Togo’s Final DDT Match, Union To Get A Lot Of People

May 16, 2011

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. Dick Togo DDT Last Match: Dick Togo & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma

Dick Togo will make his final appearance for DDT on this show before his retirement. He will team with Antonio Honda to face Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki. Togo has connections with all three wrestlers, teaming with Honda and Sasaki when they were part of the Italian 4 Horsemen. He is also currently sided with Urano as part of the GRANMA stable.

UNION “I’LL GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOYAMA 2011”, 05/06/2011
Tomiyama Takaoka Ekuru

1. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hiroya Fukuda
2. Seiya Morohashi & Hiroyo Matsumoto Vs Cherry & Hiro Tsumaki
3. Triple Threat: Isami Kodaka Vs El Generico Vs Cao Zhung (w/ Princess Makoto)
4. SS Susan Vs TKG48: Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka & Madoka Vs Sanshiro Takagi, X & X
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka

On paper this sounds like a one-sided main event, and it probably will be. But you can’t fault Ken Ohka’s enthusiasm when facing against far more established wrestlers. There is a history of Ohka being jealous of Shuji Ishikawa being the ace of Union. Many end of show speeches in the ring have seen Ohka trying to blindside Shuji, only to be swatted away like a bug.

Sanshiro Takagi has promised to team with two “elite” members of the TKG48. Will we see some new additions to the supergroup?

El Generico returns to Union after his impressive victory over Shinichiro Tominaga at “1…2…3…UNION!” back in January. This time he sticks his head into the feud between Isami Kodaka and Cao Zhang for a Triple Threat match.

There will be one more match taking place on the show featuring DDT wrestlers. The participants will be announced soon.


DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MAY EDITION” Results

May 11, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MAY EDITION”, 11/05/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Akito defeated Hiroya Fukuda with an Ankle Hold (7:46).
2. Shota defeated Rion Mizuki with the Sharpshooter (8:52).
3. Shigehiro Irie defeated Kotaru Naso with two consecutive Teddy Bears (8:31).
4. Hiromu Takahashi & Kyosuke Mikami defeated Hiro Tsumaki & Kazuki Hirata when Mikami submitted Hirata with a Boston Crab (11:15).
5. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiro Tonai with a Double Arm DDT (13:21).


Beer Garden Pro Wrestling 2011

May 10, 2011

Mark it down on your calendars. The week of 7th to 13th August will be the dates for the 2011 edition of “BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING”! For the 7th year in a row, DDT will host a week’s worth of shows at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. Each show will be produced by part of the roster. Whatever matches take place is entirely up to them. Meanwhile fans get to grab a bite to eat from many food stalls set up by the wrestlers themselves. And of course there is plenty of beer on offer too. It’s a week of fun wrestling shows and a chance for the wrestlers to let their imaginations run loose.

DDT announced that they have raised ¥614,035 for the Red Cross so far this month. The money came from the entire proceeds of the “FACTORY PRO WRESTLING AGAIN” event, the 4th May double bill at Korakuen Hall and donations sent to their offices. They will continue accepting donations at future events for the time being.


Two KO-D Title Matches, Official Masa Comeback

May 6, 2011

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma

Shuji Ishikawa has a tough challenge ahead for his title reign. He will defend the KO-D Openweight Title against GENTARO on 19th July when GENTARO cashes in his “Anytime And Anywhere” contract. But that is not all for the championship on that night. There will be not one but two KO-D Title matches taking place in Korakuen Hall with the winner of Shuji Ishikawa Vs GENTARO taking on Takao Soma afterwards. Takao Soma has seen his profile in DDT rise ever since he won the Young Drama Cup. Since then, he has taken over the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation and revamped it to be a threat instead of a joke. Now he will have the advantage of being the fresh man in his title match.

We had the surprising return of Masa Takanashi at “MAX BUMP 2011” to announce his comeback match at the 19th June Korakuen Hall show. He will take on Keisuke Ishii in his first match since injuring his right knee last May and it will be for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. When Masa and Keisuke had a faceoff at “MAX BUMP 2011”, Ishii used the 24/7 rule to his advantage by rolling over Masa with a Small Package to win the title when Masa least expected it. However, Masa quickly did the same to Ishii to win the belt back. Now they will meet in a proper match with the title on the line.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 02/06/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu
2. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs MIKAMI

MIKAMI earned a shot at the DDT Extreme Title when he and Jun Kasai defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data at “GOLDEN UNION 2011”.


KING of DDT 2011

May 5, 2011

With Sumo Hall approaching on the horizon, DDT has turned to its annual KING of DDT tournament to determine who will challenge for the KO-D Openweight Title on 24th July. The bracket is filled with wrestlers who are hungry for the chance to headline DDT’s biggest show of the year. The two previous winners HARASHIMA and Kota Ibushi are favourites to win, but this is by no means a two horse race. Antonio Honda and Hikaru Sato would love to reclaim the title they both held for the briefest of moments, Kenny Omega wants to have his best memory of Sumo Hall not be of that time Naomichi Marufuji dumped him on his head, KUDO and Makoto Oishi have both seen their games improve since the formation of Man’s Club and Michael Nakazawa is willing to “Bring It” just like his role model, The Rock.

The first two rounds will take place on 21st May at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The Semi-Finals and Final will be held eight days later at Kyoto KBS Hall. Also on that show is Danshoku Dino’s latest battle with Bob Sapp’s Assassins.

DDT “KING OF DDT TOKYO”, 21/05/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

01. King Of DDT – Round 1: Makoto Oishi Vs Kenny Omega
02. King Of DDT – Round 1: Antonio Honda Vs Seiya Morohashi
03. King Of DDT – Round 1: KUDO Vs Yasu Urano
04. King Of DDT – Round 1: Hikaru Sato Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
05. King Of DDT – Round 1: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Super Shit Machine
06. King Of DDT – Round 1: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI
07. King Of DDT – Round 1: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
08. King Of DDT – Round 1: Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi
09. King Of DDT – Round 2: Oishi/Omega Vs Honda/Morohashi
10. King Of DDT – Round 2: KUDO/Urano Vs Sato/Matsunaga
11. King Of DDT – Round 2: Sasaki/Machine Vs HARASHIMA/MIKAMI
12. King Of DDT – Round 2: Ishii/Irie Vs Nakazawa/Ibushi

DDT “KING OF DDT KYOTO”, 29/05/2011
Kyoto KBS Hall

1. King Of DDT – Semi Final:
2. King Of DDT – Semi Final:
3. Bob Sapp Games – 4th Stage: Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp’s 4th Assassin
4. King Of DDT – Final:


UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011” Results

May 4, 2011

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1270 Fans

0. Danshoku Dino defeated Batten Tamagawa with the Danshoku Driver (3:31).
1. Hiroya Fukuda Debut Match: Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang defeated Gaylon Summers & Hiroya Fukuda when Zhang pinned Fukuda (12:24).
2. Cherry defeated Bambi with the Spring Night Love (9:26).
3. Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga when Irie pinned Tominaga with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (13:27).
4. Jun Kasai & MIKAMI defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data when MIKAMI pinned Data with the Volcanic Bomb (14:20).
5. Koji Kanemoto defeated Ken Ohka with an Ankle Hold (9:28).
6. Kazunari Murakami & Seiya Morohashi defeated Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka when Morohashi pinned Yago with the Coral Bomber (14:47).
7. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Splash Mountain (21:17).

Shuji Ishikawa capped off a great day by defeating Sanshiro Takagi and giving Union a big victory over the TKG48. After the match Sanshiro Takagi said that he will retire at the DDT Sumo Hall show on 24th July. Shuji was shocked at the announcement until Sanshiro cracked up and gave Shuji a Stone Cold Stunner. He then grabbed the mic and said “Gotta lie, motherfucker!”

After a successful match together as a tag team, Kazunari Murakami gave a gift to Seiya Morohashi. He offered Seiya to take his nickname and become BIG Morohashi. Seiya has not decided if he will take it yet.

Cherry Vs Bambi was given high praise and was said to be a very competitive match.

MIKAMI will challenge Isami Kodaka for the DDT Extreme Championship at Shinjuku FACE on 2nd June.

El Generico will return to Union for the same show. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Seiya/BIG Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki will also happen. Another big match to take place on the card is Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu!


DDT “MAX BUMP 2011” Results

May 4, 2011

DDT “MAX BUMP 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1707 Fans

1. KO-D Tag Team Title: GENTARO & Yasu Urano (c) defeated HARASHIMA & HERO! when Urano pinned HERO! (13:03).
*V3 for GENTARO & Urano.
2. Gorgeous Matsuno Return Match: Antonio Honda & Hoshitango defeated MIKAMI & Gorgeous Matsuno when Honda submitted Matsuno with the Octopus Hold (10:37).
3. Bob Sapp Games – 3rd Stage: Danshoku Dino defeated Choun-Shiryu, Dragon Chan & Ryoma Lee when Dino pinned Lee with the Danshoku Driver (5:54).
4. Royal Rumble: Keisuke Ishii defeated Takao Soma by Ring Out (19:43).
Order Of Eliminations: Tomimitsu Matsunaga (4:15), Rion Mizuki (7:21), Choun-Shiryu (8:10), Emi Sakura (10:30), Kazuki Hirata (12:24), Tanomusaku Toba (12:46), Makoto Oishi & Michael Nakazawa (15:25), DJ Nira (16:26), Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (16:26), Super Shit Machine (17:32), Takao Soma (19:43).
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Keisuke Ishii defeated Masa Takanashi (c) with an Inside Cradle (13:32).
*Ishii becomes the 843rd Champion!
5a. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi defeated Keisuke Ishii (c) with an Inside Cradle (13:34).
*Takanashi becomes the 844th Champion!
6. Kota Ibushi & KUDO defeated Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki when KUDO pinned Sasaki with a Jackknife Hold (18:23).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Dick Togo (c) with the Cross-Arm Splash Mountain (31:18).
*Togo fails in V3. Ishikawa becomes the 36th Champion!

It really did turn out to be a big day for Shuji Ishikawa. He now reigns supreme as the new KO-D Openweight Champion, defeating Dick Togo for the belt. This is Shuji’s third reign as KO-D Champion, twice as Shuji Ishikawa and once when he wrestled under the mask as Koo. Will we see a similar title run as last time when he was able to hold title defences in Union?

Shuji’s first defence was confirmed to be GENTARO, who kept his word that he would cash in his “Anytime And Anywhere” contract to face the winner of Togo Vs Shuji. The match has been set for 19th June at Korakuen Hall.

Takao Soma declared that he wants to be next in line for a KO-D Title shot after GENTARO gets his match.

Keisuke Ishii was the big winner of the Royal Rumble. His prize was a shot at the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. This meant the surprise return of Masa Takanashi! The match between Takanashi and Ishii was set for 19th June but when the two shook hands, Ishii gave him a Small Package and won the title! However, Masa then gave Ishii a Low Blow and Small Packaged him to win the title back!

This time Bob Sapp sent three assassins after Danshoku Dino. Choun-Shiryu led the attack along with two fighters from Hong Kong Pro Wrestling but Dino was too manly beyond their wildest expectations to be defeated.

The always bouncy in a good way Yuzuki Aikawa announced that she will compete at DDT’s Sumo Hall show.

The 1st Round matches for the King Of DDT tournament have been announced. They will take place on 21st May at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The matches are:

Makoto Oishi Vs Kenny Omega
Antonio Honda Vs Seiya Morohashi
KUDO Vs Yasu Urano
Hikaru Sato Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Daisuke Sasaki Vs Super Shit Machine
HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI
Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
Kota Ibushi Vs Michael Nakazawa


Shuji’s Big Day

May 2, 2011

DDT “MAX BUMP 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Royal Rumble: DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Takao Soma Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Super Shit Machine Vs Emi Sakura Vs Brahman Shu Vs Brahman Kei Vs Choun-Shiryu
2. Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Gorgeous Matsuno Comeback Match: Gorgeous Matsuno & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda & Hoshitango
4. Bob Sapp Games – 3rd Stage: Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp’s 3rd Assassin
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: GENTARO & Yasu Urano (c) Vs HARASHIMA & HERO!
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The winner of the Royal Rumble will win a great prize from General Manager Tsurumi Amon.

Shuji Ishikawa will be headlining both the DDT and the Union shows held at Korakuen Hall on Thursday. First up is the DDT show where he takes on Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Championship.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: New Axe Bomber Vs X
1. Hiroya Fukuda Debut: Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto) Vs Gaylon Summers & Hiroya Fukuda
2. Cherry Vs Bambi
3. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie
4. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs MIKAMI & Jun Kasai
5. Ken Ohka Vs Koji Kanemoto
6. Seiya Morohashi & Kazunari Murakami Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka
7. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi

After that, Shuji might be going into his Union main event match against Sanshiro Takagi as the KO-D Champion. At the moment there is no mention for the possibility of Shuji defending the belt against Takagi if he does become champion.

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MAY EDITION”, 11/05/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Hukuda Vs Akito
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Shota
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Kotaru Naso
4. Hiro Tsumaki & Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiromu Takahashi & Kyosuke Mikami
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Hiro Tonai


DDT “FACTORY PRO WRESTLING AGAIN” Results

May 1, 2011

DDT “CHARITY WRESTLING SERIES ON THE ROAD – FACTORY PRO WRESTLING AGAIN”, 01/05/2011
Miyaji Ironworks
250 Fans

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa defeated Kota Ibushi & Michael Nakazawa when Sawa submitted Nakazawa with an Octopus Hold on top of a forklift (33:31).
2. 4-On-1 Handicap: Kota Ibushi, Michael Nakazawa, Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa defeated The Factory God when Ibushi pinned God with a German Suplex into a container of lime powder (1:40).

One of the more unlikely places to find a wrestling show taking place in Japan today was the Miyaji Ironworks factory. DDT returned to the factory once again to hold another one of its infamous “Street Wrestling” events, this time to raise money for charity. Despite the forecast for a rainy afternoon possibly cancelling DDT’s plans, the area stayed dry and the show went on as planned. Ken Ohka was there as the announcer and gave out safety information to the fans in attendence. The match set for today was Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Michael Nakazawa. All four wrestlers began the match wearing safety helmets and Takagi had his belly wrapped in plastic foil. He said it was for dieting reasons. The crowd circled around the four as the match began. Takagi paired off with Nakazawa while Ibushi and Sawa started to fight to another part of the factory. Sawa tried to attack Ibushi with some giant pincers but Ibushi fended him off with a large bucket of lime powder. The four would soon be covered in lime powder and they then moved onto the steel yard section. Ibushi placed Sawa onto a section of steel pipes and then climbed up a nearby crane. Sawa recovered and chased after Kota. Soon they were high up on the crane but before they could continue their fight, they noticed that someone was working up there. It was YOSHIHIKO! Angry that Ibushi and Sawa were interrupting his job, YOSHIHIKO attacked both of them. That wasn’t all, as he then dived off of the crane onto Takagi and Nakazawa below! YOSHIHIKO took no further part in the match and instead took his lunch break at the vending machines.

Takagi and Nakazawa were later seen fighting on top of the vending machines, where Takagi had his opponent in a Figure 4 Leg Lock. Ibushi and Sawa both reappeared sticking their heads out of the window above their partners. They both held kettles filled with boiling water out of the window and poured them onto Takagi and Nakazawa. Ibushi found a large wooden pallet and placed it down when Nakazawa approached him and complained about the boiling water. Ibushi responded by Suplexing Michael onto the pallet. Takagi & Sawa looked to take advantage with Takagi aiming to throw Sawa onto Michael with a Spicolli Driver. However, Michael moved out of the way and Sawa crashed onto the pallet. Takagi held back his opponents and even the referee with a high-pressure water cannon. The match moved onto the road outside the factory where Sawa & Takagi double teamed Ibushi. Some miscommunication involving a Shining Wizard hitting the wrong guy and a Cross Bomber attempt going wrong allowed Ibushi & Nakazawa to turn the tables yet they could not put Takagi away. Ibushi did two Moonsaults off of a truck. That soon came back to haunt him as Takagi crawled into a van and drove it into Ibushi! He went for a pin but only got himself a two count. The fighting travelled back into factory property where Ibushi dove off of a stack of pallets. Sawa switched on a forklift and used it to pin Ibushi and Takagi into a fence. Nakazawa attacked Sawa on the forklift’s pallet. He went for the No Michael, No Cry but it was countered into the Octopus Hold as the pallet was suddenly being lifted into the air. Nakazawa couldn’t break out and had to submit, giving Sawa & Takagi the victory!

However, that wasn’t the end. The song “Be My Baby” by Complex was suddenly playing in the background and a weird looking man covered in dust and paint appeared from the crane and danced down towards the crowd. He is the Factory God and he was angry that these four wrestlers made a mess of his factory! He challenged all of them to a match and it begun right there and then. He knocked down all four of his enemies and then charged towards Ibushi with a Flying Headbutt. Kota expertly dodged the attack and struck the Factory God with a High Kick. He then gave the God a German Suplex into a container of lime deposits to create an explosion of powder blocking everyone’s sight. As the smoke cleared, Ibushi was seen being triumphant in defeating the Factory God by pinning him for the three count. The show ended with Michael Nakazawa standing on top of the forklift getting the fans to yell out in unison “3…2…1…Miyaji Iron Works Co., Ltd.!”