DDT48 Election – Decision Time

October 7, 2010

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 07/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata defeated Seiya Morohashi & Hiroo Tsumaki when Hirata pinned Tsumaki with the Sliding Kick (16:24).
2. Shigehiro Irie defeated Takao Soma with the Diving Teddy Bear (7:00).

DDT 48 General Election Final Results:

01. Danshoku Dino (512 Votes)
02. Hikaru Sato  (498 Votes)
03. Cherry  (309 Votes)
04. HARASHIMA  (258 Votes)
05. Kota Ibushi  (254 Votes)
06. Sanshiro Takagi (233 Votes)
07. Michael Nakazawa (231 Votes)
08. Antonio Honda (230 Votes)
09. Shuji Ishikawa (225 Votes)
10. MIKAMI  (213 Votes)
11. YOSHIHIKO  (209 Votes)
12. Toru Owashi  (206 Votes)
13. Yasu Urano  (183 Votes)
14. Isami Kodaka (182 Votes)
15. Kenny Omega  (171 Votes)
16. Dick Togo   (164 Votes)
17. KUDO  (159 Votes)
18. Keisuke Ishii (146 Votes)

19. Yukihiro Abe (132 Votes)
19. Shigehiro Irie (132 Votes)

Total Votes Cast: 5,973 Votes.

So there is your eighteen contestants for the DDT48 Tournament on the 24th of October. ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot is the prize everyone will now be fighting for. If HARASHIMA ends up winning the tournament then he will be allowed to choose his next challenger instead. Danshoku Dino continues to be DDT’s most popular wrestler while Hikaru Sato and Cherry surprisingly finish in the top three. Joining Cherry on the UNION side are Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka, whose deathmatch antics have given him a fan following in Big Japan. There was only 16 votes seperating Keisuke Ishii and the pair of Yukihiro Abe and Shigehiro Irie. Overall the lineup is what you would expect with the usual DDT cast involved.


MUSCLE 10 Results

October 7, 2010

“MUSCLE HOUSE 10 ~ MUSCLE SAKAI RETIREMENT SHOW”, 06/10/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,075 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sanshiro Takagi Re-Debut Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi ended in a No Contest (4:26).
2. New Beijing Pro-Wrestling Breakup Match: Chou-un Shiryu Vs Giant Bashoku ended in a No Contest.
3. Loser Retires Rumble: Hikaru Sato defeated Ultimate Mr. Magic by Ring Out (23:51). Order Of Elimination: BENTEN, Mr. Magic I, Pedro Takaishi I, Mr. Magic III, Kazuyoshi Sakai HG, DJ Nira, Mr. Magic IV, Gofukuya Fujiya IV, Mr. Magic VI, 726 & Ultimate Mr. Magic.
4. Lucha Libre Match: NOSAWA Rongai & KIKUZAWA Vs Honey Jiro & Kunihiko Mitamega ended in a No Contest.
5. Muscle Sakai Retirement 5 Person Series 1st: Antonio Honda defeated Muscle Sakai with a Cross Armbreaker Cutback (7:29).
6. Muscle Sakai Retirement 5 Person Series 2nd: Yasu Urano defeated Muscle Sakai with a Modified Gedo Clutch (3:24).
7. Muscle Sakai Retirement 5 Person Series 3rd: Muscle Sakai defeated Pedro Takaishi with an Enzuigiri (1:24).
8. Muscle Sakai Retirement 5 Person Series 4th: “Black Angel” Jaki Numazawa defeated Muscle Sakai with a Wakigatame (1:14).
9. Muscle Sakai Retirement 5 Person Series 5th: Muscle Sakai defeated Chou-un Shiryu with the Verdict (2:07).
10. Muscle Sakai Retirement Special Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Muscle Sakai with a Headlock (3:40).
11. Muscle Sakai Retirement Match: Minoru Suzuki defeated Muscle Sakai with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (10:36).

Muscle Sakai has ended his wrestling career to run his family’s business in Niigata and to take care of his wife and child. Rather than just have one match on the night Sakai took part in 7 matches, wrestling for the entire second half of the show. He took on Antonio Honda, Yasu Urano, Pedro Takaishi, Jaki Numazawa and Chou-un Shiryu as part of his Retirement Series of matches. He came out of it with two wins and three losses. Then Danshoku Dino came out to wrestle Sakai, who was so exhausted at this point that he submitted to a Headlock. Afterwards was the retirement ceremony where Sakai received a video message from Minoru Suzuki, who told Sakai to work hard in his new life. But that wasn’t all. Suzuki then said he wanted one more match with Sakai. Lo and behold, Minoru Suzuki was in attendence and was ready to give Sakai his retirement match.

However, this isn’t exactly the end of the MUSCLE brand of shows. The date of MUSCLE 11 was announced to take place in Korakuen Hall on October 6th…2030. By then, the next generation of Muscle Sakai will be ready to take to the ring and entertain the fans. Everybody in attendence was even given a free ticket to the event. See you in 20 years, Muscle Sakai!