Dramatic DDT

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION END”, 25/09/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,623 Fans

1. Hiro Tsumaki defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Savate Kick (5:45).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Gorgeous Matsuno (c) Vs YOSHIHIKO ended in a Double Countout (5:45).
3. 3 Way: Madoka & Hiro Tonai defeated Akito & Toru Sugiura and Ryuichi Sekine & Daisuke Sasaki when Madoka pinned Sugiura with the Ranhei (5:27).
4. Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Cherry & Batten Tamagawa when Nakazawa pinned Tamagawa with the Combine (6:37).
5. Yasu Urano defeated Isami Kodaka with the Tombstone Piledriver (9:30).
6. DDT Group #1 Weird Faction Decision Rumble: Mr. #6 defeated Big Morohashi by Ring Out (9:47).
Order Of Elimination: Poison JULIE Sawada, DJ Nira, Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Shota, Hoshitango, Tanomusaku Toba, Rion Mizuki, HERO!, BENTEN, Big Morohashi.
7. Masa Takanashi defeated Takao Soma with an Inside Cradle (5:14).
8. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Antonio Honda with a Samson Clutch (6:48).
9. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda when Dino pinned Fukuda with a Cradle Cutback (9:33).
10. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
11. DDT Vs Union: Shuji Ishikawa, Sanshiro Takagi & Kengo Ohka defeated KUDO, HARASHIMA & MIKAMI when Ishikawa pinned MIKAMI with the Splash Mountain (18:09).

Union scores one over DDT in the main event. Shuji Ishikawa, Sanshiro Takagi & Kengo Ohka were able to put their differences aside to defeat the Caps Lock team of KUDO, HARASHIMA & MIKAMI.

Tsurumi Amon has been very impressed with the growth of Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie over the last year. Their time limit draw on this show was enough to give Amon an idea. Ishii and Irie will team together in Sapporo on 10th October to face Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi in a match for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championships.

A Shin-Kiba 1st RING tripleshot was announced for 13th November. DDT, Hard Hit and Fantasy Illusion (a joshi event produced by Cherry) are the brands that will each host a show.

The latest DDT48 General Election 2011 standings were announced. Live voting at the shows have now ended but there are a few days left for fans to post in their votes.

1. Hikaru Sato (318 Votes)
2. Kota Ibushi (221 Votes)
3. Cherry (219 Votes)
4. Danshoku Dino (194 Votes)
5. Masa Takanashi (173 Votes)
6. HARASHIMA (159 Votes)
7. Yasu Urano (156 Votes)
8. Makoto Oishi (153 Votes)
9. Ken Ohka (144 Votes)
10. MIKAMI (131 Votes)
11. Isami Kodaka (122 Votes)
12. KUDO (120 Votes)
13. Antonio Honda (114 Votes)
14. Takao Soma (110 Votes)
15. Sanshiro Takagi (105 Votes)
16. Keisuke Ishii (92 Votes)
17. Shigehiro Irie (86 Votes)
18. Kenny Omega (77 Votes)
– Shuji Ishikawa (77 Votes)
20. Mr. #6 (72 Votes)
21. DJ Nira (69 Votes)

It’s safe to say Hikaru Sato has won. The more interesting story will be who brings up the rear at #18 and possibly #19 depending on Kota Ibushi’s health come October. Kenny Omega and Shuji Ishikawa are tied 18th and are only a few votes ahead of Mr. #6 and DJ Nira, of all people. The extra votes that come in over the next week will be vital for those competitors.