DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY” Results

September 30, 2012

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,544 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match – Battle Royal: Akito defeated Batten Tamgawa with a Cross Kneelock (5:30).
Other Participants: Hiroshi Fukuda, Rion Mizuki, Tetsuya Endo, Gorgeous Matsuno and DJ Nira.
0. Dark Match – Boxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi ended in a Time Limit Draw (3R 2:00).
1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango defeated Masa Takanashi, Yuji Hino & Toru Owashi when Hoshitango pinned Takanashi with the Midnight Buenos Aires (7:56).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yago defeated Hikaru Sato & Hiro Tsumaki by Referee Stoppage when Sakaguchi submitted Tsumaki with the Choke Sleeper (9:26).
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi ended in a No Contest (8:09).
4. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – First Leg: Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI defeated Poison Sawada JULIE & Client Snake when MIKAMI pinned JULIE with the Swan Dive School Boy (9:41).
5. Kenny Omega defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Croyt’s Wrath (16:12).
6. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma when Urano pinned Ishii with a Jackknife Pin (12:55).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico defeated Kota Ibushi (c) with the Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!! (22:33).
*Kota Ibushi fails in V3. El Generico becomes the 43rd KO-D Openweight Champion!

El Generico has been a force to be reckoned with ever since he came to Union and DDT. Now he has defeated their biggest star to win their top championship. Kota Ibushi wanted to face Generico again to avenge his defeat to the Generic Luchador back in May of this year. Ibushi even said he needed to win at any cost. Generico was the same, blocking a Top Rope Reverse Huracanrana and turning that into the deadly Brainbuster onto the top turnbuckle to end Ibushi’s reign as champion. After the match Generico said winning the title is an incredible feeling and he thanked Ibushi, calling him the best wrestler in the world. Generico promised that if he wins the DDT48 General Election, he will nominate Ibushi to get the vacant prize title shot. Generico said DDT welcomed him with an open heart, that Japan is No. 1 and the KO-D Title is the No. 1 championship in Japan.

Meanwhile Kenny Omega was spotted watching the match with great interest from a corner in the hall.

The new veteran unit now has a name. When Yasu Urano, HARASHIMA & KUDO combine, they become Ura-Shima-Kudo! During their match with Team Dream Futures, HARASHIMA fought in a furious manner that caught the Drift wrestlers off guard. Drift were not happy with the loss and threw out challenges for singles matches.

Kenny Omega said he was surprised by Konosuke Takeshita’s performance in their match, but his next real challenge has yet to come. Omega will return to All Japan for a match against Hiroshi Yamato for the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title on 7th October.

Shuji Ishikawa complained about having a sore shoulder and had to be convinced by Poison Sawada JULIE to wrestle for him as Client Snake. And by convinced I mean brainwashed. After their defeat to Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI, Takagi credited Sawada as being the driving force behind pro wrestling’s fantasy world in Japan. Sawada said he has no more regrets because he has lived in the fantasy world.

Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi was said to have been weird. Before the match took place, Yukinori Matsui approached both wrestlers to say he didn’t want to see any of the usual gay antics or else referee Daisuke Kiso would stop the match. Unfortunately for Kiso, there came a moment in the match where he got knocked out. With the ref down, Dino grabbed a futon from underneath the ring and forced Oishi to go under it with him. Matsui tried to enter ringside to stop the match but Tsurumi Amon prevented him from doing so with a kiss. Kiso recovered in time to witness the debauchery and stopped the match.

Yuji Hino left his partners high and dry to rejoin the wrestlers from Los Calientes and reform the Monster Army. They said that this is the best line up of the Monster Army and they can change the world.

The boxing match between Michael Nakazawa and Gota Ihashi ended in a draw. Since the winner was supposed to become the leader of a new stable with Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega, it was up to them to decide who should get it. They chose Ihashi. However, Tsurumi Amon wasn’t convinced that Ihashi deserved to be leader. He also didn’t think Ibushi or Omega deserved to be the leader. Then from out of nowhere Ibushi suggested Yumehito Imanari, a part time wrestler and filmmaker who is in charge of the Danshoku Ranch CLASSIC documentary series produced by DDT. Amon approved of the choice and Imanari has been made leader of the new unit.

Dramatic Fantasia will return to Samurai! TV beginning on 11th October.

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Who’s Gonna Top The Election?

September 29, 2012

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Battle Royal: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Batten Tamgawa Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
0. Dark Match – Boxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Hikaru Sato & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yago
3. Masa Takanashi, Yuji Hino & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
4. Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma
6. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – First Leg: Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE & Client Snake
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

Kota Ibushi Vs El Generico. Need I say more?

Well, there is the DDT48 General Election which is going into its final day of voting. And there is the beginning of Poison Sawada JULIE’s retirement tour. Plus you have the new veteran unit of HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano going face-to-face with Dream Team Futures.

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DDT “ROCK FESTIVAL WRESTLING” Results

September 24, 2012

DDT “ROCK FESTIVAL WRESTLING” Results, 22/09/2012
Aomori Hiranai County Town

Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa when Ibushi pinned Nakazawa after a salt attack on the Yagura Stage (18:34).

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UNION “I WILL MEET YOU AT THE KITASENJU” Results

September 24, 2012

UNION “I WILL MEET YOU AT THE KITASENJU”, 22/09/2012
Kitasenju Theatre 1010
123 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Menso~re Oyaji defeated Daichi Kazato with the Sewing Feather (8:35).
2. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Maki Narumiya defeated NOZOMI with the Diving Guillotine Drop (9:07).
3. Great Britain Gentlemen Rules Handicap Match: Cherry & Mio Shirai (w/ Rumi Kazama) defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo) when Shirai pinned Fukuda with the Purple Flash (1:37).
3a. Handicap Match: Cherry & Mio Shirai (w/ Rumi Kazama) defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo) when Cherry pinned Fukuda with the Cherryton Bomb (7:57).
4. Hiro Tsumaki defeated Shotaro Nasu with a German Suplex (10:41).
5. Isami Kodaka defeated Goro Jr. with the Diving Double Knee Drop (16:59).
6. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie defeated Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka when Ishii pinned Ohka with the Kneel Kick (19:48).

It was two years ago when Union last held a show in Kitasenju Theatre. The venue was packed for their return highlighted with the Union Sekigun standing up to Team Dream Futures. Unfortunately for the home team, Drift were victorious by the night’s end. Keisuke Ishii wasn’t impressed and asked if that was the best Union had to offer. Isami Kodaka took offence to that and had a confrontation with Ishii. Naomi Susan announced that Kodaka and Ishii will have a match at Union’s next event in Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 28/10.

Earlier in the semi-main event, Kodaka defeated Goro Jr. He and Goro had a handshake afterwards but when he tried to do the same with El Hijo del Goro, he was met with a middle finger.

Clearly inspired by the recent riveting discussion about whether or not Big Daddy should be inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame, Hiroshi Fukuda decided to be a gentlemen and wrestle under “Great Britain” rules for his Handicap match against Cherry & Mio Shirai. Part of the rules were to wrestle clean like a gentleman and he also only had to be pinned for two seconds instead of three to lose. Mio did just that two minutes later. Fukuda complained and remembered that the British doesn’t actually use those rules, so they restarted the match under normal Handicap rules. This time Fukuda fought dirty and attempted to use a chair and a tambourine as weapons. Rumi Kazama stopped him from using the foriegn objects and the distraction led to his defeat for the second time. Fukuda was so upset he fled backstage (and I quote from the website translation) “crying like a virgin.”

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Sapporo Wrestling Festival Line Up

September 24, 2012

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2012”, 08/10/2012
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. 4 Way Match: Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Michael Nakazawa Vs Chiharu
3. Tomoya & Takao Soma Vs Hikaru Sato & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Ultra Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
5. Kenny Omega Vs Antonio Honda
6. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Masked Man Of Mystery X (w/ Shogun KY Wakamatsu)

Kota Ibushi will not be taking part in the show because he will be busy defending the IWGP Jr. Title against Low Ki over at Sumo Hall for New Japan that day.

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Dino Vs Oishi, Matches For Sapporo

September 21, 2012

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Battle Royal: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Batten Tamgawa Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
0. Dark Match – Boxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Hikaru Sato & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yago
3. Masa Takanashi, Yuji Hino & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
4. Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma
6. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – First Leg: Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE & Client Snake
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi have their first match after the end of Homorio Clover Z. Also some additions to the Battle Royal.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2012”, 08/10/2012
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. Ultra Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
2. Kenny Omega Vs Antonio Honda
3. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Masked Man Of Mystery X (w/ Shogun KY Wakamatsu)

Hikaru Sato and Yoshiaki Yago are booked for the show. Chiharu will also be there for his annual Sapporo match that I presume will involve nunchuks and coathangers.

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Union At Kitasenju, Who’s Gonna Top? Card

September 20, 2012

UNION “I WILL MEET YOU AT THE KITASENJU”, 22/09/2012
Kitasenju Theatre 1010

1. Hiro Tsumaki Vs Shotaro Nasu
2. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: NOZOMI Vs Maki Narumiya
3. Handicap Match: Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo) Vs Cherry & Mio Shirai (w/ Rumi Kazama)
4. Daichi Kazato Vs Menso~re Oyaji
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Goro Jr.
6. Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka Vs Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie

Toru Sugiura is out with a right knee injury and will not compete. Shotaro Nasu from STYLE-E is his replacement for the opener.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Battle Royal: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Batten Tamgawa
0. Dark Match – Boxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Hikaru Sato & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yago
2. Masa Takanashi, Yuji Hino & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
3. Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita
4. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma
5. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – First Leg: Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE & Client Snake
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

All of the new stables get their first taste of action.

The winner of the boxing match gets to be the leader of his own stable featuring Kota Ibushi.

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DDT “NON-FIX 9.19” Results

September 19, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 9.19”, 19/09/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
309 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Takao Soma defeated Choun-Shiryu with the Boma Ye (6:55).
2. Hentai Dan Hentai: Cherry & DJ Nira defeated Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa when Cherry pinned Nakazawa after the Rocket Punch from Nira (9:39).
3. nWj Dissolution Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Yago defeated HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi when Yago submitted Ihashi with the Cobra Twist Murder (11:04).
4. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Masa Takanashi & Tetsuya Endo when Ishii pinned Endo with a Diving Body Press (10:35).
5. Crying Wolf Vs La Familia Bloodbath: Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango defeated Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda when Sasaki pinned Urano after the Midnight Buenos Aires (10:10).
6. Homoiro Clover Z Final Match: Kota Ibushi, Danshoku Dino & Akito defeated KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda when Dino pinned Oishi with the Danshoku Driver (14:30).

A lot of unit movement took place during the show as DDT pressed the reset button on most of their stables.

Gota Ihashi announced that Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega and himself will form a unit. Ihashi then surprised everyone by saying he was the leader of the group. Michael Nakazawa interrupted the announcement demanding that he should be the leader. Ibushi seemed to be ok with either choice and couldn’t decide who to pick. Tsurumi Amon stepped in and made a match for the 30th September show in Korakuen Hall. Ihashi will face Nakazawa in a Boxing Rules match with the winner becoming the leader of this new group.

New World Japan has now become the Real Outsiders with Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Sakaguchi and the returning Yoshiaki Yago as its members.

Antonio Honda betrayed Yasu Urano and joined forces with Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango to form Los Calientes. The three also kicked Masa Takanashi out of the group. Takanashi responded by saying he will form a unit with Yuji Hino and Toru Owashi and they will challenge Los Calientes at Korakuen.

Yasu Urano also quickly found new allies, siding with HARASHIMA & KUDO. Together they claim to have a combined 35 years of experience and will use that to battle against Team Dream Futures.

Hiroshi Fukuda and Batten Tamagawa appealed to team together based on their love for American wrestling.

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Poison Sawada Announces Plans To Retire

September 18, 2012

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – First Leg: Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE & Client Snake
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

Atsuo Sawada, aka Poison JULIE Sawada, aka Poison Sawada JULIE, aka Poison Sawada today held a press conference to announce his impending retirement. Sawada explained that a combination of nerve root damage in his neck plus cervical disc disease has led to this decision. He said that ever since his match with Masahiro Chono in 2009, his neck felt more and more funny as time went on. The symptoms never healed and he has finally reached the point where he cannot continue to wrestle even on a part time basis as he had been doing.

Sawada was accompanied by Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI for the conference. Takagi said it is important for DDT to support the next generation of wrestlers and the time has come for Sawada to step aside. He also said Sawada created a great impact in DDT. MIKAMI spoke of his rivalry with Sawada during the early days of the promotion and called Sawada his companion both inside and outside the ring.

Tsurumi Amon was also there to announced Sawada’s remaining matches before he calls it a day. Amon originally wanted Sawada to compete as much as he could but to limit the risk of injury, Sawada will only wrestle three more times. His matches will take place in Korakuen Hall on 30/9, Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 28/10 and his retirement match will ba back in Korakuen on 25/11. For the first leg of his retirement tour, Sawada will use his Poison Sawada JULIE gimmick to team with one of his loyal minions Client Snake (Shuji Ishikawa) and face Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI.

Poison Sawada has had a long and storied relationship with wrestling going back to 1981. Sawada joined New Japan and served as a ring attendant until he resigned in 1983. He reappeared on the indie scene a few years later and went through several different gimmicks and promotions including the original Union Pro Wrestling which was where he became Poison Sawada. He eventually found his way into DDT where he among other things created the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship, founded a snake themed religion that resulted in him becoming Poison Sawada JULIE, been beheaded, turned into stone, time travelled, came back as Poison Sawada, re-established Union, feuded with a Karate Dojo that led to death matches involving real live scorpions, somehow turn into a thing that had troll hair and a giant hand, fought Masahiro Chono in Sumo Hall and forced hundreds of people to raise their hands against their will to the sound of rattling.

And if that isn’t worthy of an induction into the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame, I don’t know what is…

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Final Day For Stables, Takagi Brings In KY Wakamatsu & His Masked Man Of Mystery

September 18, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 9.19”, 19/09/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takao Soma Vs Choun-Shiryu
2. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Masa Takanashi & Tetsuya Endo
3. Hentai Dan Hentai: Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Cherry & DJ Nira
4. nWj Dissolution Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi
5. Crying Wolf Vs La Familia Bloodbath: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. Homoiro Clover Z Final Match: Kota Ibushi, Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda

This event will be the last show for many of DDT’s stables before they are forced to split up as per the rulings of Tsurumi Amon. However, DDT has admitted there is nothing stopping wrestlers from reforming stables under new names. It is all up to the wrestlers to decide what paths they will all take.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2012”, 08/10/2012
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Masked Man Of Mystery X (w/ Shogun KY Wakamatsu)

Sanshiro Takagi has hired Shogun KY Wakamatsu to utilise one of the many masked men under his banner and go after MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami. KY Wakamatsu is known as the manager of the Strong Machines in Japan during the 1980s, spent some time in Canada for Stampede Wrestling and is usually seen carrying a megaphone and a kendo stick. There was a hint that Takagi’s masked partner has something to do with Okinawa. The obvious guess is a wrestler from the now inactive Okinawa Pro Wrestling but Takagi and Wakamatsu could be sneaky enough to bring in someone else that nobody expected.

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