Dramatic DDT

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS”, 03/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
570 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato defeated Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka when HARASHIMA pinned Ohka with the Somato (7:53).
2. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie defeated Masa Takanashi, Hiro Tsumaki & Akito when Soma pinned Akito with the Boma Ye (6:56).

DDT48 General Election 2012 Final Standings

1. Kota Ibushi (372 Votes)
2. Danshoku Dino (215 Votes)
3. HARASHIMA (203 Votes)
4. MIKAMI (198 Votes)
5. Hikaru Sato (197 Votes)
6. Shigehiro Irie (164 Votes)
– Isami Kodaka (164 Votes)
8. Kenny Omega (147 Votes)
9. Makoto Oishi (141 Votes)
-. KUDO (141 Votes)
11. Mio Shirai (138 Votes)
12. Masa Takanashi (116 Votes)
– Antonio Honda (116 Votes)
14. Yasu Urano (111 Votes)
15. Cherry (102 Votes)
16. Keisuke Ishii (101 Votes)
17. Konosuke Takeshita (99 Votes)
18. Takao Soma (86 Votes)
– Sanshiro Takagi (86 Votes)

20. DJ Nira
21. Yukio Sakaguchi
22. Hiroshi Fukuda
23. El Generico
24. Michael Nakazawa

25. Yoshihiko
26. Yuji Hino
27. Akito
28. Shuji Ishikawa
29. Daisuke Sasaki
30. Mr. #6

Total Votes Cast: 3,894 votes.

Kota Ibushi wins by a landslide and gets and does not have to wait long to get a rematch with El Generico for the KO-D Openweight Title. They will face each other in Korakuen Hall on 21st October.

This is the first election where the final spot is shared by two wrestlers. Sanshiro Takagi and his former protege Takao Soma both qualify to wrestle at the 21/10 show along with the top 17.

Originally, the wrestlers who finished between 20th and 23rd place qualified to compete in a dark match for the Korakuen show. But since El Generico finished 23rd and is already booked for the main event, his pre-show spot will be taken by Michael Nakazawa, who finished 24th. This is the second year in a row that Nakazawa qualified for the show by default.

The women continue their 100% qualification for the elections, which sounds impressive if you ignore the fact that Cherry and Mio Shirai are the only women who ever participated.