DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~” Results

March 13, 2016

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DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 13/03/2016
Fukushima Kokutai Memorial Gymnasium Sub Arena
1,050 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MAX Lucha Libre Maximo Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Gota Ihashi with the Crossface Lock (7:30).
*V8 for Daisuke Sasaki.
2. Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Akito & Guanchulo when Takao pinned Guanchulo with the Gin And Tonic (8:57).
3. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Endo when Takeshita pinned Katsumata with the Torture Rack Bomb (11:28).
4. Antonio Honda & Cherry defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Cherry pinned Oishi with the Spring Night Love (12:04).
5. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Sakaguchi pinned Hirata with the PK (11:47).
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki when Matsuno pinned Iwasaki with the Gorgeous Swanton☆Bomb (12:34).

Gorgeous Matsuno and his partner Junko Tashiro performed songs in the ring in between matches throughout the show. Before the main event Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki were all backstage talking about beating up Matsuno so one of them could sing a duet with Tashiro. Elswhere Tashiro wished Matsuno luck in the main event. Matsuno said he will work hard for the sake of Fukushima. With the help of HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano, Matsuno was able to win the match for his team. After the match Matsuno spoke about the earthquake that happened in Japan five years ago. Today he was nervous because he was wrestling strong opponents but he remembered he is blessed with wonderful friends and that gave him the courage to go and win for Fukushima. He will be turning 55 years old next but that doesn’t mean he will let the younger wrestlers beat him. The show ended with him and Tashiro performing a duet together.

This was Masa Takanashi’s first appearance in DDT since winning the SPW South East Asian Title in Singapore. Yukio Sakaguchi danced with Kazuki Hirata before kicking his head off.

Antonio Honda apologised to the audience, mainly the children, for the ugly scenes on show by Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi during Match #4. Dino & Oishi had their tights pulled down and wrestled bare assed for most of the match.

Daisuke Sasaki declared that his strongest challenger has arrived and he must defend the MAX Lucha Libre Maximo Title against him. The “strongest challenger” is his old tag partner and face of the King Of Dark Title lineage, Gota Ihashi.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!” Results

March 13, 2016

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall
294 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Yuu defeated Marika Kobashi with the Cross Armbreaker (3:27).
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan defeated Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa when Sakazaki pinned Takigawa with the Magical Girl Splash (9:36).
3. Shoko Nakajima defeated Ai Shimizu with a Rolling Leg Clutch (8:25).
4. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Tetsuya Koda) defeated Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) when Akiyama pinned KANNA with the Two Stage Face Kick (11:28).
5. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) defeated Nonoko with the Crash Rabbit Heat (12:05).
*V1 for Miyu Yamashita.

It was a difficult challenge to climb but Miyu Yamashita was able to beat Nonoko for the second time in their rivalry. To record it as her first TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title defence was even sweeter. The key moment in the match was Yamashita finally giving Nonoko a German Suplex, something she wasn’t able to do successfully until now. At one point Nonoko used her cleavage to catch Yamashita’s foot when she attempted the Crash Rabbit Heat penalty kick. But Yamashita countered the Boinemaker into the aforementioned German Suplex to turn the tide in her favour. She then hit the Crash Rabbit Heat twice, once to the back of the head and the second to the face and that was enough to keep Nonoko down. Afterwards Yamashita said the power she has is kind of spooky. Nonoko is both a good and bad presence for her. Bad because her first pro loss was to her and good because she brings out the best in her. Yamashita hasn’t decided who her next challenger will be but invited anyone who can be her match to step up.

The stakes were high for Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World. If Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao lost they would be forced to join Snake World and be remodelled into whatever Poison Sawada JULIE desires. But if they win then Poison Miura & Poison KANNA would have to accept defeat and take an antidote to return back to normal. Snake World ambushed their opponents to start the match. The referee at one point was knocked out so JULIE and Mitsuya Hebigai stormed the ring and interfered. Tetsuya Koda came to the rescue but was immediately beaten down. KANNA attempted to feed Akiyama a snake potion but Koda sacrificed himself and drank it. He became KODA and was now under JULIE’s command. Misao tried to remind KODA who he really is and he became conflicted. JULIE ordered KODA to use his new snake magic to attack Sukeban-gun but he refused. KODA instead turned on his new master and attacked both him and Hebigai with the spell instead! Misao then held down Miura while Akamiya hit KANNA with the Two Stage Face Kick to win the match.

KANNA admitted she hated being under JULIE’s control and wanted to be human again so she took an antidote first. Misao was about to hand Miura the remaining antidote when she noticed KODA was now dying from the spell because he is not as strong as the wrestlers. Misao asked what should she do and someone in the audience yelled “It cannot be helped!” Akamiya grabbed the antidote and fed it to KODA, turning him back to normal. JULIE laughed maniacly. Both antidote bottles were used yet Poison Miura is still under his spell. They never broke any promises so Miura gets to stay the way she is. He told Akamiya her sweetness will be fatal and he left with Miura and Hebigai. Misao suggested that Akamiya should face Miura one on one next month to win her freedom from JULIE once and for all. Meanwhile KANNA regained her bearings and asked why she was wearing an ugly snake pattern costume.


Last Stop Before Judgement 2016, Illuminate The Park

March 12, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Yuu Vs Marika Kobashi
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan Vs Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa
3. Shoko Nakajima Vs Ai Shimizu
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Nonoko
5. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Koda Tetsuya) Vs Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)

The match order will be determined on the day of the show.

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 13/03/2016
Fukushima Kokutai Memorial Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Antonio Honda & Cherry Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Akito & Guanchulo
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki

Gorgeous Matsuno will perform a new song at some point during the show.

BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Ryu Gouma Vs Kikutaro
2. Kenji Takeshima & Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs SAGAT & Kazuaki Mihara
3. Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hi69
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryuchi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto

Atsushi Maruyama was originally supposed to be Ryu Gouma’s opponent but had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict. Kikutaro takes his place.

DDT “DRAMATIC 2016 MARCH SPECIAL”, 26/03/2016
Shinjuku FACE

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda

Team DNA faces Shuten-dōji in their first KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title defence.

DDT “DRAMATIC GRAND ILLUMINATION!”, 03/04/2016
Shizuoka Izuguranparu Park

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
2. Super Sasadango Machine Vs Shigehiro Irie
3. DDT Special 4 Vs Happy Motel Falls Count Anywhere 8-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda

DDT’s first outdoor Anywhere Pro Wrestling show takes place in early April with a DDT dream team taking on all of Happy Motel in the main event.


Gorgeous Night, Kotetsu Gundan Vs Cavalry, “JUDGEMENT 2016” Match Order

March 10, 2016

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 13/03/2016
Fukushima Kokutai Memorial Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Antonio Honda & Cherry Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Akito & Guanchulo
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki

This will be the final proper DDT show before “JUDGEMENT 2016” in Sumo Hall on 21st March. It is also the annual Fukushima benefit show for charities related to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Gorgeous Matsuno is usually the star of the show.

BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryuchi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hi69

The heavy metal stable Kotetsu Gundan gets its first match since forming. This is also Cavalry’s first match as a trio with Koji Iwamoto recently joining the group.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Seiya Morohashi (c) & Hoshitango Vs DJ Nira & Dai Suzuki
0. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan Vs Marika Kobashi Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Poison Miura Vs Poison KANNA
0. DNA Offer Match – Mao Inoue Comeback: Shunma Katsumata, Guanchulo & Mao Inoue Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Rainbow Kawamura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
0. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Ryu Gouma Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT
1. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Masa Takanshi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yoshihiko Vs Ken Ohka
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo (c), Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase
4. Special Tag Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
5. DDT Extreme Title – Ultimate Royal Barbed Wire PowerPoint No Power Blast PWF Rules: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
6. Kota Ibushi Comeback & Ibushi Wrestling Institute 1st Leg – East & West Toward The Front Over The Entire Surface Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Uchicomi! Presents: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA

This is the official card layout for “JUDGEMENT 2016”. I will do the usual big show preview a few days before the show. The DDT Extreme Title match will be a highlight just based on the match name alone. Daiki Shimomura is out of the DNA match because of an arm injury. The returning Mao Inoue takes his place.


TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL MANIA” Results

March 8, 2016

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TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL MANIA”, 08/03/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
330 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Jinbeizamen & Iriomote Wild Cat defeated Ryuichi Sekine & Gota Ihashi when Jinbeizamen pinned Gota Ihashi with a Diving Headbutt (9:49).
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki defeated Miyu Yamashita & Nodoka-oneesan when Nakajima pinned Nodoka with a Jackknife Pin (8:58).
3. Heian-kyō Death Match: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Danshoku Dino ended in a No Contest after a double foul (11:20).
4. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Hiroshi Fukuda & SAGAT when Endo pinned SAGAT with the Torture Rack Bomb (11:52).
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Akito ended in a Time Limit Draw (30:00).

The Tavern Wrestling crowd got their money’s worth with Isami Kodaka Vs Akito going the full 30 minutes. Akito said he was happy to fight the champion to a draw. Kodaka then announced that Akito will begin working for the Dropkick Bar this month. He joked that Mic Inoue was the only decent human working there and he left to work for the new SWANDIVE bar. Dropkick Bar is now a dangerous place without him so Akito will come in as the deputy manager.

Hiroshi Fukuda made a promise to his Happy Motel team mates that he and SAGAT would fight them fair and square. He told them about his new special technique called the Space SAGAT Torpedo. That was the cue for a surprise attack but the New Gen Combo were ready for them. Fukuda kept trying to set up the Space SAGAT Torpedo with his partner but was cut off every time. He was eventually put away with Tetsuya Endo’s Torture Rack Bomb.

Danshoku Dino came to Tavern Wrestling with a purpose. He wanted to collect Ryota Nakatsu’s ass for his upcoming match with Akebono. Nakatsu agreed to put his ass on the line but only if they fight in a Heian-kyō Death Match. The rule is if a wrestler commits a foul he must be punished by getting hit in the ass with a baseball bat. This is based on a trend in Niigata that’s gone viral where tourists pose with a statue of a baseball player and pretend they are being hit in the ass with the statue’s bat (Google ケツバット and click on images). Dino immediately fouled Nakatsu by applying a Danshoku Claw Hold and had to be punished. Nakatsu then commited a foul by refusing to let go of a Sleeper Hold when Dino grabbed the ropes. More fouls were called for Nakatsu accidentaly knocking over the referee and Dino applying the Lip Lock on the ref. When the ref recovered Dino and Nakatsu were fighting over the baseball bat. Nakatsu pulled it away and took a swing. Dino ducked and the ref got hit! The ref had enough and disqualified both wrestlers for their constant fouling.


BOYZ “BOYZ DOLL FESTIVAL SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 10~” Results

March 6, 2016

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BOYZ “BOYZ DOLL FESTIVAL SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 10~”, 06/03/2016
Osaka World Pavilion
206 Fans

1. Soma Takao defeated Mizuki Watase with the Diving Foot Stomp (10:30).
2. Shigehiro Irie defeated Kouki Iwasaki with a Crushed La Magistral (6:22).
3. Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Shunma Katsumata & Guanchulo when Hirata pinned Guanchulo with the Viagra Driver (8:55).
4. MAX Lucha Libre Maximo Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii ended in a Time Limit Draw (20:00).
*V7 for Daisuke Sasaki.
5. Akito, Tetsuya Endo & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Masa Takanashi when Endo pinned Takanashi with the Sky Twister Press (14:58).

Kota Umeda had to miss the show due to injury. Johnny Edojima made the unusual call to bring in Shigehiro Irie as Umeda’s replacement. Irie is part of the YaroZ brand that has been feuding with BOYZ for the past year. Edojima even gave Irie instructions on how to wrestle during his match so he could fit in and appeal to the women in attendance. Some of the instructions included Irie doing a Sling Blade and the High Fly Flow. Edojima complimented Irie after the match and said it was like watching New Japan and Big Japan in a BOYZ ring.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! OSAKA, JUMP!!” Results

March 6, 2016

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! OSAKA, JUMP!!”, 06/03/2016
Osaka World Pavilion
285 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Yuu defeated Nodoka-oneesan with the Modified Armlock (3:40).
2. Rika Tatsumi defeated Marika Kobashi with a Figure Four Leg Lock (6:45).
3. Poison KANNA & Poison Miura defeated Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao when Miura pinned Misao with the Rock Bottom (14:26).
4. Takoyaki Russian Roulette Death Match: Yuka Sakizaki defeated Azusa Takigawa with a Backslide Pin (8:50).
5. Nonoko & Ai Shimizu defeated Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima when Shimizu pinned Nakajima with the Fishergirl Bomb (14:17).

Ai Shimizu gave a speech after the main event thanking everybody for making the first Tokyo Joshi Pro show in Osaka a success. She also talked about her upcoming graduation from Tokyo Joshi on 2nd April. Because of her age she felt like a mother watching everybody in Tokyo Joshi grow into cute and energetic people with rich personalities.

Yuka Sakizaki requested for her match with Azusa Takigawa to be a Takoyaki Russian Roulette Death Match. Music would play during the match and when it stopped both girls would have to eat a takoyaki ball. The roulette came in the form of one of the balls being filled with wasabi. Sakizaki wound up eating the wasabi takoyaki. Takigawa grabbed a bottle of water to help her but was tricked into being pinned with a Backslide.

Rika Tatsumi refused to shake hands with Marika Kobashi at the start of their bout.


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 9” Results

March 5, 2016

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DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 9”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title: Guanchulo (c) & DJ Nira defeated Seiya Morohashi & Hoshitango when Guanchulo pinned Morohashi with an Oklahoma Roll (4:46).
*Guanchulo passes D1. Seiya Morohashi becomes the 13th King Of Dark Champion.
1. Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Mizuki Watase when Oishi pinned Watase with a Modified Airplane Spin (7:36).
2. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda when Ishii pinned Umeda with the Beast Bomber (10:32).
3. 3 Way Match: Jun Kasai defeated KENSO and Gota Ihashi when Kasai pinned Ihashi with the Pearl Harbour Splash (8:45).
4. Antonio Honda, Tetsuya Endo & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Daisuke Kiso Ken Ohka when Honda pinned Sasadango with the Diving Fist Drop (12:12).
5. Road To Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Kazuki Hirata defeated Ryuichi Sekine by Ring Out (10:01).
Order Of Elimination: Kazusada Higuchi, Soma Takao, Masa Takanashi, Cherry, Toru Owashi, Ryuichi Sekine.
6. Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa when Takeshita pinned Sasaki with the German Suplex (13:04).
7. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu when HARASHIMA pinned Nakatsu with the Somato (14:35).

Not long to go now until the DDT 19th Anniversary show in Sumo Hall. In their final skirmish HARASHIMA’s team got the better of Isami Kodaka and his BASARA friends. Kodaka was powerless to stop HARASHIMA from hitting the Somato on Ryota Nakatsu. HARASHIMA told the crowd that he is sure to win the KO-D Openweight Title from Kodaka and when he does he’ll bring it back to Kasukabe. Why? Because he trains!

Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa suffered their first defeat as a team and it was against one half of the KO-D Tag Team Champions. Konosuke Takeshita had Hiroshi Fukuda constantly singing him songs from his corner to motivate him while he was wrestling. Sasaki & Ishikawa attacked their opponents with a chair when the referee was knocked out but a mistimed Lariat saw Ishikawa deck his partner by accident. Takeshita quickly capitalised and pinned Sasaki with the German Suplex. Sasaki ordered Ishikawa to attack Takeshita with a chair but Tetsuya Endo suddenly appeared and gave Ishikawa a Swan Dive Elbow. Endo told the challengers that even though they beat himself and Takeshita in single matches, they won’t be able to beat them in a tag team match for the titles.

The Battle Royal came down to Kazuki Hirata and Ryuichi Sekine both wearing Hirata GO! glasses and dancing on the ring apron. When the dancing stopped Hirata Dropkicked Sekine to the floor. Hirata said his reward for winning should be entering last in the Right To Challenge Rumble at Sumo Hall. Amon Tsurumi warned that all of the Right To Challenge contracts could be taken by the time Hirata enters the match. Hirata agreed and then asked if he could enter at No. 1 instead. Tsurumi said that would put him in a big disadvantage. Hirata agreed but felt entering second or third would be half-hearted. Tsurumi accepted his request.

Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine spent some time building up their mystery partner for the show. They filmed their reveal next to the men’s restroom backstage. Suddenly Shuji Ishikawa walked out of the restroom but it wasn’t him. It was the man who walked out after him, referee Daisuke Kiso! He didn’t last long in the match and his limp body had to be carried away from ringside. Luckily Ken Ohka was in the building and he took Kiso’s place, reuniting #OhkaEmpire! Unfortunately it wasn’t enough and they took a loss. Dino looked concerned afterwards. His goal to collect asses for his match against Akebono is moving at a slow pace. Ohka encouraged him to hang in there. He then encouraged Sasadango to hang in there and win the DDT Extreme Title from Kendo Kashin. He then encouraged Antonio Honda to hang in there and prepare for Tatsumi Fujinami. He then encouraged Kouki Iwasaki to hang in there and do his best in the DNA Offer Match. He then encouraged himself to hang in there and win the Right To Challenge Rumble.

In a preview of the Weapon Treasure Hunt match at Sumo Hall, KENSO, Jun Kasai and Gota Ihashi faced off in a 3 Way Match. KENSO rejected Kasai’s request to team up on Ihashi. He also turned down a similar request from Ihashi. Ihashi took out 10,000 yen from his booth and offered it to Kasai so they could form an alliance. Kasai thought about it and said “Ikuzo brother!” The alliance didn’t work and KENSO quickly foiled their double team attempts. Ihashi soon got the better of KENSO but that was when Kasai decided to end the alliance and hit Ihashi with a Lariat. He then hit the Pearl Harbour Splash to win. Kasai said he is the real king of Street Wrestling, not that bastard Kota Ibushi.

Kota Umeda tried to make it to three victories in one day with his new Umeda Driver finisher. However Shigehiro Irie was too heavy and fought out of the move before pinning Umeda with the Beast Bomber.

Makoto Oishi and Saki Akai wound up Mizuki Watase in their match by asking if he was a transsexual.

Seiya Morohashi was accidentally flattened by Hoshitango’s Midnight Buenos Aires, allowing Guanchulo to roll him up for the win. There will be no more King Of Dark Title matches until Sumo Hall so Morohashi is stuck as the champion for the next couple of weeks. He kept on bothering Amon Tsurumi during the show to change his mind.


DDT “DNA 14” Results

March 5, 2016

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DDT “DNA 14”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Nobuhiro Shimatani Debut Match: Kouki Iwasaki defeated Nobuhiro Shimatani with a Trampled Crab Hold (8:14).
2. Daiki Shimomura Debut Match: Kota Umeda defeated Daiki Shimomura with the Umeda Driver (10:49).
3. Tomoya Kawamura/Rainbow Kawamura Comeback Match: Rainbow Kawamura & Daichi Kazato defeated Shunma Katsumata & Guanchulo when Kazato pinned Guanchulo with the Sister Abigail (9:57).
4. Bear The Same Fate If They Take The Same Road! Brothers Take Different Paths!: Tigger Bedscene & Shiori Asahi defeated Dai Suzuki & Ken Ohka when Bedscene pinned Suzuki with a Northern Lights Suplex (11:39).
5. Kazusada Higuchi defeated Mizuki Watase with a Canadian Backbreaker (10:26).
6. Kota Umeda defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Umeda Driver (15:45).

Kota Umeda used a new finisher to win both of his matches. The temporarily named Umeda Driver is a modified Fisherman Buster that looks like it lands similarly to a Northern Lights Bomb. Umeda pointed out that two thirds of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions lost today while he beat two wrestlers in separate matches. In order to prove he is the strongest in DNA, Umeda must beat the only champion who has yet to be defeated, Kazusada Higuchi!

Mizuki Watase was able to give Higuchi a Back Drop for a nearfall but ultimately fell to Higuchi’s Canadian Backbreaker. Watase figured out that the Back Drop that won him his first wrestling match isn’t polished enough to beat someone like Higuchi. The feeling he got when he won a match was fun but useless if he can’t beat stronger opponents. He wants to have the same motivation he felt when he wrestled Shinjiro Otani.

Dai Suzuki is now 0-4 in DNA matches against his brother Tigger Bedscene. His partner for the match Ken Ohka praised Suzuki for his daring performance despite losing. Ohka told him to hang in there. It was revealed Suzuki wrestled with a cracked meniscus in his left knee. He hasn’t decided to get surgery or to let it heal naturally.

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The returning Tomoya Kawamura declined to appear at the show’s opening ceremony. A message was passed along saying Kawamura was going to debut a new costume and ring name but wanted to wait until his match to reveal it. And reveal it he did. Wearing a Hatsune Miku wig, a colourful vest and a big ruffled collar to go with his normal tights Kawamura is now known as Rainbow Kawamura. He used a bottle of hand disinfectant to clean himself during the match. He explained that he spent a lot of time in Shinjuku while recovering from injury. He is called Rainbow Kawamura because his new costume has beautiful rainbow colours and he will use his disinfectant to clean up the world of pro wrestling.

DNA’s newest rookies Nobuhiro Shimatani and Daiki Shimomura both had their debut matches on this show, each against one of the wrestlers involved in the main event. Shimatani wore red gear for his match against Iwasaki. He wants to be the kind of wrestler who is brave with his strikes. Shimomura wore orange shorts and green kneepads as he wrestled Umeda. He received a lot of streamers for his introduction. He had a high flying style, hitting a Quebrada followed by a Swan Dive Lariat on Kouki Iwasaki during his hot streak in the match. Unfortunately Shimomura dislocated his left arm and has been told to rest for three weeks. He will have to miss the Sumo Hall show.

Mao Inoue will return from injury in time for the DDT 19th Anniversary show in Sumo Hall on 21st March.

A memorial for the late Eiji Esaki, aka Hayabusa was held by Sanshiro Takagi at the beginning of the show.


Kawamura Comeback, BASARA Vs Smile Squash, Keep Onesan Away From Alcohol (Not An AV Title, I Checked)

March 3, 2016

DDT “DNA 14”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Tsunehiro Shimatani Debut Match: Tsunehiro Shimatani Vs Kouki Iwasaki
2. Daiki Shimomura Debut Match: Daiki Shimomura Vs Kota Umeda
3. Tomoya Kawamura Comeback Match: Tomoya Kawamura & Daichi Kazato Vs Shunma Katsumata & Guanchulo
4. Bear The Same Fate If They Take The Same Road! Brothers Take Different Paths!: Dai Suzuki & Ken Ohka Vs Tigger Bedscene & Shiori Asahi
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Mizuki Watase
6. Kota Umeda Vs Kouki Iwasaki

Tomoya Kawamura is back in action after a long absence from injury. His last match was in April 2015 and he went under shoulder surgury since then.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 9”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Guanchulo (c) & DJ Nira Vs Seiya Morohashi & Hoshitango
1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda
2. Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Mizuki Watase
3. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & X Vs Antonio Honda, Tetsuya Endo & Kouki Iwasaki
4. 3 Way Match: KENSO Vs Jun Kasai Vs Gota Ihashi
5. Road To Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine
6. Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
7. Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

With the DDT 19th Anniversary main event set we now get a preview match pitting BASARA against Smile Squash.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL MANIA”, 08/03/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs X
2. Ryuichi Sekine & Gota Ihashi Vs Jinbeizamen & Iriomote Wild Cat
3. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Nodoka-onesan Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
4. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & SAGAT
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Akito

Are you sure a show built around alcohol is a suitable location for Nodoka-onesan, a gimmick that looks like she stepped right out of a children’s TV show?

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match: Seiya Morohashi & Hoshitango Vs DJ Nira & Dai Suzuki
0. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan Vs Marika Kobashi Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Poison Miura Vs Poison KANNA
0. King Of Dark Title – DNA Offer Match: Shunma Katsumata, Guanchulo (c) & Daiki Shimomura Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Tomoya Kawamura & Tsunehiro Shimatani
0. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Ryu Gouma Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT
1. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Masa Takanshi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yoshihiko Vs Ken Ohka
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo (c), Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
4. DDT Extreme Title: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
5. Special Tag Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
6. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
8. Kota Ibushi Comeback & Ibushi Wrestling Institute 1st Leg – Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Uchicomi! Presents: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA

I’ll get to writing up the big preview for the show soon. Definitely looks like a stronger card than the previous Sumo Hall show.

The Dramatic Award winners will be announced during the show. There are 13 categories in total: MVP, Best Bout, Best Tag, Best Joshi, Worst Bout, Best Shot, Best Special Move, Best Performance, Best Microphone, Best Sexy, Best SNS, Best Hype Video and Best Department (Best Brand?).