True Alpha Athletic Apparel hosted it's first True Alpha Invitational yesterday, the event saw Kaito Yamazaki take on Hitomi Kazuya and Ashley Goldman take on Kenzie Kray. The event was co-hosted by Fight Forever Sportswear and although none of their athletes appeared on the show, it presents an interesting opportunity to foster some friendly brand rivalry between both companies.
The first match of the two featured Kaito Yamazaki and Hitomi Kazuya, both men almost complete opposites of one another and their contrasting styles produced an entertaining match. Yamazaki would win via his Yamazaki Clutch submission maneuver but it was nonetheless a valiant effort by Kazuya.
I caught up with both men following their match for statements about their performances, Yamazaki quite aggressively refused to comment before yelling at us in Japanese. Once we caught up with Kazuya this is what he had to say;
"Kaito は私たちのゲームで手足を引き裂いた。私は彼を殴って、彼は私の後に来続けた。私たちは、自分自身を集中して証明する準備ができていました。彼は今夜より良い男だった。しかし、私は将来的に彼に再び直面するのが大好きです。"
Translation:"Kaito tore me limb from limb in our match. I hit him and he kept coming after me. Both of us were focused and ready to prove ourselves and we both did. He was the better man tonight, but I would love to face him again in the future."
The inveitational was main-evented by Ashley Goldman vs. Kenzie Kray, which saw the in-ring debut of Kray and the televised UK debut of Goldman. The match would see Kray target the knee in pure frustration after failing to pick-up a pinfall having thrown everything she had at Goldman. The match would end when Goldman reversed a punch attempt by Kray and delivered a double-knee facebuster following it up with a 450 Splash for the win.
I once again caught up with both women following their match for statements, this is what Kray had to say;
"Ashley was the better women this time round and I know we'll go again one day but tonight I know I did what I set out to do make everyone proud."
Goldman had this to say about her match and her opponent;
"Kenzie and I went out there to have the best match we could, and I truly feel we did that tonight. Kenzie is extremely talented and I'm sure she will only get better with time, so maybe in the future she can have her rematch and I'm sure that match will be even better. As for me I'm just going to keep pushing, my knee is really feeling the effects of her concentrated assault but as Mariko would say 'Ice, wrap, win, repeat!' I just want to say thank you again to True Alpha for hosting this event and most importantly thank you to the fans for showing up and for always supporting me on this journey, I really couldn't do this without you guys, so thank you, all of you."
The invitation is available to watch on YouTube, so if you haven't already click on the link below to watch the event.
Watch Here: True Alpha Invitational Ft FFESW
Written By: Andrew Brown
Twitter: @TodayInCAW and @AndrewBrownTIC
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