Secret Base: Volume 3

The bastard sons of the Toryumon System decide they want to put effort into Secret Base after all.

April 22, 2009 – Warabi, Japan

Yamada Man Pound {ED} vs. Fujiso {ED}
This doesn’t look too promising. Pound overpowers Fujiso to start. He hits a shoulder tackle. Fujiso trips him to regain control. He hits an armdrag. He hits a head scissors takedown and goes for a suicide dive but gets nailed with the 止まれ sign. Pound hits a bodyslam. He puts on a nervehold. He hits a choke takedown. He hits an inverted vertical suplex for 2. Fujiso hits a DDT. He hits a head kick for 2. He puts on a cross armbreaker. Pound slams him into the corner to escape. He hits a 止まれ sign assisted charge in the corner. He hits a spinebuster for the win at 6:48. The finish was anticlimactic and the match was never exciting, but nothing was botched, which is more than I can say for Fujiso’s work on the last show.
Rating: *

Mototsugu Shimizu {T2P} & Emi Sakura vs. Spark Aoki {TX} & Hamuko Hoshi
Shimizu and Sakura attack before the bell. They hit a dropkick sandwich on Aoki. Hoshi makes the save. She uses Aoki as a tool to hit a couple of avalanches. She hits Sakura with a shoulder tackle and a splash. Some poorly executed stuff happens before Hoshi tags out. Aoki helps her hit a double elbowdrop on Shimizu. She hits a splash and he hits a legdrop for 2. Aoki hits a high kick for 2. Shimizu ducks an enziguiri and goes to work on Aoki’s leg. Sakura hits her very cool crossbody in the corner. She hits a double stomp. She slams Shimizu onto Aoki. She hits a splash. She hits Shimizu with a super hurricanrana, dumping him onto Aoki. She hits a moonsault for 2. That spot was more awesome than anything on Volume 2. Aoki comes back with a butterfly suplex. He slams Hoshi onto Shimizu for 2. Hoshi hits a splash. Aoki hits a frog splash for 2. Shimizu hits a dragon screw and puts on the figure 4 leglock. Sakura puts a sleeper hold on Hoshi, but Hoshi falls on top of Shimizu to break both holds. Shimizu hits the fisherman DDT. He dropkicks the knee and puts on the Marshmallow Hedgehog for the win at 7:15. Shimizu should be in the main events of these shows, since he’s putting more effort than anyone else into his Secret Base matches. Sakura held up her end here too. Hoshi is garbage.
Rating: **½

Masaki Okimoto {TX} vs. Amigo Suzuki {TM}
They lock up and Suzuki powers Okimoto to the ropes. He gets a roll up for 1. He hits a couple of armdrags and a dropkick. Okimoto comes back with a dropkick. He puts on a chinlock. He kicks Suzuki’s chest for 2. He goes after the arm but Suzuki gets to the ropes. Things slow way down as Okimoto controls by attacking the arm. He hits a dropkick to the arm. Suzuki comes back with a dropkick. He hits a pair of neckbreakers for 2. Okimoto hits an overhead suplex. He hits a facebuster for 2. He dropkicks the leg and hits a basement dropkick for 2. He hits an enziguiri. Suzuki hits a backbreaker. He hits a fall away slam. He hits a diving headbutt for 2. He hits a regular headbutt, but Okimoto is all about the nasty headbutts dating back to the Nanking Fuckin’ Wrestling Crew. Suzuki hits rolling brainbusters for 2. Okimoto blocks a tiger suplex and hits an enziguiri. He hits a superkick. He hits a headbutt and another superkick for 2. He hits a German suplex for 2. He hits the 450 splash for the win at 11:16. They kept it fairly simple here. I prefer Okimoto as a face, and he played heel here so this wasn’t everything I’d hoped for.
Rating: **

Takeshi Minamino {TX}, CHANGO {TX} & Masahiro Takanashi {DDT} vs. Bear Fukuda {TX}, Go {DG} & Satoshi Kajiwara {TM}
Go and Takanashi start. Go goes after the leg but Takanashi gets to the ropes. Go hits an armdrag. CHANGO and Kajiwara trade chops. CHANGO misses a dropkick but hits an armdrag. Kajiwara returns the favor. CHANGO hits a back elbow. He and Takanashi hit dropkicks for 2. Minamino tags in and hits a kneedrop for 2. He hits a back elbow for 2. He goes to the eyes. Takanashi hits a dropkick to the back for 2. He puts on a chinlock. CHANGO hits a double stomp and Minamino hits a senton for 2. Go hits CHANGO with a dropkick in the corner for 2. Fukuda tags in and beats CHANGO up. Go hits a DDT and Fukuda hits a splash for 2. Kajiwara hits a Tree of Woe dropkick. CHANGO fights off Go and Fukuda. His partners tag in and hit a double dropkick on Go. Takanashi hits a big boot on Kajiwara. Minamino hits Fukuda with a miracle back suplex. Fukuda gets a takedown. He hits a clothesline in the corner. He hits two more clotheslines. Minamino pops up and hits an enziguiri. Kajiwara hits Takanashi with a backbreaker. He hits the Complete Shot and puts on a crossface. Takanashi gets to the ropes. Kajiwara hits an enziguiri. He hits a moonsault for 2. Takanashi hits a dropkick and a hanging DDT for 2. He dropkicks the knee and hits the Shining Wizard. Go hits a spear. Minamino hits a back elbow. Fukuda hits a back suplex. CHANGO hits a missile dropkick. Kajiwara follows suit. He hits a Death Valley Bomb for 2. He hits a German suplex for 2. CHANGO hits a monkey flip and his partners hit a dropkick sandwich. Minamino hits a tiger driver for 2. CHANGO hits a Samoan Drop and a diving legdrop for 2. He hits a spike DDT for the win at 13:11. Everyone stepped up their game here. Kajiwara in particular looked like he wanted to leave an impression. This was almost shockingly entertaining, and gives me hope that at the very least the Secret Base main events can deliver fun matches.
Rating: ***¼

CHANGO gets the honor of closing the show on the microphone. He challenges Amigo Suzuki to a singles match on the next show before. He thanks the fans and says goodnight.

At 43 minutes it’s almost ludicrous that these events are released on home video one at a time. Everything was unclipped and the show was still shorter than some matches I’ve seen.

Class Key
{TX} – Toryumon X
{T2P} – Toryumon 2000 Project
{TM} – Toryumon Mexico
{DDT} – Dramatic Dream Team
{ED} – El Dorado
{DG} – Dragon Gate