Kinnikuman 71

The territorial tag tourney begins with the Machineguns taking on the Emperors! But there's one major factor of a tag tournament Kinnikuman hasn't quite learned yet...

Chapter 71: Ironclad Rules of Tag

50.
Announcer: The magnificent entrance ceremony has ended. From here, we will have the first match of the Tag Championship: Team Kinnikuman & Terryman vs. Team Beauty Rhodes & John Steamboat!!
Suguru: That was magnificent? I’ve been mopped up from the big rumble earlier.
Announcer: In the Blue Corner, representing the Choujin Council, total weight 565 pounds: Beauty Rhodes & John Steamboat:
Announcer: THE EMPERORS!!

51.
Announcer: In the Red Corner, representing the Choujin Association, total weight 500 pounds: Kinnikuman & Terryman:
Announcer: THE MACHINEGUNS~~~!!
Announcer: Ooh! There’s an incredible rooting match for both teams.
Mayumi & Natsuko: Suguru, you can do it~~!!

52.
Mayumi: Good, Suguru. Do a poo in the midst of a match just like in the Olympics---!!
Announcer: This pre-match rootich match…it seems that it is a tie for both teams!!
Audience: Terry—Rhodes—
Tazahama: No, that’s wrong!
Tazahama: The Emperors holds a fixed amount of fans, but the Machineguns are mostly all Terryman fans. Kinnikuman just has them in the outfield over there.
Banner: Suguru – Best in the World

53.
Mayumi: WHAT~~!!
Announcer: In the ring is our witness and referee, Clark Kenta. He is performing a body check!!
Terry: Emperors…let’s have a fair fight…
Suguru: Of course—
Steamboat: Fufu………Our
Rhodes: Answer…
Steamboat & Rhodes: Is this--!!

54.
Terry: Ki…Kinnikuman!!
Announcer: We~~ll, Kinnikuman’s been sunk into the mat---!!
Terry: Are you alright…?
Suguru: That guy, I’ll kill him. I’ll take care of the advance guard!
Terry: You can’t!
Terry: You’ve lost composure. I’ll go for the advance guard!!
Meat: Right, Prince…your quick temper is a disadvantage!
Suguru: What are you saying? I’m always composed, idiots~~~!!

55.
Announcer: So with the gong, the advance guards are Beauty Rhodes and Terryman!!
Suguru: Hey~~that’s dirty, Terry--!!
Terry: Cool your head a bit!
Announcer: Both men have their arms together in the center of the ring.
Announcer: Now, Terryman been turned into a surfboard!!
Suguru: You fool---!!
Suguru: Going to show me that? If you say that, then take your pain!!

56.
Announcer: Ooh, Terryman has sent back a reverse kick---!!
Announcer: And a Side Suplex.
Announcer: Well, Rhodes can’t bare it and is tagging Steamboat!!
Suguru: Terry~~you can’t do it alone. Switch with me!!
Terry: Got it, got it, shut up--!
Suguru: O—K, we’ll win this!!

57.
Announcer: Ooh, Kinnikuman has raised him easily---!!
Suguru: Hehe—this will end it!!
Mayumi & Natsuko: He did it--!! The Shoulder Buster--!!
Announcer: Well, Kinnikuman’s got a fall!!
Suguru: That’s dirty, fatty!!

58.
Rhodes: Foul play within a 5-count by the referee isn’t violating the rules…dummy!!
Steamboat: Here in tag is the ironclad rule of team play…
Steamboat: Remember it well!!
Announcer: Ooh, there it is—Steamboat’s Killer Karate----!!
Terry: Ki…Kinnikuman!!

59.
Girls: Kyaaa, dreamy---!!
Harrison: Go! Emperors!!
Steamboat: Let’s go, Rhodes!!

60.
Announcer: And that’s the Flying Body Attack---!!
Kenta: 1
Announcer: Well, he’s bounced back on the 1-count--!!
Suguru: Isn’t that great? That’s how this team play is!
Suguru: Terryman, change in. I need your help.
Terry: Really—you’re using me for yourself…
Phreas: Ho…how? Kinnikuman’s & Terryman’s heart connection is disturbed…

61.
Announcer: Well, Terryman is hit with a suplex---!!
Suguru: I’ve waited for that--!!
Suguru: Ah…
Steamboat: I’m right here.
Meat: Really—it’s cause he’s clumsy.
Announcer: Ooh, Terryman’s going with the Manji Defense~~~!!
Kenta: Hey! Give up?

62.
Suguru: Well, give up you pig!
Suguru: He…hey~~~he sunk from my signal when I helped!
Terry: Right, go for it Kinnikuman.
Suguru: Oh……Ooh!!
Suguru: Right, this will win it---!!

63.
Suguru: Aah, dang--!!
Meat: Terryman!
Announcer: We~~ll, Kinnikuman has finally knocked out his partner Terryman--!!
Phreas: I…I can’t take this anymore!
Announcer: Really, his eyes are wasted with the punch he threw. He’s an idiot.
Suguru: Tohoho………

TN: Unfortunately it's one of those learning factors Suguru just has to struggle with for a while: considering he's so used to singles Choujin wrestling, he was bound to mess up for a while on figuring out a tag-team. Heck, the bit where Rhodes enters to knock him around while he's fighting Steamboat was one thing I didn't quite expect...but happens all the time in tag battles. Though I wonder: is it just his clumsiness or just that he really is that uncoordinated and unknowing of the whole structure that made him mess up this time? Suguru has been trying his best but sometimes I guess the best isn't enough...that and maybe he should be listening to Terry a bit more. Meanwhile, Steamboat really hasn't impressed me, being more a hand-to-hand fighter and a bit of a showboat...though Rhodes isn't too bad in the structure of the situation.