SUPER J CUP 1st Round: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jun Kasai 8:16
SUPER J CUP 1st Round: Garuda vs. Goa 7:01
SUPER J CUP 1st Round: Wataru Inoue vs. Kazuya Yuasa 9:25
SUPER J CUP 1st Round: Takehiro Murahama vs. Taichi Ishikari 5:03
Ofune vs. Apple Miyuki 6:52
Tomohiro Ishii & MEN'S Teio & MIKAMI vs. Kintaro Kanemura & Big Boss MA-G-MA & Azteca 10:35
Osaka Puroresu WORLD'S # 1 Title Match: Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Ebessan 8:04
SUPER J CUP Semifinals:
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Garuda 10:22
Takehiro Murahama vs. Wataru Inoue 9:30
Osaka Puroresu Tag Title Match: Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask vs. TAKA Michinoku & Shiryu 12:55. A lot of potential here, but not a well developed match. It was really like two separate matches. The first 7 minute portion saw the veterans dominate because they could, not doing much of anything. TAKA was thrilled at the opportunity to reunite with Shiryu, but Shiryu was ready to clobber him when TAKA accidentally hit him. However, this dissention angle wasn't furthered. Kid took the brunt of the abuse, but the OPW team really took off once he made the hot tag, including stereo dives. The second 6 minute portion was a nice spotfest, with Kid & Tigers working hard to impress. Shiryu was the standout worker in the match, and did some of his great stuff, quickly upping the level from average to very good. Tigers worked well with Shiryu, but it was clearly Kid who was the stronger half of his team. The spots were impressive, and there were a few dramatic near falls, but it was rather short and the finish was unconvicing since the young OPW team had to keep the titles, but weren't allowed to beat their big name opponents in anything approching a convincing manner. ***
Heat & KENTA & CIMA vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Jinsei Shinzaki & Super Delfin 16:53
SUPER J CUP Final: Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takehiro Murahama 14:05
12/6/03 OPW Tag Title Match: Jushin Thunder Liger & Takehiro Murahama vs. Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask
12/21/03 OPW Tag Title Match: Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask vs. Daio QUALLT & Goa
1/24/04: Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask vs. Big Boss MA-G-MA & Black Buffalo
2/21/04 OPW Tag Title Match: Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask vs. Shiryu & TAKA Michinoku
4/17/04 OPW Tag Title Match: Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask vs. Garuda & Tsubasa
Osaka Pro
Super Delfin, ?, Kuishinbo Kamen & Perro vs. Ebisu Yellow, Kama Blue, Goa Black & Yaka Benover? 15:51
GOA vs. Tigers Mask 7:00
Billyken Kid & Miracle Man & Takehiro Murahama vs. MA-G-MA & Black Buffalo & Daio QUALLT 14:10
Chikako Shiratori wedding
Michinoku Pro
Chinnen Hokkai, Kazuya Yuasa & Osamu Inoue vs. Macho Pump & Cacao & Wataru Inoue 15:58
Tsubo Genjin vs. Yuki Ishikawa 3:09 of 12:23
Kesen Numa-jiro vs. TAKA Michinoku 4:16 of 12:19
Great Sasuke vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 11:43
Hayate & Masked Volcano (Kensuke Sasaki) & Shikokuemon Saburo (Jinsei Shinzaki) vs. Dick Togo & Nobutaka Moribe & Masao Orihara 15:10
taped 9/5/04
Goa vs. Iron Mario
Mario Vogue vs. Yutaka
Footsoldier & Mario Star vs. Black Buffalo & Mil Bone
Mil Mouse #1 & Mil Mouse #2 & Mil Mouse #3 vs. Ebessan & Gamma & Densen Man
9/4/04 Delfin Arena, Osaka Pururesu Title Match: Billyken Kid vs. Takehiro Murahama 9:02 of 14:43. All action back and forth highspots exhibition. Very glamorous, but the work was merely good. Fun match, but both seemed to miss a rudo to be their base/catcher.
taped 9/11/04 Delfin Arena:
Big Boss MA-G-MA Return Match: Big Boss MA-G-MA vs. Masato Matoba
Osaka Puroresu Tag Title Match: Tigers Mask & Billyken Kid vs. Black Buffalo & Yutaka
JWP taped 9/12/04
Mixed Gender Match: Poison Sawada Julie & Kaori Yoneyama & Jaiando (sp?) vs. Kintaro Kanemura & ECO & HERO! 9:25 of 13:57.
Command Bolshoi & GAMI vs. Etsuko Mita & Yuki Miyazaki 9:40 of 12:51
Kayoko Haruyama vs. AKINO 12:05 of 19:24
Azumi Hyuga 10th Anniversary Match: Azumi Hyuga & Tsubasa Kuragaki & Erika Watanabe vs. Command Bolshoi & Kayoko Haruyama & Kaori Yoneyama 11:28
12/4/04
Tigers Mask vs. Shoichi Uchida 7:03
Three Way: Super Delfin vs. Ebessan vs. Beautiful Joe 12:02
Takehiro Murahama vs. YUTAKA 5:02
Black Buffalo & Daio QUALLT vs. Billyken Kid & Kabuto Beetle 13:40
Big Boss MA-G-MA & Goa vs. Kuishinbo Kamen & Perro 15:10
12/19/04
Big Boss MA-G-MA & Goa & YUTAKA vs. Kuishinbo Kamen & Perro & Super Delfin 13:56
OPW Tag Title Match: Billyken Kid & Tigers Mask vs. Black Buffalo & Daio QUALLT 19:43 of 24:46. OPW was a really fun promotion in their 1st few years on the strength of the Michinoku defectors, who had mostly all left or tailed off considerably by this point, but the young team of Billyken & Tigers, who started in OPW in 2001, had taken up some of the slack & become new stars of the promotion taking the tag titles from Liger & Murahama at the end of 2003 & defending them all year including a big win over MPW legends TAKA & Shiryu at the 4th Super J Cup. Billyken, who had worked in AAA prior to OPW, was a lot more developed & had broken out sooner, but Tigers had improved to the point that it didn't much matter that Tigers was the one making the hot tag. Buffalo was the glue that held together so many matches in this league, a really underrated rudo who worked hard & always did a good job of facilitating the action. Daio was never going to make a match, but was a more than servicable power wrestler who would give an effort & could actually take your offense as well as toss you around. This was a massive all around effort, but Tigers had arrived & Daio in particular stepped it up in a major way delivering some killer power moves including a powerbomb off the 2nd & reverse suplex off the top. The match followed the typical 90's Michinoku formula & dramatic ark as most of the quality, serious matches in the promotion did, starting off solidly & just getting faster & more action packed as it progressed, with all sorts of counters back & forth, double teams, and last second saves. The first nine minutes were fine, mostly what aired was the rudos running over Billyken, but once the action kicked in with Tigers hot tag it just kept escalating beautifully, with one hot move & near fall after another for final 15 minutes. The primary pairings were Kid/Buffalo & Tigers/QUALLT, but there wasn't much rest here, usually everyone was going at it or at least holding on to an opponent on the floor to keep them from jumping in, and someone would break free at the right times to make a save or get some more double teaming in. Finally QUALLT took Billyken out with a pedigree on the runway & they did a sort of delayed sandwhich lariat where Buffalo set Tigers up on the ropes & ran the ropes, with QUALLT running the apron & knocking Tigers off the ropes into Buffalo's charging lariat for the win. QUALLT had a run with the singles title & prior runs with the tag title, but this was the highlight of his in ring career from what I've seen. His power moves were a really nice contrast to the flying, and they did such a nice job of countering back & forth from one style to the other. Sadly, he retired about a month he & Buffalo dropped the titles to Billyken & Perro in their 1st defense. ***3/4