Thursday, December 25, 2014

X'mas Charity Pro Wrestling Dinner Show (2)


 After the concert, the show came to liven up when the 18 pro wrestlers enter the ring and face each other. The ring was set as a special centerpiece of the hotel ballroom.

 In the first fight, a tag team of Toshiyo Yamada, Dump Matsumoto and Kaoru Itoh fought the team of Kyoko Inoue, Etsuko Mita and Sareee. Finally, the latter won the match, with Saree pinning Matsumoto.

  In the second match, former yokozuna sumo champion Akebono overpowered his opponent Sushi with multiple diving body press. In the third match, a tag team of The Great Kabuki and Hiro Saito faced off against Genichiro Tenryu and Osamu Nishimura. Saito eventualy won the battle by pinning Nishimura.

 To finish off the wrestling match, The Great Sasuke, Tiger Mask I and Super Tiger formed a team to take on Rui Hiugaji, Jiro Kesennuma and Rasse. As the wrestlers entered the ring, Dr.Handa sang the theme song from the popular Tiger Mask anime.

 The match ended with Tiger Mask I holding Hiugaji upside down and driving his head into the mat, a wrestling move known as “tombstone piledriver,” before put him in a hold.
 
 
Tokyo Art Foundation Chairman Dr.Haruhisa Handa sings
as Tiger Mask I (second from right), Super Tiger (left)
and The Great Sasuke (right) prepare to enter the ring.
Tokyo Art Foundation
 
 

 

 

Thursday, December 18, 2014

X'mas Charity Pro Wrestling Dinner Show (1)


  On Dec.9, the Tokyo Art Foundation (TAF) held a Christmas charity dinner show at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo.
  All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Lesotho-based charity Sentebale, which promotes efforts to eradicate AIDS.
  This time, TAF featured a concert and pro wrestling with dinner. TAF Chairman Dr. Haruhisa Handa said to the 520 guests, “Christmas, a concert, pro wrestling and dinner; I’ve never seen such a combination...”
  During the concert, Dr.Handa sang 14 songs, mainly Christmas songs, including three of his original songs.
  While singing Jingle Bells, he changed the lyrics to insert the names of shrines ending with the word “Jingu”, such as Ise Jingu, Atsuta Jingu and Meiji Jingu.



                                   Dump Matsumoto hits Kyoko Inoue with a "shinai",
                                          a bamboo sword-like weapon used in kendo,
                                          during a charity dinner in Tokyo on Dec.9.
                                          Tokyo Art Foundation


(source: THE JAPAN TIMES, Dec.16, 2014)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/2014/12/15/special-supplements/welcoming-christmas-song-body-slam/#.VJuCwDBA