EST. AUGUST 2016 - TOKYO, JAPAN
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| Ryan | Apr 3 2018, 08:00 PM Post #1 |
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[We open on a small alleyway at night – Nonbei Yokocho in Tokyo. “Drunker's alley.” Shibuya is an area that attracts the younger generation with its nightlife. It's next to the equally loud and eventful ward of Shinjuku, which is where one can find Kabukicho – the the famous red light district. However, one can still find the retro post-war atmosphere in this alleyway. Masatake Kawamata steps out of one of the izakaya, standing in front as locals and a few tourists walk by him under the lamp lights and neon signs. He wears his black leather jacket and a black Sex Pistols shirt. There's a worldliness in the eyes of the young punk rock ruffian – something that comes with all his travels. He's seen the highest of mountain tops and the lowest depths of hell. Cleaning toilets during his time as a Death Dojo student and lifting trophies in huge stadiums. Being fucking killed. All those memories rest somewhere in the back of his mind as he thinks about the roller coaster ride that awaits. He draws a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from inside his coat. He thinks how smoking in a tight alleyway would brother the passersby elsewhere, as he's learned from his travels, but this is Japan. They smoke in bars and pachinko parlors. Kawamata's only stepped outside to take in the night before moving to the next drinking establishment. He lights up and savors the first drag, then blows smoke upward into the Tokyo night. He watches it float in the light as he starts to talk. He chooses to speak in English, which means he's about to turn the air blue.] KAWAMATA: Carnage Carnival... This is the biggest test of all our careers, isn't it? [He looks down into the camera.] Eleven matches in the group stage and one more if you're at the top of the table. Every one of us faces a murderer's row of deathmatch stars – many among the biggest names in the entire sport. [Kawamata takes another drag, thinking of the friends and foes he's about to fight over the next few weeks, then chuckles as he blows smoke.] And here I am! You know the fucking story by now. MAX-J Okuninushi Divine Memorial Tournament winner. KAMIKAZE Pro Evolution 2018 King of Violence. Everyone knew Masatake Kawamata was bad as fuck before 2018. Now they know I'm the tournament guy! But Carnage Carnival... This one is different from the others. It's more personal for me than any other tournament I've been fortunate to participate in. I'm usually representing Death Trip Wrestling wherever the fuck I'm fighting that week. This is where I first got in a ring. I graduated from the Death Dojo. I represent all of that fucking shit and I've done it pretty damn well. I've made a name for myself outside of DTW – a big enough one to have all my friends from many companies and 6,000 crazy mother fuckers follow me to Cancun for two nights of punk rock and wrestling. I built that following while wearing DTW on my fucking sleeve. Because this isn't just another fucking wrestling company. Crazy fans! No favoritism from the management! Show up! Talk hard! Hit harder! Make actual fucking eye contact with your opponents before and after the match! That's why you see the best coming to the Carnage Carnival. Like Sharpie once told me, real recognizes real! [He takes a quick drag before continuing.] It isn't all about shocking bullshit, but this isn't one of those places that claims “hardcore” or “ultraviolence” when the most violent gimmick match is just a boring-ass steel cage. This is the best deathmatch promotion in the world. It's not even fucking close nowadays. The talent is top notch. Best fucking gimmick matches. People are taking notice around the wrestling world. They're learning that this is where it's at for ultraviolence. That makes the DTW World Championship the most coveted prize in the deathmatch game. The Carnage Carnival? It's different compared to something like the King of Violence. That's single elimination. Carnage Carnival is round robin. You can argue about which type of tournament is harder. I've been in both types. I don't give a fuck. All I know is that a lot of people from the King of Violence are in this one... Holland, Stanton, Kennedy, Aokigahara, TPK, Manson, Devereaux, Riddick... and Hanako and TSUDA, of course! Did I get them all? I always forget someone... All those people know I won King of Violence. Fuck, Kennedy and Stanton were two of the other three in the final. I know them and all the others don't wanna look in from the outside again. They're all hungry. They wanna make sure they come away from this deathmatch tournament with the trophy. I know what kind of competitors all those guys are. They have King of Violence somewhere in the back of their mind. Kennedy, Riddick, Devereaux, my longtime friend TSUDA... I have those guys in Group B. They'd love to beat the King of Violence on their way to the Yamashi Cup! [He grins, thinking about these guys taking their best shot at him as he takes another quick drag.] Kennedy's part of my Filth Parade family but he didn't get to where he's at by holding back! I've battled him a few times! He sure as fuck doesn't hold back! And you see what he does! You see how many miles he puts in! You saw it when he represented CWC as their World Champion! You see it when he represents Red State Revolver! He's not meeting me in Sapporo just to have a beer and a fucking chat! And to motivate him and everyone else even more, winning the Carnage Carnival gets you a shot at either the DTW World title or Iron Japan Death Crown title. And if I can haul in my third tournament trophy? I'm picking the DTW World Championship. I'm picking Kalinda. Joe's a great champion. He's yet to defend that belt, but he's a great guy to have as a first IJPW Death Crown Champion. There's every reason to think that belt can be equal to the DTW World title one day. Especially with guys like Joe fighting for it! I hope to come around for that belt another day. [Kawamata takes another drag, still on this topic as he thinks about the options.] A part of me wants to pick a Death Crown title match just to help build something special and I love fighting Joe. We've crossed each other in the ring about five times now since December. We'll fight again... … but Kalinda. She's the reason why I'm here. I'd be fucking dead if it wasn't for her. Everything that's happened: Me continuing to be Hanako's boyfriend after close to a decade and a half as a couple. Me joining Filth Parade. Becoming the first DTW Eternal Warfare Champion. Okuninushi. King of Violence. Sapporo Sweep. Cancun. All the great matches. All the fun we've had together. None of that would've happened if Kalinda didn't bring me back from the dead. [He takes another drag, this time a longer one. Looking down and away from the camera as he thinks about his big blue friend, we can see a fire grow in his eyes before he looks back at the camera after blowing smoke.] And she calls me the mascot. Mascot-chan... [He chuckles.] She pegged me as the mascot for Double Dragon back in the day and I still get it from her even when I'm in Filth Parade. It doesn't hurt my fucking feelings. It doesn't keep me awake at night. Hanako can tell you that I sleep pretty well. But I want to show Kalinda exactly how far I've come since November 7th, 2016. DeathTube at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza! I stood across the ring from her in a six-person match as Dirty's Darts finalists to get into the first DTW World title match. My first night as a wrestler without even having any training at all! There I was in the same ring as Double Dragon, Shintaro, Riddick, and Devereaux. I've come a long fucking way since that night. I have a chance to show Kalinda that when we meet on the very first night. Tokyo Gore Noir 7 at Korakuen Hall! Win, lose, or draw, I wanna show her who I really fucking am! That I'm more than just fucking Mascot-chan! That I'm the man of Punk Rock Ultraviolence! That she could be seeing me in that ring again at Nippon Budokan in July with her title on the line! Now lemme think... Who else do I got? [Kawamata thinks over a long drag.] Shit, let's just run through all my matches. I got fucking time! They're not gonna cut me off like they do in MAX-J! DTW will let you talk all fucking night as long as you're not doing a Lifetime drama! You'll get called out by Kalinda for that shit! Haha! But lemme think... [He scratches his chin.] Kennedy on Night 2. Talked about him. Our match is in Sapporo. We did that King of Violence shit in Sapporo! I won two tournaments there! My track record in that city is fucking brilliant! So we're not fighting at the Sapporo Dome again, but we can still say we're returning to the scene of the crime, brother! Let's give 'em a King of Violence encore! Delilah is 3. That one's in Sendai. That's a special place in DTW history. That's where the first ever DTW World title match took place. That's where Claudia beat Donald Trump. Sendai has been kind to The Menagerie. Acid's 4. I've never fought at Aore Nagaoka before. That's actually a new one for me. Fucking... [He holds the cigarette to his lips, but stops before taking another drag.] Night 5? Rob Sharpe! Ah! We fought in that triple threat for the Death Crown title! Now we finally get our one-on-one! Been fucking looking forward to this since WarZone Ultraviolent! Loved going out to your hometown of Philadelphia for those two WarZone shows! Too bad that company closed but now we do this shit in DTW! We're fucking doing it in Yokohama Arena too! That's like... That's 17-18,000. That's a few more than the 2300 Arena, bro! Haha! Fuck! Night 6... [He takes another drag and chuckles again.] That's fucking TSUDA! Two Osaka dudes! Two Kamagasaki kids! Fighting in Nagoya! I grew up with this fucking guy. Right now he's going through the same shit I went through as a Death Dojo student. But he'll be fucking huge one day. Just watch! He almost went thirty minutes with Aokigahara Zombie in his first match! Aokigahara said he's the future of wrestling and Aokigahara knows a fucking thing or two! Believe me! But this match in Nagoya? We know each other so well. We know fucking everything about each other. He said it best: sometimes the best friends have the best fights. I know what he's about and know it's gonna be a fucking fight! Now Night 7. Father O'White, I believe. Yeah. KBS Hall. That's Kyoto – Kansai. My fucking region. I like O'White a lot. That guy can fucking drink. He made friends with a lot of the KSP in Cancun. I don't know if he knows he made friends with them but they like him. I'm looking forward to getting in there with that drunk fucker. But we're still gonna be in Kansai on Night 8. We're in Kobe for that one. I'm fighting Tiami Erickson – Erik Holland's girlfriend. I know how that sounds when I say that, but hold on! I know them both very well. DTW fans have only seen Tiami in, what? The Blood Bowl tournament? That's all tornado rules. The Rail Rumble is a fucking mess. Then she was in that six-person. If you just watch DTW then you've never seen Tiami in a one-on-one match. I think some DTW fans might be underestimating her because of that. She's Erik's boyfriend too and it reminds me of me and Hanako. People think Erik before they think her like they think me before Hanako. They go as far as to call them second fiddle and that's not fucking true. They're not second fiddle in the minds of who's paying attention. They stand on their own. I'm interested to see how she's holding up by the time we get to Night 8. I can't afford to look past her, or anyone... Even though the most personal battle of all happens on Night 9. Riddick... Osaka... [He takes a very long drag this time. An air of hostility suddenly comes over him. We can see how mad he is just by the forceful way he blows smoke.] Listen here Riddick, you mother fucker. You've stalked Hanako for months now. You've crossed our boundaries. You talk about me like I'm still the fucking rookie you saw on November 7th, 2016. Like the fucking guy you torched in Kawasaki at Deathmatch Demolition last year. I'm not. You might be the most successful gaijin in puroresu history. I watched Rising Sun Wrestling. I remember all the titles you won. I know who you are. But you apparently don't know who the fuck I am! So go on ahead and keep talking like I'm still pouring drinks back home. Like I'm still working on the docks. Acting like you would be better for Hanako than me. I'm not that little fucking cat you killed and attacked Hanako with in Cancun. I'm a fucking shinkansen that's about to run your fucking ass over! Everyone else has been paying attention! They know about Punk Rock Ultraviolence! You'll know about it on April 26th! You're stepping onto my turf – Osaka! I main evented Osaka-jo Hall before! We're main eventing that night and you'll find out why! Not because you're such a legendary gaijin, but because of what I've done in the here and now! You're always gonna be a dangerous mother fucker, and they'll always remember you in this country, but those SWA World Heavyweight titles and RSW National Heavyweight titles are ancient history now. And after I get the pinfall on April 26th and you're looking up at me, you won't just be looking at Hanako Takeuchi's boyfriend. Oh, that hurts to hear, doesn't it? That's not all you'll be looking at! Oh no! You'll be staring up at the fucking future of this business! And I know exactly where I'll be at physically and emotionally by Night 9! I've been in a league tournament before! You've done a lot in this business, Riddick. You have much more experience than me in general when it comes to wrestling, but you've never been in a league tournament. I have. [Kawamata calms down over another drag. The hostility becomes more controlled.] And I know with whatever bumps and bruises I have, I'm taking that into Night 10 against Dick Devereaux in Hiroshima. Back at the place where I made my debut! I already got my revenge on Devereaux for having a hand in my death. I beat him in the King of Violence. I know he wants payback. I know how badly he wants to get that DTW World title too. But Devereaux, mother fucker! I want it too! I want to win where I made my debut and you're a good opponent for that! And how nice is it to get Vachon on Night 11 at the end of the road? What if Group B comes down to the last day? I would relish launching myself into the Yamashi Cup match with a win over Vachon. Regardless of what the table looks like, I'd still love to beat his ass for Filth Parade and I still owe him one after he took the Eternal Warfare title off me in January! Did it during a Blood Bowl match! Mother fucker! Hanako and I had Riddick and Narwin! Of all the fucking matches! So I can't wait to get my hands around his fucking throat! [Kawamata ponders as he takes yet another drag.] Did I get all the nights? All the opponents? I think I did. Shit, just realized that Hanako's doing a promo like the one I just did! Haha! Fuck! Talking about the matches in order! Talking about each opponent! I didn't plan on doing that but I just did. Hey, we live together. We subconsciously take from each other all the time. Sorry I stole your promo format, Hanako! Didn't mean to! Your goal – and I'll say this to you when I get back home and many times over the next few weeks, dear – is to meet me in the final so we can fight about it. Bitch. [Kawamata playfully laughs over another drag.] Anyway, fuck. What a fucking tournament, man. What a journey before the final on May 22nd. I'm ready to go balls to the fucking wall and do whatever it takes to get the Yamashi Cup at Ryogoku Kokugikan! I have space in my apartment for another trophy! So come on, then! Eleven crazy nights this month! The best in deathmatch wrestling! Let's fucking have it! [Kawamata continues smoking his cigarette as he wanders down Nonbei Yokocho and into the Tokyo nightlife as we fade out.] |
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