BIG “G” BANG Title Shot, Olé Yankee, GENTARO’s Family Grudge

April 19, 2012

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka, SAGAT
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
2. Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
5. Hiro Tsumaki Triumph: Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka Vs Isami Kodaka & El Generico
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – ??? Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

As DDT Extreme Champion, Yuko Miyamoto gets to decide what match he and Ken Ohka will have for the belt. He will announce it sometime before the show takes place.

Back at the Big Japan/Union joint show, BIG “G” BANG defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu in a hotly contested match-up. Since then, Sasaki & Shinobu have become the BJW Tag Team Champions. Due to their victory over the new champions, Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie have now been given a title shot that will take place in Union. This match takes place a day before Ishikawa faces Abdullah Kobayashi for the BJW Death Match Title at Big Japan’s biggest show of the year. So Shuji could wind up with two Big Japan titles in two days.

Isami Kodaka is looking forward to teaming with El Generico for the first time. After their battles over the Extreme Title, he now thinks they will have a lot of fun tagging together. However, Isami does not have the same views on Kengo Ohka. He doesn’t exactly hate Kengo, it’s more of a strong dislike of the man. The wild card of the match is Hiro Tsumaki, who has been absent from Union for several months. Turns out he spent his time away from Union by wrestling for Okinawa Pro. Kodaka does not know what Tsumaki has learned during his time in Okinawa or what to expect from his return. Even though the match is titled “Hiro Tsumaki Triumph” Isami also wants the match to be called “Union Next Stage.”

Big Rude abducted GENTARO in an attempt to have him wrestle against the Tsurumi family. During the press conference for the event, Big Rude brought in a blindfolded GENTARO into the room and over to the table before revealing what he wanted from him. GENTARO has a bad history with Goro Tsurumi and his two sons. Their grudge began over an incident involving vegetable oil that took place in Mexico many years ago. GENTARO agreed to help Rude fight the Tsumaki clan and Black Spider Clutch has also been added to their team. GENTARO said he heard a rumour that Clutch once ate a baby. That’s probably not the most reassuring thing to tell someone who will be tagging with the guy.

The Union League Experiment continues with at least Madoka and SAGAT involved in the latest offering. It has not been decided yet if anymore wrestlers will be involved on the night.

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This Weekend’s Cards

April 13, 2012

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2012”, 14/04/2012
Toyama Takaoka Coeur

1. Takao Soma Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Keita Yano Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Insanely Funny Game Series – Round 1: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs DJ Nira & Daisuke Sasaki
4. Sanshiro Takagi & X Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
5. Masa Takanashi, KUDO & Ken Ohka Vs HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Also appearing on this show is Yoshiaki Yago.

DDT “LUSHAN DRAGON RISING SUPREMECY”, 15/04/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Keita Yano Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hikaru Sato & Keisuke Ishii
3. Insanely Funny Game Series – Round 2: Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Ultraman Robin, Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Mr. #6 & Antonio Honda
5. Masa Takanashi Vs Akito
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma (c) Vs Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino

The Insanely Funny Game Series taking place in Toyama and Nagoya will add some extra stipulations to make the match more interesting, for better or worse.

UNION “SPRING UNION DRAGONS!”, 15/04/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Mio Shirai & Taichi Kazato
2. El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Hida Kubota & Yasu Kubota
3. Cherry & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Cao Zhang & Princess Makoto
4. Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Konaka = Pehlwan
5. Iron Man Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka

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Masa Takanashi Wrestles Emi Sakura In Thailand – Update

April 10, 2012

BKK PRO, 10/04/2012
Hua-Hin, Bangkok, Thailand

Sea Death Match: Masa Takanashi (c) defeated Emi Sakura (8:18).

Unexpected news came out today involving Masa Takanashi and the KO-D Openweight Championship. His longtime friend Emi Sakura has launched a new wrestling promotion in the country called Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling. During her time in Thailand, Sakura has invited Takanashi over for a wrestling match three times with Sakura winning all three matches. Over the last 24 hours, Masa Takanashi travelled over to Bangkok again, this time with the KO-D Title over his shoulder. He and Emi Sakura met in the Hua-Hin beach resort today and had an impromptu KO-D Title match. Masa won the match but DDT has not said anything about whether or not they recognise it as his first defence of the belt. Takanashi and Sakura will have another match tomorrow and it will “still relate to water” in regards to what the stipulation will be. BKK Pro will release footage of the match tonight (Thailand time) on their Twitter page, which can be found here. I’ll also update when I can on this site’s Twitter page, which can be found here.

*Update* – BKK Pro has announced there was a misunderstanding and the KO-D Championship was not on the line. Also, due to the tsunami warnings in Thailand today the rematch may not take place. Masa will be returning to Japan tomorrow.

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Spring Union And Golden Union Cards

April 9, 2012

UNION “SPRING UNION DRAGONS!”, 15/04/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Cherry & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Cao Zhang & Princess Makoto
2. El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Hida Kubota & Yasu Kubota
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Mio Shirai & Taichi Kazato
4. Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Konaka = Pehlwan
5. Iron Man Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
2. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

On his 35th birthday, Ken Ohka became the No. 1 Contender for the DDT Extreme Championship. The eternal underdog is now getting the rest of Union cheering him on when he goes up against Yuko Miyamoto. But all of Ohka’s momentum and enthusiasm might be dashed once Miyamoto announces what sort of match they will have for the DDT Extreme Title.

Cherry’s age is at risk of being revealed yet again. Mio Shirai is determined to have Cherry reveal her secret and has challenged her to a match over it. Cherry accepted but turned the tables by daring Mio to go out without makeup should she lose. This will be a match where the greatest stakes are on the line. Neither will want to lose.

Hiroshi Fukuda’s relationship problems continue to get worse. Not only did Rumi Kazama ditch him for Rion Mizuki, now Hiroshi has to face both of them in a Handicap match. Will his feelings for Rumi get in the way or will he be able to move on with his life and defeat Rion Mizuki.

Also taking part in this show are Hiro Tsumaki, El Generico and American wrestler Barking Spider Clutch (or Kurokumo Clutch as some Japanese sites call him).

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Matches For Yokohama & Oyama, Max Bump

April 9, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN YOKOHAMA ~D.D. HIGH SCHOOL DELINQUINTS~”, 22/04/2012
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Keita Yano Vs DJ Nira
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Akito
4. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kana & Mio Shirai
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
6. Masa Takanashi, HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino & Antonio Honda

Makoto Oishi has said he will cash in his Ken Ohka Anytime, Anywhere contract on this show, so he may wind up looking a little bit different in his match.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN OYAMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOCHIOTOME~”, 29/04/2012
Oyama City Culture Center

1. 3 Way: Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Shigehiro Irie Vs DJ Nira
3. Keisuke Ishii Vs Akito
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Michael Nakazawa
5. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & KUDO
6. Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda

It would be a shame if footage of this show never sees the light of day. Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda in the main event could become a great underrated match. Let’s hope the DDT NicoVideo channel uploads it.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hikaru Sato Vs DJ Nira
2. Kota Ibushi Return Match: Kota Ibushi Vs El Generico
3. 3 Way KO-D Challenger Playoff Match: Yasu Urano Vs HARASHIMA Vs KUDO
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Yuji Hino

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Takashi Dai Out Of Action, Tomorrow’s Line-Up

April 7, 2012

Sad news about Takashi Dai, a rookie who recently debuted for DDT in March. Dai was diagnosed with a cervical fracture and a spinal cord injury. He will be out of action for the long term. However, Dai was told it is possible to rehabilitate from the injury and he strongly intends to recover and return to the ring. DDT appreciates any and all support for Dai as he goes through the recovery process.

DDT “NON-FIX 4.8 SPECIAL”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi Vs Shota
1. DJ Nira Vs Antonio Honda
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Kana (c) Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Hoshitango Vs Keita Yano

UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY 2012”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Union League Experiment: Sanshiro Takagi & Macho Michaels Vs Madoka & SAGAT
1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama)
2. If Cherry Loses, Her Age Becomes Public – Continued: Cherry Vs GAMI
3. El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. Vs New Sanshiro Takagi & Taichi Kazato
4. Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Choun-Shiryu & Princess Makoto
5. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Survival Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka Vs Big Rude Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Cao Zhang

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Road To Budokan, Triple Tails Vs Do Hentai Dan, Village Pro Wrestling

April 5, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN YOKOHAMA ~D.D. HIGH SCHOOL DELINQUINTS~”, 22/04/2012
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Akito
2. Kana & Mio Shirai Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa

DDT’s promise to produce more shows throughout Japan will come to fruition with the Road To Budokan tour starting in April. So far there are six shows that are part of the tour.

The Triple Tails.S team of Kana & Mio Shirai have a nasty surprise ahead of them in Yokohama. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa, aka Do Hentai Dan will be waiting for them. Last time Nakazawa was in the ring with Kana he tried all he could to get his hands on her. Last time he was in the ring with Mio Shirai, she and her sister stripped him naked. So yeah, this match could get perverted real quickly.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN OYAMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOCHIOTOME~”, 29/04/2012
Oyama City Culture Center

1. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & KUDO
2. Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN NIIGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOCHIO NO ABURAAGE~”, 03/05/2012
Niigata City Gymnasium

1. Yasu Urano Vs DJ Nira
2. Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda

DDT “MAX BUMP 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kota Ibushi Return Match: Kota Ibushi Vs El Generico
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Yuji Hino

Masa Takanashi has a very difficult challenge ahead of him for his first defence of the KO-D Openweight Title. Yuji Hino has been unstoppable in his DDT run as part of the Crying Wolf stable. With a KO-D Tag Team Title run already under his belt, he is now looking to add the KO-D Championship to his list of accomplishments.

DDT “VILLAGE PRO WRESTLING ~BACK IN TIME TO EDO!~”, 26/05/2012
Noboribetsu Date Open Air Theater

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Tomoya Vs Michael Nakazawa

Noboribetsu Date is a village in Hokkaido that features a lot of samurai and ninja themed tourist spots. Even though the match will begin inside the local theatre, it will certainly break out to other parts of the village. Maybe it will wind up inside the cat templt, the ninja maze or the ghost house.

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Hulk Hogan Gymnastics, Yago & Robin Return

April 4, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 4.8 SPECIAL”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi Vs Shota
1. DJ Nira Vs Antonio Honda
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Kana (c) Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Hoshitango Vs Keita Yano

Antonio Honda will be holding a special warm up session during the show. All I know is it goes by the name “Hulk Hogan Gymnastics“.

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2012”, 14/04/2012
Toyama Takaoka Coeur

1. Takao Soma Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Keita Yano Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs DJ Nira & Daisuke Sasaki
4. Sanshiro Takagi & X Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
5. Masa Takanashi, KUDO & Ken Ohka Vs HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Since this show takes place in his hometown, Yoshiaki Yago will have his first match in DDT since last year’s Sumo Hall show.

DDT “LUSHAN DRAGON RISING SUPREMECY”, 15/04/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Keita Yano Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hikaru Sato & Keisuke Ishii
3. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Ultraman Robin, Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Mr. #6 & Antonio Honda
5. Masa Takanashi Vs Akito
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma (c) Vs Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino

Whenever Ultraman Robin appears, his alien enemies are never that far behind…

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DJ Anytime!, Union League Experiment

April 3, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 4.8 SPECIAL”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi Vs Shota
1. DJ Nira Vs Antonio Honda

Tsurumi Amon will give some sort of response to the big announcements from last Sunday’s show. They will most likely be his predictions on what route DDT will take towards the 15th Anniversary show in Budokan Hall this August.

DJ Nira now has the sole Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contract to cash in at any DDT produced show from now until the Budokan Hall show. After winning the KO-D Championship on Sunday, Masa Takanashi is the only wrestler to successfully cash in the contract since its inception.

UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY 2012”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Union League Experiment: Sanshiro Takagi & Macho Michaels Vs Madoka & SAGAT
1. If Cherry Loses, Her Age Becomes Public – Continued: Cherry Vs GAMI
2. Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Choun-Shiryu & Princess Makoto
3. El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. Vs New Sanshiro Takagi & Taichi Kazato
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama)
5. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Survival Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka Vs Big Rude Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Cao Zhang

Some new micro indie wrestlers are taking part in Union’s dark match experiment. Macho Michaels is a freelancer while SAGAT is from a indie league called RAW.

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DDT Launches Official Nico Video Channel

April 2, 2012

http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/ddtpro

DDT has officially launched their online video channel on Nico Nico Douga. For now the schedule is as follows:

– Starting from today, DDT Nico Live will stream once every two weeks. The show will feature different DDT wrestlers every episode taking part in interviews and other discussions. Today’s debut episode featured Tsurumi Amon and Danshoku Dino.

– DDT Wrestling Hour consists of footage recorded from their latest events. It will air every other Thursday beginning on April 12th.

– Classic DDT matches will be uploaded every Tuesday.

I’m not sure if the live broadcasts will be archived. The debut of DDT Nico Live was shown at 10pm in Japan but that might not be the established timeslot for every episode.

To celebrate their launch, DDT has uploaded several matches from the last couple of years onto their Nico homepage.

10/08/2008
DDT Extreme Title – Street Fight Falls Count Anywhere Death Match: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Kenny Omega [“BEER GARDEN PRO-WRESTLING”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332667896

10/08/2008
Ghost Story New Numabukuro Death Match: Muscle Sakai Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Tanomusaku Toba [“BEER GARDEN PRO-WRESTLING”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332746627

28/09/2008
KO-D Openweight Title & DDT Extreme Title – Steel Cage Death Match: Dick Togo (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi (c) [“WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2008”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332714581

04/05/2009
KO-D Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO [“MAX BUMP 2009”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332739962

25/10/2009
KO-D Openweight Title & Iron Man Heavy Metal Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs YOSHIHIKO (c) [“WELCOME TO NEVER LAND 2009”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332780078

25/10/2009
KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Yasu Urano (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Ultraman Robin [“WELCOME TO NEVER LAND 2009”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332743491

24/07/2011
“RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011” Opening Ceremony
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1333307453

26/09/2011
4 Way Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Isami Kodaka & Ken Ohka [“CAMPING-GROUND PRO-WRESTLING OM”]
Part 1: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332821310
Part 2: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1332793853

23/10/2011
Handicap Lumberjack Death Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi [“DDT SPECIAL 2011”]
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1333312491

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