Sanshiro Teams With CIMA & TAKA In Dragon Gate

March 1, 2012

DRAGON GATE “TRUTH GATE”, 3/1/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,850 Fans

CIMA, TAKA Michinoku & Sanshiro Takagi defeated Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong when CIMA pinned Kong with a Dos Caras Clutch (20:08).

Today’s appearance in Dragon Gate turned out to be a successful one for Sanshiro Takagi. The DDT president teamed up with K-DOJO president TAKA Michinoku and Dragon Gate’s Open The Dream Gate ace CIMA to face the newly renamed MAD BLANKEY unit of Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong. Despite the victory, CIMA’s grudge with the former Blood Warriors is far from over. Takagi told CIMA after the match that he can come back to Dragon Gate anytime CIMA needs his help.

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White Day Gifts, Gota Ihashi Returns

February 24, 2012

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

1. Gota Ihashi Thickness Return Match: KUDO Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Champion Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Poison JULIE Sawada Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Tigers Mask Vs Kana
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

To celebrate the Japanese tradition of White Day, where men give gifts to women one month after St. Valentine’s Day, DDT will be holding a contest for its more handsome members of the roster. At the end of the show, all of the female fans leaving Korakuen Hall will receive candy made by the wrestlers themselves in return for their ticket stubs. A prize will be given to the wrestler who collects the most ticket stubs at the end of the contest.

Gota Ihashi makes his long delayed return to wrestling to face KUDO in the opening match. If the name sounds familiar, it is because Gota Ihashi origianlly began as a low card parody of Kota Ibushi. He is a chubby wrestler with only a couple years of experience but he is able to duplicate Ibushi’s Low Kick, Standing Moonsault combo. Ihashi suffered ligament damage to both of his knees in March 2010 and has been out of action ever since. However, he stayed under contract with DDT and became a chef for one of their restaurants. He is now finally cleared to enter the ring once again.

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

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. Hikaru Sato Vs Batten Tamagawa
3. HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano

Also appearing on the show are Danshoku Dino, Sanshiro Takagi, KUDO, Makoto Oishi, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, DJ Nira, Rion Mizuki, Azul Dragon and Kubo Kibo from KAGEKI Pro.

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More New Beijing Drama, Dotonbori Story Card

February 23, 2012

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Heaven Six Wheel Challenge:

Remember when I mentioned how New Beijing fans were worried that the recent takeover of the promotion would lead to a TKG48 style group being formed? Well, it happened. The mysterious Emperor Liang, former owner of New Beijing has created the Ryozanpaku48 to combat the new owners Bushoroad, headed by Chiang Wei. Eleven members of the Ryozanpaku48 will compete in New Beijing’s tour of Japan. They are Liang Huang, Yasuo Atsushi, Statue Of David, First Emperor, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xiang Jie, Jie Mai Nakazawa, Humpback Jie, Jet Bar & Witch Choi Lee. A little bit of investigation reveals that Xiahou Dun & Xiahou Yuan are a very skillful tag team with dazzling abilities that are like a “blooming cactus flower” (hint, hint).

The Japan tour next week could not have come at a more hazardous time for New Beijing as the two sides will use Shin-Kiba 1st RING as their battleground for the Heaven Six Wheel Challenge. Chiang Wei has created a Fighting Man Cram School theme for his roster and has more plans for the future. But the appearance of the Ryozanpaku 48 to challenge his control of the company could see Wei’s ownership become short lived.

Still no word on the whereabouts of Princess Makoto. Maybe she was kidnapped after all. Possibly by a scheming, green-liquid spitting devil of some sort.

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: Champion 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

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Dino Vs Sato, New Beijing Tour Roster

February 21, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 2.24”, 24/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Keita Yano Vs Rion Mizuki
2. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. HARASHIMA Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Hoshitango & DJ Nira
5. Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino & Antonio Honda Vs KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa

Hikaru Sato is next in line for a shot at Danshoku Dino and his KO-D Openweight Championship. Their first skirmish will be in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring when DDT holds their latest NON-FIX event. While Sato & Michael Nakazawa haven’t been so successful with their re-established tag team, the upcoming title shot and push up the card should be more than enough motivation to improve their talent and teamwork.

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Heaven Six Wheel Challenge:

The roster for the New Beijing show in Japan has been announced on DDT’s website. Regular DDT and Union guests Choun-Shiryu and Cao Zhang are among the competitors. The fighters involved who have previously participated in New Beijing’s tours of Japan or DDT itself include Tairo, Yasuura No, Earl Dino, Son Goku and Giant Boshoku. Joining them are three new additions to the roster who will all be stepping foot in Japan for the first time. The three newcomers are Hiroshi Fukuoka, “Raw Miharu” Murata Kanazawa and Xiang Mon Ying. Fukuoka is known as the class clown of the group. Kanazawa is a renowned intellectual who studies ancient Rome and is fluent in Italian. Ying is the only female of the group. She boasts about her good looks and was a finalist in the Miss Xian Princess 2011 contest. She is also a shaolin master with a successful pro wrestling career in China. So don’t underestimate her.

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

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Champion Vs Antonio Honda
2. Nakazawa Local Indie Education Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hideki Shiota
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Tigers Mask & DJ Nira
4. Danshoku Dino & KUDO Vs Hikaru Sato & HARASHIMA

DDT is finally making an attempt to repossess the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title by having the champion defending the belt when DDT returns to Osaka. Miyuki Matsuyama is the current champion but she rarely appears in public. When she does, it is to take part in Osaka Pro Wrestling shows. Until DDT comes to town they will be hoping that the Osaka Pro roster will lure out the ghostly champion and grab the belt off of her somehow.

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

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Champion Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Poison JULIE Sawada Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Tigers Mask Vs Kana
2. A Major Explosion!? Rocket Punch: Masao Inoue Vs DJ Nira
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Sanshiro Takagi’s Anti-Establishment unit is gaining momentum and also proving to be very beneficial for Takao Soma. The former Shit Heart ♥ Foundation leader has earned several wins lateley ever since he adopted the Boma Ye knee strike as his finisher. Takagi & Soma now have a KO-D Tag Team Title shot but that means taking on the Crying Wolf faction and their dominant team of Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino.

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New Beijing Situation, Nakazawa Educates

February 18, 2012

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Heaven Six Wheel Challenge:

I have some updates concerning New Beijing Pro Wrestling over its recent takeover. For many years, the promotion was ruled over by Zhuge Liang until his transferred his power to a company named Bushoroad. The company is headed by a 24 year old man name Chiang Wei. As already mentioned, Bushoroad create bootleg high quality playing cards that do not break copyright laws in any way whatsoever. Chiang turned Bushoroad into the success story it is today with some state-of-the-art ideas and a fresh approach to thinking.

As the new president of New Beijing, his first idea is to re-train his roster under a new system. Previously, New Beijing’s fighters were trained like demon soldiers in an army heading to war. Chiang wants the training system to be more like a boarding school where his fighters have to enroll and cram until they are ready to compete for the new ownership.

Chiang’s plans have received criticism among the Chinese wrestling community. There are fears that his attitude and ideas will lead to a situation where the Chinese knockoff equivalent of the TKG48 comes to fruition and takes over the company. There is also concern that the lovely Princess Makoto could be kidnapped in the midst of the potential chaos brought on by the changes. Rumours of Princess Makoto jumping ship to a rival promotion called AX have turned out to be false (and created by myself).

This all leads to New Beijing’s planned trip to Japan. It is still on schedule for the end of the month. While they are keeping quiet on what they have planned, DDT have reported on their webite that there is a sense of emergency in New Beijing and Chiang is bringing together his best “students” to prepare for a battle that legend says takes place once every four years, the Heaven Six Wheel Challenge.

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

1. Nakazawa Education Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hideki Shiota
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Tigers Mask & DJ Nira

Michael Nakazawa is acting like a big shot for his return to Osaka. He is putting on a match against local indie wrestler Hideki Shiota and treating it as if he was a top star giving valuable lessons to a rookie.

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Amon’s School Squad, Masa’s Judo Powerhouse

February 16, 2012

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2012”, 19/02/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sexxxy Eddy & Keita Yano Vs Shigehiro Irie & DJ Nira
2. Masa Takanashi, Tsukasa Fujimoto & Yuiga Vs Akito, Hiroshi Fukuda & Hikari Minami
3. Aim! Best Tag Team Wrestling Grand Prix: Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
4. School System Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Shiro Koshinaka & Masashi Aoyagi Vs Hiro Saito, Tomo Matsunaga, Kay Ishii & Hoshi Tanki
5. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & KUDO Vs El Generico & HARASHIMA
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & Masao Inoue
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Antonio Honda

Tsurumi Amon held a broadcast over Ustream yesterday to announce the members for his team set to face Sanshiro Takagi’s Anti-Establishment unit on 19th February. DDT already revealed veteran wrestler Hiro Saito as part of the team along with Tomo(mitsu) Matsunaga. Now Amon has added Kay (Keisuke) Ishii and Hoshi(tango) Tanki to round out the squad.

The broadcast also included an appearance by Masa Takanashi. Amon told him that he, Tsukasa Fujimoto and a third partner will face Homoiro Clover Z in a 6-Man Tag Team match at the show. Amon told Masa to find himself a third partner or else he and Fujimoto would be forced to wrestle in a 3-On-2 Handicap match. Masa pleaded for anybody watching the broadcast to call his phone and join his team. Eventually he got a phone call from joshi wrestler Yuiga, who accepted his call for help. Afterwards, Masa told Amon that Yuiga is a “Judo Powerhouse” and she will target Homoiro’s main judoka Hiroshi Fukuda during the match.

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MIKAMI Goes Under Surgery

February 14, 2012

DDT announced that MIKAMI has had successful surgery done on his right shoulder today. He will now begin rehabilitation with the goal of returning to action in time for the 15th Anniversary show in Budokan Hall.

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Tomorrow’s Union Card

February 11, 2012

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
2. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota Vs Sanshiro Takagi
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Sanshiro Takagi (original) has been added to the Battle Royal.

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

It’s been often joked that Cherry’s real age is one of the best kept secrets in wrestling. If Mio Shirai defeats her, will the Union fans be prepared for the truth?

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New Beijing Sold, Cherry’s Announcement, KUDO Ill, BLT Match

February 9, 2012

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Breaking news coming straight in from China. New Beijing Pro Wrestling, a federation with links to DDT that has been running for thousands and thousands of years is now under new ownership. The company was bought out by an up-and-coming bootleg playing card company with grand aspirations to make New Beijing the number one wrestling promotion on the planet. Their planned return to Japan this month will still go ahead with the “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012” beginning and ending in Shin-Kiba 1st RING on the 26th.

With new ownership comes a new structure for the company. New Beijing will now encourage their vast roster of fighters to follow three simple values: Friendship, Effort and Victory. The new owners and staff are now looking forward to visiting Japan for the upcoming tour.

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Cherry
3. Mio Shirai Vs Sexxxy Eddy
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
5. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto
6. Special Singles Match: Ken Ohka Vs El Generico

In an odd choice, Ken Ohka Vs El Generico is the announced main event. Ohka convinced Naomi Susan to put him in the main event because the new Union T-shirt for him and Mio Shirai are selling like hot cakes.

Cherry will have an important announcement on this show about her future in pro wrestling. She says it is something very serious that she has been considering for a while and even tried to go through with several times in the past.

DDT “TRULY ULTRA SUPER BAZOOKA!”, 11/02/2012
Nagoya Arsenal Hall

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Kengo Takai & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 Vs Masa Takanashi & Shota
4. Kenny Omega, El Generico & Sexxxy Eddy Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

KUDO is currently suffering from tonsillitis and will not be able to appear at the show. Hiroshi Fukuda will take his place in the 6-Man Tag Team match. KUDO is still scheduled to compete at Korakuen Hall later this month.

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota
2. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Isami Kodaka has decided to make his DDT Extreme Title bout against Sexxxy Eddy a BLT Match. The “B” stands for Buckets (trash cans), the “L” for Ladders and the “T” for Tonkachi, the giant hammer.

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2012”, 19/02/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aim! Best Tag Team Wrestling Grand Prix: Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
2. School System Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Shiro Koshinaka & Masashi Aoyagi Vs Hiro Saito, Tomo Matsunaga, X & X
3. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & KUDO Vs El Generico & HARASHIMA
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & Masao Inoue
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Antonio Honda

Akito, Hiroshi Fukuda and Sexxxy Eddy will compete on the card, as will Ice Ribbon wrestlers Tsukasa Fujimoto and Hikaru Minami.

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Sanshiro Shows Up In Dragon Gate

February 9, 2012

Sanshiro Takagi made a very unexpected appearance for Dragon Gate in Korakuen Hall today just as the dust was settling from a game changing main event. Right after the evil Blood Warriors unit defeated JUNCTION THREE in a Losers Must Disband battle, CIMA stepped up to his former stable and introduced two friends that have come to help him fight his enemies. They were Sanshiro Takagi and TAKA Michinoku. Takagi will compete with CIMA & TAKA to face Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong when Dragon Gate returns to Korakuen on 1st March. This marks the first DDT participation in Dragon Gate since the two cross-promoted “DRAMATIC DREAM GATE” shows back in 2007 and 2008.

Hopefully more information will come to light soon.

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