UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012” Results

August 12, 2012

UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012”, 12/08/2012
Isami Wrestle Arena
104 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Mio Shirai defeated NOZOMI with the Tsuchigumo (5:40).
2. Cherry & Miyako Matsumoto defeated Isami Kodaka & El Hijo del Goro Jr. (w/ Goro Jr.) when Matsumoto pinned Goro with the Miyakoko Clutch (12:29).
3. Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title: Kengo Ohka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo & Rumi Kazama) by Ring Out (4:53).
*V1 for Hiroshi Fukuda according to US Title rules.
3a. Kengo Ohka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo & Rumi Kazama) with the Implant DDT (6:28).
4. Shigehiro Irie & Toru Sugiura defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Taichi Kazato when Irie pinned Kazato with a Running Elbow (14:09).
5. Seiya “Big” Morohashi defeated Ken Ohka with a Lariat (15:35).


Union Summer Festival Card

August 11, 2012

UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012”, 12/08/2012
Isami Wrestle Arena

1. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: NOZOMI Vs Mio Shirai
2. Cherry & Miyako Matsumoto Vs Isami Kodaka & El Hijo del Goro Jr. (w/ Goro Jr.)
3. Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo & Rumi Kazama) Vs Kengo Ohka
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Taichi Kazato Vs Shigehiro Irie & Toru Sugiura
5. Seiya Morohashi Vs Ken Ohka

Shuji Ishikawa returns to the ring after illness.


DDT “LAST MINUTE BUDOKAN SPECIAL!” Results And Press Conference

August 9, 2012

DDT “LAST MINUTE BUDOKAN SPECIAL!”, 09/08/2012
Tokyo Akasaka Sacas
??? Fans

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kota Ibushi defeated HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi and Michael Nakazawa when Ibushi pinned Nakazawa with the Sit Down Last Ride (8:08).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated DJ Nira (c) with a School Boy (6:21 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 955th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Chair defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) by Pinfall (6:23 pm).
*Chair becomes the 956th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Chair (c) with the Perfect Plex (6:54 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 957th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Cherry defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) with the Spring Night Love (6:54 pm).
*Cherry becomes the 958th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: DJ Nira defeated Cherry (c) with a Chair Attack (6:56 pm).
*DJ Nira becomes the 959th champion.

DDT held a special event inside Akasaka Sacas in Tokyo to promote their 15th Anniversary Show in Budokan Hall. The event was held in the Sacas Star Stage part of the city and began with the only planned match for the show, a Falls Count Anywhere match between Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi and Michael Nakazawa. They fought on the stage with a mat used to act as the squared circle. A table came into play twice with Takagi giving Nakazawa a Piledriver through the table, then HARASHIMA gave Takagi a Falcon Arrow onto the remains. Ibushi won the match when he kip-flipped under Nakazawa’s Ultimate Venom Arm and delivered the Sit Down Last Ride.

There was then the announcement of DDT’s first album called “100% DDT MIX”. The CD will be released at Budokan Hall and contains the original theme songs for HARASHIMA, Takao Soma, Keisuke Ishii, Cherry and Saint Seiya Rion. It also has the official theme song for the anniversary show called “Under The Large Onion (DDT Version)”. Rion performed his song “Pegasus Fantasy” on stage.

The rest of the event was dedicated to giving all of the wrestlers a platform to hype up their matches. First up was the Tag Team Gauntlet. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie said that winning the gauntlet will make them the next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Title. Do Hentai Dan came out next. Hikaru Sato introduced himself and Nakazawa to the audience and then said he wanted the Budokan show to end after their match. He then said that Nakazawa was not going to speak because he is putting all of his concentration into the match. Takao Soma came out on his own but said that his partner for the match Yukio Sakaguchi is very powerful. Isami Kodaka also came out on his own. He said that he and Hiro Tsumaki will show everyone how crazy Union Pro Wrestling is. Finally Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada entered the stage. Sawada said that as the veteran of the bunch he will insure the Tag Team Gauntlet will be a great way to open the show.

Next up was the competitors for the Iron Man Royal Rumble. Hiroshi Fukuda tried to win fan support by saying he wants to give donations to underpriviledged children. Gota Ihashi kept on shouting “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! COME ON! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! COME ON!” Tomomitsu Matsunaga said it was going to be a unique match. Akito thinks he will make the most impact in the match. Daichi Kakimoto talked about how much he appreciates being able to step into the ring again after a four year absence. Gorgeous Matsuno wants to win the title again for the 14th time. Cherry said she wants to be a champion again at the age of 38. Yuzuki Aikawa gave a cheerful and bouncy greeting to the fans. She declared the 18th August to be Hooters Day. Current champion DJ Nira declared himself the King Of Time. The group photo descended into mayhem when Fukuda attacked Nira and won the belt only to somehow lose it to a chair.

The Monster Army Football match preview was next. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda from Team Crying Wolf were joined by Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Hoshitango of Team La Familia. Hoshitango spoke in Spanish, Sasaki translated for him and simply said Hoshitango promised to do his best. Takanashi said the most important thing about football is friendship. La Familia are the most bonded group in DDT. Takanashi then asked if Honda had any friends and why he was always alone. He then called Honda a dickward. Honda said that Takanashi was scared of him and at Budokan Hall, Honda will kick the ball away from Takanashi. Urano, like Hoshitango, just said he will do his best.

After that came the preview for the KO-D Tag Team Title match. MIKAMI arrived without Tatsumi Fujinami by his side. He said that this will be Fujinami’s first championship match in over 10 years so this is not just an important match for DDT, but an important match for professional wrestling. MIKAMI wants to be a part of that historical moment. Makoto Oishi called this summer the Summer Of Homoiro Clover Z. KUDO said that the match will be their fourth defence of the belts and they never take any victory for granted.

Sanshiro Takagi was disappointed that Minoru Suzuki couldn’t appear at the event for a face-off. Suzuki is busy competing in the G-1 Climax over at New Japan. Takagi revealed his plan for the Weapons Rumble Handicap match. He will get Yuzuki Aikawa to wear a bikini and distract Suzuki. Takagi will then grab a broom and whack it over Suzuki’s head. Sounds like a foolproof plan.

Tsurumi Amon spoke to HARASHIMA about the Hardcore Tag Team match with Togi Makabe against Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito. Amon reminded HARASHIMA that the rules allow the use of chairs, tables, chains and barbed wire. HARASHIMA said that with Makabe by his side, they won’t lose. He and Makabe have a strong relationship of trust going back to their college days. Amon joked that Makabe must have been an honour student.

Danshoku Dino wasn’t sure if the Invisible Man was in attendance. Maybe he was there standing on the stage beside him but was just staying quiet. Dino thanked DDT for booking the match at the Budokan Hall. He wondered if there are many invisible people and how he could fight them.

Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega signed the contract for the KO-D Openweight Title main event match. They both gave each other high praise and admitted the other person could easily win the match. With the event drawing to a close, everyone returned to the stage for a final group photo. That led to more Iron Man Heavymetalweight shenanigans when Fukuda grabbed the chair and gave it a Perfect Plex to win the title. Cherry then pinned Fukuda with the Spring Night Love to become champion. But as she celebrated, DJ Nira grabbed the chair, used it to knock Cherry out and won the belt back.


Union Gets Its Own US Title

August 7, 2012

UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012”, 12/08/2012
Isami Wrestle Arena

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: NOZOMI Vs Mio Shirai
2. Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo & Rumi Kazama) Vs Kengo Ohka
3. Cherry & Miyako Matsumoto Vs Isami Kodaka & El Hijo del Goro Jr. (w/ Goro Jr.)
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Taichi Kazato Vs Shigehiro Irie & Toru Sugiura
5. Seiya Morohashi Vs Ken Ohka

Hiroshi Fukuda is a fan of American wrestling, so I guess the Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title will turn out to be a modified WWE US Title belt replica that he owns.

Seiya Morohashi has permanently dropped the Big Rude gimmick and is back to wrestling as himself.


DDT “DDT IN KEIO PAVILION 12” Results

August 6, 2012

DDT “DDT IN KEIO PAVILION 12”, 06/08/2012
Tokyo Keio Special Ring
3,714 Fans

1. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Hoshitango & Masa Takanashi defeated Michael Nakazawa & Gota Ihashi and Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano when Hoshitango pinned both Nakazawa & Ihashi with the Midnight Buenos Aires.
2. 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Danshoku Dino defeated HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie when Ibushi pinned Irie with the Sit Down Last Ride (7:12).


Updated Budokan Card – Only 12 Days Away!

August 6, 2012

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Muscle Dark Match: Muscle Army Vs Style-E Army
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Tag Team Gauntlet: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada
3. Iron Man Royal Rumble: DJ Nira (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Akito Vs YOSHIHIKO Vs Cherry Vs NOZOMI Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daichi Kakimoto Vs Ken Ohka Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Tanomusaku Toba & Yoshiko
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami
6. Special Weapons Rumble Handicap Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
7. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Invisible Man
8. Special Hardcore Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Togi Makabe Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

My preview for the show will be up sometime next week.

Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki will be fought under Weapons Rumble rules. That means a foreign object will be introduced into the match after a certain amount of time. Word is going around that Takagi is doing his best to come up with ideas that Suzuki cannot be prepared for, hence the Handicap added to the match title.

The Style-E promotion has suddenly declared war on Muscle! A grudge between the two groups have slowly been bubbling ever since Muscle Sasaki was announced to return at the DDT 15th Anniversary Show. A situation at Chofu earlier in the week led to open fire. The aftermath had both sides agree that they will do battle in the dark match at Budokan Hall.

Rion Mizuki has now become Saint Seiya Rion, or possibly Saint Lion for short.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT SATURDAY” Results

August 4, 2012

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT SATURDAY”, 04/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
571 Fans – Super No Vacancy

Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) with a Boston Crab (5:37 pm).
*Konosuke Takeshita becomes the 952nd champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Konosuke Takeshita (c) with a Low Blow (5:39 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 953rd champion.
1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Ishii pinned Matsunaga with the Kneel Kick (10:16).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Tanomusaku Toba with a Rope-Assisted School Boy (9:16). (Special Guest Referee: DJ Nira)
*V1 for Hiroshi Fukuda.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: DJ Nira defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) with a Small Package (18:19).
*DJ Nira becomes the 954th champion.
3. Triple Threat Blindfold Match: Kenny Omega defeated Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda when Omega pinned Honda with the Croyt’s Wrath (7:11).
4. New Setagaya Ghost Story Death Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito Vs Hoshitango, Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo ended in a Time Limit Draw and a Ghost Story (5:00).
5. Lumberjack Death Match: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Michael Nakazawa when he removed Nakazawa’s pantyhose (11:31).
6. DDT Beer Garden Specialty – Lottery 6-Man Tag Team Match: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato defeated Kota Ibushi, Yasu Urano & KUDO when HARASHIMA pinned Urano with the Somato (20:35).

The candidates for the DDT48 General Election 2012 have been aanounced. They are Hikaru Sato, Kota Ibushi, Danshoku Dino, Yasu Urano, Masa Takanashi, Makoto Oishi, Cherry, HARASHIMA, MIKAMI, Isami Kodaka, Ken Ohka, KUDO, Sanshiro Takagi, DJ Nira, Antonio Honda, Keisuke Ishii, Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa, Mr. #6, Kenny Omega, Shigehiro Irie, Akito, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gorgeous Matsuno, Rion Mizuki, Gota Ihashi, Tetsuya Endo, Yuji Hino, Konosuke Takeshita, Seiya Morohashi, Hiro Tsumaki, Hiroshi Fukuda, Taichi Kazato, El Hijo del GoroGoro Jr., Choun-Shiryu, Kengo Ohka, Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan, Shoichi Uchida, YOSHIHIKO, Mio Shirai, El Generico, Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Shiota and NOZOMI.

The ghost story during Match #4 was read by actor Hisaya Imabayashi, who looks absolutely nothing like Tsurumi Amon. The story was so scary it made all of the wrestlers involved in the match faint one after the other. It somehow ended with Imabayashi impersonating Atsushi Onita and throwing water at everyone while “Wild Thing” played over the speakers.

Sanshiro Takagi, Michael Nazazawa and referee Daisuke Kiso all had to wear pantyhose over their head during the Lumberjack Death Match. The winner was the first person to pull off their opponent’s pantyhose.

In preparation for his debut match at Budokan Hall, Konosuke Takeshita took part in a sparring exhibition with Hiroshi Fukuda. Takeshita suprised everyone and submitted Fukuda, winning the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title in the process. Tsurumi Amon congratulated Takeshita on winning a championship before his official debut. However, Fukuda then Low Blowed Takeshita and pinned him to win the belt back almost immediately.

Fukuda returned later in the show to face Tanomusaku Toba in their scheduled match. DJ Nira came out to be the sub-referee along with Yukinori Matsui during the match and they constantly got in each other’s way. It got so bad that Matsui pounced at Nira and attacked him. The distraction allowed Fukuda to Low Blow Toba and pin him with School Boy while his feet were on the top rope for leverage. Both Matsui and Nira counted the pin. After the match, Nira took out his “Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere” contract and “cashed it in” to get an Iron Man title shot right there and then. He immediately pinned Fukuda with a Small Package to become the new champion. Nira grabbed the mic and said he will go to the Budokan as champion and this belt best symbolised DDT. Tsurumi Amon decided that the Iron Man Title will be frozen from now until the Budokan show. That means no 24/7 challenges and that Nira will be the defending champion in the Battle Royal.

Rion Mizuki announced he will transform into Leon from Saint Seiya at Budokan Hall.

It was confirmed that KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami at Budokan Hall will be for the KO-D Tag Team Title.

DDT will be launching a new stretch gym business in September. Seiya Morohashi will be in charge.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY” Results

August 3, 2012

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY”, 03/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
389 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Haya Bucha & Popogorira defeated Eririn Takagi & Cobra Otakki when Bucha pinned Otakki with the Firebird Splash (8:21).
1. Hard Hit Offer Match: Isami Kodaka & Hoshitango (4D/0E/0P) defeated KUDO & Ryuichi Sekine (2D/2E/0P) when Kodaka submitted Sekine with a Headscissor Choke (12:11).
2. Endo Test Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Danshoku Dino (apparently HARASHIMA) ended in a No Contest (3:45).
3. BOYZ Offer Match: Makoto Oishi, Daisuke Sasaki & Tsutomu Oosugi defeated Masa Takanashi, Yuki Sato & Hercules Senga when Oishi pinned Takanashi with a European Leg Roll Clutch (5:35).
4. HARASHIMA defeated Hikaru Sato with a Cross Armbreaker (29:58).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yakitori defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) (9:21 pm).
*Yakitori becomes the 947th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Ryuichi Sekine defeated Yakitori (c) by eating it (9:21 pm).
*Ryuichi Sekine becomes the 948th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Beer defeated Ryuichi Sekine (c) (9:22 pm).
*Beer becomes the 949th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Gota Ihashi defeated Beer (c) by drinking it (9:23 pm).
*Gota Ihashi becomes the 950th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Tambourine Attack (9:25 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 951st champion.

HARASHIMA and Danshoku Dino bumped heads and switched bodies at the beginning of the show. Danshoku HARASHIMA was the one who faced Tetsuya Endo in Match #2 but a clash of heads there had Endo jump into HARASHIMA’s body and Dino jump into Endo’s body. Danshoku Endo then began using Dino’s homo-centric offence that became so gratuitous the match had to be stopped. HARASHIMA Dino returned to the ring and all three bumped heads to return back to normal. At least until Endo began dry humping Dino.

The BOYZ offer match was beach themed with everyone using super soakers, towels and beach balls as weapons.

At the end of the show, Ryuichi Sekine attacked the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiroshi Fukuda while he was serving a try of yakitori chicken. When Fukuda was knocked out after a chop to the neck, a piece of the chicken fell on top of him, pinned him and became the new champion. Sekine ate the piece of chicken to win the belt by KO. He then celebrated with a can of beer but drank so much he collapsed. The can of beer landed on his chest and pinned Sekine to win the belt. Gota Ihashi then drank the can to win the title. Fukuda was back on his feet and attacked Ihashi. The champion kicked out of two pin attempts (which counts as successful title defences) but a tambourine to the back of the head finally put Ihashi out for the count. Fukuda made his escape as the champion once again.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HOMOIRO CLOVER Z PRODUCE DAY” Results

August 3, 2012

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HOMOIRO CLOVER Z PRODUCE DAY”, 02/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
650 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Muscle Offer Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Seiya Morohashi ended in a Time Limit Draw (3:00) (Special Guest Referee: Mame Endo).
*Mame Endo declared the winner via audience vote.
0. Dark Match: Yasu Urano defeated Rikiya Shindo with a Diving Foot Stomp (7:01).
1. Strange Bifurcation Allowed: Makoto Oishi & KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi ended in a Draw when KUDO and Asahi both pinned Oishi after the Diving Double Knee Drop (8:41).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Perfect Plex Challenge: Rikiya Shindo defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) (28:11).
2a. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga the Perfect Plex (6:18).
2b. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Taichi Kazato Perfect Plex (8:00).
2c. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated a Venue Gangster the Perfect Plex (9:41).
2d. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Daisuke Kiso the Perfect Plex (13:17).
2e. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Tetsuya Endo the Perfect Plex (14:20).
2f. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Tanomusaku Toba the Perfect Plex (17:49).
2g. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Michael Nakazawa the Perfect Plex (19:29).
2h. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Mame Endo the Perfect Plex (22:01).
2i. Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Yasu Urano the Perfect Plex (25:57).
2j. Rikiya Shindo defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) with a Small Package (28:11).
*Rikiya Shindo becomes the 945th champion.
3. 3-On-1 Falls Count Anywhere Handicap Match: Kota Ibushi defeated Gota Ihashi, Seiya Morohashi & Masa Takanashi when Ibushi pinned Ihashi with a Power Bomb through a table (11:12).
4. Yuji Hino defeated Akito with the F***’N Bomb (21:00).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Rikiya Shindo (c) after a Chop from Yuji Hino (9:40 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 946th champion.

Hiroshi Fukuda set up the Perfect Plex Challenge to defend his Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. It was a Gauntlet match where Fukuda only needed to give his opponent the Perfect Plex in order to eliminate him from the match. The opponents had to beat him in the usual manner in order to win. Fukuda defeated 9 wrestlers with the Perfect Plex until DDT announcer Rikiya Shindo stepped into the ring. Shindo earlier competed in the dark match in what was possibly his first ever match in DDT. He countered the Perfect Plex into a Small Package to score the upset and become the new Iron Man Champion! Unfortunately for him, Yuji Hino got in his way at the end of the show and knocked him down with a big chop. Fukuda capitalised and pinned Shindo to win back the title.

Makoto Oishi found himself in quite a perdicament. The two tag teams he regularly wrestles in were booked to face each other. So Oishi had to team with KUDO to face himself and Shiori Asahi. After tying to perform double team moves with both sides, it ended up with KUDO and Asahi unintentionally teaming together to beat up Oishi. Asahi used the kick-up portion of the Cactus Flower finisher to position Oishi for KUDO’s Diving Double Knee Drop. Then both men pinned Oishi to end the match in a draw.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ ANTONIO HONDA PRODUCE DAY” Results

August 3, 2012

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ ANTONIO HONDA PRODUCE DAY”, 01/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
406 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Watermelon Crash Death Match: Seiya Morohashi defeated GENTARO when Morohashi smashed the watermelon over GENTARO’s head (9:29).
2. The Old Man & The Sea & The Wine & The Tears: Masa Takanashi defeated Hoshitango, Yasu Urano, HIROKI, Great Kojika and Ricky Fuji when Takanashi pinned Urano with a School Boy (10:17).
3. Texas Tiger Rope Match: Kento Miyahara defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a German Suplex (10:46).
4. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Antonio Honda with the Cross Facelock (27:01).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Tambourine Attack (9:29 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 944th champion.

Both Antonio Honda and Daisuke Sasaki wanted the main event to be so good that Dick Togo would hear about it all the way over in Bolivia. Yasu Urano said the match would have been better if Honda was drunk. Honda said he wasn’t drinking, he was fit as a fiddle the entire time.

Kento Miyahara hogtied Hiroshi Fukuda with the tiger rope in the lead up to the finish of their Texas Tiger Rope Match.

The Watermelon Crash Death Match featured a watermelon and a barbed wire baseball bat left in the middle of the ring. The first person to smash the watermelon would be declared the winner. Seiya Morohashi won when he grabbed the watermelon and smashed it over GENTARO’s head. That wasn’t Morohashi’s only appearance for the night. At the end of Match #2, he appeared in the ring to perform a “Strange Uncle” dance while only wearing a thong. Hoshitango danced along with him but thankfully he did not strip.