Ganbare Gets The Greatest Parody That Ever Lived…?

July 16, 2013

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING 3, 21/07/2013
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Gorikiko Vs Tsubasa Fujimoto
2. Shota Vs Crusher Takahashi
3. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara
4. Shinichiro Tominaga & Tomohiro Otani Vs Osochin Aries & Bradshaw Hidaka
5. Ganbare Tamagawa Vs Osamu Namiguchi
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Saitama Wrestling: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Survival Tobita & Phantom X

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. There is a Japanese Austin Aries parody? What? Anyway, Osochin Aries and Bradshaw Hidaka are from the micro indy scene Shinichiro Tominaga came from. Aries is from SWS-Gakupro and Hidaka is from nukui kusa wrestling. According to his bio, Aries graduated from RoH University.

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Road To Ryogouk Stops By Korakuen, Beer Garden Hurrah!

July 13, 2013

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2 DAYS IN 2013”, 21/07/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. All Star Battle Royal: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & MIKAMI?
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & FUMA
5. Top & Future Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kensuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Yuji Okabayashi

The very last Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract will be cashed in by Yuji Okabayashi on 21/7. Of course, the entire plan could be thrown out the window if Okabayashi loses a match anywhere in Japan before then.

Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi visited the Diamond Ring office and after a somewhat perverted confrontation with a male member of staff, were able to meet Kensuke Sasaki and convince him to team with them for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Title match.

Looks like Guanchuro will continue his MIKAMI impersonation and this time teams up with the man himself.

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ UNION PRODUCE”, 28/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mitomi Masayuki Debut Match: Mitomi Masayuki Vs X
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A.YAZAWA Vs Ryu Gouma Vs Kaori Yoneyama
3. Union Fly To Everywhere Title: Cherry (c) Vs Aoi Kizuki

Mitomi Masayuki will finally have his debut match for Union after recovering from injuries suffered in a car crash back in February.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DANSHOKU RANCH CLASSIC”, 29/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Take Back The Guy’s Smile:
2. It Is Attached To The Man NAKAZAWA:
3. Kota Ibushi Summer Vacation Wrestling Study:

A bit worried about this one since whenever Kota Ibushi has an idea, it usually involves fireworks.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ URASHIMAKUDO PRODUCE”, 30/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. FUMA Produce:
2. Yasu Urano Produce:
3. KUDO Produce:
4. HARASHIMA Produce:

HARASHIMA’s Beer Fight plans are usually just playing it straight. Matches himself with a worthy opponent while giving the younger wrestlers a chance to size up with the veterans. Don’t know about the others though. KUDO and Yasu Urano fought each other one year in a match where instead of three counts, you had to drink a full glass of beer while pinning your opponent in order to win.

HARD HIT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ HARD HIT PRODUCE”, 31/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. ISAO Vs FUMA
2. Hard Hit Experiment – Handicap Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. HARASHIMA Vs Ryuichi Sekine
4. Hard Hit Experiment – HARASHIMA Ultimate Royal: Hoshitango Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Kubota Vs Tadaware
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

Hard Hit lightens up a little with a few experimental rules and concepts added some of the matches on the card. The main even though will probably be one of the more intense fights in Hard Hit history.

Tadaware comes from a micro indy called Pro Wrestling Nightmare.

NEW BEIJING “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ NEW BEIJING PRO WRESTLING PRODUCE”, 01/08/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Grudge Liquidation! Project Spartan Drunk Monkey-Fu Jackie Shangai Bronx Story Death Match: Choun-Shiryu Vs Goku
2. Spectacular Ratio By Typical Chinese Beauty:
3. Sangokushi War: White Eyebrow Ma Liang Vs Cao Zhang Vs Yuan Zhe

White Eyebrow Ma Liang wrestles in Japan for the first time since 2007. Back then he represented Big China Wrestling. Not sure what he’s been up to since then, maybe formed a Union of some sort.

Don’t care if I made a mistake with the translation. Match #1 is possibly the greatest match name I have ever written on this site. And this is Goku the monkey warrior, not the guy from Dragon Ball Z.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DRIFT PRODUCE”, 02/08/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. ~Summer 2013 Culmination~: Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs Akito, Kazuki Hirata & FUMA
2. Takao Soma Produce:
3. Shigehiro Irie Produce:
4. Keisuke Ishii Produce – Lariat Pro Wrestling:

My favourite match from the 2011 Beer Fight series makes a return. Lariats for everybody!

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Road To Ryogoku Continues Next Week, Kai Fukumen MS

July 10, 2013

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN UTSUNOMIYA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOCHIOTOME~”, 14/07/2013
Tochigi Prefectural Cultural Center – Sub Hall

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

Sanshiro Takagi is expected to recover from his whiplash injury in time for his match with Isami Kodaka.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN NIIGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM ~”, 15/07/2013
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. Akito Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs FUMA
3. Makoto Oishi & Tetsuya Endo Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
4. Danshoku Dino Vs Masa Takanashi
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Kota Ibushi Vs Kai Fukumen MS & DJ Nira
6. Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano

A silhouette of Kai Fukumen MS can be seen at the top of the update. Looks familiar…

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Practice Makes Perfect For HARASHIMA, Genius Vs Rainmaker

July 8, 2013

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”, 18/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuchika Okada
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie or Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

As the 2013 King of DDT winner, HARASHIMA gets a main event KO-D Title shot at Sumo Hall. It is a title shot that has alluded the challenger ever since February when HARASHIMA fought and lost to Kenny Omega. All that is left to figure out now is who the champion will be. Shigehiro Irie defends the championship against Big Japan’s Yuji Okabayashi in Korakuen Hall on 21st July. If Okabayashi wins, it will bring back memories of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2010” when HARASHIMA challenged Daisuke Sekimoto for that very championship. A victory for Irie however will continue what is now arguably the most successful KO-D Title reign in DDT history.

Meanwhile a co-main event has been signed and I am so excited to see it happen. It will be the Independent Genius taking on the Rainmaker when Kota Ibushi faces the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada from New Japan. This will continue Ibushi’s move up to heavyweight status along with his recent weight gain (it is currently 88kg). What’s interesting to note is the match will take place one week after the final of the G1 CLIMAX, which both men have entered. Ibushi thinks he will win the G1 and is interested, is highly motivated to wrestle Okada and wants to challenge for the IWGP Title. However, since there has been no mention of the championship during the announcement, I believe that Ibushi Vs Okada will be a non-title bout if Okada is still the champion when “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” takes place.

Speaking of Ibushi and the G1 CLIMAX, his group match with Shinsuke Nakamura in Osaka on 4th August will be shown live on Ustream iPPV.

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King of DDT Final Tomorrow!

July 6, 2013

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA 2013”, 07/07/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall

1. King Of DDT Semi Final: Kenny Omega Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
2. King Of DDT Semi Final: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
3. Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs KUDO, Yasu Urano & FUMA
4. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Kushinbo Kamen & Michael Nakazawa Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi & Akito
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. Kota Ibushi & DJ Nira Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
7. King Of DDT Final: Omega or Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA or Takeshita

A “super important” announcement about DDT in Osaka will be revealed during the show.

Sanshiro Takagi is out of action after suffering a whiplash during his match with Shigehiro Irie.

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Ibushi Enters G1 CLIMAX 23!

July 5, 2013

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Kota Ibushi surprised everyone by being announced as a participant in this year’s G1 Climax tournament in New Japan. He made an appearance at today’s New Japan iPPV in Korakuen Hall after the reveal. His message was brief and polite. “I am Kota Ibushi from DDT Pro Wrestling. I decided to enter the G1 Climax for the first time. Thank you!”

Ibushi had previously competed in New Japan as a Jr. Heavyweight, winning the Best of the Super Jr. tournament and holding both IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championships. Now he has moved up to Heavyweight and the decision may not be as sudden as you think.

During an interview on the DDT website last year, Ibushi said one of his dreams was to compete in the G1 Climax. Ever since Ibushi returned to active competition, he has toned down his high flying moves a little bit while adding some power to his repertoire. These changes might have helped Ibushi adapt his style to be more compatible with heavier opponents. Could it be that Ibushi’s entry was planned a long time ago?

Kota has been added to Group B where he will have matches against Yuji Nagata, Shinsuke Nakamura, Minoru Suzuki, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tetsuya Naito, Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi, Shelton X Benjamin and Karl Anderson. The tournament will take place in the first two weeks of August.

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This Week’s Cards, Ganbare In Saitama

July 3, 2013

BOYZ “PESHARU ~ONNA MATSURI~”, 04/07/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs Tetsuya Endo
3. Makoto Oishi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Rion Mizuki & FUMA
4. 4 Vs 4 Elimination Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi, KUDO, Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii Vs HARASHIMA, Kenny Omega, Isami Kodaka & Takao Soma

The women in attendance will get to vote for who is their favourite wrestler in the show. I think previous BOYZ events had the winner sing a song at the end of the event.

DDT “KING OF DDT NAGOYA 2013”, 06/07/2013
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Battle Royal: Kota Ibushi Vs Danshoku Dino Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs FUMA Vs DJ Nira
2. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kengo Takai, Makoto Oishi & Akito
3. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block A: Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block B: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Yasu Urano
5. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block C: Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block D: Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

MIKAMI is out of action with a concussion. FUMA takes his place in the Battle Royal.

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA 2013”, 07/07/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall

1. King Of DDT Semi Final:
2. King Of DDT Semi Final:
3. Kota Ibushi & DJ Nira Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi

A “super important” announcement involving DDT in Osaka will take place on this show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING 3, 21/07/2013
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Gorikiko Vs Tsubasa Fujimoto
2. Shota Vs Crusher Takahashi
3. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara
4. Ganbare Tamagawa Vs Osamu Namiguchi
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Saitama Wrestling: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Survival Tobita & Phantom X

Ganbare☆Wrestling marks its debut in the arena better known as the Ice Ribbon Dojo.

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Guanchuro Added To Tomorrow’s Show, King Of DDT Nagoya, Fifth Women’s Meeting, Ultraman Mania

June 29, 2013

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KANAZAWA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORIYASAI~”, 30/06/2013
Ishikawa Kanazawa

1. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi & Akito
2. DJ Nira Vs Keisuke Ishii
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Guanchuro
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & KUDO
6. Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi

MIKAMI is out of action with a concussion. Guanchuro is his replacement for Match #3.

DDT “KING OF DDT NAGOYA 2013”, 06/07/2013
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Battle Royal: Kota Ibushi Vs Danshoku Dino Vs MIKAMI Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira
2. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kengo Takai, Makoto Oishi & Akito
3. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block A: Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block B: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Yasu Urano
5. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block C: Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block D: Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

A draw will be held to determine the King of DDT semi-finals.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE FIFTH MEETING”, 11/07/2013
Shibuya Deseo

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima
2. Chikage Kiba Vs KANNA

Both matches will have a ten minute time limit.

DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”, 17/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Wrestling Style Vs Van: BiS Vs DPG
2. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs X
3. Idol Lumberjack 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Winner of 6/7 Up Up Girls Match (Up Up Girls)
4. Ultra Seven x DDT Collaboration Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

Yoshihiro Takayama is the latest big name added to DDT’s Sumo Hall festivities. He will team with MIKAMI to face Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a match dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Tsuburaya Productions, the company behind Ultraman and Ultra Seven. Both MIKAMI and Takayama are big Ultraman fans and are put together to form the ultimate tag team to represent Ultraman Mania.

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News Matches For “GANPURO HOUSE SHOW 3”

June 26, 2013

GANBARE☆PRO “GANPURO HOUSE SHOW 3”, 01/07/2013
Ichigaya Nanhai Memorial Clinic

1. Yumehito Imanari Vs Tanomusaku Toba
2. Fumihito Kihara Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Osamu Namiguchi & Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Shinichiro Tominaga & Amateur Wrestler TBA
4. Ken Ohka Vs Ganbare Tamagawa

The main event was made when Ganbare Tamagawa approached Ken Ohka at the Ganbare☆Pro ticket stand at Sunday’s DDT show. Tamagawa said he didn’t join Ohka’s promotion to put in a half-baked effort and instead wanted to become strong and start winning matches. Ohka said he will teach him how to be strong and suggested they should wrestle each other.

Ohka then had a confrontation with Osamu Namiguchi. Osamu said his amateur wrestling skill is going to waste against the Ganbare crew. Ohka said no one in the company trained in amateur wrestling so Osamu challenged him to find an amateur wrestler to fight himself and Kazuhiko Ogasawara. Ohka said he will and the person he finds will team with Shinichiro Tominaga.

Ganbare☆Pro will hold their first show in Saitama on 21st July.

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Sumo Hall Update, It’s Madness

June 24, 2013

DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”, 17/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Wrestling Style Vs Van: BiS Vs DPG
2. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs X
3. Idol Lumberjack 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Winner of 6/7 Up Up Girls Match (Up Up Girls)
4. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi is confirmed as the main event for Night 1. This event is more of a entertainment variety show rather than a typical pro wrestling show (which DDT doesn’t do that often at Sumo Hall anyway).

The Idol Lumberjack 3 Way Match is exactly what it sounds like. Each idol group will represent a wrestler and then surround the ring as the lumberjacks. They will be armed with weapons and are allowed to attack anyone who leaves the ring. Any wrestler who comes into physical contact with an idol will be immediately disqualified. Makoto Oishi and Yuko Miyamoto are two of the confirmed participants. The third will be decided in a match between Sanshiro Takagi and Isami Kodaka that takes place on 14th July. So far the idol groups involved are Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～ on Oishi’s side, LinQ on Miyamoto’s side and the Up Up Girls siding with the remaining wrestler.

The Battle Royal is sponsored by the All Night Nippon GOLD radio programme.

The opening contest involves two male music groups that Hiroshi Fukuda has some association with.

Mita Sayako from Samurai! TV and Ryota Yamasato from Nankai Candies are the two hosts for the show. Other artists and personalities scheduled to appear are Tetsu Watanabe (Antonio Honda’s father), Kenji Sakaguchi (Yukio Sakaguchi’s brother), Kenji Otsuki and Jun Retsu.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”, 18/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs X
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs 2013 King Of DDT Winner

Komyo is a large framed autograph from artist Akihiro Miwa and it is currently the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Komyo is also currently in possession of a Research Institute Group and most likely won’t show up at another wrestling event before this show. So it’s probably safe to say the painting will stay as champion until the show takes place. Unless DJ Nira sneaks into the building with a hammer.

Last but not least, I assume many of you have seen the poster advertising the two shows? The nude photographs of the DDT roster were taken by professional photographer Leslie Kee and are part of a photobook DDT will release that weekend. Don’t worry, it won’t be exclusively nude photos.

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