Please Welcome Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling

June 4, 2012

Today at a press conference in Shinjuku, Sanshiro Takagi was joined by former NEO president Tetsuya Koda and retired Joshi wrestler NOZAMI (formerly Nozomi Dai) to announce the establishment of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.

Sanshiro Takagi told the story of how Tokyo Joshi Pro came to be. When Takashi Dai joined DDT and made his debut back in March, Takagi thought his name sounded familiar. Takagi asked Dai if any of his relatives were involved in wrestling and Takashi said his sister Nozami was a wrestler for NEO but she retired in 2010. From there Takagi made contact with Nozami and also with Tetusya Koda to discuss the possibility of forming a new joshi promotion with some backing from DDT. From there Tokyo Joshi Pro was born.

The aim of Tokyo Joshi Pro is to find and nurture new female wrestlers as well as to create a new joshi culture for them to follow. Koda said that even though he wants to do new things, there are problems that always pop up to prevent anything really new from being created. With DDT, he hopes to avoid those problems and is eager to discover new talent.

Takagi mentioned that all trainees will be following the “Forbidden Three” rule. That means all trainees are forbidden from having three things: men, liquor and tobacco. These rules have been used ever since the days of All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling. Takagi said he wants to have a professional attitude going into this and denies that anyone caught breaking the rules will be immediately dismissed, as was the case in past promotions. However, this is going to be different from DDT and the rules are set up to protect the wrestlers. They expect good morals to be on show from the new roster.

The schedule for shows has not been set up at the moment. Right now they are focusing on finding new talent and rookies to fill up the roster before holding their first show. In order to avoid conflict with the “Forbidden Three”, training is being done in a separate location away from the DDT School. In preparation for the new promotion, NOZOMI will make her return to the ring for the first time in almost two years on 17th June to compete for Union in Kitizawa. She does not see this as her return but as the re-debut of NOZOMI.

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HARD HIT “~PASSION~” Results

June 3, 2012

HARD HIT “~PASSION~”, 03/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
374 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match – Amateur Rules: Taro Taketomi Vs Kazuto Nakano ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
0. Dark Match – Semi-Professional Rules: Best Of The Super Shimata defeated Valor Taniguchi with a Bulldog Choke Hold (1:35).
1. ISAO (0D/0E/0P) defeated Ryuichi Sekine (0D/2E/0P) with a Cross Armbreaker (3:54).
2. Ayumu Honda (0D/0E/0P) defeated Tanomusaku Toba (0D/2E/0P) with a Cross Armbreaker (9:58).
3. Masashi Takeda (1D/0E/0P) defeated Hyato Mashida (0D/1E/0P) by KO with a German Suplex (5:33).
4. Takeshi Ono (0D/1E/0P) defeated Shotaro Nasu (0D/1E/0P) with a Camel Clutch (7:33).
5. HARASHIMA (0D/2E/0P) defeated Kyosuke Sasaki (2D/1E/0P) 3-2 on points (15:00).
6. Yukio Sakaguchi (0D/0E/0P) defeated Kazuki Hashimoto (3D/1E/0P) by KO with a Jumping Knee Kick (6:48).
7. Hikaru Sato (1D/2E/0P) defeated Manabu Suruga (0D/1E/0P) with an Armbar (12:00).

I believe this is the first time Hard Hit had a Super No Vacancy Full House crowd.

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DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 JUNE SPECIAL” Results

June 3, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 JUNE SPECIAL”, 03/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
287 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Shigehiro Irie defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Teddy Bear (8:41).
2. Akito defeated Gota Ihashi with the Volk Han Vs Andrei Kopylov Ankle Hold (8:20).
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Hero Amon defeated Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa & Ken Ohka when Amon pinned Tamagawa with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (13:24).
4. KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Antonio Honda & Keita Yano when Oishi pinned Honda with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (12:22).
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hoshitango, DJ Nira & Ayumi Kurihara (c) defeated Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Fukuda & Hikari Minami when Kurihara pinned Fukuda with a Back Throw (11:29).
*V3 for Ayumi Kurihara?
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Ayumi Kurihara (c) by Pinfall (2:52 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda became the 906th champion.
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii defeated HARASHIMA, Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi when Ibushi pinned Takanashi with the Sit Down Last Ride (13:36).
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano (c) defeated GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Urano pinned Matsunaga with the Tombstone Piledriver (20:36).
*V2 for Crying Wolf.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hoshitango defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) by Pinfall (3:52 pm).
*Hoshitango becomes the 907th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Michael Nakazawa defeated Hoshitango (c) by Pinfall (3:53 pm).
*Michael Nakazawa becomes the 908th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Ayumi Kurihara defeated Michael Nakazawa (c) by Pinfall (3:53 pm).
*Ayumi Kurihara becomes the 909th champion.

After dispatching of Tomomitsu Matsunaga & GENTARO, Crying Wolf are now being challenged by KUDO & Makoto Oishi for the KO-D Tag Team Title. Yasu Urano said it doesn’t matter if KUDO is teaming with Oishi, Danshoku Dino or Akito. They will all lose to Crying Wolf. Yuji Hino said he does not want to face them because he does not like easy challenges. The title match will take place on 16/6 in Ushiku.

There were a couple of Iron man Heavymetalweight Title changes today as Ayumi Kurihara finally made an apperance in DDT since winning the title. Even though she beat Hiroshi Fukuda in their 6-Man Tag Team match, Fukuda snuck a pin after the match and won the belt. Then Hoshitango beat Fukuda. Michael Nakazawa became the next champion only to lose it back to Ayumi Kurihara. That is the most recent title change I know of. On a sidenote, I put down that result as V3 because since she won the title, Kurihara beat Shu Shibutani in WAVE and Sakura Hirota in Oz Academy. Even if they weren’t acknowledged as Iron Man Title matches by those promotions they still count. Just ask Kana.

The nWJ revealed that they have a powerful figure in the world of wrestling backing them as an advisor. The backer is Katsuji Nagashima, who was the manager director of World Japan back when it existed. On 24/6 at Korakuen Hall, the nWJ will face Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa, Kenny Omega and a mystery partner in an 8-Man Tag Team match. The nWJ’s fourth man is only listed as a “Helper” so far.

The 16 competitors for this year’s King Of DDT tournament have been announced. They are HARASHIMA, KUDO, Kenny Omega, Danshoku Dino, Masa Takanashi, Makoto Oishi, Hikaru Sato, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Keisuke Ishii, Michael Nakazawa, Takao Soma, Shigehiro Irie, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yasu Urano and Akito. So no real surprises there. The winner of the tournament will face the KO-D Openweight Champion (who at this point will either be Yuji Hino or Kota Ibushi) at Budokan Hall.

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More Matches Added For Masa Show

June 1, 2012

DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN”, 15/06/2012
Edogawa Eastern Friend Hall

1. Emi Sakura Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Hoshitango & Tetsuya Endo
3. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi
4. Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
6. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Shuji Ishikawa pops over to DDT for an enticing six-man tag team match, teaming with his BIG “G” BANG partner Shigehiro Irie and Keisuke Ishii to face Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato and a reinvigorated Michael Nakazawa.

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