Ibushi Vs Devitt At The Dome!

December 14, 2010

Kota Ibushi will cross paths with Prince Devitt once more, this time on the biggest stage of the Japanese wrestling scene the Tokyo Dome! Ibushi will get a chance to win Devitt’s IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title to go along with his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which he also won from the Irishman. When the two last met in singles action it was Devitt who grabbed the win while Ibushi was left with a dislocated shoulder. Since then, Ibushi has bounced back into contention in New Japan’s Junior Division. Now it all comes to a head at the Tokyo Dome.

Kenny Omega will also be taking part on the day in a pre-show tag match. The Golden Lovers Vs Apollo 55 feud will also happen here as Ryusuke Taguchi will be on the opposing team. If both Ibushi & Omega win their matches then the Golden Lovers will continue their recent dominance over “Moon☆Child” & “The Funky Weapon”.

NJPW “ROAD TO KINGDOM ~BATTLE XMAS!~”, 12/23/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Prince Devitt Vs Satoshi Kojima & Kota Ibushi

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM V IN TOKYO DOME”, 04/01/2011
Tokyo Dome

0. World Pro Wrestling Invitation Match: Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi Vs Kenny Omega & Taichi
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

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DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI” Results

December 12, 2010

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 12/12/2010
Hakata Star Lane
389 Fans

1. Batten Tamagawa defeated Michael Nakazawa with the TONKOTSU! (9:13).
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie defeated MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki when Takagi pinned Mizuki with the Sit Down Sunflower Bomb (9:38).
3. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Togo pinned Hirata with the Diving Senton (11:34).
4. HARASHIMA defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Somato (6:52).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga by DQ when Soma used a steel chair on Honda and the referee (14:09).
*V2 for FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY.
6. KUDO defeated Hikaru Sato with a High Kick (13:33).
7. Danshoku Dino defeated Kota Ibushi with a Gaydo Clutch (16:07).

The “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI” series consisted of three seperate shows held in Hakata Star Lane by DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO. The three promotions competed against each other to see who would get the highest attendence. Big Japan won with 464 fans in attendence, DDT finished second with 389 fans and K-DOJO was left with the bronze medal after getting 327 fans.

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Union Schedule & Other News

December 11, 2010

Union, 03/01/11
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ken Ohka Comeback Match: Ken Ohka Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
3. Shinichiro Tominaga Debut Match: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs El Generico
4. DDT Extreme Title – Captain’s Fall Six Man Tag: Kim Nun Pun (c), Chou-un Shiryu & Cao Zhang (with Princess Makoto) Vs Isami Kodaka (c), Yano K Data & Survival Tobita
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Manabu Nakanishi

A big challenge for Shuji Ishikawa in the main event but one that could send shockwaves over the Japanese wrestling scene if he defeats Manabu Nakanishi.

The Captain’s Fall Six Man Tag will be Kim Nun Pun’s first defence of the DDT Extreme Championship. I’m not entirely sure if the title is awarded to whoever gets the fall over Pun or if it is just captain Isami Kodaka who becomes champion if his team wins. Yano K Data is Keita Yano in Joker make up for those of you who need reminding.

Cao Zhang and Princess Makoto are the Chinese wrestlers who requested to compete in Union after meeting Chou-un Shiryu. Cao is said to have trained at a wrestling dojo that has been in existence since the Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) and is also said to be a descendant of the warlord Cao Cao. Princess Makoto is part of New Beijing’s Diva division.

Let’s see how El Generico fares with the Union fanbase. A win against the debuting Shinichiro Tominaga is certain. Either way it will be great to see El Generico wrestling in Japan again.

TKG48 began its rampage of Union during the week but the next line of defence put up against them is a tough one. Should be a great match between Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa against Kengo Mashimo & Madoka.

Ken Ohka will return after a seven month absence nursing a fractured left knee. There to meet him in his first match back will be former NOAH wrestler Tsuyoshi Kikuchi who has had brief appearances for DDT and Union the last couple of months.

Union “NEW YEAR DRAGON”, 16/01/11
Nagoya Kanayama

1. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota
2. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shigehiro Irie

Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu (Real name Satoru Takahashi) is a member of the Hip Hop group nobodyknows+. He has been in a wrestling match before, making his debut on 5th May, 2010.

Congratulations go out to the Golden Lovers for winning the Best Bout category in the 2010 Tokyo Sports Awards. Their match with Apollo 55 at NJPW “DESTRUCTION ’10” won by a pretty big margin and caps off a Dramatic year for the BFFs Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega. Next they will look forward to clashing with Gedo & Jado on the day after Christmas (Boxing Day, St. Stephen’s Day, etc) in order to survive 2010 as IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

Hikaru Sato is set to pack his bags and head off to Germany in January to compete in the WXW “AMBITION 2” tournament. The first “AMBITION” tournament, won by Bryan Danielson (or as he is now known in another Universe, Daniel Bryan), caught attention from wrestling fans for featuring a more hybrid shoot fighting style of wrestling in its matches. It is a style that Sato is more than familiar with and he will surely become one of the favourites to win the tournament when the entire lineup is announced.

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DDT “MALL ENTERTAINMENT WRESTLING AGAIN” Results

December 11, 2010

DDT “MALL ENTERTAINMENT WRESTLING AGAIN”, 11/12/2010
Tōjinmachi Shopping Arcade, Fukuoka City
400 Fans

4 Way Match: Kota Ibushi defeated Dick Togo, Michael Nakazawa and Sanshiro Takagi when Ibushi pinned Nakazawa with a German Suplex (24:43).

DDT held another of its “Anywhere Pro Wrestling” events, this time returning to the Tōjinmachi Shopping Arcade in Fukuoka City. The match was a free for all between Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi, Dick Togo and Michael Nakazawa. Fans were allowed to spend up to 3000 yen on products that could be given to wrestlers to use during the brawl. Sanshiro bought himself an AKB48 calendar at a 100 yen shop (so that is where the TKG48 name came from). Nakazawa got himself a toy baseball bat to choke people with. Takagi & Ibushi fought each other inside a coffee shop and apologised to the customers when they left. Ibushi and Nakazawa then traded punches on top of a few vending machines. Ibushi knocked his opponent to the ground and then Moonsaulted off of the machines and onto his target. Batten Tamagawa made an appearance with a boombox. He switched on “Pomp And Circumstance” and was about to perform a dance when Takagi hit him over the head with a back scratcher. A smallarea of the mall was covered in cardboard and that was where Ibushi won the match with a German Suplex to Nakazawa. Takagi then welcomed Dick Togo to the mall as it was his first time visiting the place. After the match all of the wrestlers signed the weapons bought by the fans.

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We’re Back (A Dinosaur’s Story) – DDT December Schedule

December 10, 2010

Holiday’s over with, I’m almost snowed in and I have some catching up to do. The results for the recent DDT and Union shows are posted and now I move onto the schedule for the rest of the month. We have DDT going on a shopping spree, a trip to Hakata Star Lane, the monthly dose of Young Communications, a brief stop in Ushiku Sports Park and then finish off the final week with a big show in Korakuen Hall followed by an even bigger party held on the final day of 2010.

DDT “MALL ENTERTAINMENT WRESTLING AGAIN”, 11/12/2010
Tōjinmachi Shopping Arcade, Fukuoka City

4 Way Match: Dick Togo Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Kota Ibushi

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 12/12/2010
Hakata Star Lane

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
2. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Michael Nakazawa Vs Batten Tamagawa
4. HARASHIMA Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. Hikaru Sato Vs KUDO
6. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION DECEMBER EDITION”, 16/12/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Yukihiro Abe Vs Kotaro Nasu
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Shota
3. Takao Soma Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Hiro Tonai & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Akito
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino

DDT, 19/12/2010
Ushiku Sports Park Gymnasium Sub-Arena

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Mitsuhiro Yoshida Vs Danshoku Dino & Kenji Abe
2. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Keisuke Ishii

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010”, 26/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Man’s Club: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
2. UWA World Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Jado & Gedo
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda

BJW/DDT/K-DOJO/Freedoms/Ice Ribbon “NEW YEARS EVE TOSHIKOSHI PRO-WRESTLING 2010 COUNTDOWN SPECIAL!!”, 31/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Special Dark Match – 19 O’Clock Pro-Wrestling: Kaori Yoneyama & Sayaka Obihiro Vs Hikaru Shida & Tsukasa Fujimoto
1. Bambi, Makoto & Hamuko Hoshi Vs Hikari Minami, Riho & Tsukushi
2. Ryuichi Sekine, Takumi Tsukamoto & Takao Soma Vs Hiroo Tsumaki, Akihito & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
3. 7 Referees Match: GENTARO Vs Atsushi Ohashi
4. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Great Kojika (Big Japan) Vs Guts Ishijima (GUTS World)
5. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Yuki Ishikawa (BattlArts) Vs Kana (Kana Pro)
6. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Takashi Sasaki (Freedoms) Vs TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)
7. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi (DDT) Vs Command Bolshoi (JWP)
8. One Night Tournament 2010 – Semi Final: ? Vs ?
9. One Night Tournament 2010 – Semi Final: ? Vs ?
10. One Night Tournament 2010 – Final: ? Vs ?
11. 30 Organization Battle Royal: Chii Tomiya (Ice Ribbon) Vs Jaki Numazawa (Big Japan) Vs Jun Kasai (Freedoms) Vs Danshoku Dino (DDT) Vs Marines Mask II (K-DOJO) Vs Kaori Yoneyama (JWP) Vs Seiya Morohashi (Union) Vs Chou-un Shiryu (New Beijing) Vs Bear Fukuda (Secret Base) Vs Masato Shibata (Style-E) Vs Yasu or Hide Kubota (Sportiva Entertainment) Vs Shuou Fujiwara (Pro Wrestling Alive) Vs Shinobu (666) Vs Daisuke (GUTS World) Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara (ZERO1) Vs Ultraman Robin (SGP) Vs Hikaru Sato (Pancrase Mission) Vs Kai (???) Vs Keizo Matsuda (IWA Japan) Vs Brahman Shu or Brahman Kei (Kowloon) Vs Shining Tiger Big Buddy (Yokohama Pro) Vs Chiba Man (???) Vs Sayaka Obihiro (19 O’Clock) Vs Masamune (Osaka Pro) Vs Ricky Fuji (Aggressive Pro) Vs Kikutaro (Akiba Pro) Vs Golden Pine (Okinawa Pro) Vs Kenbai (Michinoku Pro) Vs Keita Yano (BattlArts) Vs X
12. Eight Man Junior Match: Minoru, Madoka, Kaji Tomato & Kamui Vs Kenny Omega, HIROKI, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
13. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi & Saburo Inematsu Vs Masashi Takeda, Isami Kodaka & Takeshi Minamino
14. Heavyweight Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Shigehiro Irie Vs Takeshi Morishima & Shuhei Taniguchi
15. Elimination Match: Yoshihito Sasaki, HARASHIMA, Shuji Ishikawa, Fujita “Jr.” Hayato & Emi Sakura Vs Kengo Mashimo, Yuko Miyamoto, Mammoth Sasaki, Munenori Sawa & Kazuhiro Tamura

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Union 3rd December Results

December 10, 2010

Union, 03/12/10
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
241 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hiro Tsumaki Debut Match: Kento Miyahara defeated Hiro Tsumaki with a Boston Crab (8:27).
2. 4 Way Match: Choun Shiryu defeated 726, Kazuhiko Ogasawara & DJ Nira (8:08).
3. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data defeated Survival Tobita & Che Qian when Isami pinned Che Qian with the Diving Double Knee Drop (9:20).
4. Yuki Miyazaki & Madoka defeated Cherry & Kengo Ohka when Miyazaki pinned Cherry with a Gedo Clutch (16:25).
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Seiya Morohashi when Irie pinned Morohashi with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (17:21).

As part of joining Union on a full-time basis, Sanshiro Takagi has formed his own faction called TKG48. So far Shigehiro Irie and DJ Nira are members along with Takagi. At the end of the show Takagi introduced the fourth member…Muneneori Sawa!

Shigehiro Irie was full of confidence after getting the pinfall in the main event. He recalled losing a match to Shuji Ishikawa over a year ago and challenged him to a rematch in his hometown of Nagoya on 16th January.

The rules for Match #2 had the person getting the pinfall needing to drink an ashtry full of tequila in under five seconds in order to win the match. Everyone involved got a pin at one point or another but Choun Shiryu was the only one to drink the ashtray in one go. After the match, Choun told Union representative Naomi Susan that the promotion has a following in China and that he invited a student of his to come to Japan and try out for Union.

El Generico was announced to appear on Union’s 3rd January show at Korakuen Hall. He will be having a match against the debuting Shinichiro Tominaga.

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DDT “NON-FIX 12.1” Results

December 10, 2010

DDT “NON-FIX 12.1”, 01/12/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
207 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hikaru Sato defeated Kazuki Hirata with a German Suplex (7:14).
2. MIKAMI defeated Rion Mizuki with a Horizontal Aussie Suplex Hold (10:50).
3. KUDO & Tanomusaku Toba defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Toba pinned Dino after a Diving Double Knee Drop from KUDO (6:44).
4. Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Takao Soma & Keisuke Ishii by DQ when Soma attacked the referee (9:38).
5. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango defeated HARASHIMA & Yukihiro Abe when Owashi pinned Abe with the Power Bomb (16:51).
6. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated Kota Ibushi, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki when Urano pinned Sasaki with a La Magistral Cutback (15:40).

The show began with all of the active members of Belt Hunter X Hunter in the ring. Danshoku Dino asked Hikaru Sato how he was feeling after he lost the KO-D Openweight Title to Dick Togo. Sato said he would work even harder to regain the title. Dino then asked Keisuke Ishii how he felt after losing the Young Drama Cup Final to Takao Soma. Ishii said he will begin a fresh start and is looking forward to the future. They were still upset that their stable, which was built around having champions no matter how coveted or prestigious the titles may be, are now belt-less and feared the group would break up. Masa Takanashi entered the ring to join his stablemates as Dino announced that Belt Hunter X Hunter will go on hiatus to allow everyone to go their own directions and grow as wrestlers before restarting anew.

Dino introduced Makoto Oishi from K-DOJO as his unnannounced Tag Team partner before Match #3. Dino revealed his plans for the future was to make a new MEN’s Club with Oishi as his first signing. Makoto refused the offer, even with Dino trying to give him a welcome kiss. Dino eventually got to kiss Oishi during the match, but he was given a Cutter by his partner which led to a Right Hook from Tanomusaku Toba followed by the Diving Double Knee Drop from KUDO to end the match. Dino still offered Oishi a spot in his new MEN’s Club. He even asked KUDO, Toba, Tsurumi Amon & referee Yukinori Matsui to raise their hands if they wanted Oishi to join the group, which they did. Amon then announced that Dino and Oishi will have a match on 26th December with Oishi forced to join Dino’s ‘Club’ if he loses.

Takao Soma betrayed Keisuke Ishii in their match to become the newest member of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation. Ishii was about to win their match when he hit Tomimitsu Matsunaga with the Kneel Kick but Soma Dropkicked the ref when he was counting to three, getting themselves disqualified on purpose. Soma gave Ishii a Schwein and then hit him over the head with a small plastic box (similar to the ones used by Kowloon in Michinoku Pro) before posing with his new team mates. Afterwards, Soma demanded to Tsurumi Amon that he should get the KO-D Openweight Title shot at Korakuen Hall for winning the Young Drama Cup. Amon shot down the demand but instead offered Soma a shot at the KO-D Tag Team Championships on 12th December. Soma accepted and chose Matsunaga as his partner. One half of the champions, Daisuke Sasaki came down and confronted Soma only to get attacked by the Foundation until Antonio Honda ran down to make the save.

Toru Owashi requested Match #5 to take place as his stay in DDT will soon draw to a close. He encouraged Yukihiro Abe to give it his all in what could be their final encounter against each other. Despite having HARASHIMA as his partner on this night, they couldn’t get past the mountain team of Owashi & Hoshitango. After the match, Owashi challenged the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation to put their Trios Triple Crown on the line against Disaster-BOX on 26th December.

The GRANMA duo of Yasu Urano & GENTARO gain some momentum as they prepare for their upcoming KO-D Tag Team Title shot. The Shit Heart ♥ Foundation made their presence felt again, this time attacking Honda after the match. However, the GRANMA stable came to the rescue with Dick Togo and Antonio Honda teaming together to get rid of Michael Matsunaga with a Double Super Kick.

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Holiday Time

December 2, 2010

I will be travelling to New York tomorrow (a real original choice for a holiday, I know) and will be gone for a week. So no more updates here until I return. See you then.

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