Vamanos Amigos 68 or Aagan Iisou

Hagure Gundam’s new name and leader make an impact on Toryumon.

February 8, 2004 – Fukuoka, Japan

On the last PPV Masaaki Mochizuki betrayed his Toryumon Sekigun cronies and joined up with Hagure Gundam while helping them regain the UWA World Trios Championships. He renames the heel group Aagan Iisou, the name you’re probably more familiar with. More on that later…

Daniel Mishima {FB} & Michael Iwasa {FB} vs. Kensuke Sasaki {NJ} [Handicap Match]
Sasaki was a mystery opponent brought in by Genki Horiguchi. He overpowers both opponents to start. They go to the eyes. Sasaki hits them with lariats. He chops the crap out of Iwasa while Mishima cowers on the floor. He hits both opponents with a double side slam. He puts Iwasa in a half crab but Mishima uses a towel to help him get to the ropes. After some shenanigans the Florida Brothers trick Sasaki into posing as though he hit Iwasa with a chair, getting him disqualified at 5:35. Iwasa has the good sense to sell his injuries after the match, and Sasaki joins them in their reverence of the Star Spangled Banner. They think he’s on their side until he lays them out with lariats.
Rating: *

Milano Collection AT {IC}, YOSSINO {IC} & Anthony W. Mori {RB} vs. Kenichiro Arai, Dragon Kid & Super Shisa
Shisa and YOSSINO start. They trade armdrags. AT comes in and helps YOSSINO put Shisa on the mat. AT ties Shisa up in the ropes and hits a dropkick. Mori and YOSSINO collide so Shisa ties them both in an abdominal stretch. AT makes the save. Arai spits in AT’s face. Kid hits the Déjà Vu. Arai hits a suicide dive. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. Shisa follows suit. Mori and the Italian Connection come back with submission holds. Shisa hits a butterfly suplex for 2. He hits a second rope armdrag for 2. YOSSINO hits the Torbellino. Shisa escapes the Sol Naciente and hits a dropkick. Kid hits Mori with the Messiah. Arai hits a diving headbutt for 2. Shisa gets a sunset flip for 2. YOSSINO hits the Sling Blade. AT hits a handspring elbow. YOSSINO hits the shotgun dropkick. AT hits the elevated neckbreaker for 2. He hits the Emporio Armani Shoe for 2. Mori gets a victory roll for 2. Shisa cuts back and gets a jackknife pin for the win at 6:00 shown of 12:30. Really fun match that accomplished what it set out to do; make Shisa look unstoppable.
Rating: ***

CIMA {CM}, TARU {CM} & Don Fujii {CM} vs. Dotti Shuji {AI}, “brother” YASSHI {AI} & Touru Owashi {AI}
Everyone brawls to start. Crazy Max gangs up on YASSHI in the corner. TARU hits the Kakato Otoshi to the crotch. Shuji hits a back elbow. TARU hits a chest kick. CIMA tries to bodyslam Owashi and ends up on his back. He hits a dropkick. Owashi hits a shoulder tackle. Fujii hits YASSHI with an elbowdrop. He works the arm. CIMA keeps up the pressure. YASSHI gets to the ropes. He hits a running elbow. Owashi hits Fujii with a vertical suplex. He hits a legdrop for 2. Shuji goes to the eyes. TARU gets the tag but the referee doesn’t see it. Owashi keeps Fujii on the mat with chops. He puts on a chinlock. Fujii gets to the ropes. Shuji hits lariats in the corner. He throws YASSHI into Fujii. They hit the Babylon for 2. Fujii sends YASSHI to the floor and hits Shuji with a lariat. CIMA tags in and hits Owashi with a miracle suplex. He hits YASSHI with a dropkick and a suicide dive. TARU hits Owashi with the Kakato Otoshi. He hits a back suplex for 2. Owashi hits a big boot for 2. CIMA hits a crossbody. He hits Shuji with a flying headbutt. Shuji hits the Lanzarse for 2. CIMA hits a piledriver. Fujii helps him hit a DDT. He hits YASSHI with a powerslam for 2. YASSHI hits the Bad Boy. Shogo Takagi comes in and accidentally hits YASSHI with a chain-assisted haymaker. Fujii hits the Nice German but Aagan Iisou is holding the referee. Shuji and Owashi double-team Fujii. YASSHI comes in to hit the Big Boy for 2. Shuji puts on the Gorilla Clutch but CIMA makes the save with a kneedrop. Owashi hits Fujii with the Superfly Splash. YASSHI hits the Flying Big Head for the win at 15:03 shown of 16:54. Owashi’s boring control segment aside this was excellent stuff that made Aagan Iisou look incredibly dangerous.
Rating: ***¼

After the match YASSHI runs his mouth a little too long and gets badly attacked by Crazy Max. The next night Aagan Iisou challenged Crazy Max to a match for the UWA Trios Championship on February 22nd.

Susumu Yokosuka {DF}, Genki Horiguchi {DF} & Ryo Saito {DF} vs. Masaaki Mochizuki {AI} “brother” YASSHI {AI} & Dotti Shuji {AI}
This match actually took place the following night. Aagan Iisou attacks before the bell. Yokosuka hits Mochizuki with a back elbow. He goes to the eyes and hits a shoulder tackle. YASSHI misses a headbutt and Saito hits a facebuster. Horiguchi hits Shuji with an armdrag. Shuji press slams him onto the ropes. Horiguchi hits a head scissor takedown. Yokosuka hits YASSHI with a kneedrop for 2. Horiguchi hits a facebuster for 2. He hits a moonsault for 2. Saito hits a double stomp. Mochizuki hits chest kicks. He whips Horiguchi hard into the turnbuckle. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. Shuji hits a back elbow. YASSHI tags in and talks trash. That’s all. Mochizuki unloads some kicks for 2. YASSHI puts on a front facelock. Horiguchi hits a northern lights suplex to escape. He tries to dropkick the other two opponents but that doesn’t go well for him. He has better luck dropkicking Mochizuki’s knee. Saito hits Shuji with an overhead suplex. Horiguchi hits the topé con hilo. Yokosuka hits YASSHI with a backbreaker. He hits Mochizuki with a low blow when the Jumbo no Kachi doesn’t work. Shuji hits Saito with a powerslam for 2. Saito hits a hurricanrana for 2. YASSHI saves Shuji from the Dancing Yahoo. He hits Horiguchi with the Bad Boy for 2. Horiguchi hits a swinging DDT. He hits a missile dropkick. Saito hits the Shrimp for 2. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi for 2. Shuji hits the Lanzarse for 2. Owashi runs in to get hit a few cheap shots. Shuji and YASSHI hit the Big Boy for 2. YASSHI hits the Flying Big Head for 2. Mochizuki hits the Sankakugeri. Shuji hits the Lanzarse. He hits the King Kong Lariat for the win at 11:21 shown of 12:40. Another standard six-man tag from Toryumon, which is to say it was a blast to watch and will be forgotten in no time. Mochizuki was barely a factor.
Rating: ***

Magnum TOKYO © {DF} vs. SUWA {CM} [Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship Match]
And we’re back to Fukuoka. They lock up and SUWA forces TOKYO to the ropes. He slaps TOKYO across the face. TOKYO comes back with a kick to the face. He hits a bodyslam and kicks the back. SUWA blows snot at him. TOKYO goes to the eyes and kicks SUWA around. SUWA slugs him but runs into a big boot. He hits a clothesline and TOKYO bails. SUWA goes for a suicide dive so TOKYO catches him with a chair. TOKYO throws SUWA into the crowd through rows and rows of chairs. He goes to the eyes again. He hits a Manhattan drop and kicks SUWA in a chair. They both beat the count at 16. TOKYO stomps SUWA. He hits a bulldog and climbs the ropes. He hits a missile dropkick. He kicks SUWA’s chest. SUWA blocks a basement dropkick and hits one of his own. TOKYO hits the Zetsuen Kick. SUWA looks to be out but he responds by the time the referee gets to 6. TOKYO hits a flying kick. He goes after the leg. SUWA gets to the ropes. SUWA hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He climbs the ropes and hits a flying clothesline. He hits a flapjack for 2. He hits the John Woo Special. They block each other’s finishers and SUWA goes to the eyes. TOKYO blocks the FFF with a backdrop. He climbs the ropes but TOKYO crotches him by sending the referee into the ropes. He brings SUWA down with a springboard hurricanrana. He hits a lariat for 2. They trade strikes until SUWA falls to the enziguiri. TOKYO hits the Egoist Driver for 2. He hits buzzsaw kicks and an axe kick to the face for 2. He climbs the ropes but SUWA brings him down with a big facebuster for 2. He hits the John Woo Special and the FFF. TOKYO staggers so SUWA hits the FFF again for the win and the title at 21:45. This was very punchy-kicky, but it’s what I expected from SUWA around this time period. Solid stuff, but not quite what TOKYO had been doing in other big match situations.
Rating: ***