[cheering and clapping]
[commentator] Now Asuka is entering the ring.
Oh? With Nagayo. Will this be a double attack?
The Crush Gals in tandem fling her to the ropes.
Wow! They perform the double karate punch!
[cheering]
[rock music plays]
-[woman 1] Fight! -[woman 2] Stand up!
[Ayumi] Stand up. Stand up and fight!
That landed beautifully. No other wrestlers would be able to do that.
You got that right.
Now, it seems the Dynamite Girls don't want to give up their advantage.
It's Jumbo Hori's turn!
Jumbo Hori is moving in and starts with an attack on Asuka in the corner.
Oh, and now she's taking aim at Nagayo!
She quickly flies to the ropes.
Jumbo Hori knocks her down! What an explosive lariat.
-Hell yeah! -[woman 1] Stand up! Stand up!
Stand up!
-[Kuni] Come on, stand up. -[Chigusa groans]
[Kuni] Are you all right?
[Kitamura] she wanted to retire
and asked if we could wrestle however we wanted in our last match.
I was really surprised, because I also wanted to fight like that.
[rock music continues]
After the fight with Asuka,
I realized what kind of pro-wrestling I wanted to do.
We wanted to wrestle in an aggressive way that was different.
[Kuni] Back in the corner. Get back!
Hey, don't pull her hair.
-[commentator] Hori has Nagayo! -[Hori grunts]
And she slams her onto the mat in the center of the ring.
What is going to happen next?
-[Hori] Shut up, stop talking. -[Kitamura] Get over here.
-[Hori grunts] -[Chigusa groans]
-Get up! -Chigusa, fight!
[commentator] Now she's got her up over her shoulder.
She's attacking by making full use of her well-built physique and power.
Jumbo Hori, after lifting her opponent, swings like a pendulum
and then body slams her.
-That was intense. -Go!
[woman 1] Come on, fight!
[Chigusa groans]
[Kuni] Hair. Don't pull her hair!
-[Ohmori] Tag out! -Wanna have a go?
Yes!
[commentator] What's next? Ah, Yukari Ohmori enters the ring.
Her specialty, karate chop.
Get one of them out! They're both in there!
[commentator] And she lifts her up once again!
She lifts Nagayo, and now a Samoan drop.
[Chigusa groans]
-[woman 1] Stand up! -Get up, Chigusa!
[woman 2] Stand up!
[commentator] Oh, Lioness Asuka has entered the ring.
She couldn't stand waiting and barged in.
She flings Ohmori to the ropes, and now?
A dropkick!
So intense.
Hori attacks and Asuka dodges!
Will she do it again?
She did it again!
-She dropkicks Jumbo Hori! -Yeah!
Chigusa, can you do it? Ready?
Chigusa!
[commentator] The Crush Gals are working together.
They're getting ready for a double attack.
They throw Hori into the ropes,
and it's a dual reverse roundhouse kick!
[rock music continues]
-Hell yeah! -Yeah!
[reporter] So how did you decide on your team name?
At first, our manager Toshi gave us the name "Crush B."
[both chuckle]
-[Kitamura] But we thought it sucked. -[scoffs]
So we changed it a little.
We decided that we were two crushing gals.
That's why we are…
[both] Crush Gals, nice to meet you.
[commentator] The battle is outside the ring. Things are getting rough.
And Jumbo Hori grabbed Chigusa's head
and threw her forcefully back into the ring.
Will Chigusa be able to escape?
Jumbo Hori approaches her, and pulls her up, overpowering her.
Will Nagayo now be sent into the ropes?
No! Nagayo swings back.
Oh, a savate kick takes her down!
She kicks her masterfully, right in the neck!
Hey, referee. That was dangerous!
[commentator] It looks like Jumbo is now appealing o the referee.
-The match continues. -What are you gonna do?
[commentator] Chigusa pulls her back and she gets into position
to try for a sharpshooter.
[woman 2] Chigusa, make her stop!
Stop her!
Back to the corner!
[commentator] Chigusa clinches the sharpshooter.
Asuka's jumped in and also pulls her opponent into a sharpshooter.
The Crush Gals perform double sharpshooters.
That was incredible. Just incredible!
The audience cheers wildly for Nagayo and Asuka to win.
[yells]
[Kuni] Give up?
[Toshi] All right. Yeah. [chuckles]
Are you seeing this? Look at how great they are!
Well, yeah, they're pretty good,
but not good enough to get you back on prime time again.
It's lacking something. I wonder what though.
-[wrestler yells] -[Kuni] Give up?
No!
-[wrestler groans] -[Kuni] Give up?
Give up? No. No!
Rope break!
[crowd chanting] Asuka! Chigusa! Asuka! Chigusa!
[rock music plays]
♪
♪ No way you're gonna win ♪
♪ Stop your whining over me ♪
♪ Your opinions I don't need ♪
♪ Better be careful ♪
♪ Enter Dump the Heel ♪
♪ Loud enough to drown your prayers ♪
♪ God can't hear you anymore ♪
♪ This is my bloodthirsty anthem ♪
♪ Evil to the core ♪
♪ It's too late to run ♪
♪ It's the end, your time has come ♪
-♪ Here they come! ♪ -♪ Dump the Heel ♪
-♪ Here they come! ♪ -♪ Die, you bastard! ♪
[glass shatters]
Think about this more clearly.
With one more push, Crush can become our next Beauty.
-Yeah? -Pass. No thanks.
The Devil's a friend of mine,
but that doesn't mean that I want to team up with her.
-Well-- -[Devil] I don't think I want to either.
All those years being a heel since when I was in Black Devil will mean nothing.
Anyway,
I can see that Crush has been breaking through.
Still, you just expect that I'd wanna act as their foil?
I have my pride as well after all.
-[Kuni scoffs] -I'm leaving.
-You're annoying me. -Huh? Yokota.
[Toshi tuts]
-Well, Devil Masami will be our heel then. -[Devil sighs]
I guess we'll have to increase the ranks of the Devil Army.
What about Monster Ripper?
[scoffs] No way. I can't control someone like that.
[Toshi sighs]
[Honjo] Do you think there are UFOs?
-[Ohmori] Um, I think so. -Over there!
-[Kaoru] Look, look. -[Honjo] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Kaoru] There it is.
[all exclaim]
-It's a UFO. -It's a UFO.
Wow.
[man on TV]
[all gasp]
-It fell. -It fell.
It fell.
It's definitely real.
It has to be real.
-That was real. -Mm-hmm.
[TV narrator]
-[Kuni] Oh. -[Honjo] Why are you here?
[Kuni] Hey, you should clean this place up more often.
[Takashi] Huh?
-Just you three? -Yeah.
-What was that? -Chigusa and Asuka went out.
-I'll take that, sorry. -[TV narrator]
Ohmori, hey. You're doing well with Hori.
Thanks.
Jumbo said not to worry that she's my senior.
Hey, Matsumoto. Honjo.
Matsumoto. Honjo.
Huh? What are you doing? Have you just been hanging out?
-We weren't-- -You have somebody you wanna fight with?
I'd wanna fight the Monster Ripper one day.
[Takashi] Good answer.
Thank you very much.
[Takashi] Matsumoto?
Ah. But you're too nice. I guess she… might not.
-[Kuni] Hmm. -[man on TV]
There was someone I wanted to murder.
[TV narrator] without a word. The team approached…
Oh, it wasn't in wrestling though. It was just my dad.
[TV narrator] information from the locals.
Seriously?
[TV narrator] they could find.
Oh, man.
[suspenseful music plays]
Listen.
You can't half ass it if you want to be a good heel.
-Yes. -Yes.
Honjo, what's the job of a heel?
Uh…
To defeat all the good guys?
[Devil] It doesn't matter who wins or loses!
Terrifying everyone who is watching.
That's what we are here to do.
And what's our best way to do that?
Seeing blood.
-Uh… -Uh…
If we can get someone to bleed, that's when a heel shines.
But first you've got to learn how to use a weapon the correct way.
If used the right way, anything will do.
Try hitting as hard as you can with this.
-Huh? -Hit her already! Go on and do it!
Okay.
Sorry for this!
[Honjo groans]
What are you doing? You were supposed to hit me!
I'm sorry.
-[Honjo groans] -[Devil] God, you're useless.
-Hey, Inose. -Yes.
[yells]
-[gasps] -Well, then?
A true heel knows how to make someone bleed using any kind of tool.
Even with a simple, ordinary bottle opener like this one.
If you understand, go find a weapon that works for you.
-[Inose] You got it? -I… I got it.
[Honjo groans]
So are you… angry that she hit you?
Did she make you want to kill her?
I want to murder her.
[Devil] Okay.
So you should let that anger grow inside.
Look threatening, and tell her how you feel.
Yes.
I'm gonna rip your eyes out of your head!
[Honjo sighs]
You'll have to wear a mask.
What?
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Three.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Four.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Five.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Six.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Seven.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Eight.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Nine.
-[all] Sei. -[teacher] Ten.
[all] Sei.
[teacher] Raise your fist in front of your face.
Upper level punch, ready.
-One. -Sei.
-[teacher] Two. -Sei.
-[teacher] Three. -Sei.
-[teacher] Four. -[all] Sei.
-[teacher] Five. -Sei.
-[teacher] Six. -Sei.
-[teacher] Seven. Eight. -[all] Sei. Sei.
-[teacher] Nine. -[students] Sei.
-[teacher] Ten. -[students] Sei.
[teacher] Starting position. Front kick, ready.
I hate this! Why do I have to wear a mask?
This face is the moneymaker!
[Kaoru] They said I had to gain 15 kg.
-Wait, for real? -[Kaoru] Mm-hmm.
Oh, that ramen looks great!
[TV narrator] was attacked by something.
But what? Was it aliens? Oh no. The bushes!
-[Kaoru] Makeup? That's rare. -[chuckles]
I'm going to a magazine interview.
It's a dual interview. Can you guess who it's with?
No idea.
Looking at you, I would guess that it's a man.
Uh-huh. Maeda Akira!
You know! The pro-wrestler?
-Who's that? -Who's that?
-You don't know? -What?
[exhales] He's an up-and-coming star who trained in England. [chuckles]
And we heard that he's a fan of our matches as well.
[Kaoru] Hmm?
WEEKLY PRO-WRESTLING NEW STAR AKIRA MAEDA
[Kaoru] Hmm.
[Honjo] Oh, what's with the big boxes?
Huh? We're moving out.
-New recruits are coming soon. -[Kaoru gasps]
You're moving out? Really?
Of course they're moving. You should be looking for a place too.
[Kitamura] We should go. I'm almost done. Go ahead without me.
[Ohmori strains]
THANK YOU, NEW RECRUIT DORMITORY CHIGUSA NAGAYO
[quirky music plays]
-[Kaoru sighs] -What should we do?
We don't have enough to move out.
The Devil said I have to get a swimsuit before we have our fight.
And I have to go get a mask.
And we need to get weapons, too, don't forget.
[both groan]
Oh God, I don't have enough for any of this stuff!
[Honjo groans]
Oh, and also…
Huh?
Where do you buy a weapon?
[music stops]
Tokyu Hands, I think?
-[mom] Mmm! -[Kaoru chuckles]
You shouldn't have bought such an expensive lunch for us today.
[Kaoru] Mm.
That money you've been sending us has been helping us out enough here.
Oh, I joined… the Devil Army. They said I have to do it.
Mm?
Devil? Um… Devil Masami?
Mm-hmm.
And so I have to start breaking the rules and act like a heel.
But wouldn't that be dangerous for you?
No, it's all right.
All our illegal moves won't really hurt anyone. It's okay.
[mom] Oh, is that so?
-Mm-hmm. -[mom] Oh. Wow.
Mmm.
Are those his?
Goro.
[gasps softly]
Ah…
[exhales]
Of course not. Those are my gloves.
Ever since you had the incident with him,
we haven't seen him around.
[exhales]
Why don't you
just divorce him already?
-[door opens] -[mom] Mm.
-I'm home, hi. -Good afternoon.
Oh, you're visiting? [chuckles]
Uh… Uh, who's that?
Oh, uh, it's my boyfriend. That's Kaoru.
Oh. Hello. I'm Mitsuo.
-Hello. -[Hiromi] See you.
[mom chuckles]
Huh? Huh?
A boyfriend? How long though?
Just started dating him.
[both giggle]
Oh my God, that's crazy!
I'll get us tea. Oh, oh, sorry.
[Kaoru] Thank you.
[exhales] Oh, one thing!
-I forgot to ask you. -What is it?
-Could I get some autographs? -What?
There are a lot of fans in the factory where I work.
-Really? -[mom] They all love wrestling.
[Kaoru giggles]
Autographs from either of the Crush Gals would be amazing if you could do it.
Uh, of course. You got it.
After all, I'm best friends with one of them.
-I'll ask her and send them to you. -All right, wonderful!
-I can brag about it. [chuckles] -[Kaoru chuckles awkwardly]
Hey, isn't this great?
Paris.
[poignant music plays]
You're so cute.
Since when is it legal to use karate?
[Kuni sighs]
[Yokota] Hmm?
LEARN THE TRUE MARTIAL ARTS, THE SPIRIT OF KARATE!
[Yokota] So anything goes for Crush?
Wasn't it you that said to avoid hurting anyone
and to use moves they can defend against?
We have to evolve. Things change every so often.
Here's the same trend in men's wrestling. Tiger Mask's moves are popular. Right?
You also said that we shouldn't copy men's wrestling.
[sighs] Well…
[Kuni sighs]
Their karate is no more sophisticated than when children play.
You're the champion now, so act more dignified, would you?
A champion, though I've never once gotten treated like I'm one.
How's that fair after making me fight Jackie like that?
-I want a no-script fight with those two. -Yokota, calm down.
Okay.
I know what you are capable of better than anyone here.
No matter what anyone says, you're our best.
You were able to beat Jackie.
You don't really believe that.
[Kaoru sighs]
[Kaoru] But it's hard, isn't it?
It has to look like an injury without being one.
I wonder where the Butcher bought his fork at?
Whoa!
Look at this one.
Are you scared? Wait till I rip your eyeballs out!
-That's illegal! One. Two. Three. -[Honjo growls]
[man clears throat]
-Sorry for that. -Sorry for that.
The issue is, even if our weapons are cool,
they have to make our opponents bleed.
[Kaoru] Hmm.
All we can do is try.
Even against Chiko?
You're best friends.
I'll do it.
'Cause I know that I can make it.
-[customer] Excuse me. -[man] Yes?
-[customer] Do you have plastic chains? -[man] Yes, we do.
-[customer] Great. -[man] How many meters?
Uh, about ten meters will do for now.
[man] Okay. So which one?
-[customer] This one, please. -This?
Okay, one,
two.
Okay.
[crowd clamoring]
[upbeat pop music plays]
[male singer] ♪ Catch the gals
♪ They're called Miracle Hurricane
♪ Hurry up! Hurry up! Catch the gals
♪ They're called Miracle Hurricane
[crowd chanting] Number one
♪ Stir up a Crush whirlwind
♪ Begin an exciting drama
♪ My dear hero, super gals
[in Japanese] ♪ Is stained with red roses
[crowd in English] Crush Fight!
[in Japanese] ♪ Of savage wild animals
[crowd in English] Crush Fight!
[in Japanese]
♪ By the same dream today
♪ We're pumped to the max
♪ So get lost right now
♪ The entrance of a dream Is always stormy
♪ You're only young once So I'm jumping in
♪ Burning out in flames Is the Bible of Fire
♪ So watch us and feel us
♪ Burning like an intense fire
[in English] Hey, Matsumoto. Be aggressive!
All right.
-[Devil] Where's your mask at? -I'll put it on.
[Honjo exhales]
[singing in Japanese continues in distance]
[Honjo] Uh, I'm… I'm sorry.
[distant singing continues]
[Devil tuts]
That's not scary at all.
-[Honjo] It's okay. -[Inose] What's okay about it?
[distant singing continues]
-[Devil] All right, let's go! -[others] Yes!
[all yell]
[Kuni] What are you guys doing? Get out of the ring. Get out!
Stop!
[jeering]
[Kuni] What are you doing? Hey!
[Devil grunts]
[shrieking]
[Devil growls]
[Kuni] What are you doing? Hey! Get out!
What are you doing?
[Devil] Are you scared?
-Hey, Matsumoto. Do it! -Don't get in our way.
-Uh, okay. -[Kuni] Hey, stop it. Stop it.
-[Kitamura] Let go. Get out of the way! -[Kuni] The bell hasn't rung yet.
[Kaoru yells]
-What the hell is this useless crap? Huh? -[Kaoru gasps]
-I'm sorry. -[Devil] You go first.
-Go for it! -Okay.
-Hey. Are you tag-teaming with her? -Yes.
-[Kuni] You're in. -Yes!
-Okay. -Gong!
[gong chimes]
[tense music plays]
Hey, Devil. Why don't you get in?
Don't run away.
[Devil] Get over there.
Get over here!
-Why won't you fight her? Are you scared? -[Devil] Shut up.
Hey, I'm right here!
[Kaoru grunts]
-[Honjo] Go, go, go. -[Kaoru] You little bitch! [grunts]
[Inose] Kill her, Matsumoto!
[Kaoru yells]
-[Devil] Take her down! -[Inose] Keep attacking.
Hey, don't lie down! What's the matter? Get up already!
-[Inose] Go, go, go! -[Kaoru] Take that!
[grunts] And that!
Here I go!
[Chigusa grunts]
[Kaoru groans]
-[Honjo] Come on, fight back! -[Kaoru groans]
[Chigusa] Get in here and fight me, Devil!
[Kaoru groans]
Sloppy work.
-[Kuni] Tag in. Okay. -[Honjo] Ms. Devil, get in there!
-[Kuni] Fight. -[Honjo] Ms. Devil!
[Kitamura] Chigusa, go!
[wrestlers yell]
[Kitamura] Chigusa, get her!
-What's with you? -[Honjo] What was that?
[woman] Take her down!
-[Kuni] Get inside the ring! -I'm gonna crush you all tonight!
[Kuni] Seconds out. Start the count!
-Seconds out of the ring! -[Devil yells]
-[Kuni] No, get out of the way! -Hey, hold that bitch tighter than that!
Yeah.
-[Kuni] One, two, three. -[Devil grunts] Just keep her over there.
[Kuni] Hey, seconds! Seconds!
[Devil] I'm gonna do it. I'll use this.
You wanna see that?
-[Kitamura grunts] -[Kuni] One, two.
[Kuni] Three.
[Kaoru groans]
-[Kuni] Fight in the ring. -[Chigusa groans]
[Kaoru groans]
[Devil] Hey, Nagayo. Get up, bitch.
[Chigusa groans]
[Chigusa screams]
My… my head!
[shrieking]
[Chigusa groans]
[Devil] You like that? [growls]
Get up now!
-[Devil growls] -[Chigusa screams]
[shrieking]
-[grunting] -[Kaoru groans]
Hey, get out of the way bitch!
[Devil spits] Come on. Get in there.
Come on!
[Devil growls]
[Kuni] Blood?
[gasps]
[Kitamura] Chigusa!
I haven't even started yet, you piece of shit!
[yells]
[Chigusa groans]
[tense music plays]
-[Kuni] Stand up. -[Devil] What's the matter?
-Huh? -[Chigusa gasps]
[Devil] Hey!
[Devil yells]
[rock music plays]
-[Kitamura] Chigusa, tag! -[Kuni] Are you all right?
-You're bleeding. -Get over here, Chigusa.
-[Devil] Why don't you try? -Come here now, you bitch!
-[Devil] Come on. Try it. -[Kuni] Wait!
Bitch! Come back!
Hey, why are you just lying there?
[Devil roars]
[Kuni] Are you okay? Are you okay?
-Are you okay? -[Devil] Hey, is that it? Over already?
[Kitamura] Chigusa, pull yourself together!
-[Chigusa groans] -[Devil] Get up and fight.
Come over here, you bitch!
Get up!
-[Chigusa groans] -[Kuni] No grabbing the hair!
[Kitamura] Chigusa!
Hey.
-[Kitamura] Get up! -Hit the forehead.
-Yes. -[Kuni] Stand up.
[tense music continues]
-[Kuni] Tagged in. Fight. -Come here, Chigusa.
-[Chigusa groans] -[Kitamura] Chigusa! Chigusa!
Come here, bitch!
[both breathe heavily]
[Devil] Do it.
Do it!
[tense music continues]
-[Kaoru yells] -[Chigusa groans]
[Kaoru yells]
[Kaoru grunts]
Don't wimp out. Get her in the forehead.
-I said the forehead! -Yes!
-Don't mess with me! -Stop interfering!
[Chigusa grunts]
[Kaoru groans]
[both grunting]
[sighs]
Get in here, Devil!
[chuckles]
Do it. Go on.
[Chigusa breathes heavily]
[Kaoru groans]
[Honjo] Hey, you should be able to keep going.
-Kaoru, what are you doing? Get up. -[Inose] Get up.
-[Honjo] Get back in there, Kaoru. -Go.
[Honjo] Ms. Devil. Do it.
[Devil breathes deeply]
[grunts]
[grunts] Come on!
[grunts] Had enough yet?
[Chigusa yells]
[both yell]
-[Devil exclaims] -[Chigusa groans]
Hey, is that all you got? Are you listening?
Why don't you do something?
Okay, I will!
-[Chigusa grunts] -[Devil groans]
[Chigusa yells]
-Asuka! -[Kitamura] Okay.
-[Honjo] Kaoru, get back in there. -Ms. Devil!
-[Honjo] Hurry. -Get in there!
[Honjo] Go back in there.
[grunting]
[all grunt]
-Yes! -[Kitamura] Yes!
[cheering]
-[Honjo] Get in there! -Do something!
Are you okay? Are you all right?
-[Honjo] Hey, you! -[Kuni] Hey!
That's enough. Get out of the ring!
There's too many of you.
Get out of the ring!
There's too many of you in here. Get out!
[grunting and yelling]
[Devil groans]
-[Devil grunts] -[Kaoru groans]
[Devil] Your wrestling was total shit tonight.
Start over fighting from the undercard.
THE DEVIL ARMY
[Inose scoffs]
[door slams]
[man 1 laughs] This is fun. [laughs]
Mmm. President, have as much as you want to drink!
Thank you, thank you.
Oh, do you think the Crush Gals would give me an autograph?
Oh, of course they can.
-Hey, Chigusa, Asuka. Sign. -[Kitamura] Yes, sure.
Oh, thank you.
About five, if you can.
-Five? -Five would be great!
-Oh, can I get some too? -You too?
-Hey, Crush. Here you go. -[Crush Gals] Yes, sir.
-[man 2] Of course, of course. -[man 3] It's good.
-For you to sign. -Okay.
[Abe] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[men laugh]
You're so full of yourself.
[Abe] Please. Enjoy as much as you want.
You're just jealous of me.
Chigusa, stop it.
[scoffs] What did you say?
[Chigusa] I'm just signing an autograph because I was told they wanted it.
What's with your attitude?
I never intended to get chummy with friends as a wrestler.
Never once have I wrestled with the intention of making friends!
Chigusa, the way you said that was rude.
-Hey, hey! -[Kitamura] I'm sorry.
[Kuni] Sit down.
-I'm going. -[Yokota] Hey!
-Chigusa! -[Ayumi] Chigusa!
-Sorry for that. -Sorry for that.
-[Kuni] Just sit down. Go on. -I'm sorry.
[door creaks, slams]
Kaoru.
Are you all right?
Your head.
Don't worry about it, Kaoru.
Though next time, you should come at me harder.
I'm sorry.
Sorry to ask.
If it's not a good time, it's okay.
Well, actually, it's for my mother.
[Chigusa] Your mom?
She asked to get some Crush autographs for her.
Oh yeah? So that's all?
You and I are best friends.
So you can ask me whenever you want to.
Okay.
Thank you.
Are you going out?
I'm going for a run.
-[Kaoru] Hm. -[chuckles]
Chigusa.
Can I run with you tonight?
Mm-hmm. Let's go.
[chuckles]
It feels good to run, doesn't it?
[Kaoru] Mm-hmm.
[melancholy music plays]
[sniffs]
[cries]
[Abe laughs] I'm so grateful for Crush.
Now I'm getting sponsors without even trying to.
Work is such a cakewalk now! [laughs]
The star from Kumagaya,
Kaoru Matsumoto,
who fought a fierce battle against
in her debut match,
is finally coming to your town.
Using her weight of 100 kg.,
watch as she performs her dynamic pro-wrestling!
Utilizing her skills, she could be the only one
to defeat the Crush Gals!
Matsumoto Kaoru!
[both laugh]
Hey, stop! Knock it off already!
Matsumoto Kaoru!
[Kaoru] Stop it! Don't do that.
-Would you just stop it already?! -[Abe] No.
-Why not? -[Kaoru] Just stop it! Stop!
Hey, what are you doing?
[Abe chuckles]
[Kaoru laughs]
OKAZAKI CITY GYMNASIUM
[man] Thank you for coming, girls. The reception is over here.
ALL NIPPON WOMEN'S PRO-WRESTLING BROADCAST
[wrestler yells] Take that!
-[woman] Get up! -[referee] One, two.
Two.
[wrestler yells]
[Ohmori groans]
[yells]
Ow!
[Ohmori grunts]
-Stand, Keiko! -[referee] This should be it.
[woman] Don't touch her hair!
[Ohmori yells]
-Get out of the corner. -[Ohmori] Hey, are you ready?
[Keiko groans]
[Ohmori grunts]
-Hey, Keiko! Stand! -Come on!
Not happening.
The match is predetermined.
You and Lovely are winning the fight. Why are you upset?
Yeah, even if we're scripted to win,
we are still only there to make them look good.
I deserve to fight them seriously for once.
[sighs]
[Abe] What's going on?
[chuckles] Yokota wants to fight without a script in the main event.
Huh? [chuckles]
Yokota is supposed to beat Chigusa, right?
[Kuni] Hmm.
I was in charge of organizing this event,
but the patrons here were all rooting for you, Yokota.
I wish you would stop it already.
You think I'm an idiot? Really?
I know how you feel.
You think "Yokota's got the skills, but none of the glamour necessary."
Well, why don't you suck it up for a day?
We'll think over your request later.
We have our reasons for what we do.
How's sales?
[Kitamura] Good evening.
I'll see you in the ring.
Tomo.
Yes?
Tonight, forget the script and fight.
-What? -Tell Chigusa about what I said.
[announcer]
Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka are making their entrance.
BACKSTAGE ATHLETE LOCKER ROOM 1
Chiko, uh, I talked to Yokota and…
I don't wanna hear it.
I can only wrestle how I want to if I don't hear it.
-[cheering] -[camera shutters click]
-[Abe] Where's the president? -Huh? The usual place.
-That's four million yen. -[Abe] Oh. Okay.
-Here. -I'll pay you next time.
Ah, you're kidding?
[announcer] …
Oh, Macchan.
-Ah! -Aren't you a second?
Mm-mm. Actually, I'm part of the Devil Army now.
Oh, I see. So come with me, then.
-Hm? -There.
[announcer]
-[Abe groans] -[Takashi] Hey.
[Abe inhales, groans]
-[Abe groans] -Oh, hi
What are you doing over here?
He usually doesn't have any interest in the fights.
Sometimes, when he wants to, he goes up.
-You can see everything up here. -[Takashi] Sit down.
-[Kaoru] Oh. -Best seat in the house.
Oh, thank you very much.
I can watch the match objectively from here.
[referee] Eyes, nose, mouth. No using elbows, knees, heels, or toes to attack.
Now shake.
-Let's fight. -Let's fight.
[Kitamura] Let's fight.
Let's fight.
[referee] Ready?
-Fight! -[bell chimes]
[cheering]
[Ohmori] Chigusa!
[Yokota grunts]
Come on!
[straining]
-[Yokota grunts] -Break, break, break. Rope break.
-Break. -[Chigusa groans]
No, no, no, no. Break.
Yokota, I said break.
[both grunt]
-[Yokota yells] -[Chigusa groans]
[woman] Watch out, she's spinning!
[Chigusa groans]
[woman 1] Yokota, go!
[Yokota yells]
Yeah!
Ah, shit!
[both yell]
[referee] Give up?
Macchan, hey.
[referee] No! No!
Watch the audience carefully from here.
What?
Yokota's doing great work out there, but no one out there is watching her.
[woman 1] Go on, get her, Jaguar!
[man 1] Chigusa!
[woman 2] Chigusa!
[man 2] Chigusa!
[woman 3] Chigusa!
Chigusa!
[both yell]
[Kaoru] Those who go on to make it as stars just shine on their own.
Mr. Abe, it's just how you said.
[Abe] Pro-wrestling is a cruel business.
No matter how much skill you have,
the one who has star quality takes it all in the end.
[wrestler yells]
[Takashi] What are you saying?
That's why it's interesting, don't you think?
If we just showed polite fighting, it wouldn't excite anyone.
[indistinct shouting]
[man 3] Tag her! Yes!
[woman 4] Chigusa! Come on!
Do you think Yokota will do what we asked her tonight?
No idea.
Though it looks like it won't end with a friendly fight.
[Kitamura grunts]
[Yokota] Hey! What are you doing? You might hurt her!
[Kitamura grunts]
-All right! -Hey!
[Lovely grunts]
-Ah, hair! Hair! -Hair. Hair, hair, hair.
Hey, corner. Break. Break!
Break!
One, two.
-Referee! -[Kitamura] Get off me, bitch!
Referee, do your job!
-Get her out! -Hair, hair.
[Chigusa] Asuka!
-[Yokota] Come on, bitch! -[Kitamura yells]
[Abe] This should be it.
Yokota's German suplex is the cue to end the match.
Get over here!
[Chigusa yells]
All right. One, two.
-Hey, hey, hey! -Get out of here!
-[referee] Get out of the ring! -[Kitamura yells]
-[referee] Out of the ring! -Hurry, Chigusa. Finish her!
[referee] One. Two.
[Kitamura] Get up, Chigusa!
[referee] Two.
[Lovely grunts]
Chigusa!
Chigusa, stand up!
Let's finish this right now!
[groans]
[Kitamura] Chigusa! Get up!
[Chigusa groans]
Try to stand! Chigusa!
Okay!
[Kitamura] Stand up! Chigusa!
[yells]
[both groan]
-[Kitamura] Chigusa! -[Lovely] Yokota!
[rock music plays]
No!
She went off script.
What is she doing?
Huh?
[rock music continues]
Chigusa!
Yokota!
Out of the way!
[Kitamura grunts]
Oh, shit!
What's Chigusa doing?
Yokota's getting what she was asking for.
[rock music continues]
Bet you Yokota wins.
If you do 30,000, it's a bet.
Chigusa, hey, let's go! Over here!
Give me your hand. Tag out! Hey!
Chigusa, tag!
Tomo, it's up to you. Stop her!
[Lovely] Yokota!
Stay down there!
Get away, you bitch!
Chigusa, finish it!
[Chigusa] Damn it!
[rock music continues]
[Chigusa yells]
[Chigusa grunts]
[Yokota] You bitch!
[Chigusa grunts]
[Lovely] Hey! Get back up! Come on!
[Kitamura grunts]
[rock music continues]
[Kitamura grunts]
Get over here!
[Yokota] Bitch!
[Chigusa grunts]
[referee] Hey!
[Chigusa grunts]
[rock music continues]
-[Yokota yells] -[Chigusa groans]
[Lovely grunts]
-[Kitamura grunts] -[head clangs]
[yells]
Get over here!
[yells]
[Chigusa grunts]
All right!
This match is incredible.
-Chigusa, up there! -Hey, get out of the ring!
Hair, hair, hair!
[Chigusa panting]
[rock music continues]
[Chigusa yells]
Chigusa! Here we go!
[yells]
[rock music continues]
-[referee] Out of the ring! -Chigusa, finish her!
[Lovely] Get over here!
-Get off me! -[Chigusa strains]
[Chigusa strains]
-[Chigusa strains] -[Yokota groans]
[yells]
Yokota, get the rope! You can do it!
-[Chigusa grunts] -[Yokota strains]
[cheering]
[yells]
[referee] Give up? Give up?
[yells]
Chigusa!
[referee] Give up? Give up?
[yells]
Stop, stop, stop, stop!
-[Chigusa grunts] -[bell chimes]
[cheering and applause]
[announcer] Thirteen minutes and 25 seconds.
Thirteen minutes and 25 seconds.
The winning move was a sharpshooter by Chigusa Nagayo.
Crush Gals win the match!
Crush.
They just did that.
Well, so they did.
It was fun, so it's all good.
[crowd] Chigusa! Asuka! Chigusa! Asuka!
[Ayumi] Hey, Yokota?
-[Kuni groans] -Oh, yes!
-[Kuni groans] -[Toshi grunts]
[crowd] Chigusa! Asuka! Chigusa! Asuka!
Chigusa! Asuka! Chigusa! Asuka!
You still need to have a little talk with Chigusa.
She did go off script after all.
-[Toshi laughs] -[Kuni growls]
[crowd] Asuka! Chigusa! Asuka!
[Lovely] What were you thinking, bitch?
[Chigusa groans]
[Lovely grunts]
-[shouts] -[Chigusa groans]
[grunts]
[Lovely grunts]
[Kitamura] Please stop it, Lovely! Please stop it now!
-Lovely, stop! -[Lovely growls]
-[Lovely grunts] -[Kitamura] Please don't!
Lovely, don't!
Hey, hey, hey. Come on, you guys. What are you doing? That's dangerous!
[Lovely] Get off me!
[Kuni] Stop it now! I said calm down!
What are you stopping me for?
So Crush just gets to do whatever they want?
Are you all right, Chigusa?
[tense music plays]
We can't wrestle the right way if they act like that.
She's right. Why the hell did you go off script like that?
Apologize to Yokota properly.
[tense music continues]
[music fades]
I don't want to.
[Kuni sighs]
[Kuni] What is your problem? Huh?
Hey, what's with the attitude?
[Kuni] Come on, stop. You stay back. Stop it!
-How dare you? -[Kuni] I said stop it!
I'll never fight in a ring with Chigusa again!
What? What are you trying to say?
So then, why don't you seniors just quit wrestling already?
Huh?
-No, no, no, -What's your problem, huh?
All right. Enough.
There'd be no audience if it weren't for Crush, and you know it!
[Kuni sighs]
[Kitamura groans]
-[Kuni] Hey. Hey! -[Kitamura gasps]
Huh? Who do you fucking think you are?
Don't be so condescending about where you stand, you stupid bitch!
Even if you're the most popular wrestlers,
there wouldn't be any pro-wrestling without any opponents.
[Kitamura grunts]
[Kitamura] Chiko, let's go.
[Honjo] Wait!
[chuckles]
[Kitamura laughs]
[Chigusa chuckles]
[both laugh]
[gentle music plays]
I want to change
the face of women's pro-wrestling, you know?
[gentle music continues]
Mm-hmm.
So do I.
[gentle music continues]
[chuckles softly]
[gentle music continues]
[music fades]
[Toshi laughs]
You bought another car that's only good for gas-guzzling, huh?
Kids don't understand how good American cars are.
Hey, don't touch that!
[laughs]
So?
-What's going on? -[Takashi] Well, sit down.
[woman] Thanks for coming. What will you have, Toshi?
One of those.
You got it.
What is it?
[Takashi] It's about Crush.
You should just leave it all alone.
I think all that aggression from in the shower room
will make for good fights.
Oh my… You're not thinking of the wrestlers.
I think it's all right. It's how martial arts began.
Even so, if Crush keeps on going that way,
the audience will grow tired of it very quickly.
We made that mistake with Beauty.
We need to do something.
I bet… you have an idea.
Mm-hmm.
NAOKO SATO, CHIGUSA NAGAYO, KAORU MATSUMOTO
[sighs]
-[head thuds] -Ouch!
-[sighs] -[crying]
[sniffling]
[crying]
[beads rattle]
[gasps]
Oh, hi! Good morning. [sniffles]
[Kaoru] Uh, who
are you again?
Nakano.
I'm Keiko Nakano.
What are you crying for?
[chuckles softly]
I cried when I read this, because, um, I could really relate.
What is it?
[Keiko] Ms. Nagayo's profile.
"I was very lonely in my rookie days."
"It was hard for me to open up to my fellow athletes,
and I didn't have anyone I could call my best friend."
[somber music plays]
"So to take my mind off my loneliness, I tried going to a disco by myself."
[chuckles] I feel exactly the way she did.
[somber music continues]
TWO WARRIORS
I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA BE A PRO-WRESTLER, OR I'LL DIE!"
[Kaoru] "But
there was someone who rescued me out of that darkness."
"It was Asuka."
Asuka!
[Kaoru] "Thanks to Asuka, I felt like I had finally become a pro-wrestler."
[Keiko sniffles]
That's impossible!
[both laugh]
[Kaoru strains]
[discordant music plays]
[Keiko sniffles]
[telephone rings]
[Keiko] Oh.
[ringing continues]
[Keiko] Hello?
Uh, yes.
It's for you, from the office.
-[Takashi] I see. You can go now. -[Chigusa] Thank you.
Excuse me.
Thank you, sir.
Oh.
[Chigusa sighs]
[Takashi] Come in.
Okay.
I'll go to the venue now.
What is it?
Is your father Goro Matsumoto?
[Kaoru] Yes.
I see.
Well, that Goro person is going around telling people he'll let them meet Crush.
[Kaoru] No way.
[Takashi] And he's selling Chigusa's autographs, saying it's proof it's true.
We're getting calls asking if they can really meet them.
You made Chigusa sign things for you after her fight. Is that correct?
It's not like that.
-[Kuni] Hmm? -No.
-Huh? -No, it wasn't…
-What have you done, you dumb bitch? -[Takashi] Kunimatsu!
-I… -It's a step away from fraud.
No, I…
I said it's a step away from fraud, you idiot!
-Matsumoto. -[Kaoru] Yes.
Call your father and fix the issue.
-I wasn't-- -[Kuni] Do something about it!
-[telephone jangles] -[Kuni] You have to do it now!
Yes, but I didn't…
[thunder crashes]
[gasps]
Kaoru.
Weren't you going to divorce Goro?
[scoffs] What a greeting.
You haven't been around for a while.
[tense music plays]
Is it your day off today? Why don't you eat with us and--
What did you do with the autographs I sent for you?
[tense music continues]
Did he make you do it?
Did you really charge others money to meet Crush?
[Goro] What? What are you saying?
[Kaoru] I heard from Hiromi
that you've been giving him the money I sent you too.
Hey, Kaoru.
[tense music continues]
[sighs] Yeah, well, I was sick.
Your mother had trouble paying everything, so…
Does it really matter?
It doesn't affect you at all, does it?
It's no big deal.
[breathes deeply]
[tense music continues]
Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey! Hey, no, don't, don't, don't, don't! [whimpers]
[tense music continues]
It's a huge deal to me, you asshole.
[thunder crashes]
[mom] S-Stop it, please.
What… Agh! Wh-What are you doing?
Don't talk, you bastard! I'm gonna kill you now.
Kaoru, stop it! Goro has been different ever since he got sick.
He's a better father now.
[Goro whimpers]
-[Hiromi gasps] -[Goro groans]
[somber music plays]
You're all just making fun of me.
Why did you do that?
[mom] You need to go.
I'll give all the money back to you.
When I do, I'll apologize directly to Ms. Nagayo.
[tense music plays]
What the hell are you saying? Is he threatening you?
Hurry and just divorce that jerk!
[Goro] Stop it, Kaoru.
Don't you dare touch me! [grunts]
[mom whimpers]
I'll decide if I'm leaving your father.
This isn't for you to make that decision for me.
[breathes rapidly] I don't care if you think I'm stupid.
But while you have been trying your best to be a wrestler,
we were doing what we could just to survive over here.
You hardly ever came to see us,
and you didn't even know your father couldn't work due to illness.
[tense music plays]
So don't act like you know everything!
[tense music builds]
[breathes shakily]
[screams]
[continues screaming]
[Goro yelps]
[Goro groans]
[moans]
[tense music continues]
[thunder crashes]
[tense music continues]
[breathes shakily]
Kaoru.
[tense music continues]
[Hiromi] Stop it, Kaoru!
Hurry, Mom, run!
-[Hiromi grunts] -[Kaoru screams]
[rubble clatters]
[thunder crashes]
[somber music plays]
[thunder crashes]
-Macchan's nowhere to be found? -[Takashi] Yeah, that's what I heard.
Her mother gave us a call earlier.
-[Abe] What do we do? -[woman] Coming through.
What can we do?
We can't keep employing a wrestler who ditched a match.
What is she thinking? God! [groans]
[cheering]
[rock music plays]
-[Kuni] Hair, hair! -[Chigusa groans]
-[woman 1] Get it together! -[Honjo] Hey, don't be lying down.
Stand up, bitch.
-[woman 2] Come on, come on! Fight her! -[Honjo] Come on. You ready for this?
-[both grunt] -[woman 1] All right!
[Honjo] Come on! [grunts]
-[Chigusa groans] -[Honjo] Take that!
[woman 1] All right, get her!
[Honjo] What's the matter? Get over here now!
-[woman 3] Fight back! -[Kuni] Hey, no pulling hair.
[Honjo] Wanna see this bitch die?
-[Honjo grunts] -[Chigusa groans]
Chigusa, you can do it! Hold on!
-Go on, lift her! -Lift her! What are you doing?
[Honjo roars]
[both strain]
-[Chigusa groans] -[woman 4] Yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Honjo] Serves you right! How do you like that?
-[Kuni] One, two. -[Chigusa grunts]
[Kuni] Two!
Tag in.
[indistinct shouting]
-[Kuni] Okay. -Hey.
[Chigusa yells]
[Chigusa groans]
Don't just lie there!
-Get her! -[Devil] Come on!
[Chigusa groans]
-Come on, get up! -Hey, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair.
-[Devil yells] -[Chigusa groans]
[Kuni] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[Devil grunts]
-[Kuni] Wait a minute. -Hey, fight in the ring!
[Kuni] Get back in the ring!
-Get back inside. -Get back in there!
-[Kitamura] You piece of shit! -[Kuni] Get back in the ring!
[Kitamura groans]
Get out of my way, you stupid bitch!
-Take this! -[Kitamura groans]
[Devil] Smash her. Go.
[Kitamura] Let me go!
[Inose yells]
[Kitamura groans]
[shrieking]
-[Devil yells] -[Chigusa groans]
[Devil] Hey!
Give me that.
-No! -[Devil] I said give it to me right now!
-No! -[grunts] Asshole!
Get out of here!
A-ha.
-[Devil yells] -[Chigusa groans]
-[Devil] How's that?! -[Kitamura groans]
[Kitamura groans]
[Inose] You stupid bitch!
[shrieking]
[chain rattles]
[man] Whoa, don't push, stupid.
-[Chigusa groans] -[Devil] Hey.
Here comes another one, you bitch! [laughs]
[Devil yells]
[both strain]
-Whoa, whoa! -[Chigusa grunts]
[Chigusa yells]
[groans]
[crowd shrieking continues]
[gasps]
[groans]
[Chigusa coughs]
[Kaoru roars]
-[Kaoru roars] -[Honjo] Kaoru?
[Kaoru roars]
[Kaoru laughs]
[Kaoru roars]
Who's that?
[shouting]
What the hell is she doing?
[shouting continues]
[Kaoru growls]
[Kaoru roars]
-[Kaoru snarls] -[Chigusa groans]
-[chains rattle] -[Chigusa gasps]
[Chigusa grunts]
[tense music plays]
[Inose groans]
[tense music continues]
-[Kaoru grunts] -[Kitamura groans]
[Kaoru grunts]
[shrieking]
What the hell?
-[Kaoru growls] -[Kitamura exhales]
See that?
Don't look away! Look here!
[Honjo] Hey, what are you doing?
[tense music continues]
Wait a minute.
Is that real?
-Get out of the way. -[Honjo] Huh?
I said, get out of the way.
[Honjo] Yes!
[tense music continues]
Hey, what the hell are you doing?
[tense music continues]
Got a problem?
[Devil groans]
[Kaoru grunts]
[yells]
[Kaoru roars]
[both yell]
[Devil groans]
[snarls]
[tense music continues]
She's like
a dump truck, whoa!
[rock music plays]
-[Kaoru grunts] -[Chigusa groans]
[Chigusa groans]
[Kaoru yells]
[Kuni] Chigusa, are you okay?
Hey.
Uh, Ma-Ma-Matsumoto,
what are you doing?
-[Kaoru grunts] -[Kuni groans]
[Kuni whimpers]
[rock music continues]
-[Kaoru grunts] -[Chigusa groans]
You… stand already.
-[Kaoru grunts] -[Chigusa groans]
Let go!
-[Kaoru grunts] -[Chigusa groans]
[tense music plays]
[Chigusa groans]
-[chains rattle] -[Kaoru grunts]
Yeah. [chuckles]
Yeah. [laughs]
[exhales]
[grunts]
-[snarls] Yeah! -[crowd] Boo!
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
Go away! Go away! Go away!
[Chigusa groans]
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away!
[Chigusa groans]
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
Huh?
-[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! -Ah!
[crowd] Go away! Go away!
[snarls]
[rock music plays]
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
[laughs]
[snarls]
[rock music continues]
[laughs]
[coughs]
[rock music continues]
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
Go away! Go away!
[breathes heavily]
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
I'll kill you all!
[crowd] Go away!
If you don't quit your whining, then all of you are gonna die!
[crowd] Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away!
[roars]
["Are You Serious?" by Awich plays]
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct shouting]
[indistinct announcement]
[crowd shouting]
[wrestlers grunt]
[thudding]
THIS IS A FICTIONAL STORY BASED ON REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS