I Only Live Twice 2: Japan's Cursed Self-Produced Show Is Finally In A Ring

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fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Airing Free, Live on Youtube on the Gatoh Move Channel
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forkboy84 posted:

That's 7pm Japan so 11am UK IIRC, and 6am US East Coast

# ? Oct 1, 2021 03:34

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# ? May 12, 2024 03:54

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Below is Dogglesnake's match guide for tonight from Reddit. Found HERE

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Previously on ChocoPro: Due to the Covid related Restrictions in Tokyo, Masahiro Takanashi's return show was moved to the ChocoPro Arena (Ichigaya Chocolate Square) rather than be cancelled entirely once again. That show ruled, but now that a live show can occur, so Masa's Produce show returns! This will mark the first ChocoPro broadcast with fans in attendance! Everyone will still be able to watch the show Live and Free on YouTube, since ChocoPro has No Pay Wall. This morning episode fits better to the Japanese Time Zone, but will still be able to be viewed later if this is too early for you! I'll be a bit briefer than normal for this show simply due to time constraints, but still...this card is a monster! Speaking of which...

The UMA Corps (w/ Haru Miyako) VS Gota Ihashi & Antonio Honda (w/ Sayaka Obihiro & KUDO)

UMA Corps vs Ebisco Sakaba!

Unidentified Mysterious Animals!? Strange and occult happenings are somewhat common in ChocoPro, but not to this extent...�Old Wise Man� Human-Zee, Dragon Cherry, & Tiger Jeet Singh-Juku Sumidagawa!? The UMA Corps have arrived! Accompanied by the enigmatic Agent of UMA, Haru Miyako, these monsters seek to take out the representatives of Ebisco Sakaba! (The DDT Restaurant) If you are a fan of Kaiju Big Battel, I wager this bout will be a bit similar! ChocoPro has technically experienced the Monsters of UMA before, with a Kappa coming every once in a while to deliver gifts or devour someone (see the Summer Vacation Episode). Can Gota Ihashi & Antonio Honda keep the beast-men at bay? Ihashi makes his ChocoPro debut, with the �Fake Kota Ibushi� fitting right in with the other fakes of the promotion! He gets the advantage of being paired with the unpredictable storyteller Anton, who tends to take control of every match and somehow make them even more bonkers. Expect the chaos and physical comedy that can only exist in pro-wrestling to be bountiful in this one! How will the wrestling chef & restaurant manager come into play? It is always great to see Obihiro & KUDO!

Saki Akai & Rina Yamashita VS Yuna Mizumori & Mei Suruga

Deadly Combination: Akai & Yamashita!

Saki Akai makes her ChocoPro debut! This tall & elegant master of the Quetzalcoatl (Crucifix Bomb) is in no way related to Sakisama! Saki is very charismatic and possesses a surprising level of endurance to match her vicious style and killer techniques (especially those kicks!). Akai is deadly enough on her own, but pairing her with the returning Rina Yamashita is just overkill! Rina is the former �Broken Dump Truck� and current �Deathmatch Amazoness�. This rough style fighter is a monster of the independents, and appeared alongside Minoru Fujita in ChocoPro as the Tag Team Destroyers! Expect to see a lot more of her mean streak in this match! Hopefully we get to see a Splash Mountain...

They'll be taking on the ChocoPro home team of Yuna Mizumori & Mei Suruga! The Tropical Idol is always busy, appearing on GanPro with team YYY (Yuna Mizumori, Yuna Manase, & YuuRi), and even performing as an Idol! The Sing Song Lariat Machine is currently preparing for her Super Asia Title Match against the previously mentioned Champ, Minoru Fujita! (Taking on his frequent tag partner will help!) Mei Suruga on the other hand is going to be extra spiteful due to something across the sea, but Mei tends to be spiteful as a default anyhow...no matter how often the Apple Goblin claims to be good! �Genius� Mei will be wanting to try her pinning techniques and super submissions on Saki Akai (even if they recently had a perfectly pleasant lunch), who she rarely gets to interact with!

Kazusada Higuchi, ken45� & Manjimaru VS Isami Kodaka, Daiki Shimomura, & Yasu Urano

Urano Returns! MichiPro vs BASARA?

Due to Yukio Sakaguchi's taking time off for injury, he has been replaced by stablemate Kazusada Higuchi...meaning all of DDT's Eruption have appeared on ChocoPro as of this Episode! (Sakaguchi, Higuchi, & Akai!) A former Sumo, Higuchi is a power fighter & absolute monster, shaking the entire ring with his tremendous strength. Watch out for that Brain Claw! He will be paired up with ken45� & Manjimaru, representatives of Michinoku Pro! ken45� is also in a rock band called Crazy Crew! (ChocoPro attracts a lot of musicians!) Everyone from MichiPro have been wonderful so far, and the list of big names that promotion has produced is not short! While these two might have a wild past, they had better be on their best behavior around Higuchi...

Yasu Urano has been away from Ichigaya for a long time, but his loud antics and wicked mentality will definitely become clear over time (though in Shinjuku instead!). Entirely willing to bend the rules, this student of Taka Michinoku (see what I mean?) has had a long career and thus has veteran experience to pair with his villainous ways! Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura bear the banner of BASARA (which both Hagane Shinno & Trans-Am Hiroshi have been a part of) and the brutal brawler Kodaka has also made his mark in BJW's Deathmatches! Shimomura & Kodaka are actually the most recent former Iron Fist Tag Champs, so both teams in this bout will have a lot of synergy!

Kenichiro Arai VS Baliyan Akki

The King of the Independents against the Ace!

AraKen (Kenichiro Arai) appears! The violent mainstay of Japanese independent wrestling is known for a lot of things. This uniquely smiling ruffian loves fighting, alcohol, and betrayal! (Which means he fits in pretty well, to be honest) While he is not the first representative that is associated with Dragon Gate to appear on ChocoPro, it is still incredibly awesome to get him on. This scoundrel is brutal, unpredictable, and has nearly the same level of accolades as Fujita! Did you know he fought Yunamon somewhat recently?

Baliyan Akki, the Ace of ChocoPro, will have his hands full on this one, adding to an already full plate! Akki has been making waves dramatically the past few days: being announced for the GanPro Climax Tournament to crown its first Champion, announced for a DDT bout, and now challenging one of the legends of the independents. Can the high flying "near perfect all-arounder" bring the same level of skill he possesses in his home turf to Shinjuku? Or will the Zephyr of Ichigaya find himself blown away by this �Deep Drunker�?

CDK (Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi) VS Gorgeous Brahmans (Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei, w/ Gorgeous Matsuno)

Gorgeous Brahmans!? Good luck CDK!

Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi) return! (Though it would be weird if they didn't appear on Masa's Produce Show!) Chris might not have earned the KO-D Openweight Championship just yet, but that doesn't mean his journey is over! This Tsundere Submission Specialist proved just how incredible he is against Takeshita! With a long reach and a technical mastery in many styles, Brookes will show the world (and the Brahman Brothers) he is still a major threat. He'll be tagging along side the �Drunken Monkey� Masa (who is known for his swaying stance & ridiculous knack for countering attacks) to take on a pretty bizarre trio. Good thing Masa has been on fire since he returned from injury, with fluid transitions and chops for both the dramatic and comedic!

That second one will probably come into play a lot against the Gorgeous Brahmans! While Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei are trouble enough on their own (the strange occult vibes mixed with absurd slapstick and chaotic strategies...hopefully they don't bring that big wooden stake thing!) they will be accompanied by Gorgeous Matsuno...who is quite old! You'll be getting Gabai Ji-chan vibes from him but don't count him out entirely...just like Ji-chan, there is more to Matsuno than meets the eye...right? Either way, the Brahman Brothers are very good at what they do (shenanigans and wrestling), even if the original goal of the match gets lost in the madness that they bring about...This show should be an absolute blast.

fez_machine fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Oct 1, 2021

# ? Oct 1, 2021 03:35

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

It's a shame the G1 is counterprogramming this, i'll have to go back and watch Saki/Rina vs Mei/Yunamon later tonight

# ? Oct 1, 2021 04:20

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Live stream link is up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LdwiBT-9E

# ? Oct 1, 2021 07:35

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

starts in an hour

# ? Oct 1, 2021 10:04

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Seems they changed the start time to 6.45 from 7pm, i've got the tab up to give them the view

# ? Oct 1, 2021 10:15

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Stream is live, Akki on comms

# ? Oct 1, 2021 10:42

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Mei as well!

# ? Oct 1, 2021 10:43

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

I've never actually heard Mei speak like this, MSM pitches her voices way higher

# ? Oct 1, 2021 10:44

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Always nice to see Ihashi, I enjoy seeing that balloon man moonsaulting

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:04

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Chris on coms!

Where getting an animal vs comedy wrestlers tag.

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:05

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

live translation of a Gon story!

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:07

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

fez_machine posted:

Chris on coms!

Where getting an animal vs comedy wrestlers tag.

I know nothing about this, what the dickens is going on here?!

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:07

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

What a devious man Gon is

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:07

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Hell yeah Ihashi

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:08

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

lol the vision paused just as the fat man moonsault was going happen

but we got the chimpanzee drop kick

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:09

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

His head fell off lol

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:09

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

oh no the noose around the big man's neck

this ain't chocoprop anymore

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:11

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

ChocoPro Young Girls

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:12

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

algebra testes posted:

I know nothing about this, what the dickens is going on here?!

The entire event or just that tag?

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:15

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

I very rarely see the crowd lit up like this at Shinjuku FACE, it's weird

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:17

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

I like Yunamon, she should appear more in promotions I follow

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:18

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

MEIn event time

For those who don't know this will be the first time Mei faces Saki Aki who she usually does an alter-ego tag with in TJPW

Plus the death match queen herself RIna Yamashita who'll be doing GCW dates in a month or so.

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:19

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:22

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

The height disparity never fails to make me chuckle

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:23

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

This is just like when Nodoka Tenma stood on the ropes to be taller than Sakisama

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:24

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Mecha first touch

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:24

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

New Japan having their intermission at the perfect time so I can watch this

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:25

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Like Omega vs. Bryan. Mei and Saki Aki aren't giving us everything but they're giving us a lot

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:26

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

I always wish Yunamon went a little deeper on her boston crabs

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:28

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Chris and Drew Parker sound very similar on comms, it is confusing to me

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:30

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Nice leaping shoulder tackle from Yunamon

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:30

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

fez_machine posted:

The entire event or just that tag?

This is a mix between Joshi and DDT and also a bootleg indie?

Whatever the hell it is it owns.

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:31

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Lucifer !!!

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:31

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Yunamon assisted splash :golfclap:

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:32

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

algebra testes posted:

This is a mix between Joshi and DDT and also a bootleg indie?

Whatever the hell it is it owns.

It's a show booked by DDT wrestler Masahiro Takanashi, who recently came back after a long injury and is an excuse to hang out with his friends and get paid for it

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:33

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

Mei just bounced off her after the double stomp :stare:

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:35

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

One of the better top rope stomp spots I've seen

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:36

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Good match, some of the spots got interrupted by stream lag on my side but what I saw was good.

A number of believable near falls.

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:39

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# ? May 12, 2024 03:54

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

I don't think we're going to get the old BASRA matches in the new Wrestle Universe

Honda on commentary!

# ? Oct 1, 2021 11:43

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