Big Japan Pro Wrestling 1/3/2024 Baka Gaijin Strikes Back

Big Japan Pro Wrestling 1/3/2024 Baka Gaijin Strikes Back

Daichi Hashimoto & Takuya Nomura vs. Satsuki Nagao & Yuya Aoki

 

Hash and Nagao start us off, trading basic holds. Hash headscissors him twice and rolls him up. Nomura and Yuya fight. Yuya takes him over by the arm then trips him. Nomura snapmares him and gets his hand bitten. Nomura hits kicks to the leg. Yuya challenges Hash to kick him in the back and he does. Yuya then opts to chinlock him instead of kicking him.

Hash face kicks Yuya then is suplexed. Yuya chest chops Hash then exploders him. Hash exploders Yuya then Nomura machine gun chops Yuya. Yuya hits a handspring back elbow on him .

Nagao hits running forearms on Nomura for 2 then Nomura suplexes him. Nagao backdrops him then Nomura takes running corner moves. Hash takes some as well as they do them at the same time. Nagao fisherman suplexes Nomura and they trade forearms. Nagao slaps him and knees him on the ropes. Nomura then dropkicks him for 2. Nomura PK's him for 2 then bow and arrows him for the submission at 9:55.

It was a little longer than it needed to be but it was an okay opener with them putting some effort into it. There were no big bumps but they did show spirit here.

Yuko Miyamoto vs. Zeke Andino

They wrestle around and Zeke flying headscissors him. Zeke then hits a dropkick. Yuko hits chops then headscissors him. Zeke step up enzugiri's him in the corner then flying forearms him. Zeke pepsi twists lariats him and Yuko gets his knees up on Zeke's swanton. Yuko does the WAR special to him then Yuko overhead belly to belly suplexes him.

Zeke slingshot lariats him then falcon arrows him for 2. Yuko is whipped into the corner and hits a lariat out of it. Yuko then standing moonsaults him and does a double scissor armbar to him. Zeke spinning forearms him and takes a kick combo. Yuko powerbombs him for 2.

Yuko slams him and hits a top rope moonsault picking up the win at 6:13.

They didn't have a lot of time here and they didn't fool around much. It was a short match. No big story or anything to it but it was acceptable for what it was. Yuko's double arm submission was a new one here.

Fuminori Abe, Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazumasa Yoshida & Kota Sekifuda vs. PROJECT HAVOC (Ender Kara, Leyton Buzzard, So Daimonji & Tempesta)

Abe and Kara stare down and go at it. Abe side headlock takeovers him and face kicks him. Kara enzugiri's him then misses a PK. Temp and Hash go at it. Temp wristlocks him and they trade some holds. Temp shoulders him over. Kara takes offense from all opponents including a standing moonsault from Buzzard.

So punches Hash in the gut then hits corner spears. So fallaway slams him then Kara kicks him in the back. Hash ddt's Kara then Kota gets in. Kara drops down to duck a chop and is double chopped. Kota springboard twisting crossbodies him then Kara shotgun dropkicks him. Yoshida gets in and hits a dropkick, then takes a 3v1. Yoshida does a dropkick + senton spot on his opponents.

Yoshida squats on a brainbuster on Buzzard. Buzzard catches a knee and slaps him. Yoshida back elbows him then Buzzard dropkicks him. Yoshida takes attacks from all 4 opponents ending in a death valley driver. Buzzard 450 splashes him for the win at 8:08.

This was just one of those "get everyone on the card" matches. It was short and there wasn't a ton to say about it. Kara looked good as usual here and Yoshida showed some personality for a change.

Barbed Wire Board Death Match - Masaya Takahashi & Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Jack Bennett & Kankuro Hoshino

All 4 fight as soon as intros are done then go outside. Jack is sent into the post and is eye poked by YT outside. YT armdrags Jack and both tag out. Masa and Hoshino fight. Masa hits a nice dropkick and tries to send him into barbed wire. Hoshino does a taunt and has a board thrown at his head for it. Hoshino eye rakes Masa then sends him into the barbed wire board.

Hoshino rakes barbed wire on Masa's head. Masa and Jack can't organize to do a double team due to the language barrier. Jack uraken's Masa and Masa's head is banged into Hoshino's foot. Masa's head is put in the barbed wire then Hoshino throws a barbed wire board at his head. Hoshino goofs around from the STO position and ends up taking one himself.

YT mongolian chops Hoshino then double throat thrusts him. YT running double knees Hoshino then drops a knee into his crotch. YT walks the top rope with Hoshino's arm then is thrown off of it. Hoshino misses a senton. Jack and Masa trade shots. Hoshino STO's Masa. Masa takes a spin kick, flying lariat and a michinoku driver for 2.

Jack northern lights suplexes Masa then Masa hip throws him. Jack is thrown down chest first then jackhammered on chairs and barbed wire. Masa pins him at 9:32.

I don't know if the Jack and Hoshino miscommunications were planned or not here but they were the big story of this. It was to the point like most of the matches on here have been so far. I didn't think it was that great.

Hoshino and Jack try to communicate after. Hoshino says tomorrow they will win but says today was bad communication. He says let's forget today. 

Daisuke Sekimoto vs Green Phantom

 

Both bring out their flags and say they love their countries. Green then wants to trade flags out of respect. They then hold up each other's flags and Green nails him from behind. Green chokes him with the flag then bangs his head off the apron. Green chokes him more with the flag.

They fight outside, trading shots. Green chokes him. Sek hits shoulders on him then Green hits chops. Sek spears him and hits mounted shots. Green boots him out of the corner, stomps and elbow drops him. Green lifting ddt's him for 2 and they battle for a german suplex. Green low blows him then corner splashes him.

Green has his chest on his shoulder and throws him down for 2. They trade forearms and Sek headbutts him. Green gets nailed in the leg then Sek stretch mufflers him. Sek wins via submission at 6:33.

The finish wasn't that good here. Green carried this one with his antics, yelling at Sek and the crowd for most of this match. Sek didn't get that much in here.

Sek holds his flag up after and says he loves Japan. Green holds his flag up too.

Green does a promo after. He said he is a legend in Canada and underestimated Sek. He said like all smart, green people he learns from his mistakes. He says Japan will get with the green baby. Sek says he loves Japan. 

Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match - Ryuji Ito vs. AKIRA

Akira has short hair now and a clean shaven face. He looks like a totally different person. Ito does a side headlock takedown and is rolled into an armbar. They wristlock each other and Akira leglocks him. They grab tubes and Akira back elbows one into him with an enzugiri. Akira forearms tubes into him then corner dropkicks him.

Akira hits him in the head with a tube. He then stabs him in the body and head with it. Ito's head is put into a trash can and Akira chairs him. Akira stabs him with the tube then Ito northern lights suplexes him on the chair. Akira then is sent into the tube ropes. Ito chairs him and breaks a tube on his head. Akira starts bleeding and is punched with the tube outside.

Ito slams him on the ramp then kicks tubes into his back. Akira grabs a leg and takes tube shots on the head. Ito then stabs him in the spine with a tube. Akira lets him get some free shots in yelling "f*ck you". Akira PK's him for 2 and stomps a tube into him. Akira does a chair with a northern lights suplex for 2.

Akira goes up top and Ito bangs tubes off of Akira's head. Akira sets up a chair house and superplexes Akira onto it. The chairs really don't budge much so you know it hurt. Akira kicks out at 1 then has a chair thrown at his head. Ito shining wizards him for 2 then axe kicks tubes on his head. Ito top rope frogsplashes tubes on him for 2. Akira bulldog chokes him then germans him. Akira buzzsaw kicks a tube into his head then top rope sentons tubes onto him to win it at 13:29.

As often with Akira matches, the match shows potential early but then they do too much and the selling gets bad. That's what happened here. Had he not no sold some of the stuff and did less, it would have been maybe even a good match. They had no luck at all with the tubes here as they didn't break multiple times.

Akira thanks him after and Ito thanks him back. Akira says the baka gaijin is here. He said he believes in deathmatch wrestling and pro wrestling. He says if you think you are tough, come to Big Japan. He says he's the future and present of Big Japan.  

Akira does a promo after. He said 2024 is the year of the dragon and he slayed the dragon here. He said no deathmatch, no life. He says if you are bad, you come here. He said the strong and deathmatch divisions are the best. He says to come through Ishikawa and Akira. He says he will be the deathmatch champion in 2024 and yells baka gaijin. 

Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match - Abdullah Kobayashi & Drake Younger vs. Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto)

All 4 fight to start. Takeda hits shots on Drake. Drake runs through a tube clothesline and hits a double flying clothesline. Drake then top rope moonsaults outside. Takumi is sent into the post then has a tube bumped into his head. Takeda stabs Abby with a fork, getitng it stuck in his head. Drake's head is banged off of tubes.

Takeda stabs Abby with a tube in the stands then Takeda hits Abby's back with tubes. Takeda breaks a tube in Abby's mouth. Takumi hits Abby with a tube then snapmares him. Takumi rubs tube shards into his head. Takeda tells Abby to come bring it. They argue about it and Abby slams him on tubes. Takeda said it feels good then rakes him with scissors.

Takumi breaks tubes on Abby's head then has tubes booted into him. Abby hits punches on both opponents then elbow drops both. Drake comes off the top and does a double crossbody. Drake bangs Takumi in the head with a tube then Takeda spears tubes into Drake. Drake suplexes Takumi for 2.

Takumi suplexes Drake down then Takeda shotgun dropkicks tubes into Drake. Takumi running knees him for 2. Takeda chairs some chairs onto Drake then Drake cradle shocks him. Abby lariats Takumi then Abby and Drake hit stereo moves together. They then double elbow drop Takeda.

Abby headbutts tubes into Takumi's head then Drake release half-nelson suplexes Takeda. Takeda uraken's tubes into Drake's head then Drake takes a knee + kick combo. Abby elbow drops Drake on accident then Takeda dominators Drake for 2. Takeda does a lifting reverse ddt on tubes on Drake and wins at 10:47.

It was okay for what it was. Look, you know the deal with these guys. They are going to do a lot of hardcore stuff and focus more on weapons first and if you want the rest, you have to watch other people's matches. They kept it moving and it wasn't too long at 10 minutes. Drake had a good showing as he usually does and Abby seemed to be having fun. If you're going to not sell a lot, this is one of the better ways to do it. 

Abby does a promo after but I had trouble making it out. Drake says they had a title match 10 years ago. Drake says when he was in WWE, he was deathmatch wrestling. He says it's an honor to be back here and tag with one of his best friends. He thanks everyone. Abby asks him if he loves wrestling and they show that they are wearing matching wristbands with the japanese word for love on it. Then they raise their fists together.

Takeda and Takumi do promo after in the back then Abby and Drake do one also. Drake says it's an honor and privilege to be back here. He says Abby is his best friend in the world and says let's keep going for it. Abby points at Drake's abs then says he has a fat pack. He says his heart is young. 

Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match - Mad Man Pondo, Necro Butcher & Satu Jinn vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Kazumi Kikuta & Yuki Ishikawa

 

Violent J is out with the foreigners. Pondo grabs the mic and reads something in Japanese. He says he has a special manager in Violent J. He then says it's time for the meeting of baka gaijin. Everyone starts to fight. Kikuta hits Pondo with a wooden sword and 4 of the 6 brawl outside. Pondo bridges tubes on chairs and TKO's Kikuta through it.

Jinn and Yuki duel with tubes and Yuki hits him with one. Yuki is sent into the light tube ropes then is samoan dropped. Necro and Kami fight in the crowd. Yuki sent into the tube ropes then Pondo uses a circular saw on Yuki's back. Pondo then stabs Yuki with a knife and cuts his head.

Yuki enzugiri's Pondo nd a fight erupts ouside over usage of steps. Yuki dropkicks tubes (inside of Pondo's shirt) into a seated pondo and has to break them with kicks. Kami and Jinn lariat each other then Kami slams him. Kikuta kicks a chair out of Necro's hands then Necro slams him. Necro breaks a tube over Kikuta's head then bulldogs him.

Kikuta is put under chairs with a light tube bridge. Pondo is then flipped onto them off the top rope. Jinn cannonballs tubes into Kikuta for 2. Jinn then rock bottoms him onto tubes and wins it.

It was short at 8:58, but it was probably better that way. There wasn't enough time to do a bunch of stuff that couldn't be sold and they kept this one moving. Pondo going through the bridged tubes on Kikuta probably hurt more than it looked like it did. I liked it for what it was but obviously, that's on a curved scale.

 

Kamitani and Necro continue the fight after. Pondo says baka gaijin strikes again and all baka gaijin respect BJW, then the gaijin attack the Japanese. Kikuta fights some of them off with his wooden sword. Pondo says he is the BJW deathmatch champ after and tells Yuki "good luck, motherf*cker". The gaijin pose on the stage after.

The gaijin do a promo backstage. Pondo says by any means necessary. He said he will go through Yuki or Godzilla after if he hqas to. Violent J says it's the same result every time. Necro says to put down the bowl of rice and says the deathmatch title will go back to America and stay there forever. Jinn said he loses and he gets hungrier. Akira says they are here and baka gaijin run BJW. They then chant baka gaijin after.

Overall thoughts: I liked the show as a whole. Everything minus one match was under 11 minutes and that kept the no selling and the big spots down. Not the greatest show ever but it was easy to watch and better than if everything had gotten more time.