Miyamoto And Ishikawa Battle For The Ecosystem

July 17, 2012

BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
2. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
4. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
5. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
6. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Full details of what the Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match is will be revealed on the day of the show. The first two obviously speak for themselves but the Ecosystem part sounds new, unless that is the name used for the previously hinted snakes and scorpions.

Sanshiro Takagi will act as the referee for one of the matches on the card.

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Final “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012” Card

July 16, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto & Mio Shirai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Choun-Shiryu
1. 12-Man Tag Team Match: Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Akito, Poison JULIE Sawada, Rion Mizuki, Tetsuya Endo & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
4. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
5. Hardcore Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

This will be the first time the entire Monster Army has been together since forming.

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Iron Man Title Hijacked And Bolivia Bound!

July 12, 2012

The unpredictable nature of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title has struck again! During today’s press conference announcing the remaining card for the DDT 15th Anniversary Show, champion Choun-Shiryu made an appearance to be interviewed about the title being defended in a Royal Rumble match at the show. The interview was disrupted when an anonymous note was passed over to Tsurumi Amon. The note said:

Hello DDT Pro Wrestling,

Today I heard there is an open press conference for DDT. I will take the Iron Man belt from you. Thank you in the future.

SATO

Amon sat there wondering which Sato wrote the letter. Was it Hikaru Sato? Was it Akio Sato from the Orient Express? If it was Akio, does that mean he was sending Hakushi after the champion? All of a sudden, a voice interrupted his train of thought.

“Please excuse me.”

It was independant wrestler Yuki Sato. He entered the room and admitted the letter was from him. Sato told Shiryu that he wanted the title. Shiryu stood up to face him but Sato told him his shoelaces were untied. When Shiryu bend down to tie his shoes, Sato grabbed an object and whacked the champion over the head with it. Sato then pinned Shiryu and officially became the 922nd champion.

Sato then suddenly said he was taking the belt with him to Bolivia, where he was going to defend the belt against none other than Dick Togo!

Tsurumi Amon was shocked but quickly came up with a plan. If no one can get the belt back before the 15th Anniversary Show, then the winner of the Royal Rumble at the event will be declared the No. 1 Contender for the championship. The winner will then be sent to Bolivia (at their own expense) to challenge the champion, no matter who it is.

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HARASHIMA Vs Irie Goes Hardcore, Ibushi Vs Kotoge In NOAH, Budokan Card Almost Complete

July 12, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Hardcore Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

The rivalry between HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie has been bubbling up the last couple of months. The two had to be seperated after HARASHIMA’s victory over Irie at the April Korakuen Hall show. Then a rematch in the King Of DDT tournament saw HARASHIMA win again, this time by knockout. Now the grudge will go a step higher when the two meet in a Hardcore match later this month. That won’t even be the last time these two will face each other. As you will see below.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN RYOGOKU”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Starting Point Revolution ~ Classmates Confrontation: Taiji Ishimori Vs Masa Takanashi
5. Special Singles Match – NOAH Vs DDT: Atsushi Kotoge Vs Kota Ibushi

Kota Ibushi’s opponent for his return to Pro Wrestling NOAH has been confirmed to be Atsushi Kotoge. The former Osaka Pro wrestler now calls NOAH his home promotion and this match will be one of his biggest challenges since making the switch.

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. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs X
3. Tag Team Gauntlet:
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
6. Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & X Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs X
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

HARASHIMA will have to face Irie again when the 15th Anniversary Show rolls around. This time Irie will have Shuji Ishikawa by his side for a big tag team match. HARASHIMA will have to spend a long time thinking who will be the best wrestler to fight BIG “G” BANG with him.

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BJW/Union, First Budokan Matches Revealed

July 9, 2012

BJW/UNION, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
3. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
4. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
6. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
7. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

A lot of bizarre names are being used as match titles. I’m sure that I mistranslated a bunch of them but the Engrish is quite fitting I think.

The gimmick match for the main event hasn’t been confirmed yet. However, there are rumours it will be a death match involving vipers, scorpions, lighttubes and roses.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
4. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

YOSHIHIKO has been waken from his slumber and will be dusted off in preparation for a major main event rematch in Korakuen Hall. Over three years since their last epic battle, Hell’s Grave Digger Doll teams up with Danshoku Dino to collide with the Golden Lovers once more.

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. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs X
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

The 5 Vs 5 Soccer match is taking place because of the Captain Tsubasa involvement Sanshiro Takagi set up earlier this month. DDT held a game of football back in April 2009 between the Italian Four Horsemen and Louis Takanashi XIV’s French side. The game was played in the ring with a beach ball and ended in a 5-5 draw after extra time.

Konosuke Takeshita is the newest addition to the DDT roster. He will be making his debut against the world renowned El Generico.

Tatsumi Fujinami and Yuzuki Aikawa are also expected to compete at the show.

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Hakata, Hiroshima & Takamatsu Cards

July 9, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HAKATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM STREET~”, 14/07/2012
Hakata Star Lanes

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Takao Soma & DJ Nira Vs Rion Mizuki & Michael Nakazawa
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Batten Tamagawa
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Yuto Aijima Vs Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii
5. HARASHIMA Vs Azul Dragon
6. Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKA-SAN~”, 15/07/2012
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira Vs Batten Tamagawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii
4. Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda
5. Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa Vs HARASHIMA & Rey Paroma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN TAKAMATSU ~DRAMATIC DREAM PONDS~”, 16/07/2012
Takamatsu Symbol Tower

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Michael Nakazawa Vs Batten Tamagawa
3. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda Vs DJ Nira & Teppei Ishizaka
4. Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Dandhoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. Yuji Hino Vs Takao Soma
6. Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii

Teppei Ishizaka is a K-DOJO alumni.

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Road To Takamatsu, MIKAMI VS The Dragon, Masa’s Road To Origin

July 5, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN TAKAMATSU ~DRAMATIC DREAM PONDS~”, 16/07/2012
Takamatsu Symbol Tower

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs Batten Tamagawa
2. Yuji Hino Vs Takao Soma
3. Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii

Also competing at this event will be Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino, Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Masa Takanashi, Tetsuya Endo, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, DJ Nira and more.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami

MIKAMI was asked by DDT who he wanted to face in his first match since tearing his rotator cuff at the end of 2011. MIKAMI unexpectedly chose the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami, who is expected to appear at DDT’s Budokan Hall show next month. After some extra negotiations, Fujinami accepted MIKAMI’s request and will compete in the match at DDT’s last show in Korakuen Hall before the big event.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN RYOGOKU”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Road To Origin: Taiji Ishimori Vs Masahiro Takanashi

A special opportunity has opened up for Masa Takanashi as he is set to face Taiji Ishimori in NOAH at Sumo Hall. Masa and Taiji came into wrestling together as classmates in the Ultimo Dragon Gym. While Ishimori went on to be the centrepiece of the failed Toryumon X brand, Masa never debuted and flunked out of the system. Since then their paths led them in very different directions with Takanashi finding his home in DDT while Ishimori eventually navigated his way into NOAH. To mark the occassion, this match has been titled Road To Origin and Masa will wrestle under the name Masahiro Takanashi, which he originally used in the beginning of his career.

Kota Ibushi will also take part in the show, marking his first appearance in NOAH since July 2009.

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Smiling Cafe, King Of DDT, KO-D Tag Title Rematch, Keita No Longer In The House

July 2, 2012

DDT “SMILING HEADQUARTERS WRESTLING”, 05/07/2012
Harajuku Smiling Headquarters

1. HARASHIMA & Shigehiro Irie Vs Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa

To celebrate the opening of the Smiling Headquarters cafe in Harajuku, DDT will hold a match inside the establishment and broadcast it live on their Nico Nico Douga page. The cafe is barely big enough to fit in 30 people and they will be allowed to attend the match for free. In addition to the match, Antonio Honda will also be there to perform some Hulk Hogan Gymnastics for the audience.

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA”, 08/07/2012
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Center

1. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final: Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA
2. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final: KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino
3. DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota
4. Takao Soma, Shoichi Uchida & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. 4 Way Tag Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Tetsuya Endo
6. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa
7. King Of DDT 2012 – Final: Winner of Semi Final 1 Vs Winner of Semi Final 2

Sanshiro Takagi has been forced to miss this show due to high blood pressure caused by nerve compression in his neck. He is expected to just miss this event.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKA-SAN~”, 15/07/2012
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda
2. Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa Vs HARASHIMA & Rey Paroma
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano

The former champions get their rematch. Crying Wolf is going through a rough period that saw Yuji Hino losing both the KO-D Openweight Title and with Yasu Urano the KO-D Tag Team Title. They have been granted a rematch against the Homoiro Clover Z duo of KUDO & Makoto Oishi with the belts on the line.

Speaking of Crying Wolf, they are now down one man with the announcement that Keita Yano is no longer affiliated with DDT. After the cross promoted DDT and WALLABY show took place on Sunday, DDT and Yano had a discussion about their ideas about pro wrestling. Due to the differences in opinion, it was decided that Yano’s contract would be cancelled as of today.

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Beer Garden 2012 – DDT’s Party For The Summer

July 2, 2012

One of the highlights on the DDT calendar is Beer Garden Week. It is a week long series of shows held in Shin-Kiba 1st RING where everyday a different wrestler or group books the show whatever way they want to do. This leads to creative matches and stipulations set up that would never take place in a more normal setting. Highlights from past Beer Garden shows include Kota Ibushi Vs Kenny Omega in a Falls Count Anywhere Best 2 out of 3 Falls match, a Cosplay Royal Rumble, the DDT debut of Mr. #6, a Rock-Paper-Scissors Death Match, a main event tag team match that consisted almost entirely of Lariats and Tsurumi Amon telling a ghost story featuring WCW wrestlers.

Along with the wrestling, the roster also set up stalls to cook and sell food to the fans all day. And of course there is plenty of beer to go around too. With the list of wrestlers below producing shows this year, who knows what ideas they have up their sleeves?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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King Of DDT Begins Tomorrow, New Road To Budokan Matches

June 29, 2012

DDT “KING OF DDT TOKYO”, 30/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

01. King Of DDT – Round 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Masa Takanashi
02. King Of DDT – Round 1: Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki
03. King Of DDT – Round 1: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Sato
04. King Of DDT – Round 1: Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA
05. King Of DDT – Round 1: Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
06. King Of DDT – Round 1: KUDO Vs Antonio Honda
07. King Of DDT – Round 1: Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi
08. King Of DDT – Round 1: Akito Vs Danshoku Dino
09. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs DJ Nira Vs Hoshitango Vs Keita Yano Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Hirshi Fukuda
10. Sanshiro Takagi & Ryuji Yamakawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
11. King Of DDT – Round 2: Winner Of Match #1 Vs Winner Of Match #2
12. King Of DDT – Round 2: Winner Of Match #3 Vs Winner Of Match #4
13. King Of DDT – Round 2: Winner Of Match #5 Vs Winner Of Match #6
14. King Of DDT – Round 2: Winner Of Match #7 Vs Winner Of Match #8

Out of all the opening round matches, Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki is the only one that is taking place for the first time. Every other match has already taken place at least once in DDT.

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA”, 08/07/2012
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Center

1. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final:
2. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final:
3. DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota
4. King Of DDT 2012 – Final:

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HAKATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM STREET~”, 14/07/2012
Hakata Star Lanes

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Batten Tamagawa
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Yuto Aijima Vs Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii
3. HARASHIMA Vs Azul Dragon

Yuto Aijima is a longtime freelancer from Fukuoka. His recent most known match took place in Pro Wrestling NOAH when he challenged Kenta Kobashi for the Global Hardcore Crown Openweight Title in 2009.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKA-SAN~”, 15/07/2012
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda
2. Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa Vs HARASHIMA & Rey Paroma

Rey Paroma comes from Dove Pro Wrestling and claims to have been trained by El Canek.

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