VIEW FROM THE RISING SUN
by Masanori Horie

My Kick-A** Photo Gallery # 5:
Combat Zone Wrestling

"Ultraviolent Style Wrestling," the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion, was founded by wrestler / promoter John Zandig in Mantua, New Jersey last year. They have held some of the most insane and hardcore shows in Southern New Jersey recently, with chairs, barbed wire, barbed wire bats, thumbtacks, mousetraps, and even staple guns and weed whackers. They have big hearts and spirits.

Nick Gage (L), Justice Pain, Trent Acid, Wifebeater, Zandig, & me

Combat Zone Wrestling World Champion / President Zandig having a Japanese word, "Hibi-hei-on," which means "PEACE"

Zandig & Masanori with CZW World Heavyweight belt

Wifebeater, who got a total of 26 stitches in a "200 Glass Light Tubes" match, said, "On your knees, bitch, and Don't beat 'er with your fist … beat 'er with your pedar!"

Justice Pain said, "Hardcore is in my blood"

"The Future of Hardcore," Nick Gage, is one of the best young wrestlers in the 2000's

Trent Acid, holding the CZW World Junior Heavyweight (L) & CZW World Tag Team belts

My Kick A** Photo Gallery Series

February 7, 2000---Part 4
December 13, 1999---Part 3
August 30, 1999---Part 2
August 2, 1999---Part 1

Big Japan Pro Wrestling Complete Title Match Results

1996

July 19, 1996 --- Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
CMLL World Light Heavyweight title match
Aquarius (Yoshihiro Tajiri) beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (12:28)---Aquarius became the new champion but the result was dropped from the official CMLL record

July 28, 1996 --- Teisen Hall, Sapporo, Hokkaido
CMLL World Light Heavyweight title match
Dr. Wagner beat Yoshihiro Tajiri (11:15)---Wagner became the new champion but the result was dropped from the official CMLL record

August 5, 1996---Osaka Furitsu Gym #2
CMLL World Light Heavyweight title match
Dr. Wagner beat Yoshihiro Tajiri (15:17)---Wagner kept the title but the result was dropped from the official CMLL record

1997

June 3, 1997---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Scramble Tag Team Tournament Final
Kengo Kimura (New Japan) & Takashi Ishikawa (Tokyo Pro) beat Shoji Nakamaki & Takashi Okano (The W*inger / Shadow W*inger) (19:58 Ishikawa beat Okano)---Kimura & Ishikawa became the first champions
Other teams: Jado & Gedo, Kendo Nagasaki & Satoru Shiga (Shadow WX), Yoshihiro Tajiri & Yuichi Taniguchi (Viking Taniguchi)

June 7, 1997---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Kengo Kimura & Takashi Ishikawa beat Shiro Koshinaka & Akitoshi Saito (New Japan) (8:55 Ishikawa beat Saito)---Kimura & Ishikawa kept the title but they split and the title was held up

July 23, 1997---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Takashi Ishikawa & Kishin Kawabata (14:53 Tajiri beat Kawabata)---Tajiri & Yamakawa became the second champions

July 31, 1997---Akishima Messe, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa drew Jado & Gedo (60 minutes time up)---Yamakawa & Tajiri kept the title

September 26, 1997---Hakodate Civic Gym, Hokkaido
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Kendo Nagasaki & Kishin Kawabata (13:55 Tajiri beat Nagasaki)---Tajiri & Yamakawa kept the title

December 8, 1997---Ota Ward Gym, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Shin-ichi Nakano & Masayoshi Motegi (23:55 Tajiri beat Motegi)---Tajiri & Motegi kept the title

December 22, 1997---Isezaki Civic Gym, Gumma (Fuyuki-gun's show)
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Jado & Gedo beat Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa (22:38 Jado beat Yamakawa)---Jado & Gedo became the third champions

1998

January 2, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Jado & Gedo (16:28 Yamakawa beat Jado)---Yamakawa & Tajiri became the fourth champions

January 20, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (Battlarts' show)
UWA World Middle weight title match
Minoru Tanaka beat Yoshihiro Tajiri (15:54)---Tanaka kept the title

February 3, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri beat Gedo (13:31)---Tajiri became the first champion

February 28, 1998---Tokushima City Gym (Michinoku Pro's show)
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri beat Naohiro Hoshikawa (17:52)---Tajiri kept the title

March 4, 1998---Shimizu City Suzuyo Memorial Gym, Shizuoka
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX (Satoru Shiga) & Shadow W*inger (Takashi Okano / The W*inger) beat Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ryuji Yamakawa (29:42 WX beat Yamakawa)---WX & W*inger became the fifth champions

March 31, 1998---Hana-haki Memorial Park / Tsurumi Ryokuchi Station Open Space, Osaka
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Shadow W*inger beat Yuichi Taniguchi & Gen-nosuke Kobayashi (Abdullah Kobayashi) (19:51 WX beat Kobayashi)---WX & W*inger kept the title

March 31, 1998---Hana-haki Memorial Park / Tsurumi Ryokuchi Station Open Space, Osaka
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Yoshihiro Tajiri beat Ikuto Hidaka (Battlarts) (12:52)---Tajiri kept the title but Tajiri quit Big Japan and the title was held up

April 19, 1998---Hamamatsu City Gym, Shizuoka
Big Japan Tag Team title match / Street Fight Death Match
Shadow WX & Shadow W*inger beat Shoji Nakamaki & Ryuji Yamakawa (17:14 WX beat Yamakawa))---WX & W*inger kept the title

May 1, 1998---Toda City Sports Center, Saitama
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Katsumi Usuda (Battlarts) beat Minoru Fujita (14:52)---Usuda became the second champion

May 20, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Shadow W*inger beat Shoji Nakamaki & Jason the Terrible (16:43 WX beat Jason)---WX & W*inger kept the title

June 8, 1998---Isezaki Civic Gym, Gumma
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Shadow W*inger beat Shoji Nakamaki & Masayoshi Motegi (2-1)
(1) 7:20 Motegi beat W*inger
(2) 1:44 W*inger beat Nakamaki)
(3) 5:18 WX beat Nakamaki---WX & W*inger kept the title

August 9, 1998---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space, Kanagawa
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Great Pogo beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (8:36 KO)---Pogo became the first champion

August 9, 1998---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space, Kanagawa
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shoji Nakamaki & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Shadow WX & Shadow W*inger (16:30 Nakamaki beat W*inger)---Nakamaki & Yamakawa became the sixth champions

August 23, 1998---Hana-haki Memorial Park / Tsurumi Ryokuchi Station Open Space, Osaka
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Glass / Fire / Coffin Death Match
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga beat Great Pogo (9:06)---Matsunaga became the second champion

September 23, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Barbed Wire Board / Alligator Death Match
Shadow WX beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (13:18)---WX became the third champion

September 23, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Katsumi Usuda beat Tomoaki Homma (13:44 referee's stop)---Usuda kept the title

September 25, 1998---Ohmi-hachiman City Sports Park Gym, Shiga
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shoji Nakamaki & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Isao Takagi & Tomoaki Homma (15:20 Yamakawa beat Homma)---Nakamaki & Yamakawa kept the title but Nakamaki quit Big Japan Pro Wrestling

December 5, 1998---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Tomoaki Homma beat Shadow W*inger & Jason the Terrible (20:11 WX beat W*inger)---WX & Homma became the seventh champions

December 5, 1998---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Fantastic beat Katsumi Usuda (13:52)---Fantastic became the third champion

1999

January 10, 1999---Acros Fukuoka, Hakata
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Abdullah the Butcher beat Shadow WX (12:04)---Butcher became the fourth champion

January 10, 1999---Acros Fukuoka, Hakata
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Fantastic beat Ikuto Hidaka (Battlarts) (17:02)---Fantastic kept the title

January 13, 1999---Onoda Civic Hall, Yamaguchi
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Tomoaki Homma beat Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka (Battlarts) (23:12 WX beat Fujita)---WX & Homma kept the title

February 28, 1999---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match / Barbed Wired Board Death Match
Shadow WX beat Abdullah the Butcher (14:16)---WX became the fifth champion

April 7, 1999---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match / Cable Chain & Handcuff Death Match
Shadow WX beat Abdullah the Butcher (12:49 Doctor's stop)---WX kept the title

April 29, 1999---TwinMesse Shizuoka
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Tomoaki Homma beat Abdullah Kobayashi (Gen-nosuke Kobayashi) & Daikokubo Benkei (21:16 Homma beat Kobayashi)---WX & Homma kept the title

April 29, 1999---TwinMesse Shizuoka
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
The W*inger beat Fantastic (9:04)---W*inger became the fourth champion

May 30, 1999---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space, Kanagawa
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Death Pallet Coffin / Fire Death Match
Ryuji Yamakawa beat Shadow WX (22:29)---Yamakawa became the sixth champion

June 17, 1999---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
No Rope Barbed Wire Street Fight Death Match
Shadow WX & Tomoaki Homma beat Ryuji Yamakawa & Katsumi Usuda (Battlarts) (13:38 Homma beat Yamakawa)---WX & Homma kept the title

June 20, 1999---Teisen Hall, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Anywhere Fall / Barbed Wire Board Death Match
Ryuji Yamakawa beat Tomoaki Homma (19:35 Yamakawa beat Homma)---Yamakawa kept the title

June 30, 1999---KiraMesse Numazu, Shizuoka
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight Tournament Final
Masayoshi Motegi beat Abdullah Kobayashi (13:19)---Motegi became the fifth champion

July 25, 1999---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
International Eight-Man Scramble title match
Ryuji Yamakawa, Shadow WX, Tomoaki Homma, Great Kojika, Men's Teioh, Abdullah the Butcher, Mike Samples, Abdullah Kobayshi (20:01 Kojika beat Homma)---Kojika became the first champion

July 31, 1999---Hakata StarLanes, Fukuoka
Big Japan Tag Team title match / Barbed Wired Board Death Match
Ryuji Yamakawa & Mike Samples beat Shadow WX & Tomoaki Homma (23:02 Samples beat Homma)---Yamakawa & Samples became eighth champions

July 31, 1999---Hakata StarLanes, Fukuoka
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Masayoshi Motegi beat Spiderman (Fantastic) (15:39)---Motegi kept the title

August 10, 1999---Hana-haki Memorial Park / Tsurumi Ryokuchi Station Open Space, Osaka
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
No Rope / Barbed Wire / Fire Death Match
Shadow WX beat Ryuji Yamakawa (11:54)---WX became the seventh champion

September 7, 1999---Imabari Civic Hall, Ehime
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Kamikaze & Shumme Matsuzaki beat Ryuji Yamakawa & Mike Samples (16:51 Kamikaze beat Yamakawa)---Kamikaze & Matsuzaki became the ninth champions

September 15, 1999---Natori Civic Gym, Miyagi (Michinoku Pro's show)
NWA World Middle weight title match
The Great Sasuke beat Chabinger (Masayoshi Motegi)---Sasuke kept the title

October 3, 1999---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Fluorescent Board Death Match
Shadow WX beat Mike Samples (13:57)---WX kept the title

October 3, 1999---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Kamikaze & Shumme Matsuzaki beat Abdullah the Butcher & Daikokubo Benkei (8:48 Kamikaze beat Benkei)---Kamikaze & Matsuzaki kept the title

October 3, 1999---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Masayoshi Motegi Men's Teioh (Terry Boy) (17:48)---Motegi kept the title

October 17, 1999---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Fluorescent / Barbed Wire Board Death Match
Shadow WX beat Tomoaki Homma (23:12)---WX kept the title

November 6, 1999---Hakodate Civic Gym, Hokkaido
International Eight-Man Scramble title match
Great Kojika, Ryuji Yamakawa, Tomoaki Homma, Men's Teioh, Kamikaze, Abdullah the Butcher, Mike Samples, Crazy Sheik (Rico Suave in Puerto Rico) (12:16 Kojika beat Samples)---Kojika kept the title

November 6, 1999---Hakodate Civic Gym, Hokkaido
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Fantastic beat Masayoshi Motegi (11:50)---Fantastic became the sixth champion

November 6, 1999---Hakodate Civic Gym, Hokkaido
Big Japan Junior Heavyweight title match
Chabinger (Masayoshi Motegi) beat Fantastic (11:51)---Chabinger became the seventh champion

November 10, 1999---Mashu Bunka Center, Hokkaido
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Kamikaze & Shumme Matsuzaki beat Ryuji Yamakawa & Tomoaki Homma (30:27 Matsuzaki beat Yamakawa)---Kamikaze & Matsuzaki kept the title

December 4, 1999---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Fluorescent Board Death Match
Ryuji Yamakawa beat Shadow WX (18:11)---Yamakawa became the eighth champion

2000

January 2, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Barbed Wire / Spike Nail Death Match
Tomoaki Homma beat Ryuji Yamakawa (23:45)---Homma became the ninth champion

January 2, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Kamikaze & Shumme Matsuzaki beat Shadow WX & The W*inger (Takashi Okano / Shadow W*inger) (18:58 Kamikaze beat W*inger)

January 7, 2000---Osaka Furitsu Gym #2
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Ryuji Yamakawa & Tomoaki Homma beat Kamikaze & Shumme Matsuzaki (18:06 Homma beat Matsuzaki)---Yamakawa & Homma became the sixth champions

February 22, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Barbed Wire / Ladder Death Match
Tomoaki Homma beat Abdullah Kobayashi (20:43)---Homma kept the title

February 22, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
WEW Hard Core title match
Ryuji Yamakawa beat Kintaro Kanemura (22:52)---Yamakawa became the second champion

April 11, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (FMW's show)
WEW Six-Man Tag Team title match
Jado, Gedo, & Koji Nakagawa beat Ryuji Yamakawa, Tomoaki Homma, & The W*inger (18:15 Jado beat W*inger)---Jado, Gedo, & Nakagawa kept the title

April 24, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
WEW Hard Core title match
Ryuji Yamakawa beat Kintaro Kanemura (22:16)---Yamakawa kept the title

May 5, 2000---Komazawa Park Gym, Tokyo
WEW Hard Core title match
Kintaro Kanemura beat Ryuji Yamakawa (16:26)---Kanemura became the third champion

May 14, 2000---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space
World Extreme Cup Tournament Final
Fluorescent Lamp / Lemon / Salt Death Match
Shadow WX beat Zandig (13:46)---WX won the tournament

May 14, 2000---JR Shin-kawasaki Station / Ogura Viaduct Open Space
International Eight-Man Scramble title match
Kiyoko Ichiki, Chihiro Nakano, Misae Genki, Great Kojika, Kamikaze, Chabinger (Masayoshi Motegi), Harley Lewis, Terry Bull (19:26 Ichiki beat Kojika)---Ichiki became the second champion

June 2, 2000---Nagaoka City Welfare South Hall, Niigata
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Zandig & Nick Gage beat Tomoaki Homma & Ryuji Yamakawa (14:14 Gage beat Homma)---Zandig & Gage became the 11th champions

June 25, 2000---Champs Arena, Sewell, New Jersey
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Wifebeater & Justice Pain beat Zandig & Nick Gage

July 2, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight title match
Lemon / Salt / Mustard / Barbed Wire Board Death Match
Zandig beat Tomoaki Homma (19:04)---Zandig became the 10th champion and won $50,000

July 2, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Tag Team title match
Shadow WX & Ryuji Yamakawa beat Wifebeater & Justice Pain (15:40 WX beat Pain)---WX & Yamakawa became the 13th champions

July 2, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling) Junior Heavyweight title match
The W*inger (Takashi Okano) beat Trent Acid (14:04)---W*inger became the new champion

July 2, 2000---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Big Japan Woman title match
Misae Genki beat Kiyoko Ichiki (19:23)---Genki became the first champion