Cherry & Mio Shirai At JoshiMania

December 7, 2011

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 1”, 02/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ayako Hamada & Cherry defeated Mayumi Ozaki & Mio Shirai when Hamada pinned Shirai with the LSD.

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 2”, 03/12/2011
Everett Rec Center, Massachusetts, USA

1. Toshie Uematsu & GAMI defeated Cherry & Sawako Shimono when Uematsu pinned Shimono with a Tiger Suplex (14:10).
4. Mayumi Ozaki defeated Mio Shirai with a Shining Yakuza Kick (9:33).

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 3”, 04/12/2011
Highline Ballroom, New York, USA

4. Toshie Uematsu, Obariyon, Kodama & Kobald defeated Cherry, Soldier Ant, Fire Ant & Green Ant when Uematsu pinned Cherry with a Diving Splash (13:01).
6. Aja Kong, Mio Shirai & Tsubasa Kuragaki defeated Minami Toyota, Sawako Shimono & Hanako Nakamori when Kuragaki pinned Nakamori with the Metal Wing (29:00).

All three shows are available to buy on DVD right now over at Smart Mark Video.


Tomorrow’s Card, DDT Spends Christmas At The Races

December 6, 2011

DDT “NON-FIX 12.7”, 07/12/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Michael Nakazawa & Kazuki Hirata Vs Hikaru Sato & Takao Soma
3. Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango & DJ Nira
4. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Danshoku Dino & Akito
5. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba

KUDO and MIKAMI face off in a tag team skirmish to build up their KO-D Title match on New Year’s Eve, Danshoku Dino gets a warm-up match against the KO-D Tag Team Champions four days before he and Makoto Oishi challenge for the belts and Crying Wolf will get to show their strength in an 8-Man tag against a mixed bag of opponents.

DDT “SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MATCH”, 07/12/2011
Tokyo Horse Racetrack

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Kazuki Hirata
2. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Poison JULIE Sawada & Hoshitango
3. Shiro Koshinaka, KUDO & HARASHIMA Vs Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI & Takao Soma

DDT will be celebrating Christmas Day by holding a show in the middle of the Tokyo Horse Racetrack in Fuchu. The show will be open to all visitors who attend the day’s racing. Shiro Koshinaka pops up in DDT for the first time since he and Danshoku Dino were KO-D Tag Team Champions in 2010 to take part in the main event.


“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011” Results Plus Cage Of Death

December 4, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Danshoku Dino defeated DJ Hyde with the Danshoku Driver.
2. Joker & BLK-Jeez defeated Kamui & Devon Moore when Joker & BLK-Jeez pinned Kamui with the King Swing.
3. CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Sami Callihan (c) defeated Yoshihito Sasaki with the Stretch Muffler.
*V1 for Callihan.
4. Kengo Mashimo & Takashi Sasaki defeated Drake Younger & MASADA when Mashimo submitted Younger with the Mudo.
5. 3 Way: KUDO defeated Dick Togo and Masa Takanashi when KUDO pinned Takanashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop.
6. Shattered Dreams Match: Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc defeated Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa when Ito pinned Numazawa with the Dragon Splash.

CZW “CAGE OF DEATH 13”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki, KUDO, Kengo Mashimo & Danshoku Dino defeated Jun Kasai, Jaki Numazawa, Yoshihito Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Kamui when Sasaki pinned Kamui with a Falcon Arrow.

Results of the JoshiMania matches featuring Cherry and Mio Shirai will be posted sometime after the final show takes place tonight.


DDT & Union In America This Weekend

December 2, 2011

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 1”, 02/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ayako Hamada & Cherry Vs Mayumi Ozaki & Mio Shirai

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 2”, 03/12/2011
Everett Rec Center, Massachusetts, USA

1. Cherry & Sawako Shimono Vs Toshie Uematsu & GAMI
5. Mio Shirai Vs Mayumi Ozaki

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 3”, 04/12/2011
Highline Ballroom, New York, USA

4. Minami Toyota, Sawako Shimono & Hanako Nakamori Vs Aja Kong, Mio Shirai & Tsubasa Kuragaki
6. Cherry, Soldier Ant, Fire Ant & Green Ant Vs Toshie Uematsu, Obariyon, Kodama & Kobald

This weekend loads of wrestlers from Japan, male and female, will be wrestling across the Northeastern United States of America. Chikara Pro will be hosting JoshiMania, a series of shows that will be a love letter to Japanese women’s wrestling. Union will be represented on the show with Cherry and Mio Shirai taking part.

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Kamui & Devon Moore Vs Joker & BLK-Jeez
2. Kengo Mashimo & Takashi Sasaki Vs Drake Younger & MASADA
3. CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Sami Callihan (c) Vs Yoshihito Sasaki
4. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Hyde
5. 3 Way: Dick Togo Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi
6. Shattered Dreams Match: Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

CZW “CAGE OF DEATH 13”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Jaki Numazawa, Yoshihito Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Kamui Vs Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki, Kengo Mashimo & Danshoku Dino

Meanwhile, Combat Zone Wrestling will be hosting a special Indie Summit show featuring wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan, Freedoms and K-DOJO. Many of the talent involved will also be part of a puroresu flavored 8-Man Tag Team match during the annual Cage Of Death show taking place later in the day. DDT is represented by KUDO, Danshoku Dino and Masa Takanashi (not Takana Shi as the CZW website accidentaly calls him). Dick Togo will also be there as he continues his global retirement tour.