Big Japan Pro Wrestling 7/24/2022 Osaka Surprise 60 ~ Strong World 2022

Big Japan Pro Wrestling 7/24/2022 Osaka Surprise 60 ~ Strong World 2022

Here's what I saw:

Shigehiro Irie & Takuho Kato vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sekimoto

Hash headscissors Kato early then Sek chops Kato. Sek chinlocks Kato then Kato hits him with forearms. Sek takes a double back elbow then Irie does his rope rebound splash on Sek for 2. Kato hits Sek with chops then Sek dropkicks him.

Hash gets in and hits kicks on Kato then Kato fights back with forearms and is dropped with another chest kick. Sek backbreakers Kato then crabs him. Kato hits forearms on Hash but is elbow dropped and kicked in the chest. Hash hits a stiff forearm on Kato and Kato criss-crosses him with a shoulderblock.

Irie gets the tag in and knocks down both opponents. Irie running splashes Hash then does a cool butt drop on Hash for 2. Hash hits a nice uranage on Irie. Sek does a nice punch combo on Irie and spears him on the ropes. Sek the falling splashes Irie for 2. Sek runs at Irie and gets a black hole slam then Kato running lariats Sek. Kato running bulldogs Sek at 10 minutes then fallaway slams him.

Irie cannonballs Sek in the corner then Kato does a nice fallaway slams pin on Sek for 2. Sek and Kato trade forearums then Sek headbutts him. Kato rolls him up for 2 then Sek rolls him up into a pin at 11:36.

The finishing sequence was just out of nowhere but the rest of the match up to it was okay. I thought Hash got pushed a little too strong here though and didn't give out enough.

Weapon Bringing Death Match - Kankuro Hoshino, Masaya Takahashi & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryuji Ito & Yuki Ishikawa

Takumi and Kami grab a barbed wire stick and a trash can. Kami easily takes out the can with the stick then Takumi russian legsweeps Kami with the stick. Masa swings a barbed wire ball on a chain at Yuki as Yuki shoots staples at him. Yuki ends up taking a staple to the face and Masa has paper stapled to his head. Masa staples paper to Yuki's back.

Ito swings a kendo stick at Hoshino and Hoshino mocks him as he avoids it. Hoshino catches the stick then armdrags Ito. Hoshino misses a lariat and is hit multiple times with a stick. Kami slams Hoshino then top rope elbows a barbed wire stick into his gut for 2. Hoshino 2nd rope dropkicks Kami then flying lariats him. Hoshino sentons cement blocks into Kami's gut for 2.

Kami is slammed onto a chair then Masa throws a barbed wire ball at Kami. Kami catches it then runs into him with it. Ito chairs Masa in the back then Masa side throws him. Ito throws a chair at Masa's head. Yuki enzugiri's Takumi then sliding kicks him for 2.

Takumi throws Yuki then fisherman suplexes him for 2. Takumi gets chokeslammed through a chair that is bridged onto two other chairs then Takumi slams Ito. Yuki top rope double stomps chairs into Takumi for 2. Takumi is lariated by Kami then everyone gets a move in. Takumi throws yuki off a suplex then double chickenwing slams him to win it at 105:3.

This was mostly hardcore stuff and it was okay. Nothing too special or crazy here.

TLC & Pushpin Death Match - Abdullah Kobayashi & Jaki Numazawa vs. Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto)

Abby is attacked during intros then JAcki and Isami fight over a ladder. Their partners get behind them and they push each other then Yuko and Isami get the ladder in the gut. Yuko rolls through a sunset flip and basement dropkicks Jaki. Isami tries to stab Abby, but just ends up stabbing a table. Isami and Abby then hit each other and Isami's head is rubbed in the push pins. Isami gets pins in his head then Jaki sticks more in there. Jaki puts pins in Isami's mouth then chinbreakers him.

Abby puts pins in Isami's pocket and punches them then Isami grabs a handful of pins and throws them in Abby's face. Abby is then thrown into a pushpin board in the corner. Isami suplexes Jaki. Yuko swings the ladder around and hits both opponents. Yuko kick combos Abby then Abby lariats him onto pins. Abby tries to basement dropkick Yuko but Yuko moves and his back goes into the pins. Abby and Yuko headbutt each other.

Jaki corner lariats and bulldogs Yuko then Yuko handspring back elbows him. Isami top rope crossbodies Jaki then pepsi twists him for 2. Isami sprays pins around the ring then top rope dropkicks Jaki. Abby does a terrible slingblade on Isami then Abby russian leg sweeps Yuko into tacks. Abby misses an elbow then Jaki hits a schwein on Isami for 2.

Jaki goes up top and has a chair thrown at him then Yuko sit out drivers him onto a table from up there. Isami rolls Jaki onto tacks and pins him to win it at 10:53.

Not a classic and Abby didn't look good here at times but it was a simple hardcore match and they didn't overdo it. It had some fun to it and I liked it.

UWA World Tag Team Title Match -Eisa8 & HUB (c) vs. Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei & Brahman Shu)

Hub and a Brahman roll around the ring and taunt each other. The Brahman does an odd clean break and they mat wrestle. Eisa and the other Brahman go at it and Eisa running forearms him. Eisa runs the ropes and is hit in the back with something then choked by a Brahman. The two masked guys are put in a corner then a suitcase is hit with a bowling ball into their crotch. A Brahman then standing moonsaults onto nothing in celebration. Hub has something shoved into his butt then a sign is it into it to jam it in there.

A Brahman hits Hub with punches then Hub whips him hard with something hanging off his mask. Eisa gets in and forearms the Bros then dropkicks them. Eisa and Hub have powder thrown in their eyes then a Brahman crossbodies both. Eisa takes kicks to the head from both. A Brahman hits his brother with a suitcase on accident then Eisa hits him with a sign. Hub top rope frogsplashes the other Brahman and wins it at 9:24.

I guess you have to assume this was no rules as they all openly used weapons and stuff. It was the usual Brahman Bros affair with weapons and various shenanigans before the faces got the win.

BJW Tag Team Title Match - Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) (c) vs. Kazuki Hashimoto & Koji Kanemoto

Koji and Nomura chain wrestle then leg lock each other. Koji and Abe trade slaps then Abe slaps Kaz and is slapped down by Koji. Abe slaps Koji and goes after Kaz then Koji comes in and wants to continue with Abe. Abe gets double teamed with forearms and then dropped. Abe hits back kicks on Kaz then goes after Koji again. Kaz takes a double chest kick from his opponents then Abe facekicks Koji off the apron.

All 4 men fight and Koji and Abe try to send each other into the post. Nomura keylocks Kaz then hits him with kicks. Nomura and Kaz trade forearms and Nomura rolls him into a kimura. Nomura lariats Kaz then hits forearms on Koji. Koji and Nomura trade kicks to the body and Koji hits a hard spinning heel kick. Koji ankle locks Nomura, Abe goes after him then Koji ankle locks Abe while holding down Nomura.

Koji combos Nomura then is dropkicked. Koji and Abe snapmare and back kick each other and knock their opponents off the apron. They slap each other then forearm each other. Abe then dragon screws him off a blocked kick. They lock up their legs and slap each other in the face while doing it then Kaz kicks Abe hard in the back. Koji falcon arrows Abe for 2. abe and Koji kick each other in the head at the same time.

Nomura and Kaz get in and Kaz is running facekicked then corner enzugiri's Nomura. Nomura hits a facekick and they trade forearms. Nomura is pulled over the top rope then Kaz kicks him hard form the apron. Koji and Kaz do running facewash kicks on their opponents in the corner then Kaz dragon scrws Nomura. Nomura capture suplexes Koji then Kaz lariats Nomura and all 4 men are down. The 4 men exchange strikes then Abe punches Kaz in the head before getting headbutted. Kaz suplexes Nomura. Nomura takes kicks from both opponents and Kaz headbutts him. Kaz knees Nomura for 2.

Nomura and Abe both put their opponents in submissions and Nomura wins with a double reverse armbar on Kaz at 15:13.

This was a really good match here with lots of hate and stiff strikes. This was everything you would hope for out of these guys and it was so much fun from start to finish. Lots of creative spots here and man, this was good.

BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title Match - Yuji Okabayashi vs Daimonji So

They lock up and Oka throws him out. They chop each other outside and Oka runs him over with a shoulder inside. So goes up and over then running shoulders him over. So forearm flurries him from the mount and elbow drops him. Oka hits chops on him then stomps him. Oka slams him then splashes him for 2. So suplexes Oka and punches him then gets powerslammed. Oka crabs him. So ropebreaks and hits stiff back elbows then samoan drops Oka.

So hits a nice flying clothesline on Oka. So then fallaway slams him. So hits a top rope clothesline for 2. So topes Oka then tries to spear him but is caught and put in a torture rack. Oka overhead throws him while he is behind him then corner running lariats him. They fight up top and Oka superplexes him. So full-nelson slams him and they trade forearms.

So superman punches him then Oka suplexes him for 2. Oka lariats him for 2. So 2nd rope fallaway slams him  then tope con hilos him outside. So hits a big spear for 2 then lariats him in the back of the head for 2. Oka germans So then So spinning lariats him. So does an interesting spinning slam for a close 2. Oka hits lariats on So then running lariats him for 1. Oka tries to powerbomb him but falls backwards and almost out if it weren't for the stage then Oka powerbombs him again. Oka top rope splashes him and wins it.

It's a shame they botched near the end, but this was a good strong style match. They hit each other hard, So was motivated and they didn't overdo it. Pretty good stuff here that I'm afraid nobody will get to see.

Overall thoughts: The main and semi-main were very good and the semi-main was seriously one of the most fun juniors matches this year. Overall, this was a good show with most of the matches being at least decent.