Union Gets Its Own US Title

August 7, 2012

UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2012”, 12/08/2012
Isami Wrestle Arena

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: NOZOMI Vs Mio Shirai
2. Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo & Rumi Kazama) Vs Kengo Ohka
3. Cherry & Miyako Matsumoto Vs Isami Kodaka & El Hijo del Goro Jr. (w/ Goro Jr.)
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Taichi Kazato Vs Shigehiro Irie & Toru Sugiura
5. Seiya Morohashi Vs Ken Ohka

Hiroshi Fukuda is a fan of American wrestling, so I guess the Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title will turn out to be a modified WWE US Title belt replica that he owns.

Seiya Morohashi has permanently dropped the Big Rude gimmick and is back to wrestling as himself.

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Updated Budokan Card – Only 12 Days Away!

August 6, 2012

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Muscle Dark Match: Muscle Army Vs Style-E Army
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Tag Team Gauntlet: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada
3. Iron Man Royal Rumble: DJ Nira (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Akito Vs YOSHIHIKO Vs Cherry Vs NOZOMI Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daichi Kakimoto Vs Ken Ohka Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Tanomusaku Toba & Yoshiko
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami
6. Special Weapons Rumble Handicap Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
7. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Invisible Man
8. Special Hardcore Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Togi Makabe Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

My preview for the show will be up sometime next week.

Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki will be fought under Weapons Rumble rules. That means a foreign object will be introduced into the match after a certain amount of time. Word is going around that Takagi is doing his best to come up with ideas that Suzuki cannot be prepared for, hence the Handicap added to the match title.

The Style-E promotion has suddenly declared war on Muscle! A grudge between the two groups have slowly been bubbling ever since Muscle Sasaki was announced to return at the DDT 15th Anniversary Show. A situation at Chofu earlier in the week led to open fire. The aftermath had both sides agree that they will do battle in the dark match at Budokan Hall.

Rion Mizuki has now become Saint Seiya Rion, or possibly Saint Lion for short.

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Site Update

July 29, 2012

The site will be quiet for the next couple of days since I will be over in London for the Olympics. I’ll be back before the Beer Garden week ends so I won’t miss much leading up to the big Budokan show. There may be updates posted on the Twitter page but don’t count on it. Any results missed will be caught up to date by Friday. There will also be a break after the Budokan show since I will be on holiday at the end of August, but I’ll figure that out when the time comes. See you lot in a few days.

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Ibushi Wins IWGP Jr. Title Again

July 29, 2012

NJPW “40TH ANNIVERSARY LAST REBELLION”, 29/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,040 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi defeated Low Ki (c) with the Phoenix Splash (19:30).
*Low Ki fails in V2. Kota Ibushi becomes the 64th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion!

Kota Ibushi returned to New Japan today to challenge Low Ki for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, the title he had to vacate back in September 2011 after a shoulder injury. With Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki and Michael Nakazawa in his corner, Ibushi fought tooth and nail with Low Ki. The champ dodged Ibushi’s Quebrada outside the ring and later applied an upside down Dragon Sleeper hanging from the top rope. Ibushi recovered and hit the Quebrada a second time. Feet were flying from both wrestlers as their kick heavy offence came into play. Low Ki avoided the Sit Down Last Ride and tried to finish the match with the Phoenix Splash. But Ibushi rolled out of the way and struck Low Ki with the Cartwheel Overhead Kick. Ibushi landed his own Phoenix Splash to pin Low Ki and win the IWGP Jr. Title for the second time. Afterwards, KUSHIDA came out to challenge the new champion.

The big victory continues Ibushi’s path of success since returning from injury. His next big challenge is Kenny Omega at the DDT 15th Anniversary Show in Budokan Hall.

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Ishikawa Pulled From Beer Garden Show

July 29, 2012

Shuji Ishikawa has been struck with rubella and will not be able to appear at today’s Union Beer Garden show. His DDT Extreme Title defence against Shigehiro Irie has been called off and a new match for Irie will be announced at the show.

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Complete Beer Garden Cards (Except The Last Day)

July 27, 2012

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Taichi Kazato Vs Goro Jr.
2. Cherry Vs Rabbit Miyu
3. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA & Mame Endo Vs Mio Shirai & Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama)
4. Isami Kodaka & Big Rude Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka
5. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT SUNDAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Iron Man Battle Royal: Yuki Sato (c) Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Akito
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Rion Mizuki & Tetsuya Endo
3. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs DJ Nira & Gorgeous Matsuno
4. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa & Gota Ihashi
6. HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ NWJ PRODUCE DAY”, 30/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. 61-Minute Best 2-Out-Of 3 Falls Match: Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. MMA Battle: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Gorgeous Matsuno & Rion Mizuki Vs Mio Shirai & Ryo Mizunami Vs Naoshi Sano & Batten Tamagawa Vs Go Shiofuki & Kinteki Sakuragaoka (Special Guest Referee: GENTARO)
4. Sanshiro Takagi & New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa & New Michael Nakazawa

The 4 Way Tag Team match features teams from different corners of Japanese wrestling. Gorgeous Matsuno & Rion Mizuki are representing DDT, Mio Shirai & Ryo Mizunami from Pro Wrestling WAVE are representing Joshi, Naoshi Sano & Batten Tamagawa are representing the indies and Go Shiofuki & Kinteki Sakuragaoka are representing college student wrestling clubs. GENTARO has been appointed as the referee for the match since he can be trusted to handle the chaos that is certain to break out.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ KENNY OMEGA PRODUCE DAY”, 31/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Rock-Paper-Scissors Death Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Masa Takanashi
2. Ice Ribbon Offer Match: Hikaru Shida & Neko Nitta Vs Maki Marumiya & Tsukushi
3. Boxing Rules: Kota Ibushi Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Sato & Hiroshi Yamato

If I remember correctly, the last boxing match that took place at a Beer Garden show ended in mayhem but that one had two extra wrestlers involved.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ ANTONIO HONDA PRODUCE DAY”, 01/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Texas Tiger Rope Match: Kento Miyahara Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Watermelon Crash Death Match: GENTARO Vs Big Rude
3. The Old Man & The Sea & The Wine & The Tears: Masa Takanashi & Hoshitango Vs Yasu Urano & HIROKI Vs Great Kojika & Ricky Fuji
4. Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki

The third match is a 3 Way Tag Team death match that involves wine, wasabi, cream puffs and something related to the sea. The last part might just be water but that would be disappointing.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HOMOIRO CLOVER Z PRODUCE DAY”, 02/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Strange Bifurcation Allowed: Makoto Oishi & KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
2. Perfect Plex Challenge: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Hikari Minami, Michael Nakazawa, Rikiya Shindo & X
3. Akito Vs Shuji Ishikawa
4. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Big Rude Vs Gota Ihashi

You read the first match right. Makoto Oishi is wrestling for both teams in the tag team match.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY”, 03/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Endo Test Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs X
2. BOYZ Offer Match: Takao Soma, Daisuke Sasaki & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Masa Takanashi, Yuki Sato & Hercules Senga
3. Isami Kodaka & Hoshitango Vs KUDO & Ryuichi Sekine
4. HARASHIMA Vs Hikaru Sato

Tanomusaku Toba has pulled out of the show. Hoshitango will take his place to team with Isami Kodaka.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT SATURDAY”, 04/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. DDT Beer Garden Specialty – Lottery 6-Man Tag Team Match: X, X & X Vs X, X & X

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DDT & Union Both Get Ready For The Beer Garden

July 25, 2012

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Taichi Kazato Vs Goro Jr.
2. Cherry Vs Rabbit Miu
3. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA & Mame Endo Vs Mio Shirai & Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama)
4. Isami Kodaka & Big Rude Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka
5. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Mame Endo comes to us from Triple Six and Rabbit Miu is from JWP.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT SUNDAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Iron Man Battle Royal: Yuki Sato (c) Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Akito
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Rion Mizuki & Tetsuya Endo
3. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs DJ Nira & Gorgeous Matsuno
4. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa & Gota Ihashi
6. HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Danshoku Dino was recently hit with rubella and will miss this show. He may also miss the Homoiro Clover Z show later in the week if he does not recover in time.

The Monster Army explodes. Already. What is going on with them?

Yuki Sato is the current Iron Man Heavymtalweight Champion, pinning Dick Togo in Bolivia yesterday. I have no idea if he will be back in time to defend the title here or if he will have the belt when he does come back.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ NWJ PRODUCE DAY”, 30/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. 61-Minute Best 2-Out-Of 3 Falls: Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. MMA Battle: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. Sanshiro Takagi & New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa & New Michael Nakazawa

AV model Miyuki Yokoyama will be a ring girl for the MMA Battle.

One of the falls in the Best 2-Out-Of-3 match between Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii will be fought under Falls Count Anywhere rules.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ KENNY OMEGA PRODUCE DAY”, 31/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Boxing Rules: Kota Ibushi Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Sato & Hiroshi Yamato

The DDT Vs All Japan feud reignites with Kenny Omega inviting Hiroshi Yamato over for a friendly(?) scrap. Omega will be teaming with his buddy Michael Nakazawa while Yamato will team with Hikaru Sato for the first time since the AJPW Jr. Tag League back in April.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ ANTONIO HONDA PRODUCE DAY”, 01/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Texas Tiger Rope Match: Kento Miyahara Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki

Kento Miyahara from Diamond Ring will make his first appearance for DDT in the dreaded Texas Tiger Rope Match against Hiroshi Fukuda.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HOMOIRO CLOVER Z PRODUCE DAY”, 02/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Wrestler Participation: Kota Ibushi, KUDO, Makoto Oishi, Hiroshi Fukuda & Akito.

Danshoku Dino is also expected to take part if he recovers on time.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY”, 03/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tanomusaku Toba & Isami Kodaka Vs KUDO & Ryuichi Sekine
2. HARASHIMA Vs Hikaru Sato

The last time HARASHIMA and Hikaru Sato faced each other was at the 2nd Round of King Of DDT 2012. HARASHIMA won that match with the Somato.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT SATURDAY”, 04/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. DDT Beer Garden Specialty – Lottery 6-Man Tag Team Match: X, X & X Vs X, X & X

DDT will bring together six wrestlers to participate in the match. A box filled with the wresters’ names will be passed around to different fans in the audience. Those who get to pick out a name then get to choose which team they will be on.

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BIG “G” BANG Collide At The Beer Garden

July 24, 2012

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Taichi Kazato Vs Goro Jr.
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA Vs X
3. Isami Kodaka & Big Rude Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka
4. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Shuji Ishikawa didn’t have to look far for his first DDT Extreme Title challenger. His BIG “G” BANG tag team partner Shigehiro Irie faces him in a Last Man Standing match for the belt to main event Union’s Beer Garden show.

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Budokan Card Almost Complete

July 23, 2012

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Tag Team Gauntlet: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Rion Mizuki & Poison JULIE Sawada
3. Iron Man Royal Rumble: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Akito Vs YOSHIHIKO Vs Cherry Vs NOZOMI Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ken Ohka Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, X & X
5. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami
6. Special Single Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
7. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Invisible Man
8. Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Togi Makabe Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

Togi Makabe from New Japan will come in to help his college buddy HARASHIMA take on Shuji Ishikawa and Ryuji Ito.

The/An Invisible Man will wrestle in DDT for the first time since Arnold Skeskejanaker graced the squared circle back in September 2008. His sudden appearance at yesterday’s show was done to challenge Danshoku Dino to a match at Budokan Hall.

The DDT website does not list KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami as a KO-D Tag Team Title match, so the belts may not be on the line.

The soccer match has the Monster Army split in half on opposite sides. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Yuji Hino will be part of the Crying Wolf team while Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango will be on The Familia team. Also on that squad are Tetsuya Endo and Ice Ribbon’s Tsukasa Fujimoto. Fujimoto is an active football player outside of wrestling but this game will be like nothing she’s seen before.

If the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title happens to be back in Japan in time for the event (it is currently held by Dick Togo in Bolivia), it will be defended in the Royal Rumble. Otherwise the winner will be given the opportunity to go overseas (which they have to pay for themselves) and win the belt back.

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Dick Togo Wins Iron Man Title!

July 19, 2012

Well, it was bound to happen. Yuki Sato’s journey to Bolivia in search of Dick Togo so he could challenge him to a match with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title on the line has ended before it really began. During his flight to the South American country, Sato fell victim to altitude sickness which left him bedridden. Togo quickly found out where Sato was staying and he snuck into his room while wearing a referee shirt. Togo then pinned the sleeping Sato while quietly counted to three, becoming the new Iron Man champion. DDT already put a back-up plan in place for the 15th Anniversary Show. Since it is unlikely that Togo will be returning to Japan any time soon, the winner of the Iron Man Battle Royal at Budokan Hall will be crowned the No.1 Contender for the belt. It will then be up to that person to travel over to Bolivia and get the title back from Togo or whoever the champion will be by then.

Of course, that is if Togo stays in Bolivia. Who knows, he might show up at the Budokan after all…

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