Dramatic DDT

UNION “1…2…3…UNION!”, 03/01/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,130 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Loser Must Follow Winner On Twitter: RG defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) when Kazama accidentaly hit Fukuda with a chair (7:07).
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Masao Orihara & Big Rude defeated Vladimir Nagai & Ivan Markov (w/ Bonnie) and Kengo Mashimo & Madoka when Morohashi pinned Markov with the Diving Headbutt (8:31).
3. Americas World Mixed Tag Team Titles: NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai (c) defeated Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai when Rongai pinned Ohka with the Total Package (10:21).
*V1 for NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai.
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated KENSO & Yoshiaki Yago when Takagi pinned Yago with the Sitdown Himawari Bomb (14:10).
5. Ayumi Kurihara (c) defeated Cherry with the Exploder Suplex (12:54).
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto when Ishikawa pinned Hashimoto with the Running Knee Lift (14:03).
7. DDT Extreme Title – TLC (Tonkachi, Ladders & Chairs): Isami Kodaka defeated El Generico (c) with the Rasengan (19:27).
*El Generico fails in V4. Isami Kodaka becomes the 17th DDT Extreme Champion!

Union had plenty to celebrate at the beginning of 2012 with Isami Kodaka winning back the DDT Extreme Title from El Generico in a Tonkachi, Ladders & Chairs match. After the hard fought match, Isami told Generico how fun it was to beat him in such an extreme battle. He then wished Generico farewell but was interrupted by Ken Ohka. Generico was challenged by Ohka to a match on 10th February, so the Generic Luchador will be sticking around in Union for at least a little while longer. Meanwhile Isami took centre stage and told the fans he now shared a bond with Kengo Mashimo from K-DOJO, KUDO from DDT and Abdullah Kobayashi from Big Japan. They are all champions who love to wrestle for their companies. Generico then congratulated Isami and said he is a true warrior deserving of the championship as the show drew to a close.

The first match for BIG “G” BANG was a rousing success. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie overcame the Strong BJ side of Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto. With this victory they gain momentum towards their future challenges.

Sanshiro Takagi & KENSO faced off for the first time since their No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire match at “WRESTLE EXPO 2006”. Takagi teamed with the brand new NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tsuyoshi Kikuchi to defeat KENSO and Yoshiaki Yago. The aftermath was very eventful as Kikuchi announced he was joining Union as a full-time wrestler. Takagi joked that Kikuchi had been thinking over his decision since last February. Takagi also talked about how he is so busy now that there needs to be a new Sanshiro Takagi to help take some of his workload. Takagi’s music hit and out came Keizo Matsuda of IWA Japan fame dressed as Takagi and performing his signature entrance.

NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai made a successful first defence of their Americas Mixed Tag Titles over the tsundere team of Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai. Despite their defeat, Mio admitted that she and Ken were starting to gel as a team. But she was adamant that it doesn’t change the dynamic of their “master and servant” relationship.

Big Morohashi has taken inspiration from the late, great Rick Rude and changed his ring name to Big Rude. After winning the 3 Way Tag match with Masao Orihara, the former Seiya Morohashi told his opponents “If you want to become the world’s best villain, you have to be rude!”

The gratuitous Twitter battle between Hiroshi Fukuda and RG opened the show. RG sang to Fukuda’s mentor and valet Rumi Kazama before the match began but the lyrics were about how overweight she was. Rumi tried to get revenge during the match with a steel chair, but RG ducked and Fukuda took the chairshot instead. As a result of his defeat, Fukuda and all of his 611 followers must now follow RG’s Twitter account.