Vamanos Amigos 67 or Toryumon X-2

Toryumon’s third generation puts on its second show.

January 25, 2004 – Tokyo, Japan

Mini CIMA {MM}, SUWAcito {MM} & SUWA {CM} vs. Henry III Sugawara {RB}, Anthony W. Mori {RB} & Manabu Murakami
SUWAcito is now KAGETORA and Mini CIMA is now Little Dragon/El Blazer/Catfish Man/Sugi. SUWAcito and Sugawara trade holds on the mat to start. Sugawara takes control with a fireman’s carry. SUWA smacks Mini CIMA around, making sure he gets tagged in when he wants to. Murakami is afraid of SUWA. I’m afraid of his thong. Murakami gets a takedown and beats on SUWA. SUWA smacks the crap out of him. Murakami hits a butt butt. CIMA hits Sugawara with an armdrag. He hits a satellite head scissor takedown. He hits a dropkick. SUWAcito hits Mori with a shoulder tackle. He hits the leaping lariat. Mori hits a hurricanrana. TARUcito trips Mori. SUWAcito hits a dropkick. CIMA hits a senton. SUWAcito hits an elbowdrop. SUWA hits an elbowdrop for 2. TARU and TARUcito hold Mori so SUWA can jump on his back. SUWAcito and CIMA get in on the fun. SUWA hits an elbowdrop to the crotch. CIMA dropkicks Murakami. CIMA hits Sugawara with a DDT for 2. SUWAcito puts on a chinlock. Sugawara hits a backbreaker. CIMA hits a dropkick. Mini Max gangs up on Sugawara in the corner. SUWA puts on a Boston crab. Sugawara gets to the ropes. He hits an enziguiri and a DDT. Murakami cleans house with butt butts. He hits a plancha. Sugawara goes for the Buckingham Drop on CIMA but TARUcito stops that from happening. Sugawara hits a side slam for 2. He hits a twisting suplex for 2. SUWAcito hits Mori with a big facebuster for 2. Mori hits a DDT for 2. SUWA hits a flying clothesline. He hits a flapjack for 2. Murakami hits a springboard butt butt. Mori dropkicks SUWAcito. He hits a northern lights suplex for 2. He and Sugawara hit a double Ace Crusher. Mori levels Sugawara by mistake. He hits SUWAcito with a back suplex. CIMA hits Mori with the Venus and Iconoclasm. He hits a superkick. SUWAcito hits the Jon Woo. SUWA hits the FFF and CIMA hits the Mad Splash for the win at 15:09. The last minute was fun in a weird “it’s cool to see guys do other guys’ moves,” sort of way, but aside from that this was dull as hell and way too long.
Rating: **¼

Michael Iwasa {FB} & Daniel Mishima {FB} vs. Murcielago & Lambo Miura
Iwasa and Miura start. They trade holds on the mat. Miura takes control with an armdrag. Murcielago hits Mishima with a dropkick. He hits an armdrag. He hits a hurricanrana. Mishima drop toeholds Murcielago into Iwasa’s boots. The Florida Brothers hit Miura with a double back elbow and a double elbowdrop for 2. They hit a double big boot for 2. Iwasa hits a bodyslam. He hits a hiptoss for 2. Mishima hits a bodyslam and puts on a half crab. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. Murcielago forces Iwasa to dropkick Mishima. He rams Mishima into Iwasa. He and Miura put on leglocks while holding their steering wheels. The Florida Brothers get to the ropes. Murcielago hits Mishima with a DDT for 2. Miura hits Iwasa with an armbreaker. Murcielago hits a missile dropkick for 2. Iwasa smacks Murcielago with his steering wheel. He throws the wheel into Murcielago’s hands and feigns injury for the disqualification wiin at 8:27. Exactly the crap you’d expect from these two teams, for five minutes longer than you’d welcome it.
Rating: *½

Genki Horiguchi {DF} vs. Naoki Tanisaki
Horiguchi and Tanisaki had a confrontation on the first X show, because Tanisaki’s gimmick is basically a rip-off of Horiguchi’s original gimmick. They lock up to start. Horiguchi smacks Tanisaki. Tanisaki hits an armdrag. He puts on a headlock. They play a bit of mind games with each other. Tanisaki hits another armdrag. Horiguchi blocks his rope walk thing. He dumps Tanisaki to the floor. He whips Tanisaki into the crowd. He smacks chairs against Tanisaki’s knee. Back in the ring Horiguchi dropkicks the knee. He dropkicks it again in the corner. Tanisaki starts to fire back but Horiguchi hits a dragon screw. He puts on the Figure 4. Tanisaki gets to the ropes. His leg is too damaged to run. Horiguchi hits a missile dropkick to the back for 2. Tanisaki hits an enziguiri and the Beach Break (he hadn’t officially stolen the move as his own yet). He hits a topé con hilo. Back in the ring he hits a facebuster. Horiguchi crotches Tanisaki by shoving the referee into the ropes. He misses a moonsault. He gets the Backslide from Heaven for 2. Tanisaki gets the backslide for 2. He hits the FH. Horiguchi blocks the DH and hits the Beach Break for the win at 11:52 shown of 13:25. While it was interesting to see a very raw Tanisaki in action, it didn’t do much to entertain me.
Rating: **

Next up they show clips of the Sailor Boys singing in a studio. This was pretty fruity, even by Dragon System standards. They really went all out though, as you could actually buy a Sailor Boys album.

Kenichiro Arai & Koichiro Arai vs. Don Fujii {CM} & Small Dandy Fujii {MM}
Why did Toryumon X fail you ask? For one thing, most of the roster was made up of second-rate versions of more entertaining and established wrestlers. Dandy and Koichiro start. They do typical lucha stuff because they probably don’t know much else. Dandy goes to the eyes. He hits a shoulder tackle. Kenichiro and Don trade chops. Don hits the sumo palm strikes. He sits on Kenichiro’s face. The Arais hit headbutts, and lots of them. They hit Dandy with a double back elbow. They headbutt each other for fun. Kenichiro hits Dandy with a big boot for 2. He puts on a half crab. Dandy gets to the ropes. Don slams Koichiro. Mini Max runs in and puts the boots to Koichiro. Dandy and Koichiro slug it out in an exchange that Dandy wins. Don hits a Stun Gun. He hits a bodyslam for 2. He hits an elbowdrop. He stomps a mud hole in Koichiro, so violently that Dandy tries to get him to stop. Dandy puts on a chinlock. Koichiro headbutts Dandy’s arm. He hits another headbutt and tags out. Kenichiro cleans house. He hits a suicide dive on Don. Koichiro hits a topé con hilo on Dandy. Don hits him with a powerslam for 2. Kenichiro saves Koichiro from a chokeslam. Dandy dropkicks Kenichiro. He hits a legsweep. Kenichiro slams him. Dandy hits a lariat. Don hits a lariat. He hits the chokeslam for 2. Koichiro takes a lariat sandwich for his big brother. He fights off Dandy and hits a super chinbreaker. He and Kenichiro hit a double diving headbutt for 2. Kenichiro dropkicks the Fujii’s low. He headbutts the referee’s groin by mistake. The Fujii’s hit stereo Nice Germans but the referee is out. Dandy hits a powerbomb for 2. Don hits the chokeslam for 2. Don clotheslines Dandy by mistake. Kenichiro spits water at Don and Koichiro rolls him up for the win at 10:54 shown of 15:13. This picked up a bit down the stretch, but it was largely too chaotic to get invested in, and not worthwhile outside of the cuteness of the mini concept. The minis continue to fight after the match.
Rating: **½

Mango Fukuda {LS}, Takeshi Minamino {LS} & Pineapple Hanai {LS} vs. Taiji Ishimori {SB}, Shu Sato {SB} & Kei Sato {SB}
Los Salseros attack before the bell. Everyone brawls for a while. Minamino boots Ishimori to the floor. Fukuda slams Shu. Minamino kicks his face and hits a fistdrop. Hanai hits an elbowdrop. Fukuda hits a splash for 2. He hits an avalanche. Hanai and Minamino choke Shu. Fukuda hits an elbowdrop for 2. He puts on a bear hug and hits a side slam for 2. He hits another avalanche. Minamino hits a neckbreaker for 2. Shu hits Hanai with a neckbreaker. He hits Minamino with an enziguiri. Ishimori tags in and hits the handspring double back elbow. He hits Minamino with a reverse 619. He hits a springboard dropkick. Kei hits Fukuda with a Rocker Dropper. The Satos double-team Fukuda for 2. Minamino hits a DDT. He hits a senton atomico for 2. He blocks Ishimori’s hurricanrana. Ishimori fights back and hits a weird hurricanrana for 2. Minamino hits a powerbomb for 2. Ishimori hits Hanai with a bulldog and Minamino with a dropkick. He hits Hanai with a springboard dropkick for 2. Hanai hits a spinebuster for 2. Ishimori hits the X-Factor. Fukuda hits a splash to the back. Kei hits a chinbrekaer and Shu hits the Code Red for 2. He hits a topé for 2. Fukuda hits a lariat for 2. He hits a low blow and a bodyslam. He hits the corner splash for the win at 13:05. This was a decent enough main event. One of the Satos mucked up his timing a more than once, but aside from that these guys did a good job keeping the pace quick and the action on-point.
Rating: ***

After the match the two teams brawl. Ishimori sends the fans home happy by hitting Minamino with the Superstar Elbow. Then the Sailor Boys sing and dance. Minamino and Ishimori will wrestle in singles competition on Toryumon X-3. The show ends with a little bit of Rancid’s Fall Back Down. I really miss the music of Toryumon.