Three Total Worlds, New Year’s Eve, Whose Anniversary Is It Anyway?

June 28, 2012

A press conference was held in Dropkick Bar today to announce a list of different shows taking place in Hakata Star Lanes on 16th December. Sanshiro Takagi was in attendence representing DDT along with Big Japan owner Eiji Tosaka and TAKA Michinoku of K-DOJO. Together they announced that on that day, Big Japan will host a show in the morning, DDT will hold a show in the afternoon and K-DOJO will put on a show in the evening. The series of shows will be held under the title of “Three Total Worlds”.

TAKA then invited K-DOJO wrestler Shiori Asahi into the room. TAKA said that this year will be Asahi’s 10th year in the wrestling business and that he should choose where the ring should be set up inside Hakata Star Lanes. Asahi suggested that they should set up two wrestling rings side by side. He believed that all three promotions are creative enough to come up with good ideas for matches involving two rings. TAKA then pointed out that this year will also be K-DOJO’s 10th Anniversary, which will make this show be even more special.

The talk soon turned to the annual New Year’s Eve show in Korakuen Hall. However, Takagi didn’t seem so eager to participate in this year’s event. He said that they have been doing the show for seven years straight and he has not been able to celebrate the holiday with his family ever since. Tosaka on the other hand said he is looking forward to doing it again. He also said it will be in time for either the 17th or 18th Anniversary of Big Japan. He couldn’t remember which one it was. It was also pointed out that this year is the 40th Anniversary of both New Japan and All Japan. Takagi then remembered that Korakuen Hall celebrated its 50th Anniversary this year too. And just when you think that was all there was to celebrate, Tosaka calculated that if you combine all of the participating promotions’ anniversaries, it adds up to 100 years. So it was decided that the New Year’s Eve show will be held to celebrate the combined 100 year Anniversary of Korakuen Hall and all of the participating promotions. If the double ring idea works in Hakata, they might repeat the concept in Korakuen.

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New BJW x Union Matches, Omega Sound Test

June 28, 2012

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

1. Jaki Numazawa & X Vs Big Rude & X
2. Great Kojika & X Vs Cherry & X
3. Special Singles Match: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
5. Loser Raises Glass To The Winner – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
6. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Always eager to make a show of himself, Ken Ohka confronted Naomi Susan and Eiji Tosaka during the announcement of the new matches to send a message to Ryuji Ito. Ohka took out a pair of scissors and placed them up to the fringe of his hair. He said he was doing this as a display of determination. Ohka told Tosaka he will bet anything in his Hardcore match with Ito. Susan stepped in and proposed that the loser of the match will have to raise a glass of champagne to the winner.

Are you ready to be taken for a ride? Kenny Omega will soon be getting brand new entrance music to replace his popular remix of the “Dr. Wily” theme from Mega Man 2. But fans of his current theme have nothing to worry about as his new song comes straight from Capcom themselves. The song will be produced by ROCK-MEN, a collaborative effort made up of different members from Capcom’s sound team. Last year they released a full album of songs based on tracks several different Mega Man games called “We Are ROCK-MEN!”. The currently untitled song will be used for the first time at the 30/6 DDT show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

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Complete Card For “KING OF DDT TOKYO”

June 25, 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

There is the line-up. At the moment I am not sure if the Semi-Finals will consist of Winner A facing Winner B and Winner C facing Winner D.

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Ryuji Yamakawa Journeys Over To DDT, Union & Big Japan Collide

June 22, 2012

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

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) Vs DJ Nira Vs Hoshitango Vs Keita Yano Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Hirshi Fukuda
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Ryuji Yamakawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi

Ryuji Yamakawa, one of the cornerstones of Big Japan Wrestling will soon be hanging up his boots when he retires in July. To commemorate the occasion, Sanshiro Takagi has invited him over to DDT so they could team together for the first and only time in their careers. The two have previously only had one match together and that was back in 1995. That was during Takagi’s first year in the business. Yamkawa was also fresh in the business at that time.

The 1st and 2nd Rounds of the KING OF DDT tournament will also be taking place at this show.

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. King Of DDT 2012 – Final:

Also competing on the show will be the rest of the tournament competitors along with Shoichi Uchida, Hideki Shiota and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan.

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

1. Special Singles Match: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
3. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

There will be plenty of wrestlers from both Union and Big Japan appearing on the show.

Union: Isami Kodaka, Big Rude, Cherry, Hiroshi Fukuda, Hiro Tsumaki, Taichi Kazato, Kengo Ohka and Sanshiro Takagi.

Big Japan: Abdullah Kobayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, Jaki Numazawa, Shinya Ishikawa, Yuji Okabayashi, Kazuki Hashimoto, Masashi Otani and Hideyoshi Kamitani.

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DDT Cleans Up The Town

June 19, 2012

Many DDT wrestlers went to the streets of Kabukicho in Shinjuku yesterday to participate in some local cleaning activities. Sanshiro Takagi and company joined up with a volunteer group called Green Bird to pick up trash around the city for an hour. Takagi was joined by Ken Ohka, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gota Ihashi, Shigehiro Irie, Takao Soma, Hiroshi Fukuda, Akito, Tetsuya Endo and referee Daisuke Kiso, all in their wrestling gear to help attract attention from passers-by and to take photos with them. The DDT wrestlers also took the time to promote the 15th Anniversary Show in Budokan Hall on 18th August.

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Full “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012” Card, Miyamoto Vs Ishikawa

June 18, 2012

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) Vs Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Hoshitango Vs Akito Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & X (w/ Katsuji Nagashima)
4. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

A change to the card sees KUDO & Makoto Oishi already getting their first challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki get their title shot thanks to Sasaki pinning Oishi a day before the title change.

A lottery to determine the brackets for the KING OF DDT tournament will take place after the show.

UNION “TANABATA, WISHES CAN COME TRUE EVEN AFTER 11 DAYS!”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

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Takanashi Triumph, Fujimoto Added, Cherry’s Goal

June 14, 2012

DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN”, 15/06/2012
Edogawa Eastern Friend Hall

1. Emi Sakura Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Hoshitango & Tetsuya Endo
3. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi
4. Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
6. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga

This is Masa Takanashi’s night. There will even be a special limited edition portrait of Masa available for fans to purchase on the night. Don’t worry, it didn’t come from Mexico.

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) DJ Nira Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
5. HARASHIMA Vs Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi

Tsukasa Fujimoto has been added to the show at the last minute to defend her Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title in a Battle Royal against DJ Nira, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Masa Takanashi. However, if Fujimoto happens to lose the title before then the match will simply be a regular Fatal 4 Way.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall

0. Dark Match: 14K Vs Shota
1. Big Rude Vs Taichi Kazato
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Keizo Matsuda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama)
3. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto)
4. Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. Vs Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma
5. Cherry Vs Yuko Miyamoto
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

Cherry has come out and said that her goal for 2012 is to win the Joshi Puroresu Grand Prix award from Tokyo Sports at their annual awards ceremony. At 38 years old, that would make her the oldest winner of the award. Given the recent revelation, Cherry is now proud of that idea and hopes it will encourage other people from her generation to achieve their dreams.

14K comes from the Mobius promotion and has been added to the card thanks to a recommendation by Masao Orihara.

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Iron Man Goes Bananas

June 13, 2012

Another day, another Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title change. Continuing the current path around the joshi circuit, the belt will now be travelling towards Ice Ribbon as their current ace Tsukasa Fujimoto won the belt from Hiroyo Matsumoto at the end of today’s show. The title change happened when Matsumoto slipped on a banana peel and Fujimoto capitalised on her moment of weakness. Matsumoto became champion a few days ago when she defeated Mio Shirai over in Oz Academy. If DDT wants the title back (and judging from previous incidents the answer to that is maybe) this could be their best chance now the belt is in Ice Ribbon since wrestlers like Masa Takanashi compete there on a regular basis. Or they could just wait for the champion to defend the belt in Korakuen Hall on 24th June. Whichever comes first. No word on whether or not the banana will join the title chase.

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daishi
2. 3 Way Match: DJ Nira Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
5. HARASHIMA Vs Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi

Mitsuhiro Yoshida has been forced to pull out of the show due to suffering a dislocated shoulder. He has been replaced by Daishi, who competes in Yoshida’s Gojappe Pro Wrestling.

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Heavymetal Purple Thunder, Pegasus Meteor Fist

June 8, 2012

Pro Wrestling WAVE was once again the location of an Iron Man Heaveymetalweight Title change. Mio Shirai defeated Ayumi Kurihara with a surprise roll up at today’s show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING to win the belt. With an active freelance career, Mio’s title reign could possibly bring the title to promotions such as Union, Wrestling New Classic, Oz Academy and Osaka Pro. Plus she is currently the person expected to defend the title in a Battle Royal for DDT on 24th June.

DDT “PEGASUS METEOR FIST”, 10/06/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Mr. #6 Vs Hikaru Sato, DJ Nira & Gota Ihashi
3. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Kenny Omega Vs Akito
6. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi

The upcoming challengers for both the KO-D Openweight and KO-D Tag Team Titles face the champions in the main event. Yuji Hino currently holds both belts and will have the entire trio of Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi chasing after him.

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DDG, Another Homoiro Title Shot, nWJ’s Backer

June 4, 2012

DDT/DRAGON GATE “DDG COMES BACK”, 05/06/2012
Higashinari Citizens Center

0. Special Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa (Special Guest Referee: Gorgeous Matsuno)
1. Danshoku Rumble: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Don Fujii Vs Ryo “Jimmy” Saito Vs Rich Swann
2. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akira Tozawa, Cyber Kong & Kzy
3. Masa Takanashi & Ken Ohka Vs Super Shisa & Shisa Boy
4. Kota Ibushi Vs BxB Hulk
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Masaaki Mochizuki & Kotoka
6. Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shingo Takagi & YAMATO

The time limit for the dark match has not been set. It will go from whenever they start the match up until around 10 minutes before the show itself begins properly.

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida
2. 3 Way Match: DJ Nira Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
5. HARASHIMA Vs Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi

This will be the sixth time a Homoiro Clover Z team challenges for the KO-D Tag Team Title ever since Danshoku Dino & Kota Ibushi vacated the belts back in September 2011.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Ayumi Kurihara (c) Vs X
2. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & X Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & X (w/ Katsuji Nagashima)
3. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

The feud between the GM Army led by Tsurumi Amon against New World Japan has seen Sanshiro Takagi bring in a powerful figure to help him out. Katsuji Nagashima, formerly an executive of New Japan and World Japan, is now a backer for the nWJ and his influence will be seen when the mysterious fourth wrestler of the nWJ team will be revealed. That’s not to say Tsurumi Amon has something up his sleeve with his own mystery wrestler also set to compete.

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