Bentley's Beat (6/27): AJSWC's Efforts to Attract Fighters
Jun 27, 2017 15:42:54 GMT -5
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Post by Shining Road Review on Jun 27, 2017 15:42:54 GMT -5
With the World Pro-Wrestling Tournament returning this August, certainly a lot of attention is being paid to Shining Road! The All-Japan Sports and Wrestling Commission in conjunction with the support of President Takeo Yoshida has extended invitations to over a dozen pro-wrestlers, mixed martial artists, kickboxers, and grapplers from around the world!
While the terms are still being discussed for many of these fighters, the terms have been announced to bring this influx of talent into Shining Road with four new superstars.
”Assassin of Akita” Masahiro Fujita is a 33-year-old boxer with a 21-8-1 professional record. Standing at 5’11” and weighing in at 174 lb, he is a former light heavyweight champion. Known as the “Assassin of Akita” he is lifelong friends with Yoshihiro Sawamura. He is actually making his return to the company, as he competed on SAKURA Pro when it hosted boxing events. Attracted to Shining Road’s continued emphasis on a wide variety of match types, he has agreed to show that boxing is a strongest fighting style the world has ever seen. He remains unaffiliated and primarily will compete in AJSWC-sanctioned events.
He is scheduled to compete on the 7/1 show in a boxing match against Kishin Nozaki.
Takeda “Sniper” Izumi stands at 6’2” and 215lb. He is a Muay Thai kickboxer who traveled to Thailand at the age of 16 and has traveled the world over in competitive formats. With a sterling 17-1 record, Sniper Izumi uses his impressive reach to control opponents and his knockout skills are second to none. He has arrived in Shining Road because he wants to try his hand at both pro-wrestling and MMA, seeking to become the All-Japan Imperial Champion. He affiliates with the Shining Road sekigun.
Izumi will make his debut on the 7/15 supershow in MMA against Toru Ishii.
Big Cage Mike, real name Mike Dangerfield, age 43, stands at 6'4" and was born in the hills of West Virginia though his family moved to Detroit at the age of five. Being a boy with a southern drawl was not a gift when living in the Motor City and he spent his youth in an out of Juvenile Detention Centers for battery charges. Usually such a story would end in tragedy of some kind, but Mike always loved professional wrestling so he emancipated himself at the age of 15, quit school, and tried his lot in the ring...only to find out he had no skill. But due to their existing fans with a thirst for blood he found a home as a God of the Death Match. In his late twenties, Mike went down hard for possession charges during a long love triangle between him, the ring, and cocaine. Since then he has returned to the ring, finding a new home in Japan where their matches are a special kind of sick. His finishers are the Big Cage Bomb (Jackknife Powerbomb) Back Door Parole (Disgusting Release German Suplex), and the Cocaine Blues (Kick to the Balls followed by a Bulldog)
Mike will make his debut on 7/8.
Hiroyuki Fukudome is 30 years old standing at 6’2” and weighing 220lb. He is significantly cross-trained as a kickboxer and has a freestyle wrestling background from his university days while he studied abroad in Italy. He is quoted saying that he could “beat any opponent with blocks and knees” and has a proven track record of doing just that. He affiliates with the Shining Road sekigun in his belief that pro-wrestling should diffuse around the globe. His finishers include the Tuscan Laser (spinning Yakuza kick) and a backdrop hold.
Fukudome will make his debut on 7/15.
While the terms are still being discussed for many of these fighters, the terms have been announced to bring this influx of talent into Shining Road with four new superstars.
”Assassin of Akita” Masahiro Fujita is a 33-year-old boxer with a 21-8-1 professional record. Standing at 5’11” and weighing in at 174 lb, he is a former light heavyweight champion. Known as the “Assassin of Akita” he is lifelong friends with Yoshihiro Sawamura. He is actually making his return to the company, as he competed on SAKURA Pro when it hosted boxing events. Attracted to Shining Road’s continued emphasis on a wide variety of match types, he has agreed to show that boxing is a strongest fighting style the world has ever seen. He remains unaffiliated and primarily will compete in AJSWC-sanctioned events.
He is scheduled to compete on the 7/1 show in a boxing match against Kishin Nozaki.
Takeda “Sniper” Izumi stands at 6’2” and 215lb. He is a Muay Thai kickboxer who traveled to Thailand at the age of 16 and has traveled the world over in competitive formats. With a sterling 17-1 record, Sniper Izumi uses his impressive reach to control opponents and his knockout skills are second to none. He has arrived in Shining Road because he wants to try his hand at both pro-wrestling and MMA, seeking to become the All-Japan Imperial Champion. He affiliates with the Shining Road sekigun.
Izumi will make his debut on the 7/15 supershow in MMA against Toru Ishii.
Big Cage Mike, real name Mike Dangerfield, age 43, stands at 6'4" and was born in the hills of West Virginia though his family moved to Detroit at the age of five. Being a boy with a southern drawl was not a gift when living in the Motor City and he spent his youth in an out of Juvenile Detention Centers for battery charges. Usually such a story would end in tragedy of some kind, but Mike always loved professional wrestling so he emancipated himself at the age of 15, quit school, and tried his lot in the ring...only to find out he had no skill. But due to their existing fans with a thirst for blood he found a home as a God of the Death Match. In his late twenties, Mike went down hard for possession charges during a long love triangle between him, the ring, and cocaine. Since then he has returned to the ring, finding a new home in Japan where their matches are a special kind of sick. His finishers are the Big Cage Bomb (Jackknife Powerbomb) Back Door Parole (Disgusting Release German Suplex), and the Cocaine Blues (Kick to the Balls followed by a Bulldog)
Mike will make his debut on 7/8.
Hiroyuki Fukudome is 30 years old standing at 6’2” and weighing 220lb. He is significantly cross-trained as a kickboxer and has a freestyle wrestling background from his university days while he studied abroad in Italy. He is quoted saying that he could “beat any opponent with blocks and knees” and has a proven track record of doing just that. He affiliates with the Shining Road sekigun in his belief that pro-wrestling should diffuse around the globe. His finishers include the Tuscan Laser (spinning Yakuza kick) and a backdrop hold.
Fukudome will make his debut on 7/15.