomoya Hirata & Toru Sugiura) (c) vs. ERE (Dobunezumi Fukki & Kyu Mogami)

They get started even before intros then Toru and Hirata do tope con hilos outside. Hirata forearms, punches and kicks Kyu on the ropes then slams him. Toru dropkicks Kyu in the back then Kyu whips him into a barbed wire board. Kyu brings out a gusset plate board then wraps barbed wire around Toru's head. Toru then puts barbed wire around Kyu's head. They headbutt each other and both pay for it.

Fukki bangs Toru's head off a garbage box then breaks a chair over his head. Fukki then takes the lid off the garbage box and hits him with it, then he dumps Toru into the trash box. Fukki then backdrops him. Kyu does corner punches to Toru and taunts him before getting slapped. Toru hits forearms then has a barbed wire board chaired onto him. Toru and Kyu fight near the barbed wire board and Kyu is twisting brainbustered onto it. Hirata slams Fukki then spears both opponents at the same time.

Hirata runs a barbed wire board into Kyu then suplexes him. Kyu then splashes him for 2. Kyu then come sback ddt's him. Fukki and Hirata lariat battle then Hirata spinning clotheslines him. Toru headbutts Kyu then cannonballs a gusset plate board into him. Toru puts a gusset plate into Kyu's head. Toru then gives him a gusset plate to put into his own head. Toru spits out bloode and they trade forearms with the plates in their heads. Kyu has plates put into his arms then Fukki gets some in his arms too.

Toru is thrown into the ropes and springboard twisting crossbodies his opponents. Toru and Hirata then double suplex Kyu. Kyu and Hirata trade forearms. Hirata lariats Kyu then gets a plate put into his head. He then powers through it and mostly misses a top rope moonsault on Kyu. Hirata takes a sitout high angle pedigree and is cutter'd for 2. Toru top rope dropkicks both opponents then does a side drop on Kyu. Toru and Hirata do clubs/forearms to the front and back of Kyu and double spinning strike him. Toru then germans him for 2.

Fukki is thrown into the trash box then Kyu takes like a double backdrop type of move. Toru top rope superplexes Kyu then Hirata top rope moonsaults Kyu for the win.

This went too long at 19:08 and it was really one-sided with Toru/Hirata getting most of the offense. At least they were made to look strong.

Glass Board & Fluorescent Lighttubes Grudge Death Match - Daisuke Masaoka, Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda vs ERE (Drew Parker, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Violento Jack)

We get started right as intros end. Drew and Jack go into the tubes first then Takeda and Sakuda duel tubes and break them over their own heads. They then grabs tubes and ram them into each other. Takeda hits him with something then takes his own bump into tubes for some reason. Takeda hits him with a large pair of scissors then Takeda is whipped into glass.

Sakuda stabs Takeda with glass in the head. Sakuda then springboard double stomps his head onto a chair. Drew tries to kick tubes into Takeda's back but it takes him many tries. Jack then hits tubes over Takeda's head and drops him with one. Jack slams Takeda with a chair on his back then Jack kneedrops tubes on Takeda's back. Sakuda staples a shirt to Takeda's head then yanks it out. Drew kicks tubes into Takeda's back then Sakuda crossfaces Takeda. Drew and Jack dropkick Takeda while he is locked in it.

Tubes are put on Takeda then Sakuda springboard swantons him. Takeda breaks tubes in Sakuda's mouth then Takeda punches a chair into Drew's face. Takeda then dropkicks tubes into Jack. Jun and Sakud go up top and Jun hits a 2nd rope piledriver on him. Sakuda does an ultimo dragon cuter to Jun then Drew gets in. Drew and Jun fight over a tube then Drew does a tiger feint into a cutter on Jun and the tube. Drew tries to stick a needle into Jun's face but ends up taking the needle through his cheeks. Takeda then top rope dropkicks tubes into Drew.

Drew top rope hurricanrana's Masaoka then they trade forearms. Masaoka backdrops him then takes double knees. Takeda throws tubes at Jack then running knees him in the corner. Takeda chairs a chair on Jack's face then Takeda takes a rock bottom on chairs. Jack and Takeda trade forearms then Takeda half-nelson suplexes him through a glass pane. Jun lariats Jack then Jun puts skewer sticks in Jack's head. Jun then sit out pedigees Jack. All six men fight and Sakuda top rope canadian destroyers Jun. Takeda northern lights two people at the same time then Jun electric chair drivers Jack for 2.  Jun splashes tubes onto Jack from the top rope but Jack no sells it and brainbusters him. Jack's team all misses top rope swantons then Sakuda and Drew take fire thunder drivers at the same time.

Sakuda asai moonsaults opponents outside. Jack high kicks Jun then Takeda uraken's tubes into Jack. Jun hits a double underhook driver on Jack which is nearly no sold then Takeda knees tubes into JAck's head. Jun then pyramid driver's Jack and wins it at 20:56.

They didn't sell anything here and took a whole bunch of moves that meant absolutely nothing. Easily one of the worst examples of no selling I've ever seen. They kept the action moving with hardcore spots and big moves the whole time though and the crowd was into it. Terrible pro wrestling match though.

Overall thoughts: The show had some variety to it but there were a lot of selling issues on this show. The main had some nice stunts and all, but that's really all it had. The semi-main was too one-sided to be good.