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So back in the day when I used to care about such things, I reviewed Super J 94.  One of the very best shows I think out there in wrestling land.  I was going to do Super J 95 but it's buried deep in my closet and I think that there is a monster in there so instead I'm going to do the 2000 version as Jeremiah's generous person just brought me and happens to be sitting on my curio cabinet quite away from the Closet Lurking Killer Dog Horse Beast...I'll just start calling him Humbert Humbert.

My computer is right next to the TV and so I'll be writing a direct rant...No pausing or rewinding for this kid!

Well, I've opened my first beer, time for puro.

on to the tape gladiator
 

Here's your Matchlist...which by the way ruins the whole tourney concept but we all know this is all you are looking for so I'm just giving you the opening round..
 

Ricky Marvin  vs.   CIMA
Ricky Fuji   vs.    Sasuke The Great
Naoki Sano  vs.   Judo Suwa
Katsumi Usuda  vs.   Men's Teioh
Onryo  vs.   Curry Man
Gran Hamada  vs.   Shinya Makabe
Kaz Hayashi  vs.   the Great Sasuke
Tiger Mask IV  vs.   Jushin "Thuder" Lyger
 

We are recorded live, dubbed from a tape, then trade to J....Ah the emotion of live events!!!
 

First Round
 

Rickey Marvin vs CIMA

They start out with some mat stuff.  Rickey Marvin gets a half crab but CIMA works out of it and starts hitting the WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoss.  CIMA puts Rickey down and hits a slingshot senton.  Somewheres a black tiger is crying.  Rickey has the look of a Raven's Flock member while CIMA is looking decidingly like Tokyo Maganum...ie like a Somdomite.  I paused the tape to write this sentence and caught Marvin calling a spot OOOPS!  CIMA continues with lightweight pain.  We start with the obligatory flippy lucha stuff. Ricky hits a sweet Springboard rana and no hands corkscrew plancha to the outside.  Ricky whips CIMA into the corner but CIMA counters with this awesome headscissor into the turnbuckle thingy.  Well, I don't write for DVDVR's move list do I?  HUH do I?  Ricky gets a sweet move out of Tajiri's book with a catapult rana.  Wait a minute, Ricky just hit the Muscle buster!  I was going to say that he looked a lot like Damian without the paint and the only guy I remember using the muscle buster with any regularity is Damian.....hmmmm Oh wait Damian's fat and slow.  That's right.  Suddenly I feel like watching a Brutus the Beefcake Best Of tape.  I got about ten minutes to kill.  HA!  I don't care if you want to stop wasting your time.  Oh right, the match.  Ricky hits a springboard rana for 2.  He tries a plancha into the ring but CIMA kicks him in the air and hits a Vietnamese Kick.  Iconoclasm and the Splash gets the three.  Some good moves but really not put together.  **1/2.

What's a Vietnamese Kick?  Go watch Starrcade 95...
 

The Canadian Lover vs Sasuke the Great

They do interviews before the match and I swear Fuji is ripping off Flair, Bret, Chris Jericho and Playboy Buddy Rose all at once.  Wow, a Buddy Rose reference.  That happens about as regulary as a Blow Away
reference.  Two for Two!

I hate Ricky "the Canadian Lover" Fuji.  And everyone hates Ricky "the Canadian Lover" Fuji.  So why is he here?  Well Gedo isn't so we should thank god for small favors right?

Never seen Sasuke the great before but he has a valet must mean he sucks.  Token jobber offense to start and Ricky starts the pattersons.  They fuck up a spot to the outside.  CLIP! fuck up a spot inside.  God Canada's very own can't even pull off the Finley slam.  But he does it twice, see Ricky's Canadian so he doesn't understand the Japanese Rule.  To show how much these guys suck compared to everyone else the Valet gets involved.  This IS Japan right? She jumps in the ring and Ricky tries to put her in an adominal stretch then hits the greco roman liplock.  Twice even.  What no ladies in the Great White North?   Sasuke takes control and gits the golota on the ref for the DQ.  What the Fuck was this?  -*

I can't believe something scored negative on a Super J.  This can't be good.  Oh great just when I thought it couldn't get worse Fuji showed his ass.
 
 

Naoki Sano vs Judo Suwa

Suwa kind of looks like Iaukea, you know the Prince?  Sano starts with the feeling out process but Princey hits the D-Von clothesline.  You know I only do this to annoy you puro fans.  You know...taking a Japenese move and calling it a WWF move.  Sano fucks up a tilt a whirl backbreaker and gets tossed over the ropes.  Call Bill Watts!  Suwa hits a suicide dive and his faction beats Sano internationally.  Da Prince hits the Ohtani Tree of Woe dropkick spot.  I believe that is one of the coolest heel beatdown moves in wrestling.  You can't do anything about it if you are face, you are stuck and disrespected.  Aside from Eddy's face twist and the front suplex into the ropes that is one of the biggest fuck you spots in the art.  Plus it's a regular move of the Lord Almighty so it has to be somewhat dickey.  Well we get more of the badass heel beatdown crap.  Prince hits this weird slingshot elbow drop.  Princey's manager keeps getting involved.  Bossman ass slam for 2.  Prince goes for an elbow in the ropes but Sano ducks and quite literally Steve Williamses the poor guy with a sick high release german. Sano steals Dean Malenko's gutbuster and hits a double stomp.  Double hook belly to belly gets two.  Sano puts Princey in the crab.   Swinging neckbreaker for Princey for two.  Sano hits a victory roll for two.  I miss Owen all of a sudden.  Sano kicks out of a Test Patented Elbow!!!! and Princey argues with the ref.  So Sano missile dropkicks him and fucks up a rana pin for two.  Bridged tiger for the 3.  SANO WINS!!!! SANO WINS!!!! I don't know these guys so I don't care. **3/4
 

More interviews.  Bla Bla.  You know angry Japanese sounds a lot like they are chewing on a hambone when they talk.
 

Katsumi Usuda vs Men's Teioh

Men's is straight from Big Japan over here so I begin to cry.  Usuda is from Battlearts so I think I can become happier.  I hope this is stiff.  I'm talking about the match Lawler!!!  Nice scars on Men's guess lightbulb wrestling isn't as safe as everyone thought.  The feel each other out for a bit with some matwork.  Usuda mounts Teioh and the fight over getting a hold.  Standard Mount UFC fighting.  Battlearts is so awesome. Just thought I'd let you know.  Usuda goes for an armdrag but Teioh counters with an adominal stretch followed by an octopus stretch.  Remember when Owen brought that over?  Men's starts with some stiff shots but Usuda takes his arm and has some fun with it with some Fujiwara acton.  Stiff kicks and Usuda hits a inverted triangle hold.  Usuda and Men's get into the JCAFS with Usuda being the asshole.  JCAFS is in Super J 94 rant go look it up.  Men's hits a dragon screw leg trip and posts Usudas leg and hits the hanging figure four  GO BRET!!  I also call that move the Hogan Knee Killer.  Good Times, Good Times.  Rolling elbow for two for Teioh.  You ain't Misawa bitch!  Teioh hits Usuda with a weak Backdrop Driver for 2 3/4. Teioh hits a cool Full Nelson Choke slam and tries a  weird submission move but Usuda makes the rope before he cinches in. Then Teioh tries like this choky thing but Usuda turns it into a leg scissor armbar thing.  Usuda rules it baby!  Pattersons into a bunch of close pins for both guys.  Usuda starts slapping the taste out of Teioh's mouth.  They both go for something but Teioh hits a surpise Oklahoma roll for the Three.  *** This was better than I thought it would be.  To bad Battlearts went under because that hybrid style is the best wrestling out there.
 
 

Onryo vs Falling Angel Curry Man

English, sort of.

Curry Man cracks me up.  Especially that hat.  For those who want to know, Curry Man is THE GREATEST INDY WRESTLER IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!! At least that is what is said anytime Chris Daniels is mention.  Onryo is a zombie.  Not as cool as JCW's Evil Dead.  Curry Man does the Delphin crap, do a move and hit a stupid pose only his is funny.  Dead Ed hits a lot of different lightweight offense to begin including a top rope plancha outside.  Curry Man has a Y2C shirt on and hits a nice belly to belly for 2.  I don't know if this is supposed to be a comedy match because Gran Naniwa and Damian's was the funniest ever.  Curry Man hits a sweet ropeflip moonsault outside.  Poor Dead guy, after Curry Man hits the springboard legdrop, he doesn't look to well.  C misses the Jericho moonsault and Deady takes control and they do a bunch of token flippy pin stuff.  Curry Man hits the Malenko kick and a tilt a whirl slam.  Careful Curry, a man that's been dead that long will start to leak on you if you continue to throw him around.  Daniels hits the Taue chokeslam.  See I can compare moves to puro wrestlers.  Just give me the chance.  Moonsault for two, Curry looks angry, must be the spices.  The Spicy Drop (Weak Burning Hammer sort of like Mosh's) but Dead guy kics out.  Pattersons and Deady gets a double leg cramp and hits a funky pin for the Three.  Ugh, **1/2.
 

"I’ll be back because I’m hot, I’m spicy, I taste great, and Curry Man is Ishiban. SHIT!!!"
 
 

Gran Hamada vs Shinya Makabe

Hamada is old, very old but still brings it.  Makabe is some stooge from New Japan.  If it isn't a squash I'll turn this shit off.  They play around for a bit than makabe hits a brutal spear.  Then we are treated for a bit of matwork then Makeabee starts working the leg. This goes on for a long time.  I mean a LONG time.  This is like shit from the sixties just a lot of pull this now pull this.  I like it and all and I can really get into a matwork segment but it just doesn't seem to go anywhere.  I'm on beer three now so I'm just going to fast forward......Hamada goes for a Tornado DDT but gets caught in a couple Michael Cole suplexes for a couple and Makeabee hits a fisherman for two.  Makeabee goes for a suplex but Hamada drills him with a suplex. SICILLIAN ELBOW!!!! followed by a top rop cutter and a cross arm scissor ends it with Hamada on top.  Way to boring **

I'm looking forward to this next one..
 
 

Mega Man vs Jelly Spine

Oh....that's Kaz vs Great Sasuke

Kaz is awesome but he does look like a robot named Rock and Sasuke is amazing but I don't think he has anything resembling actually bone mass.  He folds over way too much.

Now this I can get into

Sasuke opens up with his strikes but Kaz puts him in the crippler!!  Taka is all like, that's how you stop Sasuke from putting his fist through your face.  Kaz really wrenches it in for a couple minutes but Sasuke makes it to the ropes.  Kaz follows with a side headlock, whip shoulderblock and Kaz hits the greco roman nose blow.  Some flippy and Kaz knocks Sasuke out, and puts the boots to dready.  Sauske starts his "I have no bone mass" sell and Kaz hits him with a layout powerbomb and chinlock.  Kaz is totally all Benoit now as he slams Sasuke and tries for the swandive but Sasuke meets him upstairs but Kaz reverses with a front suplex.  He goes for the crossbody but Sasuke dropkicks him like a person that knew that's what Kaz was going for.  I think there was a blown spot next as Sauske started the Space Flying Tiger Drop but Kaz was on the apron.  The fight around in the middle ring with a bunch of pattersons to a blocked tiger to a blocked dragon.  Sauske germans Kaz but he flips out and puts Sasuke into a fucking Sweet WCW crippler and Kaz's eyes roll back in his head.  That's so cool.  Sasuke miss the swanton and gets clotheslined over the ropes and Kaz hits him with a semi corkscrew plancha.  Kaz for a frankensteiner but Sasuke holds on only to have Kaz do it in midair FUCK YEAH BUDDY!  Kaz goes for the crippler but Sasuke kicks the fuck out of his knee, gotta hate those double leg cramps.  Sasuke hits a stiff ass kick to the back of Kaz's head and follows with the Thunderfire Powerbomb for the three.  Wow that was a great match.  ***3/4.

Sasuke is so awesome it hurts.  Kaz was being the fucking machine heel he needs to be.  Although he might not have that smirk on his face had Sasuke ripped a Canadian Stampede kick to his grin.
 
 

Tiger Mask IV vs Jushin "Thunder" Liger

Talk about big boots to fill.  Get it?  Puss N Boots.  Sorry.  Liger wearing the Dark Vader Tron outfit tonight.  They start with a lock up, somehow I don't think NWA power wrestling is going to be on the menu long.  Tiger starts with some stiff kicks, Liger bails and Tiger lunges off the tope with a clothesline.  Sweet dropkick on Liger when we get back inside and Tiger slaps on the Main Event sleeper followed by the more acceptable scissor hold.  Liger reverses to a Steiner Recliner.  Liger still looks weird to me.  Liger hits a belly to back and a powerbomb for two.  Liger follows up with a scissor hold around the neck and Tiger follows with the same spot Liger did but brings it down into a UFC choke which pops the crowd.  By the way I know its Lyger but I'm looking for symmetry.  Liger reverses a crossarmbreaker into his Surfboard dragon sleeper thing.  I know it's probably not his but I see him do it more than anybody else.  Lyger with some WOOOOOs into the corner.  Cross corner whip on Tiger but he hits a rebound Crossbody.  Tries a tiger driver but Liger blocks so Tiger kicks him in the head.  Liger draws some mega heel heat by slapping the fuck out of an unconcious Tiger.  Huh, black tights and heel hit, wonder if he has a goatee under that mask?  Tiger is out of it here until he ducks a Napolese fist and cracks Liger in the mush .   Tiger suplex for 2 by it's namesake.  Tiger cracks a huge roundhouse to the back of Liger's head and puts him up top for a doubleunderhook suplex and follows witht the cross armbreaker and the crowd goes wild.  Tiger walks into a nasty shotei for 2.  Liger bomb and a ***** brainbuster....but Tiger no sells.  WHAT?  Another huge shotei (smack in the face) Tiger no sells again.  Tiger blocks another shotei so Liger hits him with the other hand for the 3.  ***.  Some might say it's better than that but I don't care.  You don't kick out on one when you are dropped straight on your head.  I think the pacing was off as well.
 
 

Quarter Finals
 
 

CIMA vs Onryo

Remember kids, Onryo is a dead guy.  Guess he had unfinished business and he came back from the underworld to become a dumb gimmick in a fake sport.  Brandon Lee watch out!

I think CIMA is talking shit in the interview section, can't tell.  JIP of CIMA's group posing in the ring a la early Degeneration X and Onryo hits a springboard dropkick.  Back in the ring and CIMA chokes him out and Deady acts all dead until CIMA's back is turned and dropkicks him and does some other flailing around.  Onyro has elbow pads on, funny I figured if you were dead you wouldn't really worry about bursitis or anything like that.  They get a couple quick pin attempts between them including a nice Cryonic kick from CIMA. CIMA gets that Leg Scissor into a turnbuckle.  Torture rack into a burning hammer type thing for 2 and Onyro gets his cradle for two to follow up with a TIGER DRIVER '91!  Oh fuck!  CIMA kicked out what the fuck?!?!?!  CIMA does Onyro's I'm dead sleeper thing and hits a Iconslam and a splash for the three.  Pity.  **

Read above.  Don't kick out of perfect brainbusters and Tiger Driver 91.  All you are doing is encouraging John Q Indywrestler to do that in a plywood ring in some VFW in bumfuck Alabama and then you get a lot of people hurt.  Read that Briscoe Match review from Jeremiah's Best of Indies tape.
 

Canadian Lover vs Gran Hamada

Hamada better beat the shit out of Maple Syrup boy.  Some token stuff to make Fuji look like a contender including Fuji fucking up a headbutt spot.  Hamada gets a sleeper saying stuff like, "What the fuck was that, you have to wait for contact before you fuck up a back bump pussy."  The Canadian Lover, fully versed in mat wrestling dropkicks Hamada's knee and slaps on Undertaker's one mat move that legbar of his.   Back up and Fuji wants a test of strengh....come on, will you look at Hamada's upper body?  Fuji tries more boring toeholds and stuff.  The crowd is dead.  Some whippage and Hamada gets a tornado DDT and a huge Clothesline for 2.  Belly to back suplex for 2, Hamada...Come on bring the stiffness.  Fuji reverses a whip and gets a toprope front dropkick.  Calgary's own screws up a Finley slam for 2.  Lover boy hits a corkscrew tombstone, I hate it when bad wrestlers go for that.  Pattersons to a Fuji cutter and a boot to the face for Hamada, what the hell is going on? They fight on the top rope for something and Hamada drills Fuji with a huge Mega Tornado DDT for the three.  *3/4.  Fuji was blowing spots left and right and still had 80 percent of the offense.  That match blew.
 
 

Sano vs The Great Sasuke

Sasuke's all like, "I don't give a fuck who I face, I"M GREAT!"  Sasuke and Sano just really start out with token jobber lockups, not bad but not what is going to last.  Cartwheel Crossbody blown by Sano.  Sasuke takes out his frustrations by hitting a standing armbreaker.  Sasuke bails after a Sano kick and Sano hits a tope suicida.  Spin wheel kick and a dropkick send Sano outside and Sasuke blows a SPACE FLYING TIGER DROP.  He looked like he cracked his head on the apron.  Camera cuts away as Gran Fucking Naniwa (you know, the Crab) checks on Sasuke.  They fight over an apron suplex and Sano wins sending Sasuke to the PARTICLE BOARD OF IMPENDING IMPACT.  Schiavone sucks!  Sasuke reverses a side salto for two and Sasuke hits a lionsault for another 2.  Sasuke fights for a piledriver but gets tossed.  Sasuke hits that Firedriver and goes up top only to get hit with a SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX!! Oh fuck!  Sano follows with a SNAP RELEASE DRAGON.  What is this All Japan?  Sano finishes with a roundhouse to the back of the head and wins by knockout.  Huh?  That's a weird finish.  ***
 

Sano seemed to blow a few spots and Sasuke wasn't his jellied spine self.  Sasuke's unconcious body is looked to in the ring.  Liger, the booker, seems to be writing a lot of brutal knockout finishes where the loser just lays there for a while.
 

Liger vs Teioh

I'm sure this is going to be a classic.  Big Japan vs. an aging Liger?

Teioh starts off with a little chinlockage, but then we go with the crisscross of doom for Teioh to explain to the crowd he's a badass.  He slaps on the dreaded adominal for more proof.  He follows that with an octopus hold.  Liger reverses a cross corner into a koppo kick.  Teioh tries to get an Oklahoma roll for a fast three but Liger bails.  More stuff and Teioh gets a dragon screw and the corner post figure four.  Man it's like every wrestler only brought one story for all of their matches.  Teioh tries the Funk leg screw and gets kicked in the mouth as he should have.  That move is sooo gay.  Liger reverses a legbar into a sleeper but Teioh doesn't go to sleep.  Liger starts punking him with a bunch of stomps, read slaps from early match.  Liger starts wooing Teioh in the corner and Teioh hits a super Tokyo Drop.  SICILLIAN ELBOW!!! by Teioh but Liger gets in a belly to back and starts drawing heel hit with a bunch of slaps.  Seriously Liger's booking is suspect at this point.  Teioh goes for the elbow but Liger hits a shotei.  That should not be a legitmate set up move.  Liger goes for another but Teioh ducks into a cradle.  Teioh gets another Elbow but Liger no sells and hits a pair of shoteis and finishes with a brainbuster for the win.  **  Cut and paste from the first round.
 

We get clips from a couple guys in masks doing some insane dives outside the ring.  Sort of like the Rey/Psichosis exhibition match in 95 only crappy.  Then a clip of some joshi.  Don't know who any of these people are, maybe Jeremiah can add the names later.  (J's note-- I don't know who the flippy shitty guys in masks are.  I've never even seen a site mention that clip on a matchlist.  The joshi girls are Chapparita ASARI and Hiromi Yagi.  ASARI can bring it in the ring, too bad we only get select clips from that match.)
 

Semi Finals
 

CIMA vs Sano

CIMA threw his shirt at Sano during his introduction.  Feel the heel.  Test of strength into a Sano body bridge.  CIMA getting the armbar out.  Lockup to side headlock to shoulderblock all Sano.  Sano hits a nice butterfly suplex and gets dropkicked in the knee for his efforts.  CIMA goes to work on Sano in the corner with a lot of chops and kicks then after a cross corner whips hits Sano with both knees in the face.  Tree of Woe with some cocky kicks and CIMA steals the Lord's move again.  He hits that springboard senton from Eddy again.  CIMA goes for a rope assisted SICILLIAN ELBOW but gets Germaned for his effort.  Sano slaps on the crab to shut that heel boy up.  Sano builds the heat by constantly dragging CIMA back to the center of the ring.  He finally loses controlbut slaps on a surfboard into a roll up bow and arrow.  I've never understood that move, that should be a legit pin for the other guy.  CIMA cradles out of a german attempt for two.  To pay him back Sano hits the Malenko buster followed by a sick double stomp.  Garvin is so angry!  Sano destroys CIMA with a Thunderfire Bomb for a close 2.  SANO tries for a tiger but CIMA wakes up and hits a neckbreaker and a Konnan dropkick to the side of the face.  That's a very simple move but is really effective.  CIMA goes for the Iconclasm but Sano reverses to a victory roll then CIMA electric chairs him into the turnbuckle, they are both sooooo dead.  Superkick into the corner and CIMA hits his stupid shotei and fights for his cross arm Iconoclasm and hits the frog splash for three.  ***3/4 that dragged a bit but really picked up towards the end.  Awesome match
 

Liger vs Hamada

The super old fight in the super J.

Lock up and other token offense to set up Hamada's power including a knee right to the horns.  Hamada starts stomping a sushi hole into Liger, as is his right, being a legit heavyweight in a junior tourny.  Whips abound and Hamada lariats Liger out of the ring.  Liger rolls in and hits some cheap shots.  He goes for the early victory and tries the shotei but Hamada is very, very old and ain't taking that shit and hits a Fujiwara armbar.  Liger makes it to the ropes but the wiley vetran slaps it on again.  HAHA take that you supposed legend!!  Liger makes it to the ropes so Hamada slaps on the crossarmbreaker.  I love psychology!  Although I think that Frued is suspect in his justification of the Oedipal.  Frankly, I'm one to believe in Jung's Oversoul as the basis of mental understanding, although with the absolute astonishing rise of B.F. Skinner one can throw the notion of human's being anything more than apes with cloth right out the window.  Liger makes it to the ropes.  Wristlock by Pavlov-San.  That was pretty good.  Cross corner whip to a clothesline by Hamada and he follows it up by a huge frankensteiner for two.  Liger is all like "my arm so sucks" and Hamada gets a belly to back for two.   A Hamada rana is reversed to a powerbomb by horny and he hits the heel slaps again, with a hurt arm no less!  Shotei and Hamada is rocked like a hurricane. Liger drills Hamada with a powerbomb for 2.  Liger follows by putting Hamada up top for a Super Fisherman Buster for 2.  Oh man that move so rules when done by the Japanese.  The WWF totally killed that move.  Liger goes for the brainbuster but Hamada drills him with that snap DDT reversal he has.  That has got to hurt.  Hamada drills Liger with a steinerliner for 2.  Hamada puts Liger up top and hits a DiamondCutter.  Sorry had to say it but it only got 2.  Liger whips Hamada into the corner but Hamada tries to hit the rebound crossbody but Liger hits the shotei on a flying old guy!!!  Liger hits the Lygerbomb and follows up with the brainbuster for 2.  Liger's hair is all frizzed out, see that's a problem with the horns.  Liger hits another brainbuster but Hamada no sells and the crowd goes nuts.  Liger says, "What the fuck?!?!" so he hits him with a running shotei for the pin.  Kicks out of a brainbuster but jobs to a slap?  Well, I guess I can agree.  ***1/2  Fun match and if nothing else this tourny gave me a new respect for Hamada.  He's as old as Hogan but can still pimpslap a youngin any day.

And so you smart kids know whats acomin

Some chick from ARSION gets an interview

Some sort of ten man tag clips come up including many of the participants of tonights festivites.  Whatever time to fast forward to the final!! (J's note-- This match would be Tiger Mask IV/Minoru Tanaka/Masaaki Mochizuki/Ricky Marvin/Shinya Makabe  vs.  Kendo Ka Shin/El Samurai/Judo Suwa/Champinger/SuperBoy)
 
 

Final
 

CIMA vs Liger

Didn't Liger win in 95?  So Booker versus Young Guy, I can't call it either folks.  CIMA actually begins as a man in totally fear/respect of Liger as he should be.  Lockup to a patterson to some exchanges of armbar all ending up in a Liger headscissor.  CIMA pisses me off by going for some gay knee press when he couldn't hit the Tiger 82 headscissors spot.  CIMA goes for something and ends right back into the scissor seamed into a crossarmbreaker.  CIMA reverses into a Regal Stretch and a chinlock.  Snapmere and a double stomp to Liger's face follows.  CIMA hits a sleeper but gets hammerlocked for his trouble. Liger follows all that psychology with a recliner.  Ugh, he does wrench back nicely. Liger lays into CIMA's back with some kidney shots and a modified seated octopus. CIMA rolls over and gets a weird surfboard to his own recliner, didn't Tiger Mask do that?  Liger however reverses and does his sleeper surfboard to calm that CIMA down.  While that hold fades out Liger slaps in the chokehold.  Very nice, dick head.  Liger releases and brings the heel moveset!  Complete with a jumping piledriver no less.  Liger slaps on a sleeper because the crowd is begging for a CIMA comeback.  What am I in the Twilight Zone?  CIMA is a heel, in a heel faction, who wrestles with the disdain of his fellow man at the forefront and Liger is the hero of the Japanese and the mainstay of New Japan.  Yet through all that Liger dresses like Darth and slaps the fuck out of a fan on the ground and the crowd is for CIMA?  Liger's booking seems out of wack.  It'll make sense if CIMA wins, anything else would seem uncivilized.  Back up but Liger sends the punk down with a shoulderblock.  Liger with some WOOOOOOOOOOs in the corner.  CIMA is so fucked.  CIMA hits he's favorite crosscorner headscissor into the turnbuckle spot, read every match CIMA is in tonight.  CIMA gets a patterson, Liger reverses but gets kicked cryonically for 2.  CIMA follows with a dropkick to a prone Liger, he bails and CIMA lands a corkscrew plancha outside.  Wait a minute, this match fucked around and then got good. Both back in and CIMA goes slap happy on Liger in the corner.  CIMA whips Liger and hits that double knee strike in the corner.  OUCH!  Japan rule feeds CIMA into a shotei but he no sells and hits one of his own.  He goes for an Iconclasm and the splash but he hits Liger's knees!  Great psychology there.  Liger hits the running Ligerbomb but CIMA no sells.  For his trouble Liger hits a fuck you brain buster for a long 2.  Liger goes for a shotei but CIMA gets a dragon sleeper, russian leg sweep and a splash all no sold!!!!  Both are up and angry.  Shotei Liger no sold.  Liger says what????  and hits that brainbuster twice for the three.  Fuck that was intense but useless. ****  No complaints at all other than CIMA should have went over because with three tourneys in six years one person should not win twice, especially not the booker.
 

Regular Japanese finish to a tape: interviews and trophys abound!!
 

Final take--This tape was a roster of nobodies.  You can't expect much from a tournament with Onryo vs Curry Man.  Super J has long been the standard of Japanese Junior wrestling.  This tape delivered in that
catagory.  It was a good enough tape yet it has to live up to the ghost of the previous tournies.
 
 

Grade-- Very low B for those of you not used to the puro juniors, mid C for those of you who are.