Ray Paloma & Keita Yano vs Kenshin Chikano & Naoki Tanizaki
Winner: Kenshin Chikano with the Buzzsaw kick on Ray Paloma (14 minutes, 16 seconds)
T-Hawk vs Shoichi Uchida
Winner: T-Hawk with the Night Ride (12 minutes, 2 seconds)
Issei Onitsuka vs Kyohei Kinoshita
Winner: Kyohei Kinoshita with the schoolboy pin (12 minutes, 3 seconds)
DOVE TAG TITLE MATCH
TiiDa & "BROTHER" Yasshi (champions) vs CIMA & El Lindaman (challengers)
Winner: TiiDa & "BROTHER" Yasshi (YASSHI with the Nice Jamaica on El Lindaman, 16 minutes, 44 seconds)
The event
"The best way to end February" ~ Kyohei Kinoshita
The event was broadcast live by NicoNico as a PPV. You can watch a little of the show however, but only the opening and about ten minutes or so of the first match. You may need to be a subscriber to the service.
The night started with Dove ("BROTHER YASSHI", Tiida, Kyohei Kinoshita, Naoki Tanizaki, Shoichi Uchida, Ray Paloma and an unsmiling Kendo Kashin), made their way to the ring in front of a sold out crowd. GUNSO and Kabuki Kid (both decked out in suits and ties were not on the card much to CIMA'S disappointment), where in the arena but did not join the others until the end, when to celebrate a successful show, they did the traditional Dove ending. Earlier, CIMA had also commented on the "pungent" smell of cigarettes and liquor coming from the Dove dressing room, which had spilled over to the STRONGHEARTS one. YASSHI kicked things off by using fighting words against STRONGHEARTS and the upcoming title challenge, STRONGHEARTS came to the ring for a verbal showdown.
The first match seemed to be a surprise one, as Ray Paloma when travelling down to Tokyo, had commented that his own card had not been announced. During the match, Ray tried to menace Kenshin Chikano (who had new ring gear, which people commented on\thirsted over) with his hip swivels, Chikano remained unimpressed and Naoki Tanizaki blindsided Ray. Ray was to lose the pre-match, but swore in the microphone afterwards he would win the title match, which will take place in Hiroshima on the 7th March.
Shoichi Uchida (described as "the wrestler who makes you feel sorrow"), came to the ring clutching his baby doll figure, where it sat in the corner surrounded by Kenshin Chikano (who apparently played with it's feet), and Naoki Tanizaki. Later, the fight went into the crowd. Later in the evening, Tanizaki helped film part of the main event, in which the champions retained, and TiiDa came away with a slight (but working) knee injury.
Other links
The official "STYLE WARS" (Dove vs STRONGHEARTS) t-shirts are available via the official Dove merchandise page. The T-shirts come in S,M,L & XL and are ¥ 4,400 (with shipping fee of 500 yen per order). Those not in Japan, please use "White Rabbit" to order. Trans-Am Catie advises "I'd also recommend giving White Rabbit a back-up size on the shirt as Dove usually prints a very limited number in each size, so if it sells out in one size they won't have to contact you to find if you prefer another and risk it selling out completely"
Gifs taken from NicoNico
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