Pro Wrestling Zero-1 1/1/2024 Happy New Year & Do Your Best! Shinjiro Otani Aid 2024
Kohei Sato vs. Satsuki Nagao
Sato and Nagao lock up. Nagao wristlocks him then takes a front facelock. Nagao chops him on the ropes and they trade chest chops. Nagao slaps him and is forearmed down. Sato forearms him in the ribs then hits mounted forearms. Sato kicks him while he's down for 2. Nagao dropkicks him and hits a flying forearm in the corner.
Nagao suplexes him for 2 and forearms him in the back. They go head to head and trade forearms. Nagao drops him with forearms then stumbles after taking one. They trade headbutts. Nagao goes down then is forearmed on his knees for 2. Sato hits a nasty piledriver and wins it.
It was your standard young lion vs vet matchup. Nagao got bullied as expected and got to stand up to Sato some before being put down. Both of them got busted open hardway here due to headbutts.
Sareee vs. Mio Momono
We join this in progress. Mio walks up the buckles and twisting crossbodies her. Mio low dropkicks her then dropkicks her against the bottom rope. They trade forearms to the chest and Sareee spinkicks her for 2. Sareee gets stuck up top then Mio walks up the buckles and armdrags her down. Sareee 2nd rope fisherman suplexes her.
Mio rolls her into a double stomp then Sareee rolls her into a double stomp, only for Mio to hit more double stomps. Mio top rope splashes her for 2. They dropkick each other on the ropes then Sareee dropkicks her on the bottom rope. They roll each other up and trade cradles. The time limit then expires.
This went to a 10 minute draw and we only saw about half of it. What we saw looked good and the two matched up well together. I thought this really helped Mio in particularly.
They seem to agree to a rematch after.
KAMIKAZE, Kongozan, Mizuki Watase & Rikiya Fudo vs. Andy Wu, Ren Ayabe, Tatsuya Hanami & Yumehito Imanari
We join this in progress and see a 4 person face wash. Imanri's face was was terrible. The wrestlers do Ohtani chants and Hanami superkicks Watase. Watase suplexes him then Hanami hits a running euro. Watase dropkicks him then is lariated. Kongo and Ren get in. They shoulder battle and Ren is knocked over.
Kongo hits chops on Ren thean bearhugs him. 4 people end up in submissions at the same time. Ren takes running corner attacks. Fudo slams and sentons Ren then Watase 2nd rope double stomps him. Kamikaze hits a top rope moonsault on Ren.
Kongo butt drops Ren. Ren dropkicks Kongo then suplexes him. Ren puts a nasty full nelson on Kongo, lifting him in the air and wins it.
This went 12:18 and we saw maybe 3 minutes of it. Who knows how this was.
Jaguar Yokota & Kyoko Inoue vs. Hanako Nakamori & Miyuki Takase
We join this in progress. Yokota is suplexed then stops a double attack in the corner. Yokota dragon screws Hanako then Kyoko lariats Hanako on the ropes. Kyoko double suplexes her opponents then takes kicks from Hanako. Hanako shining wizards her for 2.
Miyuki top rope dropkicks Kyoko then 2nd rope forearms her. MT dropkicks Kyoko in the knee then rolls her into a headscissors. Kyoko lariats MT then is lariated by MT after a Hanako high kick. MT finlay rolls Kyoko then 2nd rope legdrops her. Kyoko and MT go up top then Kyoko superplexes her for 2.
Kyoko lariats her opponents on the ropes then Yokota 2nd rope flip kicks both opponents in a bad looking spot. Kyoko powerbombs MT and wins it.
I didn't think Kyoko should have been going over people in 2008. I don't think she should be going over people in 2024 and I have a feeling I'll be saying the same thing in 2034.. What we saw of this didn't look good with the legends not moving that well and Takase being used as their personal jobber.
Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Hino vs. Daichi Hashimoto & Yuki Toki
We join this in progress. Toki hits chops on Hino that aren't hurting him. Toki hits him with forearms then is chopped over. Toki pushes Sek into Hino then dropkicks Sek. Hino slams Toki then misses a senton. Hash spin kicks and knees Hino.
Hash low blows Hino in front of the ref and the ref doesn't care. Hash face kicks Hino. Hash step up knees Hino in the corner for 2. Hash hits chest kicks on Hino and takes chops in return. Hash drops him with a chest kick.
Toki tries to spear Hino but Hino doesn't budge. Toki backdrops Hino for 2. Hino belly to belly suplexes Toki. Sek gets in. Sek corner spears Toki then suplexes him. Sek racks Toki and Hash breaks it up. Sek back body drops Sek then running spears him.
Toki takes corner lariats then is slammed. Sek 2nd rope splashes Toki then Hino top rope frogsplashes Toki. Sek lariats Toki and wins it.
This went 12:19 and maybe we saw less than half of it. We knew what we were getting into here with this. Toki was going to get his butt kicked and Hash would kind of be his big brother here. That's what happened. Toki's a decent talent just he's so small.
Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto), Seiki Yoshioka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Bambeat, Ryo Hoshino, Shingo & Takumi Baba
Shingo and Seiki start us off. Shinog trips him then is armdragged. Shingo armdrags him back and is criss-crossed into a dropkick. Bambeat and Takaiwa get in. Bam hits forearms then is lariated over. Takaiwa goes to take off the mask then chinlocks him. Takaiwa headlock takeovers him.
Ryo and Yuko go at it. Ryo is slammed then Isami gets in. They trade forearms. Isami headlock takeovers him and Ryo dropkicks him. Ryo is enzugiri'd off the apron by Isami. Everyone fights outside. I think we cut ahead some. Seiki hits kicks on Bam then axe kicks him.
Seiki knees him in the corner then kicks him in the back and front. Bam ddt's Seiki. Baba and Takaiwa go at it. They trade forearms and Baba step up enzugiri's him. Wrestlers are thrown at Takaiwa and get lariats. Bam enzugiri's Isami then Yuko handspring back elbows Bam. Seiki hits a tornado ddt then asain moonsaults outside. Takaiwa lariats Baba then death valley drivers him to win it.
This went 13:53. We maybe saw half and it's hard to really rate it because of it. It didn't look to be anything special and seemed to be a lot of people coming in and out.
Baba is talked to after by his opponents then I think Astroman buzzsaw kicks him in the head.
Fuminori Abe vs. Takumi Saito
This is also joined in progress. We have 2 matches left after this and I think that means we are getting the full Kubota Brothers experience instead of something more interesting like this.
Saito's from the HEAT-UP promotion. He goes for a suplex on Abe and hits it. Saito boots him while he's down then Abe step up enzugiri's him. Abe spin kicks him then kicks him in the back. Abe snapmarses him and Saito blocks his PK.
They trade forearms then Abe hits punches to the head. Saito rolls him up then backslides and la magistral hims. Saito hits a ripcord chop then top rope dropkicks him. Saito northern lights suplexes him and forearms him down. They trade shots. Abe rolls out, holds onto the bottom rope then baseball punches him. Abe buzzsaw kicks him for 2.
Abe baseball punches him then puts him in an octopus stretch. Abe wins via submission.
It wasn't that interested. It went 11:39. We saw less than half of it. It had Abe beating Saito in a vet vs younger match. Saito's offense wasn't impressive and Abe's wasn't exactly either.
Abe hugs him after then throws him out.
We see clips of Zero-1 in-fighting from a recent show. The vets say something to the youngsters then attack. This vet group eventually comes Real Zero 1 and they are heavily pushing them on social media, even giving them their own 1st Ring show.
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title Match - Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota & Yasu Kubota) (c) vs. Junya Matsunaga & Tsugutaka Sato
We join this a little in progress. Hide low blows Junya then half-crabs him. Junya avoids a double team, sending the Bros into each other. Junya hits a backdrop on Yasu then Sato gets in. Sato slams both Bros during a hot tag. Sato suplexes Yasu for 2.
Sato is tripped into the 2nd rope then is dropkicked against it. Yasu running back elbows Sato then does a pendulum knee. Yasu crossfaces Sato. Sato and Yasu trade forearms and Yasu superkicks him. Sato suplexes him.
Junya gets in and flying forearms Hide. He then underhook suplexes him. Yasu takes a sequence of offense that ends in a spinning powerslam. Yasu then tkes a low sandwich dropkick. Yasu neckbreakers Junya. Junya takes a side slam + legdrop combo for 2. Yasu hits a nice lariat on Junya for 2.
Yasu misses a top rope swanton on Junya then is backdropped. Sato running lariats Yasu. Junya spinning forearms Yasu then Junya uranages him. Junya ki krushers Yasu and wins it.
This went 12:19. We saw most of it. It was decent with the Kubota Bros seeming inspired and Junya showing a lot of energy here.
A bunch of different teams like Fudo/Sekimoto, Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi (who weren't on this show for whatever reason), Miyamoto/Isami and Kamikaze/Kohei Sato all seem to make their cases for a title shot. Satsuki nagao then seems to make a plea for something backstage with Sato.
Yuya Aoki vs. Leo Isaka
Yuya suplexes Leo then hits machine gun chops. Leo forearm flurries him then Yuya chop flurries him. Yuya exploders Leo for 2. They trade more chops for forearms. Yuya facekicks him then handspring back elbows him. Leo flips out of a german then germans Yuya. Yuya germans him then Leo suplexes him.
they trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade shots. Leo hits euros then flying forearms him. Leo germans him for 2 then brainbusters him. They both go up top and Yuya enzugiri's him. Yuya 2nd rope superplexes him then springboard dropkicks him.
Yuya exploders him and holds on for 2. Leo hurricanrana's him then Yuya lariats him. Yuya ridge hand lariats him and wins it.
We saw about 12 minutes of this 20 minute match. What we saw looked good but I know we missed a lot of this. Both guys seemed to have some chemistry together and the crowd liked it. Beyond that, I just don't know.
Overall thoughts: I'm very upset with this show. Longtime puro fans know what clipping is all about, but this was just ridiculuous. Every single match was clipped here. And it'd be one thing if they only had 30-60 minutes here, but they had 2 hours of TV time. I cannot believe they did this. The main being clipped was totally infuriating as it looked really good, yet 7 minutes of it was cut. I don't recommend this show and it's a shame because Zero-1 tried here and actually put out a good card for how small their company is.
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