All Japan Pro Wrestling: 12th King’s Road Tournament August 24th 2025

So we’re in Korakuen again, with a pretty underwhelming crowd (not even 1k) but still, here we are. The King’s Road tournament is basically AJPW’s version of the New Japan Cup, single elimination for a title match and generally the winners are more of a free for all (which figures as a single elimination tournament is going to be more flukey than a round-robin *coughs at American football*).

Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO

Background: Dan is a chunky bruising junior, Ryo is a cocky overconfident kick devil rookie junior. Atsuki is the champ, HAYATO is his buddy and a former champ and they’ve had a ton of success together in the past, but recently have been split by HAYATO’s new stable (that might not exist anymore as Yuma Anzai is MIA) and Atsuki has gotten closer with his bro and the sorta tweener verse he exists in. That said, Atsuki and HAYATO are basically pure babyfaces, and Tamura and Inoue are comfortable playing the heel in that setup.

The Match: Tamura and Aoyagi start and Dan quickly takes it to the mat and grinds on a headlock but Aoyagi speeds it up with an international but that stalemates too and we get a double tag. We get some wristlocks but HAYATO flips out and gets a chop, but Ryo is like “okay lets trade strikes” and gets a few kicks before HAYATO launches Inoue out of the ring and we get HAYATO teasing a dive and then landing the backflip and the taunt (with an assist from Atsuki). The former tag-champs then hit stereo pescados and play to the crowd. Ryo is sent back in and Aoyagi and HAYATO work him over a bit before Ryo fires back with forearms but the champ slams him down and gets a standing moonsault for 2. HAYATO back in and he gets more blistering chops on Inoue and it’s back to Atsuki as they get a double hiptoss and then a double dropkick and then Aoyagi cranks in a crab. Huh, wasn’t expecting that team to be the dominant vets (which is sorta naturally a heel position). Ryo makes the ropes, floats over on a brainbuster, and then speeds it up with a scissored jump kick to Aoyagi and in comes Tamura. The big man rushes the champ into the corner and gets a snap brainbuster for 2. But HAYATO runs in and tries to shut this down and set up a double-brainbuster, but Tamura is TOO BIG and he reverses and suplexes both his opponent, his lariat whiffs though and Atsuki gets a 540 kick and now HAYATO comes in. Poetry in motion off of Tamura’s back to clear Ryo off the ropes and then a running back elbow wipes out Dan. Tamura gets a backbreaker though and that lets him tag in Ryo who just unloads kicks on HAYATO in the corner. Hesitation dropkick. Tamura slides in for a gutwrench suplex and Ryo gets a bridging single-underhook suplex that gets broken by Atsuki who is then tossed. Ryo and Dan try a double-team but HAYATO counters and we get a miscommunication spot and now Atsuki flies back in. Diving Codebreaker from HAYATO as Aoyagi has them in a wheelbarrow and then Atsuki spins them into a back suplex while HAYATO gets a neckbreaker. That was slick! HAYATO gets a B-Driver for 2.8 and then a top springboard moonsault…but that whiffs and Dan gets a thunderous lariat on HAYATO, Atsuki in but his handspring kick is caught and turned into another lariat that sends Aoyagi tail over teakettle. Back to Ryo/HAYATO and Inoue tries the Regal-Plex (his actual finish) but he can’t get the bridge and he just launches HAYATO with it. Buzzsaw kick gets 2.9 and Inoue is undaunted and Inoue gets like…it’s a scoop lift that he just falls back on, sorta like a lifting Flatliner crossed with a flapjack? HAYATO takes it STRAIGHT on his face and it looks really nasty that’s 2.9 and now Ryo is looking like he’s out of ideas, so it’s back to the Regal-Plex but HAYATO slips out, gets a crucifix, Inoue doesn’t go down…so Atsuki flies in with a missile dropkick and HAYATO gets 3.

***¼

Well then! AJPW right now isn’t KNOWN for its great junior wrestling, but these four are really good and I liked the story that HAYATO and Atsuki are just more experienced and have more chemistry as a team so they could pull out these slick doubles and save each other at key moments while Tamura and Ryo just don’t have the same connection there. Still, these guys are all in the mid-ish 20s at the latest, so maybe AJPW will have these guys for a while unless something tragic happens.

Ren Ayabe, Ryuki Honda & Shota Kofuji vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi & Takashi)

Background: So Ren and Ryuki are both members of ELPIDA (if that stable still exists) and they’re sort of a Bulk and Skull deal. Ren is tall and lanky and athletic, Ryuki is chunky and violent and sort of a sloppy energetic brawler, Shota I think is new for me, but he’s a member of Osaka Style Wrestling and he’s a pale, well-built young guy with blonde hair that looks more than a LITTLE bit like Kaito Kiyomiya. Hokuto-Gun are a goofy stable of their weirdo Nobuhiko Takada rip-off boss and a collection of weirdo monsters. These are bear-enthusiast Kuma Arashi and eye gouge enthusiast Takashi here, they’re all the All Japan TV trios champions (an utterly useless belt but hey, they have it!). Hokuto is also wearing sunglasses while on the apron and he seems to be jiving with them.

The Match: Kuma and Ryuki start and both do their taunts and the crowd definitely seems to prefer Arashi. We get the fat guy lockup and Kuma wins and gives a clean break, second lockup results in Honda getting the upper hand and he chokes out Kuma on the ropes with his crowd cheer. Arashi gets some chain-wrestling (!?) and then a dropkick (?!??) and then a howl (okay, expected) and Ryuki tags in the youngster, Shota. Omori comes in to match up and gives his sunglasses to Takashi who immediately puts them on and plays with his hair like Hokuto does…okay, I laughed a bit. Hokuto locks up with Shota and demolishes him into the ropes, and then taunts by blowing a kiss. Kofuji tries some wrestling but Omori is just more experienced and bigger…but he runs into some armdrags from the kid. Hokuto just takes over though and goes to the eyes before tagging in Takashi…who keeps the sunglasses on and gets a tossing suplex on the Osaka wrestler. Takashi gets a snot rocket next and then tags in Kuma who just uses big fat offense on the kid to crush him. Hokuto back in and they’re giving Shota NOTHING here. And as I say that Kofuji gets his feet up in the corner, rolling thunder into a dropkick and in comes Ren to clobber Omori. Ren locks in a full-nelso and Omori tries to break with a mule kick to the uh…lower abdomen but Ren is JUST TOO TALL…so Omori gets a stunner instead and tags in Takashi to spam throat thrusts, and when Honda breaks that up, Takashi just thrusts more throats and we get a Three Stooges routine where Ren knocks Takashi forward into a double-thrust on Shota and Ryuki, then when Ayabe knocks Takashi over the old coot falls back with his foot up and that hits Ren in the groin. Hyuck, hyuck. Kuma runs in now and we get another fat guy standoff with Honda. And they be clubberin’ Tony. Honda gets a lariat, but then Kuma gets his own and we get a brainbuster reversal and a double-down. Shota comes in now and all his stuff is no-sold by Kuma but he’s a bit more successful against Hokuto and Takashi and then Kuma finally bumps for him. The babyfaces triple team the Bear dude in the corner and set up a Shota missile dropkick for 2 before it gets broken up, but it goes back to just Kuma and Shota in the ring as Ren and Honda follow the heels outside and after Kofuji gets a few flash pins for 2.8 Hokuto shows up with a RKO, Takashi gets a jump kick, and Kuma gets a running crossbody for 2.9. Arashi drags Shota to the corner, goes up and the diving senton is an academic 3.

**

Lots of silly comedy and then just a pretty boring match that nobody tried hard in, okay nobody but Shota tried hard in.

Davey Boy Smith Jr., Hideki Suzuki & Jun Saito vs. HAVOC (Oddyssey, Shotaro Ashino & XYON)

Background: DBSJ is a former TC champion and a pretty key upper midcard babyface guy, Hideki is a grumpy vet babyface that’s also a big goofy at times, and Jun Saito is the actual Triple Crown champion. HAVOC is the other midcard monster gaijin stable but a lot more ‘serious’ than Hokuto-Gun. Shotaro is their suplex monster leader, XYON is a jacked up Roman Reigns impersonator, and Oddyssey is of course a former NXT talent who is a big hulking monster. Three selfish babyfaces vs. an unified heel trio.

The Match: We start with Ashino and DBSJ doing some grappling. Davey does some power stuff afterwards but Shotaro goes for the ankle lock and then brings in XYON who gets a corner charge and some doubles and then Oddyssey comes in for a triple and they pose as a group. We get some brawling outside with HAVOC overall having the advantage but Jun gets a whip on Ashino to send him over the barricade. We finally get Davey back in the ring and XYON goes up…only to get Flair-tossed off and then Jun tags in legit and he gets a pair of Yakuza kicks and then UNLEASHES THE HAIR! XYON gets a few reversals into a flying forearm and brings in Oddyssey for the monster splash that Hikaru breaks up, but Oddyssey breaks up the double-team with bulk and gets more big fat offense and some headbutts. Back to Ashino as Oddyssey has run out of moves. Shotaro has the champ isolated with a series of uppercuts but Jun finally gets a desperate lariat and in comes Davey with a dropkick and a kip-up to minimal reaction and then some power moves as he’s doing the flashy babyface thing here. Ashino goes back to the leg with a pick though and tries for the lock and when Davey sells out to defend his foot Shotaro gets a German and now XYON comes in for a fireman’s carry takeover into a German suplex and that gets 2.8. Neat spot! Shotaro gets the anklelock again and Davey teases tapping before breaking free and powerslamming Shotaro. It all breaks down as guys run and, hit a move, and then get hit with a move. Suzuki FINALLY gets something on Oddyssey with a hanging choke (and I realize, I don’t know if he’s tagged in tonight) and it’s back to Davey and Shotaro and the Canadian wins the counter exchange with a German suplex and then gets a lariat before getting a backdrop driver for 2.9. Davey goes for the powerbomb, Ashino rolls over and gets the anklelock and keeps rolling through Davey’s attempted counters, grapevine, and Davey taps.

**½

I enjoyed the psychology more than the match itself. Where HAVOC’s superior teamwork trumps their lack of talent and while guys ran in to save Shotaro repeatedly, Jun and Davey were left to die (yet again, not sure Hideki ever tagged in). Also Suzuki continually being obsessed with trying to ‘beat’ Oddyssey over trying to win the match was a good note for a selfish vet. Additionally this is the second big thing in as many months where Davey tapped out. Perhaps a character beat for him compared to guys like Kento with their relentless fighting spirit. Overall it was kinda whatever and sloppy, but if you want to establish that HAVOC aren’t goofs or jokes, these sorta wins matter.

Taro Nohashi & The Great Sasuke vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka

Background: The Great Sasuke is a legendary if OLD junior, and Taro is a junior junior who seems to be a comedy guy, did a Jinsei Shinzaki parody gimmick and is VERY short. MUSASHI and Seiki are both former junior champions, former All Asia tag champs, and two guys that are buddies…but Seiki won his junior title by beating MUSASHI for it, and ever since he lost the belt has been a sort of pushy, aggressive, toxic friend, wanting to win the tag titles together again instead of encouraging MUSASHI to pursue singles gold (despite having a case for the match).

The Match: Sasuke and MUSASHI start and we get some gentle armdrags and grappling as you uh, can tell Sasuke is on the older side. The vet takes a shoulderblock and does an exaggerated sell before doing a half-kip up into a seated position for a big reaction and we bring in Taro and Seiki. Yoshioka does some pinball bumps for Taro’s comedic offense but Seiki finally gets a leg lariat and brings in MUSASHI and you can tell Yoshioka is far less “oh these loveable old guys” than his partner ad they did some double-teams on Taro. Notashi eventually gets a jawbreaker on MUSASHI and they drag him to the corner where Sasuke hits some ‘stomps’ and then a facelock before Taro comes in with liver shots? And then a ground abdominal stretch that Seiki breaks. Taro just manhandles the former junior champion though and MUSASHI continues to get bodied by these old dudes. Sasuke goes up (!?!?) and then WHIFFS a senton atomico, Seiki comes in does his full velocity kick combo and I’m gathering Sasuke might be a mite bit crazy. Seiki goes up for his swanton and he whiffs! The old dog still has some tricks Sasuke fires off one forearm though and just is like “oh I can’t do this” and tags in Taro and Seiki brings in MUSASHI and they trade chops. MUSASHI wins, goes for a low thrust kick, misses, Taro with another jawbreaker and a DDT as Sasuke comes for a diving stomp (?!?) and Taro almost makes the cover before Seiki saves MUSASHI’s bacon. Double thrust kick and a bridging German for 2.8 as Taro kicks out. Guys…end this match. And MUSHASHI goes for his Emerald Flowsion out of the corner but Taro is like “no, I will counter” and they run through some rollup reversals and then Nohashi keeps kicking out of stuff until a Falcon Arrow…and then Sasuke breaks that up, Seiki tosses him, pescado on the old-timer, MUSASHI goes up for a frog splash…and Taro kicks out. Okay this is absurd. MUSASHI gets his Powerslam Driver out of the corner and Taro is gracious enough to job to that one.

*

Okay so I’m not going to speculate on Sasuke’s health, he did seem fine, but man, I dunno why this dude is doing multiple high-spots a match at 56 but hey, decently big show, wants to show out. But they looked horrible, honestly Taro kicking out of a ton of offense bothered me way more. Just run an old-timer comedy special where the current guys sell a bit, get frustrated, the fans have fun and then the current guys win instead of this extended bout where the current stars looked awful for having these washed up guys kick out of all their stuff, and the old guys look horrible cause they were in a match for an extended period of time and had to carry offensive segments and do tons of bumps. Just a terrible idea but some of the actual work was good enough that I can see something in there. Generously Seiki and MUSASHI did have to dig deeper than then expected to.

Post-match we get some yappin’. MUSASHI gives respect to his opponents and then I think he agrees to Seiki’s offer to go for tag-gold again as Yoshioka looks pleased with whatever MUSASHI is saying.

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Naruki Doi – Royal Road Tournament 1st Round

Background: Daisuke is from Big Japan and he’s their biggest star from what I gather, a hulking beast of a man, as wide as he is tall, just this muscular boulder of beef and violence, Naruki Doi is the Saito’s most heelish running mate, a veteran junior who has settled into the crusty dirty vet role but still busts out the speed that made him so famous in DragonGate back in the day. Sekimoto is coming back from a pretty scary in-ring moment where some sort of nerve damage took him out of a match, but apparently the damage was not permanent and he is totally ambulatory now. He has a decent amount of history in AJPW and is definitely the crowd favorite.

The Match: Doi repeatedly runs into Sekimoto who y’know…stands still and the junior bounces off of him for like 3 minutes and then Doi gets an eyegouge to set up a few kicks to get Daisuke off his feet. A flip senton into th corner and Doi is actually in control! Sekimoto gets up and reverses a whip but Doi quickly tries to avoid the Big Japan Man and spams rollups for nearfalls but he stops to try to chop at the big oak tree and uh…it goes poorly. Daisuke gets a big shoulder, a shoulderbreaker, and then a low running crossbody gat Doi weakly kicks out of. Daisuke goes up for a falling splash that Doi evades and Naruki even muscles up Doi for the fireman’s carry drop and a Bakatare Sliding Kick, but Daisuke pops up, lariat, running lariat and only 2.9. Doi just lays there afterwards, so Sekimoto picks him up…inside cradle by Naruki for 2.9! Another cradle gets 2.8, but Daisuke snatches him, ribbreaker, Sekimoto climbs up and NOW the falling splash connects and only 2.9. Then Daisuke unleashes the Big Bang Catastrophe (called as such by commentary) and that gets the win.

***

Doi was quick and annoying, Daisuke was slow and powerful, the big man finally caught the little man, and that’s all she wrote. Maybe 2-3 too many kickouts but a good showcase for what Daisuke does well and Doi showed out too.

Naoya Nomura vs. Yuma Aoyagi – Royal Road Tournament 1st Round

Background: Okay, so Naoya has been gone for a WHILE, He literally got hurt right before I started following AJPW a few years ago and I’ve never really seen him work. He’s from a prior generation, a peer to Yuma and also Jake Lee and one of the guys that was supposed to take over for Kento. He’s dressed plainly in black here with a notable knee brace but not something huge. IIRC he tore his knee, and then there were complications in the surgery. He has a shirt with Real Blood written on it. Aoyagi of course was Naoya’s former partner back in the day, holding the tag-belts and trading them with Kento. A LOT has changed is all I’m saying so this will be interesting as his first non-exhibition match since getting healthy.

The Match: We actually start with a handshake offered by Yuma and Naoya accepts. We get some standing grappling and reversals and I just realized that both guys have wing motifs on their trunks. Shoulderblock by Naoya, but a second attempt is arm-dragged by Aoyagi…which is turned into a headscissors by Naoya, break and reset to a lockup, Naoya wins and gets a chop in the ropes, but Yuma gets a dropkick that sends Nomura powdering. We get a brawl outside and Naoya is selling big, Yuma whips Nomura into the barricade and gets the springboard legdrop to the back of the head. Yuma savages Naoya on the barricade some more, and does it in front of the commentary desk, which has the injured Rei Saito on it, so of course Aoyagi rips off some Rei moves and does the lick the palm chop while Rei cracks up. Back inside and Yuma gets a jumping leg drop as The Fool has just DOMINATED this bout. Aoyagi gets too clever though after blocking a charge by hopping up on the ropes and Nomura just pushes him to the outside Naoya follows, just whips Yuma into the barricade and then Nomura gets a plain body slam (though with a bit of stank on it) before going back inside. Aoyagi crawls back inside, Nomura with another body slam, elbow drop, and now camel clutch before Yuma crawls to the ropes. Aoyagi is selling his back and the ref asks for space and then sets up a count before Nomura decides enough is enough and goes in with a forearm, Aoyagi tries to sucker in a dropkick and the first is dodged, but a second charge by Naoya has him walk into it and Yuma speeds it up with a reverse crossbody into a diving crossbody into an Endgame attempt before it’s Naoya’s time to get the ropes. Yuma tries to set something up but Naoya hits a duo of shoulderblocks and his own corner forearm before a Northern Light’s suplex is transitioned into a kimura and then some version of the anaconda vise? Yuma makes the ropes, fireman’s carry attempt is slipped out of but Naoya drops Yuma with a forearm, Aoyagi pops up and they just slug it out before trading German suplexes. Spear by Naoya! Brainbuster by Yuma! We hitting ALL the standbys here. We at least get like a 30 second double-down as both guys get their wind back. Both up and we’re back to trading elbows with Naoya’s definitely being sold more as Yuma is all punch-drunk, Naoya goes for a second spear but Yuma rolls through with another attempt at the Endgame and then tries to turn that into a cradle for 2 and then the leg-trap bridging O’Connor Roll gets 2.9999, okay I bit on that one. Naoya realizes he can’t outwrestle Yuma so he gets a superman elbow and then a third spear (which connects) and Naoya is just drooling spittle here. He takes his time getting to the top, and that lets Yuma pop up to meet him there with a superplex, Naoya fires up and slowly rises to his feet before Aoyagi fires off a lariat and then a bridging German for 2.8. Rockstar Buster is attempted by Yuma but Naoya breaks so Aoyagi gets his spinkick, a second Rockstar Buster attempt lands though and gets 2.7. Yuma goes for The Fool next but Naoya slips out, blocks Yuma’s followup spinkick and then starts going at the guy with left and right elbows before setting up a spear into a jackknife for 2.8. Nomura goes up again for a diving splash, then goes to the opposite buckle for another splash…for 2.9. Naoya lifts up Yuma for a fireman’s carry, and with the crowd absolutely electric we get the Maximum, Naoya’s high-angle Death Valley Driver (Yuma’s head is almost near Nomura’s hip for the bump, yeesh).

****

Well hot diggity dog, that’s one way to come back. Definitely maybe tried to overdo the EPIC nature of it, but for a return match on a big, real stage in front of a ton of fans, this is a pretty awesome introduction to Naoya. Now he definitely felt a bit rusty and conditioning wise he was just dripping sweat and spittle and I’m not sure that was just the character. I do like that Naoya is sort of something the main-event scene didn’t really have, he seems to be this serious, no-nonsense hard-edge no frills guy. All Japan has a lot of preening and posing and taunting, and Nomura seems very…not about that, almost Shibata esque with some of the judo moves thrown in. And now with a rebuilt uppercard of guys he hasn’t faced in years, Naoya fan slide in against dudes like the Saitos, Havoc, Hokuto, and of course Yuma Anzai (if he ever returns). I do think the over story of “wow this is this guys first real match back” is juicing this for me, but man, it’s great to see a guy miss that much time and come back mostly guns blazing, plus the story of the flashy, showboating Aoyagi who never takes things quite seriously enough just getting rocked with elbows and pounded into the dirt.

Kengo Mashimo vs. Kento Miyahara – Royal Round Tournament 1st Round

Background: A rematch from the Carnival, Kengo is the Assassin, an armbreaking, headkicking jerk. Kento is the ace of All Japan, and he’s a showboating, hotdogging, grandstanding, eternally resilient…well, he’s also a jerk. But he’s our jerk! Also in the Kento heel watch we’re now up to 70% of his jacket being black and now one of the flames on his tights is black too. I’m telling you it’s happening…any day now.

The Match: Both guys dance around with Kento being very careful about locking up with him as the canny Kengo immediately goes for the arm. They are taking it very deliberate as Mashimo then gets a headlock and cranks that before Kento breaks out into an international and a big boot but off the whip Kengo powders as he checks his teeth and does some Memphis stalling. Mashimo demands the ref let Miyahara back inside and when Kento tries to take advantage Kengo yanks him outside, tries to get him on the barricade but Kento is also a dirty brawler and boots Kengo again and unleashes the headbutts. Kengo gets taken to the woodshed and sent back in and when Miyahara preens as he steps through the ropes Mashimo pops up to nail the ropes into Kento’s…lower abdomen and then gets a dragonscrew in the ropes. Kento tumbles outside and the Assassin starts to assassinate Kento’s kneecap. We get stomps, elbow drops, cranks, a posting, all sorts of ways to torment the leg. We get a pretty sweet jumping knee drop on the knee that Kento sells like he’s gonna need the whole thing amputated. Kento finally gets the low dropkick into the medium dropkick but he’s still gripping his knee and stretching his leg out and can’t take advantage. Kento finally goes for a corner charge but he’s too slow and Kengo gets a boot up and they fight to the apron. Miyahara teases a piledriver, but Kengo slips out and gets a kneebreaker on the apron and then a dragonscrew. Kento sells for a long time on the outside, goes back inside, tries to stop a charge with a boot and Kengo gets a leg stunner (can’t think of a better way to phrase that), another dragonscrew, and unleashes some kicks, and that fires Kento up enough to start slugging it out with Kento getting the upperhand before Kengo gets ANOTHER dragonscrew, but a brainbuster is reversed and we have a double-down, and when Kengo uses the ropes to pull himself up Kento springs into play with a Blackout Knee, but a second is countered with a jump kick and then a fireman’s carry kneebreaker (almost a death valley driver going the opposite way) another leg crank and Kento grabs the ropes…so when Kengo grabs the leg the ref admonishes him, and the Assassin rolls his eyes. Mashimo gets a series of kicks to the leg, but his foot is caught, the enzuigiri ducked, and Miyahara fires off a short-range Blackout. Kento stretches the leg out as Kengo takes a while to make his feet and Kento goes for the Shutdown German. Kengo wriggles free, Kento Blackout…and it’s caught, but Kento gets a headbutt and goes for another knee but we get a Mashimo flying kneebar! Kengo rolls to the middle of the ring and Kento teases a tap while Mashimo than ties up Kento’s OTHER leg. With the power of the crowd Kento makes the ropes, and we get a neat note where Kengo asks if the ref is forcing a break cause Kento tapped and is irate when he learns the truth, that’s a solid touch! Mashimo goes for a brainbuster, and even manages to delay it but Kento slips out (and when he lands his legs buckle for a second) before getting a desperate Blackout, but Kengo does the AJPW no-sell, German suplex, buzzsaw kick. Highkick misses and it’s back to the Shutdown German and after a struggle, it lands.

****¼

Okay I love these guys chemistry together. Part of me was nervous about running a match with a predictable ending against a more emotional Naoya return match, but I imagine there were concerns on if Nomura could go for what was required and they knew these guys would nail it. Kento winning is not surprising, Kengo is a mean, nasty heel…midcarder, and Kento is the ace. Still, Mashimo is really good at what he does and seeing him torment Miyahara only for the Best of the Best to fire up and snatch victory always rules.

Post-match Kengo seems super irritated and seems to swear vengeance or something as he hammers the mat and just gives the evil eye to Kento as he stumbles to the corner. Kento gives his big bug-eyed crazy reaction eyes and cuts a promo about winning the tournament I’d guess.

Well that was fun! These tournament matches have been a blast and I’m looking forward to VERY QUICKLY catching up as sadly a convention appearance (and a convention flu) have slowed down my writing, should have Marigold up very soon as well. Thanks for reading and have a good one folks.