Get The Glory! “Real Tiger Mask” In Hard Hit

October 9, 2013

UNION “8TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Tomoya Kawamura Debut Match: Tomoya Kawamura Vs Madoka
2. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Shuji Ishikawa Vs SAGAT
3. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Isami Kodaka Vs Cherry
5. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Seiya Morohashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Get The Glory! Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of Match 1 Vs Winner of Match 2
7. Get The Glory! Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of Match 3 Vs Winner of Match 4
8. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji (w/ Tsubasa Amami) Vs Mio Shirai (w/ Rika Hoshimi) Vs Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Diva Recommended by Mr. Nagata)
9. Get The Glory! Tournament – Final: Winner of Semi Final 1 Vs Winner of Semi Final 2

Tomoya Kawamura is the newest rookie making his debut for Union. The full time roster looks like it is growing pretty well.

HARD HIT “ROAD TO KORAKUEN”, 27/10/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kamen Shooter Super Rider Vs Takaku Fuke
2. Poai Suganuma Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Super Tiger Vs Koji Iwamoto
4. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Hayato Mashita
5. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Masaaki Mochizuki
6. HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Kubota
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Shuichiro Katsumura is an MMA fighter who fought in K1, Shooto and HERO’s. He has been nicknamed “Real Tiger Mask” for his charitable acts such as donating his fight purses. He heard about Hard Hit and wanted to try it out.

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Hard Hit October Card Complete

October 8, 2013

HARD HIT “ROAD TO KORAKUEN”, 27/10/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kamen Shooter Super Rider Vs Takaku Fuke
2. Poai Suganuma Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Super Tiger Vs Koji Iwamoto
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Masaaki Mochizuki
5. HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Kubota
6. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

It’s a Pancrase heavy main event with Hikaru Sato facing the King of Pancrase Middleweight Champion and former executive president of the promotion Ryo Kawamura.

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Kota Ibushi Signs With New Japan, Also With DDT

October 7, 2013

ibushi-njpw-ddt

The day many New Japan fans have been waiting for (and I have been somewhat dreading) has finally happened. Kota Ibushi has signed a contract with New Japan! He is now a full time member of the New Japan roster. However in what may be a first for Japanese wrestling, Ibushi will also continue to be under contract with DDT. So Ibushi will be wrestling for both companies. His NJPW contract lasts for one year, as it traditionally is for every New Japan wrestler while his DDT contract lasts for another three years.

It is interesting how this deal came about. New Japan chairman Naoki Sugabayashi has attempted to sign Ibushi in the past but could never convince him to jump ship. In fact he even admits that if this happened decades ago he would have paid a lot of money to steal him from DDT. Fortunately New Japan and DDT have a good relationship and Sugabayashi realises the potential Ibushi has if he wrestles for both promotions. Sugabayashi recently made an official offer to Sanshiro Takagi and even then Takagi had to convince Ibushi to take the deal! Ibushi says he loves DDT and does not want to leave the company but after a deal was made to wrestle for both he finally agreed. For now Ibushi will exclusively wrestle for New Japan and DDT but offers for appearances in other promotions could still be considered.

However, Ibushi did not get everything he wanted from the deal. His request to have Michael Nakazawa continue to be in his corner for the New Japan matches has been repeatedly turned down. Takagi even joked that he will force Ibushi to go out to the ring alone if he has to. But Sugabayashi did offer to send Captain New Japan over to DDT so he would become Captain DDT. Hey it could be worse. They could send over YOSHI-HASHI.

In DDT it will be business as usual for Ibushi and he will still be available for the crazy stuff like the Falls Count Anywhere matches that take place outdoors. He will not change his style for New Japan and wants to focus on the Junior Heavyweight division and win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title from Prince Devitt. He also wants to face wrestlers he has never fought before. His schedule will increase because he will also appear on New Japan’s tours. Both New Japan and DDT will work together to avoid any double bookings if the companies are hosting events on the same day.

Ibushi’s first match as a New Japan wrestler will be at Sumo Hall on 14/10 for the “KING OF PRO-WRESTLING” iPPV. He teams with Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma to face Prince Devitt’s BULLET CLUB faction.

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Gorgeous Night, Yamamoto In Sapporo, Pachinko Wrestling, DDT48 Card Announced

October 4, 2013

DDT “GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY ~GORGEOUS NIGHT~”, 05/10/2013
Fukushima Gymnasium

1. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs KANNA & Chikage Kiba
3. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi & Michael Nakazawa
4. Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao
5. Kota Ibushi & Masa Takanashi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito

Last year Gorgeous Matsuno celebrated his 10th anniversary in wrestling by headlining a DDT show in Fukushima. Eleven months later that show returns and this time includes a charity drive for earthquake recovery in the area.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2013”, 13/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Sapporo Specialty 6 Way Match: Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gota Ihashi Vs DJ Nira
2. Masa Takanashi Vs Akito
3. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Kota Ibushi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Kenichi Yamamoto & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title Match: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tomoya

Kenichi Yamamoto returns for his second match in DDT this year, the first happening back in April when Yukio Sakaguchi was one of his opponents. This time Yamamoto and Sakaguchi will team together to take on Drift members Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao.

DDT “PACHINKO PRO WRESTLING”, 13/10/2013
Saitama Kotobuki Niiza

1. Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa
2. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA, KUDO & FUMA

DDT’s next odd choice of location for wrestling is a pachinko parlour in Saitama. Expect a lot of old guys who inhabit the place having no idea what’s going on behind them.

DDT “SPECIAL 2013”, 20/10/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT48 General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match – 2 Vs 1 Handicap Match: Yukio Sakaguchi (#23) Vs Michael Nakazawa (#14) & DJ Nira (#25)
1. 3 Way Match: Cherry (#10) Vs KUDO (#14) Vs MIKAMI (#15)
2. Konosuke Takeshita (#13) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda (#16)
3. Masa Takanashi (#12) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (#20)
4. Soma Takao (#7), Keisuke Ishii (#18) & Shigehiro Irie (#20) Vs Isami Kodaka (#2), Cherry (#6) & Yasu Urano (#11)
5. Kota Ibushi (#3) & Kenny Omega (#8) Vs Hikaru Sato (#5) & Akito (#17)
6. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) (#19) Vs Super Sasadango Machine (9th)
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) (#4) Vs Danshoku Dino (#1)

Mio Shirai has pulled out of the show due to her already being booked for another show on the same day. Her spot in the dark match will not be filled and it will become a Handicap match instead. Shirai apologised to the fans that voted for her and said it wouldn’t happen again.

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Ganbare in Shibuya, DDT Goes Hip Hop For Some Reason

October 1, 2013

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “GANPURO HOUSE SHOW 5”, 30/10/2013
Shibuya Entertainment Stage

1. Survival Tobita Vs J-Soul Pandita III
2. Ken Ohka Vs Bad Tension TAMAGAWA

Ken Ohka gets his shot at revenge on Bad Tension TAMAGAWA for betraying him back in July. However, Ohka wants to forgive TAMAGAWA for his actions and bring him back to the good side. He hopes this match will knock some sense back into his friend.

DDT/HIP HOP SQUADRON B-BOYAGER “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY”, 12/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yasu Urano Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito
4. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI & Masa Takanashi

Hiroshi Fukuda, Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Sanshiro Takagi are also scheduled to appear.

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HARASHIMA Cleared For Sunday, MIKAMI & Tomoya Get Tag Title Shot

September 27, 2013

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2013 ~DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST POLLING DAY~”, 29/09/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Super Sagadang Machine
2. Hikaru Sato & Akito Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Akihiro (c) Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Hoshitango Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Yasu Urano

HARASHIMA has been cleared for action and is able to defend the KO-D Openweight Title against Yasu Urano this Sunday. A knee injury threatened to make him miss the defence but after clearing some medical tests he is now good to go.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2013”, 13/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tomoya

Either Yankii Ni Cho Kenju or Team Dream Futures will come out of Korakuen Hall as the KO-D Tag Team Champions and they will have MIKAMI & local wrestler Tomoya chasing after the belts in Sapporo.

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Ganbare In Shin-Kiba, Union 8th Anniversary Tournament, Mochizuki Enters Hard Hit

September 25, 2013

GANBARE☆WRESTLING 4, 30/09/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. General Public Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Hanako Nakamori Vs Gorikiko
3. Ultraman Robin Vs J-Soul Pandita III
4. Ricky Fuji Vs Shota
5. 6-Man Elimination Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & X Vs Osamu Namiguchi, Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Bad Tension TAMAGAWA

Last time on Ganbare☆Wrestling, Batten Tamagawa turned on Ken Ohka and sided with the invaders Osamu Namiguchi and Kazuhiko Ogasawara, changing his name to Bad Tension TAMAGAWA in the process. Ken Ohka and Yumehito Imanari get their first shot at revenge with a 6-Man Elimination Tag match that main events Ganpuro’s first Shin-Kiba show. However the Ganpuro team needs a third member. Tomohiro Otani volunteered to team with Ohka and Imanari but they aren’t too sure. Ohka decided to give Imanari an important challenge to prove he is strong and tough. He will put Otani through special training on the day of the show so he can teach him his Spear of Flame finisher. If Otani can pass the challenge and learn the move, he will be added to the team.

Ganbare☆Wrestling wants new wrestlers and they don’t mind who they are. Ken Ohka has opened up spots in the roster for new wrestlers no matter what their gender, wrestling experience and profession are. Ganpuro opened up a mixi website for applications and they will choose people to wrestle at the show.

UNION “8TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Shuji Ishikawa Vs SAGAT
2. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato
3. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Isami Kodaka Vs Cherry
4. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Seiya Morohashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. 1 Day Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of Match 1 Vs Winner of Match 2
6. 1 Day Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of Match 3 Vs Winner of Match 4
7. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji (w/ Tsubasa Amami) Vs Mio Shirai (w/ Rika Seibi) Vs Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Diva Recommended by Mr. Nagata)
8. 1 Day Tournament – Final: Winner of Semi Final 1 Vs Winner of Semi Final 2

Union celebrates its 8th Anniversary with a one day tournament between the main members of the roster. Meanwhile Idea Pocket continues its sponsorship with wrestlers fighting each other over the Idea Pocket idols. Mio Shirai wants to continue having the idols working exclusively for her. Menso~re Oyaji isn’t really interested in competing and would be happy with any resolution that involves him having a date with at least one of the idols. Mitomi Masayuki recently entered the contest and is desperate to win the heart of any woman involved. Mr. Nagata (no not Yuji!), a producer for Idea Pocket gets to decide who will be in Masayuki’s corner for the match.

HARD HIT “ROAD TO KORAKUEN”, 27/10/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kamen Shooter Super Rider Vs Takaku Fuke
2. Poai Suganuma Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Super Tiger Vs Koji Iwamoto
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Masaaki Mochizuki

Dragon Gate’s Masaaki Mochizuki makes his Hard Hit debut to take on Yukio Sakaguchi.

Koji Iwamoto from Sportiva Entertainment is also a student of judo. He asked to enter Hard Hit and not to be paired with a joke fighter. Super Tiger is his opponent and he is to be taken seriously. Why? Because a lot of the Hard Hit roster thinks he is very dangerous and don’t want to get hurt by him.

Poai Suganuma is a graduate from the BJ Penn MMA Academy. He faced and defeated Hikaru Sato in his Pancrase debut back in 2005. He is not familiar with the Hard Hit ruleset but Sato believes he is a strong fighter.

Hikaru Sato, Yasu Kubota and Tiger Shark will be fighting on the card.

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HARASHIMA & Guanchulo Injured, Tomorrow’s Cards Updated

September 22, 2013

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
3. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
4. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Soma Takao & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Yoshiaki Yago, Yukio Sakaguchi & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Yasu Urano & FUMA
7. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Kenny Omega Vs Antonio Honda

Both HARASHIMA and Guanchulo were injured at separate shows this week. HARASHIMA suffered an injury to his left leg at today’s main event in Yokkaichi. Guanchulo hurt himself at a Sportiva Entertainment show in Nagoya on 21/9. Both men have been taken off tomorrow’s show in Yokohama and will be examined to see if they will be fit for next week’s Korakuen Hall event. That show is supposed to be headlined by the KO-D Openweight Title match between HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano. HARASHIMA’s injury could put that match into doubt.

UNION “HARVEST FESTIVAL 2013”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Choun-Shiryu Vs Gabaiji-chan
2. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji Vs Mitomi Masayuki
4. Cherry! Road To Young Boy!: Cherry Vs Keizo Matsuda
5. FUMA & Kaori Yoneyama Vs HAYATA & Nazo Fukumen B
6. Hardcore 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Isami Kodaka, Seiya Morohashi & Madoka Vs Nazo Fukumen P, Nazo Fukumen K & Nazo Fukumen KJ

The main event will now be a Hardcore Elimination match between the Union Sekigun and the Nazo Fukumen. Eliminations are determined by pinfall, submission and being thrown over the top rope and out of the ring.

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Gorgeous Card, Hino Pulls Out Of DDT48 Election

September 21, 2013

DDT “GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY ~GORGEOUS NIGHT~”, 05/10/2013
Fukushima Gymnasium

1. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs KANNA & Chikage Kiba
2. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi & Michael Nakazawa
4. Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao
5. Kota Ibushi & Masa Takanashi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito

Yuji Hino has gone in for surgery on his right elbow and will take time off for the time being. Since he was currently involved in the DDT48 General Election, he has now pulled out of the contest.

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Cherry Cougar, Irie Vs Takeshita

September 19, 2013

UNION “HARVEST FESTIVAL 2013”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Choun-Shiryu Vs Gabaiji-chan
2. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji Vs Mitomi Masayuki
4. Cherry! Road To Young Boy!: Cherry Vs Keizo Matsuda
5. FUMA & Kaori Yoneyama Vs HAYATA & Nazo Fukumen B
6. Isami Kodaka, Seiya Morohashi & Madoka Vs Nazo Fukumen P, Nazo Fukumen K & Nazo Fukumen KJ

Keizo Matsuda of IWA Japan “fame” returns to Union for the first time since that period where he was repackaged as New Sanshiro Takagi. He finds himself in the ring against Cherry, who judging by the title of the match is on the prowl for a younger man. For wrestling purposes obviously.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2013 ~DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST POLLING DAY~”, 29/09/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Super Sagadang Machine
2. Hikaru Sato & Akito Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Akihiro (c) Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Hoshitango Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Yasu Urano

A tag team could not be found for Shigehiro Irie and Konosuke Takeshita so they will both face each other instead.

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