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Big Japan Pro Wrestling President Great Kojika (also known as Kunfu Lee, who worked on the territory of the NWA in Los Angeles from the last 1960s to the early 1970s) held brutal, bloody and ruthless death battles at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium on July 29 and 30.
Due to the COVID19 pandemic, it strictly prohibited living rooms in space according to the following rules:
It forces enthusiasts in the seats of the ring to wear a plastic protective mask on a mask, covering absolutely their faces.
BJW Strong Heavy semi-final champion Daichi Hashimoto (son of the late Shinya Hashimoto) beat Shigehiro Irie with a DDT to protect his championship.
Ryuji Itoh and Minoru Fujita fought in the big event.Death combat is executed through broken neon lighting artifacts surrounding the ring, and also includes chairs and desks used as weapons.
The two wrestlers scream in pain after breaking the neon lights into a pile of fragments on the carpet.These fragments tear through the skin when their bodies crumbt.Finally, Fujita gets the pin to emerge victorious in the fight to the death: “I can’t have the championship belt on my shoulder for long, because her weight hurts me.”The observation recounts how things went during the fight to the death.
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium will be closed in September due to deterioration after 58 years since its structure in 1962.This vintage and commemorative gym used for volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and for many professional wrestling exhibits with the legendary Rikidozan, Japan’s father.Professional wrestling.
It also hosted the 1967 World League tournament, played between the vanquished Giant Baba and The Destroyer (Dick Beyer).In this program, Johnny Valentine won the United National Championship, and other games included Antonio Inoki against Tatsumi Fujinami, and more.
Kurt Byer, the Destroyer’s first child, teamed up with his father during the semi-retirement.Another wonderful exhibition saw Giant Baba take on Mitsuo Momota (Rikidozan’s son) in the same place.Momota commented on the closure of the gym saying: “It’s a big loss.I can’t, they’re knocking him down.”
The plan is to rebuild Yokohama United Arena until 2024.With such a memorable legacy, Japanese enthusiasts can scream with joy, while the beyond professional wrestling in Yokohama will be reformed to prepare for a new era of puroresu.
Photos and text via Tokyo Tsukada
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