X Is Shiori Asahi

November 4, 2014

DDT “FIRST TIME IN NUMAZU 2014”, 09/11/2014
Shizuoka Kiramesse Numazu

1. KUDO Vs Gota Ihashi
2. 3 Way Match: Akito Vs MIKAMI Vs Shigehiro Irie
3. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira
5. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motel have been on a roll lately. Can T2Hide put a stop to it?

DDT “TENNOJI ZOO WRESTLING! 2014”, 15/11/2014
Osaka Tennoji Ward Community Centre

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Makoto Oishi & X
3. Soma Takao Vs Yasu Urano
4. Tennoji Specialty 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Kota Ibushi Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda

X is Shiori Asahi.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG IN SENDAI 2014”, 23/11/2014
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. Kota Ibushi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. DDT Extreme Title – Catch Wrestling Rules: Akito (c) Vs MIKAMI

The DDT Extreme Title resurgence continues with Akito picking a Catch Wrestling Rules match against MIKAMI. The match will consist of 12 rounds, each round is 3 minutes long and there is a 30 second interval between each round. The match can be won by pinfall or submission. Rope breaks are allowed but strikes are illegal. The point of the match is grappling only.

DDT “DRAMATIC GRAPHICS NIIGATA 2014”, 24/11/2014
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Super Sasadango Machine Vs Antonio Honda
3. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

Niigata better get ready for Super Sasadango Machine’s PowerPoint presentations.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2014”, 30/11/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & X
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Soma Takao

X is Shiori Asahi. Again.

UNION “SHIWASU NO UNION 2014”, 17/12/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle First Leg Final Match: Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi Vs X & X
2. Union MAX Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs FUMA

X is not Shiori Asahi. I think.

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Dino & Oishi Find An X, Union 9th Anniversary

November 1, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 7”, 02/11/2014
Saitama Industrial Technology Centre

1. 3 Way Match: MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Akito Vs Gota Ihashi
3. Antonio Honda Vs DJ Nira
4. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kota Ibushi & Shunma Katsumata
5. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & X Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi are back to bringing in a secret wrestler to team with them. In the past year they’ve teamed up with Kensuke Sasaki and Aja Kong.

UNION “UNION 9TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 03/11/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Ladybeard Vs Ryu Gouma
2. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Goro Jr.
3. MEN’S Teioh & Madoka (w/ Hiroshi Fukuda) Vs Daichi Kazato & SAGAT
4. Cherry & Meari Naito Vs Seiya Morohashi & Gabaiji-chan
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Mio Shirai
6. Kazushi Miyamoto Vs Tomoya Kawamura
7. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) Vs Hikaru Sato & Shibata

There was a press conference to promote the UWA Tag Team Titles match with the champions Isami Kodaka & FUMA and one half of the challengers Shibata appearing. Shibata decided to strip off his clothes and spent the rest of the conference only wearing a g-string. He did it because his absent tag partner Hikaru Sato apparently sent him a letter telling him to do so. It’s probably not so weird when you remember Sato used to wrestle in maid’s clothing.

Mio Shirai has challenged Shuji Ishikawa to a singles match! After winning the Union Fly To Everywhere Championship, Shirai wants to step up her game and face a great challenge. There is no greater challenge in Union than Shuji Ishikawa. They were on opposite teams at the last Union show and Shirai has studied that match for preparations. She knows to avoid the Splash Mountain after seeing Cherry take one in the previous match. But she also thinks there is a way to counter it with a pinning cradle. According to her, Ishikawa has a low supply of blood in his brain due to his size so she should focus attacking his head and neck.

The “Japanese Million Dollar Man” comes to Union. Kazushi Miyamoto from Wrestle-1 (at least that is where I last saw him) will be facing rookie Tomoya Kawamura.

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Remember, Remember, DDT In November

October 27, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 7”, 02/11/2014
Saitama Industrial Technology Centre

1. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

A lot to get through next month.

DDT “SECOND IMPACT DDT”, 03/11/2014
Aichi Loisir Hotel Toyohashi

1. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Gota Ihashi
2. 3 Way Match: Keisuke Ishii Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs MIKAMI & Hoshitango
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

Given there is going to be two KO-D Tag Team Title defences this month, I bet we will know who the second set of challengers are by the time this show is held.

DDT “FIRST TIME IN NUMAZU 2014”, 09/11/2014
Shizuoka Kiramesse Numazu

1. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

After losing to Tetsuya Endo in a quick match, Kazuki Hirata wants to prove he isn’t weak. His T2Hide partners aren’t too happy that he immediately accepted a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title challenge after the match.

DDT “SMILE SQUASH BOX OFFICE ~I WANT TO SEE THE SMILES OF EVERYONE~”, 12/11/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Akito, Kazuki Hirata & FUMA Vs Koji Iwamoto, Shunma Katsumata & Tetsuya Endo
2. Toru Owashi & DJ Nira Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
3. Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda
4. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
5. DDT Sumo Tournament Aki-Basho: HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Konosuke Takeshita, Keisuke Ishii, Michael Nakazawa, Goto Ihashi, Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto
6. Yasu Urano Vs Kendo Kashin
7. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Togi Makabe

New Japan’s Charisma Gorilla returns to DDT as part of the Smile Squash show. Togi Makabe and HARASHIMA are good friends going back to their college days and were part of the same student pro wrestling group.

You want to see Daisuke Sekimoto do sumo wrestling? Of course you do. Smile Squash has you covered.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 8”, 16/11/2014
West Chofu Martial Arts Arena

1. URRC Round 2 – Mixed Match Super Fight: Manami Koda Vs Yuji Kito
2. Special Super Mixed Match: Madoka & Aoi Ishibashi Vs Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Koharu Hinata
3. Origin Regression: Tiger Bed Scene Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Ganpuro Revolution??: Ken Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi Vs Shota & Mitomi Masayuki

The main event was made when Shota betrayed Ken Ohka and sided with Union invader Mitomi Masayuki. Ohka is teaming with his rival Osamu Namiguchi to get revenge.

Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Koharu Hinata both originally came from Wrestling New Classic. Ganpuro seems to be attracting the WNC rookies lately.

The URRC is back for a second time. Manami Koda was chosen to be the face and body of Yumehito Imanari’s new project aiming to give confidence to female wrestlers. The next step is for Koda to face a male wrestler which is where Yuji Kito comes in.

UNION “ISAMI KODAKA WRESTLING”, 17/11/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Special Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Takayuki Ueki
2. 1 Day Tournament ~Shinjuku Maximum Ground Budokai~: Isami Kodaka, FUMA, Cherry, Yasu Urano, Choun-Shiryu, Riho, X, X

Isami Kodaka is putting together a 1 day tournament with special rules in place. The first two rounds will feature matches taking place inside a ring with no ropes attached. Victory it earned by pinfall, submission or ring out. The semi-final will feature the same rules but the ring will have its ropes included. The final will be fought under normal rules.

Hiroshi Fukuda will be the special ring announcer for the event.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2014”, 30/11/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs X & X
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Soma Takao

Soma Takao became the No. 1 Contender by winning a Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament.

LiLiCo has been invited to attend the show, mostly so DDT can somehow get the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title back.

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Give Up The Street Wrestling? NEVER!!!

October 22, 2014

DDT “IBARAKI BLOCK MEMORIAL”, 25/10/2014
Ibaraki Bando Hokoten

1. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Makoto Oishi & Gota Ihashi
2. 4 Way Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Bando Hokoten is a street filled with outdoor shops and cafes. DDT will be holding two wrestling matches as part of a tourist promotion.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2014”, 26/10/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT Dramatic General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: MIKAMI (#21) Vs Shunma Katsumata (#24)
0. Dark Match: Shigehiro Irie (#23) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (#22)
1. Yukio Sakaguchi (#17) Vs Super Sasadango Machine (#18)
2. Kazuki Hirata (#11) Vs Tetsuya Endo (#20)
3. Saki Akai (#6) & Makoto Oishi (#16) Vs Cherry (#7) & Yasu Urano (#11)
4. Keisuke Ishii (#4) & Soma Takao (#8) Vs KUDO (#10) & Masa Takanashi (#15)
5. Dramatic Send Off ~ Kenny Omega Last DDT Match – Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kota Ibushi (#1) & Kenny Omega (#18) Vs Danshoku Dino (#5) & Konosuke Takeshita (#18).
6. DDT Extreme Title – Give Up Only Match: Akito (c) (#9) Vs Antonio Honda (#13)
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) (#3) Vs Isami Kodaka (#2)

Akito has decided he will defend the DDT Extreme Title against Antonio Honda in a Give Up Only match. While Akito uses the Triangle Scorpion as his submission finisher, Honda has won plenty of matches with the Octopus Hold.

DDT “TOKYO RAMEN SHOW STREET WRESTLING”, 30/10/2014
Komazawa Olympic Park

4 Way Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KUDO & Gota Ihashi Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang

DDT will show up at the Tokyo Ramen Show (apparently one of the largest outdoor ramen events in Tokyo) and they are bringing Jun Kasai and New Beijing with them.

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Akito Vs Honda, Joshi At The Boat Races

October 17, 2014

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2014”, 26/10/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT Dramatic General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: MIKAMI (#21) Vs Shunma Katsumata (#24)
0. Dark Match: Shigehiro Irie (#23) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (#22)
1. Yukio Sakaguchi (#17) Vs Super Sasadango Machine (#18)
2. Kazuki Hirata (#11) Vs Tetsuya Endo (#20)
3. Saki Akai (#6) & Makoto Oishi (#16) Vs Cherry (#7) & Yasu Urano (#11)
4. Keisuke Ishii (#4) & Soma Takao (#8) Vs KUDO (#10) & Masa Takanashi (#15)
5. Dramatic Send Off ~ Kenny Omega Last DDT Match – Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kota Ibushi (#1) & Kenny Omega (#18) Vs Danshoku Dino (#5) & Konosuke Takeshita (#18).
6. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) (#9) Vs Antonio Honda (#13)
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) (#3) Vs Isami Kodaka (#2)

After Akito defended the DDT Extreme Title against Soma Takao in Sapporo last week, Antonio Honda threw out the challenge for a title shot. Akito and Honda just so happened to already be facing each other in Korakuen Hall so the title match was easy to make.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “AI SHIMIZU APPEARANCE”, 01/11/2014
Saitama Boat Race Toda Event Hall

1. Miyu Yamashita & Erin Vs KANNA & Shoko Nakajima
2. Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki Vs Chikage Kiba & Akane Miura
3. Miyu Yamashita & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Erin

Ai Shimizu is hosting a talk show at a boat racing event next month and Tokyo Joshi Pro will provide wrestling matches during it. The first match takes place in the morning while the other two will happen in the afternoon.

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Extremely Normal Title Match, Protein Vs Liquor Title Match, Annual Omori Title Match

October 10, 2014

UNION “UNION SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2014”, 11/10/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Tomoya Kawamura
2. Seiya Morohashi Vs Shibata
3. Shuji Ishikawa, SAGAT & Ryu Gouma Vs Mio Shirai, Cherry & Ladybeard
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Send Off Battle Royal: MEN’S Teioh Vs Jun Kasai Vs Mame Endo Vs Goro Jr. X
5. Isami Kodaka & FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato & Madoka

Hiroshi Fukuda suffered a dislocated shoulder blade and will be unable to wrestle in his Union farewell match. There is no date set yet for his return to the ring for any promotion.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tokyo From GO! – 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomoya & Makoto Oishi
4. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & DJ Nira
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Soma Takao
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi

The main event is protein shakes vs liquor. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo plan to drink protein shakes as a toast for their victory on Sunday. Masa Takanashi is pretty insulted that they would drink protein shakes instead of alcohol.

Akito has decided his DDT Extreme Title match against Soma Takao will just be a normal singles match. Akito still remembers when he lost to Takao in a King of DDT qualifying match back in May. He is still bitter over the defeat and wants to prove he can beat Takao without any crazy stipulation aiding him. He’ll start defending the Extreme Title the way it is supposed to be defended once he beats Takao. Also since DDT is currently being passed over to a new generation of wrestlers, Akito wants to make the Extreme Title as prestigious as the KO-D Openweight Title.

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 1”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. B Rules: Keitaro Kawamura Vs Akihiro Yamamoto
2. B Rules: Masaki Miyabo Vs Takashimi Ono
3. B Rules: Akira Yamamoto Vs Masaki Nishi
4. B Rules: Toshiaki Kindaichi Vs Red Dragon
5. G Rules: Yoshito Takeuchi Vs Kazuyasu Takahashi
6. B Rules: Masahiro Nina Vs Satoshi Wakahara
7. B Rules: Hokuto Omori Vs Gen Sasaki
8. B Rules: Liger Kanzaki Vs Tetsuo Onuma

This weekend’s Hard Hit event will be split into two shows. The first show will be dedicated to amateur fights featuring competitors from the POWER OF DREAM promotion.

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 2”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. Hiroshi Kozakai Vs Shibata
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hayato Mashita
3. Tomoya Miyashita Memorial Tag Match: Mitsuhisa Sunabe & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Manabu Hara & Yukio Kubota
4. Ryo Kawamura Vs Super Tiger
5. Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA
6. Kenichi Yamamoto 20th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Kenichi Yamamoto Vs Ryuki Ueyama

The second show features the retirement of Kenichi Yamamoto as well as Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA in the semi-main event.

The tag team match is dedicated to Tomoya Miyashita, a POWER OF DREAM fighter who passed away from leukaemia in 2011.

DDT “UTAN FESTA 2014”, 19/10/2014
Tokyo JR Omori Station

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Presents: Miyu Yamashita, KANNA & Erin Vs Nonoko, Shoko Nakajim & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Next Omori Title Challenger Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs MIKAMI Vs KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao
4. UTAN FESTA Exhibition Match: Asaki Honda Vs Shibata
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Chikara & Yumehito Imanari
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. Omori World Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Gurukun Mask

A World Title match one year in the making! Every October DDT holds a show outside the Tokyo JR Omori Station. The event features the Omori World Title, a championship that is usually only defended at this event. Danshoku Dino has held the title since 2009 and it was a vital part of his infamous GAY Crown title run that year. Former Okinawa Pro wrestler Gurukun Mask won a Battle Royal at last year’s event to become this year’s No. 1 contender.

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Sapporo Wrestling Festa, Ganbare URRC Division, Omega’s Farewell Match

October 7, 2014

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tokyo From GO! – 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomoya & Makoto Oishi
4. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & DJ Nira
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Soma Takao
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi

Happy Motel are defending more than just the KO-D Tag Team Titles in the main event. They are defending their position as the future of DDT after being passed the torch from Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 7”, 17/10/2014
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. URRC Special Tag Match: Aoi Ishibashi & Manami Koda Vs Hamuko Hoshi & Kurumi
2. Shota Ganbare☆Wrestling Comeback: Shota Vs Madoka
3. Special Recruit Match: Tiger Bed Scene Vs Yuji Kito
4. No DQ Match: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tomoya Kawamura
5. This Is Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling: Ken Ohka Vs Osamu Namiguchi

URRC stands for Ultimate Reverse RIZAP Championship and is inspired by the RIZAP exercise program. The URRC was created by Yumehito Imanari to cheer on female wrestlers who are not confident in the ring. Imanari used Wikipedia to look up the weight and height of each joshi wrestler competing in the match. He then seperated each woman into a different weight class. Aoi Ishibashi (160cm/62kg) is a Welterweight, Manami Koda (152cm/62kg) is a Cruiserweight, Hamuko Hoshi (161cm/60kg) is a Middleweight and Kurumi (150cm/60kg) is a Heavyweight. How this is supposed to make them feel better, I don’t know.

Hong Kong International Police Man has suffered a neck injury and will not be able to wrestle on the show. He might not even appear at all because of it.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2014”, 26/10/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT Dramatic General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: MIKAMI (#21) Vs Shunma Katsumata (#24)
0. Dark Match: Shigehiro Irie (#23) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (#22)
1. Yukio Sakaguchi (#17) Vs Super Sasadango Machine (#18)
2. Kazuki Hirata (#11) Vs Tetsuya Endo (#20)
3. Akito (#9) Vs Antonio Honda (#13)
4. Saki Akai (#6) & Makoto Oishi (#16) Vs Cherry (#7) & Yasu Urano (#11)
5. Keisuke Ishii (#4) & Soma Takao (#8) Vs KUDO (#10) & Masa Takanashi (#15)
6. Dramatic Send Off ~ Kenny Omega Last DDT Match – Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kota Ibushi (#1) & Kenny Omega (#18) Vs Danshoku Dino (#5) & Konosuke Takeshita (#18).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) (#3) Vs Isami Kodaka (#2)

There is nothing more fitting for Kenny Omega’s final match in DDT than a Falls Count Anywhere match.

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Kenny Omega To Leave DDT, Joins New Japan

October 3, 2014

kenny-omega-njpw

An emergency press conference was held by DDT today to announce Kenny Omega will finish working for the company in October and will be permanently transferring over to New Japan. Due to changing circumstances DDT is now signing its roster to 6 month contracts instead of year long contracts. During negotiations Omega said he wanted to work for New Japan and was determined to move. NJPW president Naoki Sugabayashi said he was surprised when he heard about Omega’s proposal but immediately started discussions with other New Japan staff to sign him. A deal was struck between DDT and New Japan to let Kenny finish up his remaining dates with DDT.

Kenny said he has often wrestled in New Japan, usually in the Best Of The Super Juniors tournament, but always felt like he was just a guest. He thinks New Japan has the best wrestlers in the world and he wants to prove he is the best Junior Heavyweight. Leaving DDT will be painful and he will feel lonely without them but he is at his physical peak. He will be disappointed if he could never reach his limit at 100%. Kenny confirmed he is not signing a dual contract like Kota Ibushi (who has signed a new one year contract with NJPW). He needs to put all of his focus on New Japan if he wants to be successful.

DDT president Sanshiro Takagi told the press he respects the will of his wrestlers as to why he is allowing Kenny to transfer between companies. Ibushi did not want to leave DDT entirely for New Japan so a deal was made for him to sign two contracts with the goal of boosting both companies. Because Kenny had so much desire to wrestle for New Japan, Takagi would not stop him from leaving.

When asked about whether or not Omega will continue the Golden Lovers team with Ibushi, Omega said they now wrestle in different divisions. Omega is sticking with Jr. Heavyweight while Ibushi has recently become a heavyweight. Omega says he has no choice but to find a new partner if he was to focus on tag team wrestling. He does wonder if he and Ibushi will eventually team together again in New Japan though. He was asked if there was a unit he wants to join. Kenny said he considered joining Bullet Club but they don’t suit him. For now his goal is to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title as soon as possible.

Kenny’s last words for his fans is they should continue supporting DDT. To the fans of New Japan, he wants to show them more of his style of wrestling. He also wants to make new fans out of people who have never seen him before. Omega’s match for DDT will be at the 26th October Korakuen Hall show. It will be himself and Ibushi against Danshoku Dino and Konosuke Takeshita in a Falls Count Anywhere match. There is no date set yet for his first New Japan match.

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Pigging Out, Wrestling Festivals, Hard Hit Pilgrimage

October 2, 2014

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~”, 05/10/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs DJ Nira
2. Akito & MIKAMI Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Goodbye Pigging: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi
5. Next KO-D Tag Team Title Challengers Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA

Farewell Pigging, we hardly knew you. The unit has been forced to disband after they finished last in the DDT Dramatic General Election. This weekend they have one more match together against Happy Motel. But this is something like the fifth time Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga were forced to split up so they’ll probably be teaming up again in the future.

UNION “UNION SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2014”, 11/10/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Tomoya Kawamura
2. Seiya Morohashi Vs Shibata
3. Shuji Ishikawa, SAGAT & Ryu Gouma Vs Mio Shirai, Cherry & Ladybeard
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Send Off Battle Royal: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs MEN’S Teioh Vs Mame Endo Vs X
5. Isami Kodaka & FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato & Madoka

I think this is Hiroshi Fukuda’s final match before he goes to All Japan.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “OYAKETSU FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Keisei Main Line Station Rotary Kozunomori

1. KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima
2. Miyu Yamashita & Erin Vs Nonoko & Yuka Sakazaki

This is a free show taking place in the middle of a festival.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Winners of 5/10 Challenger Match
3. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Soma Takao

Happy Motel will get their first KO-D Tag Team Title defence against either members of the Golden☆Storm Riders or Shuten-dōji.

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. Hiroshi Kozakai Vs Shibata
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hayato Mashita
3. Ryo Kawamura Vs Super Tiger
4. Tomoya Miyashita Memorial Tag Match: Mitsuhisa Sunabe & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Manabu Hara & Yukio Kubota
5. Kenichi Yamamoto 20th Anniversary Match: Kenichi Yamamoto Vs Ryuki Ueyama
6. Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA

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Akito’s First Defence, Ganbare Vol. 7, Tokyo Joshi Charges

September 29, 2014

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Soma Takao

I doubt Akito will need to confess his love for someone in order to win this match.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 7”, 17/10/2014
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. No DQ Match: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tomoya Kawamura
2. This Is Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling: Ken Ohka Vs Osamu Namiguchi

Other wrestlers scheduled to appear are Yuji Kito, Manami Koda and Hong Kong International Police Man.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA FIRST CHARGE!”, 03/11/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Erin Vs Akane Miura
2. Chikage Kiba Vs Yuka Sakazaki
3. Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu
4. Saki Akai Vs Shoko Nakajima
5. Miyu Yamashita Vs KANNA

The card was decided by a lottery that took place after the last show. By some coincidence the main event is a rematch of the very first Tokyo Joshi Pro main event.

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