Toryumon TV 7 or Premium Live 1999

All Crazy Max, all the time.

CIMA (having finally settled on a name) and TARU help to co-host host the show in a new studio.

November 16, 1999 – Kobe, Japan

TARU {CM} & MAKOTO {CM} vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda
This is the second time Mochizuki & Kanda have teamed, but it’s very far from the last. MAKOTO joined Crazy Max in the middle of the last tour. MAKOTO and Mochizuki start. MAKOTO hits an implant DDT for 2. TARU hits a back kick. He beats on Mochizuki in the corner. He hits an axe kick for 2. He and MAKOTO continue the bating on the floor, baseball bat included. Back in the ring Crazy Max stays in control. MAKOTO hits a leg lariat. He hits a head scissor takedown off the top. Kanda rushes in so MAKOTO bites him. Kanda hits an elbowdrop as Mochizuki hits a kneedrop. Kanda hits a powerslam. MAKOTO hits a leg lariat. TARU hits chest kicks. He hits an avalanche. He hits the Shattered Dreams. He hits a moonsault for 2. Mochizuki comes in and gets his eyes poked. TARU hits chest kicks. He keeps both opponents from coming back. MAKOTO is nowhere to be found so TARU can’t make the tag. Kanda and Mochizuki hit a double suplex. Kanda hits an elbowdrop for 2. He puts on an armbar. Mochizuki hits an avalanche. Kanda puts on a Boston crab. TARU fights off both opponents, but now MAKOTO blatantly ignores his request for a tag. Kanda and Mochizuki hit a double back suplex. Mochizuki puts on a dragon sleeper. He clotheslines Kanda by mistake. TARU hits Kanda with the TARU Driller. MAKOTO keeps ignoring him. Kanda pops up (lame) and with Mochizuki hits a double exploder. They hit a lariat sandwich for 2. Mochizuki hits the Finlay roll. Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop. Mochizuki hits the Yokosuka Cutter and a northern lights suplex for the win at 13:05. This was slow, boring, and just there to get over MAKOTO’s defiance. However, it is historically significant in that it’s Kanda and Mochizuki’s first win as a team.
Rating: *

November 17, 1999 – Okayama, Japan

CIMA {CM}, SUWA {CM} & Sumo Fuji {CM} vs. Magnum TOKYO, Kenichiro Arai & Masaaki Mochizuki
This match actually occurs later in the episode, but for the sake of my review looking pretty I’m putting it here. Everyone brawls to start. SUWA beats on Arai in the ring. These two have a match for SUWA’s title coming up. Arai pitches SUWA to the floor and shoves him into the crowd. Mochizuki kicks Fuji around the ring. Fuji goes to the eyes. TOKYO hits a shoulder tackle on CIMA. He hits a back heel kick. He hits a dropkick. SUWA hits Mochizuki with a back elbow. Mochizuki catches him in midair with a kick. Fuji pokes Arai’s eyes. He hits a shoulder tackle. He misses a headbutt. Arai hits a few headbutts. Fuji hits palm slaps. SUWA hits Mochizuki with a low blow. He hits an elbowdrop for 2. Fuji hits palm strikes to the crotch. He rolls Mochizuki up for 2. Arai and SUWA go at it until Fuji and CIMA get involved. CIMA hits a dropkick. He hits the X-Factor for 2. Arai forces CIMA to hit a head scissor takedown on SUWA. He hits Fuji with a chinbreaker. Mochizuki and TOKYO hit stereo kicks. TOKYO hits a handspring elbow. He hits the Gyrating Frankensteiner for 2. Fuji hits a powerslam for 2. He hits the chokeslam for 2. Mochizuki hits CIMA with a brainbuster for 2. CIMA avoids the Sankakugeri. He hits the Venus. Mochizuki returns the favor. He hits the Sankakugeri for 2. SUWA hits a DDT. He and CIMA hit a lariat sandwich. Arai hits a lariat on SUWA. He unloads with headbutts. He hits a diving headbutt to the face for 2. SUWA catches him and hits a flapjack. He hits another flapjack for 2. TOKYO hits CIMA with the X-Factor. He hits a brainbuster for 2. He hits the Viagra Driver. SUWA assists Fuji in hitting a chokeslam for 2. CIMA hits the Venus on Mochizuki. He hits the Iconoclasm. SUWA hits a diving elbowdrop for 2. He and CIMA hit stereo suicide dives. Arai hits Fuji with a big boot. Fuji hits a lariat but won’t go for the pin. He hits a low blow. He goes for an avalanche chokeslam but Arai blocks it and hits an avalanche chinbreaker. Arai hits a diving headbutt for 2. TOKYO hits CIMA with a quebrada. Arai hits Fuji with the 450 splash. He hits another diving headbutt for the win at 19:09. The finish was a bit of a letdown, because while it made Arai look strong going into his title match SUWA wasn’t featured at all. The rest of the match was good if unspectacular action. SUWA attacks Arai after the match.
Rating: ***

November 19, 1999 – Nagoya, Japan

TARU {CM} vs. Stalker Ichikawa
This match also appears later in the episode, but since I don’t speak Japanese so well and thus don’t understand why they’d change the order of the 11/19/99 matches I’m just reviewing them in chorological order on here. The match is joined in progress with TARU in control. Ichikawa hits a diving attack but it doesn’t take TARU off his feet. Ichikawa hits a head scissor takedown. He hits a baseball slide. He tries to fake a dive but crotches himself in the ropes. He does manage to hit a suicide dive. He hits a chair shot to the face. TARU no-sells it. Ichikawa goes to the eyes. TARU hits a stunner over the top rope. He hits a delayed brainbuster for 2 with a one-fingered cover. Ichikawa pulls down his trunks and hits the Kancho, twice. TARU hits a boot to the back. Ichikawa ducks an enziguiri and gets la magistral for 2. He hits chops to the back. TARU goes about his business as if he’s alone in the ring. Ichikawa blocks an avalanche T-Crush and hits the Venus. TARU blocks an Iconoclasm. Ichikawa hits a low blow. He gets a small package for 2. He hits a few lariats but they don’t do anything. TARU hits a lariat. He pours water into Ichikawa’s mouth and then gives him CPR, forcing the water out. This counts as a pin and TARU gets the win at 7:15 shown of 11:03. Seven minutes is too long for Ichikawa’s shtick.
Rating: ½*

CIMA {CM}, Sumo Fuji {CM} & TARU {CM} vs. SAITO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Magnum TOKYO
MAKOTO shakes the babyfaces hands before the bell, prompting Crazy Max to attack. CIMA hits SAITO with a senton. TARU hits the Shattered Dreams. Fuji hits a back elbow for 2. He hits a stun gun. He and CIMA toss SAITO to the mat. CIMA puts on a Boston crab. TARU hits an avalanche. Fuji clotheslines TARU by mistake. SAITO hits a dropkick. Mochizuki hits a missile dropkick. He hits an enziguiri. He hits Fuji with the Sankakugeri. TOKYO hits a handspring elbow. He hits the Gyrating Frankensteiner. He and Mochizuki hit stereo kicks. SAITO hits a plancha. TOKYO hits a dropkick. Mochizuki hits a brainbuster on Fuji for 2. MAKOTO hits TOKYO with a chair, so I guess his beef is just with TARU. Mochizuki sweeps Fuji’s leg and puts on an armbar. TARU makes the save. SAITO catches TARU with a backslide for 2. He sweeps the leg and gets a roll up for 2. TARU hits an axe kick for 2. He hits the T-Crush for 2. TOKYO hits the X-Factor. He hits a brainbuster for 2. CIMA hits the X-Factor. He hits the Flashback for 2. He hits Mochizuki with a desperate Venus. He hits a suicide dive. Fuji hits SAITO with a side slam for 2. SAITO gets a roll up for 2. He gets a sunset flip for 2. Fuji hits a powerslam for 2. Mochizuki hits a missile dropkick. He kicks CIMA in midair. CIMA hits the Venus. Mochizuki hits the Sankakugeri for 2. CIMA hits a superkick. TARU hits an ax kick. Fuji and CIMA hit a Doomsday Bomb for 2. Fuji hits TOKYO with a lariat. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. TARU hits a diving legdrop for 2. He hits the T-Crush for 2. He hits a moonsault for 2. MAKOTO hits TARU with a chair, allowing TOKYO to hit a superplex for 2. TOKYO hits the Viagra Driver for 2. He and TARU trade lariats in an exchange that TOKYO wins for the win at 18:20. This was a bit clipped, but it could have had even more shaved off as it had little flow. The point of the thing was really just to show that MAKOTO has a problem with TARU and not the rest of Crazy Max, so we didn’t need to see the rest of this middling match.
Rating: **¾

SUWA © {CM} vs. Kenichiro Arai [NWA Welterweight Championship Match]
Arai attacks at the bell. He clotheslines SUWA to the floor. SUWA whips Arai into the crowd. He hits a clothesline in the ring. He hits a back elbow. Arai hits a tomahawk chop. SUWA hits a leaping lariat for 2. He hits a backbreaker for 2. He hits another and puts on a Camel Clutch. Arai gets to the ropes. Arai blocks a powerbomb in his typical awkward fashion. SUWA hits a weird clothesline. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. Arai hits an armbreaker and puts on an armbar. SUWA hits a DDT for 2. He catapults Arai to the floor. Hey, Dragon Kid is at ringside! Where’s he been? SUWA hits Arai with a suicide dive. He hits a facebuster with CIMA’s help. Arai hits a clothesline but he’s so beat up it doesn’t do much damage. He hits the Splash Mountain for 2. Arai hits an avalanche chinbreaker. He hits a vertical suplex. He hits the 450 splash and the diving headbutt for 2 when TARU pulls the referee from the ring. SUWA hits Arai with a low blow. He hits a Stun Gun. Arai hits a scary German suplex for 2. Things get really awkward as both guys struggle through a roll up exchange. Arai hits a big boot for 2. SUWA blocks a chinbreaker and hits the FFF out of the corner for the win at 15:18. I didn’t care for this at all. Both guys seemed gassed and their caches of moves were completely uncomplimentary to each other. A disappointing end to a disappointing episode to be sure.
Rating: **

Dragon Kid yells at SUWA after the match, but Genki Horiguchi keeps him from doing something stupid, like attacking the victorious champion.