August 16th, 2001 | Fukui City Gym | Fukui, Japan

**NOTE: I've only done the matches without introductions, due to lack of time on my part. I apologize for this, and hope to make up for it on global TV. Enjoy what you have here, though! It's all done in the way that I do the Retro Rants.**

AJ Fortay vs. Syn

[Syn and AJ are standing in the ring as the ref signals for the bell to start the match. The fans aren't really into anything, but with only about fifty people in attendance, it's hard to get much of a reaction. Anyway, Syn and AJ circle each other and lock up. Side headlock by Syn, but AJ pushes him to the ropes. AJ ducks his head but Syn holds onto the ropes. AJ raises up and charges at Syn. Syn drops down, pulling the ropes down with him, causing AJ to tumble to the outside. Syn points to his head to show he outsmarted AJ. AJ, however, just jumps back into the ring and dropkicks Syn from behind. Syn stumbles forward then turns. He rushes at AJ who hits another dropkick. Syn pops back up and AJ gets in an armdrag. Syn up again and AJ back body drops him. Syn up and AJ hits a massive lariat for a two count. AJ whips Syn into the corner, but misses the blind charge. Syn rolls up AJ for an one count. Syn whips AJ to the ropes, and knees AJ in the gut. Reverse chinlock is countered with a hammerlock from AJ. AJ has Syn face down on the canvas in the hammerlock, and drives his knee into Syn's arm. Another time then AJ straddles Syn's arm and pulls back on it, while sitting on Syn's back. AJ pulls Syn up and whips him into the corner. AJ runs into a boot, but catches Syn coming off the middle turnbuckle with a powerslam for two.]

[Syn is lifted up and slammed to the canvas with a body slam. AJ comes off the ropes and hits an elbow drop for two. AJ with a cross armbreaker, and Syn starts to struggle. He is having trouble making the ropes. After about twenty seconds in the hold, Syn finally makes the ropes. AJ picks up Syn and whips him to the ropes. Armdrag and armbar by AJ. AJ goes back to the cross armbreaker, but Syn is able to scoot himself near the ropes and get his foot on the bottom one. AJ brings Syn to his feet, but gets an elbow to the face. Syn runs to the ropes and AJ connects with the Fortay Seconds[superkick] to the arm of Syn, then hits the J Breaker[vertebreaker]!!! 1... 2..... 3!!]

WINNER: AJ Fortay, 5:18 -- Pinfall

Judicial Command vs. The Manhattan Project

[Bronx starts out with Dave Styles, who immediately gets in a thumb to the eye and a low blow setting up the DDT for one. Styles whips Bronx to the ropes, but misses the dropkick, and upon getting to his feet, Bronx kicks him in the stomach, doubling him over. Bronx goes to the ropes and hits a straight on kick to the side of Dave's face, before hitting a DDT of his own for two. Bronx tags in Brooklyn and they hit a double flapjack. Brooklyn hits a gorilla press slam and standing moonsault for two. Irish whip is reversed, but Brooklyn takes Dave's head off with a lariat for two again. Bronx back in and they hit a double superkick and double DDT for 2.5! Bronx works over Dave in the corner with kicks and punches before sending Dave across the ring. Dave counters Bronx's charge with a boot to the face and tags in Masked Assasin.]

[MA hits a bulldog, spinning heel kick, and spinning DDT for two. MA with a standing dropkick and a body slam to set up the swanton bomb. Bronx gets the knees up and tags Brooklyn back in. Double clothesline and double back body drop set up a piledriver and powerbomb for 2.5 for Brooklyn. Irish whip and lariat for two more. Another lariat is ducked, but the leg lariat hits and gets two more. Brooklyn works over MA in the corner, before Dave comes over and gauges Brooklyn in the eyes, allowing MA to lift up Brooklyn and drop him across the top turnbuckle.]

[Dave back in and hits a lariat, back elbow, and flying forearm smash for two. Dave with a powerslam for two. Powerbomb for two. Spinebuster and piledriver get two more. Chokeslam sets up the Alamo Massacre[flipping guillotine legdrop], but Brooklyn moves and tags in Bronx. Bronx in and nails Dave with a bicycle kick. Bronx with a superkick to knock MA off the apron. Dave comes at Bronx, but Bronx gets a double leg take down and locks on the Bronxlock[sharpshooter]!!! Brooklyn stops MA from making the save and Dave can do nothing but tap.]

WINNER: The Manhattan Project, 7:37 -- Submission

Elroy Chaymbers vs. Shawn Walsh

[Elroy and Shawn battle for a bit, exchanging punches and the like, but it spills out of the ring resulted in a double countout.]

WINNER: No One, 0:29 -- Double Countout

Able vs. Tyler Hendrix

[Tyler comes out fighting with a flurry of kicks and punches, and a dropkick sends Able out of the ring to catch a breather. Tyler joins him and whips Able into the guardrail. Tyler has his next whipped reversed, but Tyler reverses the reverse and pulls Able into a drop toe hold into the guardrail. Tyler rolls Able back into the ring and gets a front face lock. Able tries to power out with a Northern Lights suplex, but Tyler blocks, and wrenches the face lock harder. The hold continues to tighten as Able tries and fights it off. Finally Able just powers Tyler up and tosses him over the top rope, but Tyler holds onto Able, and pulls his head down across the top rope. Tyler falls to the ground hard, however. Able is up first and rolls out of the ring. Able with a shortarm clothesline and vertical suplex on the outside before rolling in to break the count. Able grabs Tyler and T-Bone suplexes him into the guardrail! Able rolls Tyler into the ring and nails the frog splash for two. Able with a head scissors, but Tyler fights out, but gets knocked back down with a lariat for two. Able whips Tyler into the corner, and Tyler moves out of the way of the charge. German suplex by Tyler for two. Head and shoulder suplex for two. Able blocks the Northern Lights attempt and hits a gutwrench powerbomb. Both men are down.]

[Both men back to their feet and collide with double lariats. Both get up at eight and Tyler ducks Able's lariat attempt and hits a cross body. Able rolls through, but Tyler rolls through that, and gets the ankle lock! Able makes the ropes, so Tyler pulls Able from the ropes and keeps it locked on. Able makes the ropes again after some struggle. Tyler pulls Able to his feet and dropkicks his ankle and gets the ankle lock a third time. Able fights with all his might to make the ropes. Tyler climbs onto the apron, and pulls Able's leg out far enough to just barely hang over the edge. Tyler drops a knee off the apron and onto the ankle. Able holds it in pain and rolls to the center of the ring. Tyler slides back in and grabs the ankle lock AGAIN, as the fifty or so in attendence start to stomp their feet and clap. A small "Able, Able!" chant breaks out.]

[Able struggles and struggles for over a minute and finally makes it to the ropes to a nice applause. Tyler still has ahold on Able's leg as he gets to his feet. Enziguri is ducked by Tyler and he has the ankle lock again!!! Able is quick to the ropes. Able is back on one foot, as Tyler holds the other. Able fakes the enziguri, causing Tyler to release his foot, and Able plants Tyler with a huge fallout powerbomb, leaving both men down. Both men are up at 9.5, and Able hits a superkick, but his planted foot gives out and he falls down. He backs into the corner holding his ankle. He tells the ref he can still go, and Tyler gets to his feet. Tyler charges in and eats boot. Tyler backs away and charges in again. He slides under this boot and out of the ring. He grabs Able's legs and pulls him down. Tyler rams Able's ankle into the ring post again and again and again. Tyler rolls back into the ring as Able pulls himself away from the corner. Figure four leg lock by Tyler!!!]

[Able has his problems, but makes the ropes, and gets a very nice applause. Tyler back up and runs to the ropes. Able is on his feet against the ropes now, and flips Tyler over the top rope. Tyler lands on the apron, but has his right blocked. Able drives his shoulder into Tyler's gut, then climbs out onto the apron with him. Able hooks Tyler up for a Tiger driver off the apron, but Tyler blocks and back flips Able onto the apron and to the ground. Tyler falls back into the ring, as Able crawls back in himself in due time. Able limps around the ring as Tyler heads up to the top turnbuckle. Tyler leaps off with a cross body block, but Able catches him. Able staggers around a bit, trying to gain his footing with the bad foot, then finally does. He tosses Tyler up onto his shoulder and goes for the Six Foot Drop[rikishi driver], but his ankle gives out. 2.99 count for Tyler as he fell on top.]

[Tyler stomps on Able's ankle, then grabs his leg to go for the figure four again. Able reaches forward and gets a small package on Tyler! 1.... 2.... 3!!!! Tyler kicks out immediately after and gets another ankle lock on Able. Able is tapping now as Tyler is forced off by the refs. Able rolls around the ring holding his ankle in pain.]

WINNER: Able, 12:37 -- Pinfall

The Jolly Potter and paYne vs. Ricky Green and Poke

[The Jolly Potter and Ricky Green start out and immediately Green gets a dropkick and spinning heel kick on Potter. Ricky goes for the La Majistral cradle, but Potter rolls through, and shakes his head back and forth, and mouths "not again" as he and Green smile at each other. Potter and Green lock up and Potter gets a side headlock. Green pushes him off, but Potter holds on tight. Green back Potter against the ropes, then pushes him off. Shoulder block by Potter, then steps over Potter. Armdrag by Green, Potter reverses with a head scissors. Green kips out and goes to the ropes himself. Potter with an armdrag, but Green counters with a headscissors, and Potter kips out of that, and they stand off. Applause for that. Potter and Green cirlce each other again, and Green gets in a kick to the gut of Potter. Green whips Potter to the ropes and has his leg lariat blocked and Potter goes for the Clayhead[pedigree] early on. Green breaks the locked hands and gets a hammerlock. Potter runs to the ropes, drops to the canvas, and the momentum sends Green to the outside. Once he gets to his feet, Potter runs to the ropes. Potter grabs onto the top rope to aid him as he shoots himself over the top rope. Green steps to the side and Potter lands on his feet. Potter with a kick but Green catches it, spins him around and hits a nasty release german suplex on the outside.]

[Green rolls Potter back in and gets a two count. Poke is tagged in and he immediately goes after Potter's arm. Cross armbreaker by Poke, but Potter makes the ropes. Irish whip and dropkick to the arm! Poke knocked Potter to the apron, and joins him there. Poke wraps Potter's arm around the top rope and punches away at it. Poke frees Potter's arm, then leaps off the apron with it, and rams it across the guardrail!! Poke sets Potter back onto the apron, and he kicks Poke back into the guardrail. Potter goes at Poke with a lariat, but Poke blocks and hits a half nelson suplex on the outside!!! Poke sets Potter back on the apron, climbs into the ring, then climbs back out onto the apron, on the other side of the corner. Poke grabs Potter's arm, and continues to drive it down onto his own shoulder. Finally Poke lifts Potter's arm high into the air, then falls off the apron, dropping Potter's arm across the metal rod holding the top turnbuckle to the ring post.]

[Poke rolls back into the ring to break the count then goes back outside. Poke lifts Potter up and drops him arm-first across the guardrail. Poke with a chicken wing suplex on the outside!!!! Poke is having his way with Potter right now until paYne comes flying off the apron with a flying lariat!!! paYne rolls Potter back into the ring then powerbombs Poke against the guardrail!!! paYne rolls Poke back into the ring, and both men are down. At nine Potter gets the hot tag to paYne who clobbers Poke with a lariat! Green tries to get in a sneaky top rope move, but paYne saw him attempt it all the way, and nails Green with a lariat on the way down. paYne with a gorilla press on Green and drops him over the top rope and to the floor. Poke back up and dropkicks paYne from behind. paYne turns around, and kicks Poke in the stomach. paYne goes for a Nothern lights suplex, but Poke is able to block it, then jump to the middle rope, kick off it and hit a Tornado DDT on paYne!!]

[Poke whips paYne into the corner, but his splash attempt is stopped by paYne catching him and hitting a wicked release overhead belly to belly suplex, sending Poke into the corner upside down. paYne grabs Poke and hits a devistating german suplex for two. Pancake into the powerslam for two and the big boot for two more. paYne whips Poke to the ropes, but misses the lariat. Poke slides under the ropes and tags Green on the way through. As paYne turns around he is nailed with a springboard dropkick from Green! Green picks up paYne and goes for the dragon suplex! paYne blocks it, then breaks the full nelson, and goes for a dragon suplex of his own. Green runs to the corner, pushes off the turnbuckles and flips out of the move. Green misses his lariat, though, and takes the dragon suplex for 2.5!]

[paYne whips Green into the corner, and eats boot as he charges in. paYne comes in again and Green ducks down. Green gets paYne from behind and hits a back suplex. Green runs to the corner and hits a springboard dropkick on Potter, knocking him off the apron and to the floor on his bad arm. Poke is over there and whips Potter to the guardrail. Potter is able to counter, then hit a powerslam and leg drop on Poke. Potter gets back on the apron as paYne and Green collide with a double lariat. Green gets the worse end, and paYne tags in Potter. Potter hits a lariat with his bad arm but it has little effect. He makes up for it by countering the hurricanranna and hitting a Liger bomb for two!! Poke pulls paYne off the apron but has his whip reversed, and paYne whipped Poke so hard he goes flying over the guardrail.]

[In the ring, Potter sets up Green for the Clayhead again, but his injured arm won't let him lock the arms back. Potter is struggling with allows Green to kind of switch his positioning and lifts Potter onto his shoulders. Death Valley Driver by Green!! Both men down. As they get to their feet Poke gets back onto his apron. Green and Potter start towards their corners. Poke tagged in, paYne tagged in! They rush into the ring and Poke ducks the lariat. Big elbow smash from paYne knocks Poke down. Poke jumps back up and eats a big boot. Poke back up and gets taken down with a spinebuster. Poke jumps back up and gets taken down with a lariat. paYne sets Poke up for the Crucifixion[crucifix powerbomb] but Poke wiggles free and lifts paYne up for the Event Horizon[reverse DVD]!! Potter runs in and kicks Poke in the stomach, dropping paYne. Potter goes for the Clayhead on Poke, but Green comes in with a springboard spinning heel kick. Poke covers Potter, but he isn't the legal man. So Poke turns around and is decapitated by paYne's lariat. Crucifixion by paYne!!!! 1........ 2....... Green breaks it up and hits the Elite Murda[falling reverse DDT]!! Green pops back up and eats a spear from Potter. Green landed on Potter's arm though.]

[All four men are down, but all at once they are starting to get up. All four charge at each other. Potter misses his lariat on Green, but nails Poke. Green ducked Potter's lariat and nailed paYne!! Potter and Green turn to each other and rush towards one another. They duck each other's lariats, then collide with double cross bodys as time expires. All four men are laid out as the fans are actually on their feet, or at least stomping them.]

WINNER: Draw, 20:00 -- Time Limit Draw