And The Award Goes To…

January 26, 2011

The 2010 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards were revealed today with the Golden Lovers having a few mentions here and there. Kota Ibushi won the “Best Flying Wrestler” award for the second year in a row as well as finishing fifth for “Best Wrestling Maneuver”. Kenny Omega got an honorable mention for the “Most Improved” award. Together, the Golden Lovers ranked 7th for “Tag Team Of The Year”. The Best Of The Super Juniors final between Ibushi and Prince Devitt aswell as the Golden Lovers’ IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship win over Apollo 55 in October also got honorable mentions for “Worked Match Of The Year”.

DDT got an honorable mention for “Promotion Of The Year”. Sanshiro Takagi himself got a look in too, finishing second place for “Promoter Of The Year” losing to Dana White for the second year in a row. However, if you see the glass as half full that means Takagi is the best pro wrestling promoter for two years in a row. 🙂

Add these accomplishments to the Golden Lovers winning “Best Tag Team” and “Best Match” in the Weekly Pro-Wrestling awards as well as “Match Of The Year” in the Tokyo Sports awards and you have a heck of a year for the Golden Lovers. Here’s looking forward to seeing what else they and DDT can accomplish in 2011.

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Nakazawa In Ice Ribbon

January 26, 2011

Ice Ribbon, 26/01/2011
Ice Ribbon School, Saitama

Bra Match: Makoto defeated Michael Nakazawa when she stripped him of his bra (7:05).

Michael Nakazawa was the latest DDT wrestler to show up in Ice Ribbon. He was at today’s show in the Ice Ribbon School to take on the girl who’s ultimate goal in wrestling is to become a WWE Diva, Makoto. Nakazawa being the kinky type wore a bra and was somehow able to make a stipulation that in order to win the match, you had to remove the bra worn by your opponent. Whether or not this was an excuse for Nakazawa to perve over Makoto didn’t matter because in the end, Makoto stripped Nakazawa of his bra and his dignity to win. Nakazawa cheered himself up by sneaking into the Ice Ribbon office after the show and rummaging through Emi Sakura’s clothes, as shown in the picture above.

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Golden Lovers Lose IWGP Jr Tag Titles

January 23, 2011

NJPW “NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2011”, 23/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,005 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Jado & Gedo defeated Máximo & Danshoku Dino when Jado submitted Dino with the Crossface Of Jado (10:39).
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) when Taguchi pinned Omega after the Black Sunday (16:32).
*Golden Lovers fail in V3. Apollo 55 become the 28th Champions.

A bad day of results for DDT in New Japan. After a period of dominating their rivals in both promotions, Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega lost the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles to the previous champions Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi in the main event.

Meanwhile, Danshoku Dino found a kindred spirit in the form of CMLL luchador Máximo. Unfortunately they fell to Jado & Gedo in the opener, with Jado getting revenge for his Super J Cup 1st Round loss to Dino back in 2009.

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New Beijing Match Details

January 22, 2011

NEW BEIJING “JAPAN TOUR 2011”
11/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. The Decisive Battle!: Liu Bei Ito Vs Cao Zhang
2. Chinese Stars Gathered In Japan!: Dragon Achoooo! & Zhou Yu Vs Ranjei Lee & Jet Bar
3. Opium War!?: Queen Elizabeth & Statue Of David Vs Golden Horn & Silver Horn
4. National Scramble For The Imperial Seal!: King Andui Qin Vs Great Slave No. 643 Vs Megumi Shin Akira Ra Nuruhachi Vs Emperor Qin Vs Zen Liu
5. Rushi’s Last Play: Choun-Shiryu, Rushi Togo & Young Master Togo Vs Hazime Hutoshi, Somato & Giant Boshoku

I’m pretty sure I butchered most if not all of the names being used in the show.

Each match presents a different tale that takes place in the world of New Beijing Pro Wrestling.

1. The Decisive Battle!
Back in China, New Beijing has a popular feud between two factions, the Wei faction and the Shu faction. Every year, one wrestler from each faction is chosen to take part in a big match known as the “Northern Expedition Derby“. However, to commemorate China becoming the second largest economy in the world New Beijing decided to have the match take place on their Japan tour instead.

2. Chinese Stars Gathered In Japan!
Some of China’s biggest stars from the silver screen gather together in Shin-Kiba to enjoy a dream contest.

3. Opium War!?
Centuries ago, China was notorious for importing of opium across the world. It was a lucrative market for the nation, but as more and more of the global population fell ill or became degenerates due to opium addiction, China was banned from any further opium importing. However, opium was still smuggled outside of the country and a black market grew because of it. The illegal opium trafficking led to conflict between China and Great Britain, with a newly formed discipline committee deciding to solve tensions by having both countries compete against each other in a wrestling match. A wrestling match that happens to involve Queen Elizabeth and the Statue Of David. Why do I have the feeling that the Statue Of David will turn out to be David Beckham?

4. National Scramble For The Imperial Seal!
The Imperial Seal has been handed down from generation to generation as proof of the holder’s right to be master of the world. A state of emergency in 2010 took place when the Seal went missing. This led to the sudden collapse of New Beijing Pro Wrestling. Now leaders from around the world travel to China in search of the ancient artifact and claim the absent throne. In an unexpected turn of events, word spread that the Imperial Seal was found in Japan. Now an epic battle takes place as several warriors go to war over who the artifact belongs to.

5. Rushi’s Last Play
With his retirement on the horizon, Rushi Goto takes part in one last performance. But while one legend prepares to leave wrestling, a new generation of warriors are eager to rake his place.

From what I was able to understand, this is a list of who some of the wrestlers actually are.

Rushi Togo = Dick Togo
Young Master Togo = Kenny Omega
Hazime Hutoshi = GENTARO
Somato = HARASHIMA
Giant Boshoku = Shuji Ishikawa
Great Slave No. 643 = Sanshiro Takagi
Megumi Shin Akira Ra Nuruhachi = Michael Nakazawa
Dragon Achoooo! = KUDO
Zhou Yu = Konaka = Pehlwan
Ranjei Lee = Lingerie Muto
Jet Bar = Tanomusaku Toba

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Kenny In Ice Ribbon, Syuri You Can’t Be Serious

January 21, 2011

Normally I would start with the Kenny Omega news but this time the top post priority goes towards another cute Joshi girl I fancy (there’s not a lot of them, I swear!*).

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS”, 03/02/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Ken Ohka Vs LuFisto
2. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Tigers Mask
3. Cherry & Syuri Vs Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki
4. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
5. TKG48 Vs Revolutionary Armed Forces: Sanshiro Takagi, Atsushi Aoki & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Mashimo & Madoka
6. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

The relationship between Union and SMASH continues with Tajiri’s promotion sending over their brightest prospect from their women’s division. Syuri began her wrestling career in 2008 as KG the Karate Girl in HUSTLE. When the promotion folded, Syuri had a few Shoot Boxing bouts for the Jewels MMA company before being one of the first names announced to join SMASH. Since its first show Syuri has been the focus for SMASH’s Joshi division. On Union’s 3rd February show, Syuri will be teaming with Union’s queen bee Cherry to take on Seiya Morohashi and Hiro Tsumaki. A little worried about this one to be honest. Seiya’s mental state has been a bit iffy ever since that time he suffered a decapitation during a Muscle House show…

Also announced was a Union Vs New Beijing Tag Team bout between Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data against Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang. With Princess Makoto yet to have a match in Union, maybe she will stick her nose in Cherry and Shuri’s business on the night. Meanwhile Isami has mentioned he would like to defend the DDT Extreme Championship against Sanshiro Takagi in a deathmatch sometime in the future.

Ice Ribbon, 19/01/2011
Ice Ribbon School, Saitama

Kenny Omega & Hikari Minami beat Kazuhiro Tamura & Chii Tomiya when Minami submitted Tomiya with a Half Crab (13:21).

Omega sent some comments about his latest appearance in Ice Ribbon over to the Ice Ribbon Europe Facebook page. They can be read by following the link here.

*Alright, alright, alright. Kana, Syuri, Makoto and Ayumi Kurihara. There, are you happy?

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KO-D Unification Match Set, Next KO-D Tag Title Challengers Picked

January 19, 2011

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
3. Right to Produce “Someone’s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino, Tanomusaku Toba, Michael Nakazawa, DJ Nira, Keisuke Ishii, Hoshitango, Yukihiro Abe, Makoto Oishi
4. Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda (i/c)

We didn’t have to wait long for Dick Togo to recover from his injured tailbone. The original main event for “NEVER MIND 2010” is now set for DDT “SWEET DREAMS!” at Korakuen Hall on 30th January. The KO-D Openweight Title and its Interim version will be unified back into one championship. Depending on the result, either Dick Togo will get his first defence of the belt or Antonio Honda will be officially recognised as the 35th KO-D Champion.

Win or lose, Honda is still one of the KO-D Tag Team Champions. He and Daisuke Sasaki now know their next challengers for the belts, Togo’s GRANMA teammates, GENTARO and Yasu Urano. Their match will take place in Funabashi on 20th February.

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Sato & Sawa’s German Adventure, Kenny Goes To Ice Ribbon

January 17, 2011

Both Hikaru Sato and Munenori Sawa were in Germany during the weekend for two Westside Xtreme Wrestling shows. On the same night Daisuke Sekimoto became the new wXw Unified World Champion, Sato & Sawa teamed up to challenge Bad Bones & Carnage for the wXw World Tag Team Titles. The BattlArts–Pancrase pair worked well together but failed to win the belts from the duo known as the Oberhausen Terror Corps.

The next night both Sato and Sawa competed in the second annual Ambition shoot style tournament. Both men got past the first round and faced each other in the semi-final where Sawa got the better of Sato. Unfortunately for Sawa, he was defeated in the final.

Speaking of wXw, the company will be holding its major 16 Carat Gold tournament in March. Several Japanese talent will be competing both in tournament and seperate matches. So far the puro scene is represented by Yoshihito Sasaki, Kotaro Suzuki and Go Shiozaki, with Sekimoto taking part in non-tournament bouts. There are still some announcements left to make, so if any DDT related talent get announced I will post it here.

wXw “BACK TO THE ROOTS X”, 15/01/2011
Turbine Hall, Oberhausen, Germany
215 Fans

7. wXw World Tag Team Titles: Bad Bones & Carnage (c) defeated Hikaru Sato & Munenori Sawa when Carnage submitted Sato with the Anklelock.

wXw “AMBITION 2”, 16/01/2011
Saint, Oberhausen, Germany
109 Fans

3. AMBITION 2 First Round: Munenori Sawa defeated Tommy End with a Triangle Choke.
4. AMBITION 2 First Round: Hikaru Sato defeated Heddi Karaoui by KO with a High Kick.
7. AMBITION 2 Semi Final: Munenori Sawa defeated Hikaru Sato by KO with an Enzuigiri.
9. AMBITION 2 Final: Rico Bushido defeated Munenori Sawa by TKO with a Right High Kick.

In other news, Kenny Omega will make his way over to the Ice Ribbon School in Saitama this Wednesday for the promotion’s weekly show in the building. Omega will team up with Hikari Minami to take on Chii Tomiya & Kazuhiro Tamura.

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DDT And Union Cards For Tomorrow

January 15, 2011

It will be a busy day tomorrow as both DDT and Union will be holding shows at the Kanayama Asunal Hall in Nagoya. DDT will hold their show first in the afternoon while Union will go on in the evening.

DDT “NEW YEAR SUPER DODON WAVE! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall

1. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Yukihiro Abe & Kazuki Hirata
2. BOYZ Nagoya Travel Guide: KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Madoka & Keisuke Ishii
3. World’s Most Powerful Rocket Punch Championship – R-1 World Grand Prix 2011 Finals: Tanomusaku Toba Vs DJ Nira
4. Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 Vs Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match: Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs MIKAMI & Onryo

DDT is headlined with the KO-D Tag Team Title match. With the Interim KO-D Openweight Title around his waist, Antonio Honda now has to focus on keeping his Tag Team Championship with Daisuke Sasaki against the duo of MIKAMI & Onryo. The Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match returns with Danshoku Dino facing Kenny Omega. Dino defeated Omega’s BFF Kota Ibushi back in December. Can he make it two for two against the Golden Lovers? Speaking of Ibushi, he will be teaming with HARASHIMA and the junior Jr. Heavyweight Mr. #6 to take on the rotten Shit Heart ♥ Foundation.

UNION “NEW YEAR DRAGONS”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall

1. Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs El Samurai
3. Tag Team Lottery: Cherry, Ken Ohka, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kana
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu
5. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota
6. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shigehiro Irie

When DDT is finished, Union will step in for their show with Shuji Ishikawa and Shigehiro Irie squaring off in the main event. Irie pinned Ishikawa in the main event of Union’s 3rd December show and is confident he will do it again. Matches #3 and #4 features talent from the Spotiva Entertainment promotion. Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota have wrestled in DDT in the past. Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu meanwhile is a part time wrestler who is also member of the Hip Hop group nobodyknows+. The two teams for match #3 will be decided by a lottery on the day of the show. It may even lead to the men teaming up to fight the women. Looks like Shinichiro Tominaga is going to be facing a lot of well known names in the near future. Before he goes to wrestle Tigers Mask next month he’ll have to face El Samurai in Nagoya. The opener will be Union Vs New Beijing and yes, the lovely Princess Makoto will be in the corner of the Beijing boys.

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The Newest TKG48 Member Is…

January 14, 2011

…Atsushi Aoki! That’s right, the TKG48 now includes the newly crowned GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. Aoki (TKG48 Member #29) will be fighting alongside Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie in Union on 3rd February as the TKG48 has their first meeting with Yoshiaki Yago’s new group temporarily called the Revolutionary Armed Forces. Yago’s teammates for the match are Kengo Mashimo & Madoka.

UNION, 03/02/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Ken Ohka Vs LuFisto
2. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Tigers Mask
3. TKG48 Vs Revolutionary Armed Forces: Sanshiro Takagi, Atsushi Aoki & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

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LuFisto Has A Message For Ken Ohka

January 9, 2011

LuFisto posted a video on Youtube hyping her upcoming inter-gender match with Ken Ohka in Union on 3rd February. If you ask me, Ohka’s probably going to get killed. I wonder if it is too early to ask for a YOSHIHIKO Vs Pegaboo fight?

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