Tokyo Joshi Turns A Corner, Sapporo New Legend, Ganpuro Disciples

December 7, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TURN THE NEXT CORNER”, 12/12/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi
2. Ai Shimizu Vs MIZUHO
3. Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao Vs Erin & Akane Miura
4. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Azusa Takigawa
5. Right To 1/4 Tokyo Joshi Title Appearance: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs KANNA

The longest rivalry in Tokyo Joshi Pro continues with a title shot on the line. Will KANNA’s growth from her time in Biishiki-gun finally be enough to beat Miyu Yamashita?

DDT “SAPPORO NEW LEGEND 2015”, 20/12/2015
Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Sapporo Specialty North Country Special 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Tomoya will be wrestling on the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WHITE BREATH 2015”, 23/12/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Disciple Of Tiger Mask Vs Rikidozan III: Hayato Mashita Vs Chikara

This is the first singles meeting between Chikara and Hayato Mashita.

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Ganpuro Tomorrow, Imanari Enters THE OUTSIDER, Nakatsu Graduating From DNA

December 2, 2015

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WINTER FALL 2015”, 03/12/2015
Ichigaya Nankai Memorial Clinic

1. Ganbare☆Joshi Vs Enjo-gun Joshi: Manami Kanda Vs Haruka Kato
2. Ganpuro-gun Vs Enjo-gun: Shota & Tigger Bedscene Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki
3. THE OUTSIDER Send Off Match: Ken Ohka & Shinchiro Tominaga Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Ganbare☆Wrestling. They took November off while Ken Ohka was busy wrestling in DDT.

Yumehito Imanari is entering the upcoming season of THE OUTSIDER. The amateur MMA show promoted by RINGS and Akira Maeda will take place on 13th December in Ota Gymnasium, Tokyo. Imanari has the honour of being the first pro wrestler to be a part of the series. He is entering THE OUTSIDER because he wants to fight with the body and soul of a wrestler.

DDT “DNA 12”, 11/12/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. These Bloody Tears! This Blow Is Your Sad Fate Of Resentment To Your Brother!!: Dai Suzuki & Daichi Kazato Vs Tigger Bed Scene & Rekka
2. Shunma Katsumata Vs Guanchulo
3. Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase
4. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Suguru Miyatake
5. Ryota Nakatsu DNA Graduation Match: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Isami Kodaka

This is Ryota Nakatsu’s final match as a DNA wrestler before he moves up to Pro Wrestling BASARA.

DDT’s favourite Chilean wrestler is back! Guanchulo last wrestled in DDT back in May 2014.

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Tag Title Tournament, Akito & Honda Fight Over Title Shot

November 30, 2015

DDT “SECOND TIME IN NUMZAU 2015”, 06/12/2015
Shizuoka Kiramesse Numzazu

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
5. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda

Four teams have been entered into the KO-D Tag Team Titles tournament. First up it’s Happy Motels and Shuten-dōji in the regular teams block.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 7”, 12/12/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango
1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs
4. Japan, United States & Taiwan Tripartite Pact Concluded!: Konosuke Takeshita, Hiroshi Fukuda & Rekka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs KENSO & Seiya Morohashi
6. 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka

Then we get two special pairings. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka are looking to continue their momentum from beating Hiroshi Tanahashi. Standing in their way are the big lads, Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie. One half of the previous champions Daisuke Sasaki has been excluded from the tournament because his current partner Suguru Miyatake has not been good enough to earn a spot.

Rekka is from New Taiwan Entertainment Wrestling Federation. He joins a special team made up of a Japanese, an American and a Taiwanese. Konosuke Takeshita is the Japanese wrestler and Hiroshi Fukuda is the American.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. Hakata Specialty Mixed Unit Special Tag: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Konosuke Takeshita
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Batten X Burabura
3. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Antonio Honda Vs Akito
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

Tetusya Endo feels that his non-title victory over Isami Kodaka on yesterday’s BOYZ show is proof that he deserves his title shot and did not just get it because of a fluke Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament.

Both Antonio Honda and Akito are claiming the No. 1 Contendership for the DDT Extreme Title. The championship is very important to Akito and hates how Kendo Kashin treated the belt when he won it. Honda wants another shot at Kashin and his unusual match stipulations.

Yusuke Kubo has been added to the show.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2015”, 23/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Ultra Heroes EXPO Collaboration Match: X Vs X
3. DDT Extreme Title: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Winner Of 13/12 Challenger Match
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Winners Of 6/12 Qualifier Vs Winners of 12/12 Qualifier

The Ultra Heroes EXPO match is Ultraman related. Maybe this is Ultraman Robin’s return to DDT?

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Osaka Octopus Complete Card, BOYZ Vs YaroZ, New Year’s Eve Playoff

November 26, 2015

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

0. King Of Dark Title: Kouki Iwasaki (c) & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
4. Hardcore Special 6 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs KENSO Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
5. DDT Extreme Title – UWF + 3 Count Rules: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
6. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
7. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
8. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

This will be DDT’s biggest non-Tokyo show of the year and their first time inside the main hub of Osaka Edion Arena. The main event sees the winner of this year’s DDT Dramatic General Election going after the KO-D Openweight Championship. The future ace of DDT meets the present ace, we get a battle of the big lads, an unexpected UWF throwback and a Hardcore 6 Way Match. Can Saki Akai finally get her hands on the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title that has eluded her for so long? What will Super Sasadango Machine have in store for his comedian opponents?

BOYZ “ULTRA ~ONCE IN A LIFETIME WOMAN FESTIVAL~”, 29/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. BOYZ Refreshing Grudge Liquidation: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi

The rest of the card will consist of BOYZ Vs YaroZ matches and is being kept secret until the day of the show. Names confirmed to appear on the BOYZ side are HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi, Isami Kodaka, Akito, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Kazuki Hirata, Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Shunma Katsumata, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki, Mao Inoue and Mizuki Watase.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Batten X Burabura
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

#OhkaEmpire are getting their title rematch. However Ken Ohka is unavailable so they are bringing in Batten X Burabura (formerly Batten X Tamagawa) to take his place.

Other outside talent scheduled to appear are Yuta Aijima, Azul Dragon, Van Vert Negro and Van Vert Jack.

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING – YEAR END DRINKING PARTY!”, 31/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi & Takayuki Ueki (w/ Bed Inn) Vs Great Kojika & Tetsuya Endo
2. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Kaji Tomato & Kazuki Hirata
3. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshihisa Uto
4. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Jaki Numazawa & Antonio Honda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
5. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Tank Nagai & Abdullah Kobayashi Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Danshoku Dino
6. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Daisuke Sekimoto & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Hideyoshi Kamitani
7. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine Vs TAKA Michinoku & Kazumi Kikuta
8. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hashimoto
9. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match #1 Vs Winners Of Match #2
10. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match # Vs Winners Of Match #4
11. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match #5 Vs Winners Of Match #6
12. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match #7 Vs Winners Of Match #8
13. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match #9 Vs Winners Of Match #10
14. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match #11 Vs Winners Of Match #12
15. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Final: Winners Of Semi Final #1 Vs Winners Of Semi Final #2

Sanshiro Takagi & Takayuki Ueki are bringing in underground idols Bed Inn as their secret weapon to win the tournament.

The opening round matches will have 10 minute time limits, Round 2 & Semi Final matches are 15 minutes and the Final will have no time limit. Sudden death One Count Pin rules are in effect for overtime.

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Umeda Joins Shuten-dōji, Tavern Gaijin, 10 Iron Man Title Changes

November 19, 2015

DDT “THREE OF A DREAM 2015”, 22/11/2015
Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Suguru Miyatake
1. Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi & Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Joey Ryan
2. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Masa Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu
4. Hardcore Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
7. Hiroshima Specialty! Deadly Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kazusada Higuchi

The first four matches have been switched around due to Kota Umeda joining Shuten-dōji. His first match as a member of the group will see him teaming with Yukio Sakaguchi.

TAVERN WRESTLING “~NO ALCOHOL NO LIFE~”, 25/11/2015
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Erin Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi
2. Tanomusaku Toba & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kazusada Higuchi
3. 3 Way Match: Akito Vs Joey Ryan Vs Kouki Iwasaki
4. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Takayuki Ueki
5. Tavern Wrestling Sekigun Vs U.S.A Sekigun: Isami Kodaka & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Nerima Sting & “Hulk Hogan”

Isami Kodaka & Hiroshi Fukuda are preparing themselves for their toughest challenge yet in Tavern Wrestling. The graphic gaijin Nerima Sting & “Hulk “Hogan” are coming to bury their little promotion, brother!

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
3. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
5. Hardcore Special 6 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs KENSO Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
6. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
8. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
9. DDT Extreme Title – UWF + 3 Count Rules: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
10. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title went through 10 title changes during yesterday’s “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015” press conference. Cherry took offence to Saki Akai talking about her hopes of winning the title in Osaka and tried to steal her spotlight. Akai responded by trying to pin Cherry to win the title. Cherry kicked out and pushed Akai away but was then pinned by Makoto Oishi. That led to a Headscissors chain that saw the title go through Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Masa Takanashi, Suguru Miyatake, Shunma Katsumata, Cherry and last but not least Gota Ihashi. Ihashi tried to woo Akai by taking off his wrestling tights but Akai knocked him out with a Head Kick. The tights fell on top of Ihashi and after a three count was declared the champion! Cherry was the only person brave enough to touch the tights and pin them to win back the title. She then ran away with everyone chasing after her.

Antonio Honda has confirmed his DDT Extreme Title match with Kendo Kashin will be fought under UWF Rules with pinfalls also allowed. However both Honda and Kashin have admitted at the time not knowing what the UWF Rules were.

BOYZ “ULTRA ~ONCE IN A LIFETIME WOMAN FESTIVAL~”, 29/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. BOYZ Refreshing Grudge Liquidation: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi

An anonymous letter was sent to BOYZ HQ claiming that men are sick of seeing their wives going to BOYZ shows and chasing after the pretty wrestlers. So the YaroZ brand will invade their upcoming Korakuen Hall show with the intention of crushing the BOYZ brand!

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Tomorrow HARASHIMA & Tanahashi Will Meet Again!

November 16, 2015

DDT “#OHKAEMPIRE BOX OFFICE ~MUSCLE MATES 2015~”, 17/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yohei Komatsu

This is the only match advertised for tomorrow’s #OhkaEmpire show in Korakuen Hall, which is sold out. The DDT website says there will be other matches on the card but we will not find out what they are until they happen. Given that the show is being run by Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine the card format might end up being similar to the old Muscle sub-brand. In fact, old Muscle shirts will be sold at the merchandise stand. So there may be a lot more than just wrestling matches to look forward to.

This is HARASHIMA’s chance at redemption against Hiroshi Tanahashi. Their match at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” back in August created friction between the two when Tanahashi afterwards criticised HARASHIMA for not stepping up to his level and also expecting to be treated as his equal. Ken Ohka stepped in to help HARASHIMA defend his and also DDT’s honour by doing everything he could to set up this match.

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New Year’s Eve Tag Tournament (And Drinks)

November 14, 2015

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING – YEAR END DRINKING PARTY!”, 31/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament

Yuji Okabayashi & Danshoku Dino
Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine
Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hashimoto
Tank Nagai & Abdullah Kobayashi
HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto
Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka
Daisuke Sekimoto & Konosuke Takeshita
Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
Jaki Numazawa & Antonio Honda
Kaji Tomato & Kazuki Hirata
Shigehiro Irie & Hideyoshi Kamitani
Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshihisa Uto
Sanshiro Takagi & Takayuki Ueki
TAKA Michinoku & Kazumi Kikuta
Great Kojika & Tetsuya Endo
Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

The annual end of year party held by Big Japan, DDT and K-DOJO is coming up and this time the theme is a big drinking party. This year’s show will be built around a one night tag team tournament with a bunch of teams mashed together. Most teams feature wrestlers from different promotions pairing together. A few of the entries are regular tag teams like the Brahman Brothers or Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi. Others are powerful singles wrestlers joining forces like HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto, Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka and Daisuke Sekimoto & Konosuke Takeshita. And then there’s the crazy stuff like Yuji Okabayashi & Danshoku Dino and Great Kojika & Tetsuya Endo.

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Osaka Octopus’s Garden In The Shade

November 10, 2015

DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Dai Suzuki Vs Tigger Bedscene
2. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Suguru Miyatake
5. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Mao Inoue
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki

I cannot wait for the main event to show up on Youtube.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015”, 14/11/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Akito
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mao Inoue
4. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
5. Shigehiro Irie & Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Kazusada Higuchi
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
7. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Ryota Nakatsu

The 3 Way Match between Danshoku Dino, Shigehiro Irie and Gorgeous Matsuno has been cancelled. Irie is now put into a tag team match against his Osaka opponent Yuji Okabayashi. Dino and Matsuno will face each other one on one.

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2015”, 21/11/2015
Toyama Takaoka Ecoeur

1. 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan & Yoshiaki Yago
4. Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs HARASHIMA, Ken Ohka & Danshoku Dino

Keisuke Ishii and Tetsuya Endo are getting more matches with each other this month.

DDT “THREE OF A DREAM 2015”, 22/11/2015
Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Suguru Miyatake
1. Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi & Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda, Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu
4. Hardcore Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
7. Hiroshima Specialty! Deadly Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kazusada Higuchi

Tetsuya Endo feels he must beat Keisuke Ishii before his KO-D Title Match in December.

DDT “DRAMATIC OR NOT? YEAH 2015”, 23/11/2015
Aichi Toyohashi Gymnasium 2nd Arena

1. Suguru Miyatake Vs Kota Umeda
2. Keisuke Ishii Vs Ryota Nakatsu
3. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. 4 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
7. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

Toyohashi’s never going to be the same againt once Danshoku Dino and Joey Ryan are in the ring together.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
3. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
5. Hardcore Special 6 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs KENSO Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
6. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
8. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
9. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
10. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

KENSO has escaped from the realm of dark matches and is still trying to rekindle his feud with Sanshiro Takagi. An inclusion to the 6 Way Hardcore match will have to do for now.

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Fuuuuuuuck, November’s Busy

November 7, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 6”, 08/11/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: KENSO (c) Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino & Seiya Morohashi
2. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi Vs Lady Beard Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
7. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & SAGAT

DDT returns to Saitama to continue the build up for Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka.

KENSO is given the perfect test for his first King Of Dark Title match. If he can’t get past Gota Ihashi, he is doomed.

DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Dai Suzuki Vs Tigger Bedscene
2. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Suguru Miyatake
5. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Mao Inoue
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki

After Daisuke Sasaki submitted Kazusada Higuchi in the main event of Tuesday’s DDT show, a singles match between the two was quickly made for this month’s DNA event. This will continue a trend of matches for the two that will go on until “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015”, 14/11/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mao Inoue
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Ryota Nakatsu

Sakaguchi Vs Kodaka build up continues. Sakaguchi hasn’t been on the winning team so far in this series.

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2015”, 21/11/2015
Toyama Takaoka Ecoeur

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan & Yoshiaki Yago
2. Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
3. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs HARASHIMA, Ken Ohka & Danshoku Dino

This is the annual show in Yoshiaki Yago’s hometown. That means for better or worse Yoshiyaki Yago has to be booked. Yago and Joey Ryan teaming together will mark the first time both are on the same show together since the 2007 Chikara King Of Trios tournament.

DDT “THREE OF A DREAM 2015”, 22/11/2015
Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Hardcore Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Hiroshima Specialty! Deadly Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kazusada Higuchi

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Higuchi take their tag team out of DNA and into DDT proper.

Sasaki has jumped at the opportunity to fill in the void left by Kota Ibushi and KUDO. One of his big challenges this month is a Hardcore Match against Yuko Miyamoto. This will be a preview of what will happen in Osaka at the end of the month.

DDT “DRAMATIC OR NOT? YEAH 2015”, 23/11/2015
Aichi Toyohashi Gymnasium 2nd Arena

1. 4 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo

Sasaki and Higuchi’s new feud will feature another 4 Way Match with Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka dragged in. The match will happen again at Osaka but with one more extra ingredient.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
3. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
5. Hardcore Special 5 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
6. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
8. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
9. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
10. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

DDT has put together a loaded card for the last big non-Korakuen show of the year. Not only is there the KO-D Openweight Title match that’s been built up for the last month, there is also Antonio Honda facing his weirdest challenger yet Kendo Kashin, the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title’s return to glory with a large Battle Royal, two big singles matches that have seemingly come out of nowhere and a crazy 5 Way Hardcore match.

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Ibushi’s Health Problems Revealed

November 2, 2015

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After a week long absence from the ring attributed to illness, a press conference was held to discuss the current and future status of Kota Ibushi. Both Sanshiro Takagi and Naoki Sugabayashi were in attendance since the news effected both DDT and New Japan. It was explained that at midnight on 24th October Ibushi picked up a high fever that forced him to be taken off of DDT’s Korakuen Hall show the next day. The illness also cancelled an autograph signing for his new book. During the summer Ibushi had been feeling numbness in the left side of his body. He was sent to a doctor for a check-up and diagnosed with a herniated cervical disc. The decision was made that Ibushi will not be wrestling for either company until he has healed from his injury. According to Takagi, Ibushi has decided not to go under surgery as part of his treatment. There is no time given for how long his recovery will take but Takagi reckons he will be gone until the start of 2016 at the earliest.

In DDT, Ibushi is one half of the KO-D Tag Team Champions with Daisuke Sasaki. Takagi announced that the titles will be vacated and he does not want to interfere with Ibushi’s daily life while he recovers. He wants Ibushi to completely recover and will wait for his return if he has to. Takagi also apologised to Ibushi’s fans for the inconvenience. Sugabayashi said Ibushi’s contract with New Japan which is about to run out will be renewed and he will wait for his return to the company.

On the DDT side of things this injury comes at a bad time. With Ibushi and KUDO both out of action for the time being that is two big absences in the main event scene. HARASHIMA is still there to carry the load as he always does, it’s too early to tell if Yukio Sakaguchi is a draw as the KO-D Openweight Champion, I have no idea how much mileage is in another Danshoku Dino push and Isami Kodaka will be busy with BASARA and his outside bookings. While DDT has done a great job in the last 12 months introducing and debuting new wrestlers, the younger generation hasn’t been fully embraced by the fans judging by the Dramatic General Election results. With a big Sumo Hall show booked for March next year they need something big and if Ibushi hasn’t recovered by then it will put a big dent in that plan. They better pray to whatever deity that can protect HARASHIMA from getting injured.

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