GM Ibushi, Hard Hit Workout, Union X BJW Card

March 16, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takao Soma Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira & Hoshitango
3. Try To Guess The Meaning Of This Card?: HARASHIMA & Guts Ishijima Vs GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
5. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Masa Takanashi

As part of his role as interim General Manager for the night, Kota Ibushi will appear wearing an afro and glasses so he will look like Tsurumi Amon. A lottery will take place for fans with the winner getting a chance to take photos of Ibushi wearing the costume. Other than that, fans in attendance will not be allowed take photos of Ibushi while he is in “GM” mode.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka Vs Taichi Kazato
1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs New Keizo Matsuda & Yoshiya Yamashita
3. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Ken Ohka Vs Kengo Ohka
5. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine

Fans have been encouraged to bring their own roses to add to the 1,000 that will be used in the match. Also due to so many roses being placed into the ring, fans will not be allowed throw streamers into the ring during the introductions.

Hiroshi Fukuda is determined to beat Rion Mizuki with the Perfect Plex so he can impress Rumi Kazama.

Yoshiya Yamashita is from K-DOJO. Taichi Mazato is from nkw and was a part of the New Axe Bombers group that was involved in last year’s dark matches for Union.

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Kenji Takeshima
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. Kosei Kubota Vs Shotaro Nasu
5. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
6. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

A public workout session featuring several of the Hard Hit fighters took place yesterday in Yokohama. Hikaru Sato, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi from Sakaguchi Dojo, Michael Nakazawa and Ryuichi Sekine all took part in the session held in P’s LAB Gym to get ready for their fights.

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu
2. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi X Vs Secret Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Love Sanshiro Takagi
3. Cherry & Great Kojika Vs Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto
4. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Big Rude Vs Jaki Numazawa
5. Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & X Vs Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto

Ken Ohka mentioned Atsushi Ohashi a lot during the press conference for this show but he has not been confirmed as Ohka’s partner for the Hardcore Tag Team match.

Two of the three extra Sanshiro Takagi competing in the Battle Royal have been revealed. Sanshiro Takagi X is Batten Tamagawa, the X stands for Batten’s cross arm pose. Sanshiro Takagi Love is the current BJW Death Match Champion, Abdullah Kobayashi.

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Next Week’s Lineups

March 13, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takao Soma Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira & Hoshitango
3. Try To Guess The Meaning Of This Card?: HARASHIMA & Guts Ishijima Vs GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
5. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Masa Takanashi

Interim GM Kota Ibushi has set up a meeting with the DDT roster to take place at the start of the show.

BJW/DDT “JAKI & ANTON ~ HAKATA NIGHTS”, 20/03/2012
Hakata Star Lanes

A triple shot is set for Hakata Star Lanes on 20th March. Big Japan Wrestling and DDT will both be holding shows throughout the day ending with a joint show put together by Antonio Honda & Jaki Numazawa. So far the list of wrestlers taking part include Numazawa, Honda, Abdullah Kobayashi, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi.

One last thing, I set up a Dramatic DDT Twitter account earlier today but it is currently in limbo due to me now having two active accounts. As soon as the problem is sorted I will post the Twitter link on this site.

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Upcoming DDT Lineups

March 12, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Masa Takanashi

Danshoku Dino’s top two contenders battle it out to see who gets to face him for the KO-D Openweight Title in April.

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2012”, 20/03/2012
Hakata Star Lanes

1. Takashi Dai Debut Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Takashi Dai
2. Rion Mizuki, Azul Dragon & Kubo Kibo Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira
3. Antonio Honda Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Hikaru Sato Vs Batten Tamagawa
5. HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Masa Takanashi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & KUDO

The little stunt pulled by Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma yesterday is not going over well with the DDT General Manager. Takagi & Soma, who have clearly been watching one too many CM Punk videos, are currently rebelling against the establishment so they can make DDT more interesting. In this case, the establishment is Tsurumi Amon and only Tsurumi Amon. After winning the KO-D Tag Team Titles on Sunday, the new champions quickly had their first title defence at a GUTS World event a few hours later. Takagi explains that he wants to promote DDT and defending the KO-D Tag Title in other promotions helps his cause. Amon is pissed off at Takagi for constantly ignoring his decisions and making title matches without his permission. Takagi has also promised to have a KO-D Tag Title match in STYLE-E on 17th March. Amon is already sending the big guns after the champs to get the belts back as soon as possible. Homoiro Clover Z teammates Danshoku Dino and KUDO will team up and face Takagi & Soma in the main event of next week’s show in Hakata Star Lanes.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2012”, 01/04/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Anytime & Anywhere Contract Battle Royal:
2. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega or Shuji Kondo (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie
*Only on the condition that Irie weighs less than 105kg on the day of the match.
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi or Masa Takanashi

Shigehiro Irie has been granted a shot at the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title but only on the condition that he weighs under 105kg on the day of the show. 105kg is the weight limit for Jr. Heavyweight wrestlers in All Japan.

Also appearing on the show is the debut of Tetsuya Endo and Finnish wrestler Nico Valentine, who previously wrestled in Japan for SMASH. DDT will also be hosting a Strategy Presentation for its plans throughout the rest of 2012.

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New Hard Hit Rules

March 12, 2012

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Hikaru Sato has announced a new rule set to be used in Hard Hit going forward. The following changes have been made:

– Hard Hit matches will now have either a 10 or 15 minute time limit.

– Pinfalls are not in use.

– 10 minute fights will use a three point loss system. 15 minute fights will use a 5 point loss system.

– Closed fist strikes to the face, shins and knees are not allowed. However, strikes to the shins and knees will be allowed if the opponent wears padding on the affected area.

– Headbutts are banned.

– When on the ground, fighters are considered to be in a grounded state until they are standing on the soles of both feet.

– When fighting in a grounded state, the only strikes that are allowed to be used are open palm strikes.

– Leaving the ring during the fight, using weapons and attacking the referee are all grounds for immediate disqualifiction.

Everything else will be kept as usual. The last two matches will have a 15 minute time limit, the rest will be 10 minutes. There have been some comments that Sato is using the Hard Hit relaunch to prepare for a possible revival in the shoot-fighting style made famous by UWF and RINGS. Sato’s response is he does not know what is happening and he just wants to appeal to the fans of that style.

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New KO-D Tag Champs Already Defend Belts

March 12, 2012

GUTS WORLD “DEVIL WORLD 2012”, 11/03/2012
Kitasenju Theatre 1010
120 Fans – No Vacancy

KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma (c) defeated Guts Ishijima & Taro Yamada when Soma pinned Yamada with the Boma Ye (10:40).
*V1 for Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma.

The new KO-D Tag Team Champions are causing even more headaches for Tsurumi Amon. Shortly after becoming champions on Sunday, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma travelled from Korakuen Hall to Kitasenju Theatre 1010 where a GUTS World event was taking place. The main event saw Guts Ishijima win the Strongest Devil Alliance A-1 Climax Tournament. However, his celebrations were cut short when Sanshiro Takagi’s entrance music played over the speakers and the KO-D Tag Team Champions walked down to the ring. After some trash talking took place, a KO-D Tag Team Title match was declared and once Ishijima brought down Taro Yamada to be his partner, the match begun right away. After 10 minutes, Soma put away another victim with the Boma Ye and scored the pin to keep the titles.

That wasn’t all that happened. After the show ended, Takagi & Soma were approached by Kazuhiro Tamura & Shota from STYLE-E. Shota asked if he and Masato Shibata could get a shot at the titles on STYLE-E’s 17th March show in West Chofu. Takagi said he would think about it but eventually promised them that it would happen.

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Omega, Nakazawa & Sato Enter AJPW Tag League

March 11, 2012

Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa will be competing in their first tournament together as a tag team when All Japan Pro Wrestling holds the 2012 Junior Tag League next month. Omega & Nakazawa will be one of six teams competing in the round robin and will certainly be targeted by everyone else. Kenny has been constantly rubbing the All Japan roster the wrong way with his cocky behaviour while holding the AJPW Jr. Heayweight Championship. Meanwhile Nakazawa has been acting the nuisance towards Kenny’s challengers, doing what he can to disrupt their momentum in the lead up to fighting Omega.

Hikaru Sato will also be competing in the tournament teaming with All Japan native Hiroshi Yamato. Nakazawa and Sato recently reformed their Do Hentai Dan tag team in DDT but they have gone on separate journeys in All Japan. Who knows what will happen when they inevitably cross paths in the Tag League. The tournament will take place from 1st April to 14th April with the match list revealed once the final teams are announced.

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Two New Matches For Hard Hit

March 9, 2012

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Daisuke Nakamura comes from the U-FILE camp.

Tanomusaku Toba reappears to continue his streak of fighting on every Hard Hit show to date. Hikaru Sato has fought on every show except the first one.

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“JUDGEMENT 2012” And Hart Hit Matches

March 5, 2012

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2012”, 11/03/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Gota Ihashi Return Match: KUDO Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Poison JULIE Sawada Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Tigers Mask Vs Kana Vs Keita Yano
3. A Major Explosion!? Rocket Punch: Masao Inoue Vs DJ Nira
4. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shuji Kondo & Kaz Hayashi
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

DDT confirmed the challengers for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal. Antonio Honda was the one who brought the title back from the clutches of the Osaka Pro wrestlers. Now he will be chased after by the usual crew plus guests like Tigers Mask, Kana and Keita Yano.

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Some information has come in for the next Hard Hit show. The main event of Hikaru Sato versus Ryo Kawamura of Pancrase-ism fame will have a fifteen minute time limit. The other two fights will each have a ten minute time limit. More matches will be announced soon. Keiichiro “KEI” Yamamiya represents the GRABAKA gym located in Nakano while Yukio Sakaguchi comes from the Sakaguchi Dojo in Yokohama.

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But Did You Know, That When It Snows…

March 2, 2012

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki
2. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs New Keizo Matsuda & X
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Ken Ohka Vs Kengo Ohka
5. 1000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine

The main event is exactly what it says. Union will provide a more romantic sounding hardcore match where 1000 roses will be brought to the ring in boxes and other displays. They will even stapled to wooden boards and wrapped around ladders.

I’m surprised to find out that the BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka bout will be the first singles match between Ken Ohka and Kengo (Mashimo) Ohka. Kengo was originally brought into Union as the new and improved version of Ken Ohka. At the press conference for this show, Ken let slip that the BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka concept could involve more than just himself and Kengo. “If there is anyone who identifies himself as Ohka, I will recruit him,” said Ken.

Union are also attempting an experiment for the show. They are asking for anyone with previous amateur wrestling experience to participate in a dark match before the show. I’m not sure if they mean amateur wrestling as in the Olympic sport or if they mean people who took part in the Japanese equivalent of backyard wrestling clubs. Probably the latter since many of the wrestlers DDT and Union have recruited in the past came from college wrestling clubs and tiny indie sleaze feds.

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Pink Kneel Kick Tomorrow, Iron Man Title Situation

March 2, 2012

DDT “PINK KNEEL KICK VOL.1”, 03/03/2012
Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium

1. Takao Soma Vs Shota
2. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Hoshitango
3. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Tanomusaku Toba Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Michael Nakazawa
4. Antonio Honda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yasu Urano
6. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO

Keisuke Ishii has finished the card for what will hopefully be the first in a series of self-produced shows.

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 11”, 04/03/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Shoichi Uchida Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino & Keita Yano Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Tigers Mask (c) Vs Antonio Honda
4. Nakazawa Local Indie Education Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hideki Shiota
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Tigers Mask & DJ Nira
6. Danshoku Dino & KUDO Vs Hikaru Sato & HARASHIMA

An update on the current whereabouts of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship over in Osaka Pro. Miyuji Matsuyama lost the belt to Ebessan on 1st March in a 3 Way match that also involved Miracleman. Ebessan then lost the title to Kanjyuro Matsuyama. I’ll let the Osaka Holiday Paradise site explain what happened:

“After the show, Ebessan suffered what apparently was a stroke near the goods shop. Kanjyuro went over to deliver a heart massage to his fellow Unique Gundan member and managed to become the 888th Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.”

Earlier today, Tigers Mask pinned Kanyuro in the main event 3 Way match also involving Atsushi Kotoge to become the 889th and latest Iron Man champion. If he is still champion on the 4th March, he will defend the belt against Antonio Honda when DDT shows up in Osaka for “DOTONBORI STORY 11”.

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