Sapporo Cards, Omori Title Returns, Union Matches, Nakazawa USA Bound

October 7, 2011

DDT “PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Poison JULIE Sawada & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Hiroki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Chiharu
3. Hikaru Sato Vs Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomoya Adachi & Takao Soma
5. KUDO & MIKAMI Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa
6. KO-D Tag Team Title Decision Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

The opening match has both teams switch wrestlers thanks to Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano becoming an official tag team earlier this week.

DDT “WORLD PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Sasaki & Gabbana & Toucans & Chocho Lina Vs Quiet Storm & Ryuichi Sekine
2. Raleigh Mondo Vs Hiro Tonai
3. Motley Crue S & Ricky Fuji Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi
4. TOP of MAGMA No. 1 Special Single Match: Great Dear Vs Danshoku Dino
5. Pull Down Cover Death Match: MASADA Vs Antonio Honda
6. Special 6 Man Tag: Tommy End, Ryuji Ito & HARASHIMA Vs Dante, Jun Kasai & Kengo Mashimo

Sapporo Teisen Hall will be very busy on 9th and 10th October as there will be five shows taking place in the building. K-DOJO and Freedoms are holding shows on the 9th while the 10th will have DDT and Big Japan shows. The series of events will end with a global-themed collaboration show featuring wrestlers from all five groups, plus a few foreign talent aswell.

The previous Pull Down Cover Death Match took place in DDT back in January 2009. In order to win, the wrestler must drape his country’s flag over his prone opponent while pinning him. Antonio Honda will be defending Japan’s pride against the American MASADA.

I have no idea who Dante, Motley Crue S and Toucans & Chocho Lina are or if I got their names translated correctly.

DDT “OMORI UTAN FESTIVAL”, 16/10/2011
Tokyo JR Omori Station Square

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata
2. Stardom Offer Match: Yoshiko Vs Saki Kashima
3. Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs DJ Nira
4. Omori Dream Fair Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. KUDO, HARASHIMA & HERO! Vs Antonio Honda, Yasu Urano & Hoshitango

Danshoku Dino dusts off the Omori Dream Fair Championship to defend it for the first time since the 2009 Sumo Hall show.

UNION “SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2011”, 19/10/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Lingerie Muto & Big Bang Lingerie Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Madoka
2. Ken Ohka & Masao Orihara Vs Big Morohashi & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Hiro Tsumaki
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs RG
5. BENTEN (w/ Miyako) Vs Onryo (w/ Masako Takanashi)
6. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Cherry
7. DDT Extreme Title Contendership – 3 Way: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kengo Mashimo

Big Bang Lingerie is Shigehiro Irie. That is not going to be a pretty sight.

NSF, 15/10/2011
Denim and Diamonds Temple, Texas, USA

Michael Nakazawa Vs Ryan Genesis

Believing that he has now conquered Japan with laughter, Michael Nakazawa is heading over to America to do the same thing. Nakazawa will be appearing in Texas for the New School Federation to wrestle Ryan Genesis on 15th October. Genesis has made a handful of appearances for DDT and Union during 2011, the highlight of which was becoming one of Bob Sapp’s assassins sent to fight Danshoku Dino.

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Lumberjack Death Match, Kikutaro Returns, Honda & Urano Join Forces

October 6, 2011

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2011”, 23/10/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hardcore 4 Way: Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. HARASHIMA Vs Ken Ohka
3. Cherry Vs MIKAMI
4. Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira
5. Yasu Urano Vs Shuji Ishikawa
6. Lumberjack Death Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma
7. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

A mini tournament to determine who challenges the KO-D Openweight Champion at Osaka in November will also take place here.

Some taunting has been going back and forth between Homoiro Clover Z and the TKG48. This has led to the Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma tag team match being turned into a Lumberjack Death Match. So far DJ Nira, Ken Ohka, Shigehiro Irie, Kazuki Hirata and Hiroshi Fukuda have been announced as the lumberjacks, with more to come.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. 3 Way: Kikutaro Vs Kushinbo Kamen Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO or Hikaru Sato (c) Vs Winner Of 23/10 Tournament

Gorgeous Matsuno finds himself in the ring with two of the most dangerous wrestlers in Japan. Oh wait… Scratch that, he’ll be in the ring with Kikutaro and Kushinbo Kamen. However, Matsuno is always at risk while he carries the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title over his shoulder. That is if he is still champion by the time this show takes place.

Shigehiro Irie will also take part in this show along with Kyairyuuken-ecchan from Shi-en Pro Wrestling aswell as Osaka freelancers Hideki Shiota and Shoichi Uchida.

In other news, Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano have decided to form a new faction together after they had a successful go as a team at “NON-FIX 10.5” earlier this week. They declared their goal was to become the KO-D Tag Team Champions. I’m curious to see if Poison JULIE Sawada will join them, as Sawada has been teaming with Honda ever since his return from injury and gimmick makeover.

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Sato Vs Dino – First Time Ever!

October 3, 2011

DDT “FUTURE HEAVEN! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 30/10/2011
Nagoya Club Diamond Hall

1. Special Singles Match: Hikaru Sato Vs Danshoku Dino

This will be the first ever singles match between Hikaru Sato and Danshoku Dino. Coming seven days after DDT’s monthly Korakuen Hall show, Sato could be going into this match as the KO-D Openweight Champion.

Other wrestlers confirmed to compete at the show are Shigehiro Irie, Mr. #6, Akito, Toru Sugiura and DJ Nira.

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Current Cards For October

September 30, 2011

DDT “NATIONAL CITY EVENT”, 01/10/2011
Asakusa ROX Supermulti Court

1. The Lightning Monster & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Asakusa Kid & Shigehiro Irie
2. KUDO & Keisuke Ishii Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

This is a charity event taking place in an area affected by the earthquakes from earlier this year. The actual location for the free show is a football field. Instead of wrestling inside a ring, the matches will take place on a large mat instead. But knowing DDT, the action will surely spill out around the premises. The Lightning Monster and Asakusa Kid are two wrestlers from a micro indy promotion called Hana Wrestling.

DDT “NON-FIX 10.5”, 05/10/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira, Masa Takanashi & Danshoku Dino (w/ Kota Ibushi)
2. Poison JULIE Sawada Vs Rion Mizuki
3. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs MIKAMI & Hoshitango
4. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Kazuki Hirata
5. Special Guest Referee: HARASHIMA Vs Darkside HERO! (Referee: Darkside HERO!)
6. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Hikaru Sato & Takao Soma

Hikaru Sato is getting straight to work after winning the DDT48 General Election. He and KUDO face off in a Tag Team Main Event in the lead up to their KO-D Openweight Title match at the end of October. KUDO teams with his Homoiro Clover Z teammate Makoto Oishi in what will be Oishi’s first match as a full time DDT wrestler. Takao Soma will be at Sato’s side, the two earning each other’s respect over the last year.

Somehow HARASHIMA has gotten into a situation where his opponent will also the referee. Darkside HERO! has the advantage of bending the rules however it suits him. Will HERO! make an appearance so soon after losing to HARASHIMA?

DDT “PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Poison JULIE Sawada & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Hiroki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Chiharu
3. Hikaru Sato Vs Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomoya Adachi & Takao Soma
5. KUDO & MIKAMI Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa
6. KO-D Tag Team Title Decision Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Two matches have been changed due to Sato now becoming the No. 1 Contender. Sato was originally supposed to team with KUDO in the semi-main event. However, Sato has requested not to team with his future opponent on this show. So Sato will instead have a singles match with Masa Takanashi while MIKAMI will now team with KUDO to take on Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2011”, 23/10/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hardcore 4 Way: Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. HARASHIMA Vs Ken Ohka
3. Cherry Vs MIKAMI
4. Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira
5. Yasu Urano Vs Shuji Ishikawa
6. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma
7. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

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DDT48 Election 2011 Results

September 29, 2011

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 29/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE
555 Fans

1. HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi, Shota & Toru Sugiura defeated Big Morohashi, Hiro Tsumaki, Hiroshi Fukuda & Ryuichi Sekine when HARASHIMA pinned Tsumaki with the Somato (7:50).
2. Keisuke Ishii & Akito defeated Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick (7:19).

DDT48 Election 2011 Final Standings

1. Hikaru Sato (558 Votes)
2. Kota Ibushi (389 Votes)
3. Danshoku Dino (387 Votes)
4. Yasu Urano (380 Votes)
5. Masa Takanashi (363 Votes)
6. Makoto Oishi (356 Votes)
7. Cherry (335 Votes)
8. HARASHIMA (287 Votes)
9. MIKAMI (252 Votes)
10. Isami Kodaka (248 Votes)
11. Ken Ohka (247 Votes)
12. KUDO (228 Votes)
13. Sanshiro Takagi (197 Votes)
14. DJ Nira (195 Votes)
15. Antonio Honda (182 Votes)
16. Keisuke Ishii (179 Votes)
17. Shuji Ishikawa (176 Votes)
18. Takao Soma (174 Votes)

19. Michael Nakazawa (167 Votes)

20. Mr. #6 (161 Votes)
21. Kenny Omega (159 Votes)
22. Shigehiro Irie (140 Votes)
23. Kazuki Hirata (119 Votes)
24. Akito (107 Votes)
25. Daisuke Sasaki (99 Votes)

There was no doubt about it, Hikaru Sato is the winner of the DDT48 General Election 2011! A landslide victory means that Sato wins the grand prize of ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot against KUDO on 23rd October.

The majority of the line-up was in attendance for the results read out. Those absent due to other commitments were Kenny Omega, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Gorgeous Matsuno, Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka, Tanomusaku Toba and Mr. #6. The hosts for the night were DDT General Manager Tsurumi Amon, Haruo Murata from Dramatic Fantasia and Mita Sayako from Occupation Of The Indies (Carlos was too busy hibernating). They began to introduce the top 18 wrestlers, starting from number 17. Each finalist commented on their placing. Shuji Ishikawa wanted a match against Yasu Urano, Keisuke Ishii said he will do better next year, Antonio Honda thought he was going to win it all, DJ Nira never had a speech prepared, Sanshiro Takagi was impressed with how creative the wrestlers were with their promotional campaigns this year, KUDO wasn’t too upset that the KO-D Champion could only finish 12th, Ken Ohka was very happy to finish 11th, Isami Kodaka was looking forward to competing at the show, MIKAMI thought finishing 10th was less embarrassing than finishing 11th or higher, HARASHIMA was frustrated that he didn’t win and Cherry was greatful for the fans that voted for her.

Makoto Oishi began crying with happiness when it was announced he finished in 6th place. Filled with emotion, Oishi asked Takagi if he could become a full time DDT wrestler. Takagi thought about it and said “Sure. Today, Makoto Oishi is a member of DDT!”

With the top 5 yet to be announced, the hosts turned their attention to the bottom of the table. Only the top 18 could compete at the October Korakuen Hall event, and they had not mentioned who lucky #18 was. After revealing some of the wrestlers who failed to qualify, it was finally revealed that Takao Soma took the 18th and final spot. Takao simply smiled and said “Thank you” before sitting back down.

And so came the top 5. Masa Takanshi thanked Emi Sakura and Yamada Man Pondo for helping him throughout the election, Yasu Urano wanted to accept Shuji’s challenge from earlier, although it has not yet been confirmed, Danshoku Dino said he was looking forward to the future, Kota Ibushi was disappointed he missed out in first place and Hikaru Sato talked about how much he has achieved in his career over the last two years. KUDO and Sato then had a staredown to hype up the main event.

Tsurumi Amon then announced his next big project. A 16-Man Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament will also take place at the 23rd October show. The winner of that tournament will take on the winner of KUDO Vs Sato in a KO-D Title match on 6th November in Osaka.

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DDT At Tokyo Gurentai Show

September 28, 2011

Tokyo Gurentai “TOKYO LOVEII ~ANOTHER CHANCE~”, 28/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE
390 Fans

3. X-LAW International Title: El Samurai (c) defeated Hikaru Sato with the Chickenwing Armlock (6:37).
*V1 for El Samurai.
5. Bird Rebirth ~ KO-D Great Adventure: KUDO defeated Chicken Boy with the Diving Double Knee Drop (7:26).
7. Tokyo World Heavyweight Title: Sanshiro Takagi defeated NOSAWA Rongai (c) with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (18:09).
*NOSAWA fails in V1. Sanshiro Takagi becomes the 2nd Tokyo World Heavyweight Champion!

Right, let’s see if I can do this without resorting to any taxi related jokes…

After his little incident in February, NOSAWA Rongai was forced to take an absence from wrestling. He returned in June for Minoru Suzuki’s charity event and since then has been slowly trying to get back in everyone’s good graces. Today saw NOSAWA get back in the driver’s seat (damn it!) and gather together his Tokyo Gurentai chums to promote their next show. DDT and Union had some involvement at the event. Hikaru Sato lost to El Samurai in a match for the X-LAW International Title, a Mexican belt previously held by NOSAWA back in 2010. KUDO dispatched of the Chicken Boy faster than the cab ride that brought him to the arena (sorry). Finally, Sanshiro Takagi defeated NOSAWA himself in the main event for the Tokyo World Heavyweight Title in what was said to be a fare fight (sorry again). After the match, Takagi brought back memories of NOSAWA first working for DDT 14 years ago, only to get interrupted by KIKUZAWA who wanted a shot at the belt.

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Kenny Gets AJPW Jr. Title Shot, KO-D Tag Title Match In Sapporo

September 27, 2011

AJPW “PRO-WRESTLING LOVE IN RYOGOKU VOL. 13”, 23/10/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: KAI (c) Vs Kenny Omega

Just like in the Best Of The Super Jr. tournament back in June, Kenny Omega came so close to winning the 2011 AJPW Jr. Heavyweight League. Omega finished second place in Block A behind the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion and eventual tournament winner, KAI. Omega defeated KAI, BUSHI and BLACK BUSHI but what cost him were losses to Kaz Hayashi and MINORU. Hikaru Sato was also in the tournament but could only finish fifth in Block B, beating Jimmy Yang and MAZADA but losing to Hiroshi Yamato, Koji Kanemoto and Shuji Kondo.

Luckily for Omega, he was the only person in the tournament to beat KAI and for that he has been granted a title shot. He will face KAI for the belt at Sumo Hall on 23rd October.

DDT “PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Poison JULIE Sawada & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Hiroki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Chiharu
3. MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomoya Adachi & Takao Soma
5. KUDO & Hikaru Sato Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa
6. KO-D Tag Team Title Decision Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

The vacant KO-D Tag Team Titles will be on the line in the main event. Tsurumi Amon thinks the rivalry between Shigehiro Irie and Keisuke Ishii will translate into one well-oiled machine of a tag team. Irie briefly held the KO-D Tag belts with Munenori Sawa back in June while Ishii is coming off of a failed KO-D Openweight Title challenge.

Speaking of Munenori Sawa, this will be one of his last shows in DDT before his retirement. Best to enjoy his team with Sanshiro Takagi while we still can. Meanwhile Takagi will be working double duty by wrestling in the semi-main as well as what I think is a mixed tag match.

DDT “NON-FIX 11.13”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

UNION “FANTASY ILLUSION 5”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

A Shin-Kiba 1st RING tripleshot is set for 13th November. DDT will hold a show, Hard Hit returns for its first event since April 2010 and Cherry will get to produce her fifth Fantasy Illusion.

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DDT48 Finale Card

September 24, 2011

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION END”, 25/09/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT No. 1 Strange Rumble: Poison JULIE Sawada Vs Hoshitango Vs HERO! Vs DJ Nira Vs Mr. #6 Vs BENTEN Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Big Morohashi Vs Shota
2. Antonio Honda Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
3. Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Cherry & Batten Tamagawa
4. 3 Way: Akito & Toru Sugiura Vs Madoka & Hiro Tonai Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Daisuke Sasaki
5. Takao Soma Vs Masa Takanashi
6. Gorgeous Matsuno Vs YOSHIHIKO
7. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiro Tsumaki
8. Isami Kodaka Vs Yasu Urano
9. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
10. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
11. DDT Vs Union: KUDO, HARASHIMA & MIKAMI Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Sanshiro Takagi & Kengo Ohka

This event is the final day of voting in the DDT48 General Election 2011. This show is designed to give the contestants one last chance to win over the fans and hopefully get their votes. Every match except the main event will have a 10 minute time limit. A few names are missing from the card. Kota Ibushi is currently injured but still eligable for votes while Hikaru Sato and Kenny Omega will be busy wrestling in the final night of the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight League. I’m not sure where Ken Ohka, Yoshiaki Yago and Chou-un Shiryu will be on the night. I might have accidentaly left them out of the Battle Royal. But we do get El Generico taking part in the semi-main event.

Looking at the most recent standings, Hikaru Sato is in a comfortable lead with Kota Ibushu, Danshoku Dino and HARASHIMA trailing him by some distance. The real drama will be the fight for 18th place, as that is the cutoff for who will get to wrestle at Korakuen Hall on 23rd October. If Ibushi does not recover in time, then whoever finished in 19th place will also qualify to make up for Ibushi’s in-ring absence. The results of the election will be announced on the 29th September over at Shinjuku FACE.

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 29/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE

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Union Goes Back To School

September 21, 2011

UNION “SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2011”, 19/10/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1 SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Cherry
2 BENTEN (w/ Miyako) Vs Onryo (w/ Masako Takanashi)
3 DDT Extreme Title Contendership Match – 3 Way: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kengo Ohka

The big story coming out of Union after their long day in Shinjuku revolves around the DDT Extreme Championship. El Generico left his mark on Union by defeating both Isami Kodaka and Shuji Ishikawa in seperate matches to leave Japan as the new DDT Extreme Champ. Since he will not return until November, a few potential challengers are left to scramble over who gets to fight him first. To decide the No. 1 Contender, a 3 Way match between Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa and Kengo Ohka will take place when Union returns to Shinjuku FACE on 19th October.

Also taking place during the doubleshot was the debut of kabuki wrestler BENTEN, along with his geisha girl valet Miyako. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to like being told to follow the rules as BENTEN was disqualified in both of his matches thanks to Miyako attacking the referee. Miyako has also caught the attention of Masako Takanashi, who is very upset that another Diva has come into Union and is taking attention away from him/her. Masako’s solution to this problem is bringing in the wrestling spectre Onryo to challenge BENTEN to a match while he/she keeps an eye on Miyako outside the ring.

Mio Shirai must be getting sick of beating up Ken Ohka on a regular basis, so she must be pleased to face someone different in October. Cherry has challenged her for a shot at the SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title. She will have a better shot at taking the belt off Mio than Ohka ever will.

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Union Doubleshot Preview

September 18, 2011

UNION “ILLUSION ~DREAM~”, 19/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Chou-un Shiryu & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ivan Markov & Ronnie Crimson
2. Masao Orihara Union Assessment: Ken Ohka Vs Masao Orihara
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs BENTEN (w/ Miyako)
4. TKG48 Offer Match: Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Akito
5. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Big Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka & Madoka
6. Cherry Vs Nanae Takahashi
7. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs El Generico

Isami Kodaka has his toughest day yet as DDT Extreme Champion. His next challenger is The Generic Luchador, El Generico, and the winner will defend the title against Shuji Ishikawa just a few hours later. Kodaka has had a strong run as champion since winning the belt back in January but tomorrow sees a big risk in him dropping the belt.

Cherry is gunning for a shot at the Queen Of Stardom Title currently held by Nanae Takahashi. A victory here in Union could earn her that shot.

Akito has been offered an opportunity to join the TKG48. He gets to team with the producer Sanshiro Takagi against Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie, a duo that has really gelled well together as a team lately.

If Masao Orihara does enough to impress the Union folks in his match against Ken Ohka, he will be accepted into Union. This doesn’t necessarily mean just beating Ohka in a match. They could also be looking to see if the first ever KO-D Openweight Champion acts mature and responsible with his actions during the match.

BENTEN will have his first match in Union against Shuji Ishikawa. The oriental newcomer (who is totally not GENTARO) has been completely silent in his official appearances. Miyako Matsumoto has been speaking on his behalf as a geisha girl the entire time. And yes, they are both aware of their gimmicks being compared to Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroko circa 2004 WWE.

UNION “ILLUSION ~VISION~”, 19/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Big Morohashi & X Vs Hiro Tsumaki & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Loser of DDT Extreme Title Match Vs BENTEN (w/ Miyako)
3. 3 Way: Masako Takanashi & Cherry Vs Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) Vs Ivan Markov & Ronnie Crimson
5. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Yoshiaki Yago
6. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title – Chain Deathmatch: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Ken Ohka
7. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka or El Generico (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Who would have guessed that a series of misunderstandings that always ended in a man getting choked unconcious by a woman’s legs would lead to a Chain Deathmatch between those two people? Mio Shirai defends the SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against previous champion Ken Ohka. Ohka’s kryptonite has been the Figure 4 Neck Lock, a move Shirai has used to great effect over the past few months.

Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa face a Russian threat in the form of Ivan Markov & Ronnie Crimson. Last time Takagi & Sawa were the Big China Unified Tag Champions, they lost them in their first defence. They will be trying to avoid the same fate here.

If Masao Orihara does get accepted into Union, he will team up with Big Morohashi in the opener for the evening show.

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