Neo Teppen Recaptures The Kaiju Championship Belt
Our hero, Neo Teppen, looked like a failure. Uchu Chu had mopped the floor with him and was just making a mockery of the fight, when suddenly Neo Teppen regained some strength and turned the fight around, flying across the ring with a great agility. Soon enough Uchu Chu was on the mat, being pinned, and the Championship Belt was again in Neo Teppen's possession.
Who's Neo Teppen? What's an Uchu Chu? And what Championship is this?
When you cross WWF wrestling with Japanese monster movies, you get the insanity that is Kaiju Big Battel. Filled with bizarre humor, great monster costumes and acrobatic wrestling, Kaiju Big Battel has gained a devoted following, familiar with the backstory and characters.
But you don't need to know anything about Dusto Bunny or Call-Me-Kevin to have a good time. It's just simply entertaining no matter what.
Saturday night's Big Battel took place at Webster Hall. The wrestling ring sat in the middle of the room, surrounded by rowdy spectators. 5 epic battles took place within the ring, starting with a match between Dai Hachi Hachi and Dusto Bunny.
A rematch between Hero Sun Blaster (who's left hand is a Nintendo controller) and Gii the Space Pirate resulted in a victory for the Heroes.
The third fight was a special musical showdown, featuring music by Boston's Ronald Reagana saxophone duo playing 80s hits. While the duo belted out the hits, fighters Hero Intern and Grudyin II fought hard, at one point switching over to the choreographed knife fight dance routine during "Beat It."
Next, Tucor (a 1/2 gerbil, 1/2 toucan beast) and DW Cycloptopuss III battled for the privilege of having a toy made in their likeness. Just as DW Cycloptopuss III looked to have won the honor, a massive turtle-like beast named Vegetius stormed the ring creamed DW Cycoptopuss III.
Every minute of this strange event felt like being in some sort of great bizarro universe. It never became as cheesy as American professional wrestling, but it was just as over the top.
Next time Kaiju Big Battel returns to NYC for another battle between good and evil, be sure to be there.
Photos by [Jonny-Leather]