New Beijing Return Details

January 8, 2011

New Beijing Pro Wrestling announced some details for their 11th February revival event at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. Rather than just having a normal show, the event will tell several short stories under the guise of wrestling matches. Names announced to appear at the show in some form are Choun-Shiryu, Giant Boshoku, Dragon Achoooo!, Cao Zhang, Princess Makoto, The Emperor and Young Master Go Toe. Three of the stories will be about a battle over an ancient artifact that has been passed down from Chinese royalty for generations, an outbreak of opium war between the Chinese and the British, and Chinese movie celebrity Dragon Achoooo’s search for the next big star.

To celebrate this occassion, a roster page for New Beijing has been added to this site.

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January Cards So Far

January 5, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION DX EDITION”, 12/01/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Shigehiro Irie & Kazuki Hirata Vs Takao Soma & Minoru
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Hikaru Sato
3. Akito Vs Yasu Urano
4. Hiro Tsumaki Vs KUDO
5. Yukihiro Abe Vs HARASHIMA
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Takao Soma’s tag team partner for the upcoming “DX Edition” of the Monthly Young Communication brand has been revealed. Soma will be teaming with the new AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Minoru! This will be Minoru’s first time wrestling in DDT. However, in 2009 Minoru’s French cousin Minoru Polnareff had a match in DDT during the very European feud between the Italian 4 Horsemen and the French side led by Louie Takanashi 14th. Polnareff accidentaly got a face full of Death Cake and he has not been seen in public since.

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

1. Right to Produce “Someone’s Produce Show” Battle Royal:
2. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO

The winner of the Battle Royal will get to produce his/her own show on 6th March at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. It will be part of a triple header of shows along with Union and New Beijing Pro Wrestling.

UNION, 03/02/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Ken Ohka Vs LuFisto
2. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Tigers Mask
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

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Golden Lovers & Dino Return To NJPW

January 5, 2011

NJPW/CMLL “NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2011”, 1/23/11
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Danshoku Dino & Maximo Vs Jado & Gedo
6. Double Main Event II – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi

DDT will have three wrestlers sent over to New Japan for the company’s co-promoted shows with Mexico’s CMLL. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega and Danshoku Dino will appear on Night 2 of “FANTASTICA MANIA 2011” in Korakuen Hall.

Can the Golden Lovers make it three for three over Apollo 55? With the IWGP Jr. Tag Title victory taking place in New Japan and victory in the rematch over at DDT, Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega will face Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi for the belts one more time. Both teams are usually really over with the Korakuen fans, so expect a really hot crowd for this match.

The idea of Danshoku Dino and Maximo teaming together is not that odd now that I think of it. I mean, if Maximo can handle teaming with Mr. Niebla then hanging out with Dino should be no problem for the exotico. Plus Dino will be reunited with Jado, who he had a wonderful time with at the 2009 Super J Cup. Gedo might be pissed off with Dino for using his patented move the Gedo Clutch and renaming it the Gay-do Clutch. But then again Gedo is always pissed off, so never mind that.

DDT and CMLL do have a previous connection. The KO-D Tag Team Championship was originally created in CMLL where Takashi Sasaki & NOSAWA became the first champions. To this day DDT still includes “CMLL” in their title’s name even though they haven’t been defended in the Lucha Libre promotion ever since.

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Ibushi Fails To Dethrone The Prince

January 4, 2011

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM V IN TOKYO DOME”, 4/1/11
Tokyo Dome
42,000 Fans – No Vacancy

0. World Wrestling Invitation Match: Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Kenny Omega & Taichi when Taguchi pinned Taichi (8:04).
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) defeated Kota Ibushi with the Avalanche Bloody Sunday (16:22).
*V4 for Devitt.

Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega both came out in the losing end of New Japan’s biggest show of the year. Early word for Ibushi Vs Prince Devitt has it being a very exciting match with a hot crowd. Both Ibushi & Omega have now failed to win the IWGP Jr. Title from Devitt, but they can be happy with the fact that they are still the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions.

In other news, former DDT referee Megumi Grace Asano stepped out of retirement for one night only on New Year’s Eve to officiate the final match in NEO history as the promotion unfortunately closed its doors for good.

I’ve done a little updating to the Rosters page and the Title History. The Union page now includes wrestlers who appear on a regular basis but are not under contract to either DDT or Union. Plus I will include all of the members of the TKG48 as they are revealed, even if it becomes a one time only kind of thing. The Title History for the KO-D Tag Team Championships will be added soon. I just need to figure out how many title defences both the Nuru Nuru Brothers and Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa had during their respective reigns.

One more thing, a more in depth report on  “NEVER MIND 2010” is now uploaded. It includes a very detailed run through of the Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi match, which turned out to be one of the crazier matches DDT has had in a while. Seriously, the stuff I typed really did happen.

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DDT Schedule For January

December 30, 2010

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 8”, 09/01/2011
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. New Year Lottery Battle Royal: Contestants So Far – Hideki Shiota
2. Shoichi Uchida Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Yukihiro Abe
4. HARASHIMA Vs Tanomusaku Toba
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs KUDO & MIYAWAKI
6. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
7. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hikaru Sato Vs Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga

Looks like Hikaru Sato has been kicked out of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation. The group was taken over by Takao Soma when he turned heel at “NON-FIX 12.1“. Danshoku Dino will be trying to make his own version of the MEN’s Club work by teaming with Makoto Oishi again. Last time round Oishi wasn’t so positive about the idea. It’s been a while since I’ve seen MIYAWAKI wrestle. Will the scream of “Death Penalty” be echoed in the Move On Arena?

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

1. Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 Vs Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
2. Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match: Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs MIKAMI & Onryo

The dark spirit Onryo of FMW fame popped into DDT a couple of days ago to team with MIKAMI. Now they have a shot at the KO-D Tag Team Champions Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki, aka FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY. Maybe MIKAMI will turn into something like Onryo to help them win the belts. You can bet Mr. #6 hasn’t forgotten about the time when the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation won the Trios Triple Crown from him a few months back. Hell hath no fury like an 8 year old scorned.

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

1. Box Office Battle Royal:
2. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO

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New Shows Added To 2011

December 29, 2010

A special occassion for the Monthly Young Communication show as the DDT youngsters are pitted against the more established wrestlers from the promotion.

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION DX EDITION”, 12/01/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Shigehiro Irie & Kazuki Hirata Vs Takao Soma & X
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Hikaru Sato
3. Akito Vs Yasu Urano
4. Hiro Tsumaki Vs KUDO
5. Yukihiro Abe Vs HARASHIMA
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shuji Ishikawa

A double bill event is planned for 6th March. Both Union and CRUISER’S GAME will hold a show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING with some sort of Meet & Greet taking place afterwards.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION”, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

CRUISER’S GAME, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

A correction on one of the results from “NEVER MIND 2010“. The Shit Heart ♥ Foundation Vs DISASTER-BOX trios match was only for the UWA World Trios Title, which DISASTER-BOX won. The Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Titles and Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Titles are still in the hands of Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga. With Toru Owashi now possibly done with DDT for the time being it is unknown what will happen to the UWA Titles.

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Togo Injured, GENTARO Vs Honda For Interim Title Announced!

December 22, 2010

Reports are coming in that Dick Togo has suffered a broken tailbone and is now out of action indefinitly. Tsurumi Amon called in an emergency meeting to decide what to do with the KO-D Openweight Title now that Togo is unable to defend the belt this weekend. While it is uncertain when Togo will be fit to return, Amon made the decision to create an Interim KO-D Openweight Championship to fill the void caused by Togo’s injury until the champion is ready to return and defend his belt, most likely in a unification match. Antonio Honda will still be involved in this weekend’s main event fighting for the championship. Dick Togo’s replacement will be his GRANMA stablemate, GENTARO!

The card for this weekend’s show has been updated to fit around the new main event.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010″, 26/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KUDO, Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yasu Urano, Hoshitango & Rion Mizuki
2. KO-D Tag Team No. 1 Contender’s Match: MIKAMI & Onryo Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Mitsuya Nagai
3. Loser Eats Dog Food: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma
4. Man’s Club: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
5. UWA World Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Jado & Gedo
7. Interim KO-D Openweight Title: GENTARO Vs Antonio Honda

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Full Cards For “NEVER MIND 2010” & “FANTASY ILLUSION 4”

December 18, 2010

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010”, 26/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KUDO & Rion Mizuki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata
2. Three Way KO-D Tag Team No. 1 Contender’s Match: GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Onryo Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Hoshitango
3. Loser Eats Dog Food: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma
4. Man’s Club: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
5. UWA World Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Jado & Gedo
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda

CHERRY PRODUCE “FANTASY ILLUSION 4” 23.12/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. KEIKO Debut Match: KEIKO Vs Lingerie Muto
2. The Worst Alliance: Dump Matsunaga & Bull Nakazawa Vs GAMI & Hiroyo Matsumoto
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Yumi Ohka Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kyoko Kimura
4. 60 Minute Iron Man Match: Cherry Vs Yuki Miyazaki

Ayumi Kurihara was supposed to take part in Match #2 but a recent ankle injury has put her off the card. Hiroyo Matsumoto is her replacement. Dump Matsunaga (Tomimitsu Matsunaga doing a Dump Matsumoto parody) sent an insulting message to Ayumi saying that she never missed any time in the ring from injury, even that time when she hurt her right nipple. Ayumi is not happy with the respone and will be at the show as Hiroyo & GAMI’s corner-girl for the match.

KEIKO is the latest wrestler to debut for UNION, although it is unknown if this is an actual female wrestler or someone from DDT doing a crossdressing gimmick.

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Omega Out Of HP, Ibushi & Co Join Kana

December 16, 2010

Kenny Omega suffered a dislocated ankle while training during the week. The injury will put him off this weekend’s big Ring Of Honor iPPV event and may also remove him from the last DDT show of the year on 26th December. He and Kota Ibushi are supposed to defend the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against Jado & Gedo on that show. The match might have to be delayed until 2011 to allow Omega to properly recover. This means he may also have to miss wrestling at the Tokyo Dome for New Japan on 4th January aswell.

I don’t follow that much of the joshi scene but I do know there is a split of opinion when it comes to the wrestler Kana. Some joshi enthusiasts are fans of her only because they fancy the woman. Others criticise her for wrestling a wreckless Bati style and having little regard for the safety of her opponents in matches, among other things. I’m not ashamed to admit I am part of the former. Hey, I’m a sucker for an Asian girl with short hair and a cute face.

Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because the lovely Kana will be holding her next produce show in January and it will have some DDT and Union alumni involved. Kota Ibushi and Hikaru Sato are no slouches when it comes to the Bati Bati style of fighting which I am sure the show will be built around while Isami Kodaka will take part in another Hardcore match. He’s used to them by now. At least he should be.

Kana Produce “KANA PRO 2”, 10/01/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Big Murakami, Kota Ibushi & Keita Yano Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Kengo Mashimo & Shigehiro Irie
2. Hardcore Match: Katsumi Usuda Vs Isami Kodaka
3. Hikaru Sato Vs GAMI
4. TAJIRI & Io Shirai Vs Mineo Fujita & Mio Shirai
5. Submission Only Match: Yuki Ishikawa & Kana Vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Carlos Amano

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Ibushi Vs Devitt At The Dome!

December 14, 2010

Kota Ibushi will cross paths with Prince Devitt once more, this time on the biggest stage of the Japanese wrestling scene the Tokyo Dome! Ibushi will get a chance to win Devitt’s IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title to go along with his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which he also won from the Irishman. When the two last met in singles action it was Devitt who grabbed the win while Ibushi was left with a dislocated shoulder. Since then, Ibushi has bounced back into contention in New Japan’s Junior Division. Now it all comes to a head at the Tokyo Dome.

Kenny Omega will also be taking part on the day in a pre-show tag match. The Golden Lovers Vs Apollo 55 feud will also happen here as Ryusuke Taguchi will be on the opposing team. If both Ibushi & Omega win their matches then the Golden Lovers will continue their recent dominance over “Moon☆Child” & “The Funky Weapon”.

NJPW “ROAD TO KINGDOM ~BATTLE XMAS!~”, 12/23/10
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Special Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Prince Devitt Vs Satoshi Kojima & Kota Ibushi

NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM V IN TOKYO DOME”, 04/01/2011
Tokyo Dome

0. World Pro Wrestling Invitation Match: Koji Kanemoto & Ryusuke Taguchi Vs Kenny Omega & Taichi
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Prince Devitt (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

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