"Pro Wrestling Igari Kanji"
In the Seiryu corner...
"Pro Wrestling Igari Kanji" At 191 cm and 105 kg... Igari Kanji!
"Grand Sumo Kinryuzan"
In the Byakko corner...
"Grand Sumo Kinryuzan" At 191.5 cm and 166 kg... Kinryuzan!
Pro wrestling versus grand sumo.
The showdown between ultra first-classes--
--...is about to become reality! --Fighters, to your positions!
M- Master...!
That's the yokozuna stable's--
Master...?! Ain't they father and son?
That's what I hear.
I'm sorry.
Whatever do you mean?
I'm simply here to see if the yokozuna wins or not...
As an ordinary, ardent fan...
Master...!
Here. You forgot this.
What a surprise...!
The stable master emerges with some of sumo's "power water"!
This is certainly a stylish arrangement...!
I won't lose...!
I'm- I'm a yokozuna both inside the ring and out!
Way to get things exciting!
Begin!
"The Reason I Cannot Lose"
Don't mock me, bastard!
It's the Crab Pincher!
Kinryuzan doesn't move...!
H-he's strong...!
You probably thought you could handle him if you knocked him down,
but he's a yokozuna because he CAN'T be downed, Igari-kun!
Now you've done it!
W-what...?!
Igari takes a charging stance!
He challenges the peerless yokozuna to a sumo match, of all things!
Come on, damn you! That doesn't hurt one bit, bastard!
It's so obvious.
He's ready to brush it off if he loses a sumo match to a yokozuna...
Not quite, Kato-kun.
The concept of an aesthetic defeat does not exist inside that Igari man.
Hit me here, bastard!
Igari counters with a Knuckle Arrow!
His clenched fists are reminiscent of ancient Roman pankration!
Kinryuzan has him in a lock! Igari is in dire straits!
Gotcha...!
I- Igari stays up!
The pro wrestler survives the yokozuna's inner thigh throw!
It's always when his back's to the wall like this
that Igari displays his true worth...
What's wrong, yokozuna? Your sweat is cold.
Did you think a wrestler couldn't do sumo or something?
Igari has him in a strong elbow hold!
W-wait! Is this the sumo armlock throw...?!
Come on, come on!
I never would've guessed!
Even sumo has its submission holds!
The yokozuna survives it!
N-no way...!
Baki-kun. Don't you see it? The arena...
It's a sumo ring!
W-what a shock!
The trail left behind by Kinryuzan's feet during Igari's armlock
just happened to draw out a sumo ring...!
It didn't "just happen". I controlled you to make it like this...!
Now let's sumo, yokozuna!
Now THIS is harsh! Igari uses a diabolic submission hold!
But Kinryuzan toes the line!
This time it's his right hand!
Igari's merciless arm-breaker is reminiscent of the battle with Shin!
Will he go on to break it?!
Do you know what that Igari used to be called overseas?
"Killer."
Here I come!
A double-arm!
He's going to finish the grand yokozuna with a double-arm suplex!
Igari Kanji has a fondness for fancy techniques!
Igari! Igari! Igari! Igari! Igari!
A leg hook...!
Igari's in trouble!
T-this is sumo's "protection hand"!
Y-you...!
And the master throws in the towel!
Match over!
In the showdown of pro wrestling versus grand sumo,
Igari Kanji has been declared the winner!
Still, most bewildering of all was that final leg hook!
Had the back of Igari's head slammed into the ground then,
who knows what turn the match would've taken?!
I assume you understand why I strike you?
Yes.
Hey, you two...
Are father and son having a celebration
after letting old Igari win?
No, that was a splendid victory, Igari-san.
You call that a win?! Huh?!
That match was over before it ended.
What...?!
The posture you used against the yokozuna...
That so-called "double-arm suplex" of yours you used to finish him...
That very form is known in sumo as the "Five-Ring Smash".
Five-Ring Smash?!
In sumo, which focuses on shoving techniques,
this form directly exposes the cervical vertebrae to danger...
Because of this, a sumo match is declared over
the moment one enters this position.
Regardless of his injuries, the yokozuna lost a sumo bout.
Which means that his martial arts abilities are shameful.
Master! I will start over again from square one...!
Yokozuna...!
From square one...! From square one...!
I hear ya, yokozuna!
I promise I won't let your topknot go to waste!
I WILL win the title!
B Block Round 2, Match #1...
From the Byakko corner appears Retsu Kaio!
"Chinese Kenpo Retsu Kaio"
Such a menacing physique!
"Chinese Kenpo Retsu Kaio" His overwhelming win over Sambo king Taktaroff in the first round
"Chinese Kenpo Retsu Kaio" left a powerful impression!
As for Retsu Kaio's opponent...
As both Robert Guerlain and Kato Kiyosumi sat out the first round,
a reserver should be entering the fray...
What's this?! Is a new reserver entering via car?!
N-no! Above...!
I-it's Toba...!
Oriental giant, Mount Toba! A super-deluxe, ultra-special reserver!
"Pro Wrestling Mount Toba" Oriental giant, Mount Toba! A super-deluxe, ultra-special reserver!
"Pro Wrestling Mount Toba"
I'll be damned...
If I wrap it with a tube like so, I should be OK for a match or two.
I see...
Well, it IS true that wrestlers such as yourself won't fight a match
unless you're able to at full strength...
Sir...
I have actually been waiting for this chance...
Guess you ARE serious, Toba-kun!
But what's with that horrible outfit? He's got no sense...
I guess...
That's Toba-san's costume from his days in America...
Igari-san...
His villain name of "Giant Devil"
would probably still make old fans overseas tremble in fear...
What's so funny?!
Toba-san said the same thing earlier...
He said you were known as "Killer" back in the day.
Oh, geez...
Pro wrestling versus Chinese Kenpo...
This most interesting fight has just become reality!
I'll finish this in one minute.
So you plan to as well?
One-sixth! Disgraceful!
Liu Kaio-sama. That is the last of today's candidates.
No successful applicants, huh...
The successor to the Kaio name would be at a level all his own!
Retsu...!
They were equal...!
Retsu! You were placed in confinement! Why are you here?!
Master! Why will you not give me a chance to take the test?!
Retsu Xiaolong, eh...
So you shattered the evergreen oak door bare-handed
and defeated six armed pupils...
Is something wrong with such behavior?!
Come with me.
To think this temple had such a place...
Retsu Xiaolong...
The reason I seal your path to the Kaio name lies beyond this door...
A tunnel...?!
This cave was dug out solely by one man's artificial legs...
In one night.
The reason you will never be a Kaio is not because you are villainous.
You are simply poorly skilled.
ME, poorly skilled...?!
Pay this heed.
What is required of the man who continues the Kaio name,
the pinnacle of Chinese Kenpo, is ability alone!
His leg appears to be injured, but I, the successor to the Kaio name,
will not hesitate in the least to attack his weak point...
Just how well will techniques cultivated over thousands of years
fare against a pro wrestling opponent?!
Fighters, to your positions!
Toba attacks before the match begins!
Aw, geez...
Toba-san's pretty good, too...!
No! He's having no effect...!
He's dodging them! He's dodging Toba's intense attacks!
Toba attacks with relentless intensity!
What's wrong? Done already?
T-that technique...!
Things look really bad for Retsu Kaio!
It's still only been 30 seconds or so...
Even quicker than I expected...
Oh no!
There are still several seconds left in the minute. Shall we continue?
No... I lose...
Match over!
As decreed, the fight finished in under one minute!
Your knee injury from your fight with Baki wasn't fully healed, was it?
I thought I might stand a chance in a short match, so I gave it a shot,
but my opponent was just too good.
It ain't like you to be reckless like that...
I guess I was envious of you...
Huh?
Just once, I wanted to fight my own match, where no one else mattered.
To fight freely, as you do...
Toba-san...
That isn't a compliment.
It isn't, but...
But... I've been rewarded...
Rice paper rolled into the arena is being dampened by the Shinshinkai...
What exactly is about to take place?!
Here he is! Orochi Katsumi!
The man who puts the period on the history of karate!
The karate world's lethal weapon!
Names to describe his strength are too many to count!
To think there is a Japanese able to do that...
He's using the spin of his insanely quick kicks
to completely negate his 100-kg body weight...!
Oh! It's Hanayama!
The mightiest gangster, Hanayama Kaoru,
has shown himself in the underground arena!
Longing for strength, seeking strength, and increasing strength...
New ultimate techniques, the pride of being elite, dreams of glory...
However, the natural-born fists bring all to naught.
Strength itself lies there.
Next Episode- "Man Versus Man"