Dick Togo Wins Iron Man Title!

July 19, 2012

Well, it was bound to happen. Yuki Sato’s journey to Bolivia in search of Dick Togo so he could challenge him to a match with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title on the line has ended before it really began. During his flight to the South American country, Sato fell victim to altitude sickness which left him bedridden. Togo quickly found out where Sato was staying and he snuck into his room while wearing a referee shirt. Togo then pinned the sleeping Sato while quietly counted to three, becoming the new Iron Man champion. DDT already put a back-up plan in place for the 15th Anniversary Show. Since it is unlikely that Togo will be returning to Japan any time soon, the winner of the Iron Man Battle Royal at Budokan Hall will be crowned the No.1 Contender for the belt. It will then be up to that person to travel over to Bolivia and get the title back from Togo or whoever the champion will be by then.

Of course, that is if Togo stays in Bolivia. Who knows, he might show up at the Budokan after all…

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Cherry & Mio Shirai At JoshiMania

December 7, 2011

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 1”, 02/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ayako Hamada & Cherry defeated Mayumi Ozaki & Mio Shirai when Hamada pinned Shirai with the LSD.

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 2”, 03/12/2011
Everett Rec Center, Massachusetts, USA

1. Toshie Uematsu & GAMI defeated Cherry & Sawako Shimono when Uematsu pinned Shimono with a Tiger Suplex (14:10).
4. Mayumi Ozaki defeated Mio Shirai with a Shining Yakuza Kick (9:33).

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 3”, 04/12/2011
Highline Ballroom, New York, USA

4. Toshie Uematsu, Obariyon, Kodama & Kobald defeated Cherry, Soldier Ant, Fire Ant & Green Ant when Uematsu pinned Cherry with a Diving Splash (13:01).
6. Aja Kong, Mio Shirai & Tsubasa Kuragaki defeated Minami Toyota, Sawako Shimono & Hanako Nakamori when Kuragaki pinned Nakamori with the Metal Wing (29:00).

All three shows are available to buy on DVD right now over at Smart Mark Video.

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“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011” Results Plus Cage Of Death

December 4, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Danshoku Dino defeated DJ Hyde with the Danshoku Driver.
2. Joker & BLK-Jeez defeated Kamui & Devon Moore when Joker & BLK-Jeez pinned Kamui with the King Swing.
3. CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Sami Callihan (c) defeated Yoshihito Sasaki with the Stretch Muffler.
*V1 for Callihan.
4. Kengo Mashimo & Takashi Sasaki defeated Drake Younger & MASADA when Mashimo submitted Younger with the Mudo.
5. 3 Way: KUDO defeated Dick Togo and Masa Takanashi when KUDO pinned Takanashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop.
6. Shattered Dreams Match: Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc defeated Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa when Ito pinned Numazawa with the Dragon Splash.

CZW “CAGE OF DEATH 13”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki, KUDO, Kengo Mashimo & Danshoku Dino defeated Jun Kasai, Jaki Numazawa, Yoshihito Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Kamui when Sasaki pinned Kamui with a Falcon Arrow.

Results of the JoshiMania matches featuring Cherry and Mio Shirai will be posted sometime after the final show takes place tonight.

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DDT & Union In America This Weekend

December 2, 2011

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 1”, 02/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ayako Hamada & Cherry Vs Mayumi Ozaki & Mio Shirai

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 2”, 03/12/2011
Everett Rec Center, Massachusetts, USA

1. Cherry & Sawako Shimono Vs Toshie Uematsu & GAMI
5. Mio Shirai Vs Mayumi Ozaki

CHIKARA PRO “JOSHIMANIA – NIGHT 3”, 04/12/2011
Highline Ballroom, New York, USA

4. Minami Toyota, Sawako Shimono & Hanako Nakamori Vs Aja Kong, Mio Shirai & Tsubasa Kuragaki
6. Cherry, Soldier Ant, Fire Ant & Green Ant Vs Toshie Uematsu, Obariyon, Kodama & Kobald

This weekend loads of wrestlers from Japan, male and female, will be wrestling across the Northeastern United States of America. Chikara Pro will be hosting JoshiMania, a series of shows that will be a love letter to Japanese women’s wrestling. Union will be represented on the show with Cherry and Mio Shirai taking part.

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Kamui & Devon Moore Vs Joker & BLK-Jeez
2. Kengo Mashimo & Takashi Sasaki Vs Drake Younger & MASADA
3. CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Sami Callihan (c) Vs Yoshihito Sasaki
4. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Hyde
5. 3 Way: Dick Togo Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi
6. Shattered Dreams Match: Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

CZW “CAGE OF DEATH 13”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Jaki Numazawa, Yoshihito Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Kamui Vs Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki, Kengo Mashimo & Danshoku Dino

Meanwhile, Combat Zone Wrestling will be hosting a special Indie Summit show featuring wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan, Freedoms and K-DOJO. Many of the talent involved will also be part of a puroresu flavored 8-Man Tag Team match during the annual Cage Of Death show taking place later in the day. DDT is represented by KUDO, Danshoku Dino and Masa Takanashi (not Takana Shi as the CZW website accidentaly calls him). Dick Togo will also be there as he continues his global retirement tour.

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Masa Joins USA Trip, Suicide Boyz Reunion, Union, New Year’s Eve

November 30, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Kamui & Devon Moore Vs Joker & BLK-Jeez
2. Kengo Mashimo & Takashi Sasaki Vs Drake Younger & MASADA
3. CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Sami Callihan (c) Vs Yoshihito Sasaki
4. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Hyde
5. 3 Way: Dick Togo Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi
6. Shattered Dreams Match: Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Masa Takanashi will be joining KUDO and Danshoku Dino along with all of the other Japanese talent travelling to Philadelphia for “THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”. Takanashi has been added to the Dick Togo Vs KUDO match to now make it a DDT 3 Way.

DDT “NON-FIX 12.7”, 07/12/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Michael Nakazawa & Kazuki Hirata Vs Hikaru Sato & Takao Soma
3. Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango & DJ Nira
4. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Danshoku Dino & Akito
5. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba

The Suicide Boyz reunite for the main event while Crying Wolf has its first match as a full unit.

UNION “THE UNION SHIWASU 2011”, 14/12/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. SGP Global Jr. Heavyweight Title – 3 Way: Cosmic Warrior Sofia (Cherry) (c) Vs Ultraman Robin Vs Mother Justine (GAMI)
2. Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka Vs Ivan Markov & Bonnie
3. Isami Kodaka 3 Match Trial: Isami Kodaka Vs Kengo Ohka, X & X
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya

Shuji Ishikawa has chosen Shigehiro Irie as his partner to face the Kensuke Office team of Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya in the main event. Also, Shuji and Sanshiro Takagi have also put aside their differences after the Union Sekigun Vs TKG48 feud.

Isami Kodaka will go through a three match trial in preparation for his DDT Extreme Title rematch against El Generico that will take place in January. Kengo Ohka is the first opponent confirmed to face the Death Match Samurai. Kodaka’s good friend and fellow Big Japan tag team partner Yuko Miyamoto was originally supposed to be the second opponent but he had to pull out of the show due to a scheduling conflict. That now means both the second and third opponents will be mystery wrestlers.

Mio Shirai revealed she will have a photo spread in the new issue of “Young Union”, the event programme that will be available at the show. Ken Ohka confronted her, arguing that he should be on the cover. He also did not want to see any photos of Mio wearing swimsuits and doing suggestive poses appearing in the magazine. Mio shut Ken up by putting him in the dreaded Figure Four Necklock and choking him out.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2011”, 31/12/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Winners of 11/12 Title Match Vs Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino
2. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs MIKAMI

New Year’s Eve at Korakuen Hall is going to be a long day. First off, DDT holds its final show of the year with two major title matches on the top of the card. KUDO has been a fighting champion since winning the KO-D Openweight Title, defeating two former KO-D Champions in the process. If he beats MIKAMI on New Year’s Eve, KUDO will not only beat a third KO-D Champion but he will also tie with Sanshiro Takagi for most defences of the title. Meanwhile, Crying Wolf could already win their first championship with Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino facing either Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie or Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi, depending on whichever team wins the Hakata Star Lanes main event on 11/12.

“NEW YEARS EVE PRO-WRESTLING 2011 ~ SAMURAI TV! 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 31/12/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Young Six-Man Tag: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toru Sugiura & Kotaro Nasu Vs Masashi Otani, Daichi Sasaki & Dyna Mido
2. World No. 1 Independent Tag Team Gauntlet: Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka Vs Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga Vs Masashi Takeda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hide Kubota & Yasu Kubota Vs Natsuki☆Taiyo & Yoshiko Vs Sanshiro Takagi & TAKA Michinoku Vs Great Dear & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge Vs Emi Sakura & Masa Takanashi Vs CHANGO & Amigo Suzuki Vs Chou-un Shiryu & Dynasty Vs Samurai TV Team
3. Danshoku Dino Produce: Danshoku Dino Vs X
4. Fluorescent Light Tubes Death Match: X & X Vs X & X
5. Team Ohka Vs Team Sekine Challenge: Ken Ohka Vs Ryuichi Sekine

The Tag Team Gauntlet will contain 15 teams with the final entry selected by viewers of the Samurai TV programme Occupation Of The Indies.

The Team Ohka vs Team Sekine challenge is most likely going to be a bunch of fun and games that takes place inbetween matches.

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Interviews: Kenny Omega, Dick Togo

November 3, 2011

There are two pretty good interviews that appeared online today. Kenny Omega is this week’s guest on the Art Of Wrestling podcast, hosted by the one and only Colt Cabana. The episode can be heard over at We Love Colt website and will also be available on iTunes tonight.

The other interview features Dick Togo and it was filmed during his recent trip to England. Togo talks about his retirement show in Japan, his time wrestling in Australia and Europe afterwards, his match with Fit Finlay and more. Unfortunately there is some heavy background noise at parts of the interview but hopefully it will not distract you too much. The interview is split into 4 videos and was done in Japanese but there is the option of English subtitles if you click on the CC section of each video. Credit goes to YujinWrestling for the interview. Enjoy.

 

 

 

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Union Match Changed, Let’s Go 30’s, Dino Vs DJ Hyde

October 31, 2011

UNION “UNION 6th ANNIVERSARY”, 22/11/2011
Shinjuku FACE

0. Kasu Rachoresu Mental Health Treatment Match: Yoshiaki Yago & Good Nurse Madoka Vs BENTEN & Miyako
1. Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Cherry (c) Vs Apple Miyuki
3. Kengo Ohka Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. 6th Anniversary Battle Royal: Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Poison Sawada Vs A. YAZAWA Vs Chou-un Shiryu Vs Mecha Mummy Lite Vs Sister Akiko Vs Takeshi Minamino
5. Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka Vs Masao Orihara & Big Morohashi
6. DDT Extreme Title: El Generico (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

The Kasu Rachoresu Treatment match has been changed from a singles match between Yoshiaki Yago and Miyako, into a tag team match between Yago and his Good Nurse Madoka versus Miyako and her master BENTEN. The bout will also be a dark match. Yago thinks the match will be so dangerous that he doesn’t want Union boss Naomi Susan to see it, fearing that it would upset her.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Triple Threat: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano
3. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & HARASHIMA Vs Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano get their KO-D Tag Team Title shot here. They have also decided on their team name. From now on the pair will be called Let’s Go 30’s.

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Sami Callihan
2. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Hyde
3. Dick Togo Vs KUDO
4. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Danshoku Dino now knows who he will face in his American return match. It is none other than the current owner of CZW, DJ Hyde.

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Dick Togo American Vacation, Hard Hit Card

October 28, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Sami Callihan
2. Dick Togo Vs KUDO
3. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Some matches have finally been announced for The Indie Summit 2011, a joint show produced by Combat Zone Wrestling featuring Japanese wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan, Freedoms and K-DOJO. Dick Togo will also be involved as his global retirement tour stops by the United States during December. Togo returns to the infamous Asylum Arena for the first time since the Chikara King Of Trios weekend back in April. KUDO will be one of DDT’s representatives, the most important one if he is still the KO-D Openweight Champion by the time the show takes place, and will be the one facing Togo in the former ECW Arena. Danshoku Dino is the only other DDT wrestler confirmed for the show so far. Kengo Mashimo from K-DOJO and Takashi Sasaki & Kamui from Freedoms will also be wrestling at the show.

PWG “FEAR”, 10/12/2011
American Legion Post #308, California, USA

El Generico Vs Dick Togo

One week later, Dick Togo will travel to Reseda, California for a highly anticipated Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event. While all the attention for this show is on the return of Super Dragon, the big highlight of the undercard is Togo’s clash with the current DDT Extreme Champion, El Generico.

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Ryuichi Sekine
4. Madoka Vs Kengo Mashimo
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Takaku Fuke
6. KUDO & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & Mitsuya Nagai
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto

Hard Hit evens sort of lean more towards the kind of wrestling matches you would find in old shoot-style promotions such as UWF-I. Hard Hit matches can be won via pinfall, submission, knockout, disqualification and count out. There is also a points system in place that can determine when matches can end by TKO. In singles matches both wrestlers begin the match with 5 points each. For tag team bouts both teams start off with 8 points each. A wrestler loses a point when he is knocked down or uses a rope break. He also loses a point if he is called for a foul more than once. When a wrestler’s points tally reaches zero, he automatically loses the fight by TKO.

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Cherry Confirmed For JoshiMania

October 12, 2011

This December, the Dramatic Pink Warrior of Union is on her way over to America. Cherry is the latest name announced to take part in a special series of shows hosted by CHIKARA Pro called JoshiMania. The shows will be CHIKARA’s love letter to joshi wrestling featuring such names as Manami Toyota, Aja Kong, Toshie Uemetsu, Commando Bolshoi and much more. Cherry is now the latest name announced for the shows taking place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, marking her first time competing in the USA.

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Sapporo Cards, Omori Title Returns, Union Matches, Nakazawa USA Bound

October 7, 2011

DDT “PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Poison JULIE Sawada & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Hiroki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Chiharu
3. Hikaru Sato Vs Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomoya Adachi & Takao Soma
5. KUDO & MIKAMI Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa
6. KO-D Tag Team Title Decision Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

The opening match has both teams switch wrestlers thanks to Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano becoming an official tag team earlier this week.

DDT “WORLD PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Sasaki & Gabbana & Toucans & Chocho Lina Vs Quiet Storm & Ryuichi Sekine
2. Raleigh Mondo Vs Hiro Tonai
3. Motley Crue S & Ricky Fuji Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi
4. TOP of MAGMA No. 1 Special Single Match: Great Dear Vs Danshoku Dino
5. Pull Down Cover Death Match: MASADA Vs Antonio Honda
6. Special 6 Man Tag: Tommy End, Ryuji Ito & HARASHIMA Vs Dante, Jun Kasai & Kengo Mashimo

Sapporo Teisen Hall will be very busy on 9th and 10th October as there will be five shows taking place in the building. K-DOJO and Freedoms are holding shows on the 9th while the 10th will have DDT and Big Japan shows. The series of events will end with a global-themed collaboration show featuring wrestlers from all five groups, plus a few foreign talent aswell.

The previous Pull Down Cover Death Match took place in DDT back in January 2009. In order to win, the wrestler must drape his country’s flag over his prone opponent while pinning him. Antonio Honda will be defending Japan’s pride against the American MASADA.

I have no idea who Dante, Motley Crue S and Toucans & Chocho Lina are or if I got their names translated correctly.

DDT “OMORI UTAN FESTIVAL”, 16/10/2011
Tokyo JR Omori Station Square

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata
2. Stardom Offer Match: Yoshiko Vs Saki Kashima
3. Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs DJ Nira
4. Omori Dream Fair Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. KUDO, HARASHIMA & HERO! Vs Antonio Honda, Yasu Urano & Hoshitango

Danshoku Dino dusts off the Omori Dream Fair Championship to defend it for the first time since the 2009 Sumo Hall show.

UNION “SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2011”, 19/10/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Lingerie Muto & Big Bang Lingerie Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Madoka
2. Ken Ohka & Masao Orihara Vs Big Morohashi & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Hiro Tsumaki
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs RG
5. BENTEN (w/ Miyako) Vs Onryo (w/ Masako Takanashi)
6. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Cherry
7. DDT Extreme Title Contendership – 3 Way: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kengo Mashimo

Big Bang Lingerie is Shigehiro Irie. That is not going to be a pretty sight.

NSF, 15/10/2011
Denim and Diamonds Temple, Texas, USA

Michael Nakazawa Vs Ryan Genesis

Believing that he has now conquered Japan with laughter, Michael Nakazawa is heading over to America to do the same thing. Nakazawa will be appearing in Texas for the New School Federation to wrestle Ryan Genesis on 15th October. Genesis has made a handful of appearances for DDT and Union during 2011, the highlight of which was becoming one of Bob Sapp’s assassins sent to fight Danshoku Dino.

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