They were actually at Shinkiba 1st RING. Which isn't The Budokan. Or near The Budokan. However, this was a rare show that took place in Tokyo (which is in Japan according to GUNSO), and not in the usual clubs\venues in and around Osaka and Hiroshima. For little Dove, holding a show in Tokyo was a big deal with the reserved seats selling out quickly. The event was eventually sold out. Dove put on a card which they said could not be seen in Hiroshima and Osaka. One fan commented that "there were points when I did not understand things well". This is Dove after all...
The event was also shown on NicoNico, which they made free for everyone to view. Sadly they do not keep the old shows up, so the link is dead. Earlier, Gunso, YO-HEY and some others had gone to the studio and given an intro to the event.
GUNSO got drunk, and Naoki Tanizaki blew smoke everywhere as he vaped. The traditional Dove tequila came out too (Tanizaki said he didn't have any but said at the venue he wanted to drink tequila and beer, and bathe in Sake.).
"The future begins in Shin-Kiba on August 28, 2016."
(Kabuki Kid)
Gunso and Jun Kasai get into a locker room fight
Notable cardNaoki Tanizaki & BROTHER YASHHI vs The Kubota Brothers vs The GinGin Boys (The GinGin boys are now YO-HEY & Kenshin Chikano, who are the tag team champions at this time). YO-HEY got the win with his beautiful Bamboo Dragonfly. Match was described as "Frenzied three way with loud music". Naturally, the GinGin Boys celebrated by groin grabbing each other.
Ray Paloma vs Shoichi Uchida (they were enemies at this point)
No Tadasuke
The event
YO-HEY & HAYATA had been to see the Obon ghost stories as told by Junji Inagawa the night before.
Yas Kubota turned up 12 hours early
GUNSO bought some of the roster out to the ring with him to open the show, and thank people for coming.
Trainee Aoki started the event, and was introduced as "Mr. Hiroshima".
Naoki Tanizaki had GinGin money stuffed in his pants. Yasu Kobota also went to shove some money in his own, but was stopped by the referee. GinGin Boys had a long entry time.
Brother YASSHI bought alcohol to the ring, chugged from the bottle during the match, and Tanizaki joined in.
HAYATA looks better in person than on video. Not surprised.
Ray Paloma told Shoichi Uchida (who he had also accused of being half asleep and therefore no fun to wrestle to), "fight me naked", and stood with his pants around his ankles as Uchida was on the turnbuckle as he was going to throw himself off of it in despair. So Uchida got back into the ring, and sat down to take his boots off. The referee looked on dumbfounded, and Kenshin had to leave ringside as he was laughing too much and hide out at the shop. The match was forfeited as they both walked off and got counted out. The referee said that they had walked off into the sunset and wouldn't return to the ring, even if this was the semi final of the evening. It appears they had a falling out over the Asian Tag Titles.
Jun Kasai won the tag main via a piledriver on barbed wire on GUNSO, during the match Black Buffalo had battered GUNSO with a plank, and Kaisai carved him up with a scrunched up can lid. The ringside seats were "messed up".
In the ring at the end, the whole roster gathered (HAYATA hiding in the corner), and Ray Paloma (now clothed and wearing a funky shirt, who someone described as being like a "bird of paradise") spoke on the microphone, said something about "It's hard to be alive, but sometimes it's good to be alive" and "dancing the waltz of the soul".
A fan said they bought a YO-HEY towel, and YO-HEY rubbed it on his crotch before handing it to him. Not that he had asked YO-HEY to do this.
Tired Shoichi Uchida said he had only one ambition left that evening, to snuggle up with his Dennis Lehane crime drama novel, "Pray For The Rain". He wasn't the only one exhausted, YO-HEY fell asleep at a table having been awake for the past forty hours.
Picture Gallery
Druken lunch
Opening ceremony (HAYATA hiding behind YO-HEY)
HAYATA, live at The Budokan
HAYATA'S entry
NicoNico presenters (note the empty drinks bottle on the table)
Gunso waving a towel around
YO-HEY & HAYATA with the Junji Inagawa merch
Rare picture of HAYATA smiling (he then notices the camera)
"It seems to be something for The GinGin Boys...what is this used for?" ... you will discover soon enough.
YO-HEY dancing around the ring
YO-HEY not letting go of that precious GinGin money
Ray Paloma and Shoichi Uchida preparing to walk off into the sunset. And get counted out.
GUNSO\Kasai main event
Everyone in the ring at the end
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