Golden Lovers Unlock Mega Man, Union Prepares For The New Year

November 8, 2010

Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (and Micheal Nakazawa too) visited the Capcom office this week to do an interview for the Rockman Unity blog and take some pictures with Mega Man and Servbot. Kenny is known to be quite the video game fanatic and it shows in his work in the ring. His connection to Mega Man is the remix of the Dr. Wily stage music he uses for his entrance music. He also has the “Flash Man Time Stopper” move where he yells “Stop!” to freeze his opponent and leave him vulnerable for an Enzuigiri. The interview also brings up Omega’s use of the Hadouken in matches.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL”, 14/11/2010
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano vs KUDO, Shoichi Uchida & Keisuke Ishii
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga and Toru Owashi & Hideki Shiota
3. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Union will make their return to Korakuen Hall on the 3rd January, 2011. Two matches are already set, the debut of Union’s newest signee Shinichiro Tominaga and the return of Ken Ohka from injury. Ken Ohka fractured his left knee back in June but recently kept himself busy by trying to pick a fight with the SMASH promotion.

Union, 03/01/2011
Korakuen Hall

1. Shinichiro Tominaga Debut: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs X
2. Ken Ohka Return: Ken Ohka Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

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Golden Lovers Sign IWGP Title Match

November 5, 2010

The IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title match set for DDT on 14th November has been signed and made official. New Japan officials joined Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega at a river for the contract signing. The reason was Ibushi wanted to defend the titles on the riverfront. When that was denied, Omega suggested having the title defence take place inside NJPW HQ. That was denied too. The officials had the Golden Lovers sign the contract before they could suggest having the match take place in a field covered in snow. Can’t blame the champs for trying to be creative.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL”, 14/11/2010
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe vs. Kazuki Hirata
2. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma vs. Shigehiro Irie
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) vs. Prince Devitt  & Ryusuke Taguchi
4. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) vs. Hikaru Sato

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New DDT Extreme Champion!

November 3, 2010

I can’t find much information about it (currently on a computer where translation sites are blocked) but Danshoku Dino lost the DDT Extreme Championship to South Korean wrestler Kim Nun Pun at a show in Ulsun, South Korea on 28th October. Kim Nun Pun has become a regular gaijin for the SMASH promotion and even showed up at SMASH.9 with the belt two days later. With a relationship now forming between DDT/Union and SMASH, we may see the Extreme Title be defended in Tajiri’s promotion at some point in the future.

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Yoshiaki Yago News

November 1, 2010

It’s been a while since we heard from Yoshiaki Yago, wrestler, guitarist, gym owner and frequent locker victim. Ever since his evil plan to destroy Sumo Hall was thwarted by Michael Nakazawa, Yago stepped away from the ring and spent some quality time with his guitar. He came out of the break with renewed energy and a brand new song called “Join.The.Revolution“. Yago then appeared at a SMASH press conference on October 13th to announce the Yoshiaki Yago Cup with the winner being allowed to use “Join.The.Revolution” as his new theme song. Hajime Ohara won what I guess was the only match in the tournament but he had no interest in the prize and rejected it. So instead, “Join.The.Revolution” was chosen to be the official theme song for the SMASH.10 show at JCB Hall. The first performance of Yago’s new song will take place on the 3rd November inbetween the DDT/UNION double header at Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

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Golden Lovers Vs Apollo 55 Rematch Confirmed! Some Other News Too

October 25, 2010

DDT already has its top two matches booked for their return to the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium next month and they are both something to really look forward too. The big one sees those two Golden Lovers, Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defend their newly won IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against the very team they won them from Apollo 55! The New Japan duo are heading into Dramatic territory in a bid to win those belts back. (Speaking of Golden Lovers Vs Apollo 55, we’re still waiting on that NJPW Sumo Hall show to come online. Come on Japan, what’s taking so long?)

Sticking closer to home is the other big match signed, HARASHIMA defending the KO-D Openweight Title against Hikaru Sato. The neko maid shoot fighter has seen his profile raise significantly over the past year and his recent win over Kota Ibushi was enough to earn him his chance at the title. If HARASHIMA defeats Sato, he will match his personal best of KO-D Title defences at 3 wins.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL”, 14/11/2010
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

In a surprising turn of events, DDT founder Sanshiro Takagi will be moving over to the UNION brand after his defeat to Toru Owashi. But before he leaves DDT for the time being he will have one more match at the next Korakuen Hall show. Takagi and a partner of his choice will take on puro legend Genichiro Tenryu! Oh, and Masao Orihara too but nobody cares about him (I know I don’t).

DDT, 28/11/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi & X Vs Genichiro Tenryu & Masao Orihara

In business news, one of DDT’s restaurants will be getting a new name and new management. The Mitsuboshi Curry restaurant will have Cherry taking over as its manager and the new name will be introduced in two weeks. DDT currently runs three food and drink establishments in Tokyo, the Dropkick Bar and Ebisuku Bar & Grill which are both in Shinjuku and Mitsuboshi Curry in Mitaka. Many DDT wrestlers work in these places while pursuing their wrestling careers and the success of these businesses makes DDT is one of the more finacially healthy wrestling promotions in Japan today.

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Results Round Up

October 18, 2010

There was some DDT involvement in several wrestling promotions during the weekend.

NOAH “AUTUMN NAVIGATION 2010 ~ 4TH NTV CUP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG LEAGUE”, 15/10/2010
Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji
1,300 Fans – Super No Vacancy

NTV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League – Block B: Dick Togo & Yasu Urano [2] besiegen Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki [0] when Urano pinned Ogawa with the Backdrop Cutback-Cradle (12:24).

The main one took place over in Pro Wrestling NOAH where Dick Togo & Yasu Urano are teaming up for the NTV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League. They are already off to a good start with Urano using his new Backdrop Cutback-Cradle finisher to pin Yoshinari Ogawa to win their first match and top their group.

ZERO1/Ikuto Hidaka, Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE Produce “DRUNK NIGHT”, 15/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Regional Heavyweight Title, 4 Way Decision Match: Tengu Kaiser defeated I Am Fuck´n Goddam Chono (Sanshiro Takagi), Minoru Fujita & Lingerie Muto when Kaiser pinned Muto with a Small Package (8:42).

Meanwhile over in ZERO1, Sanshiro Takagi morphed into his Masahiro Chono inspired alter ego, I Am Fuck´n Goddam Chono to take part in an odd 4 Way match for the Regional Heavyweight Title. Also in the match was Lingerie Muto, aka Munenori Sawa, who was eventually pinned to lose the match.

BJW “BJ SPIKEOUT SERIES”, 17/10/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,576 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title, Fluorescent Lighttubes, Glass Board & 49,205 Thumbtacks Death Match: Ryuji Ito (c) defeated Shuji Ishikawa with the Dragon Splash through Lighttubes (20:13).
*V2 for Ito.

Finally, the UNION side was in Big Japan for Shuji Ishikawa challenging Ryuji Ito for the BJW Deathmatch Title. Ito came out on top in what was surely a violent match.

Note: Normally I won’t be reporting on Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka wrestling in Big Japan unless it turns out to be a really important match such as this.

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Young Drama Cup Schedule

October 14, 2010

This year’s Young Drama Cup will be a Round Robin with the top two wrestlers facing each other in the final on 28th November. The six entrants are Yukihiro Abe, Takao Soma, Shigehiro Irie, Rion Mizuki, Kazuki Hirata and the defending champion Keisuke Ishii. The schedule for the matches are as follows.

DDT “NON-FIX 10.14”, 14/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazuki Hirata
Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Rion Mizuki
Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe Vs Keisuke Ishii

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION OCTOBER EDITION”, 21/10/10

Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki Vs Keisuke Ishii
Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Kazuki Hirata

DDT, 03/11/10
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki Vs Yukihiro Abe
Young Drama Cup: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION NOVEMBER EDITION”, 03/11/10
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki Vs Shigehiro Irie
Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Yukihiro Abe
Young Drama Cup: Kazuki Hirata Vs Keisuke Ishii

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL”, 14/11/2010
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie Vs Takao Soma
Young Drama Cup: Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukihiro Abe

DDT “NON-FIX 11.17”, 17/11/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki Vs Kazuki Hirata
Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii
Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yukihiro Abe

DDT, 28.11.2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Young Drama Cup Final: 1st Place Vs 2nd Place

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Golden Lovers Win IWGP Jr. Tag Titles!

October 11, 2010

(Note: Above image is only a placeholder until pics from the show come out. Still adorable though, eh?)

Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega have done it! They went over to New Japan for today’s big “DESTRUCTION ‘10” event in Sumo Hall and defeated Apollo 55 to become the new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champions when Ibushi pinned Prince Devitt with the Firebird Splash, avenging his loss to the Irishman back at the Best Of Super Juniors final. This gives DDT possession of its highest profile championship yet and arguably crowns the Golden Lovers as the best Jr. Heavy Tag Team in Japan today.

NJPW “DESTRUCTION ‘10”, 10/11/10
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8,800 Fans – No Vacancy

5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (c) when Ibushi pinned Devitt with the Firebird Splash (15:05).
*Apollo 55 fail in V2. Golden Lovers become the 27th Champions.

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DDT48 Correction, Young Drama Cup, October Shows, DDT In NEVER

October 10, 2010

I apologise about getting the DDT48 concept wrong. Rather than everyone campaigning for a spot in a tournament, the Election was for the right to be included in the 24th October event itself, with the winner of the election getting ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot. So congratulations go to Danshoku Dino for coming out on top (minds out of the gutter, people) and winning the grand prize. Dino will face HARASHIMA for the KO-D Title in the main event of a pretty good looking DDT card at Korakuen Hall.

But before we make it to Korakuen, DDT has a show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING coming up this week. The event will see the return of the Young Drama Cup, a tournament for DDT’s rookies and younger wrestlers. Last year’s winner was Keisuke Ishii and he will be in the tournament to defend his crown.

DDT “NON-FIX 10.14”, 14/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Complete Conclusion! Karate Kid Visit! No Ideology Conflict Shin-Kiba Bloody Battle: Karate Kid Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Rion Mizuki
3. Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Hoshitango
6. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs KUDO, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuki Sato
7. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
8. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda

Karate Kid is either Ultraman Robin or a wrestler that Robin discovered during a trip to Europe.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2010”, 24/10/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI & KUDO Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Isami Kodaka
2. Kenny Omega & Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO
3. Michael Nakazawa Vs Dick Togo
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Toru Owashi
5. Yasu Urano Vs Cherry
6. Kota Ibushi Vs Hikaru Sato
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Danshoku Dino

As I said earlier, this looks like a pretty good card that should be a lot of fun. Danshoku Dino could leave Korakuen Hall as the KO-D Openweight Champion, DDT Extreme Champion and KO-D Tag Team Champion all at once, which is unprecedented in DDT. Kota Ibushi versus Hikaru Sato will be stiff and with Sato upping his game over the last year while Ibushi is getting over his ring rust this could be the best match on the night. Yasu Urano Vs Cherry is a mismatch, but Cherry will definitly do all that she can to win. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Toru Owashi will be the first singles match between the two in DDT since 2006. Michael Nakazawa and his “Shit Heart” will try to take down Dick Togo. Kenny Omega & Antonio Honda versus Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO will be your typical DDT fun and games. The show opener has potential to be really good with MIKAMI & KUDO representing DDT to face the UNION side of Shuji Ishikawa & Isami Kodaka.

DDT had two wrestlers compete at the New Japan NEVER show in Shin-Kiba. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi in the opener while Daisuke Sasaki lost to Tama Tonga in the third match.

NJPW “NEVER.3″, 10/8/10
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
250 Fans

1. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi with the Kneel Kick (6:43).
3. Tama Tonga defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Jackhammer (11:12).

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DDT48 Election – Decision Time

October 7, 2010

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 07/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata defeated Seiya Morohashi & Hiroo Tsumaki when Hirata pinned Tsumaki with the Sliding Kick (16:24).
2. Shigehiro Irie defeated Takao Soma with the Diving Teddy Bear (7:00).

DDT 48 General Election Final Results:

01. Danshoku Dino (512 Votes)
02. Hikaru Sato  (498 Votes)
03. Cherry  (309 Votes)
04. HARASHIMA  (258 Votes)
05. Kota Ibushi  (254 Votes)
06. Sanshiro Takagi (233 Votes)
07. Michael Nakazawa (231 Votes)
08. Antonio Honda (230 Votes)
09. Shuji Ishikawa (225 Votes)
10. MIKAMI  (213 Votes)
11. YOSHIHIKO  (209 Votes)
12. Toru Owashi  (206 Votes)
13. Yasu Urano  (183 Votes)
14. Isami Kodaka (182 Votes)
15. Kenny Omega  (171 Votes)
16. Dick Togo   (164 Votes)
17. KUDO  (159 Votes)
18. Keisuke Ishii (146 Votes)

19. Yukihiro Abe (132 Votes)
19. Shigehiro Irie (132 Votes)

Total Votes Cast: 5,973 Votes.

So there is your eighteen contestants for the DDT48 Tournament on the 24th of October. ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot is the prize everyone will now be fighting for. If HARASHIMA ends up winning the tournament then he will be allowed to choose his next challenger instead. Danshoku Dino continues to be DDT’s most popular wrestler while Hikaru Sato and Cherry surprisingly finish in the top three. Joining Cherry on the UNION side are Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka, whose deathmatch antics have given him a fan following in Big Japan. There was only 16 votes seperating Keisuke Ishii and the pair of Yukihiro Abe and Shigehiro Irie. Overall the lineup is what you would expect with the usual DDT cast involved.

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