Samurai Masks Come In Medium, Top Of The Dramatic Junior Draw, Union Vs Ice Ribbon

May 20, 2013

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DDT “DRAMATIC 2013 JUNE SPECIAL”, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match – Mask Contra Mask: M Samurai Vs M.Samurai
1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Yuji Hino & Hoshitango

The Monster Army’s big guns are the first team to go after Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

A fake M Samurai is on the loose! Kazuki Hirata had his own custom made El Samurai mask when he joined the Samurai Sentai Samurai Rangers but it went missing and he had to wear a plastic bag with the mask drawn on it over his head ever since. The mask was last seen worn by Samurai TV! personality Miki Motoi but that is no guarantee she is the person Hirata will fight in the Mask Contra Mask dark match.

CRUISER’S GAME 11, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Masa Takanashi Vs Marines Mask
2. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: El Samurai Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa
3. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Katsumi Usuda Vs Kikutaro
4. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: MIKAMI Vs Onryo
5. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final A: Winner of Match #1 Vs Winner of Match #2
6. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final B: Winner of Match #3 Vs Winner of Match #4
7. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Final: Winner of Semi Final A Vs Winner of Semi Final B

No mention on if there are any non-tournament matches to act as a buffer between rounds.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN 2013”, 09/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs Tsukushi & Aoi Kizuka

Jun Kasai, Kaori Yoneyama and Madoka will also wrestle on the show.

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TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER

May 15, 2013

CRUISER’S GAME 11, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
2. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
3. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
4. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
5. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final:
6. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final:
7. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Final:

Competitors: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, El Samurai, Katsumi Usuda, Onryo, Kikutaro, Marines Mask, Masa Takanashi & MIKAMI

Cruiser’s Game presents the TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER one night tournament to celebrate the history of Jr. Heavyweight wrestling. A grand prize of ¥500,000 will be rewarded to the winner. The eight participants were announced today. They are:

Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(2000 Best of the Super Jr. winner, 38th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, 4th IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion, 2nd & 12th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

Tatsuhito Takaiwa has wrestled at three previous Cruiser’s Game shows and is a good friend of MIKAMI away from the ring.

El Samurai
(1997 Best of the Super Jr. winner, 19th & 30th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, 3rd, 16th & 25th IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion, 4th J-Crown Champion)

El Samurai is a stalwart of Jr. Heavyweight wrestling. MIKAMI thinks he is a perfect fit for the tournament in both talent and name value.

Katsumi Usuda
(Super J Cup 3rd STAGE participant, 2000 Best of the Super Jr. participant, 3rd & 5th Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

Katsumi Usuda probably has the most unique style of wrestling in the tournament. MIKAMI added him to spice things up.

Onryo
(Super J Cup 3rd STAGE participant, 39th UWA World Middleweight Champion)

MIKAMI has a long relationship with Onryo and considers him one of his main rivals.

Kikutaro
(Super J Cup 4th STAGE Special Attraction, 2003 Best of the Super Jr. participant)

Kikutaro is a longtime friend of MIKAMI’s, going back to when they were both young wrestlers unknown to the fans.

Marines Mask
(11th Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

MIKAMI wanted someone with Marines Mask’s charm to be in the tournament, so here he is.

Masa Takanashi
(40th KO-D Openweight Champion, 36th UWA World 6-Man Tag Champion)

MIKAMI has kept an eye on Masa Takanashi ever since his debut. He thinks Masa’s wrestling style is perfect for Cruiser’s Game and expects him to deliver some great performances in the tournament.

MIKAMI
(Super J Cup 4th STAGE Special Attraction, 8th & 14th KO-D Openweight Champion)

Naturally, MIKAMI thinks he is going to win the tournament.

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Full Yokohama and Hiroshima Cards, New Tokyo Joshi Pro Trainee

May 15, 2013

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~SPRING~”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

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

Shigehiro Irie and Hikaru Sato have their only pre-title match battle in Yokohama. Then it’s on to Hiroshima for the big KO-D Openweight Title bout.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKASAN~”, 26/05/2013
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Toru Owashi Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuto Aijima & KENICHI
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito Vs KUDO & FUMA
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi & Rey Paroma
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Here is a reminder of the current Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract holders as of 15th May: Daisuke Sasaki, Yasu Urano and Emi Sakura.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE FOURTH MEETING”, 06/06/2013
Shibuya Deseo

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

After defeating KANNA at the last event, Chikage Kiba wants to become the ace of Tokyo Joshi Pro by beating Miyu Yamashita. Miyu is currently undefeated with a record of two wins and one draw.

Shoko Nakajima is the newest trainee for Tokyo Joshi Pro. Nakajima is from Niigata and was born on 19th July, 1991. She is 147cm high, has blood type A, likes theatre and comedy and is nicknamed Nakaji. Nakajima only began watching live wrestling a while ago and was inspired to become one because she enjoys to perform in front of an audience. Although she is new to wrestling, her father is a fan so she aims to be like her father’s favourite wrestler Chaparrita ASARI. Her debut match against KANNA will only be a three minute exhibition bout and she may change her name and ring gear when she has her first official match.

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Emi Sakura Wins Right To Challenge Contract (Less Shocking News: She Beats DJ Nira)

May 12, 2013

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GATOH MOVE, 11/05/2013
Nanhai Ichigaya Memorial Clinic

Emi Sakura defeated DJ Nira with a La Magistral Cradle (12:06).
*Emi Sakura wins DJ Nira’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

One of the active Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts changed hands outside of DDT for the first time. Emi Sakura defeated DJ Nira in the main event of yesterday’s Gatoh Move show in Ichigaya, the same building where Ganbare☆Wrestling held their event the day before. Masa Takanashi was there as the referee for the no time limit main event while Tetsuya Endo and Tokyo Women’s Wrestling manager Tetsuya Koda was also in attendence (Koda was the person who broke the news on DDT’s website). Nira fought his hardest, targeting Sakura’s finger and hitting the DJ Time, but in the end Sakura rolled him up with La Magistral Cradle to win the match and take possession of his contract.

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Tomorrow’s Osaka Card

May 11, 2013

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ KITA WARD”, 12/05/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall

1. Takao Soma Vs DJ Nira
2. MIKAMI Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. Antonio Honda & Shoichi Uchida Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Michael Nakazawa
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kizaemon Saiga Vs KUDO, Yasu Urano & FUMA
6. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
7. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hikaru Sato

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Hard Hit Card, Monster Army Vs Golden Rendezvous

May 8, 2013

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
3. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: Yukio Kubota Vs Kotaro Nasu
4. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: HARASHIMA Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Mitsuhisa Sunabe Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka
7. ISAO Vs Takaku Fuke
8. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Final: X Vs X
9. Hikaru Sato Vs Super Tiger

Yukio Sakaguchi versus Isami Kodaka is the last match added to the card.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKASAN~”, 26/05/2013
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Winner of 12/5 Main Event

Gota Ihashi believes his recent momentum along with the combined abilities of Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega is enough to dethrone the Monster Army and win their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

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Matches For May

May 6, 2013

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ KITA WARD”, 12/05/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall

1. Takao Soma Vs DJ Nira
2. MIKAMI Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. Antonio Honda & Shoichi Uchida Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Michael Nakazawa
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kizaemon Saiga Vs KUDO, Yasu Urano & FUMA
6. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
7. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hikaru Sato

HARASHIMA and Hikaru Sato are the two wrestlers Tsurumi Amon thinks are closest to earning a KO-D Openweight Title match. This main event will determine who gets that shot.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~SPRING~”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Antonio Honda Va Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi

A good opportunity for Hiroshi Fukuda here. He finally breaks out of the dark match spot in DDT.

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
2. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
3. Mitsuhisa Sunabe Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
5. Hayato Mashita Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
6. ISAO Vs Takaku Fuke
7. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Final: X Vs X
8. Hikaru Sato Vs Super Tiger

A grappling tournament will be held on the show. HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kotaro Nasu and Kosei Kubota are the contestants. Each match will have a ten minute time limit.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKASAN~”, 26/05/2013
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Winner of 12/5 Main Event

Yuto Aijima, KENICHI and Rey Paroma will wrestle on the show.

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Will It Be A Golden Week For The Golden Star?

May 2, 2013

DDT “MAX BUMP 2013”, 03/05/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Guanchulo Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Aggressor
1. Daisuke Sasaki, Yuji Hino & Hoshitango Vs Akito, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & El Samurai Vs MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira
4. KUDO Vs Antonio Honda
5. Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano (c) Vs Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2013”, 03/05/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Seiya Morohashi & Saint Seiya Rion Vs El Hijo del Goro & Gabaiji-chan
1. Ryu Gouma & SAGAT Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Nazo Fukumen A, Nazo Fukumen M & Nazo Fukumen K (w/ Nazo Fukumen P) Vs Kengo Ohka, Madoka & Menso~re Oyaji
3. Aipoke World Title Decision – Idea Pocket Special 3 Way Match: FUMA Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Jun Kasai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – Triple Threat Match: Kaori Yoneyama (c) Vs Cherry Vs Nako Fukumen B
5. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daichi Kazato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Great Kojika & Hideyoshi Kamitani
6. DDT Extreme Title – TLC Falls Count Anywhere Street Fighter 2 Match: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

You can always rely on Golden Week to provide a lot of pro wrestling in Japan.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HOUSE SHOW”, 10/05/2013

1. Fumihito Kihara Vs Yumehito Imanari
2. L.A. Devine Vs Nana Kawasa
3. Ken Ohka & Ganbare Tamagawa Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Kazuhiko Ogasawara

L.A. Devine is an American wrestler from Los Angeles claiming to be the most beautiful champion in Hollywood.

Fumihito Kihara is a freelance ring announcer and manager. He has wrestled one match as far as I know, against DJ Nira.

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ KITA WARD”, 12/05/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall

1. Takao Soma Vs DJ Nira
2. MIKAMI Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kizaemon Saiga Vs X, X & X

Shoichi Uchida is also signed to the card.

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Union Title Matches Clarification, New Hard Hit Fight

May 1, 2013

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2013”, 03/05/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Seiya Morohashi & Saint Seiya Rion Vs El Hijo del Goro & Gabaiji-chan
1. Ryu Gouma & SAGAT Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Nazo Fukumen A, Nazo Fukumen M & Nazo Fukumen K (w/ Nazo Fukumen P) Vs Kengo Ohka, Madoka & Menso~re Oyaji
3. Aipoke World Title Decision – Idea Pocket Special 3 Way Match: FUMA Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Jun Kasai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – Triple Threat Match: Kaori Yoneyama (c) Vs Cherry Vs Nako Fukumen B
5. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daichi Kazato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Great Kojika & Hideyoshi Kamitani
6. DDT Extreme Title – TLC Falls Count Anywhere Street Fighter 2 Match: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The TLC in the main event means any items beginning with the letters T, L and C are legal to use as weapons. The Fly To Everywhere Title match will be elimination rules. The Aipoke World Title match is first fall to a finish.

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
3. ISAO Vs Takaku Fuke
4. Hikaru Sato Vs Super Tiger

Hayato Mashita is from Real Japan. Hiroshi Kobayashi is from U-FILE CAMP.

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No Glass Slipper Necessary, More Hulk Hogan Gymnastics

April 29, 2013

Stardom “CHAMPION FIESTA 2013 RYOGOKU CINDERELLA”, 29/04/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
5,500 Fans

Mayu Iwatani, Lin Bairon, Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi defeated Eri Susa, Makoto, Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato when Iwatani pinned Nakazawa with a Dragon Suplex (12:26).

Today was the big day for the Stardom joshi promotion. They ran an important show in Sumo Hall dedicated to the retirement of Yuzuki Aikawa. Miss Bouncy Bouncy received a lot of support from DDT during her pro wrestling career so it was fitting to see some of the wrestlers having a match on the undercard. The 8-Person Tag Team match had a crossover of talent from Stardom, DDT and Wrestling New Classic as Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi teamed with Stardom’s Mayu Iwatani and the new WNC Women’s Champion Lin Bairon to face Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato, Eri Susa and the former WNC Women’s Champion Makoto. Nakazawa and Sato were in hentai mode with Nakazawa dressed as a nurse while Sato wore a women’s bathing suit. Ibushi and Makoto got to reignite their small rivalry when they paired off in the ring. Nakazawa was his usual creepy sense and attempted to apply the Ultimate Venom Arm on Iwatani. Makoto did not want her team to win that way and tried to stop him but got caught in the crossfire. Iwatani capitalised on the backfire and pinned Nakazawa with a Dragon Suplex in an impressive feat. Now, if someone from DDT is reading this could they please go console Sanshiro Takagi?

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Meanwhile a few other DDT wrestlers appeared at the the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo to attend the Nico Douga Conference. Antonio Honda put on his red and yellow tights and brought Hulkamania to life again with a Hulk Hogan Gymnastics performance. He was cheered on by Danshoku Dino, Tsurumi Amon, Daisuke Sasaki, Hiroshi Fukuda and Chikage Kiba. The video of the original performance is one of the more popular sport videos on the website. The video can be seen here: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1333972847

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