Osaka Pro Wrestling Est. 1999

Osaka Pro Super J Cup IV February 21st 2004 £9 vhs / £10 dvd
The fourth Super J Cup was the first ever all-juniors pay-per-view. In an unexpected turn of events, all tournament places were reserved for first-timers - turning attention to the youthful and exuberant likes of Marufuji (NOAH), Yuasa (MPW) and Murahama (Osaka's hometown hero), while the established stars provided fine matches between rounds. Jun Kasai vs Naomichi Marufuji… Garuda vs Goa… Wataru Inoue vs Kazuya Yuasa… Taichi Ishikari vs Takehiro Murahama (all Super J Cup Quarter-finals)… Ofune vs Apple Miyuki… Tomohiro Ishii, Mens Teioh & Mikami vs Kintaro Kanemura, Azteca & Big Boss MA-G-MA… Ebessan vs Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro World's #1 Title Match)… Naomichi Marufuji vs Garuda… Takehiro Murahama vs Wataru Inoue (both Super J Cup Semi-finals)… Taka Michinoku & Shiryu vs Billy Ken Kid & Tiger's Mask (Osaka Pro Tag Title Match)… Heat, KENTA Kobayashi & CIMA Nobunaga vs Jushin Liger, Jinsei Shinzaki & Super Delfin… Naomichi Marufuji vs Takehiro Murahama (Super J Cup Final)

Osaka Pro Heart Beat 2000 November 6th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
The ****1/2 main event here would have been worthy of Michinoku Pro at its very peak. Hot spots, hot crowd, and a fine undercard to boot. Takashi Tachibana vs Shusaku Wada… Policeman vs Yoshiti Sugamoto… Ebessan, Kaiju Zeta Mandora & Yuki Miyazaki vs Kuishinbo Kamen, Monkey Magic & Goddess Chikako Shiratori (mixed tag match)… Super Delfin vs Takehiro Murahama (Osaka Pro Wrestling Title Change)… Masato Yakushiji, Naohiro Hoshikawa & Super Demekin vs Daiyo Quallt, Black Buffalo & Dick Togo

Osaka Pro Heatwave 2000 May 28th 2000 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
The feud between Dick Togo's gang (the Legion of Violence) and Super Delfin's mob (the Carnival Crusaders?) hit its chaotic peak with (take a deep breath) the one million yen scramble elimination ladder match main event on this card. Unwilling to be outdone, Michinoku Pro announced a one night, two million yen tag team tournament shortly after. Shusaku Wada vs Takashi Tachibana… Monster Zeta Mandora vs Super Demekin… Chikako Shiratori vs Pesadija Rocca (CMLL Women's Title Match)… Monkey Magic vs Kuishinbo Kamen vs Ebessan (three-way dance)… Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji, Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshihito Sugamoto vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo, Daiyo Quallt & Policeman (One Million Yen Scramble Elimination Ladder Match)

Osaka Pro Summer Adventure Series '99 July 24th 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
Tour highlights followed by the full card from finals night. Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Violencia (highlights, April 29th)… Ultraman vs Zagarausu (highlights, May 5th)… Masaru Seno vs Dick Togo (highlights, July 4th)… Super Delfin vs Naohiro Hoshikawa (highlights, July 4th)… Super Demekin vs Toritos… Ebessan vs Monkey Magic… Alcanheru vs Kuishinbo Kamen (mask vs mask match)… Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshihito Sugamoto vs Tsubasa & Oriental (CMLL Japan Tag Team Title Match)… Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji & Masaru Seno vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Policeman

Osaka Pro Thanks North Eastern '99 June 24th - July 4th 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
Second commercial tape from Super Delfin's group, much in the same vein as the first: highlights of 27 matches set to a thumping soundtrack. Matches listed below are shown at length, including a pair of cracking Hoshikawa singles efforts and an unexpectedly fine tag title match featuring everyone's favourite karaoke luchadores, Tsubasa and Oriental. The title of the tour is a not-entirely-veiled dig at Michinoku Pro (North Eastern) Wrestling, the source of 90% of Osaka Pro's talent. Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Azteca vs Super Delfin, Oriental & Yoshito Sugamoto… Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Super Demekin… Masato Yakushiji, Naohiro Hoshikawa & Masaru Seno vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Azteca… Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Azteca… Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Tsubasa & Oriental (CMLL Japan Tag Team Title Match)… Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Masato Yakushiji… Super Delfin vs Naohiro Hoshikawa (complete)

Osaka Pro Spice Series '99 April 29th - May 5th 1999 £7 vhs / £8 dvd
Commercial tape of the first tour by OPW, the promotion formed by Super Delfin after his split with the Great Sasuke. The absurd gimmicks, lightning-like lucharesu and abundance of charm clearly hark back to the early days of MPW, hinting at Delfin's dissatisfaction with Michinoku's latter-day direction. This tape features highlights of 28 matches, set to terrifically cheesy dance music (including a house version of the Blind Date theme tune). The matches listed below are the main events of each show on the tour, all of which are shown at some length. Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Violencia… Battle Royal… Naohiro Hoshikawa & Super Delfin vs Dick Togo & Black Buffalo… Super Delfin vs Policeman (CMLL Welterweight Title Match)… Masato Yakushiji & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs Dick Togo & Black Buffalo… Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji & Masaru Seno vs Dick Togo, Black Buffalo & Violencia… Super Delfin & Tsubasa vs Black Buffalo & Violencia… Dick Togo vs Naohiro Hoshikawa