By: Jeff Brown
TJPW returns with another specialty show; last year it was Midwinter Pool Wrestling, and now it’s Midsummer Athletic Amusement Park Pro Wrestling. The battlegrounds were the Kanagawa Lake Sagami Pleasure Forest amusement park, and it was broken up into 2 teams:
The Red team was led by Rika Tatsumi, along with Hyper Misao, Raku, Nao Kakuta, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo, Hikari Noa, and Yuki Aino
The White team was led by Mizuki, along with Mahiro Kiryu, Kaya Toribami, Yuki Kamifuku, Suzume, Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Pom Harajuku, and special member Yuka Sakazaki, who is recovering from injury.
It was broken up into 5 challenges, and the team with the most points would win bragging rights and a barbecue dinner. While you might think it was like, say, American Gladiators, being TJPW, it delved more into the 90s Nickelodeon game show Wild and Crazy Kids territory.
The first round was a 6 woman falls-count-anywhere tag match. This was the most traditional outing and was essentially an outdoor brawl. There was a big blue mat, but the action quickly left it out in the park. The Red Team featured Tatsumi, Noa, and Kakuta, while the White Team featured Harajuku, Suzume, and Arai. It was a fun match with Suzume diving off a fence, Harajuku getting sent down stairs, Raku leading the whole Red Team in an Oyasumi Express, Tatsumi getting a hold of a line divider, of course, being the TJPW roster member to weaponize the park, she then hit Harajuku with the Twist of Fate for the win.
本編映像のほか、各選手の応援コンテンツ17種類のPPVチケットも各2,400円で販売!
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📣応援コンテンツの内容
・未公開シーンと選手のコメントを詰め込んだスペシャル動画(全選手分共通)
・デジタルポートレート(2枚)
・サイン入りチェキ応募券#tjpw pic.twitter.com/78gQU5QbKu— TJPW 東京女子プロレス (@tjpw2013) July 27, 2023
Next was a challenge using a set of railings in the shape of a spider web. Each team had to try and cross it with the other team members strategically placed on the web, trying to prevent them from advancing. Sakazaki was also running defense with a water gun and a grasshopper she found in the park. Most members got around 9–10 meters, with Aino getting a paltry 3.9 meters and Watanabe cementing the White Team’s victory with a monstrous 13.7 meters.
The third challenge took place in a maze inside a steel cage. A participant got a head start to try and make it to the exit, trying to avoid being caught by a member of the other team. This particular round really felt like something from Nickelodeon, with the highlight being Mahiro escaping by first turning out and bludgeoning poor Endo into the ground before she could grab her. Misao had her trusty cold spray but wasn’t able to execute a face attack against Sakazki, spraying into the air in defeat. Tatsumi stopped Kamifuku and gave the Red Team another win.
Round 4 saw the participants climb out onto a platform 22 meters (72 feet) in the air for a bout of Push Sumo. When a player lost their balance, the round ended. Watching each member cross the small foot bridge out onto the platform, which was where the drama really was, they had safety harnesses, so the danger was minimal. Kakuta, after some effort, knocked Pom down. Watanabe hilariously made short work of Miyamoto, and it seemed to have even shocked Watanabe how quick it was. Raku and Sakazaki were in the final round that went to a sudden death, where each stood on one foot. Sakazaki lowered her foot out of instinct and lost, giving the Red Team another notch in the win column.
【大会ハイライト】これがTJPWの夏休み! ポールで殴る! 虫を投げつける! 高さ22mに絶叫する! 濁った池に落としあう! 灼熱の遊園地プロレスはカオスなバトルに!https://t.co/cDmmudTQLv#tjpw #wrestleUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/P6Clr7WD3h
— TJPW 東京女子プロレス (@tjpw2013) July 27, 2023
This took place on a pond, with the object being to steal the headbands of your opponents. Each team had a designated general (Miyamoto for the Red team and Arai for the White team) that was carried on their teammates shoulders; if the general lost their headband, it was all over. Giving the points lead, the White team asked for this instead to be worth 1,000,000 points, or basically a winner takes all showdown. We were right back to last year’s pool party with all types of chaos as players were sent into the pond. If there is a body of water in wrestling, people must end up in it. In the melee, Arai was able to snatch Miyamoto’s headband, and they got the win and the barbecue dinner.
The dinner was fancy beef and seafood for the winners, while the losers got canned goods in a foil pan to heat up. Kamifuku threatened to put Toribami on the barbecue for some cooked bird but was stopped. After a lot of laughter and celebration, the White Team shared their top-level meal with the Red Team, and it was a feel-good ending. It was a frivolous, out-of-the-box style show and was just over an hour long. It was like a more violent version of an elementary school field day, and everything wonderful about TJPW. The creativity of these special PPVs is something that long-time and new fans will enjoy, and it is where TJPW puts their best foot forward.
Date:
July 27, 2023
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