DDT “SPRING BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING – DAY 2” Results

March 26, 2024

DDT “SPRING BEER GARDEN PRO WRESTLING – DAY 2”, 26/03/2024
Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage
336 Fans

1. Takeshi Masada & Yuni defeated Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi when Masada pinned Sumi with the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (7:00).
2. Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani defeated Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul when Okatani pinned KANON with a Sliding Lariat (11:31).
3. Tetsuya Endo & Toru Owashi (w/ Furitsuke Kamen) defeated Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda when Endo pinned Honda with the Swivel Torture Rack Bomb (8:40).
4. D GENERATIONS CUP 2024 – Semi Final: Rukiya defeated Munetatsu Nakamura with the Proto Bomb (6:54).
5. D GENERATIONS CUP 2024 – Semi Final: To-y defeated Ilusion with the Kojima Impact (8:53).
6. Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya when Matsunaga pinned Iino with a Crucifix Pin (14:05).
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata defeated Akito, HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno when Ueno pinned Akito with a Figure 4 Leg Lock Cutback (23:25).

The spring edition of Beer Garden ended with Yuki Ueno getting a lucky break against Akito. Ueno’s legs were targeted again and Akito put him in a Figure 4 Leg Lock. Extra damage was done when Danshoku Dieno gave Shunma Katsumata the Danshoku Driver on top of Ueno’s chest while he was still in the hold. However when Akito grabbed Ueno by the arm to apply more pressure, Ueno pulled himself up and rolled on top of Akito, pinning his shoulders on the mat for the three count. Akito didn’t mind losing though. He knows his plan of weakening Ueno with limb work match after match is working. He said at Korakuen Hall he was going to poison him and this is what he meant!

In an upset Tomomitsu Matsunaga pinned Yuki Iino! A lot of the tag match had Iino spend time fighting Jun Akiyama and when it came to facing Matsunaga he wasn’t having any trouble. That was until Matsunaga dodged a Lariat and trapped Iino in a Crucifix Pin for the victory. Akiyama praised Matsunaga for the veteran like move because beating a champion is always a big deal no matter how it is done. Iino was mad at the result but Tetsuya Endo got him to calm down. They will get their revenge at the KO-D Tag Team Titles match on 7th April. Matsunaga overheard them playing down the result and took offence. He wants every match to matter and the Tag Titles should not belong to anyone who thinks otherwise.

The D GENERATIONS CUP final on 7th April will be between Rukiya and To-y. Rukiya beat Munetatsu Nakamura to get there while To-y had to get past Ilusion. Rukiya said he will definitely win to prove he is DDT’s strongest young wrestler. To-y promised he will show everyone just how much he has evolved in order to go even higher.

Things went a little bit weird for the match with Furitsuke Kamen in it. Kazuki Hirata is supposed to be the only one in DDT who dances and took offence to Kamen showing up. So for the match he wore black eyeliner to intimidate his opponents (I think he might have been doing Genki Horiguchi’s heel poses too) while Antonio Honda carried a giant inflatable stag beetle to the ring, holding it hostage because Endo loves collecting beetles. Kamen wanted to pause the match so he could lead everyone to a dance but Hirata grabbed him from behind and pulled his mask off. Honda put it on and declared himself to be Chin Chin Mask. When the Gongitsune spot backfired Kamen got his mask back and Endo pinned Honda with the Torture Rack Bomb. After the match Honda learned his lesson and said insects are not tools for conflict. Kamen then got all of the wrestlers to dance with him.

Match #2 had some outside brawling going on with Hideki Okatani and KANON as the focal point even though MJ Paul drove a van into Chris Brookes & Kazusada Higuchi. Back in the ring Daisuke Sasaki tried to give Higuchi the Nenbutsu Power Bomb as used by Jinsei Shinzaki but Brookes stopped him by making him drink beer until Higuchi could regain his senses and do a Back Body Drop counter. Then Paul made Brookes drink the beer. After all of this happened the focus returned to Okatani against KANON and Okatani won with a Sliding Lariat. That didn’t stop the two of them from still fighting each other after the match. When they were pulled apart Okatani made a promise to beat KANON with the Quetzalcoatl. KANON mocked him and said the reason why DDT isn’t promoting the King Of DDT stipulation for their upcoming singles match is because the company doesn’t have high expectations that Okatani will win!

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UJPW Launching With The Return Of All Together

March 26, 2024

UJPW “ALL TOGETHER”, 06/05/2024
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

1. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Sanshiro Takagi & Naomichi Marufuji Vs EVIL, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi
2. Tomohiro Ishii & Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Jeff Cobb & Masa Kitamiya
3. Shota Umino, Kaito Kiyomiya & Yuki Ueno Vs Yuya Uemura, Konosuke Takeshita & Shun Skywalker

A press conference was held today to reveal details for the launch event of United Japan Pro Wrestling happening in Budokan Hall this May. The show will be the return of “ALL TOGETHER”, a concept that in the past united several wrestling promotions together to run charity shows in regions affected by disasters. Proceeds from the upcoming show will go towards charity efforts regarding the Noto earthquake that took place over the new year. Six of the member promotions in UJPW will be participating on the show: New Japan, NOAH, DDT, Dragongate, Big Japan and Stardom.

Presidential figures Hiroshi Tanahashi, Sanshiro Takagi & Naomichi Marufuji were all at the press conference. The three of them will be teaming up to face House Of Torture in a 6-Man Tag Match. The three are calling themselves the Shacho Squad and Takagi made jokes about his working relationship with the other two. He more often sees Marufuji when they go out drinking than he does at the office. Tanahashi made references to past beef with Takagi over New Japan and DDT being at odds with each other. Takagi understands he is the weakest wrestler of the three so he will do his best as a pro wrestler and face the challenge lying ahead. The three are coming up with ideas to prevent House Of Torture from using interference to help them win. Some suggestions include placing Danshoku Dieno or Oleg Boltin at ringside to handle any invaders trying to enter the ring.

A big 6-Man Tag Match pits together the biggest names of the current generation. Marufuji believes the six participants are all talked about as the future of their companies when they really are the leaders now. They should see each other as rivals so Marufuji thinks this is the best match for all of them to show off and stand out. Tanahashi agrees and said if he was in that match he would be thinking how about how he could stand out from everyone else and take the top spot of the industry.

There is planned to be around 8 to 10 matches on the finished card. It has not been decided yet if Stardom will be doing matches by themselves or if they get to interact with the other promotions in mixed tag bouts.

UJPW “UNITED JAPAN PRO WRESTLING”, 15/06/2024
Sapporo Hokkai Kitayell

The second UJPW event will be held in Sapporo intends to feature the promotions that are not taking part in “ALL TOGETHER”. That should mean All Japan, Ganbare☆Pro and Tokyo Joshi Pro. TJPW have their annual Golden Week show at Korakuen Hall on the same day as “ALL TOGETHER” so I assume that is one of the reasons they are involved here instead. However TJPW has a show in Kobe the same day as UJPW in Sapporo so who knows what is being planned. UJPW eventually wants to run shows all over Japan to develop pro wrestling across the country. They still need to abide by all of the members having different schedules to avoid plans from clashing with each other. They admit this is an aspect the members will have to work on more.

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