Tomorrow’s Sapporo Schedule

May 10, 2014

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~WIND~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Danshoku Dino Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Very busy day for DDT tomorrow as they will hold four special matches in Sapporo before the show takes place. From noon a match will be held every hour. First up is Danshoku Dino Vs Konosuke Takeshita. Dino was originally began wrestling in a college club while Takeshita entered pro wrestling when he was still in high school. Dino wants to find out what a high school pro wrestler is like. Takeshita recalls first seeing Dino wrestle at a DDT show 7 years ago. Now he gets to face him one on one.

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FOREST~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa

Close buddies Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa are next up. They previously fought in a one match show back in February 2013. That match was a crazy Last Man Standing match that left both men battered and bruised. The last time they were in the ring together, Nakazawa was again beaten up pretty badly. By booking this match, Kenny is convinced DDT wants Nakazawa dead and he doesn’t understand why.

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FIRE~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki

Former Monster Army buddies Antonio Honda and Daisuke Sasaki take the stage for the third match. There have been no hard feelings between the two since their split but Honda does criticise Sasaki for how he handled the team’s credit card spending.

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~MOUNTAIN~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI

The last of the one off matches will be HARASHIMA and MIKAMI with the use of ladders allowed. HARASHIMA intends to cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract on 25th May but any loss between now and then would cause him to lose the contract.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

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

The main show takes place in the evening with a KO-D Tag Team Titles main event. Last week Shuten-dōji defeated the Golden Lovers for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles. Now they intend to finish the job and take the regular Tag Titles from them.

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Ganpuro No Offline, Cole Miner’s Glove Match

May 7, 2014

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 3”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Special Single Match: Shota Vs Tiger Bed Scene
2. No Offline Broadcast Special Streaming Double Hell Match: Shibata Vs Tanomusaku Toba

Shibata is a mixed martial artist who also helps with the broadcast of Ganbare☆Wrestling’s videos on Nico Douga. He approached Ken Ohka asking to join the Ganpuro roster and for the two of them to team together. Ohka declined to team with him but offered him an MMA match against a famous kickboxer. Shibata asked if it was Peter Aerts. Ohka said it’s not Aerts, it’s former DDT competitor and also video editor Tanomusaku Toba. I think based on the match name the idea is it will be streamed online.

Tigger Bed Scene is from SWS, a longtime student wrestling promotion.

DDT “ANTONIO HONDA BOX OFFICE ~DEKI-GOKORO~”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cole Miner’s Glove Match: Yasu Urano Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Bra And Submission Match: Antonio Honda Vs Norikazu Fujioka

Looks like Antonio Honda is digging deep into the bag of ridiculous stipulation matches from America for his show. An iron glove used for coal mining will be placed over one of the turnbuckles for Yasu Urano and Hiroshi Fukuda to fight over. Fukuda will be wrestling as his “Mr. Perfect” persona.

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Plenty Of May Matches

May 1, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 04/05/2014
Miyagi El Park Sendai

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

After a chaotic victory on Tuesday, the Golden Lovers must defend their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles again this weekend. Now they face the alcohol fueled power of Shuten-dōji.

Yoshihiko has made a full recovery from Tuesday’s show and very quickly returns to the action.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUGARU SHAMISEN~”, 05/05/2014
Aomori Industrial Hall

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

With HARASHIMA claiming a Right To Challenge Contract and declaring he will cash it in against KUDO on 25th May, the two get to face against each other beforehand in a 6-Man Tag. I wonder what state of mind Yasu Urano will be in since he just cashed in his contract and lost to KUDO.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN YAMAGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAMAKON’NYAKU~”, 06/05/2014
Yamagata Big Wing

1. 5 Way Match: MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Soma Takao Vs Akito
2. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Kenny Omega Vs Guanchulo
4. HARASHIMA Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
6. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Tetsuya Endo

The three remaining Right To Challenge Contracts are currently held by HARASHIMA, Shigehiro Irie & Super Sasadango Machine.

DDT “SHINJUKU MAY 9TH DRAMA”, 09/05/2014
Shinjuku FACE

0. Dark Exhibition Match: Gota Ihashi Vs Shun Miyatake
1. Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. MIKAMI, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hoshitango Vs Antonio Honda, DJ Nira & Guanchulo
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Akito, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
4. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki
5. Special Single Match: Minoru Suzuki Vs Michael Nakazawa
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
7. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Minoru Suzuki returns for a special match with Michael Nakazawa. It’s going to be pretty one sided.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

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

MMA fighter Kenichi Yamamoto returns to DDT after making after wrestling two matches for them last year. This time he teams up with Sanshiro Takagi.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Cherry & X Vs Ladybeard & Saki Akai
3. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka
5. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Shinichiro Tominaga now gets a role in the Union–Ganpuro war facing against Union’s current micro indie dynamo Mitomu Masayuki. Tominaga originally came to Union on a similar path but injuries brought an end to his time with the company and he never fulfilled his potential. Masayuki is now in his spot which could make the match personal.

DDT “ANTONIO HONDA BOX OFFICE ~DEKI-GOKORO~”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Bra And Submission Match: Antonio Honda Vs Norikazu Fujioka

Antonio Honda books his first match for his self-produced event and it is against DDT’s scrawny member of the production staff Norikazu Fujioka. They face off in a Bra And Submission Match where the aim is to either strip the opponent of their bra or make them submit.

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Iron Man Intensifies

April 23, 2014

DDT “MAX BUMP 2014”, 29/04/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Exhibition Match: Hoshitango & Gota Ihashi Vs DJ Nira & Shun Miyatake
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Soma Takao Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Snake Antonio Vs Toru Owashi Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Shunma Katsumata Re-Debut: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Guanchulo & Shunma Katsumata
3. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko
5. All Asia Tag Team Titles: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
6. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Akito

Poison Sawada JULIE revealed his intentions to prevent Sanshiro Takagi from retiring the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. According to Sawada he possesses an ancient lighter from the Inca Empire which can be used to burn the championship belt. When burnt, a treasure map of Arica appears on the belt’s strap. If Takagi gets his way and retires the championship he will have the belt all to himself. Sawada does not want Takagi to discover the map and go after the ancient treasure so he travelled to an old hideout and searched for a certain item to help him. Even though the cave has become desolate over the years and many of his possessions are no longer kept there, he was able to find what he wanted. S Cells! These are potions that contain the power of Snake magic. Sawada then found Antonio Honda and used the S Cells to turn him into Snake Antonio! Now under Sawada’s spell, Antonio has been ordered to defeat Takagi at all costs and become the 1000th champion!

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 2”, 01/05/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Medical Death Match: Survival Tobita Vs Dr. Kiriko
2. Revenge Of The Tiger!: Fumihito Kihara Vs Kotaro Nasu

Two more names have been entered into the Ganbare☆Martial Arts Open Tournament. Ganpuro regular Gorikiko enters representing Judo. Then there is the MMA competitor who is just going by the name of Shibata. Probably best not to get your hopes up thinking it is Katsuyori Shibata. I really doubt it’s him.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION IN SENDAI”, 04/05/2014
Miyagi El Park Sendai

1. 3 Way Match: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryu Gouma Vs SAGAT
2. Cherry & Hatsuhinode Kamen Vs Mio Shirai & Tsukasa Fujimoto
3. Hikaru Sato Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 26th Anniversary Commemorative Match: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & FUMA Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Tomoya Kawamura
5. Isami Kodaka, Seiya Morohashi & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Fumihito Kihara

Hatsuhinode Kamen is a masked joshi wrestler from the YMZ promotion. She has made appearances for Stardom in the past.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 04/05/2014
Miyagi El Park Sendai

1. Tetsuya Endo Vs Guanchulo
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The team that wins the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship at Korakuen Hall will have little time to prepare for the next challengers. Shuten-dōji have already stepped up for a title shot.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUGARU SHAMISEN~”, 05/05/2014
Aomori Industrial Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Soma Takao
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Tetsuya Endo
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Guanchulo Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

Antonio Honda’s placement on the cards is all assuming the snake magic will wear off by the time the shows take place and he will be back to normal by then…

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN YAMAGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAMAKON’NYAKU~”, 06/05/2014
Yamagata Big Wing

1. Kenny Omega Vs Guanchulo
2. HARASHIMA Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

… Well, as normal as Honda can be.

DDT “SHINJUKU MAY 9TH DRAMA”, 09/05/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki
2. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Sanshiro Takagi and his group have challenged the Golden Lovers to a Falls Count Anywhere match.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi

Shuten-dōji are aiming to take away all of the Golden Lovers’ championships. If everything goes his way, KUDO could find himself holding all three KO-D Championships at the same time. Now that would be a drink well earned.

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Golden Union Plus Ganbare And Tokyo Joshi Pro Updates

April 21, 2014

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO CIRCUIT 2014 ROUND 4”, 26/04/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Erin
2. KANNA Vs Ririko Kendo
3. Nonoko & Yuka Sakazaki Vs Chikage Kiba & Shoko Nakajima

Looks like Tokyo Joshi Pro is going to build up to Nonoko Vs Chikage Kiba for their next big singles match.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION IN YOKOHAMA”, 27/04/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Idea Pocket Offer Match: Ryu Gouma & Daichi Kazato Vs Madoka & Tomoya Kawamura
2. Mio Shirai & SAGAT Vs Seiya Morohashi & Ladybeard
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Yumehito Imanari
4. Cherry Vs Ken Ohka
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Mitomi Masayuki
6. FUMA Vs Hikaru Sato
7. UWA World Tag Team Titles: HIROKI & Yasu Urano (c) Vs Hiroki Fukuda & MEN’s Teioh

The Idea Pocket Divas for this month are Yu Namiki & Tsubasa Amami. The winning team in the match get a double date with the Divas. Ryu Gouma is a little uncomfortable with the stipulation, believing it is a human right violation.

FUMA is looking forward to fighting Hikaru Sato. He is annoyed with Sato treating Union as a rest stop and is looking forward to beating him.

The Union Vs Ganpuro war continues with two key matches happening on this show. Cherry destroyed Ganpuro’s Gorikiko in a violent Judo Jacket Match that had to be held away from the public for safety reasons. She is pissed and wants to remind everyone that Union is more than just Shuji Ishikawa and Naomi Susan. So she steps in to challenge Ken Ohka to a match that nobody should miss. Meanwhile Shuji Ishikawa defends Union against Ohka’s second in command, Yumehito Imanari.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 2”, 01/05/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Medical Death Match: Survival Tobita Vs Dr. Kiriko
2. Revenge Of The Tiger!: Fumihito Kihara Vs Kotaro Nasu

There are currently four entries in the Ganbare☆Martial Arts Open Tournament: Ken Ohka (Wrestling), Glasses (Tae Kwon Do), Shota (American Wrestling) and Aki Shizuku (Amateur Wrestling). I think Glasses is Ladybeard’s friend who accompanied him when he fought as Richard Burn. Aki Shizuku is a joshi wrestler from REINA. She has amateur experience and was a runner up in the All Japan Student Championships.

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Max (Bump) Moon

April 16, 2014

HARD HIT “~THE MOON RISES TWICE~”, 26/04/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Kenji Takeshima Vs Isamu Taniguchi
1. Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Keisuke Okada
2. Chongwen Ito Vs Kenta Hattori
3. Super Tiger Vs Shunpei Ota
4. Ryo Kawamura Vs Hayato Mashita
5. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Mitsuyoshi Nakai
6. HARASHIMA Vs Manabu Hara
7. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
8. Hikaru Sato Vs Poai Suganuma

Hideyoshi Kamitani is from Big Japan, Keisuke Okada is a freelancer, Kenji Takeshima is from Sportiva Entertainment and Isamu Taniguchi is representing Kitakyu Pro Wrestling Z.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2014”, 29/04/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Exhibition Match: Hoshitango & Gota Ihashi Vs DJ Nira & Shun Miyatake
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Soma Takao Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda Vs Toru Owashi Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Shunma Katsumata Re-Debut: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Guanchulo & Shunma Katsumata
3. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko
5. All Asia Tag Team Titles: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
6. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Akito

Continuing their record of most KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title challenges, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi once again get a chance to win the belts. This time they bring Yoshihiko into battle. Yoshihiko’s history with Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega is well known but Daisuke Sasaki doesn’t have much experience fighting the infamous DDT competitor.

Sanshiro Takagi has decided to defend the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title one more time but only so he can find out more about a mysterious ancient treasure that Poison Sawada told him about. Sawada promised to help if the Iron Man Title he created is kept alive.

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Catching Up On The News

April 11, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2”, 12/04/2014
Kasukabe Hall

1. HARASHIMA & DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Saki Akai Vs Emi Sakura
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita (Witness: Poison Sawada JULIE)
4. Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Guanchulo
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

A busy day tomorrow with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles match, a DDT Extreme Title match and an Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title match all on the card.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KUMAMOTO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAIPIEN~”, 18/04/2014
Kumamoto Retail Information Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Cherry Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Akito, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. Independent Jr. Heavyweight Title: TAKA Michinoku (c) Vs MIKAMI
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

MIKAMI faces TAKA Michinoku for the first time since 2005. TAKA brings with him the Independent Jr. Heavyweight Title which I’m surprised still exists. Oh well, if there is any company that enjoys bringing back obscure titles, it’s DDT.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KOKURA ~DRAMATIC DREAM CHICKEN KASHIWAMESHI~”, 19/04/2014
Kitakyushu Palace

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma Vs Minoru Fujita, Rion Mizuki & Isamu Taniguchi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Dynamite Kyushu & TOSSHI Vs MIKAMI, Punch-kun & Tetsuo
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Tetsuya Endo
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Danshoku Dino

A bunch of names not usually seen in DDT fills up the undercard.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KASGOSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMONKAN~”, 20/04/2014
Oro City Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

The Golden Lovers and Team Dream Futures will main event for the second time in just over a week. Will the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles be around the waists of the Lovers this time?

HARD HIT “~THE MOON RISES TWICE~”, 26/04/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Chongwen Ito Vs Kenta Hattori
2. Super Tiger Vs Shunpei Ota
3. Ryo Kawamura Vs Hayato Mashita
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Mitsuyoshi Nakai
5. HARASHIMA Vs Manabu Hara
6. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Poai Suganuma

Shunpei Ota is a fighter to keep an eye on. He is a Pancrase fighter who debuted in 2012 and is currently on a five fight winning streak.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2014”, 29/04/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shunma Katsumata Re-Debut: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Guanchulo & Shunma Katsumata
2. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. All Asia Tag Team Titles: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Akito

After weeks of stalking Jun Akiyama, Keisuke Ishii finally got what he wanted and that is one more shot at the All Asia Tag Team Titles.

Shunma Katsumata gets a proper debut match after impressing DDT officials with his exhibition bouts the last couple of weeks.

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~WIND~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Danshoku Dino Vs Konosuke Takeshita

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FOREST~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FIRE~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~MOUNTAIN~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI

DDT will be hosting a wrestling match on the hour, every hour in Sapporo on the afternoon of 11th May.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Cherry & X Vs Ladybeard & Saki Akai
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka
4. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Shuji Ishikawa and Ken Ohka clash in what could be the end to the feud between Union and Ganbare☆Wrestling. Ohka has seen his success improve in leaps and bounds ever since he quit Union and formed Ganpuro. But if he’s not careful Ishikawa can send him crashing back down to Earth.

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Sasaki’s Golden Partnerships, Ganbare Got Mail, Matsui Complete Card

April 1, 2014

I’m travelling to New Orleans for Wrestlemania this week and will not be back until 9th April. So this is the last update until then.

DDT “KAWASAKI LOVE 2014”, 05/04/2014
Kawasaki Plaza Sol

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

Just a reminder, the wrestlers who currently possess a Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract are Kazuki Hirata, Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Super Sasadango Machine.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY CHAPTER 2”, 06/04/2014
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Union Pro – Judo Jacket Match: Gorikiko Vs Cherry
2. Survival! Take On The Enemy Of J-Soul Pandita III!: Survival Tobita Vs Dr. Kiriko
3. You’ve Got Mail!: Tigers Mask Vs Miyako Matsumoto
4. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Union Pro – 6-Man Elimination Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Ken Ohka, Shota & X
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Union Pro: Tomohiro Otani (w/ Shinichiro Tominaga) Vs Daichi Kazato
6. Road To Rikidozan! Regardless Inherit The Virtuosity Of The Royal Road!: Yumehito Imanari & Fumihito Kihara Vs Crusher Takahashi & Osochin Aries

Ken Ohka has a plan to strengthen Ganbare☆Wrestling in their war with Union. That plan is to bring in his enemy Osamu Namiguchi! Problem is he doesn’t know where to find him. Ohka has gone as far as to publicly post Namiguchi’s phone and mobile numbers. He demanded his fans to contact Namiguchi and tell him to join Ganpuro’s side. He also requested anyone who knows his whereabouts to email Yumehito Imanari.

Immediately after revealing his email address, Imanari got a message from Tigers Mask asking for a booking. Joshi wrestler Miyako Matsumoto then suddenly appeared next to Imanari also asking to be booked. Believing this to be fate, Ohka made Tigers Mask Vs Miyamo Matsumoto for the show.

Dr. Kiriko is the mysterious person who put J-Soul Pandita III to sleep at “ARMAGEDDON FINAL BATTLE!!!” in December. Survival Tobita has sworn revenge because he’s sure as Hell not going to start wrestling normal opponents.

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2”, 12/04/2014
Kasukabe Hall

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs X (Witness: Poison Sawada JULIE)
2. Infomercial Match: X Vs X
3. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Guanchulo
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

Daisuke Sasaki has currently sided with the Golden Lovers and will be teaming with them in a variety of matches this month. They already have a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot against Team Dream Futures coming up in two weeks time.

The soon to be leaving Guanchulo gets a DDT Extreme Title shot as a farewell gift from Danshoku Dino.

Sanshiro Takagi is being forced to defend the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title that he tried to retire. The creator of the championship Poison Sawada JULIE will be at the show to make sure nothing fishy happens.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! ~YUKINORI MATSUI 20TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 13/04/2014
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2

0. Dark Match: Guanchulo Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Infinity Anniversary: Tsubasa & Black Buffalo Vs Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata
2. Sasadango Osaka First Landing!: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko Vs Toru Owashi, DJ Nira & Super Sasadango Machine
3. DDT And Pleasant Friends: Akito, MIKAMI, Tetsuya Endo, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Michael Nakazawa Vs Billy Ken Kid, Gurukun Mask, Masamitsu Takatomo, Kengo Takai & Shoichi Uchida
4. Tohoku And Osaka And Shinjuku Recollection: Sanshiro Takagi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Jinsei Shinzaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & HUB
5. Original View Of Happiness: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
6. Shuten-dōji Vs Wrestling Questers: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki
7. Rose Of Passion: Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda
8. Bloom Crazy Proof Of Friendship: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
9. Current And To The Future: Kota Ibushi Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Two tags and a dark match round up Yukinori Matsui’s celebration.

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UWA Tag Titles, KUDO Vs Akito, Golden Union Updates

March 26, 2014

UNION “GOLDEN UNION IN YOKOHAMA”, 27/04/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. FUMA Vs Hikaru Sato
2. UWA World Tag Team Titles: HIROKI & Yasu Urano (c) Vs Hiroki Fukuda & MEN’s Teioh

HIROKI and Hiroshi Fukuda wound up blaming each other for losing their match at “MARCH OF THE UNION 2014”. To prove he is better, HIROKI puts his and Yasu Urano’s UWA Tag Team Titles on the line against Fukuda & MEN’s Teioh.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2014”, 29/04/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Akito

Akito became the No. 1 Contender when he won the Rumble portion of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Cherry & X Vs Ladybeard & X
3. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Even though he came to Union for a vacation, Hikaru Sato could wind up with some gold around his waist. Isami Kodaka doesn’t take kindly to the fact that Sato is not taking Union seriously so when Sato requested a title shot Kodaka accepted so he can show him what Union is about.

Ladybeard swears that his mystery tag team partner is definitely a woman.

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All Night Long, Raise Ganbare Again, Matsui Matches

March 24, 2014

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT”, 29/03/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Guanchulo Vs Kikutaro

DDT takes over Shin-Kiba 1st RING in the early hours of the morning. The show will begin at 1am and will consist of two parts. Part 1 will consist of around six or seven matches including Guanchulo Vs Kikutaro. Part 2 will be a one night arm wrestling tournament called the GO-1 CLIMAX.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY CHAPTER 2”, 06/04/2014
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. Judo Jacket Match: Gorikiko Vs Cherry
2. Road To Rikidozan!: Yumehito Imanari & Fumihito Kihara Vs Crusher Takahashi & Osochin Aries

Yumehito Imanari has gotten an opportunity to train with Mitsuo Momota, the son of Rikidozan. Because of this he is eager to show off his newly inherited skill of Royal Road wrestling. When Ken Ohka told him that one of his opponents is Osochin Aries, Yumehito asked if he meant Austin Aries from TNA.

Gorikiko approached Ohka and Imanari asking to join the war between Ganbare☆Wrestling and Union. Naturally she will be pitted against Cherry. She admits Cherry would beat her in a normal wrestling match so she instead challenges her to a Judo Jacket Match. Gorikiko has trained in Judo so she will have the advantage in this situation.

Somebody named Dr. Kiriko will also be on the card.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! ~YUKINORI MATSUI 20TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 13/04/2014
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2

1. Infinity Anniversary: Tsubasa & Black Buffalo Vs Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata
2. Sasadango Osaka First Landing!: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko Vs Toru Owashi, DJ Nira & Super Sasadango Machine
3. Tohoku And Osaka And Shinjuku Recollection: Sanshiro Takagi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Jinsei Shinzaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & HUB
4. Original View Of Happiness: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
5. Rose Of Passion: Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda
6. Bloom Crazy Proof Of Friendship: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
7. Current And To The Future: Kota Ibushi Vs Konosuke Takeshita

DDT, Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro Wrestling all come together to celebrate referee Yukinori Matsui’s 20th Anniversary in the business. Four special singles matches are booked for the show. Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro is a no brainer given their history with Matsui. Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda was picked because of the passion for wrestling both men have. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie will be a battle between two best friends who have grown up in wrestling together. The main event of Kota Ibushi Vs Konosuke Takeshita is the present star against the future star.

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