“DICK TOGO JAPANESE RETIREMENT SHOW ~IKIZAMA~” Results

June 30, 2011

“DICK TOGO JAPANESE RETIREMENT SHOW ~IKIZAMA~”, 30/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,721 Fans

1. Ryuichi Sekine & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata (5:20) when Sekine pinned Hirata with the Dragon Cut (5:20).
2. Jinsei Shinzaki & Kesen Numajiro defeated Takagi Genjin & Tsubo Genjin when Shinzaki pinned Takagi (9:50).
3. Tag Team Gauntlet: GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated MEN’s Teioh & HANZO, Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Masa Takanashi, HARASHIMA & Hoshitango, Super Delfin & Gran Hamada and Shuji Ishikawa & Seiya Morohashi.
3a. Super Delfin & Gran Hamada defeated MEN’s Teioh & HANZO when Hamada submitted HANZO with a Cross Armbreaker (3:56).
3b. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino defeated Super Delfin & Gran Hamada when Hamada was Disqualified for attacking the referee (1:18).
3c. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: KUDO & Masa Takanashi defeated Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino (c) when Takanashi pinned Dino (4:45).
*Masa Takanashi becomes the 859th Champion.
3d. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated KUDO & Masa Takanashi (c) when Urano pinned Takanashi (3:15).
*Yasu Urano becomes the 860th Champion.
3e. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated HARASHIMA & Hoshitango when GENTARO pinned Hoshitango with a Kido Clutch (5:04).
3f. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Big Morohashi when Urano pinned Morohashi with the Tombstone Piledriver (8:58).
4. Ikuto Hidaka, Tomohiro Ishii & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kaz Hayashi, FUNAKI & Yuki Sato when Sasaki pinned Sato with the NOW OR NEVER (13:54).
5. Great Sasuke & TAKA Michinoku defeated Jado & Antonio Honda when Sasuke pinned Honda with the Sasuke Special Segway 10.2 (16:59)
6. Dick Togo Japanese Retirement Match: Dick Togo defeated Gedo with the Diving Senton (25:23).

Twenty years after his debut match, Dick Togo has called time on his illustrious wrestling career in Japan with a Super No Vacancy show in Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Dick Togo defeated Gedo from New Japan Pro Wrestling with his trademark Diving Senton. After the match, Togo got on the mic and said when he began wrestling, he met four men who were his seniors: Gedo, Jado, Super Delfin and The Great Sasuke. Togo also said he had waited a long time to have a singles match with Gedo and he was thankful to finally get it.

Togo was accompanied by many wrestlers from his past during the retirement ceremony. His protégés Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuki Sato and Yasu Urano were in his corner for the main event and each handed him a bouquet of flowers, Masao Orihara and Masato Yakushiji both made an appearance, the Michinoku Pro crew got together with Kaientai*DX getting one last group shot together and Togo even got to see Hayabusa again. Sanshiro Takagi bowed to Togo, handed over a giant bouquet of flowers and was given the Pedigree one last time. Togo finished the ceremony by telling everyone he was really lucky to know so many people over the years, from the fans to the wrestlers. He hopes to see them again when he finishes his tour of the world. After that, Togo thanked the audience and the show ended.

Dick Togo will spend one more year wrestling around the world before he retires for good. But for now, his wrestling career in Japan is over.

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BIKKURI PRO “UP TO THE FINAL BATTLE!!” Results

June 28, 2011

BIKKURI PRO “UP TO THE FINAL BATTLE!!”, 26/06/2011
Osaka Sumiyoshi Center
1,061 Fans

0. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiro Tsumaki ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
1. FUNAKI, Takao Soma & Tsubasa defeated Gurukun Diver, Daisuke Sasaki & Shoichi Uchida when FUNAKI pinned Sasaki with the Stunner (10:45).
2. Kashiwa Dojo Revival: Black Buffalo & Masamitsu Kochi defeated Itakura Pro & Kazuhiko Matsuzaki when Kochi pinned Itakura with the German Suplex Hold (6:42).
3. Tag Team Rumble: Mr. #6 & Mr. #346 defeated Danshoku Dino & Masa Takanashi when Mr. #6 pinned Takanashi with a Victory Roll (16:20).
Order Of Entries: Shuji Ishikawa & Big Morohashi, Kengo Takai & Yutaka, Emi Sakura & Mio Shirai, Munenori Sawa & Takaku Fuke, Danshoku Dino & Masa Takanashi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Magnitude Kishiwada, Ken Ohka & MIYAWAKI, Mr. #6 & Mr. #346
4. Ironman Heavymetalweight Title: Gedo & Jado defeated Yasu Urano & Keisuke Ishii (c) when Jado submitted Ishii with the Crossface Of JADO (12:10).
*Jado becomes the 857th Champion.
5. Kikutaro defeated Kushinbo Kamen with a Shining Wizard (14:02).
– Ironman Heavymetalweight Title: Danshoku Dino defeated Jado (c) with a School Boy (18:35).
*Danshoku Dino becomes the 858th Champion.
6. Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Shigehiro Irie with the German Suplex Hold (12:22).
7. Genichiro Tenryu, KUDO & HARASHIMA defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Antonio Honda when KUDO pinned Honda with the Diving Double Knee Drop (14:32).
8. Dick Togo defeated Magnitude Kishiwada with the Diving Senton (31:53).

Bikkuri Pro is a part time wrestling promotion run by DDT Official, Yukinori Matsuri and freelance wrestler Magnitude Kishiwada. Their shows are often held in Osaka.

More details on the show will be posted soon.

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Union Shin-Kiba Matches, El Samurai Goes After The Extreme Title

June 28, 2011

UNION “TANABATA WISHES COME TRUE IN FOUR DAYS! 2011”, 03/07/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tomoya & Hiroya Fukuda Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Shigehiro Irie
2. Cherry & Sawako Shimono Vs Mio Shirai & Io Shirai
3. European Rules – SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Ultraman Robin (c) Vs Ken Ohka
4. Isami Kodaka & Keita Yano Vs Big Morohashi & Gaylon Summers
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Hiro Tsumaki Vs KUDO & Keisuke Ishii
6. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) Vs The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji

The SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title will be contested under “European Rules” with the match consisting of ten rounds, all three minutes long.

UNION “UNION DRAGONS OF SUMMER IN NAGOYA 2011”, 10/07/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs El Samurai

This is a surprise. No one would have guessed that Isami Kodaka’s next DDT Extreme Title defence would be against El Samurai!

One last note, for a while I have been getting Keita Yano’s name wrong. I have mistakenly been calling him Yano K Data all this time, thinking this was a seperate gimmick he only used in Union. Turns out he goes pretty much everywhere dressed as a cross between Doink The Clown and The Joker. The Google Translate site has recently improved its results for translating Japanese into English and vice versa, so now the kanji for his name correctly comes up as Keita Yano instead of Yano K Data. So I’m going to go back through the posts and make the corrections to his name.

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Crazy Monkey For Crazy Show

June 25, 2011

DDT “CHARITY WRESTLING SERIES ON THE ROAD – LUGGAGE MATERIAL WRESTLING”, 02/07/2011
Hidaka Building Materials Co.

1. 5 Way: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Kota Ibushi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Jun Kasai

Jun Kasai is the big name added to the second “CHARITY WRESTLING SERIES ON THE ROAD” show. While he showed up in Union back in May, Kasai’s last DDT appearance took place at last year’s Sumo Hall show where Sanshiro Takagi literally flushed him down a toilet during the dark match.

DDT “LAST MINUTE SPECIAL”, 03/07/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Yoshiaki Yago Chooses Opponent – Dark Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs X
1. Michael Nakazawa Committee Meeting: Michael Nakazawa, Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI, DJ Nira, Keisuke Ishii, Rion Mizuki
2. Hoshitango Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & HERO! Vs Masa Takanashi & Emi Sakura
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Takao Soma
6. KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino

The new KO-D Tag Team Champions just need to get past Emi Sakura & Masa Takanashi to defend the titles at Sumo Hall. Can HARASHIMA & HERO! do what the two previous champions could not and win their first title defence?

Not sure what kind of match the Committee Meeting will create. It could be a 6-Man Tag, it could be a Battle Royal or it even could be a Handicap match of some sort.

The Dark Match will have Sanshiro Takagi take on either Yoshiaki Yago, Madoka, Tomomitsu Matsunaga or Super Shit Machine. The choice will be up to Yago on the night.

DDT “WHITE FLIGHT IN NAGOYA 2011”, 10/07/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall

1. DJ Nira Vs Mr. #6
2. Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Masa Takanashi
3. KUDO & Kota Ibushi Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Big Morohashi

This will be the final DDT show before Sumo Hall highlighted with the two main eventers involved in a Tag Team match. In a battle of DDT Vs Union, KUDO teams with Kota Ibushi to face KO-D Champion Shuji Ishikawa and Big Morohashi.

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DDT “KO-D TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH SHOW” Results

June 24, 2011

DDT “KO-D TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH SHOW”, 24/06/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Masa Takanashi defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Crab Hold (13:25).
1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & HERO! defeated Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa (c) when HERO! pinned Nakazawa with the Sasuke Segway (34:55).
*Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa fail in V1. HARASHIMA & HERO! become the 37th Champions!

The KO-D Tag Team Titles have changed hands once again. HARASHIMA & HERO! left Shin-Kiba 1st RING victorious over Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa, killing off the unlikely pair’s success story right when it just began. Masa Takanashi & Emi Sakura are the first team to challenge the new champions with the match set for the “LAST MINUTE SPECIAL” event at Shin-Kiba on 3rd July.

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Line Up For Tomorrow, Tominaga Injured

June 23, 2011

DDT “KO-D TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH SHOW”, 24/06/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Masa Takanashi Vs Kazuki Hirata
1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA & HERO!

Good to see Masa Takanashi becoming active since returning to the ring. He also appeared at yesterday’s Ice Ribbon show, teaming with Emi Sakura to defeat Chou-un Shiryu & Mochi Miyaga.

Shinichiro Tominaga has pulled out of the 3rd July Union show due to suffering a fractured ulna in his right forearm. He may also miss the 10th July Union show aswell.

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Charity Wrestling Continues, Sato Vs Soma, The Superstars

June 22, 2011

DDT “CHARITY WRESTLING SERIES ON THE ROAD – LUGGAGE MATERIAL WRESTLING”, 02/07/2011
Hidaka Building Materials Co.

1. 5 Way: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Kota Ibushi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs X

The “Anywhere Pro Wrestling” charity tour will move onto its second show in Hidaka on 2nd August. A 5 Way match will be set in a factory where “Luggage Materials” are made. The unknown wrestler has been described as being a big name who has never appeared in any of DDT’s Fall Count Anywhere matches.

DDT “LAST MINUTE SPECIAL”, 03/07/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Member Of The Superstars (Susan Guard & Shit Heart ♥ Foundation)
2. Takao Soma Vs Hikaru Sato

Hikaru Sato demanded to face Takao Soma in a singles match, their first since Soma defeated Sato in a Hair Vs Hair match back in February. Now that Soma has been kicked out of Shit Heart ♥ Foundation, will he go into the match with a new attitude and hope to make peace with Sato? If so, will Hikaru Sato be able to resist the urge to tear off the arm of the man who humiliated him?

Speaking of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation, the group now consists of Tomomitsu Matsunaga and the Super Shit Machine. After kicking out Takao Soma, they have struck up an alliance with the Susan Guard of Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Mashimo & Madoka to form a new group called The Superstars. They will make their first appearance together at Shin-Kiba 1st RING when one of them will take on Sanshiro Takagi.

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Tag Title Show Set, More Ryogoku Matches

June 19, 2011

DDT “KO-D TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH SHOW”, 24/06/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA & HERO!

DDT has held one match only, indoor shows in the past. The most recent was Sanshiro Takagi Vs Kota Ibushi from July 2009. There was also Takagi Vs Atsushi Onita in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Deathmatch July 2000. This time the event will consist of Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa defending their newly won KO-D Tag Team Titles against HARASHIMA and his now not-so-heroic alter ego, HERO! The winners will go on to defend the belts at Sumo Hall.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Battle Royal – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs X
2. Special Singles Match: MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE
3. Special Singles Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Prince Devitt
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa or HARASHIMA & HERO! (c) Vs X & X
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

Also Appearing: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yuzuki Aikawa, Cherry, Riki Sensyu and Emi Sakura.

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DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011” Results

June 19, 2011

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

0. Dark Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Super Shit Machine defeated Rion Mizuki & Hoshitango when Machine pinned Mizuki with the Shit Down Power Bomb (6:13).
0. Special Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira ended in a No Contest (12:00).
1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Keisuke Ishii defeated Masa Takanashi (c) with the Kneel Kick (9:03).
*Keisuke Ishii becomes the 853rd Champion.
1a. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi pinned Keisuke Ishii (c) with a School Boy.
*Masa Takanashi becomes the 854th Champion.
2. Bob Sapp Games – Final Stage: Danshoku Dino defeated Sexxxy Eddie with the Gay Ecstasy (8:37).
3. Kota Ibushi, KUDO, Hikaru Sato & Shiori Asahi defeated HARASHIMA, HERO!, MIKAMI & Kazuki Hirata when KUDO pinned Hirata with the Diving Double Knee Drop (9:28).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Sexxxy Eddy defeated Masa Takanashi (c) with the Sexy Fist (13:03).
*Sexxxy Eddy becomes the 855th Champion.
4. Dick Togo DDT Last Match: Dick Togo & Antonio Honda defeated Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki when Togo pinned Sasaki with the Diving Senton (14:42).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Keisuke Ishii defeated SeXXXy Eddy (c) with a School Boy (13:24).
*Keisuke Ishii becomes the 856th Champion.
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa defeated Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) when Omega pinned Irie with the Croyt’s Wrath (10:29).
*Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie fail in V1. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa become the 36th KO-D Tag Team Champions!
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) defeated GENTARO with the Splash Mountain (10:56).
*V1 for Shuji Ishikawa.
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) defeated Takao Soma with the Splash Mountain (13:59).
*V2 for Shuji Ishikawa.

DDT now has their main event set for their biggest show of the year. Shuji Ishikawa successfully defended the KO-D Openweight Title not once, but twice on one of the final stops on the road to Sumo Hall. Ishikawa defeated both GENTARO and Takao Soma back-to-back to earn his first two title defences. Now he will face KUDO, who has been on a roll since winning the “King Of DDT”. At the end of the show, the DDT locker room joined KUDO in the ring and put him through a trial by fire to get him ready for Sumo Hall. One by one, the DDT wrestlers each gave KUDO one of their trademark moves in the hopes that they transfer their strength to him. However when Danshoku Dino was about to give KUDO the Danshoku Driver, Shuji Ishikawa booted him in the head and gave KUDO the Splash Mountain instead. Shuji yelled at KUDO and said that he will beat him at Sumo Hall.

The Shit Heart ♥ Foundation is going through some changes. Due to Takao Soma’s failure to capitalize his golden opportunity of beating a weakened Shuji Ishikawa and become KO-D Champion, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Super Shit Machine took matters into their own hands and kicked Soma out of the group. Matsunaga then announced that the SHF has joined forces with the Susan Guard from Union. The new unit is now called the Susan Shit Heart Superstars!

The unlikely team of Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa surprised everyone by winning the KO-D Tag Team Championships! The TKG48 duo of Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie only had the belts for 15 days until they lost it in their first defence. HARASHIMA & HERO! came out to challenge the new champs. Omega accepted and planned out a special show at Shin-Kiba 1st RING on the 24th June. At this event will be just one match, and that match will be Omega & Nakazawa Vs HARASHIMA & HERO! for the KO-D Tag Titles! Omega then told everyone that he sees Nakazawa’s true potential and he just wants to help his friend.

Only a few more days until Dick Togo calls an end to his illustrious career in Japan. He had his final match for DDT today, teaming with Antonio Honda to defeat Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki. The day before, Togo showed up at the K-DOJO show at Korakuen Hall for one last Kaientai*DX reunion where he again won the match for his team with the deadly Diving Senton.

It was announced that Kota Ibushi will have his first defence of the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against Prince Devitt on 27th August at Sumo Hall.

The final Assassin sent from Bob Sapp to fight Danshoku Dino was Canadian indy wrestler Sexxxy Eddy. Before the match began, Eddy told the crowd that he always has the most beautiful woman in the arena strip him of his clothes. So he brought out Emi Sakura and performed a striptease for her. Dino was able to overcome this last obstacle and is now qualified to fight Bob Sapp at Sumo Hall. That was not the end of the night for Sexxxy Eddy, however. He briefly won the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Masa Takanashi and then lost it to Keisuke Ishii.

The Special Dark Match between Gorgeous Matsuno and DJ Nira was interrupted by the announcement of DDT’s next “Anywhere Pro Wrestling” event taking place on 2nd July. The show is titled “Luggage Material Wrestling”. The match still went on while Tsurumi Amon was making the announcement and continued when he was finished. However, the match ran out of time just when DJ Nira hit the Rocket Punch on Matsuno.

Here is the card for Sumo Hall so far:

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Prince Devitt
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

Also Announced To Participate: Yuzuki Aikawa, Emi Sakura & Riki Sensyu

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Ibushi Wins The IWGP Jr. Title!

June 18, 2011

NJPW “DOMINION 6.18”, 18/06/11
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi defeated Prince Devitt (c) with the Phoenix Splash (13:49).
*Devitt fails in V8. Ibushi becomes the 61st IWGP Jr. Champion!

This week has just been getting better and better for Kota Ibushi. Eight days after he made history in New Japan by becoming the first outsider to win the Best Of The Super Jr tournament, he defeats Prince Devitt in Osaka to become the new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion! Ibushi was described to be so happy to win the title and will accept challenges from anyone over the belt, Devitt included. When asked about what his next goal will be in the future, Kota said he wanted to “raise the genre of professional wrestling”.

Ibushi will return to DDT tomorrow for an 8-Man Tag Team match that has had little attention due to other events on the card such as Dick Togo’s final match in DDT, the two KO-D Openweight Title matches, Danshoku Dino’s final battle with Bob Sapp’s Assassin Academy and the return of Masa Takanashi. But he will be sure to receive a hero’s welcome when he enters the ring with the IWGP Jr. Title over his shoulder.

And of course this now means that us DDT fans can start fantasizing over Ibushi’s role for Sumo Hall on 27th August. Will he be able to defend the belt there and if so, who will he face against? An immediate rematch with Prince Devitt? A repeat of the BOSJ final against the runner-up Ryusuke Taguchi? Or how about a certain crazy Capcom collecting Canadian and golden loving BFF who goes by the name of Kenny Omega? Just something to ponder over.

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