Union Anniversary Matches Announced

October 30, 2012

UNION “7TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/11/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kazato Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Shotaro Nasu
2. Cherry Vs Ran Yu Yu
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

The growing Union Vs Drift feud is highlights with two big matches. Shuji Ishikawa defends the DDT Extreme Title against Drift leader (or at least the one with the biggest mouth out of the three) Keisuke Ishii. Meanwhile Isami Kodaka takes on Shigehiro Irie in what is sure to be a hard hitting contest.

El Generico, Jun Kasai and Mio Shirai are also scheduled to appear.

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“GOD BLESS DDT 2012” Card So Far

October 29, 2012

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2012”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Michael Nakazawa & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira
2. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & X Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
3. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs MIKAMI

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UNION “UNION FESTIVAL” Results

October 28, 2012

UNION “UNION FESTIVAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
276 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Menso~re Oyaji & Shotaro Nasu defeated Daichi Kazato & Ryuichi Sekine when Nasu pinned Kazato with the PK (11:05).
2. Seiya Morohashi (w/ Rumi Kazama) defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo) with the Crippler Crosspenis (8:45)
3. Cherry defeated Mika Iida with the Cherryton Bomb (8:41).
4. Isami Kodaka, Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai defeated Miyako Matsumoto, Saint Seiya Rion & El Hijo del Goro when Kodaka pinned Goro with the Isamu Leg (10:07)
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Kengo Ohka defeated Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma when Ishikawa pinned Soma with the Splash Mountain (17:48).
6. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiro Tsumaki with the Kneel Kick (16:28).

Drift’s raid on Union saw a brave Hiro Tsumaki fall to Keisuke Ishii after a strong effort. With a winning streak building up in Union, Ishii challenged Shuji Ishikawa to a DDT Extreme Title match. Shuji himself has success in battling Drift including a victory with Kengo Ohka today over Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie. Naomi Susan confirmed the match will happen at Union’s 7th Anniversary show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 23rd November.

Shigehiro Irie threw out a challenge to Isami Kodaka for 23/11. The show will also have Cherry Vs Ran Yu Yu and Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryuichi Sekine. El Generico and Jun Kasai are also announced to compete on the show.

There was a bit of bad blood brewing between Mio Shirai and Miyako Matsumoto during Match #4. This ties into Ice Ribbon where Shirai is the current ICEx60 Champion and Miyako has constantly been trying to get a title shot against her.

Cherry complimented Mika Iida for being youthful, fresh and cute like a younger version of herself.

Seiya Morohashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda included a rule where sneaky low blows were allowed. Fukuda requested for this stipulation because Morohashi’s muscles were so strong and tough. The plan backfired when Morohashi applied a groin version of the Crippler Crossface to win by submission.

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DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL” Results

October 28, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
411 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Keisuke Ishii defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Boston Crab (4:08).
2. Yuji Hino, Hoshitango & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito & Yuki Sato when Sasaki pinned Oishi with the NOW OR NEVER (12:19).
3. Kota Ibushi & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa when Sakaguchi submitted Nakazawa with the Choke Sleeper (7:15).
4. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi defeated Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) by Referee Stoppage when Seiya Morohashi submitted JULIE with the Crippler Crossface (9:35).
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda ended in a No Contest when Michael Nakazawa interfered (9:08).
6. Castle Siege Death Match: Takao Soma (Attacker) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (Defender) when Soma destroyed Castle Shin-Kiba (5:42).
7. KO-D Title Challenger Decision – 7 Way Elimination Match: MIKAMI defeated HARASHIMA, Hikaru Sato, Shigehiro Irie, Isami Kodaka, Antonio Honda and Gota Ihashi (18:41).
7a. Shigehiro Irie eliminated Gota Ihashi with a Running Elbow Smash (1:47).
7b. Shigehiro Irie eliminated Isami Kodaka with a Running Elbow Smash (5:11).
7c. Antonio Honda eliminated Shigehiro Irie with a Rolling Cradle (8:14).
7d. Hikaru Sato eliminated Antonio Honda with the Cross Armbreaker (8:46).
7e. MIKAMI eliminated Hikaru Sato with the Swan Dive School Boy (14:57).
7f. MIKAMI eliminated HARASHIMA with a School Boy (18:41).

MIKAMI was the last man standing in the 7 Way main event. Once again MIKAMI’s excellence with roll up was the deciding factor, countering HARASHIMA’s Somato with the School Boy to become the No. 1 Contender. “The Suicide Boy” will now face El Generico for the KO-D Openweight Title in Korakuen Hall on 25th November. Poison Sawada JULIE appeared in the ring afterwards to congratulate MIKAMI and motivate him for the title match.

The Castle Siege Death Match between Sanshiro Takagi and Takao Soma involved a castle of chairs set up in the middle of the ring. Takagi’s role was to protect the castle while Soma had to destroy it to win. Soma was able to achieve his goal with thanks to some help from Keisuke Ishii. Takagi was distressed by the result but still had some faith left. “Castle Shin-Kiba has fallen… But Castle Korakuen still stands!” Takagi then blamed Akito for Castle Shin-Kiba’s destruction, suggesting that Akito didn’t stack up the chairs to give the castle the proper support it needed. Akito promised to make it up to Takagi and it was decided that they will both protect Castle Korakuen from Soma & Ishii on 25/11.

Poison Sawada JULIE thanked everyone in the Six-Man Tag Match for taking part in his retirement tour.

Michael Nakazawa intruded on the Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda match and attacked both men to draw a no contest. Nakazawa made a statement that this was the beginning of his “second administration”. Fukuda joined Nakazawa’s side, going as far as to say “DDT = Nakazawa.” DJ Nira then showed up to side with Dino. Tsurumi Amon stepped in to make a tag team match between the two sides to take place on 25/11.

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Shuji Added to Odate Main Event, Shima-Hiro Now Have To Climb Mt. Takayama

October 25, 2012

DDT “WE’RE GONNA GO BEFORE WINTER COMES”, 11/11/2012
Odate

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Akito
3. Makoto Oishi Vs Hikaru Sato
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Vs Kaz Hayashi & Yuu Yamagata
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshihiro Takayama Vs HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki
6. Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma

Team Dream Future’s assault on the main event scene in both DDT and Union has drawn the ire of Shuji Ishikawa. So much so that Ishikawa is jumping over to DDT to face them on their turf. Ishikawa will be teaming with Kota Ibushi and MIKAMI, setting up Drift’s strongest opponents to date.

The bump up to main event for Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma means that they will no longer face Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshihiro Takayama on the card. Instead, Takagi & Takayama will take on the new team of Shima-Hiro.

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Full Card for Shin-Kiba, Sawada Calls Upon Takatoge, Yokohama Wrestling Fiesta

October 24, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Yuji Hino, Hoshitango & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Yuki Sato
3. Kota Ibushi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi
7. KO-D Title Challenger Decision – 7 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi

Winner of the 7 Way gets his title shot on 25/11.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2012”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & X Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
2. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs Winner Of 28/10 7 Way Match

Poison Sawada JULIE is using his retirement match to help shine the spotlight on DDT’s rookies. However, he will also be bringing back some old pals to help him out one last time. One of them is Takatoge, the supernatural alter ego of Takashi Sasaki that existed around a decade ago. Sasaki dusts off the gimmick to bid farewell to Sawada.

DDT, Big Japan, FREEDOMS, K-DOJO and Ice Ribbon will be hosting the “NEW YEAR YOKOHAMA WRESTLING FIESTA” in the Red Brick Warehouse on 5th and 6th January. Big Japan last held the Yokohama Wrestling Fiesta in April 2007. This time around there are several promotions teaming together using the same concept as the annual Sapporo Wrestling Festival in October.

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Card For “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”

October 22, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kota Ibushi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
2. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi
5. KO-D Title Challenger Decision – 7 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi

The main event has one wrestler from each unit in DDT and Union pitted against each other with the winner getting the next shot at El Generico for the KO-D Openweight Title.

Sanshiro Takagi versus Takao Soma will have a stipulation attached to it.

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DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012” Results

October 21, 2012

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012”, 21/10/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,424 Fans – Super No Vacancy
DDT48 General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Yuji Hino (#26) defeated DJ Nira (#20) with a Rear Naked Choke (4:28).
0. Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa (#24) & Yoshihiko (#25) defeated Yukio Sakaguchi (#21) & Hiroshi Fukuda (#22) when Yoshihiko pinned Fukuda with a Small Package (7:04).
1. Masa Takanashi (#12) & Cherry (#15) defeated Makoto Oishi (#9) & Mio Shirai (#11) when Takanashi pinned Oishi with the Bacchus (7:41).
2. Hikaru Sato (#5) defeated Antonio Honda (#12) by KO (9:33).
3. Danshoku Dino (#2) defeated Konosuke Takeshita (#17) by KO with the Lip Lock (9:03).
4. Kenny Omega (#8) defeated Keisuke Ishii (#16) with the Croyt’s Wrath (12:56).
5. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie (#6) & Takao Soma (#18) defeated Isami Kodaka (#6) & Sanshiro Takagi (#18) when Irie pinned Kodaka with an Elbow Smash (12:44).
6. HARASHIMA (#3) defeated MIKAMI (#4) with the Somato (10:25).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) defeated Kota Ibushi (#1) with an Inside Cradle (19:27).
*V1 for El Generico.

El Generico snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, countering Kota Ibushi’s Phoenix Splash into an Inside Cradle to successfully defend the KO-D Openweight Title. According to the DDT website, this is Generico’s first official defence of the title. His match with El Ligero for Revolution Pro Wrestling in England last week has not been recognised as a KO-D Title match. Ibushi was very disappointed to lose to Generico for the third time in a row this year. He is convinced that he will someday beat Generico but for now his focus will be developing his new stable with Kenny Omega and Gota Ihashi.

A 7 Way match to determine the next challenger will take place on 28/10. It will be HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Isami Kodaka Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato. Kenny Omega was supposed to be included in this match but he will be spending the rest of the year in Canada after that show, so Ihashi takes his spot instead.

After Shigehiro Irie pinned Isami Kodaka in the Hardcore Tag Team match, a singles bout between the two was set up for the 23/11 Union show.

Poison Sawada JULIE mentioned that there was no shortage in opponents for his retirement match. Some of his suggestions included a 60 minute Ironman Match against Ultraman Robin and a 60 minute Ironman Viper Death Match against one of his old alter egos. However, he decided to share the spotlight with younger generation. Sawada will team up with two mystery partners to face Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita for his retirement on 25/11.

Tetsuya Endo gave some advice to Konosuke Takeshita before his match with Danshoku Dino. Takeshita was told to protect his lips from Dino. He should have listened.

Antonio Honda spent his entire match Hikaru Sato targeting his opponent’s hair. Sato’s hairline is getting rather thin and Honda helped speed up the balding process. However, Sato got the last laugh when he instructed the Samurai TV cameraman to get a close up on Honda’s head, showing that Honda himself has a bald spot. Honda was so shocked at the revelation he lost consciousness and collapsed. The referee called for the bell and declared Sato the winner of the match.

Dick Togo was in attendance to receive the award for Best Indie Match of 2011 from Samurai TV. Togo never actually received the plaque due to his busy travelling schedule at the time. The award was for Togo’s match with Kota Ibushi from March 2011.

KUDO and Yasu Urano both appeared to update everyone on their injuries. KUDO said he is aiming to return in the new year but Yasu is still going through tests and does not know when he can return. They both decided to temporarily disband Ura-Shima-Kudo. However, Hiro Tsumaki interrupted and pleaded with them to reconsider their decision. He wants the unit to continue under the name ShimaHiro, since himself and HARASHIMA are the only active wrestlers in the group.

Yoshihiko wore a pumpkin mask for his match. It and Michael Nakazawa beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Fukuda when it countered Fukuda’s Perfect Plex into a Small Package.

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Dai Resigns, NOSAWA Returns, Gorgeous Night, Takayama Pops Up In Odate

October 19, 2012

Takashi Dai, who was injured in his debut match back in March has resigned from DDT. Dai suffered a cervical fracture as well as damage to his spinal cord during his match with Shigehiro Irie and has been been in rehabilitation since then. The good news is he has recovered enough to where he can exercise again. However, it is unlikely he will return to wrestling anytime soon so he and DDT came to terms on his release.

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi

NOSAWA Rongai shows up in DDT for the first time since June 2010 (his last Union appearance was more recent, this past January) to take part in Poison Sawada JULIE’s retirement tour. JULIE is also bringing in some former spiritual allies to face the collective trio of NOSAWA, Seiya Morohashi and longtime journeyman Kazuhiko Matsuzaki.

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~ GORGEOUS MATSUNO 10TH ANNIVERSARY”, 04/11/2012
Fukushima Memorial Gymnasium

1. Takao Soma Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. 3 Way Match: Cherry Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs DJ Nira
3. Hikaru Sato & Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Makoto Oishi
4. Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, HARASHIMA & MIKAMI Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino & Masa Takanashi

Gorgeous Matsuno takes centre stage on this night.

DDT “WE’RE GONNA GO BEFORE WINTER COMES”, 11/11/2012
Odate

1. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Vs Kaz Hayashi & Yuu Yamagata
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma

The Drift wrestlers have a rather large mountain to climb in the form of Yoshihiro Takayama. The Hawtness and Sanshiro Takagi have the chance to put the rowdy youngsters in their place.

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Urano Pulled From “DDT SPECIAL 2012”

October 18, 2012

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012”, 21/10/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT48 General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Michael Nakazawa & Yoshihiko
0. Dark Match: Yuji Hino (#26) Vs DJ Nira (#20)
1. Makoto Oishi (#9) & Mio Shirai (#11) Vs Masa Takanashi (#12) & Cherry (#15)
2. Kenny Omega (#8) Vs Keisuke Ishii (#16)
3. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka (#6) & Sanshiro Takagi (#18) Vs Shigehiro Irie (#6) & Takao Soma (#18)
4. Hikaru Sato (#5) Vs Antonio Honda (#12)
5. HARASHIMA (#3) Vs MIKAMI (#4)
6. Danshoku Dino (#2) Vs Konosuke Takeshita (#17)
7. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs Kota Ibushi (#1)

Yasu Urano has not recovered from his injury and has been taken off the show. A reshuffling of the card now has Keisuke Ishii facing Kenny Omega on the main show and Yuji Hino Vs DJ Nira as a dark match.

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