KUDO Out With ACL Injury

September 17, 2015

Really bad news for KUDO this week as he has severely damaged his right ACL and is expected to be out of action for around one year. He has said that although some wrestlers are able to continue competing without an ACL, he cannot do the same due to his fighting style so he will have surgery to reconstruct his ACL. KUDO has removed himself from the DDT Dramatic General Election and encourages his fans to vote for the other members of Shuten-dōji instead. The following cards have been changed due to KUDO’s absence.

DDT “CAREER DAIMYO DRAMATIC-KUN 2015”, 20/09/2015
Shizuoka Hamamatsu Create

1. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Keisuke Ishii
3. Joey Ryan Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
5. Masa Takanashi Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. Kota Ibushi & Kota Umeda Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

DDT “DRAMATIC SCAN NIIGATA! 2015”, 21/09/2015
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. Akito Vs Kota Umeda
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Hoshitango Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
5. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Suguru Miyatake
6. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

BOYZ “MOON VIEWING SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 8~”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Mizuki Watase
2. Kazuki Hirata Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Masa Takanashi
5. Yukio Sakaguchi, HARASHIMA & Isami Kodaka Vs Soma Takao, Akito & Konosuke Takeshita

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi
1. Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu
5. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki

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Union’s Final Harvest, Ganpuro Gets Real Tiger Mask, Who’s Gonna Top DDT?

September 14, 2015

ohka-katsumura

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryu Gouma (w/ Kazuhiko Ogasawara)
2. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Madoka & Ayumu Honda
3. Mio Shirai Last Union Match: Mio Shirai & Ladybeard Vs GENTARO & X
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – Three Match Special Rules: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry
5. 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Isami Kodaka, Daichi Kazato, Yusuke Kubo & Masato Shibata Vs FUMA, MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT
6. Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi

Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi is now a Last Man Standing match. This is the kind of pro wrestling where friends who care for one another beat the crap out of each other to prove it.

The Fly To Everywhere Title match between Aoi Kizuki and Cherry will be Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls with each fall having a special rule. The first fall is a 3 Way Match with Miyako Matsumoto also included. Whoever beats Matsumoto first will win the fall. The 2nd fall is a Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match with A.YAZAWA as the special guest referee. If needed, the 3rd and final fall will be a Total 3 Count match. The best I can describe the rule is if you pin your opponent for a two count then your next pin only needs a one count to win. If you pin and get a one count then the next pin needs a two count to win. I’m not entirely sure if three one counts is enough to win or if the amount needed is only based on the previous pin. But the intention here is pinning the opponent for three seconds in total just not necessarily in a row.

This will be Mio Shirai’s final match in Union before she retires on 20th September. Shirai has chosen Kyoko Kimura to be GENTARO’s partner in the match.

Ryu Gouma has admitted defeat in his quest to learn Karate in order to beat Hiroshi Fukuda’s Judo. This last match is not Judo Vs Karate, but American Vs Lawyer.

DDT “WRESTLING ROSE FESTIVAL 2015”, 19/09/2015
Fukuyama Big Rose

1. Yasu Urano Vs Kouki Iwasaki
2. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Joey Ryan Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
5. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

Joey Ryan begins his DDT stint in Fukuyama.

DDT “CAREER DAIMYO DRAMATIC-KUN 2015”, 20/09/2015
Shizuoka Hamamatsu Create

1. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Keisuke Ishii
3. Joey Ryan Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
5. Masa Takanashi Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. Kota Ibushi & Kota Umeda Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

Keisuke Ishii is aiming to get revenge on Danshoku Dino after Dino pinned him on Sunday.

DDT “DRAMATIC SCAN NIIGATA! 2015”, 21/09/2015
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. Akito Vs Suguru Miyatake
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Hoshitango Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
5. KUDO Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Yukio Sakaguchi could get one back on Daisuke Sasaki if he & Masa Takanashi win in Niigata. Then they could qualify for a KO-D Tag Team Titles shot.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Do Judge!!: Yukihiro Abe Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. GANBARE SUPER FIGHT!!: Kotaro Nasu Vs Tigger Bedscene
4. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Resonance To The Major Sports ~The Real Tiger Mask And Disciple Of Tiger Mask Vs Enjo-gun~: Shuichiro Katsumura & Hayato Mashita Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki
6. Texas Tornado Hardcore Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka, GENTARO, Shota & Bambi Vs Minoru Fujita, Hi69 & Osamu Namiguchi

Minoru Fujita demanded that the main event will be a Hardcore Match. He also mocked Ganbare☆Wrestling by saying they should worry about Tokyo Joshi Pro outdrawing them in the same building on the same date. Ken Ohka said his team will beat Fujita’s team and they will rehabilitate Fujita out of his bad attitude.

Ganbare☆Wrestling is bringing in a surprise name for this show. The “Real Tiger Mask” Shuichiro Katsumura will wrestle in Ganpuro to help turn it into a major sports company. He will team with Hayato Mashita who was his first opponent in his debut pro wrestling match.

Yumehito Imanari was told that his design of Ganpuro’s new logo plagiarises the logo of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Imanari still denies the claim and even went as far as to print up T-shrts of the new logo to sell at the show. It is too late for Ganpuro to cancel the order so they have no other choice but to sell the shirts once they arrive.

Ken Ohka has wished Kana good luck on her move to WWE. Kana wrestled a match in Ganpuro back in February. She has inspired Ohka to give back to wrestling and for Ganpuro to do its best in Japan while she does the same in America.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi
1. Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
5. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki

Daisuke Sasaki was nominated as the No. 1 Contender by Yukio Sakaguchi himself. With the Vietnam Driver II in his arsenal, Sasaki now thinks he is Earth’s Strongest Man. Sakaguchi may knee that thought straight out of Sasaki’s head.

#OhkaEmpire have impressed and annoyed Team Drift enough to get a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles shot. Danshoku Dino pinned both Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao yesterday while Ken Ohka is constantly standing up to Shigehiro Irie despite coming off the worse for wear in every encounter. The one wild card is Super Sasadango Machine. He had a secret plan yesterday that he was unable to use because he was quickly eliminated. The upcoming rematch gives him another chance to use it if he wishes.

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Osaka Bay Blues, BOYZ Oh BOYZ, Alcohol And X’s Don’t Mix

September 11, 2015

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Suguru Miyatake, Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Shoichi Uchida
3. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko
4. Team Drift Vs #OhkaEmpire Complete Settlement Warfare – 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
5. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
6. DDT Extreme Title – Four Corners Four Items Death Match: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motels are after the KO-D Tag Team Titles, Antonio Honda defends the DDT Extreme Title in a pole match and #OhkaEmpire look to beat Team Drift once and for all.

BOYZ “MOON VIEWING SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 8~”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Mizuki Watase
2. 3 Way Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Masa Takanashi
5. Yukio Sakaguchi, HARASHIMA & Isami Kodaka Vs Soma Takao, Akito & Konosuke Takeshita

Yukio Sakaguchi and Isami Kodaka are in the same ring together for the first time since their Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title match in April. But this time they’re teaming up.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL SLAM”, 30/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tetsuya Endo Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Single Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Akito Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Great Kojika
4. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: X Vs X
5. Glove Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
6. Falls Count Anywhere 8-Man Tag Team Match: X, X, X & X Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Isami Kodaka, X & X

Two special guest captains will wrestle in the main event. Shuji Ishikawa is one of them but the other captain has yet to be announced. The rest of both teams will be filled up with the regular wrestlers working for the Dropkick Bar.

Every match on the show will have a special rule.

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A God Damn Pole Match, Ishikawa Thanks Morohashi, Takagi’s In The Dark

September 8, 2015

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Suguru Miyatake, Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Shoichi Uchida
3. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko
4. Team Drift Vs #OhkaEmpire Complete Settlement Warfae – 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
5. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
6. DDT Extreme Title – Four Corners Four Items Death Match: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

In a match that will get both late era WCW fans salivating, the DDT Extreme Title is on the line in a four corner pole match. A different item hangs in a bag from each of the poles. It’s been confirmed that two of the bags will contain a bra and a cole miner’s glove.

Hiroshi Fukuda is bringing along Yoshihiko to Osaka. His match with Masa Takanashi is now a 2-on-1 Handicap Match.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Mio Shirai & Ladybeard Vs GENTARO & X
2. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry
3. Isami Kodaka, Daichi Kazato, Yusuke Kubo & Masato Shibata Vs FUMA, MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT
4. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi

Before Shuji Ishikawa faces Isami Kodaka for the Union MAX Title, he takes Seiya Morohashi. Despite being a mainstay of Union, Morohashi was not part of the original group that jumped from DDT when the brand formed back in 2005. Morohashi instead joined a few years later. Ishikawa is proud of Morohashi’s time in Union. He brought up one time when he fell ill and had to pull out of a match. Morohashi took his place at the last minute and gave a physically intense performance. I bet the match he is talking about is Morohashi Vs Shigehiro Irie from July 2012. Ishikawa wants to thank Morohashi for always being there for Union.

Mio Shirai has requested GENTARO’s tag partner to be a female wrestler.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi
1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

A confrontation from this past Sunday leads Sanshiro Takagi down a risky path. Gota Ihashi is becoming more and more desperate to get rid of the King Of Dark Title.

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Saitama Slam Card, Matches In A Forthnight, Azusa Info For Tokyo Joshi

September 4, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

There is still no No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title going into this show. It’s safe to say if anyone can pin a Shuten-dōji wrestler in the main event, they will have a good claim to getting the title shot.

DDT “WRESTLING ROSE FESTIVAL 2015”, 19/09/2015
Fukuyama Big Rose

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

Former tag partners collide! Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi have teamed together often for the last couple of years. But now they’ve gone their seperate ways. Dino is part of #OhkaEmpire while Oishi formed the KAT-TOO tag team with Shunma Katsumata.

DDT “CAREER DAIMYO DRAMATIC-KUN 2015”, 20/09/2015
Shizuoka Hamamatsu Create

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Kota Ibushi & Kota Umeda Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

Kota and Kota are teaming up!

DDT “DRAMATIC SCAN NIIGATA! 2015”, 21/09/2015
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. KUDO Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Team Drift faces Happy Motels while #OhkaEmpire faces Smile Squash as the DDT Dramatic General Election rolls on.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Azusa Debut Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Azusa
2. Hyper Misao Vs MIZUHO
3. Erin Comeback Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi Vs Erin & Akane Miura
4. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa is from Tokyo and was born on 18th July (no year given) She is 161cm high, weighs 47kg and trained in kickboxing. She is a graduate from Shirayuri College and wants to become an announcer. She was introduced to Tokyo Joshi Pro to help achieve her goal.

Erin has recovered from a fractured wrist.

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Saitama Slam, Osaka Bay Blues, Watase Gets Otani, Final Union Title Matches

September 1, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

If Danshoku Dino can beat Shigehiro Irie, it will help #OhkaEmpire’s chances of getting a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot.

KAT-TOO have been working well as a team so far. They face tournament bound KUDO & Kota Umeda.

Normally Gota Ihashi would be in the Pigging 2015 team but he’s locked out of the show because of he is the King Of Dark Champion. Saki Akai has to take his place.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

I don’t know what the grudge is between Masa Takanashi and Hiroshi Fukuda but it gets settled in Osaka.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry

Cherry has made it her goal to become the Fly To Everywhere Champion when Union closes down next month. This might be her only opportunity.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Azusa Debut Match: Azusa Vs Miyu Yamashita
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa’s ring name and profile will be revealed at a later date, possibly some time after her debut match.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shunma Katsumata Vs Mao Inoue
2. Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kota Umeda
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan
5. Mizuki Watase Vs Shinjiro Otani
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Mizuki Watase was surprised to learn his opponent for his second pro wrestling match is Shinjiro Otani! Watase never thought he would get such a high profile match right after losing in his debut.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Do Judge!!: Yukihiro Abe Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Texas Tornado Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka, GENTARO, Shota & Bambi Vs Minoru Fujita, Hi69 & Osamu Namiguchi

The main event features a mixture of alliances between Ganbare☆Wrestling and K-DOJO wrestlers. A grudge between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita is the focus but there is also the surprise return of Shota. There are also the shocks of Osamu Namiguchi siding with Fujita and Bambi siding with Ohka.

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The final match in Union should obviously be between the two aces fighting over the championship. Isami Kodaka requested Shuji Ishikawa to be his next and possibly last challenger for the Union MAX Title.

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Time To Go Back To Normal, Whatever Normal Is In DDT

August 24, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 8”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs Ai Shimizu
3. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao
4. Saki Akai & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima & Akane Miura

It must have been a confusing weekend for KANNA. She got a bump in Twitter followers when the other Kana appeared on screen at NXT TakeOver. WWE spelt Kana’s name with two ‘N’s leading some thirsty fans to KANNA’s Twitter account by mistake.

Miyu Yamashita had her debut shoot boxing bout on 21st August at the “GIRLS S-CUP 2015” event in Tokyo. She fought Yurika GSB in the 54kg weight class. Unfortunately Yamashita lost the fight by unanimous decision after three rounds. Yamashita said she felt embarrassed by the defeat because she carried the weight of Tokyo Joshi Pro on her shoulders and let everybody down. However she would like to get another fight and will train more in shoot boxing for the time being.

DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki
2. 4 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
5. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

No rest for the wicked. We have new matches and a few title bouts coming up. Team Drift defend their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles against Smile Squash this weekend. The newly named #OhkaEmpire wanted a rematch with Drift but it was denied. However Shigehiro Irie gave credit to Ken Ohka and said he was a surprisingly strong opponent. He would like to fight that Ken Ohka again someday. But Drift wants to defend their titles against other teams before #OhkaEmpire gets another shot.

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazuhiro Tamura & Daisuke Kanehira
2. Hiroshi Fukuda, Ayumu Honda, Mame Endo & X Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Ryu Gouma, Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels
3. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs & Aoi Kizuki & Ladybeard
4. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
6. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The 8-Man Tag is going to be themed around Judo Vs Karate. Hiroshi Fukuda will be in Judo-gun mode and believes the future of martial arts rests on the result of the match.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
2. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano will meet in a non-title match a week before they go at it for the DDT Extreme Title.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motels are the first team to challenge the Golden☆Storm Riders for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Kota Ibushi said his entire body feels sore after yesterday’s match. Tetsuya Endo said he and Konosuke Takeshita wanted to go after the tag titles as soon as he came back from injury. He has been waiting for the chance to reclaim the belts ever since they lost them in Saitama back in February. Daisuke Sasaki does not want to defend the titles, possibly ever. But he has to.

Shoichi Uchida and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan are booked for the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Stardom wrestler Kris Wolf makes her Ganpuro debut in one of the weirdest looking 3 Way matches ever.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

Yukio Sakaguchi announced his first KO-D Openweight Title defence will take place on 27th September against an opponent to be determined. Sakaguchi said it was a strange feeling when he woke up this morning after the night he had. He was surprised by the amount of messages he received congratulating him on his title victory. The most special of which came from his estranged father Seiji Sakaguchi. In regards to Shuten-dōji, Yukio said yesterday’s match resulted in their bonds becoming even stronger. He also thought the liquor they all drank together after the match was delicious.

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Union Pro To Disband

August 17, 2015

A press conference was held today to announce the dissolution of Union Pro Wrestling on 4th October, the day of their 10th Anniversary show in Korakuen Hall. The three key figures of Union Naomi Susan, Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka were in attendance to explain their decision.

Originally it was just Susan who was going to leave the promotion after the 10th Anniversary show. However when that news broke everyone in Union felt the company in its current form could not exist without her. Susan revealed there have been talks of forming a new promotion that would be closer in direction to DDT but out of respect for the Union locker room she will let the wrestlers talk about their futures when the time comes. Ishikawa however said he will become a freelancer when Union closes down. He will be 40 years old in September and wants to continue proving his strength in the ring. Kodaka said with only three shows left in Union’s life he hopes they will run full force towards 4th October.

When asked if there was any dissent among the roster over the decision Kodaka said everyone is feeling painful about it. He repeated that Susan was irreplaceable and apologised to the fans for what sounds like a selfish reason for their decision. The future of the Union MAX Title and Fly To Everywhere Title was brought up but no decision has yet been made to seal the championships or keep them active.

The conference ended with Kodaka saying he wants Union’s end to be a complete explosion. Though this is a negetive story it can be turned into something positive. Everyone in Union will be laughing happily until the end.

I’ll try to keep you all posted about Union’s future when more information comes out.

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DDT Dramatic General Election 2015

August 15, 2015

The DDT Dramatic General Election is back for another year. Fans who buy merchandise at shows can vote for their favorites out of a pool of 56 wrestlers and those who finish in the top 22 will be booked for the 25th October card in Korakuen Hall (Those ranked 23-26 will be in the dark match). The winner of the election gets a KO-D Openweight Title shot on the 28th November show at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #1. The runner-up gets a title shot on 25th October. If the KO-D Champion finishes first or second then he will get to choose his challenger for that date’s title bout. Voting begins on the 28th August Tavern Wrestling show at Shin-kiba 1st RING and ends at Union’s 4th October Korakuan show. Every show from DDT, Union, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Ganbare☆Wrestling during that period are eligible for votes to be cast. The results will be announced on 7th October.

The full list of candidates are as follows:

Kota Ibushi, Isami Kodaka, HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii, Danshoku Dino, Saki Akai, Cherry, Soma Takao, Akito, KUDO, Kazuki Hirata, Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Masa Takanashi, Makoto Oishi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Super Sasadango Machine, Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki, Shigehiro Irie, Shunma Katsumata, Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango, Georgeous Matsuno, Suguru Miyatake, Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki, Dai Suzuki, Gota Ihashi, Yoshihiko, Seiya Morohashi, FUMA, Daichi Kazato, Hiroshi Fukuda, Mitomi Masayuki, SAGAT, Yusuke Kubo, Ladybeard, Daichi, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Nonoko, Yuka Sakazaki, Rika Tatsumi, Erin, Akane Miura, Hyper Misao, MIZUHO, Ai Shimizu, KANNA, Yukihiro Abe and Ken Ohka.

Sanshiro Takagi and Shuji Ishikawa both declined to participate. DJ Nira was also invited but DDT received no response from him. Ryu Gouma also declined his entry but he has been appointed into the election’s management commitee instead.

There is also an election for the units, the winners of which will get to book their own event later this year. The units are:

1. Smile Squash: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito
2. Shuten-dōji: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
3. Team Drift: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Golden☆Storm Riders: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
5. Happy Motels: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. T2Hide: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
7. KAT-TOO: Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata

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The Annual Beer Garden Hangover

August 12, 2015

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa
1. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase Debut Match: Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Time Difference Tag Battle Royal: Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi Vs LiLiCo & Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno & Great Kojika Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko Vs Hoshitango & Mio Shirai
3. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

A full preview will be up around the week of the show. Next Thursday sounds like a good target for me.

The winner of the main event also gets a ¥2,000,000 cash prize from the match sponsor.

Some details have emerged for the two rookies making their debut in the opener. Mao Inoue is from Osaki City in Miyagi and was born 28th January, 1997. He is 177cm high and weighs 80kg. He trained in Judo but also filmed his own pro wrestling matches while in junior high school and posted them to Youtube. The videos caught the attention of Sanshiro Takagi which eventually brought him here. Inoue’s immediate goal is to take advantage of his jumping ability. Mizuki Watase is from Yamanouchi, Nagano and was born on 6th February, 1991. His athletic history includes baseball, swimming and basketball. He is part of the comedy group Tenori Tiger. It has been his dream since a child to be a pro wrestler and his goal is to become a champion.

UNION “SEA WRESTLING”, 16/08/2015
Kanagawa Hayama Isshiki Kaigan Keio Camp Store

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Ryu Gouma & Cherry Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Misaki Ohata
2. 4 Way Falls Count Anywhere Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Daichi Kazato Vs Mitomi Masayuki

Union heads to the beach for their second annual “SEA WRESTLING” event. Misaki Ohata joins the fun.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL HEAVEN”, 28/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tetsuya Endo & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
3. Hiroshi Fukuda & Seiya Morohashi Vs X & X
4. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang Vs Somato & Yasuura No
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Tigers Mask

What, you thought last week was the end of DDT’s beer and wrestling combination? Tavern Wrestling is still open for business.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “KNOCKIN’ ON YOUR DOOR 2015”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Rikidozan Sansei Vs Blackjack Of Rubbish Heap: Chikara Vs Minoru Fujita
2. The Outer Drop ~Beyond The Time Of Love And Hate~: Yumehito Imanari Vs Mitomi Masayuki
3. Special Tag Match: Hayato Mashita & Yukihiro Abe Vs GENTARO & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Finally Duel! Hold On And Go Beyond The Soul!: Osamu Namiguchi Vs Tigger Bedscene
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Enjo-gun General Warfare: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata

The uneasy alliance between Osamu Namiguchi and Tigger Bedscene will get tested when the two face each other. Will this just be a shot for Bedscene to earn Namiguchi’s respect or could the partnership turn ugly?

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
3. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Union gets a visit from All Japan for an inter-promotional tag team match. Shuji Ishikawa has made a few appearances in AJPW this year and even threw out a challenge to Akebono for a Triple Crown Title match. He could send a loud message if he and Daichi Kazato can beat the visiting team of Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki.

Look, it’s neat and all for somebody to go all out while they still can before retirement but will somebody tell Mio Shirai to stop getting into matches with psychopaths?

Masako Takanashi will also be on the show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

The Tokyo Princess Cup winner challenges the leader of Biishiki-gun to go one on one with her.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Kazusada Higuchi won the Wrestling Koshien 2015 tournament during Beer Garden week. His prize is a match against Katsuhiko Nakajima.

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