UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2014” Results

January 11, 2014

UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2014”, 11/01/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
304 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Richard Burn defeated Tomoya Kawamura by TKO with the Afterburn (1:15).
2. Idea Pocket Presents: Seiya Morohashi defeated Ryu Gouma (w/ Mitomi Masayuki) with the Crippler Crossface (1:49).
3. Kyoko Kimura defeated SAGAT with the Big Boot (9:30).
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Kaori Yoneyama defeated Menso~re Oyaji & Mio Shirai when Ishikawa pinned Shirai with the Splash Mountain (10:28).
5. World Men’s Club First Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh defeated Isami Kodaka & Daichi Kazato when Fukuda pinned Kazato with the Perfect Plex (13:06).
6. Emergency Special Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari defeated Daichi Kazato & Tomoya Kawamura when Ohka pinned Kawamura with the Spear Of Fire (2:23).
7. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry (c) defeated Sareee with the Spring Night Love (8:55).
*V2 for Cherry.
8. Union MAX Title: Ivan Markov (c) defeated FUMA with the Neck Hanging Bomb (14:02).
*V1 for Ivan Markov.

World Men’s Club showed their strength over Union today with all of their members scoring victories over the Union roster. Ivan Markov took care of FUMA in the main event Union MAX Title match with a little help from his stable mates. Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh also scored a win over Isami Kodaka & Daichi Kazato.

If the World Men’s Club boasting of their superiority wasn’t bad enough, Union also now has a new invasion led by a former friend to deal with. Mid way through the show a banner with “Declaration of War” written on it was unveiled in the arena. All of a sudden Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari from Ganbare☆Wrestling appeared! Imanari said that Ganpuro saves wrestling from a rotten life. Naomi Susan didn’t want to deal with Ohka annoying her so she sent Daichi Kazato & Tomoya Kawamura after the invaders in an impromptu match. Unfortunately for them they had already wrestled while Ohka & Imanari were on fresh form despite wrestling in suits. The Ganpuro team won and struck the first blow in their invasion and continued fighting with their opponents until Mitomi Masayuki and SAGAT arrived. When the invaders finally left, Susan thanked the Union wrestlers for chasing them off and called for the show to continue.

Cherry said her Fly To Everywhere Title Match with Sareee was like wrestling a version of herself from 22 years ago. When asked what she was like 22 years ago, Cherry said she had a crew cut and participated in Judo. She hasn’t considered who her next challenger will be but wants to defend her championship more and more.

Shuji Ishikawa was challenged by Richard Burn to a match for the 11th February show in Yokohama. Shuji accepted and is interested in the Wrestling Vs Karate dynamic. Earlier in the show, Burn had his second match in Union. His martial arts background overwhelmed his opponent, this time the rookie Tomoya Kawamura. Burn knocked him out with the Afterburn in quick fashion.

SAGAT tried to get on Kyoko Kimura’s good side before their match by offering her bananas. Kimura didn’t even entertain the offer and kicked them away, making SAGAT angry. Kimura wound up beating SAGAT but offered him a banana after their match. SAGAT accepted it.

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Union’s First Show Of 2014

January 8, 2014

UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2014”, 11/01/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. SAGAT Vs Kyoko Kimura
2. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Richard Burn
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Seiya Morohashi Vs Ryu Gouma (w/ Mitomi Masayuki)
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Kaori Yoneyama Vs Menso~re Oyaji & Mio Shirai
5. World Men’s Club First Match: Isami Kodaka & Daichi Kazato Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh
6. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry (c) Vs Sareee
7. Union MAX Title: Ivan Markov (c) Vs FUMA

Union kicks off 2014 with a new enemy looking to take them down. Russian wrestler Ivan Markov won the brand new Union MAX Championship last month and formed World Men’s Club with MEN’S Teioh and Hiroshi Fukuda. The new unit will be in action for the first time as Fukuda & Teioh take on Isami Kodaka & Daichi Kazato. Markov also defends his new title  against FUMA.

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Isami Kodaka and Naomi Susan received a package from former Union wrestler Ken Ohka. The package contained eggs, milk, cuttlefish and a piece of paper with a crossed out eye drawn on it. There was also a message from Ohka saying he and his Ganbare☆Wrestling friends will break into Union and crash the event. Susan tore up the letter but was a little surprised with what she read. She and Kodaka also ate and drank the food that was in the package.

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Cherry challenged Sareee to a New Year Table Tennis Battle at the press conference. Sareee was not at the conference so an unknown man holding a cardboard cutout of her face over his head showed up instead and easily beat Cherry three times in a row. As a forfeit for losing, “Sareee” drew on Cherry’s face with a marker after every game until Cherry had enough and chased off her “opponent”.

Mitomi Masayuki will be out of action for a while because he is getting a bolt surgically removed from the ankle he broke last year.

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Hirata & YO-HEY Injuries, New Sweet Dreams Matches

January 6, 2014

DDT “REVIVAL! OSAKA DOTONBORI STORY 14”, 13/01/2014
Osaka Dotonbori Arena

1. Guanchulo Vs La Pete
2. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Toru Owashi & Akito
3. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Losers of 12/01 6-Man Challenger Final
4. Next Iron Man Challenger Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Soma Takao Vs DJ Nira
5. Next KO-D Tag Challenger Final: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong (c) Vs Winners of 12/01 6-Man Challenger Final

Both Kazuki Hirata and YO-HEY have been pulled from the show due to injuries. YO-HEY is suffering from a knee injury while Hirata will be out for two weeks with muscle inflammations.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2014”, 26/01/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi Vs Yoshiko & Toru Owashi
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Winners of 13/01 Tag Challenger Match
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Winner of 12/01 Challenger Match

HARASHIMA faces either Shigehiro Irie or Akito for the KO-D Openweight Title (and the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title too if he will still have that belt). Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto also have to wait a week to find out who they will defend the KO-D Tag Team Titles against.

Yoshiko from Stardom stops by to be the latest opponent for Saki Akai and hopefully say hi to Kota Ibushi.

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DDT “NEW YEAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL!” Results

January 3, 2014

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DDT “NEW YEAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL!”, 03/01/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Makoto Oishi & Masa Takanashi when Honda pinned Takanashi with the Diving Fist Drop (8:03).
*HARASHIMA Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 0 Dino Army.
2. Toru Owashi, MIKAMI & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated KUDO, Yasu Urano & DJ Nira when Matsuno pinned Nira with a Cradle (7:15).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 30 Dino Army.
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuki Hirata defeated Hikaru Sato & Guanchulo when Hirata pinned Guanchulo with the Emerald Frosion (8:06).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 60 Dino Army.
4. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Cobra Clutch (7:30).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 90 Dino Army.
5. Weapons Rumble: Michael Nakazawa defeated Sanshiro Takagi after the Gotch-Style Piledriver from Minoru Suzuki (13:07).
*HARASHIMA Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 60 – 90 Dino Army.
– Achievement Test Results: Saki Akai (57 Pts), Tetsuya Endo (175 Pts) & Guanchulo (103 Pts) [336 Total Pts] defeated Keisuke Ishii (108 Pts), Shigehiro Irie (70) & Kazuki Hirata (83 Pts) [261 Total Pts].
*HARASHIMA Army wins 100 points. HARASHIMA Army 160 – 90 Dino Army.
6. 10-Man Eliminatation Tag Team Match: Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Tako & Yoshihiko defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Tetsuya Endo & Akito (23:45).
6a. Danshoku Dino eliminated Gota Ihashi with the Danshoku Driver (9:26).
6b. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi eliminated Soma Takao with the PK Heart (10:50).
6c. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Kenny Omega with the Kneel Kick & Yoshihiko Canadian Destroyer Combo (13:08).
6d. Tetsuya Endo eliminated Keisuke Ishii by Ring Out (14:06).
6e. Kota Ibushi and Yoshihiko were both eliminated by Double Ring Out (16:29).
6f. Akito and Shigehiro Irie were both eliminated by Double Ring Out (19:53).
6g. Danshoku Dino eliminated Tetsuya Endo with the Gay-do Clutch (23:45).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 160 – 120 Dino Army.
7. DDT Extreme Title – New Year Wrestling Card Death Match: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Super Sasadango Machine with the Somato (16:57).
*V3 for HARASHIMA. HARASHIMA Army wins 50 points HARASHIMA Army 210 – 120 Dino Army.
8. Bonus 30-Man Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Akito, Hikaru Sato, DJ Nira, Guanchulo & Michael Nakazawa defeated Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine, Makoto Oishi, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Yukio Sakaguchi, MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gorgeous Matsuno & Yoshihiko when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata with the Somato (6:03).
*HARASHIMA Army wins 300 points. HARASHIMA Army 510 – 120 Dino Army.

HARASHIMA Army
HARASHIMA, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Hikaru Sato, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Akito, DJ Nira, Guanchulo and Michael Nakazawa

Danshoku Dino Army
Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Super Sasadango Machine, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Yukio Sakaguchi, MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yoshihiko, Gorgeous Matsuno and Kazuki Hirata

DDT celebrates the start of 2014 with an idea that killed the AWA, a team challenge series. DDT has been doing their own version in Korakuen Hall as their annual kick off show for the year. HARASHIMA and Danshoku Dino were the team captains this time but they did not face each other until the bonus main event. The HARASHIMA Army looked to have the contest won by 90 points when it was announced one last match was to happen with 300 points on the line. That match was a 30-Man Tag Team free for all, another annual tradition for the January kickoff show. Any chances for a heroic comeback by Team Dino were dashed when HARASHIMA himself scored the pin on Kazuki Hirata. Amon Tsurumi came out to give the big prize to every member of the HARASHIMA Army and it turned out to be… 100 yen for each wrestler on the team. Tsurumi complained that the prize money was his own cash and the total pot was half a month’s worth of his pocket money.

Sanshiro Takagi announced that starting from April DDT will have regular programming on Teletama, a terrestrial TV station based in Saitama. Takagi says DDT is building their base in Saitama to prepare their big plans for a show inside the Saitama Super Arena. Meanwhile the big annual “PETER PAN” event will take place on 17th August this year. It was announced without any mention of where it will take place. Could it be at the Saitama Super Arena this year?

HARASHIMA successfully defended his DDT Extreme Title against Super Sasadango Machine in a New Year Wrestling Card Death Match. The match involved a deck of cards, each card would have a wrestling move written on it. Every time a card was pulled and read out, the first wrestler who did the called move would earn a point. The match would end either by somebody getting 7 points or if somebody won the match by normal means. Some of the moves called out included Yoshiaki Yago’s Cobra Twist, Danshoku Dino’s Danshoku Nightmare and Satoshi Kojima’s “Bakayaro!” Machine Gun Chops. One of the cards even called for slow motion wrestling with “Etupirika” by Taro Hakase playing in the background. In the end the extra rules weren’t needed as HARASHIMA pinned Sasadango with the Somato.

The semi-main was a 10-Man Tag Team Elimination match. Danshoku Dino was in action teaming with Team Dream Futures and the returning Yoshihiko. The Golden Rendesvouz, Tetsuya Endo and Akito were their opponents representing the HARASHIMA Army. The crowd were excited to see Yoshihiko and Kota Ibushi face off again and they didn’t disappoint with some crazy exchanges. The two were eventually eliminated at the same time when Yoshihiko performed a Reverse Huracanrana on Ibushi from the second rope to the outside of the ring! The match eventually came down to Dino and Endo as the final two. Endo did everything he could against the veteren, even hitting the Phoenix Splash for a nearfall. Dino found his opening and pinned Endo with the Gay-do Clutch to win it for his team.

Sanshiro Takagi and Michael Nakazawa faced off in a Weapons Rumble in a match Nakazawa demanded after he refused to sign a new contract with DDT. If he won the match, he would sign the contract. There was a castle of chairs already set up in the ring and then a bicycle was brought down. Takagi ran down Nakazawa with a Lariat but accidentaly cycled into the chairs. More weapons were introduced until Nonoko from Tokyo Women’s Wrestling was introduced into the match to help Takagi. One more weapon was left to enter and Nakazawa said it was the weapon Takagi hates the most. “Kaze Ni Nare” played over the speakers and out came Minoru Suzuki! Suzuki gave Takagi the Gotch-Style Piledriver and a groggy Nakazawa crawled on top to pin him. Nakazawa celebrated his first win in 2014 and asked Suzuki if he could coach him. Suzuki tried to back out of it by saying he’s busy but Nakazawa asked him about wrestling at “PETER PAN” again. When they told Suzuki the date he said the G1 Climax is happening during that time but he was eventually convinced to do it.

Away from the ring, a series of Achievement Tests took place before the show. Saki Akai (the only person in the entire challenge who did not wrestle on the show), Tetsuya Endo & Guanchulo competed for HARASHIMA while Team Drift played for Dino. They all had to take three exams based on the subjects language, English and social. Tetsuya Endo scored highest with 175 points while Akai scored the lowest with a measly 57 points. They and Guanchulo still scored enough points to win the contest for HARASHIMA. Danshoku Dino complained afterwards because the exams were worth more points than any of the wrestling matches.

Kazuki Hirata now does the Emerald Frosion. Don’t know why that surprises me but it does.

Gorgeous Matsuno gave a New Year speech to the audience while his match was going on behind him.

Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi and Yoshiko from Stardom will take place at the next Korakuen show on 26th January.

A promotional gimmick for today’s show was every ticket for the event was priced at 2,000 yen. During the end of show speech, HARASHIMA said DDT will do the gimmick again next year. Amon Tsurumi cut in and said they weren’t going to make a profit that way. Sanshiro Takagi admitted he was going to secretly increase the price to 3,000 yen next year but was caught. This joke is in reference to a controversial 500 yen price increase for DDT tickets that will come into effect starting this April.

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“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2013 – WORLD UNIFICATION” Results

January 1, 2014

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“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2013 – WORLD UNIFICATION”, 31/12/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,194 Fans

1. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Ryuji Ito defeated Antonio Honda with the Dragon Splash (7:53).
2. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Shigehiro Irie defeated Kaji Tomato with the Flying Sausage (4:33).
3. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Shinya Ishikawa Vs Shiori Asahi ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
3a. One Count Sudden Death: Shiori Asahi defeated Shinya Ishikawa with a Backlside (0:54).
4. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi defeated Ryuichi Sekine with a Power Bomb (5:23).
5. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA defeated KAZMA SAKAMOTO with the Somato (8:18).
6. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Yasu Urano Vs Kazuki Hashimoto ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
6a. One Count Sudden Death: Yasu Urano defeated Kazuki Hashimoto with a Cradle (1:32).
7. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Masashi Takeda defeated Keisuke Ishii with a German Suplex (8:14).
8. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Round 1: Kengo Mashimo defeated Ryuichi Kawakami with the Katana (7:35).
9. 4 Way Tag Team Fluorescent Light Tube Match: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Saburo Inematsu, MASADA & Masaya Takahashi and Takumi Tsukamoto & Danny Havoc when Kodaka pinned Takahashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop onto Fluorescent Lights (13:45).
10. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: Ryuji Ito defeated Shigehiro Irie with a Side Cradle (4:34).
11. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: Shiori Asahi Vs Yuji Okabayashi ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
11a. One Count Sudden Death: Shiori Asahi defeated Yuji Okabayashi with a Rolling Backwards Cradle (2:00).
12. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: HARASHIMA defeated Yasu Urano with a Cradle (4:47).
13. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Quarter Final: Kengo Mashimo defeated Masashi Takeda with the Mudo (8:27).
14. Danshoku Dino Produce Battle Royal: Atsushi Ohashi defeated Tsutomu Osugi and Hercules Senga by Ring Out (27:20).
Order Of Elimination: Ricky Fuji, Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa, Brahman Shu & Brahmn Kei, Kankuro Hoshino, Masato Inaba, Jaki Numazawa, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda, Hiro Tonai, Som Takao, Dave Crist & Jake Crist and Tsutomu Osugi and Hercules Senga.
15. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Semi Final: Shiori Asahi Vs HARASHIMA ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
15a. One Count Sudden Death: HARASHIMA defeated Shiori Asahi with the Somato (0:27).
16. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Semi Final: Kengo Mashimo defeated Ryuji Ito with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (4:39).
17. Three Organizations Strongest Tournament – Final: HARASHIMA defeated Kengo Mashimo with the Swan Dive Somato (17:27).

Another year has come and gone as several Japanese wrestling companies joined together for the annual New Year’s Eve Wrestling show at Korakuen Hall. This year’s selling point was a one night tournament featuring wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO. Each match that ended in a 10 minute time limit would go into sudden death where pinfalls only had to last a second for the match to declare a winner. HARASHIMA ended a strong year for himself by winning the tournament, defeating KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Yasu Urano, Shiori Asahi and finally Kengo Mashimo throughout the night. Abdullah Kobayashi made an appearance and congratulated HARASHIMA for winning. He joked “I’m the next challenger!” He then said he will wait until the summer for his return from illness.

Danshoku Dino provided a change of pace with an “Insanely Funny Game” Battle Royal. He had invited Sanshiro Takagi, Amon Tsurumi, Eiji Tosaka, Nikkan Lee, TAKA Michinoku and Tank Nagai down to ringside for a challenge. Takagi, TAKA and Tosaka had to sit down at ringside while Tsurumi, Nagai and Lee had to stand beside them with their mouths full of milk. It was up to Tsurumi, Nagai and Lee not to laugh and spit out milk onto the people sitting beside them. Needless to say, there milk was everywhere by the end as all of the different wrestlers in the match did what they could to make the milk drinkers laugh. Nagai still had some milk left in his mouth when the match was over. Dino asked him if he “liked TAKA’s milk?” and Nagai spat it out in laughter.

During the show, Samurai! TV announced their Occupation Of The Indies Awards for 2013. Isami Kodaka was the big winner, grabbing the MVP Award, Best Match Award with Shuji Ishikawa in Big Japan and Best Tag Team Award with Yuko Miyamoto. Kodaka beat out Kota Ibushi and Daisuke Sekimoto to win the MVP Award. DDT won the Best Event Award for “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”. Sanshiro Takagi was in the middle of having a shower during the ceremony and accepted the award with just a towel around his waist. He said he will continue to dominate that award every year. Masaya Takahashi from Wrestling New Classic was Best Rookie. He was surprised to win it so suddenly.

MVP Award
Isami Kodaka (Union)

Best Match
BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title – Culture of Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Isami Kodaka (BJW 04/11/2013)

Best Tag Team
Yankee Ni Cho Kenju (Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka)

Best Event
DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” (18/08/2013)

Best Rookie
Masaya Takahashi (Wrestling New Classic)

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